too frequent periods since 13!!
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too frequent periods since 13!!
| Sun, 01-18-2004 - 8:46pm |
Hi! basically since I started my periods when I was 13 they have been extremely heavy and too frequent.at 14 I was put on the pill and the at 17 had two rounds of the injection,it did not agree with me so Idid not have it any more.Since then(NOW 18)I am not using hormonal contraceptive and feel better within myself for this but now once again my periods are heavy,painful and too frequent. for example- came on the 8th dec(finishing the 16th)then came on again 24 dec (finishing the 29th)and came on today again(18 jan!)thats 3 periods in 5 weeks!went doctors and just came out with pain killers and told to return in march.She seemed to half blame it on the injection even though I told her it couldnt be as I only had two lots,the last one was about april 2003 and my periods were the same before any hormonal contraception!if anyone can help I would be very grateful.

Amity
DS 9.12.00
EDD 4.26.04 DD
An endocrinologist specializes in hormones and would know what questions to ask and what things to look for. It's probably important to stress to the dr that you had problems BEFORE the shots and stress the amount of blood loss, because many drs will be likely to zoom in on the shots because it is VERY common for the shots to mess you up..... I could be wrong here, but from what I've heard, they usually mess you up by causing light spotting instead of periods or you skip periods altogether...I haven't heard too many women complain about VERY HEAVY LONG periods with very short intervals inbetween. But I could be wrong on that...
You should definitely have your hemoglobin monitored right now though. They'll just prick your finger for a drop of blood to see what the iron content of your red blood cells is. It sounds like you're bleeding a lot and you could be losing iron. If you start feeling tired, no energy, have a hard time concentrating, etc then see a dr because you could be low on iron. Hope you feel better soon!