Irregular periods in perimenopause: What does it mean and what you should do?!
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- Irregular periods in perimenopause: What does it mean and what you should do?! // Irregular periods in perimenopause can be one of the first signs of the menopause transition. In this video,I break down how you can best work with your doctor in perimenoapuse to best treat your perimenopasual symptoms. I also discuss valuable lab tests and imaging tests that can help to tame the irregular and unwanted periods in perimenoapuse.
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What did your doctor do or say when you mentioned irregular periods? Tell me below!
14 years ago when I was 40 ish, I went to my GP with mid-cycle bleeding, they were not interested in the slightest, did a smear test and that was all. I figured out myself that it was being caused by taking agnus castus for PMS. I could switch the bleeding on/off by starting/stopping Agnus Castus, and I was only taking 1 tablet a day for a couple of days at peak PMS time ( it really worked for me, btw). Recently when I tried to get HRT, I was sent for US, MRI and biopsy - to check out my massive fibroids, ovarian cysts. But all was good thanks to 10 years of Mirena. Never stopped having periods though! Thanks for educating us. Love your videos.
That it was normal in perimenopause. Not helpful.
Started peri about 35. Im 44. Did BHRT and quit. Its my thyroid. BUT this year has been fun. Naturopath said im on track for menopause haha. Hopefully sooner than later cus after this decade im so ready. FLO is a great tracker!
That it was normal.
This video was helpful. My OB put me on birth control 4 months ago and I haven’t stopped bleeding. He did ultrasound & biopsy. Everything looks fine. I’m 45 and tired of this bleeding. I always feel tired & weak. 🙁
My cycle length has become irregular over the past 1 or 2 years. I also have fibroids which may cause the heavy flow. Last month I passed the biggest clots that I've ever seen. Very scary experience. I'm so tired of ruining my bed sheets too. I take iron pills. I'm 49 and I can't wait for the day that I stop getting a period.
You and me both. I've started taking sage leaf evening primrose vit e magisum b12 and cut out gluten and junk food also exercise. Although I do use x2 sanitary products when going it really helps
I’m right there also. Fingers crossed 🤞 that it ends soon
Thank you so much for posting these videos. I am scared and its very reassuring. Thank you. You're amazing. Sharing with my friends.
I had very heavy periods, painful and frequent, I haven't had a period since August, im praying this is the end of it 🙏😩I'll be honest, i have not had bad hot flashes and night sweats, my worse symptoms have been reflux, anxiety and joint pain !
I was told the heavy/irregular periods were due to excess weight. Despite the fact that my age and some health issues were clearly pointing to perimenopause. I even had a female practitioner. It’s been a very frustrating journey. Thank you for making these videos, Dr. Hirsch, they are very helpful for those of us who do not have practitioners who are educated in perimenopause/menopause.
Look up DIM. My 7 day monsoon is now 3 with way fewer symptoms. My naturopath said take it 2 weeks a month. 1 week before sharkweek and during. But read about it. This stuffs been gold for me maybe it can for you too❤️
How old are you?
Thank you for this wonderful video Dr. I am 49, still having a regular period, but heavy for the past few months. Last month has a blood test, my iron very low. I am taking iron now and of course eating a lot of beets and kale 🥬. I need to schedule appointment with Gynecologist . This is the first time my period last for 10 days. I never had that before. I exercise a lot, I practice self defense.
Thank you 😊
I have recently developed anxiety & insomnia before/during my period. This month my period came 13 days apart. My gyno and pcp have been no help 🙁
great 👍🏻 video! I like that you started talking TMI because let’s be real transition comes with some very strange things and WE need to discuss it SO WE don’t feel SCARED 😱 and that’s it’s NORMAL to see STRANGE things during perimenopause! I already keep a text 💬 diary 📔 of MY everything 😱 I’ve had people tell ME that’s crazy and I say it’s NOT because the MORE information YOU have about your SYMPTOMS it’s better for the doctor it’s literally a full time job though because I’m SERIOUS with MY keeping text 💬 diary 📔 and I also take pictures if MY bathroom 🚽 trips look kinda ODD 👈🏻 also I keep track of what I eat/what time I finish eating too but I have obviously some gastro issue going on which U would love YOU to do a video on that 👈🏻 please 🤍 I’ve done a couple of those pelvic ultrasounds everything always looks good which I’m shocked but I get a lot of uncomfortable/discomfort at times! that uterine biopsy does that hurt❓could that also see if you have endometriosis❓(is uterine biopsy kinda like a Pap smear fast 💨 like details please ‼️) I’m just miserable dealing with all that comes with perimenopause SO many issues started since! a lot of things I wonder 💭 if are NORMAL OR NOT! can YOU please do a video on in perimenopause how dealing with after your period🩸going into your FERTILE WEEK then OVULATION 👈🏻 this is MY HARDEST time of the month and it seems like it last longer than a NIGHTMARE WEEK 🙄😱😮💨 I’m literally bedbound the entire week because MY HEART ♥️ flaring are SO bad and the discomfort going through FERTILE WEEK then OVULATION! is it normal to get female fertile discharge during fertile week❓👈🏻 TMI but needs to be talked about like things are SO different in perimenopause 👈🏻 at times I feel discomfort/uncomfortable in my left OVARY area and it last hours it’s SO miserable and 2 tylenol does NOT help a thing! please make a video on this topic plus digestion issues/constipation/gastro/food sensitivities/food allergies during perimenopause 😮💨🤯🤍
I had a uterine ablation done in June of 2019 after extremely heavy bleeding and most red days than non-red days in a month. I also had some very large fibroids. I am almost 2 years into the ablation with excellent results. However, since then I have no way of knowing when my periods ‘should’ happen. I have had all my blood work recently completed in March this year with everything within normal range including my thyroid function. I have both hot flashes and night sweats quite frequently but haven’t been very good at tracking them to find a pattern. I’ve also had 2 episodes of heart palpitations over the 3 years, the most recent one in March this year. Both times had a Holter test and everything came back perfectly normal. Anxiety has dropped by 80-90% since the ablation. Any recommendations for tracking symptoms or easy trackers to use?
