Perimenopause Symptoms

PMS symptoms worsening and periods closer together?

This is the 2nd month that I am ovulating a week early. Lately I've been experiencing PMS symptoms for about 10 days, instead of 3 or 4, and they are more severe. Wicked headaches and super sore you-know-whats, almost like with pregnancy. I am 38 years old. Also going through tremendous family/marital stress since September. Could this be perimenopause, or stress, or both? And does anybody know anything, that will alleviate these symptoms?
Thanks!

First of all, I'm on my daughter's name here. I'm 37, and was having the same problems. At first, I thought that maybe I was going through "the change", my gyno is an excellent dr., and he told me that he thought that I was too young. Well, it kept getting worse, my periods were about every 2 1/2 weeks, and very, very painful, and when I went back to him, they did a vaginal ultrasound, and I had a "mass" on my ovary, and my uterus was enlarged. I had a hysterectomy, and to come to find out, it was a calcified cyst, and my uterus had some ulcers on the outside of it (he took pics to prove it to me..lol). I had one of my ovaries taken out in 95 due to cancer, and then cervical cancer hit me in 2002. So my dr. didn't want to take any chances. Thankfully, I feel great! I have 3 beautiful kids, and therefore was done with the "child bearing", but if I were you, go to you gyno, and have not only a pap smear, but a vaginal ultrasound done! Good luck!

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