Hopeful question for the #MECFS community:
In what ways can perimenopause (and menopause and beyond) impact pre-existing ME/CFS?
I鈥檓 looking for any info at all: your personal experiences, links to helpful websites or forums, or scientific studies. I鈥檓 open to anything.
ME-related websites seem to only have rather generic info about perimenopause/menopause. And I鈥檝e only found scientific studies looking into how peri and gynae issues can mean someone is more likely to get ME/CFS for the first time at peri / meno age (which is not my question).
It鈥檚 getting easier to look up perimenopause info, thank goodness, but I want to know how it could impact pre-existing ME/CFS. For example, I鈥檓 wondering if it could be responsible for triggering the significant decline in my baseline and the fact I very much have all the criteria of POTS now. However, these things could also be due to a previous burnout or over exertion in recent years, too, not peri. I鈥檓 wanting to build a picture of what鈥檚 possible to try to understand my current and future experiences and help guide my future decisions.
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