Hi SJ
I am not sure I can help with your question but I will try. Do you know what the GP tested? Are you saying the result was 44 or was Ok for age 44? It sounds as if your GP is saying that you are not experiencing perimenopause symptoms - is that right?
My experience is and it's true to say that there is no way of definitively saying you are in one stage or another of perimenopause, it can go on for a short or long while and symptoms come and go. Hormone levels begin to become inconsistent and that's why changes in bleeding patterns, intermittant physical symptoms and sleep issues etc begin to happen. The body is adjusting to fluctuating hormones, or at least trying too.
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Blood tests that test hormone levels are not that useful unless repeated and even then, there could be a period of time where hormone activity is low and then things balance again and periods stabalise and symptoms diminish.
I was told in January from one blood test that I was post menopause - the ladies here explained that this is only a diagnosis once periods have ceased for 12 months, since my 'diagnosis' I have had regular periods, although they have changed and not exactly following a clear pattern. Previous to this I was experiencing all sorts of issues, with skin, sleep and moods, these are not so much of a problem now -for me, it is a bit of a mystery, but I accept that this is perimenopause and the unknown is the norm and that takes some getting used to.
Talk to your GP again if you are feeling these changes are too much for you or you are unsure that this is perimenopause. x