Perimenopause 47 :: Excessive Uterine Bleeding
Jan 2, 2014
I am 47 years old and went through the hot flashes 3 years ago along with emotional highs and very lows. On November 18 I started my period and 39 days of very heavy bleeding with clots, gusting at times, soaking through 2 maxi pads put together within half an hour. I went to the ER cause I fainted and they said I was anemic so I started on vitamins and iron which now are making me constipated. What hell. How come no one ever told me about this? I am so glad I found this site and other women who are going through this. I finally stopped 2 days ago but feel like I am fixing to start again. My poor husband has been supportive but I know he is getting annoyed but not as much as I am. How long can this last? I will definitely inform my daughter of this and was wondering if there was a support group anywhere? Wish me luck...and yes I am seeing a OBGYN on Monday. Any advice on natural remedies?
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I am 49 years old. My periods started becoming a irregular a few years ago. They started coming later and lasting longer. Then I started skipping a month and then they would last three weeks.I went six months without a period.when I finally got one that lasted for weeks. The first three weeks it was moderate. Then I was going through super tampons and pads hourly. I was searching the net for explanations and ways to make the bleeding stop. What I found was that the excessive bleeding could be due to anemia from all of the bleeding. I started taking 27 mg of iron with 100 mg of vitamin C with each dose. Multi vitamin B and fish oil. The bleeding stopped within two days I did this for two periods now and it's worked.there's no rhyme or reason for this to work but it does I made an appointment with my GP. She said welcome to perimenopause. I am going for an ultrasound just to make sure nothing else is going on. BTW, I am also a nurse.
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I have been suffering from haemorrhoids for about five years. It comes with excessive bleeding.
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I have been diagnose with mucosal fibroid, was asked to go for surgery because i have been bleeding. but am afraid. i prefer the natural treatment.
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Excessive bleeding after tubal?
I am 25 years old and had my tubes tied in February during surgery to remove iud, ovarian cyst, and a 2nd leep was performed. (My first leep was performed July 2013 for CIN 2. ) I had my first period 3 weeks later, which was 7 days and not unusually heavy. The missed two periods until I had my next one in mid May, except for one morning I woke up and was laying in fresh blood. I was bleeding extremely heavy (4 heavy pad in an hour with leakage) but then it stopped. A month later when I started it came in gushes instead of a steady flow. I would soak through pads, tampons, and clothing within seconds and it would last for about an hour (again 4-6 pads an hour with additional tampons) I have now being going this for 16 days. Every few hours I will have heavy gushes that flood. It's literally pouring out of me. I have had 2 different mirenas over the last 7 years. My second had to be removed because of large ovarian cyst were forming and my string had been removed during my first leap. Therefore I haven't had a period or more than spotting in years.. Is this amount of bleeding normal? I am also on bc pills to try to keep cyst down. My husband is very worried but it's is affecting my life to the point I can't even have company in my own home bc I fear blood will just start pouring down my legs even with protection. I called Friday to make an appt but they had left for the day. It's now Saturday and I'm weak, HR 115, headaches, fatigue, cramps, and now seem emotionally worn down. also my supraclavicular lymph nodes are slightly swollen.
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I am a 24 year old female. For the last 5 years my periods have been very irregular, at one time I didn't have one for 3 months and assumed I had PCOS. I lost weight and all was back to normal. That was 4 years ago but now for the last 8 months I have had light spotting in between periods which then developed into heavier bleeding and now I have been bleeding for the most part of 4 weeks. I have noticed it is usually brought on after Orgasm (non penetrative). It is always bright red, clotty and I would say a Moderate bleed. I have been with the same partner for 5 years and we always use protection. I had a smear when the spotting initially started and all was normal. What could this be? I have developed some facial hair and have real trouble with my weight so I just assume it is PCOS but I don't associate PCOS with excessive bleeding, especially for a month straight? P.S I have never taken birth control, I am not on any prescription medicine.
