I have a Mirena IUD and have had an endometrial ablation so that, together, these would stop my cycle because before that I had no regularity of cycle or bleed strength and my MS symptoms were definitely worse whilst I was bleeding and a few days before (but without any regularity of cycle I could never predict this). I am 44 and still pre-menopausal.
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Hi Lisa,
Wow. So many sources, you did such hard work on this. It is good as usual.
Like you, I do not recall that premenopause or menopause affected MS any differently than before. I did not have any expectations, but I had not yet read anything about that possibility. Hmm
Hi Vicki!!
So good to see you. How are you feeling and doing?
At age 43, I'm so very close to that perimenopause stage. Things have definitely changed in the female department, but I don't think that it has affected my MS. I think that any symptoms I may have are normal premenopausal things.
I remember how my mother was while she was going through menopause (really only 11-14 years ago). I'm going through some of the same things just a few years younger in age than she had been.
A different kind of rollercoaster than MS, but some of the same coping skills are required. :)