General Menopause Question? - Menopause Message Board

Basket Case · 05-03-2007, 08:36 PM

OK, I have now gone around 13 months without a period. Does this mean I am in menopause now. If so does this mean all the symptoms will start to go away? Just wondering if there is light at the end of the tunnel

Belle2003 · 05-03-2007, 11:48 PM

You are in menopause. As far as the symptoms go, it is anybody's guess. My friend is 71 and she said she still gets hot flashes. (I was shocked and a little depressed at hearing this)

Remember that everyone is different. (At least that is what I am telling myself!)

liverpool sue · 05-04-2007, 12:59 AM

hi. well i'm a couple of months ahead of you, about 15/16 months period free, and i was beginning to congratulate myself that most of my symptoms had slowly started to disappear. i even posted somewhere on here that the hot flashes had gone down to about 1 or 2 a day, or even less, and then they went away altogether for about 4 weeks. yipee, i thought, finally through it. no such luck. the hot flashes started up again about 5 weeks ago, just like they did in the beginning all those years ago. sort of flickering feelings at first and then settled down, to yesterday being the worst day for them in a very long time. so i shan't be patting myself on the back again for a good long while!!
you are in menopause as you've gone 12 months without a period, and i have my fingers crossed for you that your symptoms start to recede, which i'm sure they must as some point, even if you do get an odd hot flash as some older ladies do. good luck.

sue

Basket Case · 05-04-2007, 03:26 PM

OK, thanks for your replys. However, I spoke too soon. After all this time I have now started spotting again. What is this? Is this OK? Thanks again

liverpool sue · 05-04-2007, 03:33 PM

i would just go with the flow (so to speak) and ignore it if it's only a bit of spotting. pretend it's not there, refuse to have anything to do with it, don't acknowledge it, move on. ain't life a pain??

sue