What Is The Average Age For Women To Start Menopause?

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 31, 2010

I am 32 and have been having night sweats and very moody. It just started about 1 month ago. Is this the begining of menopause ? I have a doctors app. next week. I am just woundering if I might begining the early signs of it.

15 Responses to “What Is The Average Age For Women To Start Menopause?”


  1. whteclou says:

    I don’t really think there is an average age. I always thought late 40’s early 50’s but I was proven wrong. I’m only 38 and I’ve been suffering on and off for a year. The only good side to this is no more periods!. I asked my mom at what age she went into menopause and she said it never happened to her! I also know someone in their late 20’s who has it. Check with your doctor first before coming to any conclusions yourself. It could be a sign of something else. A gynocologists would be able to tell you for sure. Good luck and good health.

  2. miss_sek says:

    usually takes place in a womans 40s but can happen earlier or later depending on her genetics. ask your mother when she hit menopause because youll probably hit around the same age

  3. sun of samsa says:

    I’ve heard of menopause starting as early as 16 (a rare case study of identical twins, one started menopause at 16 while the other was fairly normal). It can start as early as mid-30s or even as late as the 60s (cases where women have given birth in old age). It could be something else, though, and is worth getting checked out.

  4. Ms_♥ says:

    the common age for male and female to have menopause is around the age of 48 – 52. but some people have it early and some have it later in their lives. symptoms be changes of the hormones, stress – anxiety (which somewhat explains why if you sweat and experience mood swings). but it’s not completely because of the menopause which cause you night sweats and mood swings, it could be that you’ve just been having a lot of stress from work, family, your significant other, etc.

  5. flossint says:

    menopause can hit anywhere between 40 and fifty. you can be going through perimenopause which starts about five years before the actual menopause. if you’re not menapausal you have have a hormone imbalance. tell your doctor to check your hormones in any case.

  6. sundaysc says:

    The average age of menopause onset is 51, plus or minus several years either way. Some women experience age of menopause in the 30’s or 60’s. The variance can be accounted for by several different considerations. For example, a woman’s average age of menopause onset will be related to when menopause happened for her mother and any older sisters: in short, her genetics.

  7. TashaLyn says:

    Unlike a woman’s first menstruation, which starts on a single day, the changes leading up to menopause happen over several years. The average age for menopause is 52. But menopause commonly happens anytime between the ages of 42 and 56.
    pre-menopause can happen however in your early to late
    30’s and sometimes not until your 40’s

  8. Usually about the same age that a womans mother started menopause is a good estimate as to when they will start their own.

  9. Stacy L says:

    Yes, I’ve know women who have started in the 30’s.

  10. TheOnlyB says:

    Average age is probably around 47.

  11. lovelyla says:

    The early stages of menopause can start in your 30’s – rare though. Night sweats and moodiness aren’t exactly the early stages though.
    Is pregnancy a possibility??? At your age, it sounds more plausible than menopause.

  12. ? says:

    The average age is 55. My mom started at 45 which is considered wayyyy early, so I doubt you are going through it at 32!!! But there is always that 1% of people who differ from the rest of us in some way or another. I’m 22 and get night sweats every night. Sometimes things like that just happen. Good luck at your doctor’s appointment!!

  13. gonziiii says:

    Tasha has told u everything u need to know…

  14. ginatec2 says:

    It can start from 35 to 50 depends on your hormone level..ask your doctor, he may sugest a course of HRT
    I was 35 so I talk with experience

  15. Paige says:

    could be but….sounds like your hormone levels are screwed up. good idea going to doc. See if they will do a mammogram. I started getting night sweats, chills, moody, hot flashes and have been diagnosed with breast cancer in milk duct which is hormone related. I’m not saying you have breast cancer but it shows how much hormones can be involved.




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