To have had enough of my period.

[CornishTiger]

My cycle has been mostly absent for the last nine months. Extreme stress, Covid vaccination maybe and possibly peri menopausal.

Then boom two nights ago just as I’m about to go out to a long awaiting event where it was sodding portaloos it made an appearance. And it’s been a constant heavy flow since.

I’ve had 4 changes of underwear and pjs this evening alone. Nothing is containing it. I’ve been trying to sleep on a blinking toddler bed pad and here I am awake lying on a towel on sofa after counting how many sanitary towels I have left wondering if they’ll last til morning having felt a gush which made me flood. I’ve just grabbled with a menstrual cup too which won’t play ball with my vagina and seems to think I want it low down like it feels like it’s going to come out

I haven’t had anything like this in years. The consultants response to that shitty few months of constant bleeding was to do a biopsy of my cervix ( I think?!) in a rush after I didn’t response well to his suggestion my bleeding was due to being fat.

And now the cat thinks I want her climbing all over me. Argh.

If I didn’t need to get up early and get out for san pro I’d be hitting the gin bottle! Oh and I’ve got a 90 min return journey to do twice tomorrow to drop my daughter to a birthday party so need to plan where I can stop to use a toilet.

The best my DH has said today when I tried to explain how shit it is is oh dear - I never ever moan like this!

Oh, you poor thing! This happened to me a lot in Peri, it was horrible. My dr gave me some drugs to stop it all together to give me a break, and then some other drugs to lighten the flow. Lifesavers I tell you.

Well this really is the period from hell. 40 mins and I’ve just changed the menstrual cup and it was nearly full. It has he we been like that even after hours in.

Now slightly considered it’s something more serious. I am in pain. I can’t be pregnant. Think a call to GP is needed if no improvement by Monday.

That sounds awful. Please call your GP on Monday! They might be able to help. Good luck for your journey/s tomorrow. I really do feel for you! I don't have any suggestions but I'm sending

Thank you @nzeire I don’t suppose you can remember the names of the drugs? I had mefamenic acid and trans acid years ago. Might still have them somewhere

Thanks @BlueMoons90 I think I’m going to have to send DH to the party tomorrow. He will moan as his internal map is shocking. We’ve been there several times over the years yet he’ll claim he has no idea where he’s going. Well darling. Sat Nav!

If it's so bad that nothing is containing it, i'd say you need medical attention.

Are you feeling ok?

Maybe call 111?

You poor thing, what a nightmare! I Also have no suggestions, but for other reasons (maybe premenopausal insomnia) am lying on the sofa as well unable to sleep! I hope it slows down soon and you will get some rest. Thoughts and sympathies

Perimenopausal!

@samwitwicky I was debating 111 but Can’t imagine an out of hours doc will be able to do much.

I can only imagine they’d send me to a and e. It’s carnage at our only a&e.

Apart from the pain lower abdominal, back and. General right side of stomach I’m mostly ok. My chest has been feeling tight but that started last night and feels more like anxiety.

And Tbh I’m terrified of seeing someone as my darling best friend had years of period issues. Went in for a routine gynae op and died recently.

I’ve been really emotional last couple of days thinking about how I never really understood how debilitating it all was for her. I listened and cared and had that time a few years ago that was horrible but it was nothing compared to what she went through.

Sorry I’m having a real pity party tonight. I really miss her.

Please get checked out ASAP. There was a poster on here a while back who had the same and was very ill. She'd have been in serious trouble if she hadn't been seen. Filling a pad in under an hour is considered a medical emergency and you sound worse than that.

@QuestionableMouse I’m thinking of calling 111 if it doesn’t stop. I’ve just done a nhs heavy period assessment and it just said see gp but I scored almost highest score.
Can you remember what was wrong with that poster?

@mollycoddle77 I’ve only just started sleeping again recently. Please no insomnia! Hope you get some rest soon.

Aww this js awful please get checked there is meds that can stop the bleeding that doesn’t solve your long term issue but gives you options.
So sorry about your friend hope you get some sleep and shame you can’t have some mecidinal gin send the DH for the San pro I’m sure he will manage my 17 year old DS has gone for me many times I too suffer

I'm praying for you @CornishTiger, it sounds so tough. Get checked out as soon as you can and definitely send your DH tomorrow!

