Perimenopause and heavy periods...

In my early peri i had heavy clotty periods, infact 21 months solid, varying from heavy heavy, normal, light, spotting, continuous after coming off hormone shots, hardly got three days free of it in all that time.

If you had a mirena removed then again your body will be trying to get to normal levels again too.

I am post meno now so no periods.

Hope things get better soon

Jay x

Another side effect of removing the Mirena coil is bleeding. It is considered normal to have some spotting and slight loss of tissue when the coil is removed.

Some women experience much heavier periods following the removal of the IUD and other have spotting for several months afterward between periods until the body adjusts to the hormonal changes that have taken place.

On the flip side of this coin is the lack of menses that can sometimes occur as a result of having had the Mirena in place and then removing it. Some women stop having a period after several months of having the Mirena IUD in place.

Other Side Effects

Neurovascular episodes may occur when a Mirena is removed. What these episodes look like, specifically, may be a slowed heart rate (bradycardia), where the heart beats less than 60 times in one minute.

Another form of neurovascular interference that may be experienced is syncope, or fainting. Generally, these incidents are mild and usually occur while the woman is still in the clinic. Appropriate measures are taken by medical staff if it occurs.

I am 50 now, and have been in peri for about 5 years. Truthfully, I always had heavy, clot filled nightmares of periods since I was young. But it got really worse during the last five years. And yet now, finally, my periods are lighter and clot-free. 

I think it would be very shocking and stressful if it just happened to you after years of normal periods, but you will be all right, especially if you are taking iron.

Sometimes passing the clots through the mouth of the uterus (I can't remember the name of that!! oh menopause brain!!) is painful. I think it's fine to take aspirin.

I think your period pattern sounds like the result of fluctuating hormones, and nothing to worry about. I usually use a tampon and a pad as well. 

I do think you will be okay, and it kinda sounds like you are trailing off. The clots are gross!! it's true. But I had them for years and years, and my health is basically fine. 

Take good care, and stay strong til we get to the other side!!

Jen

Well I shouldn't worry to much!  I am 60 later this year and at the moment am having the most horrendous bleed I have ever experienced!! I also get huge clots too which scares me but I think is completely normal.. The only thing that is really upsetting is when it happens in a supermarket!!!!

It can only get better! can't it???

My doctor has presecribed me Cyklokapron which is taken 4 times a day for 4 days as soon as the bleeding starts. Seems to have dome the trick for me. Might be worth discussing this drug with your doctor

Yep. Currently experiencing this, both last month and this month, after a bit of a break from the 'chunks'.  Seems they're back, which I now understand is par for the course.

I'm hating it: can't stand the stress of worrying about leaking; going out and getting there without leaking; leaking on the bedding (thankfully, I've never really done this as I've rarely slept 5-6hrs uninterrupted. Currently get up anything between 2-5 times a night to wee/change towels); the smell gets me down as I imagine because I can smell 'me', everyone else can too (husband, love him, says he can't, but I think he's very diplomatic and knows if I'd go off on one if he said he could - lose-lose situation for him, poor sod!); changing outfits up to 4 times because they all make me look old/fat/bloated....oh, the list goes on!

But I suppose because I'm still as regular as clockwork, I will see changes like this before they start to become irregular or I eventually miss one.  And then I'll know if I was better off with a proper 'cycle' with a bleed or not??!!

No-one said it would be easy, did they........in fact that didn't tell us anything about what to expect, the sadists!!

Sx