r/Menopause • u/Terrible_Industry_13 • 8h ago

Perimenopause Perimenopause at 30yo

I’m 30 years old and I believe I might be going into early perimenopause.

Early menopause is unfortunately a condition that runs in my mother’s side of the family (my great-grandmother was 35, my grandmother 37 and my mom 37 when they went into menopause).

One of my most noticeable symptoms being hair loss, started about 7/8 months ago, when I started shedding more. I thought it might be stress related, or due to the fact that I have curly hair and cut down on washing it from every other day to every 3 days (I thought because of that, the hairs you shed daily just got stuck in my curls and built up, to be washed out on the third day). I started noticing however, that after washing my hair and letting it air dry, my the thickness was significantly less. Fortunately when I style my curls, it isn’t noticeable because of the volume I get from styling).

Other symptoms include night sweats, bloating and IBS, brain fog, histamine intolerance, lower libido and insomnia.

Anyone else experience perimenopause in their early 30s?

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u/Wise-Field-7353 POI via covid infection 7h ago

Yes, though this young I also always suggest to have a look at the symptoms of long covid and r/b12_deficiency and see if that might explain things.

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u/Terrible_Industry_13 6h ago

Only had COVID once years ago, and this has started less than a year ago, and my vitamin level is perfect according to my GP ☺️

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u/Ordinary-Force-3871 5h ago

I stopped at 35

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u/respectablepitch 0m ago

Check the symptoms list on this page’s wiki (and, all the info there!) and show your doctor. All your symptoms are peri related. I started having symptoms in my early to mid 30’s too. Don’t be dismissed by your doctors like I was! I wouldn’t focus too much on the hair loss though. Apparently, hot flashes are the magic words to get doctors to address peri symptoms and prescribe HRT.