Uranus crossing my Asc and just when I think I'm in the clear I get a period again. I've had 42 years of them, I'm done. 

So far, other than a bit of stubborn weight gain I've had few symptoms. I take evening promise oil and lots of good fats  every day  (olive and fish oil, avocado), and am on a keto diet which I think is helping. 

Next transit coming up, can feel it already, is transiting Uranus square natal Mars, my ascendant ruler. Very restless currently. So far, the only anger outbursts have been justified, and then I'm back to my normal self. None of it is hormonal, just not taking any crap anymore. Not sure about that upcoming transit though, may get the growlies! 

I had a horrid time.  I started at 47, went 9 months without a period, got one in May and continued monthly until October.  Stopped again for a whole year and at age 49 was pronounced "You are now crowned Menopausal".  My sister got off easy, just hot flashes.  I had my mother's menopause.  Thought I was going crazy.  People complain about the hot flashes but I loved those as I'm always cold.  I wouldn't tell anyone for a whole year how bad I was suffering. After a year of horrid anxiety, deep depression and about 26 more of the following symptoms and not going to the gym for three months (that's when my friends knew I was bad), I went to a ob/gyn who only dealt with peri, meno, post.  I was put on bioidentical hormones and within three days, I was my 'normal' self.

When I found this list, I felt better.  Maybe it will help others.

The 35 Symptoms of Menopause

This list of common symptoms that occur during perimenopause and menopause was developed from the real-life experiences of hundreds of women. All symptoms were experienced by numerous women and were either cyclical in nature, or responded to treatments (both traditional and alternative) known to address hormonal imbalances.

Click HERE for the credits to the women who developed this list.

NOTES:

• Symptom 1 (flashes) Hot flashes are due to the hypothalamic response to declining ovarian estrogen production. The declining estrogen state induces hypophysiotropic neurons in the arcuate nucleas of the hypothalamus to release gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in a pulsatile fashion, which in turn stimulates release of luteinizing hormone (LH). Extremely high pulses of LH occur during the period of declining estrogen production. The LH has vasodilatory effects, which leads to flushing.
• Symptom 7 (loss of libido) For some women the loss is so great that they actually find sex repulsive, in much the same way as they felt before puberty. What hormones give, loss of hormones can take away.
• Symptom 8 (dry vagina) results in painful intercourse
• Symptom 11 (doom thoughts) includes thoughts of death, picturing one's own death
• Symptom 14(incontinence) reflects a general loss of smooth muscle tone
• Symptom 15 (itchy, crawly skin) feeling of ants crawling under the skin, not just dry itchy skin
• Symptom 16 (aching sore joints) may include such problems as carpal tunnel syndrome
• Symptom 22 (depression) different from other depression, the inability to cope is overwhelming. There is a feeling of loss of self. Hormone therapy ameliorates the depression dramatically.
• Symptom 25 (weight gain) often around the waist and thighs, resulting in 'the disappearing waistline'
• Symptom 29 (shock sensation) "the feeling of a rubber band snapping in the layer of tissue between skin and muscle. It is a precursor to a hot flash"
• Symptom 30 (tingling in extremities) can also be a symptom of B-12 deficiency, diabetes, alterations in the flexibility of blood vessels, or a depletion of potassium or calcium
• Symptom 35* (tinnitus) one of those physical conditions that seems to manifest in some women at the same time as menopause. It can be associated with health conditions such as hypothyroidism and heart disease, and is a known side-effect of many medications, including aspirin (salicylates) and Prozac.

SOME OF THE 35 SYMPTOMS MAY ALSO BE SIGNS OF THE FOLLOWING:

• hypothyroidism
• diabetes
• depression with another etiology
• other medical conditions

In peri I had hot flashes around 45 (not bad), went on bioidentical progesterone. Now official menopause (55 y.o), just recently prescribed bioidentical estrogen (estriol cream). Honestly should have been on the estriol 6 months sooner based on symptoms (had exhausting fatigue).

Thanks, everyone who has posted here and will post. So helpful to read other's experiences.

I am 48 now, think I noticed changes really last 2-3 years, been very slow, gradual change for me. Moon in Taurus, partly, i guess? And does Uranus opposition commonly coincide?

Been skipping some periods every few months or so,

more instant and painful cramps,

more frequent headaches,

heart palpitations-which have since subsided, not entirely sure what did it, supplements, time passage, etc.?

lowered energy in general and lower sex drive, dryness not so much

...and the worst offender...skip the drum roll...is  tinnitus, bleh. It's miserable. Quercitin/bromelain supplement helps, i discovered because i was taking it for mild seasonal allergy symptoms. I saw in the Lithium orotate(?) thread that somebody(sorry can't remember because perimenopause, lol) took it to help their tinnitus. (Probably stay away from that. natal Chiron in Aries 3 degrees, (return-time!), super-sensitive to so many things.)  I have had hearing, blood, thyroid and stuff tested. Seems in conclusion to be that perimenopause can aggravate my existing issues of inflammation.

Emotionally, i look forward to being done with it all, seeking a bit more balance and calm. Then I get back to business, freaking out the normals, lol, I'm a childless weirdo, though.

I love all of you!!

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You can’t delete it. Only Elsa can.