Menopause check
No score, no percentage. Just an honest answer to the question you are actually asking: do my symptoms fit the menopause, and what is worth doing now?
Menopause check
A few questions, based on the Dutch GP guideline on the menopause. Your answers stay in your browser.
Please contact your doctor
You flagged a symptom that needs looking into first. That does not mean something serious is wrong — often it is not — but it does not belong to an ordinary menopause, and it is not something to judge for yourself. That is why we are not showing an outcome here: it could reassure you when it should not.
Bleeding after the menopause must always be investigated. Please make an appointment soon.
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Do you need a blood test?
Probably not. If you are over 45 and you recognise the symptoms, the menopause is a clinical diagnosis: your doctor makes it from your story, not from your blood. The Dutch GP guideline is explicit: FSH, LH and oestradiol are not recommended, because they add nothing to diagnosing the menopause or predicting when it will happen. FSH swings so much during the transition that a normal result does not rule the menopause out, and a high one does not prove it.
We sell that test. We still do not think you need it for this.
Possibly. Between 40 and 45, an FSH test can help if you have symptoms and your cycle is changing. Discuss it with your doctor.
Yes. Under 40, blood testing is genuinely useful to confirm or rule out an early menopause. See your doctor for this.
What may well be worth doing: checking your thyroid. An overactive thyroid causes hot flushes, palpitations and poor sleep — precisely the symptoms everyone attributes to the menopause. The guideline names the thyroid explicitly as something to rule out. That is a test that can actually tell you something.
Menopause CheckYou told us something else is going on. That matters: the symptoms you describe could just as easily come from there. Take this with you when you speak to your doctor.
Why there is no score here
Validated menopause questionnaires do exist, but all of them are under copyright and none is free to use on a commercial site. Building a lookalike and inventing our own severity bands on top would give a false precision that rests on nothing. So we do not. This check follows the Dutch GP guideline instead, and gives you an explanation rather than a number.
This check is not a validated questionnaire and does not diagnose. It follows the Dutch GP guideline on the menopause to help you understand what your symptoms might mean. Always discuss your symptoms with your doctor.