Hi there, not a nice situation to be in. But I don't understand why you haven't taken the tranexamic acid. You went to the doc for help and advice, and haven't followed the advice. I say this as a female who some years back had very heavy bleeding, took those tablets, and things settled down. Why wait when you have a possible solution available?Please think about it.

regards, gamechanger

Thank you for replying. The prescription says take for up to four days so I was worried that the bleeding would stop and then start again for the scan. Also I was hoping it would subside on its own and I could stop worrying. You are right, my husband has gone for the prescription. If you don’t mind me asking did you have prolonged bleeding as well? Thanks again

I had small amounts of bleeding three years ago and before that I had not periods since 2000because of a tablet I was put on which was thes side affect.  I am 61 so at time the time I had been through the menopause.  I was sent for a ultasound and found i had a thick lining of the womb and then I had a camera put inside and found two large systw whichy were removed and then was tolkd my cells were swollen and should be flat and treatment was either a tablet of merina coil which release a hormone every three or six months I had a biopsy whichg was cear on the last one I had thgis year and said i could keep the coil inb or have it removed I would be okay.  I had it removed this monday and was told will have a little bleeding for one or two days and should be okay.  But if it continues to come back.  Well I have had stomach pains and cramps and bleeding which is not like I had before.  This is flooding and going through to my clothes.  I managed to ge  a doctors appointment and saw another doctor who said why did yuou have it removed as thoiugh I have taken it on my back  to have this removed.  So she was saying it will continue to bleed .  I was not happy at all with her esponse and told her that I was told I was okay to have it removed everything was fine.    I was told that if the bleeding does n ot stop I would haved to have the cil again or tablet.  I was inder horendous pain when I had the coil put in had to have it done under anaesthetic and after I could not walk or stand too long and I mean a few minutes.  I.  This went on for six months .  I was told to persevere with the pain.  I was told today that the tablet would have the same side affects as the coil.  and I mentioned about my eyes side affects of another tabl;et and she seemed to say I would have side affects with my eyes with either of these.  The bleeding is alot worse then before I had the emrina coil put in.  So I just dont rust my doctors.  I have changed once before because the last doctors told me pins and needles in my hands and fingers were nothing to worry about and also having pain in my elbows ands wrists and groin area was nothing to worry about was tissue pain gave me pain killers.  When I argued with my doctor about seeing a pain con saultant she did not like to send me but i would  not give up and when I did see h9im I was diagnosed with chronic widespread pain and then diagnoisaed by a rheumatologist with fibromyalgia.  So apart from that I had a vitamin d deficiency and was seen by a consultant who eventually after many many tests with a overactive parathyroid which was taking all the calcium out of my bones and had a non beligmant tumour on it .  This had to wait ayear for operation to have removed.  And there is more but I wont continue.  So this is why i get on google and search for answers and help as my docors tell me very little and dont seem to be bothereds on if you have a heart attack stroke or you may have cancer. I dont rate doctors as doctors any more .  With all respect to the medical profession yes they have a hard job to do and work very hard but the GPS now seem uncaring and not interested.  I worked up until i became ill in the Caring profession but at the lower end and was working long hours and was a very physical and mentally demanding job.  Had no social life and my life revolveds around my work.

Hello,

I am on my 20th day of bleeding heavily. I use the really thick night time pads and I have to change every time I use the loo, I've lost count of how many packets of pads I've bought now. I also leak sometimes, the weird thing is... I was on the contraceptive pill desogestrel for years! I read some bad stuff, I came off it. I was only on it because of painful periods due to polycystic ovaries and I'd tried other things but the mini pill worked best. So I came off it and after 2 days I started bleeding. And the bleeding seemed normal, it started to slow... Then it got worse, and worse now there's no clots it's just been red blood for 2 or more weeks now. I went to my Dr's and got that transmeticacid or however you spell it. It too said take for 4 days maximum, it hasn't worked. It has slowed but not stopped, I am getting more worried. The Dr called it a rebound bleed, that I haven't bled for that long that now it is having like a double period. Well that was a week ago now it is a triple period. And weirdly before I came off the pill (like 1 month prior to coming off the pill) I had horrible pains down below, like I was giving birth and I was pushing something out with my pelvic floor and it started to hurt internally. It's like my body wasn't doing it, it was doing it itself. And when I bent down it felt like someone was pushing into my uterus really hard mainly on the right hand side, I'm thinking a cyst burst. Oh and I have possible fibroids, I am going for a scan this week to check up. I am only 23 and it's really worrying, I feel like there's something wrong like I'm hemorrhaging from my womb? The Dr felt my tummy and said it was soft and said it was a good thing, but I've never bled this long and I also have bladder issues.. Don't know if it's connected, I have a mass growing in my bladder that I need surgically removing which I am going for a consultation for in the morning. Or I'm worried I have endometriosis, it's just I try talk to my Dr's. You never get the same one and they never have the time of day for you, they want you out the door they cba.

