@peachpurple It is different for everyone. I started in my early 30s with the hot flashes, by 40s I was having mood swings. Thankfully they did not last but about a year and were not extremely bad most of the time. At 48 I thought I was don with periods but then had one that lasted 6 weeks. Now 2 years later I have not had anymore. Just can not…[Read more]

It depends on various factors and is different for each woman. I know that I myself am now in my early fifties and entering menopause. I say entering because I will have to go a whole year without a monthly cycle before officially being in menopause so far its been three months.

For me it’s late forties, after I had an operation to remove an orange sized cyst on my ovary and had them both removed. It took about a year, but no monthly at all then and now it’s been over a few years without one. I will be 53 in July.

What is that exactly?

Do you have diabetes, if not if could be fibromyalgia instead. Which is a condition that I have and is another condition of the nerves and also quite painful if not under control.

I can identify with a good many of these symptoms! It certainly is inconvenient sometimes….