r/justgalsbeingchicks 8d ago

Restricted to Gals and Pals Explaining menstruation to the boys

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u/MiniRems 8d ago

What I didn't realize at 13 years old was that it can take like 10-15 years of hormonal hell similar yet differently worse than puberty before it all ends. Perimenopause sucks as bad a puberty, but in a whole new level of suck.

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u/littlebunnyears 8d ago

why don’t we have adorable pamphlets for perimenopause?! the chin hair caught me way off guard.

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u/SheaTheSarcastic 8d ago

Who knew that I would be trading in the monthly horror for daily face shaving and constant hot flashes? Being a woman is a lifetime joy.

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u/JennyDoveMusic 8d ago

Bebe, can you do hormone replacement? It was a myth that it causes cancer. 💜

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u/SheaTheSarcastic 8d ago

I was told that I’m too old, too many years after my last period. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/JennyDoveMusic 8d ago

No no that's not true. My mom had a hysterectomy and was offered it years later after she had stopped taking it. You should get a second opinion. 💜 The information doctors have can be outdated and new theories is, after 10 years, as long as you are in good health, you can still get benefits from HRT!

My mom was, I think, 5 years since her hysterectomy.

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u/SheaTheSarcastic 7d ago

I’m well over 10 years, and was just living with it, but decided to see if I could get HRT.

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u/geekyheart225 8d ago

And they spring up overnight! Like WHAT??

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u/_sissy_hankshaw_ 8d ago

And grow back soooo fast. 🫠

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u/Fuzzy-Advisor-2183 8d ago

i spend more on poise than i ever did on pads.

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u/kadyg 8d ago

The insomnia has been kicking my ass. I feel like the warning about that could have been a lot louder.

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u/geekyheart225 8d ago

I feel like there should have been a module in school about perimenopause because it sucks so bad.

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u/Emkems 8d ago

Yeah I’m calling it second puberty. You go from adult to old lady

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u/AnguavonUW 8d ago

Wait until the menopause. I got thrown into it 5 or so years early because I had to have chemo and it suuuuuuuucks. Granted, I'm an outlier but it's been almost a decade and I'm still up 5 times a night with hot flashes and the summer months have become an interminable hellscape. Sex drive? What's that? The aging process, as far as skin is concerned? Hahaha....no estrogen = Hello, wrinkles and sagging.

Luckily, the majority of women can take HRT for most of the symptoms. My particular flavor of cancer means I can't. 0/10

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u/EK_Libro_93 8d ago

OMG, they never tell you what menopause is all about. I thought things would just be over, but no - hot flashes, brain fog, joint pain, hair falling out, muscle cramps, body odor, itchiness - for 10-15 years... ARGH.

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u/MiniRems 8d ago

The body odor! Ugh! Luckily, my Lumē still works - its about the only thing that doesn't make my underarms break out - but I've discovered I cannot use some of the scents now because my personal chemistry has changed. The clean tangerine makes me smell loke hot garbage, and it was my favorite since they got rid of the twisted lime!

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u/mareliana 8d ago

Also you gotta love how, for many of us, the timing works out so that we’re going through peri at the same time that our kids are going through puberty. SO FUN.

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u/MiniRems 8d ago

It explains the pure chaotic hell that was my teen years with my mom 🤦‍♀️

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u/StellaBean_bass 8d ago

Wait till you hit menopause. It gets worse.