Hi I am 55 yrs old and peri menopausal I didn't have a period for 10mths and thought only 2 months to go to be menopausal and then I had a period for 3 days so back to square one, on the 12 month count down. It's been 2 month without one now. I'm going through a bad time at the moment with bad anxiety/depression and on venlafaxine which I have been on for 9 weeks. Don't know for sure if this is menopause itself or it's not helping it.