I was due on my period around 2 weeks ago but was approximately 6 days late. I then had a much lighter period than normal. Once it stopped I had spotting on and off for around a week, then randomly one day I had a sudden gush of bright red blood and needed a pad for the rest of the day. This only lasted one day, few days go by on and off brown spotting. Same thing happens again, bright red heavy bleeding, medium size clots, needing to change pad after an hour, soaking through layers of clothes just sitting on the couch, then stopped again for a few days.
Since Monday I have now experienced this every day for a couple of hours in the morning but then completely eases off the rest of the day until the next day. I had a telephone appointment with the GP who fobbed me off and said periods can be irregular, don't worry about it. I have just been to the toilet and the blood is gushing out of me like water, bright red and multiple clots about the size of a 20p coin.
Dr Google isn't much help either as I can mainly only find info on spotting between periods but this is heavy bleeding. My female friends are also just comparing it to spotting but literally the toilet bowl is filled with blood and clots every time I go and I'm changing my pad often.
This doesn't feel normal but what could it be? And how do I get the doctor to actually listen to me?