How come some women feel no symptoms during meno?
Hello.
I don't know but it is not fair!
Maybe we have had more exposure to something that disrupts our hormones than they have?
Tracy
My mom didn’t experience hot flashes but let me tell you she was mean to us . we were teenagers at the time.
Hi Anneta, I don't understand myself why those people get away with it..my cousin is going through this and don't get Anexity or panic attacks night sweats nothing really to complain about its really weird all I could say these people hormones must love them Lol which I was like that,but I heard if you have periods at 16 you wouldn't go through it very long either no idea if that's true though.
Maybe they’re lying?? Just kidding..but it does seem like some people just coast through and have NO issues and even seem “better than ever”..getting things done, job promotions, starting businesses, doing marathons, going to hot yoga every 5 minutes lol..Am I bitter?? Ha , maybe but I generally hate what perimenopause has done to me mentally, physically, emotionally..it’s a drain and I just go day by day.. hang in there, we are in this together!
They apparently made a sacrifice to some menopause demon
I have not had as much as many others write about. I was quite surprised how debilitating it can be.
It could be genetic. I have a friend where the bad symptoms run in the family. They even had marital problems due to menopause.
But also I think it depends on your overall health prior and during peri and menopause. I have had to make major changes in my diet and my supplements. I also apply an over the counter progesterone cream. Whatever they tell you in the dr's office some I think is BS as I found more info in this forum than anywhere else.
They go thru perimeno just not as bad as all of us and some don't even relalize that they are having symptoms, they just don't put 2 and 2 together.. I'm forever telling my sister that's a menopause symptom, her eyes were very dry eyelids patchy and flaky and itched for like 2 years , I'm like that's meno, she just brushed it off, her hair is thinning, again I'm like that's a meno symptom, brushed that off as well.. Caught her crying a couple times told her again meno... Red flushes and she would get ho, for that she would say yes that's meno, but really none of the other symptoms she put together with meno, and she would flood during her periods and the doctors did a hysterectomy on her like 3 years ago, and she had everything removed , took a few of the hormones and then decided she didn't want them and takes nothing so I know she's going thru some kind of something just obviously not near as bad as me... She's 52 and I'm 47, and I had the hysterectomy many many years ago and still have my ovaries .. My mom is same as my sister had a hysterectomy at age 50 because of flooding during her periods.. They both were so much alike with symptoms moody hot red faced,itchy eyes dry eyes, swollen painful joints, that's another one of my sister's big time compaints were here fingers swelling and joints hurting, but never ever put the 2 together just chalked it up as arthritis and whatever else (age) so I'm pretty sure these other woman definitely go thru something just not as bad and don't realize that there symptoms are actually the menopause!
But one thing I did differently than some. When I was in college and I had a steady BF and I took the pill. I took the pill a year or two into marriage as I married the BF. I was living overseas so when I came home to see my family in summer I would go off it for 2-3 months. I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. Plus my sex drive was better. So I stopped taking the pill and used the sponge barrier method. it worked fine and I felt better so I never went back on the pill again.
Exactly!!!!
Also my sister just keeps on pushing on, I have no idea how she does it or any other woman going thru perimeno, these woman go to work and come home take care of their house and family she's a real trooper I'll tell you, and me I cannot even leave the house when my symptoms are bad and they truley are so very severe, I can't shop I can't clean, I feel like passing out if I stand up to long , and the list goes on and on, so I couldn't even think about holding a job outside my home, and keeping up with house work what's that? I wouldn't be able to.. Menopause has taken my entire life away from me, for the moment , ( I'm hoping) and I'm just waiting for it to come back to me!
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Hi! Maybe they have more body fat and it helps for estrogen supply. So their symptoms are not so severe but they also will suffer from osteoporosis later in life.
I think some women do not connect their problems with peri. A friend of mine was angry and aggresive but she blaimed her husband and family for years.
Because at peri we live a hectic life with many responsibilities, it is easy to blaim ones workplace, friends, unhealthy lifestyle, etc.
And it is same like with pregnancy. Somebody is happy, for somebody it is a hormonal nightmare.
Hello Annette,
I was one of those lucky women! However, I do need to mention that there were a few symptoms (that I later recognized) were a part of all this, but at the time, I didn't connect the dots. But here's the very best explanation I can give to your question.
