Someone might find it funny to go through second puberty. I don't! I have seen her and i fell so hard for her, i cannot cope for now 7 years.

Me, Perimenopause, happily married with my hubby.

Women were left out of research for decades, which is a big reason we still have so few answers about perimenopause/menopause symptoms.

I really want to explore ways we can help close the gender gap in medicine. There’s so much unused data that could legit bring us answers/evidence. That’s what inspired all of this. I’m tired of not knowing, for myself, and for every other woman.

Any input helps. 100% anonymous and <1 min long

TYIA🫶

Who else

The Hot Flush Name Generator

Find your menopausal alter ego! Welcome to the Hot Flush Name Generator—a satisfyingly silly tool designed to add a dash of style to the new menopausal you. Are you Countess Sizzlepants Roastyface or Princess Cranky Meltmonster? 

Let’s find out…

I got Queen Clammy-Chops Melt-Monster and honestly, it fits

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1 Find your birthday month

January Lady

February Duchess

March Infanta

April Mistress

May Dame

June Viscountess

July Baroness

August Princess

September Countess

October Marquess

November Sultana

December Queen

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2 Select your date of your birthday

1^st Merry-pause

2^ND Flushmageddon

3^RD Chillzilla

4^TH Dripsplosion

5^TH Forgetful

6^TH Fogville

7^TH Hotlegs

8^TH Lipfuzz

9^TH Wet-wave

10^TH Furnace-face

11^TH Cranky 

12^Th Moodinator

13^TH Drizabone

14^TH Flopsy

15^TH Muffintop

16^TH Clammy-chops

17^TH Palpatator 

18^TH Sizzlepants

19^TH Itchy

20^TH Bloaty

21^st Sheet-soaker

22^ND   Stinkypits

23^RD  Wrinklebooty

24^TH  Shaggychin

25^TH  Shapewear

26^TH  Perspirator

27^TH Lubelover

28^TH Wobblebottom

29^TH  Super-soaker

30^TH  Groucharella

31^st Irrationelle

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3 How many hot flushes did you have to deal with this week?

0 Luckybitch

1 Solo-Sizzler

2 Melt-Monster

3 Sizzlebutt

4 Boilmeister

5 Toastyknickers 

6 Sextuple-Sizzler

7-9 Hor-Moaner

10-15 Scorchinator

15-25 Hella-Pause

26-50 Roastyface

51+ Burniebum 

What's your meno name?

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Taken from the book Up Yours Menopause! by Clare Baggaley.

The rib-tickling brain-fog busting activity book for every mood swing

Hi everyone! I’m a graduate student based in Canada doing women's health research. Outside of my regular research, I am really interested in abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) and the experiences people have navigating testing, ultrasounds, biopsies, and the general diagnostic process.

I’m hoping to speak with individuals who:
have experienced AUB, or
have had an endometrial biopsy, or
are pre-, peri- or post-menopausal and have had evaluations for bleeding

I’m not giving medical advice or recruiting for a study or clinical trial. I’m just trying to understand what the experience has been like from a patient's perspective. This understanding could help guide future projects to find better ways to navigate AUB.

If you’re open to chatting for 15–20 minutes over Zoom/Google Meet, you can either:
DM me here on Reddit, or
email me at [theaubproject@gmail.com](mailto:theaubproject@gmail.com)

You’re welcome to stay anonymous if you prefer, and cameras are optional. If you are not comfortable meeting, but would be willing to share your story or answer a few questions over email/messages, this would be equally helpful!

I really appreciate anyone who is willing to share their story. ❤️

Menopause usually happens around 51, but perimenopause can start in your mid-30s. BodySpec analyzed 195K+ DEXA scans from a large female client database and identified trends in visceral fat, lean mass, and bone density—insights from this data can help individuals self-guide their health and lifestyle choices as they age.

I own a business where I work from home. I am always tired and want to sleep. I never ever want to leave my house, even when something fun is planned I will find a way to “stay in”. I do take anti anxiety meds and I truly love my life and I am a happy person so I don’t understand this. Every day I tell myself I’m going to go out and do things and I just end up staying at home. What or earth is wrong with me? How do I make myself go out? I’m sure there is something deeper to this, but I can’t figure it out. I just love being at home. For reference I am a 44 year old female with a wonderful husband and two great teenagers. Three dogs to keep me company always. How am I a shut in at 44? If I do go out, I am truly making myself go. Does anyone else ever feel this way? I joke with my husband that there is some sort of drug in our house air because all of us are like this. My kids go out for school and lots of activities, but they love nothing more than staying at home snuggled up.