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My gf and i had a tight hug with our clothes on and we just hugged tightly and i rubbed her vagina ( both had clothes on) and later i touched her vagina with my finger and she held my penis but we did not have intercourse and neither did we insert and after this my gf has noticed heavy bleeding.
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I am a 43 year old woman who just recently had sex with a much younger man. He had a very large penis. I have not had sex in over 4 years and the sex with him was extremely painful and I bleed excessively and continued spotting for a couple of days. It was bright red and it was everywhere. Now I have been on the Depo provera birth control shot for at least 6 years. And I have not had a period the whole six years. I understand why I bled but not why so much? Was it because of my age? And I believe the pain was due to not have had sex in years. And another thing, it has been a week since we had sex and I constantly feel like I have to pee, which is now a different shade of yellow and I have an abnormal yellow colored discharge. There is no painful urination, no itching, and maybe just a slight smell nothing strong.
What the heck is going on? Did I catch a STI? Do I have a yeast infection may be due to the excessive bleeding? Or is this something that may just go away soon? Could it be due to my age, nearing menopause and the fact that I have not had sex in over 4 years?
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Does anybody else have problems with this? I've been to several gynos over the last decade and nobody seems to want to give me any kind of resolution. I can't take birth control as it gives me extremely high blood pressure and am not willing to risk the hormonal IUD either. Hormonal birth control of any kind is a no for me as I have been on them all. I have an appointment scheduled in the hopes of getting a prescription for a non hormonal blood reducer called Lysteda but I've heard it's expensive and may not be covered by insurance.
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two months ago I miscarried at 11.5 weeks. I bled for about 4 weeks and then everything stopped and went back to normal. last sunday, so a week and a day ago, I was standing in my kitchen when I started bleeding again- and not a little, it was a ton, it gushed out and was all over me, my feet and the floor. It came out so fast I didn't have time to react really. I didn't have any cramps or pain at all before, during or after. It stopped after a few minutes and I barely even "spotted" the days following. However,now I have a yellowish/orangish discharge. There is still no pain, or cramping, nor is there itching, burning, or odor. It's not a thick discharge at all either. I have an appointment with my DR. but it's not for 10 days from now. Can anyone give me some insight? Should I try to see another Dr. sooner? I'm concerned about both issues, I normally have very painful periods, and that random gush of blood was not painful... I'd like to think it was my period finally starting again but it seems weird.
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I just lost my virginity tonight, and I have bled an excessive amount of blood. I looked up it, and most sources say light bleeding is normal, but my bleeding is heavy. When I got home I discovered my underwear was covered in blood:/ he wasn't exceptionally huge and we didn't even get to finish. Is this amount of bleeding normal?
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I have been having peri symptoms for a couple of years. I'm 44. During those years my periods have extended to as much as 40 days until this April whereafter I skipped a month and then this month I am bleeding again but the blood is horrendously heavy with no clots. I am feeling okay as I already take floradix for iron help. ( wow, it took me over five minutes to remember the name of that and then I had to give in and google. My mind went totally blank, another symptom!)
Seeing as I am only on my second day of the horrendous bleed I haven't run to the doctor yet but will next week if it continues. I have read a lot of women talk about heavy bleeding with clots, but I don't have the clots and it's not like my normal period. Of course this happens right near a weekend. Anyone else have the same? It's quite unnerving seeing this blood and I am scared!
My other symptoms are moody swings, crazy rages, depression, anxiety, swollen glands (will get that checked for thyroid), sleeping too much to not enough sleep, no libido, dry eyes, sore boobs, backache, 'not quite on this planet' feelings, some hot flashes, palpitations in early morning, panic feelings for food, boredom, forgetfulness, avoiding everything, fear....blah...the list goes on.
