Peri menopause, also known as pre menopause, can begin earlier in your life than you might imagine. You might find yourself experiencing this early form of menopause as early as the age of 35.

Let's explore some of the peri menopause symptoms that you could be experiencing right now, in your life.

Some of the most commonly reported pre menopause symptoms are:

• Menstrual cycles become shorter, long or unpredictable
• Menstrual flow becomes heavier or lighter
• PMS
• Low blood sugar
• Fatigue for several days before your menstrual cycle
• Weight gain
• Decreased sex drive
• Headaches that can be mild or more severe becoming migraines
• Inability to concentrate
• Feeling depressed or overwhelmed
• Mood swings and irritability

Menstrual Cycles

Menstrual irregularities are one of the first peri menopause symptoms that you may notice. Your cycles may become longer or shorter and your menstrual flow may become heavier or lighter.

For most women their menstrual cycles become farther and farther apart until they stop. This is the beginning of true Menopause.

PMS  

Pre-menstrual Syndrome or PMS, is one of the most common forms of hormonal imbalance affecting over half of all women. PMS can affect any woman who is having menstrual periods, but it most often occurs as a woman approaches her 40's.

Women who experience PMS earlier in life are more likely to have a difficult peri menopause. Not surprisingly, the symptoms of PMS are quite similar to early menopause symptoms: bloating, irritability, mood swings, lethargy, food cravings and headaches.

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Low Blood Sugar - Cravings

An enormous number of women with prei menopause symptoms crave sugar, carbohydrates or alcohol. You may crave that afternoon snack of potato chips or chocolate chip cookies or that cup of coffee or that extra glass of wine at night. These cravings are a sign that your body has its signals mixed up.

This is all part of peri menopause territory. When we are exhausted our blood sugar and/or serotonin are low and the body signals the brain that it needs a pick-me-up.

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Fatigue

Do you run out of energy in the afternoon? Find it hard to get out of bed in the morning? Need an extra cup of coffee to keep going?

Fatigue is one of the most common early menopause symptoms. Many women attribute it to age, as though it is inevitable to slow down!

Well, it isn't inevitable when you have a natural boost to help you through these times.

The underlying causes of peri menopause symptoms like fatigue is hormonal imbalance causing disrupted sleep, hot flashes, night sweats, adrenal exhaustion due to stress. All of this contributes to low energy.

Weight Gain

Many women gain weight during this transitional menopause period.

Weight gain during this time is the body's reaction to the diminishing estrogen levels. Estrogen is stored in our fat cells in an effort by the body to keep up the levels of estrogen.

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Decreased Sex Drive

Often during Peri Menopause women experience a loss of sexual desire.

Some of the factors contributing diminished sex drive and menopause are:

• Hormonal imbalance - most notably the natural fall of Progesterone production which is crucial to libido - this in itself can wash away sexual desire
• Vaginal dryness and thinning of the vaginal wall - this is the effect of declining estrogen levels. This can make sex painful
• Urinary tract infections or stress incontinence may affect a woman's desire for sex
• Fatigue caused by hormonal imbalance saps your energy for and interest in sex
• Adrenal exhaustion lowers the hormones that fuel sexual response

The good news is that with the right supplemental support, you might just avoid some of the common symptoms.

Headaches

Headaches are common during Peri Menopause. Migraines have been associated with hormonal imbalance in some women. Migraines can accompany hot flashes and PMS symptoms in Peri Menopause.

Inability To Concentrate

Fuzzy thinking... what was I saying? Impaired memory and inability to concentrate are common peri menopause symptoms.

You can sometimes forget what you are doing... right in the middle of doing it! Or find yourself re-reading the same sentence? Fortunately, this temporary loss of mental function doesn't mean you are losing your mind or on the road to getting Alzheimer's.

It is simply the sudden shifts in hormonal balance the occur so frequently in Peri Menopause that are probably the root cause of "Fuzzy thinking." Estrogen and progesterone are key neurotransmitters in the brain and when you suffer from hormonal imbalance their levels are in flux. This too shall pass!

Feeling Depressed Or Overwhelmed

Hormonal imbalance in Peri Menopause leaves women more emotionally vulnerable.

Peri menopause symptoms such as this can be caused by the issues that a woman has to face at this time in her life like: changes in career, changes in marriage, children growing up and leaving home, responsibilities of caring for ageing parents and many other stress related issues.

Because a woman can feel more disoriented and confused during this time of change in her life, she is more susceptible to feeling depressed and overwhelmed. If these feelings become acute, she should consult a health care provider.

Mood Swings And Irritability

Peri menopause symptoms such as mood swings and irritability are no fun for anyone. These may seem like two different problems but they are both related to hormonal imbalance. By "mood swing" we usually mean a reaction that isn't appropriate to what triggered it.

And by "irritability" we mean an angry or impatient reaction to something that happens. An underlying cause of these reactions may be fatigue... and if you are having hot flashes or insomnia you are bound to be fatigued!

But these emotional reactions can also be the result of sudden shifts in hormonal balance which are so characteristic of peri menopause symptoms ( pre menopause symptoms ), especially when your body doesn't have enough support to maintain its natural balance.