WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2000: Re: 8+months bleeding & Doctors

Re: 8+months bleeding & Doctors

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 5 Jul 2000 16:37:46 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Mary wrote: >
>The past 8 months of my life have been so out of sorts. It all started
>September 99 I bleed everyday except for 4 days. My first drs visit was
>to take birth control pills, as with me being 37 years old and a smoker
>(light) I decided against it. In October bleeding all but 2 weeks.
>Sought out another dr obgyn and was sent for a series of blood work and
>ultrasounds nothing was found out of the ordinary. November I had two
>periods the bleeding since september has been unusally heavy and
>painful. Anyway Nov and Dec I had two periods and January was only 18
>days from the last period in Dec. By feb I started getting about 25
>days apart and somewhat lighter not much. When all this started in
>September I had noticed I was very dry and that around before or after
>my cycle I had a skipping heartbeat. Very scary. Was advised that it
>was hormonal. So I just had a period on 23 June 28 days from the last
>period had a skipping heartbeat 3 days before and then I stopped on 26
>June very very light period and on 28 June awoke to a skipping heart
>beat all day. Not in sequence but was there all day long. I finally
>got scared enough as these eposides will go away after a few hours and
>was advised that it was aniexty. After all that contacted my family dr
>and was put on effexor Rx, I always read side effects and did not like
>what I read as I am not a medicine taker I weigh 101 lbs and said could
>lose weight have nightmares or panic attacks. Was scared of that, so
>now here I am trying to seek some kind of help. My sister told me that
>she was perimenopausal at age 37 same syptoms and all. I asked the drs
>and they said no. I am wondering Could I possibly be perimenopausal as
>the skipping heartbeats are very scary to me and only occur around my
>cycle. I have never really felt anxious but worry alot. Any kind of
>advice you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank You Mary

Mary, First, the periods. There are other methods of accomplishing control of your bleeding besides the pill. One method is to use progesterone-which is safe with your smoking. Second, the skipping heart. Most of the irregular heart beats that we all feel are benign or normal and increase with stress, caffeine, smoking, fatigue or lack of sleep. However, it is important to assure that the skipping you are having is normal. For this, I would discuss them with your primary care provider. Additionally, I would want to make sure your thyroid is normal... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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