tina_

Has anyone had af for over 2 months? Mines moderate and I can soak a pad sometimes in 4 hours. Im seeing my gyno on tuesday but has anyone else had this problem? and what did you do to resolve it? im also on Diane 35, citalopram but im changing over to wellbutrin xl

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OlderCyster

Yes, I had that happen a few months ago. It ended up stopping a few days before I went to the doctor. He didn't find anything causing it and now I've gone 3 months without AF. PLEASE be sure to have blood test done though as I then became very anemic which made me feel very sick and I had to take lots of prescribed iron.

{ohjoy}

Yes I had that problem a year ago which made me panic and go see a fertility specialist. That was when I found out about PCOS. I wasn't ovulating and that was pretty much the built up lining that was shedding and it came down in clots. Good luck with everything.

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TraumaRNJen

If your GYNO does not do a blood count on you (CBC) and Iron levels then you need to go to your PCP and ask for one.

And yes I have had my period for that long and even longer. I've had 5 seperate times of being admitted for emergency blood transfusions and d&c's due to the excessive bleeding and it's because the doctors wait to long or I have a hard time finding one that believes me that I am bleeding that long to actually do a the lab work! I would actually go through the pads every 30min/1hr. (thankfully my PCP believes me now, and my current OBGYN is fully supportive of me and believes me seeing how the first time we met was in the ER of a hospital that I do not work at and saw on the labwork that I had lost over half of my blood.)

Don't just lay around and bleed, do not let these doctors do that to you! Do not get to the point where you are going through pads by the hour to two hours drenched! the Number 1 reason why doctors don't do anything about it cause women have tendencies of replacing their blood faster than men cause we are built to lose blood monthly, and in any human is replaced every 120 days. Sometimes continous blood loss that is steady over a period time can drop your blood count and that's not good, you can become very severly anemic. This is not good for your heart either, your heart is having to work extra hard to pump what blood you have out to your body. You NEED to get a nice electronic blood pressure cuff so you can keep an eye out on your vital signs. If your heart rate stays above 100 and your blood pressure is below normal ranges then you need to get checked out immedietaly cause that's one of the signs of too much of a blood loss.

Now I will warn you, doctors are not willing to admit patients for blood transfusions. Sometimes doctors can give you some hormones to stop the bleeding, some will do ultrasound and check out the lining of the uterus and see if you need a D&C or if you have uterine fibroids (which can be serious.) and in my case these hormones are no longer effective in me and which is why I get the blood transfusions and D&C's.

So please get checked out. do something about it before it gets way out of hand.

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loveslady

Hi, I just finished bleeding for one month. Just like you I was soaked in 4 hours or less then some days I could go all day. Well it's finally off but I have been feeling exhausted for the last week or two. Little things that I am used to doing is causing me to sweat and breath hard. I was working out before now. I can't now. When I get home I am exhausted. I am a little stressed right now so that is why I haven't sought medical help but I really don't know what's up. Tina you are not alone is all i'm saying. I don't know what we all are suffering from but you are not alone in it.

LRLsister

This has also happened to me ( and a few times even longer). I also have soaked a pad in less than and hour. I have had to get a D&C but thankfully have not had to get another one. I was put on metformin. I am not quite sure if this is the reason but since then my periods have gotten shorter and shorter (knock on wood). Now they normally last a little over a week and I am praying that they stay that short or shorter. I completely agree that you need a doctor that will check for anemia. I was severely anemic before I found a good doctor who actually checked for that. I am now taking prescribed iron for the anemia. I hope everything works out for you. I know this is the worst feeling and I wish you all the luck.

Kasie_Edmunds

I bled once for over 2 and a half years and went to 7 different doctors. None would do an exam on me because I was always bleeding. Thank God through it all I never became anemic! But my problem was that I had VERY LOW progesterone. I went to my local natural health food store and got a bottle of natural progesterone cream, rubbed just a very little bit on the insides of my elbows and on my chest and it stopped my bleeding within a few hours!! I was so amazed that that was all it took after bleeding for over 2 and a half years straight! Alot of women with PCOS have very low progesterone and that seems to me like thats your problem too. Hope I helped!

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