Hello ladies.
Please can someone tell me what is perimeno?what is postmeno,
Is peri the beggining of the menopause etc?you see im a bit confused as im from the uk and our doctors just tell us we are going threw the menopause,i have neva heard of perimenopause etc,
Hang in their all.
Regards
Lyn.x

Hi summa
Peri-menopause is the time before you completely stop your period {for a year} and post is after you have stopped for a year...my confusion is then when are you menopausal?
My last Dr. and my present one keep telling me my blood work show that I am menopausal although I only have made it to 6 months without a period. I am at 5 and counting this time.
Barb

Hi-
I've always been told (and I may be wrong) that:

Perimenopausal is the time before you stop having your periods - peri-meno. can last as long as 10 years (or more or less- each woman is different). And you may miss a period or two or have a few periods in a month. The perimenopausal time is when there are more flucuating hormones. That's probably why there are more symptoms with alot of women.

Menopause is the time when you haven't "received your period for one full year". I think that's the time period that your menopausal.

Post Menopausal is after that one full year without a period .. for example you haven't received your period in 13 months - that's over 1 full year w/out getting a period.

As I said - I may be wrong ...which isn't unusual for me .

Blessings,
Stacy

Hi summa,

There is so much more to Power Surge than just this forum. Read about Menopause & Perimenopause in the section called "Educate your Body".

Or follow this link:
http://www.power-surge.com/educate/menoprimer.htm

Hi summa,

Peri refers to the time (several years) around the time of menopause when your periods are changing and hormones start fluctuating which causes all kinds of symptoms.

You're in menopause when you haven't had a period for 12 months.

Postmenopause refers to the remaining years after menopause.

suzy

I never realized that technically, menopause only lasts 1 year, the rest is perimeno and postmeno. I'm learning!

1. Premenopause. Although some doctors may refer to a thirty-two-year-old woman in her childbearing years as premenopausal, this is not really an appropriate label. The term premenopause ideally refers to women on the cusp of menopause. Their periods have just started to get irregular, but they do not yet experience any classic menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes or vaginal dryness. A woman in premenopause is usually in her mid-to-late forties. If your doctor tells you that you're premenopausal, you might want to ask him or her how he or she is using this term.
2. Perimenopause. This term refers to women who are in the thick of menopause. Their cycles may be wildly erratic, and they are experiencing hot flashes and vaginal dryness. This label is applicable for about four years, covering the first two years prior to the official "last" period to the next two years following the last menstrual period. Women who are perimenopausal will be in the age groups discussed above, averaging about age fifty-one.
3. Menopause. This refers to your final menstrual period. You will not be able to pinpoint your final period until you've been completely free from periods for one year. Then, you count back to the last period you charted, and that date is the date of your menopause. Note: After more than one year of no menstrual periods, any vaginal bleeding is now considered abnormal.
4. Postmenopause. This term refers to the last third of most women's lives, ranging from women who have been free of menstrual periods for at least one year to women celebrating their one hundredth birthday. In other words, once you're past menopause, you'll be referred to as postmenopausal for the rest of your life. The terms postmenopausal and perimenopausal are sometimes used interchangeably, but this is technically inaccurate.
Used in a social context, nobody really bothers to break down menopause as precisely. When you see the word menopausal in a magazine article, you are seeing what's become acceptable medical slang, referring to women who are premenopausal and perimenopausal, a time frame that includes the actual menopause. When you see postmenopausal in a magazine article, you are seeing another accepted medical slang, which includes women who are in perimenopause and "official" postmenopause.

Hi all.
Thank you all so much for reply on helping me to understand peri etc,i thought thats what it was but i wasnt sure.
Along time to go then
Take care ladies.
Lyn.x

Snowmoon
Thanks I was always confused as to when menopause actualy was I thought it was the hour between peri and post hehehehe
So the doctor may be right looking at my estrogen I just may be menopusal. Six more months to go. I have gone six months before my last period came so I am not holdong my breath.
Barb

I was curious as to the source of this info. My doctor told me "pre" was an incorrect term...correct term being "peri".

Wouldn't all women technically be premenopausal prior to symptoms?

Just curious.

boyzmom

Thanks I think I have it straight now :

Pre would be any women before peri.

Peri would be when ever the symptoms start, until you have missed your period for one year

Menopause is when you have gone one year without your period. (How long is menopause 1 hour .... a day?)

Post menopause is the time after you have missed your period for a year.

All I really know is I am 1/2 way to the year....but have been here before and started over it is kind of like a board game and you ahead then boom someone sends you back to the beginning
Barb

DO NOT pass Go ... DO NOT collect $200

I'm not there yet, but I feel for ya. That must be awful.