It was an infection iirc. Absolutely give 111 a ring or even 999 if it's not getting better.

In the short term - Tena pants to catch cup overflow and for sleeping. Ibuprofen (keep taking according to instructions on pack) can reduce uterine contractions and therefore flooding.

I'm not for a second suggesting you don't seek medical advice, but what you're experiencing is normal for me in late perimenopause. Period pants, including super duper nappy type ones for the first 2 days, have been a life saver.

I had a lifetime of misery with hevy painful periods. Eventually I took the pill continuously for years without a break so that I never had a period. When I eventually stopped so had the periods. Have never had one since I was 40. Never so glad to see the end of anything in my life.

We are living inthe 21st century and women are still suffering this filthy primitive ordeal every month. Shameful.

If it goes on for more than a few hours like that plus you have pain I think its definitely worth calling 111. They have a lowish risk threshold so if they tell you to wait for gp on Monday you'll know you're safe to do so

Cyklokapron was the one I took every period during first few days, I can’t remember the name of the one off, 10 day medication she gave me to give me a rest after an 18 day bleed.
I then had a procedure to have a clear out :)

Get some Tena incontinence pants, if they can take me losing a full bladder without leaks they will hold a flood. Get the maxi ones, they will keep you going until you can see a doctor. Have you tried the combined pill or norethisterone to stop the bleeding?

I had this for a while during peri menopause and it was an absolutely nightmare, at times I felt suicidal with it.

This is no help to you yet, but what really made a difference was having laser treatment which zaps away the lining of the womb. You need to have stopped wanting to get pregnant (I was 52 or thereabouts, so yes!). The procedure was amazing and very easy as a day case.

Before then I would agree get advice as soon as you can, try medication, send someone out for more pads and don’t even think about travelling anywhere!

It’s awful I know. 🌺

I'm sure one of the first questions they ask on 111 is "are you bleeding heavily" and if you say yes they recommend an ambulance. You are bleeding heavily, it sounds really horrible and I'm so sorry you're going through this

Awful night. Definitely trying 111 today

Oh OP

I have really shitty periods.

For 2-3 days it feels like blood is pouring out of me and I have the most horrendous clots. I leak through pads constantly, I have to take spare underwear and clothes with me when I go out because undoubtedly I will leak through my clothes and I have to sit on blankets in the car so I don’t leak through to the upholstery. I also have to sleep on towels at night so my leaking doesn’t go through to the mattress. Generally, unless I really have to, I don’t leave the house for three days. Sorry to be graphic but if I go to the toilet for a wee, the bowl will end up bright red with blood and clots will just fall out of me. I hate it so, so much. I have been on top dose iron supplements for anaemia for the last two years which they say is due to my periods.

I’ve been to the doctors who sent me for an ultrasound scan but they said my womb lining thickness was within normal limits, yet my scan was 5 days after my period had ended so of course there wouldn’t be much to see.

I can’t take and medication to help with it (due to a health condition I have) and so I just have to put up with it. They keep pushing me to have a Mirena but I’ve had two in the past and had awful experiences both times so I don’t really want to go down that route.

It’s really shit being a woman

I hope you can get some medical advice/attention today and things start to get better for you.

Make sure you go to GP, but to reassure you it probably isn't serious.
I had similar a few years ago in my mid- late forties. No sleep having doubling up on 2x nighttime pads and still changing every 40 mins ish. Literally pouring out of me.
Was worried something was wrong but turned it was my age and when I spoke to friends discovered some of them went through the same thing.
So after tests, thankfully clear, I had a uterine ablation where they remove lining of womb,, you can't have children after procedure but I wasn't concerned about that. I got my life back and was no longer constantly tired , go to your GP. Its just absolutely awful bleeding so much leaves you tired and exhausted and always needing to be near a loo .
If you want to use pads as well as mooncup always infinity night ( the foam ones) are the best, although you may still need to double up.