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[Curlygirl]

Anyone else have or had days and days of brown discharge before a period actually gets going?

I am having this at the moment and I had it happen a couple of months ago

I am 53 and not on HRT

it’s like a period is trying to start but it just can’t. Yesterday I had a very small amount of red bleeding and I thought, here it comes, but no, back to the brown spotting again all day today

It’s so frustrating and makes me quite anxious.

I have yet to miss a period and hope that each month that arrives that this will be the month, but it’s obviously not my time just yet

[CLKD]

I always had that at the end: heavy cramping bleeds for 10 days which would ease off; then 2 days without anything followed by a brown stain for 2 days.  Probably not enough of a hormone to push the womb into producing blood at the right time?

[Curlygirl]

Thanks CLKD. I was thinking the same about not enough hormones

I’m assuming it will all sort itself out eventually

[Curlygirl]

My other thought was, that maybe this is my period, just brown discharge instead of full on flow 🫤

[CLKD]

It's The Change; does what it says on the tin  so yes, it might well be.  How do you feel otherwise?  How is your diet?

[Curlygirl]

It's The Change; does what it says on the tin  so yes, it might well be.  How do you feel otherwise?  How is your diet?

I feel ok in myself apart from tearful all the time and very anxious, not  sleeping great at the moment. My diet is good, very healthy

Thanks for replying  to me. Means a lot 😊

[Dierdre]

Think this is pretty normal at the end, you can go for months with nothing then have a period from hell with clots and then 10 days of spotting and brown discharge then back to normal periods for s few months then nothing again. Anything goes, it's just the reverse  of puberty, remember how unpredictable that was in the beginning 😏

[Curlygirl]

Thank you for the reassurance Dierdre

It’s all very confusing and scary, even though absolutely anything goes so it seems

Yes I remember the unpredictability of puberty 🫤

[CLKD]

I don't remember that far back  .  Until the monthly pains with clotting began  .  I was 15.

[Dierdre]

Don't remind me, i dreaded every month.

[Curlygirl]

Think this is pretty normal at the end, you can go for months with nothing then have a period from hell with clots and then 10 days of spotting and brown discharge then back to normal periods for s few months then nothing again. Anything goes, it's just the reverse  of puberty, remember how unpredictable that was in the beginning 😏

Thing is, I don’t think I’m near the end. I’ve not even missed a period yet. They’ve just been much lighter since January

[Dierdre]

That happens too, they become lighter and maybe only a couple of days then you can miss a couple of months then go back to regular again for a while. I went 15 months without a period then had 2 more before finally finishing, its very random and no pattern to it at all.

[Curlygirl]

That happens too, they become lighter and maybe only a couple of days then you can miss a couple of months then go back to regular again for a while. I went 15 months without a period then had 2 more before finally finishing, its very random and no pattern to it at all.

Thank you Dierdre

That really does help. I really need to try to adjust to the unpredictability of it all, but finding it really hard at the moment. It seems to all just fuel my anxiety

[Dierdre]

Hormone changes and peri menopause also cause anxiety but if it's making you so worried perhaps make an appointment with your GP or practice nurse to do a few tests to put your mind at rest.

[Curlygirl]

Hormone changes and peri menopause also cause anxiety but if it's making you so worried perhaps make an appointment with your GP or practice nurse to do a few tests to put your mind at rest.

I have an appointment booked for a few weeks time