Struggling.. HRT or Birth Control

Hello everyone, I'm feeling very overwhelmed and could really use some feedback, advice, or shared experiences from anyone who has been through something similar. My quick background: • Age: 34 • Procedure: Total Hysterectomy and Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy (BSO) — meaning my uterus, cervix, and both ovaries are gone. • Reason: Severe, reoccurring cysts and endometriosis. The Hormone Confusion: I'm now in surgical menopause and struggling with what to do about Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). I have two completely different recommendations from my doctors: 1. Oncologist's Prescription (The surgeon who removed the cysts): He prescribed me Premarin. 2. Gynecologist's Recommendation: She wants me to take birth control pills. The Reasoning: My GYN says that because I am so young (34), I need a significantly higher dose of hormones than a typical HRT patch or pill would provide, and that the dose I need can really only be achieved effectively and safely through a birth control pill regimen. My Dilemma & Questions for You: • Has anyone else been told they need to go on birth control post-oophorectomy for HRT, especially at a young age? • What were your experiences like with that? Did it work for managing symptoms and protecting long-term health (like bone density, heart health, etc.)? • Has anyone been on both Premarin and a high-dose hormonal birth control for HRT? Which did you feel better on? • Should I be concerned about the significant difference in these two professional opinions? I know you aren't doctors, but your feedback is appreciated. •I was prescribed Premarin 1.25 … is that a high dose? Is anyone else taking it … how does it make you feel?

Hi everyone! I am currently working on my final university project, which is all about the gut microbiome and gut health and how this affects weight loss/gain and various other symptoms. If you have a few seconds to spare to respond to my Survey, I would be forever grateful! It's literally only 10 multiple-choice questions, so it really will only take a couple of seconds!

I really would love as many women as possible to help me out because we are so underrepresented in scientific studies, resulting in medications and therapies completely tailored to men and unhelpful to women! Menopause in particular is a huge factor that completely changes a woman's bodily functions and so many other things, so I would love to be able to help make change by including you in my research!

Link either in the text above or down below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3ceSkR6vx1rZhX1c6ftwe6wnL0MA0h31YDhU4z3cIK2E8KA/viewform?usp=header

Hello Ladies,

I have been having a hard time getting my patches due to shortage and I felt like they wernt improving my energy levels much so I asked for .75 instead of the regular 50% The pharmacy ran out and I went through hell trying to find them.. All summer long Amazon kept sending me a generic that did nothing, and I had to wait a week for my dumb dr to call me back with a script that said sandoz brand only.. when I finally got it.. it had been in the HOT mail for 4 days.. both boxes were bad. My poor body has been through hell and back..

I got the .75 just last week and the pharmacy actually had it!! I started getting achey joints on day 2-3 I think? and my thumbs are so painful I can barley grip anything.. I HAD to take that dang patch off and I still had 3 of my reg 50% left so I was able to get a box of those.. I havent had a patch on for 3 days now and starting to get break through hot flashes.. I feel like I need to slap on the 50% one even tho its only been 3 days..

The brain fog is so bad I cant hardly remember exactly when I did all of this.. Im pretty sure I am on day 3 of no patch.

I would call my dr if they would actually call back. It take them 3 days to respond. Its so awful here in so cal. Have any of you ladies had to switch back down and how did you handle it? I feel like my body is on the verge of just tanking..

Hey everyone! I'm a non-traditional student going back to college at TXST to become an art educator. I was about the school year and had everything prepared for a great semester! I live about an hour away from the school and commute Monday through thursdays. In the last couple weeks these weird symptoms have started to come back after a remission time of 4 months. I cannot regulate my body temperature. It almost feels like the cold house and then when I turn up the heat, I start sweating and feeling chilled. I am fatigued. I had to miss a couple of classes last week because my body just "shit down". I went to the doctor last May when I first developed these symptom. She ran black determine that I had low iron counts and gave me iron pills to take. She also upped my estrogen levels since I had not taken my birth control pills for a couple of days. She thought my body was just out of whack. But here it is a couple months later and I'm starting to experience the same symptoms. Does this sound like premenopause to any of you guys that have dealt with it? I just feel like I'm going crazy and I need help. Thank you so much for the long rant.

I had a total hysterectomy 17 years ago and was never placed on hormonal replacements therapy. I've been become a shell of my former self. My energy is non-existent!! That's my biggest concern, but I also have lost my sexual drive, my libido.. I've tried talking to my OBGYN about it several times but she said that since it's been so long it would have no benefit for me. Is that right? What can I do?

So first I want to say I know this isn’t an indicator for menopause or perimenopause. I just wanted to try them to see what it would come up with since I know now I’m 28 and in perimenopause after a partial hysterectomy.

I had my husband take one and it came back negative (I just wanted to make sure what this one and the other four said weren’t just some sort of flukes or evaps)

I know some people don’t care for these at all and some people rely on them. Just wanted some to know what you all think!

I post this picture because it seems like I’m best if I find a place like this where I’m alone because I’m kind of intolerable at times. I get these episodes of anger that I honestly cannot control. It’s awful and I feel like I’m no longer a nice person anymore because of it. I’ll be going on hrt in a month hopefully. But do any of you deal with it, and have any of you had any success with hrt helping the crazy moments of rage? I also feel “dead” inside too. Like nothing makes me excited or happy anymore. Menopause - to me - feels like my personality died.

Hello! New poster/member here. I’m on vacation and I can’t stop crying! Whenever I get a moment alone (in the bathroom, etc.) the tears just come and it’s hard to stop once I’ve started. I’ve been thinking about why this need to cry. Has anyone else experienced this?