Constant bleeding - perimenopause? Hysteroscopy needed?

Dear Polly

As I was going into peri I had continuous spotting, stopping then starting, had transnational ultrasound done but was nothing wrong, if all tests have been done then it probably is peri causing it, it isn't pleasant I know because you automatically think something is wrong, my friend had the opposite of long heavy periods and I thought I was abnormal having this constant spotting x

Have you been to the Dr? 

Thank you all so much for your posts on this. I am just shy of 52 and the first woman in 3 generations not to have a hysterectomy in my family. I have no one to talk to other then dr about this and I'm so frustrated. Since 2011. Yeah happy to know I'm getting close to the final curtain call. Definately going to start taking my iron every day with vit c and b6

All test normal and I am determined to get through this without hormones. Your advice has been invaluable. I'll keep you posted.

Hi, I'm almost 48, have had regular periods all my life. This past July I was 9 days late and when I started my period I bled for 24 days straight. Not heavy but very annoying.  Then I stopped for 4 days and started back.  Bled another 24 days and quit for 4. Now I am back bleeding again. This time is a little heavier but no flooding. I've noticed that my pattern for this is to not bleed when it would be my normal time for period and then to bleed for the 24 days that I shouldnt be bleeding. Its like my body is in reverse. I'm so glad to find this discussion. I have absolutely no one to talk to about this

50-years old and have consistently heavier and longer periods. Been bleeeing for 4 months straight. Had to have 2 bags of blood in February because my hemoglobin was a 6. They did an internal ultrasound back then and found a tiny blip they labeled a polyp. Immediately said I needed a DNC, biopsy and ablation. I said no. Ended up in ER a few days ago and got another internal ultrasound and they said they found nothing. Prescribed Provera 10mg/once daily for 5 days. Day 4 and I'm still bleeding. Lots of clots. I'm so tired of being exhausted. I feel useless. Don't want a hysterectomy because I have 2 kids and recovery will render me even more useless. I'm also dizzy all the time. Last blood work came back low iron but not dangerously low. Ugh

I just came across your post I am 53 and I had my period it stopped and now got over 2 weeks spotting 😬 I don't want to take any hormones I want to do it natural so do we just let our bodies do what they are doing and it will pass that's my big ? It seems like all doctors want to do is put you on meds or tons of test by now I've read so many women go through spotting and bleeding is this good for your body in the long run? Than trying to mess with it so many ?

Hello, I am 33 years and I have been experiencing prolonged period for 2weeks now. It not heavy at all . The first 7days was with cramps and some clotted blood. It stopped for a day then started all over but this time, I have no pains with light flow. Well, I have never had a heavy flow in my life. Pls, what should I do?

Oh am I ever glad that I ran across this post. Seriously I was getting really scared 😨 I'm 46 and have been perimenopausal for about 8 months now. I have had or are still having almost every symptom listed. The sleep and emotional issues actually triggered repressed memories for me and I started having 3 and 4 day panic and anxiety attacks that resulted in me being diagnosed with complex Ptsd. I've been bleeding for about 10 weeks now and was scared to go be seen for fear of something super serious being the cause. I'm.quite relieved to see how common this issue is. I'm going to schedule an appointment right away and hopefully get some birth control or. estrogen therapy. My husband will be so relieved. Thank you Ladies for your help

Hi polly i am 42 and Anemic. I had a ultrasound and was diagnosed with endometrial Polyps of 8mm and 7mm diameter. I visited the gynaecologist who suggested hystrectoscopy and IUD called Mirena. I am just wondering if i need to have this procedure done as i fear side effects of the IUD device.

Thanks

Hi polly i am 42 and Anemic. I had a ultrasound and was diagnosed with endometrial Polyps of 8mm and 7mm diameter. I visited the gynaecologist who suggested hystrectoscopy and IUD called Mirena. I am just wondering if i need to have this procedure done as i fear side effects of the IUD device.

Thanks

So happy to have found this thread...I, too, am having symptoms as you all describe. I'm 45 and have been bleeding for 18 days after having a 43 day break between periods for the first time ever. Used to be regular at 24-26 days. I'm a new nurse (went back to school at 42) so I'm diagnosing (!) myself w/ perimenopause. So far I haven't heard anyone on this thread report back that they had cancer. I want to order my own blood test (via one of the very cheap online methods that still do the testing through normal labs...requestatest or walkinlab...yes I'm in the US and have a ginormous deductible, so would rather do this on my own.) Can anyone respond with exactly which blood tests your doctor ordered? I'm thinking CBC, ferritin?, maybe others? Then I can show up at the gyno with this info ahead of time. I also may go to one of the cheaper sono sites to avoid the costly one they will inevitably send me to at the local hospital. I do plan to see a gyno, but would love to have my ducks in a row first. This post helped me to see why I was a bit light-headed in the last week and probably getting anemic after so much bleeding. (duh) Best of luck to all of you...we're all in this together!

So I started having this issue after Decades of very regular but very heavy periods. My dr. Just basically told me over the phone that it was perimenopause. Of course I wanted to be sure, since my mother died of cervical cancer when she was only a couple of years older than I am now, not that I was worried about cervical cancer because I get pretty regular pap smears and check-ups and she didn't.

Anyway, I made an appointment with my gynecologist even though I was bleeding down there and thought that was going to be humiliating and gross, but she reassured me that they've seen everything and that's what she's there for) she confirmed it was most likely perimenopause, but knew that I wanted all the tests you could get. She did blood tests and samples and a test where they take some bits of your uterus for biopsies. That really hurt more than I would have expected something like that to hurt. If that is anything like what people go through who say they have period pain, I feel so sorry for them! Because it was yucky. But everything was clear.

I left with a new IUD. I had never had one before. It took a couple of months for everything to normalize, but my. Is down to almost nothing every month and my life is so much easier. Why didn't I do this decades ago? LOL! ( actually, I know why -- I didn't want to be taking any kind of birth control into my system because of the side effects. And because I could handle the "devil I knew" without them up to now)

Anyway, the other reason I went in is: because I had been bleeding so much, I was feeling "off". So I wanted to see if I was getting anemic. And I was. So make sure you're taking care of that, too. Because it can really throw your system off. And make you very sick if you don't watch out. So good luck to all you ladies who are going through this! Can't we age with more dignity? LOL!

I am so happy to read this! I thought I was dying! I went without periods for 3 months and then normal and then now 2 REALLY long periods. I am on 2 weeks of light annoying bleeding. No pain, no moodiness. So glad that others experience. We really need to normalize mentruation so we don't have to be frightened when normal bodily things occur.