Well I might be joining the peri club!

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Brandi, nothing bad whatsoever happened to me. Really, I never even thought about "perimenopause" or had any symptoms of any kind.

I'd be really careful about attributing mental or emotional challenges to hormones.

It certainly depends and if you haven't been there, you wouldn't know or understand it. Part of my mood diagnoses are directly related to my cycles. This determination is made by my MD Psych, and the management plan is to not attempt to function without some medication assistance until my periods have completely stopped. This may not be the case for everyone, but it certainly is real and a problem for some people.