Hello all,
I am 43 and in Scotland, I believe I am perimenopausal although my period is currently awol so who knows! I think I may have been peri for a few year already without realising. In my case things are complicated by the fact that I have suffered quite badly with Migraine especially since my early 30's which may have masked some peri symptoms? I actually didn't work for several years they were so bad. However over a few years I saw a neurologist and tried various things and eventually got them back under control and got a bit of my life back. It's been short lived though as perimenopause seems to be ramping the migraines back up making life miserable again along with restless legs, hot flushes, sleep problems etc.
I guess I feel like I've already had my life severely impacted by ill health, I missed the time when I could have had children because I was so sick and my career just ended. I want to be well in the next phase of my life but I'm already really struggling. I watched my mum go through horrors with her menopause and her struggles to access hrt and I don't want the same thing to happen to me, I feel like I've already done my time!
Its taken me a while to really admit that I am here, I cried over thinking well this is it I'm menopausal, its all down hill from here, I just didn't want to accept it. However doing some reading here and Louise Newsom has made me realise that I'll be much worse off for burying my head in the sand and pretending its not happening so I am going ot my GP about it. I'm not quite ready to shout about it from the rooftops just yet but I'm on board with trying to remove the taboo and shame around menopause!
