heavy periods prior to menopause

I am 53 years old. I have always had heavy periods, but lately my periods have lasted a long time, sometimes two weeks or more, and they become very heavy with lots of clotting. I have to wear two super plus tampons at a time and a pantiliner because they always leak. I hate it! What should I do? What can be done to make this more tolerable or stop altogether?

Maybe I will be the lucky one with not having to go through irregular periods, hot flashes, abnormal bleeds, etc and just go into menopause lol ! I’m already close to being 4 months with no periods only a week and a half to go and it will be 4 months. I feel great too!!!

This is at age 46 after a lifetime of regular, heavy flow, intensely crampy but predictable periods lasting 5 to 7 days every 28 days, which last year turned into periods lasting 8 to 10 days with extremely heavy flooding. When will there be an end to this madness? It seems like I get about 3 days a month where I feel like my normal self, then it all starts again.

I am 40 years old. Am I going through menopause? My periods aare all messed up. Some times I get them twice a month. Sometimes they only last a few days and are very light. Sometimes they are extremely heavy and painful, with HUGE clots. I've had ovarian cysts before. This has been going on for a few years. My doctor has recommended possibly cauterizing (sp ) my uterus to minimize the flow of blood. Has anyone had this done?

Well I haven't even looked at the boards for months and this am I decided to check in on some old friends in the HEpC forum...but I hit "menopause" instead. I had a uterine ablation 16 years ago and I WOULD DO IT AGAIN WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED! I had heavy, heavy periods for a few years in my later 30's and I was literally unable to leave the house for more than an hour or so..plus breakthrough bleeding during the month for several years. It just got worse and worse.

I had very heavy periods, all the sudden they stopped to very light, I'm 47 should I be concerned

s also quite popular to find fibroids and attribute any heavy bleeding to them. But heavy periods in perimenopause are not as nearly as attributable to fibroids as some sources indicate - at least 50% of women get fibroids after 30-ish - and most are actually asymptomatic- (only certain types of fibroids actually bleed) and begin to shrink as menopause gets nearer.

These weird things happen at the start of and during menopause. So are heavy periods that go on 2 weeks or more, and 2-3 months or so without a period. Ovulation gets all messed-up so intervals between periods go wacky. But it's always best to have an obs/gyn referral from your doctor, and get checked out thoroughly so you can rule out any other problem first. (I was a regular visitor to my ob/gyn specialist for a couple of years!! They got sick of seeing me!

You could pick up some natural progesterone creme at the health food store. It made all the difference in the world for me.

I have been wanting to get pregnant for a while now and my fiance had a vesectamy and i have had irregular periods for the last 4 months now. The one month i was 3 weeks late and the following it was like i didnt have it at all and the last 2 lasted 2 days and werent very heavy either. Could i be pregnant or am i going through menopause.

Sorry, ^^^ suppose...

I had a very similar experience prior to my hysterectomy. I had been having periods lasting 3+ weeks, very heavy and painful, a week or two off and then it would return. Also, they had been irregular all my life. They eventually found I had fibroids, ovarian cysts and endometriosis. Since you don't mention painful periods, just prolonged bleeding, you may have other things goings on.

Hi, I just noticed your question. I have been having intermittent periods as well with pain in my ovaries that comes and goes. I am 47 and had regular heavy periods all my life and few if any gyno problems. I went to the doctors because after a few regular missed periods I became alarmed and the regularity of missing a period every second month.

Hi, this happened to me and my sister. My sister waited so long to go to the doctor that she was getting light headed and headaches. Her general practioner just told her that she was going through the change of life and irregular periods was normal. She finally went to another doctor. Go get a check up because continued bleeding can be a sympton of something else. The doctor should be able to get you some options if it is that start of menopause. Good luck!!!!

I'm 41 y/o female. I am experiencing increased and larger blood clots when I have my period and I am wondering if this is the normal progression towards menopause. I am still regular, every 28 days, however my period lasts typically between 9 to 12 days with fairly heavy bleeding for 5 or 6 of those days. My gyn is unconcerned as she said that since it's always been this way there is no reason to worry. I wasn't regular until I gave birth to my second daughter 10 years ago.

