Re: non-stop periods, Maggie
From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Oct 2 19:29:44 2007
I can't believe how similar our histories are. I didn't get my period
til age 12, but I started developing at age 8 as well. Looking at that
website about estrogen dominance, makes me truly believe now, that so
many women including us, start off with a bad hormone imbalance because
of consuming such things as produce with pesticides and xenoestrogens
and meat from animals that are given hormones.
All the years of being on the pill made me start having all the
peri-menopause symptoms, which includes irregular bleeding all the time,
just like you are having. I think the pill is doing that to you, I
really do.
I had wayyy more ovarian cysts ON THE PILL, than off the pill and that's
what the pill is supposed to prevent, so they say. And, losing all that
blood makes you anemic and exhausted. Have you thought about trying an
all progestin synthetic BC pill? Like that Ortho Microner Lisa mentioned
on this forum?
I get so swollen too around my period - I have literally retained 15
pounds of water before and none of my clothes fit during that week. This
is so frustrating. My last period was horrible, just got over it
yesterday, after 8 days of heavy bleeding and severe cramps! It's
usually 2-3 days, so I don't know what the heck is going on. I upped my
progesterone from 150mg to 300mg, because I feel like I'm starting to
have those menopause symptoms again. I had hot flashes all week as well
as a fever. I felt so weak this whole time, when I started to do a few
light errands, I almost fainted. The progesterone has made me feel so
much better than I used to feel, but I fear that it's starting to not
work anymore. I'm starting to feel like I used to and it scares me.
At Tue, 2 Oct 2007, mdustin wrote:
>
>I was on some sort of birth control pill/patch/ring or shot since I was
>13 years old. I started my period (false alarm start) at eight years
>old and then started every month when I was nine. My periods were so
>bad as a child that I was given birth control pills to 'regulate' when I
>was 13. I wasn't sexually active untill I was 18. After that point in
>time, I had ruptured cysts on my ovaries with every period. Then, I
>became pregnant after bleeding for 3 months into my prenancy, it
>stopped. Then I started bleeding again when I was 7 months pregnant. My
>son was premature. Then two years later, I became pregnant
>again...'normal' pregnancy. And after that all hell broke loose. That
>is when I started bleeding every day. Now I'm really frusterated that
>it seems to be starting again. How can someone bleeding every day not
>raise flags to their doctor? How is that 'normal'?
>
>This is really getting to me. I just keep getting more and more
>stressed out about it and the stress just keeps causing me to bleed even
>more.
>
>At Tue, 2 Oct 2007, andrea wrote:
>>
>>No, no, I'm not saying your bleeding is from the Lupron, but weren't you
>>on the pill for a long time and then after your daughter was born? My
>>non-stop bleeding was caused by the pill messing up all my hormone
>>levels. I was on non-stop birth control also and it made the bleeding
>>constant and worse. I just thought that may be the case with you too. I
>>start a period out of the blue too, if I'm stressed! :(
>>
>>At Tue, 2 Oct 2007, mdustin wrote:
>>>
>>>Andrea,
>>>The thing about the bleeding...is that this happend before I was ever on
>>>Lupron and before I was diagnosed with Endo. It is the reason why I
>>>even had the surgery in the first place (lap). I bled nearly every
>>>single day for atleast some part of the day since I had my daughter over
>>>3 years ago. Three years of sparatic, almost every day bleeding! I only
>>>fear that it is happening again. I have only started bleeding 5 weeks
>>>ago now, since being on Lupron. And it has been nearly every day since
>>>then. But it happens at weird times, such as being stressed out, when I
>>>have a bowel movement and after sex. My doctor put me on a low dose
>>>birth control pill. I think that has a lot to do with it. The last
>>>pill that I was on prior to my Lap was one of the strongest pills you
>>>can be on, due to constant bleeding. It only made my pain surface to
>>>it's worst and I continued to bleed.
>>>
>>>At Mon, 1 Oct 2007, andrea wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Maggie,
>>>>
>>>>I don't remember if we've talked about this....but I used to have
>>>>non-stop bleeding too back when I was 31 for about a year til 32 and
>>>>that's when my doc tested my hormones. My BC pill had blocked all my
>>>>hormone receptors and somehow put me in a pre-menopause state. During
>>>>peri-menopause, you can bleed non-stop and have irratic, unpredictable
>>>>periods.