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I've had the implanon for about a year and a half now. When it was first put in, my periods occurred every few months or so and when they did appear, they were very light with mild to moderate cramps. In the past 10 months or so, I find myself on my period for 1-2 months at a time. I experience moderate to severe cramps, headaches,bloating, lower back pain,and restlessness. Typically, I only have about 2 weeks interval until I'm bleeding again. I was just curious as to if anyone else has had the implanon and experienced the same problems. I want to just ride out the year, year and a half until it needs to be taken out but not if I'm going to continuously be miserable.
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Having had heavy bleeding for 6 months from fibroids, with mirena coil unsuccessful,I started Esmya couple of days ago. However, despite also still being on tranexamic acid, my bleeding is now worse than ever with lots of lower abdominal pain. Can esmya make symptoms worse before they get better? Also, possible option for future treatment is ablation. Has anyone had this done or can tell me how bleeding is after this?
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I have been taking Esmya tablets for 12 days and still have bleeding also i am getting bad pains on my right side. is this normal as i was told after 5 days my bleeding would stop
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I took two packages ( doctor gave me only 2) of esmya from april to june.
My bleeding completely stopped and even month after I still do not a period.
Did you have a similar situation? When can i expect it. My plan is to be operated in August ( hopefully laparoscopy treatment).
During taking the esmya i felt good. Unfortunately scan showed that fibroid size had not changed still 6 x 6.
Bad effect on me was a cyst ( i had cysts before )in my left breast which at some stage was huge but now after there is only a little mark
I still have a little hope esmya is working a bit, i heard it is possible...
I hope my decision about the treatment is a good one. I've been thinking about it for 2 years. I would like to have children in the future im 33.
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I'm 15 days post op. I had heavy bleeding when I left hospital which lasted a few days then stopped. Then yesterday I started bleeding again it's not as heavy as pre op but heavy enough. I wondered if anyone experienced this post op
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I've bled more or less continuously since starting ESMYA although admittedly it was heavier the first 2 weeks. However, following last Friday night when I couldn't sleep because of abdominal pain I started bleeding heavily again on the Saturday. Thing is, it's not constant. I seem to have these totally unpredictable random episodes of bad flooding immediately followed by a rush of loads of large clots. It's totally debilitating, not to mention the mess and I have no confidence to leave the house. Has anyone else experienced this? I wonder if it's another period as the timing would be right?
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I started Esmya 6 days ago and am still bleeding, heavy at times. Had a slow wean off norethisterone, last tablet was 2 days before starting Esmya. So prob having a withdrawal bleed from that but just wondering how long til Esmya kicks in.
Had big haemorrhage at Xmas and lost over 30% blood volume so any bleeding leaves me highly anxious and unable to function normally. Has anyone else experienced that?
Also, consultant put mirena in 2 mths ago to help control bleeding. He said it won't impact on effect of Esmya but I've read that it can as they're both competing for progesterone receptors. Have others come across this at all? Is there anyone else out there on Esmya who also has the mirena? Did you have any results?
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I have recently become anaemic, I suffer from uterine polyps that have been 'quiet' for about 6 years ever since menopause, however about a week ago I started bleeding heavily, the past couple of days I am so tired, wobbly on my feet and look as white as a sheet, also heartrate is up a bit, anyone out there who has experienced the same or similar? and what happened regarding treatment were you put on iron tablets etc? I know I have to see the doc and will be ringing her tomorrow but am sitting in bed fretting about it.
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I am now 12 weeks post op. I am due my period on Friday but I started with light bleeding yesterday and today I am waiting to see if the bleeding gets heavier. At least it's nearly 4 weeks since the last period. I got some Mefenamic Acid to take if I get pain which I have done since the op on both sides of my bikini line when I have period . Pre op I used get bad pain in my stomach. My tummy was shrinking but now I'm at period it's blown up again. Doctor won't give me iron tablets now cos my blood test states that I don't need them. I don't understand this cos I was falling asleep in the afternoon without them so can't be bothered arguing with them so just buy them myself now ( I have been taking over the counter ones since I was refused them last week on prescription. How can my iron level be normal when I still have the heavy bleeding that causes the Anemia?
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