Thread: Hi I am new here

Hi, I have also had the same thing happening and if so many of us are having it then that should tell you chances are that you are fine and just entering a different time in your life. I am 52 and usually have been regular but now my periods are on and off for months at a time, some spotting and then back on again. It can get you down I know but just hang in there its got to get better. I have to say I have been taking some herbs that seem to help, one is Chasteberry but that takes at least three weeks to kick in, but Red Raspberry Leaf has been the most helpful. You can get it in a tea or capsule at your Health Food store. This worked great in making a much lighter flow. If you are bleeding really heavy your doctor can give you something to stop it should you become anemic. Good Luck and try not to worry, we are all going through the same thing.

Denise this was the post that made me join this forum. Go and chat to your doctor, I find it easier talking to a female doctor, lucky for me my surgery has two.

I'm 49 and two years ago my regular as clockwork periods changed and I would miss a month or have just spotting that would last for weeks finally I went to the doctor she told me I was anemic and put me on iron tablets she also sent me to the hospital for tests. After a camera showed polyps or fybroids I had an operation where they took a biopsy to check for cancer. Last week I had the results nothing wrong and after a chat with the consultant he concluded it was the menopause. Since December I have just had spotting but a week ago I had the period from , so heavy I thought I was going to bleed to death and back pain was worse than giving birth. My doctor had given me Tranexamic Acid tablets to take if my period was heavy.
The consultant wants to see me in 3 months to check how I'm doing. So far I'm not getting any other symptoms.