I wanted to post this for all the ladies suffering through this perimenopause nightmare. I had the bleeding, spotting and clotting stuff for a year..and it seemed like there was no end to it, id get a day break if that. Then came the panic attacks, the dizzies, and the lonliness. I thought i had every dying dreadful disease and no one understood me or listened.

Well its 3 weeks now with virtually nothing, I think ive had a very slight hardly noticable tinge once or twice. but thats it...so im praying that this is the end. ( at 54 i thought it would be over a long time ago) but i wont go to pieces if it does show its ugly face again.
So for those who are going through the same thing, hang in there. I hope this gives you some peace and hope, that this too shall pass

sending prayers and healing love to you

Lorraine

Thanks Lorraine for your post. While on this side of menopause it seems it will never end. It's good to know that there truely is a light at the end of this long dark tunnel!

Lorraine:

Thank you so much for your message of HOPE!!!!
I will be so glad when all this crap gets better.
Congrats to you,
Jeaninne

Its been hard and at my age i was thinking i was the oldest freak still having bleeding...its been a rough road...but i hope things will get better for everyone experiencing what ive been going through

Lorraine

Nope, I'm 53 and my freak flag is still flying!

When you say you have had nothing for 3 wks does that mean bleeding or symptoms or both? If you mean symptoms how long is it since your last period? I am wondering how long it takes for symptoms to abate after periods stop and if the panic and dizziness can happen after periods have stopped. (Sorry, I always have so many questions for people.)

Thanks

Gaz

Hello from a fellow freak flag flyer!!! I'm 54, very soon to be 55 and still keeping the feminine product makers in business! HEAVY, HEAVY period this month with lots of clotting and terrible pain. If I didn't know better I would have sworn I was in labor. My husband even asked a few times if I was SURE I wasn't pregnant and having a miscarriage (having had three in years past), he's seen me in "action" so to speak. I'm really sick and tired of this crap and wish there was something I could do to speed up the process so as to get it over with. Oh and here's a real kicker ... I have always "followed" my Mom's experience right down the line (so I thought) and figured she must have gone on with this crap until her mid 50's too. Alas, she told me she was DONE completely by 50. A year of heavy, weird periods and then abruptly stopped. Just like that! I was so pissed to hear this. I'll be 55 in about 6 weeks and I'm so bummed out that I'm still dealing with this. While I'm not happy anyone else is doing this too, at least it helps to know I'm not the only freak out here!

oh me too [big annoyed sigh]. Don't mind the periods so much as all the other making me crazy stuff.

T
I bet you could really benefit from a d/c. have you ever asked dr?

Still no bleeding ..i am so relieved that finally its stopped..going on a month now...and the panic feelings have stopped...i feel like i can function better. sleep better..even went for a walk. this past year has been so hard with the bleeding non stop and the clots and the panic and dizziness.. I hope this gives you hope....ill keep you all informed and im trying to stay positive...still keeping the panty liners close when i go out just in case.

Lorraine

Thanks for some good news! I hope you keep doing well and keep sending good news back to the troops!

I can sympathize with everone here. I also had the periods from hell for about 2 years. Two years of never leaving my house without tampons and pads, never knowing when to schedule vacations, having anxiety off the charts, and my dear husband wondering "where his wife went"? I had a particularly difficult summer in 08 with long and heavy periods. Then I skipped one month and had a real light one the next. Finally in November I had a "normal" period. I almost forgot what just having a normal flow period for 5 days was like. Since then........NOTHING. My hot flashes has increased, but no bleeding, anxiety, headaches, cramps......it is GREAT....I have a few more months to reach the one year to really say I am in meopause land but if you asked me last summer I would never have told you the end was near....so don't give up ladies. I am 55 in Sept and am ready to begin this new phase of my life....And by the way. I will put up with the hot flashes anyday rather than the bleeding.

I am not sure I am doing this correctly!! I am new. I went through so much with my gyne, who said I had fibroids, cysts, and practically wanted to do a hysterectomy at the appt. she was so eager!! I said NO, leave it alone, I am not in pain except during my period, and I want no unecessary surgery. She took my FSH levels (I was 53) and they were level 16. She said to continue on the pill then ... it was my decision at 53, in January, 2009, to just go off of them altogether. My periods would take up to 45 huge pads, tampax always on hand, and I just wanted to see where my body was AT. Guess who was more surprised, me or the Gyne, not only did my FSH go to 40, my periods stopped completely, and fibroids had shrunk to miniscule size. I will say I am lucky, I didn't have to go through spotting or never being sure of getting pregnant (check back with me at 60, you never know) as it just ceased. Gyne said my FSH levels showed that I would have NO WORRIES about getting pregnant. BUT I do feel lonely, I do feel like my body is changing - and this site has helped me (through tears) to know I am not alone. My bone density is good, but I have been informed post-meno that can change on a dime. I haven't gained weight, but have lost 7 lbs. probably ALL SWEAT I might add. My job is very heavy and people-oriented, it is so fun to be talking to someone and then the heatwave starts .... I can feel the beads of sweat on my upper lip (no sign of a moustache yet although again, I will report back in future years) and I feel so OUT OF CONTROL as it makes me feel disoriented. Then it goes away ... the chills come. I feel like I am going crazy, but now that I read that very statement so many times here, I FEEL OK, I FEEL LIKE I CAN HANDLE IT knowing you are out there too.