Missed Periods: When Do They Mean Menopause?

By Toni Hurst, Health Guide Sunday, October 26, 2008

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By far the most frequent question I get about menopause is "WHEN does it start?" Women between the ages of 36 and 55 ask the same thing: "I've missed X number of periods. Is it menopause?" I can tell you that technically, menopause begins after you have missed periods for 12 months, but of c...

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Anonymous

11/ 4/08 11:46am

I am 49 and for the past year have experienced the hot flashes, mood swings and missed periods. You are right to listen to your body. I had a tubal ligation, so I know I am not pregnant. To me it is like going through puberty, your body changes. It is around the time I am supposed to get my period, I go through these drastic changes and have to tell my husband to just leave me be. It is hard for a man to understand these changes and in the long run, they get better and so does your relationship with your spouse.

Anyone going through these changes, don't panic. It is a part of being a woman, you got through the periods didn't you?

linda

6/30/09 2:06pm

At 47 I have just missed a period... I KNOW i'm not pregnat... Oh I do hope it IS the "change!!". Its ironic... it took 35 years for my cycle to become regular.... 1 year where it worked like clockwork, then off we go again ...

CinderSilverFox

9/27/09 12:48pm

I have missed two periods so far and I was 19 year old when I had my tubs tie.. I have been going throw permenopause around 38 /40 am I done or am i in menopause

I have done the hot flashes as well and The mood nightmare.. help please

carla roberson

9/26/11 8:38pm

I am 38 and as of this month Sep.2011 havent had a period in 10 months and the hot flashes omg are awful when they come I wanna fall out had my tubes tied in 2001, seems to soon for menopause?

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