To not want anymore periods?

[Imsosorryalan]

I hate them. They do my head in. The monthly cramps, aches and back pains. Not to mention the crap mood swings before after and during. Also having to use horrid lavender scented pads because my tampon wearing days are over, thanks dcs.
How do I get rid of them?

Depo

what fleur said

Depo is the work of the devil. no periods but massive side effects.

Why are your tampon days over?

Novasure ;) Had this procedure at the beginning of the year and nothing since - blissful :) Doesn't stop the hormones but no actual bleeding - the hormones are much improved too :)

I feel your pain I hate them too I am too old and dont want hormonal contraceptives so i am just having to wait them out the menopause is just around the corner thank god,

YANBU. Horrible.

Hysterectomy? Endometrial ablation. The Pill. Coil. INjection. Implants.

I should take my own advice and sort one of these out. (Probably not hysterectomy, that's a bit drastic atm!)

Yadnbu. I can't wait for the menopause. I'm only 26 .

Off to google novasure now!

Mooncup.

I had my first period after birth, feeding etc. Couldn't find my cup so spent yesterday, last night and half of today in towels and tampons. Felt uncomfortable, leaky and gross. Bought new cup today (£22 in boots) and changed at lunchtime. It's a world of difference. No yucky feelings, no horrendus smelly things and so comfortable.

It even makes my periods shorter and less painful. I don't know how.

Olimpia- unfortunately they don't stay in and I'm so heavy that they don't absorb all that much
Depo sounds v scary

Right there with you Imsorryalan. Although recently I went back to tampons after many years not using them and they seems to be working fine again.
I can't wait for menopause to get going, not looking forward to some of those side effects either, but not having a monthly period will be wonderful.

Mirena coil! Plan to get sterilised soon but would still like the coil for the rest of my fertile days (changed every 5 years). It's bloody brilliant after the initial 6 months of it settling in!

I'm glad I'm not the only who doesn't want to use hormonal contraceptives and can't wait for the menopause! I'm done having kids, why can't I turn it all off now?

you would think always eh finished having children now where is the switch to turn them off or would that be a tap

Go on the combined pill. You don't have to have a period every month, just run the packs

Oh sorry for asking
By the way, have you tried different brands? The leading brand doesn't stay in for me either

Manual extraction of menses?

Mooncups are better than tampons/towels.

*run the packs together, I meant to say.

I do understand what you mean and they are horrible.

Disclaimer: had a shitty day so am going to whine. Just wait until you start a premature menopause, go to GPs, get prescribed HRT. Take it and is fab for the first month then spend next two months bleeding heavily. Take more prescribed tablets to stop the bleeding while still taking the HRT to bleed. Get even more confused and bad-tempered.

Sorry for whine and hijack. Hope you are feeling better soon x

It actually really pisses me off that no one has invented some way to get rid of them yet. Is it because most scientists are men

Another fan of the mirena coil here , not had a period for 6 years and no side effects

I can't use tampons either but my mooncup is fab you hardly notice it.

Depo made me demented before the menopause kicked in. Have just realised it may not be the drug but me waahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Do you ladies mean the depo injection?
If so, in my case it caused a lot of break through bleeding, so I was almost constantly wearing sanitary towels. I ended up needing to be on the mycrogynon pill to stop the break through bleeds.
In the end I gave up on the Depo and just took the pill (seemed daft being on both!)

I can't wait for menopause either - but I'm only 28...

I was on Depo after dd1 didnt agree with me I honestly felt like I was loosing the plot .