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Perimenopause, or "peri-menopause" as you mentioned, refers to the stage that occurs about a decade before menopause. During this time, the body begins to transition toward menopause, and women may experience various symptoms and changes. It's important to be aware of these changes and seek support or medical advice as needed.

GDL March 8, 2023

And that way when we start feeling things like , oh yeah , yeah , you're right . It could be per menopause . Let me go speak to my doctor , let me speak to my health care practitioner , my mom , my grandmother , whoever else we want our friends that we want to confide in .

GDL March 8, 2023

Wow . So really , now , so it starts about a decade before menopause and I was in peri menopause for five years until I actually realized I was in per menopause . Yeah .

GDL March 8, 2023

So it can start as a is 35 . Like I mentioned , menopause is once you go 365 days or 12 months without a cycle after that . So it's technically just one day after that , everything is called post menopause , but really menopause , post menopause , it's the same thing .

GDL March 8, 2023

I'm gonna tell you why the reason I love it is because when I was going through it , I went through it a little bit earlier . So the average age of menopause is 51.5 . I started those , you know , so I started a little bit earlier than my friends or at least that we any of us realized and I would ask my friends , I'd be like , are you hungrier ?

GDL March 8, 2023

OK ? Or you know , so they're like , you know , a lot of different things like you're being dismissed or you're too young to be in menopause , menopause in your forties and even in your fifties , which is not true as we talked about , it can be any time over the age of 35 . So definitely speak to your doctor , go get things checked out .