Thanks for reading

I am so sorry to hear about your experience. It sounds really challenging and i can somewhat relate. 

Im 31 and now 12 weeks into the worst bleed of my life after barely having a period for 2 years (probably 24 hours over 2 years if you counted up all the half hours of spotting id had) am utterly exaughsted and no idea when ill get an answer. I tried the tranexamic acid and it did give me a few days of just spotting which was a relief but that was just to get me to the point where i could be scanned. I am now on the other meds but just for the next 10 days. I am having some fairly severe symptoms of anaemia including being breathless all the time which i have never ever had before and am trying my best to remain in work despite the GP wanting to sign me off for a few weeks to try and get some rest. Im having to take clothes to work to change into (i normally do 3 clothes changes a day) all our meeting room chairs are green so i take a big scarf and fold it over so its on the back of the chair and my seat so i have some sort of protetion and put a towel down to drive. Im slowly realising that this isnt really a life. Being tired all the time, not yawning tired but unable to pick up a cup of tea tired, out of breath walking to the car outside my house tired. 

This thread is so nice bacuse i dont feel quite as alone as i do normally, ive started to feel pretty house bound lately so thank you all for the reassurance that its not just me x

hey,

how are you all getting on? I have been having tests for abnormal bleeding. I have a thickend uterine lining. I have had a polyp removed which was benign and a womb biopsy which showed it was thickened but no abnormal cells were present. I have been put on Noristherone 5mg 3 times a day to thin the lining until i have the mrena coil fitted on june 1st and a hysteroscopy. I have PCOS and never had a regular cycle. im gutted having to have the coil as i have been trying to get pregnant :( but thats been put on hold now. Im feeling very down about it all and just keep worrying what if the lining turns abnormal, what if i have to have a hysterectomy and im not able to have children. I have been on noristheri=one about a month. it stopped the bleeding for 2 weeks then it started again and i have been bleeding now for 2 weeks (its not really heavy it never has been) its just annoying. 

thanks for listening x

nat x

It's so good to read these threads.  I am 60 and went through menopause 20 years ago so it was a shock to suddenly start bleeding with huge clots,  I contacted the doctor who in fairness saw me the same day.  She referred me to consultant under the 2 week rule which was worrying.

i then had hysteroscopy and biopsy also I was prescribed norethesterone.  The biopsy came back as no malignant cells found which was good. 

however as soon as I stopped taking the tablets the bleeding came back just as bad as before!  I rung consultant and they sent me another prescription for norethesterone again  does not help that covid-19 is so rife it's stopped a lot of hospital visits.

i took the tablets for another month, stopped them last Tuesday and today Saturday I am back at square one so will ring consultant first thing on Monday...

has anyone else had problems post menopausal?

Hi. Sorry to hear your having these issues 2.

I'm 31 and have been bleeding continuously non stop as well as constant period type pains since the beginning of December last year so 6 months now.

Eventually was referred to see consultant and had appointment 11 days ago, she done an internal scan and said womb lining was slightly thick but that could be normal, she also done a biopsy which I wasnt prepared for the pain to be so bad.

They also took blood for lots of diffrent things. I keep thinking the worst, she mentioned Cancer several times but then kept saying because of my age it would be unusual. I dont know what to think, just hoping results are back soon. X 

Hi hope yous are all OK and getting answers... I'm 28 and for the last few months I've been having non stop periods, my periods were always spot on fine then I had my 3rd child and I breast fed so didn't have a period until he was about 11 months after a few months I decided to go on the copper coil which was fine didn't have any problems period wise but after about just short of a year my period would come a week early then next month be 20 days late which I assumed was the coil but periods were fine in length. The last few months I'd come on my period when I'm due on then it just doesn't stop I got given a pill to stop the bleeding that worked then when I come off I had a normal 6 day period like bleed then the following month same again but it wasn't heavy it was brown blood for ages like the beginning and end of period with the odd light red days this time I'm not ovally heavy but it's a proper bleed just not stopping been bleeding for over 3 weeks and no sign of stopping been given the acid pill doing nothing I was assuming it could be the coil but a few difdernt docs have said its unlikely. I have had a scan which said was normal apart from a couple. Of cyst on ovary so was sent for bloods come back fine just wondering what it could be google is the worst as it always scares you seems like cancer always comes up. Has anyone actually found out the reason why the bleeding doesn't stop? Thanks skye xx