>>>>
>>>>Maybe since the Lupron had you in menopause, your periods will be like
>>>>that until your hormones come back up to normal or you get them
>>>>balanced? You'll have periods non-stop too if you are estrogen dominant
>>>>(like I was). The pill did not fix the bleeding, but getting on the
>>>>progesterone did. The progesterone made me every 28 days just like the
>>>>pill would, but I know you need a form of BC as well.
>>>>
>>>>At Mon, 1 Oct 2007, mdustin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Andrea,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have not heard about not being able to give blood after
>>>>>Lupron...what?? I agree that Lupron can have devistating effects. It
>>>>>defently was not a picnic for me...that's for sure.
>>>>>
>>>>>Even post-Lupron has been a nightmare for me so far. And now I'm back
>>>>>at square one. Pain and bleeding everyday (nearly everyday bleeding).
>>>>>But, I know what my doctor will say...I just started new birth control
>>>>>pills a few weeks ago. Therefor, my bleeding falls into the category of
>>>>>"break-through" bleeding. So, I don't call and make a stink. What
>>>>>other choice do I honestly have? I will be seeing him in a week or so
>>>>>for a follow up apointment.
>>>>>
>>>>>Bleeding for me, was the reason I continued to complain in the first
>>>>>place. I bled nearly every single day for the past 3 + years. Now, I
>>>>>fear that it is happening again. Only this time, I have all of this
>>>>>pain that I didn't have before. Joint/leg pain mostly. I bleed just
>>>>>about every day at some point. Especially when I get stressed, have a
>>>>>bowel movement and sex. I have bled atleast half of the past month
>>>>>untill now and it doesn't seem that it will be stopping any time soon.
>>>>>
>>>>>At Mon, 1 Oct 2007, andrea wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It seems like most doctors out there push Lupron on us like used car
>>>>>>salesmen, at least that's how I feel. They don't tell us the dangers of
>>>>>>this drug and tell us that the effects will eventually wear off. This
>>>>>>is not always the case, as you will read on these pages.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I read on one page, that once you've had Lupron injections, you are no
>>>>>>longer allowed to donate blood. Now, what does that say? That it stays
>>>>>>in your system forever? I just feel there is so much doctors don't tell
>>>>>>us about Lupron.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I don't blame anyone for taking Lupron, as I know how desperate we are
>>>>>>to get better and have our pain relieved and doctors make many of us
>>>>>>feel like it is our last hope - which is NOT RIGHT! They don't tell us
>>>>>>what all this drug is capable of doing to us, either.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I feel that doctors play on this desperation of ours to get well and
>>>>>>feel they can talk us into taking anything, including things that may be
>>>>>>dangerous and cause us even more pain or illnesses. They are risking
>>>>>>our health, so they can get rich.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I just sent a friend of mine to my specialist to see about surgery. (I
>>>>>>am just under his care for pain management right now.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>She has already been on 6 mos. of Lupron and has fibromyalgia, so I did
>>>>>>not think he would even go near the suggestion of giving Lupron to her.
>>>>>>Well, he did!!! He wants her to do 6 more months of this drug, when she
>>>>>>is already extremely sick from it! Is he crazy? Can he not see how
>>>>>>crappy she feels?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I am furious now and no longer want to go to this specialist for
>>>>>>surgery. I only went to him because he is supposed to be one of the
>>>>>>best and was recommended by a friend. When he mentioned Lupron to me, I
>>>>>>said not for a million bucks would I take that! So, he dropped the
>>>>>>subject and was not pushy about it. But with my friend, he was
>>>>>>insistant.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I told my friend that I don't think she should do anymore Lupron. I
>>>>>>think that doctors who push Lupron on their patients are immoral a-holes
>>>>>>and I don't want them touching me. I don't know if I will ever find a
>>>>>>doctor who I totally trust to do a lap on me now. I would go to Redwine
>>>>>>in Oregon, but that is unaffordable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>New Links about Lupron:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Depot-Lupron/signatures-8.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.mercola.com/2002/mar/6/lupron.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.medications.com/se/lupron
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