Also, do you know doctors know next to nothing about perimenopause? Including gynacologists and endocrinologists. Not because they're stupid but because THE RESEARCH HASN'T BEEN DONE. I've seen both types of specialists and two GPs about this and they all say the same thing -- you're menopausal when you haven't had a period in a year or more. So apparently women go from fertile to menopausal overnight. Try about 5 years (?) in my case and still going. Yep, it's awesome being a woman over 40.