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Has anyone else experienced worse PMS as you get older? I am 40 years old now, and I have horrible PMS. I am not on the pill or any sort of birth control. It seems like I am so much moodier and on edge than I used to be with PMS when I was younger. Has anyone else experienced this?
Also, and sorry if this is TMI, is it normal for periods to be more clotty too? IDK, I always have normal Pap smears and normal well woman exams, so I don’t think anything is fundamentally wrong with me. I want to kick myself though because I had a well woman exam today, and I forgot to bring it up with the doctor. Of course, when you’re all uncomfortable with the speculum down there, it’s easy to forget. I am lucky I remembered to ask her to write out the order for the bone density scan since I have osteopenia, and I have not had a bone density scan in some years. Being a woman is so much fun __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, anorexia, panic disorder, ADHD Seroquel, Cymbalta, , propanolol, buspirone, Trazodone, gabapentin, omeperazole I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. --Robert Frost |
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I noticed that there haven't been any replies, yet. I saw your post but didn't want to jump in and come accross all perky with a nope not for me reply. But I guess it's better than not replying at all, eh? :\
If anything I still notice feeling exhausted around my monthly cycle. Maybe it's like that for you? Fatigue can do a number on my emotions. And I do get bloated and aggravated with body image with bloating. Yet these are things that I'd been working on since about a decade ago when I was still married and going through a hellacious time with him. So maybe that's more why now I'm not fazed by emotions during my cycle and more in tune er um mindful of fatigue levels and how that can turn me off kilter/off balance? |
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Things can change. If there was anything wrong your doc should have seen something. Keep an eye on things and if they start to worry you make another appointment. Too many clots can make anemia an issue but also may have an underlying cause.
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I don't think anything in particular is wrong with me especially as one of my sisters has this exact same issue. I was just wondering if other women have experienced this? I have yearly well-woman exams and pap smears every 3 years, though now my PCP will do the well woman/pap exam and I have no need of a gynecologist unless I have a concern. I did have a bit of low iron in my last bloodwork but wasn't anemic, just told to eat more leafy green vegetables.
I was talking to my mother yesterday...she told me she didn't fully go into menopause until last year! She is 59 years old! (I'm 40; she had me very young.) I have often heard whatever was the case for your mother is likely to be the case for you...just great! My mom seemed to have a very long perimenopause too; I need to ask her about it again. __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, anorexia, panic disorder, ADHD Seroquel, Cymbalta, , propanolol, buspirone, Trazodone, gabapentin, omeperazole I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. --Robert Frost |
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I have found everything to be worse now then when I was younger. My periods are very heavy, 4-6 nighttime pads/day. I am waiting to have an IUD put in on Wednesday but I wonder if the GYN is going to suggest we do something else at this point. I am 49.
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No. My periods were long and heavy when I was younger, although I never really had much PMS, except some fatigue. In my late-40's/early 50's my periods were lighter and shorter. No PMS to speak of. I went through menopause 2 years ago at age 53. No big deal; my periods just stopped. I have had occasional post-menopausal bleeding (light), had a biopsy last summer and nothing significant except a small fibroid. Frankly, I wanted a hysterectomy but my gyn (who I trust) said Nah....not unless the bleeding gets heavy and uncomfortable.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the issue for me is just that my cycle hits me hard. I believe that's just how it is for some of the women in my family (at least on my mom's side). My grandmother had cancer of the womb when she was younger. Also, I believe my aunt seriously has PMDD. |
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I’m in my thirties. Pain and fainting and moody still. So basically no end to pms. Even taking the pill I find some months my mood can drop like crazy.
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Doctors always said fainting was from the pain
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I'm also curious because I've had pain so bad that I had to force myself to sleep it off or wanted to pass out. |
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I hope things get better for you. Will the doctors give you anything for your symptom?
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Thankfully my periods and PMS have also gotten milder as I got older. Definitely shorter, and usually the worst pain only comes in waves of maybe one or two hours. Although last month was pretty bad - a whole day of bad cramps to the point of just lying in my bed all day and wanting to cry.
But what I've noticed in the last six months or so is that my ovulation has turned into period light I never even used to feel it at all but now I get pain, bleeding and nausea definitely feel crappy for a day or two, maybe three. Maybe also increased sense of smell (which is no fun when you're already nauseous!) |
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I'm in my early 40s... I don't notice much in the way of PMS, but my periods are seriously *awful*. They've never been fun, but I can't remember them being this bad.
I get about a day or so, early on, with extremely heavy bleeding. And the only way I can function with the cramps is to take alternating doses of ibuprofen (4 at a time, 3x/day) and tylenol. I was taking even more ibuprofen, but I had some issues and my current doctor told me it was too much, to only take it 3x/day if I need 4 pills at a time, and to use the tylenol in between. I try to do stretches, self-massage, sometimes heat... those are all OK and helpful. But, I still feel like I'm dying. And, I'm at the point where I don't want to make any kind of plans to do things in the future, but "what if I get my period that week?" - which sounds lame, but it's really disruptive. |
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