Since having my youngest child a few years ago, my life seems ruled by my menstrual cycle, I have a horrendous luteal phase which lasts around 7-10 days, followed by a heavy period that lasts about a week and then about 1.5 to 2 weeks of feeling "normal" before it starts again.
In my luteal phase, I'm exhausted, have brain fog, am irritable and a nightmare to live with basically. It comes on like a switch has flipped, almost like ovulation is over, my mood instantly plummets.
I'm wondering if there's any birth control methods that would help, maybe one of the ones that stops your periods (do you also get to skip PMS with those?).
I'm late thirties, don't want any more children and currently have a copper IUD which ironically I chose to try and avoid any hormonal symptoms, however it seems like my "natural state" is the worst state of all 😂 I know copper IUD makes periods heavier but I presume this means just the actual bleeding.
Any advice?