Hi, I know you posted in April 2020, I too had tests for vaginal bleeding, January 2020 had hysteroscopy and womb biopsy (all clear), during this the specialist nurse found large polyp,  so polypectomy was arranged for 2 weeks later under GA, covid19 happened so my surgery was cancelled, April 2020 polyp removal and d+c performed, all good no problems polyp sent away for testing( benign)...phew!! 4 weeks of no bleeding it was bliss, mid to end of May, spotting started, thought it was my period, but it just kept going and getting heavier and heavier,  to the point I was going through pads like every half hour, changing clothes, I'd go the toilet and the blood was just pouring out of me, it was horrendous,  I ended up in A+E a few days ago, it was not stopping, and I was feeling breathless and weak, bloods done at hospital I was anemic,  was prescribed iron tablets and Tranexamic acid, utter rubbish, now I feel housebound and walking slow like old women,  to try and not let a fast gush of blood falling out of me, I'm only 44yrs,  pre-menopausal,  got to wait for 2weeks, for fast track appointment again, to have scan, and probably another hysteroscopy,  I literally only had polypectomy and d+c weeks ago, so what has happened in them weeks ....totally p***ed off.

Gosh ladies all very worrying. I've had my period since 4 Jun, I am 52. They have been erratic and I know it's peri menopause.  Took myself to A&E 6 Aug as I couldn't stand it any longer. Felt at different times it was going to stop but no, just eased off and then got worse.  (Saw consultant in Jan, waiting on hysteroscop). A&E sent me home with TXA and another referral, which is a phone call in a few weeks. Until today TXA has kept bleeding at bay but getting stomach pains.  Reduced 2 tablets three times a day to 1, but bleeding got worse so went back to 2 three times a day.  Today overnight things as bad as ever.  At what point is it unacceptable for women to be left to bleed out. Even after phone call with consultant, I still need the hysteroscopy and a resolution. Due to go back to work in a few weeks. Lucky during lockdown I was working from home and able to cope/manage, but dreading work now like this.

Gosh ladies all very worrying. I've had my period since 4 Jun, I am 52. They have been erratic and I know it's peri menopause.  Took myself to A&E 6 Aug as I couldn't stand it any longer. Felt at different times it was going to stop but no, just eased off and then got worse.  (Saw consultant in Jan, waiting on hysteroscop). A&E sent me home with TXA and another referral, which is a phone call in a few weeks. Until today TXA has kept bleeding at bay but getting stomach pains.  Reduced 2 tablets three times a day to 1, but bleeding got worse so went back to 2 three times a day.  Today overnight things as bad as ever.  At what point is it unacceptable for women to be left to bleed out. Even after phone call with consultant, I still need the hysteroscopy and a resolution. Due to go back to work in a few weeks. Lucky during lockdown I was working from home and able to cope/manage, but dreading work now like this.

Hi Ladies, I hope all are finding their way through and getting things resolved, I found this board by googling because I have had irregular periods since Feb which came with a massive reaction to a chemical in a new Ikea sofa that I had purchased. Not had a problem ever before. Since then my immune system seemed to had gone into overload where I was allergic to literally the ground I walked on, everything, and it gradually settled down but my periods have been all over the place ever since and it's worsening. I've had to change my life completely because of it.
 

I'm currently heading into week   3 of bleeding which has never happened to me before. Showing no signs of stopping and getting heavier. In the first week I had symptoms of toxic shock, but when paramedics came out they said that it wasn't that and my symptoms were 'all in my head '.. they got an out of hours doctor to call me a few hours later to check in, who also was strong on my symptoms being all in my head despite my having tangible symptoms. I had a really hard time dealing with that in itself let alone what has been happening to me.

In the last few months due to absence of period entirely, two in a month, and irregular times I managed to get hormone testing after begging for it, and a smear. Smear cams back fine though my testosterone was slightly low and fsh slightly high, doctor said they would put me through for a scan on ovaries but I am guessing due to covid it might be a while to wait, I am terrified because the professionals I seek seem not to be concerned. Periods like this are not usual for me at all, neither is the toxic shock like reaction and rash experienced with it this time around. 
 

I have not got anyone else to talk about this to so the thread here has been really helpful, it is so scary and I seem to keep being told that I'm going over the top. I'd say I'm reacting in the usual way for such sudden changes and in the light that pros seem not to be concerned at all, plus there's no answers towards what could be the problem. Why is women's health so dismissed?

take care everyone x