First off, menopause isn't a one size fits all. Nor does every woman's body respond in the same way based on several issues.
1)There are some women who go from relatively "normal" levels of hormones to a complete zero very quickly. (like almost overnight) These tend to be the women who have horrid hot flashes and tons of symptoms. Their bodies have had little or no time to adjust to the changes in their hormone base, and their body reacts badly. Hence, big negative reactions. And then there are those women (who if tested) have a slow and steady decline in the hormone base once their periods stop. These are generally the women who don't notice much. That very gradual decline, allows their body to gently adjust. There are some women who are no longer having periods who if tested, are running estrogen levels around 50 pg/ml. Not enough estrogen to create periods, but certainly enough that they feel very normal. Keep i mind that even in menopause, we still produce estrogen. At least for awhile from the ovaries, and eventually production of estrone from our fat cells. (estrone is the predominant estrogen in the menopausal women, where as estradiol is the predominant estrogen produced in our reproductive years) This is why a women will develop lower abdomen fat at menopause. Her body is increasing fat cells to provide some of the estrogen she is sorely missing.
2) There is also large discrepancies in any given women hormone base. Some women tend to run high levels of estrogen throughout their reproductive years, and others who don't. Some women have relatively higher levels of testosterone production (I was one of those women) I wasn't PCOS in any way, but when tested at age 42, my testo level was still running in the mid 50s (a relatively high number for that age in life) And still others, who are more progesterone types, and spent their entire reproductive lives with strong progesterone production in the second half of their cycle. These individual differences in woman's production, also helps explain why birth control pills or HRT isn't a one size fits all therapy. Even in their 20s and 30s, women who go on birth control pills can become symptomatic, if the pill they are given is a poor fit for their system.
3) Then add to this, that all of our hormone systems work together, and support one another. This would include our thyroid, insulin, and also the adrenal glands. When we lose our sex steroids, these other systems attempt to compensate for the decline. If a particular woman has an innate weakness in any of these systems, then it will influence how she feels or symptoms she may have. This is why many women after menopause become hypothyroid, or have blood sugar problems, when none of those issues existed before they lost their estrogen and progesterone.
So add up the relatively rapid or slow decline of sex steroids, with the relative strength or weakness of their other hormone systems, and their individual need for estrogen/testosterone/progesterone, and this may help explain why some women seem to have horrid problems, or breeze through menopause without barely feeling anything different.
What I personally experienced at menopause, were not your typical, well known, symptoms. Instead of hot flashes and night sweats, I got horrid muscle and ligament pain, frozen shoulder and back pain. (So yes, I didn't correlate this to menopause) But 4 years into no more periods, I then developed vaginal atrophy and dryness (a very common tell tail sign of estrogen deficiency) Low and behold, when I was given vaginal estrace for that issue, my pain went away. AHHHHHH, estrogen! But who would have thought my back pain, muscle and ligament pain was an estrogen issue. My dozen doctors certainly didn't.
Hope this helps. It's such a complicated problem, involving so many moving parts in our bodies. Which does make it all very frustrating. Both for women, and also the doctors that try to help.
Only 15 percent of women have no menopause symptoms. But you know what? I think they may be having symptoms that they are associating with age or not associating with menopause at all. Like achy joints, frozen shoulder, digestive issues, dry eyes, etc. Some women don't do the research to realize menopause is more than hot flashes and mood swings.
Yes, you guys are all right. It is all genes. just like some people are naturally anxious, and others are solid calm. Some people have sleep problems, other sleep while driving, ha,ha. The weight gain is also a factor. Fat consists of estrogens. lack of affinity to allergies is another. Most of my symptoms actually are due to allergies. Also, I noticed that women who have slim legs and bigger upper body tend to have more estrogens and are more vital. Also, they tend to have nasty characters and somehow vent their meno symptoms by bing even nastier, and more demanding.
I hear ya amy. I was just wondering the same thing. Leaving the house is a major accomplishment for me. Lol. I feel like such a loser when i see women like that
Hi gypsy I could relate to this me and you together, yes it does I'm trying ever so hard, all need to do is sleep but we get through it by the grace of God keep praying.