The segment of a woman’s life where her reproductive cycle comes to an end is called as menopause. And the time span just before a woman attains menopause is called as “Perimenopause”. It is very difficult sometimes to predict the perimenupausal state since you may not have very evident change in your menstrual cycle. Major symptoms of menopause are anxiety, mood swings, weakness, irritability, insomnia, hot flashes and night sweats. So, during your perimenupause, you can start to notice these symptoms cropping up.
Facts about Menopause
First, you need to educate yourself about the symptoms of menopause and collect the evidences that you are in your perimenopause. The following information could help you in this…
- Perimenopause generally sets in while you are in your late forties or in fifties. However there are cases where it can start even in late 30s.
- A Perimenopause can be roughly a year since your last menstruation.
- You start to get irregularities in your periods. This could vary between scanty and very heavy periods.
- You are going to undergo a lot of hormonal imbalances since the ovulation process carried out by ovaries will start to decrease its pace. Many times if your hormones are showing variations, you could conclude of being in perimenopause.
- You could be subjected to vaginal dryness, short term menstrual cycle, weight gain, hot flashes and night sweats.
- Loss of libido, tenderness in breasts, hair fall, and immunity issues, less moisture in eyes, endometriosis, urinary infection, and digestion problems can also haunt you.
- Hormonal imbalances cause mental stress too. So, mood swings, tension, restlessness, sleeplessness, forgetfulness, mild depression, emotional sensitivity and helplessness towards stress can be causing your discomfort.
Diagnosing Perimenopause
The level in which each of these symptoms exists varies from individual to individual. However, the cause of all the listed symptoms is the off track hormone production in the body. Hormones such as estrogen are produced scantily in this phase. Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) also start varying. Higher count of FSH and LH signify that you are in your perimenopause stage. A 5-25 is the normal FSH count and anything more indicates perimenopause.
Hormone Replacement Therapy
To treat these hormonal imbalances, you can opt for getting induced with bioidentical hormones. These hormones are methodically introduced into your system through a procedure named as Hormone Replacement Therapy. The bioidentical hormones regulate the body processes by aping the functioning of natural hormones. You need to however pre-review this process properly, learn the side effects involved and only then opt for it.
Other than getting yourself induced with bioidentical hormones, you can very well treat yourself by naturally keeping yourself fit and maintaining good lifestyle. Sleep well, keep stress at bay, eat nutritionally and stay close to family and friends. The most important thing to do in this stage of your life is to give number one priority to yourself by taking good care of your body and mind. Perimenopause and Menopause equates to “take good care of yourself!”
