Hi, I'm 44 and convinced I'm peri and have been for at least 18 months. Various symptoms etc but the main ones are major anxiety and irregular bleeding. Have been having irregular bleeding on and off for most of these 18 months. I was put on cerazette by GP and lasted 4 weeks before coming off because I started bleeding again on it and felt like I was going to kill someone. GP sent me to Gynae who has done scans, hysterscopy and biopsy for the almost constant bleeding and everything has come back fine. For some reason after the hysterscopy my cycle settled down to normal for a couple of months and the Gynae discharged me but told me if it starts again to get GP to re-refer.
Couple of months on, started bleeding again, usual browny stuff that I was getting. When it got to 4 weeks, I was fed up with it, so went back to GP. She put me back on Cerazette. This was lovely for the first 4 weeks, then as soon as I started a new packet, the bleeding starts again, and it hasn't stopped yet. I went back to GP last week and asking to try something else. So she swapped me to Noriday. I asked to be referred back to the Gynae but she said no as they have done their investigations and there's nothing wrong. She also told me that I could come off the POP but if I started bleeding again they won't reinvestigate any further bleeding.
So I've been on Noriday for 5 days and if anything the bleeding has increased. It's not browny discharge, it's bright red, some clots (tmi) and like a normal period but lighter. It also stops and starts, went all through the night without a smudge and then starts full blown again at 11 am today with cramps. I honestly think I'm going to go mad. I suffer very badly with health anxiety (which I'm sure is peri) and this is sending my levels through the roof. I'm constantly crying and I'm definitely depressed (I can't take any anti-d's due to a heart problem). I rang the gynae's secretary yesterday to see if I could go back to see him. She said that the GP should re-refer and she read the letter out sent to GP that says if any further problems then I can be re-refered back to him. She can't understand why the GP isn't referring back. She's is going to pull my file and talk to the consultant and let me know over the next couple of days.
I have a doctor's appointment...again...on Monday but with a different doctor. I think the doctor I usually see is fobbing me off because I'm a frequent flyer (only because of my health anxeity) and I don't think she's looking at what is best for me. I honestly think my mental health is deteriorating because of all this. I'm at my wits end and so is my husband! I suppose my question is what should I do? Should I perservere with the noriday, surely the bleeding has to stop at some point or should I just give up with it.....I'm bleeding on it, and bleeding off it...does it really make a difference? Is this much and this length of bleeding normal on either cerazette or noriday because I'm convincing myself that it's not and there's something else wrong.
Sorry it's so long. I'm at my wits end?
