Anyone else still dealing with PMS type symptoms long after menopause?
If I didn't know better, I'd say I was about to hit TOM. It's been 2 years since my last "real" one (had to stop my fingers from typing "my last confession
) and almost a year since any kind of "inklings" at all. My symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats were actually less harrowing than my usual PMS and periods so I elected not to do HRT and would have thought all *that stuff* would have been out of my system by now. But, I've got all the classic crap going on - been feeling bloaty for a week or so but today am running to the ladies every half hour, and have that sort of clogged up feeling in my abdomen that used to mean *better be ready*; breast tenderness; cranky as ****; snivveled and got all misty at an only so-so movie last night (and a couple other things that would be WTTMI - I think you can get the picture without them
)........
I've read that, since estrogen is stored in fat cells, major weight loss can lead to early menopause but could a comparatively small weight loss like mine possibly cause old, leftover hormones to escape into my blood stream and trigger one last hurrah?
Been anticipating finally freedom for years and am kind of annoyed. How long do I have to expect this to continue?
I swear, if I start getting cramps I'm going to kill something!!
PMS After the 'M' is gone? (TMI warning)
self would feel alllll better
but, so amazingly mild compared to what I went through leading up to the *beginning of the end* (and since I'm now into what would be the less stressed phase of the cycle 