List of Perimenopause, Perimenopausal, Pre Menopause Symptoms and Signs.

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Perimenopause signs & symptoms - early menopause symptoms experienced in pre menopause women - can be very confusing and unnerving.

These early perimenopause symptoms (pre menopause symptoms) are a completely new experience and often begin years before menopause. These perimenopause symptoms can sneak up mildly and infrequently, when pre menopause women least expect them.

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Pre-menopause women at the beginning of the perimenopause phase feel uncomfortable and out of sorts, without yet correlating their symptoms to perimenopause.

A cat food commercial reduces the perimenopause woman to tears. A friend or husband’s sideways glance or offhand comment spurs a heated argument. PMS-type mood swings and bloating seem to take up the majority instead of the minority of the month. In the 20/20 vision of hindsight, women solidly beyond pre menopause easily identify these perimenopause symptoms as the beginning of the menopause process. For the pre menopause novice new to perimenopause symptoms, not knowing the cause is disconcerting.

Perimenopause, often referred to as pre-menopause, is the time before menopause actually takes place. Perimenopause and its early menopause symptoms typically begin between 35 and 45.

Because the early menopause symptoms occur gradually over an extended period of time, many women in the early stages of perimenopause often discount the perimenopause symptoms or blame the pre-menopause symptoms on other health conditions or external issues.

Many pre-menopausal women report taking numerous trips to the doctor’s office before both they and their health care provider link the symptoms to perimenopause.

Women might feel relieved to find a name to hang their aches and ails. They are not going crazy. They are not a hypochondriac or dying of some unidentifiable disease but the thought of perimenopause is not exactly comforting.

Another issue with pre-menopause is that perimenopause is not as widely discussed as menopause, even though many women experience more symptoms during perimenopause than after menopause.

Many clinicians and everyday people alike believe that perimenopause and its early menopause symptoms are often worse than the actual, shorter-lived menopause phase.

A small percent of women go through this transition period with few early menopause symptoms. Their periods stop, they have a few bouts of hot flashes and that is that. Women at the other end of the scale experience intense symptoms that dramatically alter their lives.

The first perimenopause symptoms women typically experience are changes in their monthly cycle. Menstrual cycles in perimenopause might shorten or lengthen by a couple days. Periods might be lighter or heavier. Women might skip their periods for a month or more.

Hot flashes are another of the most common early menopause symptoms and can begin before women notice changes in their monthly cycle. Again, these hot flashes often start out mild and women can discounted these, especially if there are no signs of other perimenopause symptoms.

Common perimenopause symptoms (early, pre menopause symptoms) include:

• Changes in menstrual cycles.
• Hot flashes.
• Mood swings and generally unstable or erratic behavior.
• Irritability, anxiety, depression, frustration.
• Fatigue.
• Increasing vaginal dryness, itching, discomfort.
• Breast tenderness.
• Painful sexual intercourse.
• Decreased libido.
• Urinary tract changes.

(Were you aware that something as simple as irregularity can mimic perimenopause symptoms? Be sure to read our archived newsletter on the subject of  menopause symptoms caused by irregularity.)

Each month can bring on a new set of perimenopause symptoms. One month women might feel like jumping out of their skin. Another month they find themselves in bed crying half the morning. Muscles and joints might ache for no apparent reason. Some days the mental "fog" hangs.

These mild changes increase as women enter their 40s, with women typically entering menopause in their mid-40s and early 50s.

These early menopause symptoms occur as the body’s estrogen and progestin producing abilities wane to bring women out of their childbearing years. The declining and fluctuating hormone levels are the culprit of most of the perimenopause symptoms, as well as menopause symptoms.

Perimenopause symptoms are early menopause symptoms - a hint of things to come. For a detailed account of these symptoms, see "Menopause Symptoms."

Menopause is a process. It begins quietly with a few perimenopause symptoms but can become quite loud at its menopause peak. Eventually, the body calms back down in post menopause.

Think of the menopause process as an internal argument brewing in the body. One side wants the status quo of reproductive years and the other wants change. The minor bickering between the sides escalates to full-scale fighting before one side wins, the other concedes and peace returns. Of course, the side that wants change always wins but that does not stop status quo from putting up a good fight.

In some women, these two sides reach agreement quickly with few casualties. Other women have more stubborn conflicts.

Physicians place perimenopause as the period of time three to four years before menopause but perimenopause symptoms can actually begin much earlier - up to 15 years earlier in rare occasions. Typically, the later perimenopause symptoms begin, the shorter the transition to menopause.

The best way to resolve this internal hormone conflict is to bring in a mediator - and the sooner the better. Beginning natural hormone replacement therapy at the onset of perimenopause symptoms brings a quicker and quieter resolution.

It is important to note that thyroid irregularities and diabetes are medical conditions commonly seen during the pre menopause years and can mimic perimenopause symptoms. Pre-menopause women experiencing perimenopause symptoms should have thyroid and diabetes testing to rule these conditions out.

 

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