Did your periods stop before your dad passed or after? And the symptoms? I lost a LOT of weight following my mum's death in 2021, partly due to grief and anxiety, but I also now know due to the start of peri meno- I was 47. If you lose a lot of weight quickly that can stop your periods. Had they changed at all before they stopped? Mine were shorter and lighter but didn't stop.
You're not too young for peri, and blood tests are unreliable as there are massive fluctuations during peri. Sometimes your estrogen can be as high as a teenage girls. However, it would be helpful for your GP to at least help you work through each of your symptoms given they are so worrying for you.
Is there another GP you could see and talk to, aside from blood tests this one sounds perhaps a little dismissive? I do think they should be offering you something even if it is just talking therapy at this stage.
And I am so sorry for your loss, I have lost both parents now and I know how hard it is x
I'm very sorry to hear about your parents. It's incredibly hard. I was surprised by how much it has affected me physically. But yes my periods have stopped for two to three months at a time before over the last two years. However they stopped almost immediately after my dad died in October.
I spent November having panic attacks every single day thinking I was dying. I had an ear infection at the time and it would escalate to me dying triggering a panic attack. I got so I was afraid to go to sleep at night. Then by December they had settled down and I wasn't really having them any more.
My periods returned a week ago after missing four. I can see why my GP.thinks stress. But I have also had headaches, dizziness earache/itchy ears, brain fog, pain down my left side and sore/tender scalp.
All things that could either be peri or stress, which doesn't help!
I get whichever GP is available usually as there's little choice with appointments here. So it's inconsistent.
I'm on a waiting list for talking therapy but haven't heard a thing in three months.
I will chase it up.
It is good to hear from other people though, I'm glad I found this forum.