thinking it is the menopause

**moggy** · 09-28-2011 03:53 AM

I am 42. I have been getting hot flushes for 3 years now. I have PCOS so periods have never been regular. The past couple of months the mood swings have been horrendous. This month I either want to kill someone or just cry. acne also re=appeared about 4 months ago.
Thoughts please.

I know I am stressed which could influence it but I would like to rule that out (12000 earthquakes in the last year sort of has that effect)

**CHANDLERS WISH** · 09-28-2011 03:20 PM

12000 earthquakes would stress me out too

I would suggest you are peri-menopausal... I am flabogasted at what us women have to endure, seriously

So un-fair.

They say meopause can go on for 10 years, through the stages of peri-menopause to final menopause.

Maybe, that is so we know what to expect and so we get a taste of it, there are so many symptoms, I know hot flushes, acnes are two of them, and I know losing it and being a right witch is a third.

I suggest when these mood swings come along, understand why and stop, breathe, have a glass of water, count to 10, breathe and then progress again...

Go to your Doctor and get a blood test, they will be able to determine where you are at, if it is peri-menopause and offer suggestions to help treat it.