What Are The First Symptoms Of Menopause?

What are the first symptoms of menopause? If you are a woman in your forties, it’s quite possible that you may be starting to experience some of these symptoms. The beginning of menopause is called perimenopause, which the medical term for when the symptoms first start. Of course, the actual menopause itself is official after a full 12 months without a period.

At first the symptoms are very unpredictable, so the first signs are usually when a woman’s period becomes very sporadic. One month she may be very late, then on schedule for a couple of months, and then she may actually skip an entire month. In the meantime, the hot flashes will start to appear. At this point most women know for sure that the “change of life” is surely at hand!

Other symptoms are common at this time, but as stated before they may be intermittent. This is because the female hormones are beginning to become out of balance, decreasing to some degree. This can vary from month to month, and even day to day, so that is why symptoms can be so inconsistent. Some women will notice that hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, and loss of libido are starting to become more obvious at certain time.

For some women the libido isn’t affected quite as much as the dryness that can occur in a woman’s *** which can make *** rather painful. If that symptom is becoming very bothersome, there are treatments available such as natural progesterone creams that can help alleviate the dryness.

How long do these symptoms last? That is one question that even your doctor can’t answer for sure, so it’s not a matter of how long it will last but how well can you ease the worst symptoms while it does last. Some women start perimenopause in their mid-thirties, others in their mid-forties, but there are no set ages. Every woman is unique in this respect, and genetics play a role as well as general health.

The best way you can deal with these symptoms is to stay healthy as you can by eating natural foods as much as possible, exercising at least 30 minutes 3 times a week, and stop smoking if you are still doing that. Read as much as you can about menopause, and find out the many ways of coping with menopause.