Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Curlygirl on July 18, 2023, 10:02:32 PM
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Hello lovely ladies ❤️
During this most fabulous time in our lives…..😬🫤
Have any of you ladies found that if you have a long gap between periods, that this is then followed by a long bleed??
And if you have a shorter, more normal length of time between, then this is followed by a shorter more normal length of period.
Anyone found this to be the case……. or is it just me?? 🫤
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Roughly speaking this is true of me as well.
My periods tend to be 24-34 days apart when I'm on HRT and the longer it had to build up, the heavier the period tends to be, but I also thought changing progesterones changed the amount I bleed too.
On Evorel Conti I had a really heavy period lasting over a week, that was 15 months after the previous one!
When the gap is three months it's heavy too, now I'm back on hrt I have a period every month at some stage and the difference isn't really noticeable, they are all heavier than I'd like!
One thing I noticed is that withdrawing progesterone doesn't trigger a bleed for me, I've been on sequi since March, but if I stop my oestrogen, then a bleed is guaranteed within a couple of days, no exceptions, but I've only done that three times (before March).
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I suffered with heavy, clotty periods for years with excruciating pains. The Pill eased some of that.
When I went into The Change my periods waxed and waned for several years: without the heaviness and pains. I would have regular bleeds as my 'normal' cycle, then they would disappear for months. Then return, always with warning symptoms. Then they disappeared but until a couple of years ago, occasionally I would get the 'warning symptoms' which made me think :Not after all these years!:
A period never arrived so it was probably my hormones having a laugh >:( ::)