Premenopause

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How long is premenopause? Shouldn’t I stopped my period by now? I’m 47.

According to Google, menopause happens somewhere between 45 & 55.

Huh. There I was thinking my mood swings were related to recent ASD diagnosis.
Looks like I might need to consider the start of menopause.

How long does this thing last?

It's highly variable. There are women who don't notice much beyond a bit of irregularity, and then their periods stop. (You're only considered to be in menopause once you've gone 12 months without menstruating.) Other women experience extreme mood swings, night sweats, hot flashes, wildly irregular cycles, heavy bleeding, etc. for years before the system shuts down.

It is called perimenopause and my wife's transition took years.

Wonderful

I was so not ready for this.
Mentally I'm still in my twenties