Can they do much for heavy periods?

[lesbihonest]

I’ve had problems with my periods for years, PCOS and endometriosis diagnosed . Usually don’t have much of an obvious period at all - not since my early twenties anyway . This month and last I’m flooding, passing blood clots, and very uncomfortable.

I’m guessing there’s little the NHS can do? I’ve had a mirena in the past and hated it .. also had northisterine, decapeptyl, and nexplanon.

Had mini pill before that which I always got on fine with and not sure why I stopped it , I seem to remember a GP saying the NHS didn’t like to provide it until you’d tried all forms of LARC instead .

Nurse rang me back earlier . Said I could have pill if I wanted but could also ‘learn to put up with it’, that everyone has periods and if they’re heavy they’re heavy ... not sure I agree with that completely but ..

So I’m back on the mini pill, thankfully, start tomorrow.

That's one shit nurse.

I had horrific periods my whole life and after children the coil has been my saviour.

I spoke to my Gp about DD and said I do not want her to go through what I did - flooding and pain most months. School and Uni were a nightmare as I couldn't last an hour with a super plus tampon..... plus my cycle hit every 23 days.

GP said there's so much they can do now - injections, loads of different pills, coil fitted under anaesthetic.... That she wouldn't let DD suffer

Could you consider using a menstrual cup so you can measure your blood loss?

I also found a cup helped with period pain and held more flow when flooding...

Here's an idea - collect an entire period in a cup and go see that unsympathetic bitch of a nurse - make sure to slam it on her desk hard

(I know it's gross but how dare she not understand a medical condition )

DD is on her 4th period and it's hit at 22 days

Another one who had an ablation when I was around 48. It was amazing and although my periods did return about 18 months later they were so light and only lasted a couple of days instead of the 8 days total blood bath I had to put up with previously which made me dangerously anaemic. I then went through menopause a couple of years later.

I've had bad periods for two years. Flooding through clothes. Clots. Anemic due to this.

Not much joy here. But last month I tried the ibruprofen recommended by a few people. It really did work. I took a full dose morning and afternoon for 4 days. It was half lighter and no leaks. Even finished a day early x

I had really heavy periods so I took my contraceptive pills continuously and did away with periods completely. The only reason you have a week off is to produce withdrawal bleeding. This was introduced as so many women came off the pills in the original trials (somewhere in South America) stating that they were worried the blood was building up inside them. Everyone was doing it in the early days. (The 60's) Even my doctor.

When I eventually wanted children I came off the pill and fell pregnant 2 months later with my first and 3 months later with my second.

More a coil stopped my periods. It's fab x

Mirena coil sorry, damn autocorrect

Ablation changed my life

Don't know how to spell it but Transanemic Acid did help a bit. My periods were so heavy all bleeding arrived in 3 days then stopped for about 4 years before menopause.