I am 43 years old and fairly convinced that I am at least perimenopausal. All the symptoms are present, night sweats, hot flashes, mood changes; my mom and sister went through it around this same age.

The question is: I still take birth control pills and during my "off" weeks over the last 3 months, when I should have had my period,  I've had little or no bleeding.Don't believe it could be pregnancy, so I'm wondering if this is a menopausal sign? Wondering too how continuing birth control pills makes this hard to diagnose?

I know I need to get to the OB/GYN, but would like some input