Pre-menopausal symptoms or menopausal?

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I am already at the prime of my life and i am already experiencing some symptoms that i could not understand if its related with menopause or with other illness. Lately i have been slowly gaining weight due to slower metabolism but what is annoying are the back pains, headaches, hot flashes sometimes and getting easily fatigued. I started experiencing these before, about ten years ago but i can still tolerate it. This year, i could feel that these symptoms already affects my daily activities and my moods. I could not lift heavy objects anymore because it will trigger backache and headache too. Sometime my joints are painful especialy when i get up from sitting, sometimes too i get dizzy. I had laboratory tests already but all are normal except my cholesterol which is at borderline. Well, i think this is what they call menopausal symptoms. I am still having my period but its become irregular. Are you of the same age as me or are you having these symptoms too? Well, every woman will come to experience these anyway.