Diagnosed as Menopause but got period? - Menopause Message Board

bpblues · 01-15-2007, 05:48 PM

I was just curious if it's unusual to not have periods for months and then get one out of the blue? I hadn't had one for several months and then got on. Am I really in menopause then? In those months my hot flashes decreased and then out of the blue I get one period and all the hot flashes are back with night sweats with a vengence. Ugh. I hate it because my moods are strange and here I thought I was almost over it. Any comments?

Wizard · 01-15-2007, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bpblues

I was just curious if it's unusual to not have periods for months and then get one out of the blue? I hadn't had one for several months and then got on. Am I really in menopause then?

Technically, you're considered menopausal after you've gone a complete year without a period although I've heard of women going 15 months without getting one and then suddenly bam. At this point, you'd be considered peri-menopausal.

Many women go for quite some time going months without a period, then getting one, then starting the same cycle all over again. My sister is at the stage where she only gets a period about once every 4-5 months now. She is also going through the phase where her hot flashes ease off and then hit again full force.

Alabasterlyn · 01-16-2007, 01:45 AM

I had a very similar experience too. My periods had stopped for quite a few months and I was getting really awful hot flushes. I went to see my doctor and she just said 'oh you are in the menopause'

About 4/5mths later I noticed the hot flushes were getting less and I can remember thinking how easy going through the menopause was, when out of the blue I had another period that was extremely light, but was still definately a period. After that the hot flushes came back just as bad as they were before. I never had another period after that, which was about 3yrs ago now.

liverpool sue · 01-16-2007, 02:36 AM

yep, have to agree, it's not unusual at all. this menopause tricks us all into getting a little complacent, and then throws something else at us - usually a surprise period!! and quite often times it with an occasion where we could really, really do without it, like a wedding, or party, etc. good luck.

sue

ICC · 01-16-2007, 09:58 AM

My gyn called on my 49th b-day and said "congratulations you are menopausal" he was going bu my blood work and hormone levels. got a period within the month and continued to for another year before i finally had my year without them. It happens.

ICC