I am 36, and for the past 3 years my periods have totally changed. I have always been regular. Then I missed a few periods, had a few that were too long, light bleeding all the time. Then nothing. I went to my GP who gave me no explanations but referred me for hormone tests and a transvaginal scan.
tests came back "Normal levels" and scan was inconclusive, although the dr advised the problems were probably being caused by my obesity and to lose weight.
So no answers and no bleeding for a while. Lost 2 stone (still very overweight) then had a bleed that would not stop. It was like all the periods I had missed were happening at once. Went to see a private gynae who was better but still didnt really advise what or why this was happening. She said my results didnt show PCOS, and that I likely wasn't ovulating. She prescribed norethisterone to stop the bleeding and then advised mirena coil if I wasn't bothered about children.
I didnt get the coil and didn't bleed again for a long time apart from spotting here and there. I am now having another very heavy bleed. Fast forward to now - a year and a half and having come out of a horrible anxiety disorder i am ready to tackle this. I want to know what the problem is, why isn't my body producing enough progesterone? And how do i try and regulate my cycle? Does this mean I cant have children? I am going back to my GP and plan on losing the rest of the weight. But does anyone have ANY idea what might be causing this and what the best options for me are?