When Does Menopause Occur?

There's a certain age where the average woman will become menopausal in America is about 54 years old. But it concurred years before then or years after. But it's not just a one time bam. Your menopausal menopause is actually defined as no period for one year or surgical menopause. You've had your ovaries removed. It doesn't just occur like a light switch, but it's a pretty fast moving switch. But not as fast as a light switch. Maybe one year to a decade before menopause women may experience perimenopausal symptoms and this is a result of eventually inconsistent hormones. There is laboratory work that can be done to see if you're in menopause or not. They are not particularly helpful. We don't have a 24 hour estrogen test or 24 hour testosterone test but estrogen particularly would be peaks and valleys, peaks and valleys. So based on when you draw it you might get a false sense of security. That's okay or it's not okay.