I have always suffered from extrememly heavy periods. So...

I am pleased you have managed to get your anaemia sorted out, I have had various tests and procedures over the past 12 months and been on iron tablets for 5 months nothing is working the specialists think its due to something more insidious but can not find what it is. Have you discussed the Merina coil with your GP this I had one put in summer last year and it has virtually stopped by periods and taken the cramps away it is also a contraceptive, its worth talking to your GP about it. good luck with your pills hope they work:D

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I can honestly relate to the heavy periods. I for one am sick and tired of having heavy periods. But this has also taken a toll on my husband who has to keep supplying me with heavy pads when I run out of them. He finally made me go (actually forced me) to the OB/GYN. My haem level was anywhere between 7.3 and 6.2. I refused a blood transfusion! Now I'm being monitored with medication!

I was given folic acid pills, iron pills, and hormone pills. I take these 3 times a day. I was thankful the bleeding was under control and I could get a good night's rest. Because I get like this every month, the solution was to have a hysterectomy. I am scared to go under the knife, but, if it's the best thing to do, then I will go through it.

I'm just glad to know I am not alone in this.

Thanks and good luck!

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Hi

I am exactly the same. I have had heavy periods since...i started really. I change my pads like every hour and still leek through. My Haemoglobin count was 5.2 last year (August), and yes i refused the transfusion and went on the iron tablets. After coming off the tablets in June, my recent blood tests last week showed my Haemoglobin count had dropped again.

I was put on Tranexamic Acid and that didnt help in the slightest, and now im on the pill to see if that regulates the cycle

I was recently diagnosed with iron deficiency anaemia following months of heavy bleeds when menstruating - not uncommon for middle aged women approaching menopause like me.

I took Tranexamic acid until the latest bleed stopped, am on iron and my Consultant recommends a hysteroscopy when he will also insert a Mirena Coil which should prevent the heavy bleeds.

WHO'D BE A WOMAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh how i feel for the sufferers already posted on this site... but it is so good to know i am not on my own. I have had a Mirena coil fitted (to help with heavy periods) for the last 18 months but keep \"losing\" it due to a fibroid. Have now given up on the coil and am on tranexamic acid and norethisterone, have been advised, sort of, to go ahead with a hysterectomy, but at 53 they seem to think this is a little extreme, apart from the fact i dont want one!. Am now going ahead with an implant in the hope that it will reduce the heavy periods, has anyone gone through the same thing? Oh and i am still on iron tablets daily... there must be something that will help without having to go through surgery.