Extremely long periods

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Registered: 02-19-2008
Extremely long periods
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Tue, 02-19-2008 - 12:12pm

Hi everyone. I'm new here. Well, my period problems started over 6 months ago! I'm 26, was 25 when it first started. I just had a period that lasted about 3 weeks. This happened for a few months. I was at work one day and stood up and just had a gush of blood. Sorry if this is TMI. I went to the ER where they examined me and told me everything looked fine. He said I may have a small cysts though and to follow up with an appointment. I had the appointment and again he said everything looked good but there was no cyst. He prescribed me birth control. Well, I rarely take any medication and I wasn't about to take birth control. Especially not knowing for sure what is causing it. Well, in December I finally had a normal period...well somewhat normal. It lasted about 6 days and was lighter than usual. But the next month it was back again and lasted a month. It's not continuously heavy...it varies from heavy to light. It's very frustrating and I'm tired of it. I have insurance now so I am making an appointment with a regular doctor. Any ideas what is causing it? Any natural remedies to regulate my cycle?? I'll take any advice, tips, thank you.

JJ

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Registered: 08-07-2007
Wed, 02-20-2008 - 12:26pm

Hi JJ, welcome!


I have had this problem in the past, and for me it was caused by an annovulatory cycle with breakthrough bleeding.

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Registered: 02-19-2008
Wed, 02-20-2008 - 2:52pm
Thanks for the reply Amy. I guess I was just waiting for it to go away on it's own...well it doesn't look like that is going to happen so once I've figured out the cause if bc is recommended I'll bite the bullet and go for it. LOL.