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For women: If you’ve reached menopause (no period for 12 months in a row), did you have symptoms during perimenopause (the years before menopause)? Select all that apply.
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I became T1 after menopause
I’m not sure I was ever perimenopausal at least not diagnosed. In April 2009 (never forget that) I just stopped. Then in September 2009 I had a hysterectomy. Plenty of symptoms after I was thrown into menopause although I still do have my ovaries. But the main issue is I could no longer sleep through the night. I always wake up at least once now whether or not I have to go to the bathroom. I didn’t suffer with hot flashes much but a couple of times a year I might still wake up drenched even now. But I’ll take that over a cycle any day.
I don’t recall symptoms, but my husband seems to think that I had alot of them….
I experienced very few symptoms- a few hot flashes.
I was experiencing symptoms of MS during that time as well. So, I was never sure if issues were caused by, T1D, Menopause, or MS. I will never know.
This is very interesting. I had hypoglycemia for most of my life. Always low blood sugars especially that time of the month. After Menopause my blood sugars started climbing and at age 56 was diagnosed with LADA. I had migraines during perimenopause. I had never had one before. Most common symptom besides higher blood sugars was hot flashes.
I had maybe a total of 5 hot flashes. Didn’t notice any other symptoms. I had an “early” menopause as did my non-D sister.
This was 25 yers ago. I was having a very difficult time with what seemed like a continuous roller coaster of highs and very low, lows. The MD I was seeing, an Internist, continued to tell me that perimenopause was not the issue. She continued to change both the dosage and timing of my MDI schedule to the point where I was injecting 8 times a day, meter testing 10 times a day while trying to stay engaged in my work activities and be a compassionate human with my family and community. After two and a half years of this exhausting battle I started HRT (hormone replacement therapy) and completed the transition in a year.
Perimenopause is tricky. Felt like I was having power surges.
I’m not really sure when perimenopause started, but as I got older, I did notice drier skin and not sleeping through the night. However, I am not really sure those are diabetes related.
I’m 77. Menopause, something I haven’t thought of in decades, was more than 25 years ago. I was so busy, I didn’t have time to deal with symptoms. After the first significant, public hot flash, I went to my doctor and asked what’s in the pharmacopia that makes this go away? I got some of it and went back to handling three kids and a full time, high tension job.
I have had amenorrhea (lack of menstruating) since age 25 after I gave birth to my son. They performed all sorts of tests and the only explanation that the doctors could give me was (guess what) “this might be caused by your diabetic status”.
I had frozen shoulder on both sides at two different times. I have been told it can be caused by hormonal changes during Perimenopause.