Ok, I did get my results back, he did a blood pg test on me and it was negative, and he said I was going even going through menopause either. He said when I miss my 3rd period to come back in and he will do another blood test. Now my breasts feel very heavy, not sure if this is a symptom of menopause or not. Does anyone know? So far I have gone 63 days with no period. In my first post, I forgot to mention when I stopped having a period for 15 months, prior to that, I was always regular.

Well, trying with hormonal things like either the pill or the depo shot is something some will do to attempt to staiv off this heavy bleeding you describe. I think it doesn't sound like it is working. my mom took progesterone since her imbalance cause non stop bleeding but she had lighter bleeding. You kind of describe the peri menopause type bleeding that many have. I did. Brutal. My friend got an iud to help. Not sure how it does but it did.

I didnt know that you ever "completed" menopause. I thought you moved from having periods to your perimenopausal status (waiting to meet that 1 year mark) where your periods (mine anyway) may disappear for 6 months and then reappear and then you actually hit that 1 year mark (and beyond). I've been with my GYN for almost 20 years; and I'm told she's very skilled with the da vinci machine.

I saw the doctor and she said basically nothing is this normal to just stop not taper down or become irregular prior to going through menopause? Could there be a problem other then maybe menopause? I would swear all my symptoms are exactly as feeling pregnant but my blood and urine came back negative.

Hi Adns, Just read your post. I think it's very individual. I'm in menopause. Two years ago I still had my periods. I only have my experience to go by. I definitely had irregular periods, but my doctor had cautioned me that this would probably be the case. I became menopausal at age 54. I was actually really relieved as some of my periods were extremely painful. You probably know that to be in menopause, you haven't had any periods for a year. Hope this helps.

I am new to all this. I am 43 and experienced some of the same things lately. Just got a new gyn. who would at least listen and try something. She put me on Progesterone but I haven't started it yet. Like I said, I'm really new to this. She scheduled a vaginal ultrasound just to have a look and did some blood work to check for onset of menopause. Blood tests not back yet but ultrasound showed overian fibroid, cysts on both overies, and thickened endometrium.

my peiords are very heavy (first day of my peiord i wear super plus tampon and have to change it 2 times in middle of the night ) i dont go any where for 2 days after 3rd threw 5 day im fine . will it ever stop ??

I experienced that at the very beginning of menopause, when I was just a little older than you. A couple years of irregular but extremely heavy periods where I couldn't really be away from a restroom for more than 45 minutes.

I have had 4 years of abnormal bleeding and my gyn refuses to discuss except to say that eventually my menopause will happen. I have very heavy bleeding, am now mildly anemic. I skip some months but when I do get my period, it's very heavy for many days. Have any other readers had this waiting game? I've known other women who have gotten hysterectomy due to this. He never mentions it. I had a D&C last year and after many days of heavy bleeding, my periods got better.

I am 48 years old. For the 2 years prior to the last, I have had normal periods mixed in with a month here and there of skipping a complete month, then back to normal. Always normal pap smears, no mention ever of fibroids etc. Normal period length of 5-6 days etc. I have since moved to another state and of course new obgyn....and for the past year however I had a period that lasted 3 weeks....

Keep in mind also when trying to conceive, it could take up to 2 years for healthy couples with no problems to naturally conceive, so don't be discouraged if it doesn't happen for you really soon. I myself fell pregnant after 8 months. (But I wasn't trying and didn't know anything about charting or cycles. My periods were too irregular for me to care.

Hence pregnancy is most definitely ruled out for a number of reason age, menopause, infertility that was never looked into or sorted out also many medical issues. Prior to the sleeping issue, there was an issue of insomnia and was put on medication that was not helping as this was a medical problem with migraine from childhood. Can anyone help me understand with is going on with my body at the moment I would greatly appreciate it.

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