Published on 12, July, 2020
I am trying to connect with women over 45 years who have late diagnosis of Autism.
I have recently been through the NHS for HRT and noticed some improvements with my mood. I am now going through the adjustment of identify with late diagnosis of Autism.
I'm trying to understand my hormonal situation. 45, always had extremely heavy periods, they were always long but now they last 40+days with 10 days off in between. must be approaching peri by now but I've no idea how to tell. Doctor says they can't test for it.
That sounds awful for you. When I went through perimenopause, I kind of went the other way in that my periods became lighter and less frequent. However, we are all different. I remember that when one of my aunts went through it, she had issues with flooding. There was an occasion when she had to ask a work colleague to pop out and buy her a change of clothes.
That sounds terrible, your poor aunt! My aunt's and mum had hysterectomies so I guess they missed this part! Mum was different to me anyway, I started at 10, she started at 17. She has trouble conceiving and rarely bleed. I regularly have to go find clean clothes cos it likes to surprise me, nothing for hours then a flood.
They've just put me on desogestrel on top of the arm implant and my mood has been so dysregulated I can't maintain reason for any length of time.
Well they tell me they can't test for menopause at my age. I've asked several times.