I have been having the shorter cycles( used to be 28 now I am at 24) and they are much llighter( used to be 7 days now down to about 3-4 and not nearly as much bleeding) Can someone just start doing this and then they just stop or do most women start the heaving bleeding in peri?

Hi Pumpkin - I sort of did what you're doing, except mine just got farther and farther apart, as well as shorter. In the past 12 months, I've had 3 periods. The last one was in Sept. 08 - only 2 light days. 3 months after that (Dec.08) is when my symptoms got really bad.

When you say your "symptoms got really bad" which ones do you mean? I think mine are bad now lol

Hi again pumpkin - Night flashes/sweats/cold flashes were coming about 8-9/night. Anxiety was pretty bad. Nausea/no appetite - had to force myself to eat. Really foggy head and bad insomnia - sleeping 3-4 hours/night, if that. No energy whatsoever. I started BHRT (.05 Vivelle Dot patch and 100 mg prometrium/day) about 2 months ago. It has relieved my temperature control problems and most of the anxiety, but the other problems still remain. I go back today to the Dr. I'm hoping she'll up my patch dosage. I still feel like I need a lot more estrogen. What symptoms are you having?

Mine started out that same way. I had 1 last year and 1 so far this year. Along with hot flashes, mood swings, a lot of weight gain, aches, and I am still alive

Lets see lol. I have night sweats, nausea, headaches, internal shaking, no energy, and now I have a rash on my chest. Also for awhile now I have had a sensastion on my shoulders that feels like tingling nerve endings or something crawling on my. I am more sad lately and always feel that life is doom. I was never like any of this before. I just hate it so far. Thanks for letting me know what you meant. I hope we all get back to our normal lives/selves very soon. God Bless Us All lol

my cycle has been very varied and i dont know now where i am with
peri. I missed three months last summer i am 51 and have been peri a couple
of years. since then i went back to a normal 24 28 day cycle but heavy sometimes
and now im on twice a month, this time only 14 days after my last one which was heavy
this one light. I am fed up not knowing which way my body is going

Hi,
Just to add my experience - I started out with shorter cycles for a couple years. Over the last year or so, my cycles have lengthened considerably. Last summer I had a 72 day one. I just ended a 114 day one. I believe cycles get shorter before they get longer. Best of luck to you.

ooh, that is what I was afraid of, but thanks for letting me know.I guess I better brace myself.

Your situation sounds like mine- I used to be at 28 day cycles and 7 day pretty heacy bleeding. Since Jan 2008, cycles have gone anywhere between 21 and 29 days with bleeding down to 3 full days and maybe a day or two of spotting. I'm 41 and wondered if I was in peri! I have been getting hot and cold flashes, crying a lot. Also, get mini panic attacks, fears of the future and getting old, not able to handle stress as well. Prior to the 3-4 day cycles, I would have them start, stop and start, moving down from the 7 days!
I have a complex ovarian cyst and many fibroids - two around the size of lemons. I just had a thyroid test, and it came back normal, so I assume that it must be peri. My doctor thought I was too young, but after I described my symptoms and the fact my mom hit meno at 48, he said it is possible, but no way to really check. He had thought it might be my thyroid - but I guess not!