Alison,
Wow, now that I see the list, I can see that maybe I have more symptoms than I thought. It's easy to attribute them to other things as well, though, like breast tenderness (I often have this during my cycle), fatigue (who isn't tired these days? LOL), mood swings (with some decrease in libido, but I attributed that to fatigue) and difficulty sleeping. No wonder it's hard to know exactly when perimenopause starts; a lot of what you describe can happen with a normal cycle as well.
I will have to work on being more alert to those symptoms and I'll ask my doctor about it next time. In the past I've been a little shy about it simply because it felt like my doctor would be the one to bring it up, but I know they're busy and can't always tell what's going on with a person just by an annual or semi-annual appointment.
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Alison,
Wow, now that I see the list, I can see that maybe I have more symptoms than I thought. It's easy to attribute them to other things as well, though, like breast tenderness (I often have this during my cycle), fatigue (who isn't tired these days? LOL), mood swings (with some decrease in libido, but I attributed that to fatigue) and difficulty sleeping. No wonder it's hard to know exactly when perimenopause starts; a lot of what you describe can happen with a normal cycle as well.
I will have to work on being more alert to those symptoms and I'll ask my doctor about it next time. In the past I've been a little shy about it simply because it felt like my doctor would be the one to bring it up, but I know they're busy and can't always tell what's going on with a person just by an annual or semi-annual appointment.
Thank you!
November 19, 2008 - 8:14amThis Comment
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