Hi! Do you have a video on very heavy periods/ hemmoraghing/ passing large clots etc during periods? 40 years old, been like this for years, getting worse. Thanks in advance !
Have you been tested for fibroids? Very common symptons for fibroids
Hello, I have just seen a couple of your videos.. I didn't have a cycle last month. Started today but with it came an intense craving. Having a glass of Cider with a small helping of Bugels..Is this Normal..
Hi Dr. Heather! Thanks for your video!! I am 48 yrs old. I have a copper IUD and having super heavy periods. Last year I learned through ultrasound that I also have a couple of fibroids and that my IUD is embedded 😥 Due too a previous ObGyn and insurance changes I have lost so much time and so much blood that I have become anemic. My new ObGyn will have to do a hesteroscopy to remove the iud and do an ablation to help with the bleeding I hope that this works for me and somehow regain my health and strength back!! I would like to hear your opinion on ablation when there are a few fibroids involved. thanks.
You aren't suppose to get ablation if you have fibroids
I’m skipping now. Haven’t had a period since July. I would love to know my FSH and Estradiol levels. I haven’t seen a doctor about it.
When you offer micro nosed progesterone for perimenopausal women, is it continuous or only ten days of the month? I haven’t found this answer anywhere and hope you can help answer this. Thanks!
The worst for me is dizziness and itching all over my body. Histamine intolerance is really bad as well. I'm 50 and my periods are all over the place. Sometimes I have 2 per month.😢
I just had my first late period, it was 11 days late and then it came on but was not like normal. So painful and not as heavy and lasted about 5 days. Then, 16 days later, I'm lightly spotting! Freaked me out as I have always been right as rain and over the past year I'll notice that it comes on several days early or a few days late. This was my first really late one and then having some bleeding 2 weeks later is scary. I guess this can be the peri menopause starting to rear its ugly head. I hope you are doing better😊
I just turned 60 last month and I’m having my period every couple of days now. It’s been changing through the last few years. It was really heavy for a few years…then almost non existent for awhile…now It’s always very light…where it used to be extremely heavy for those few years…to the point of anemia. But now it’s really light every couple days, sometimes just spotty. I’ll have bad cramps for a few hours then it’ll stop for about 48 hours….its nothing like it was…I’m grateful for that…the cramps are bearable as long as I have my heat pad. The only other symptom that gets me is the hot flashes. But I usually have them just at night. So I’m flipping blankets on and off throughout the night and have a fan pointed at my face with the power button within arm’s reach. Lol. Same set up at work. Lol. I have a fan under my desk with the buttons close to my foot for easy on and off…and a heat pad plugged in ready for use when needed. I am overweight and trying to remedy that…I read that being overweight can really screw up your hormonal balance as well. Being overweight can also prolong your period. So I’m just waiting it out and trying to lose the extra pounds and hoping it will speed up this process. What a nightmare. They say that you will most likely follow in your mother’s footsteps with menopause…but my mother went into menopause in her 40s so that’s out the window. I’m just so done with it all…I’ve been having periods since I was 12! Enough already!😢
How would you differentiate between perimenopause and POI that requires estrogen? If a women is perimenopausal in her mid thirties what would you recommend?
MY gyno never 👎🏻 does any bloodwork all the years I’ve been seeing her which is ODD now that I think 💭 about it
i I have no idea what's wrong with my periods. My periods had always been regular but the past year it has changed. Last month I got it a day early and the month before it was 14 days late. This month l'm 4 days late by today no idea what to do. Not Pregnant for sure
I’ve never had regular periods. Like never. I got my first one when I was 11 & it didn’t come back until I was 13. I’ve never had a period for more than 4 days (2-3 is average for me) & sometimes it skips months especially now at age 37. I don’t get cramps, cravings & I’m not a heavy bleeder. I barely bleed . . . HOWEVER . . . The mood swings are crazy (I get mad) & I’m always hot (even as a kid). This happens about a week before I’m about bleed, that’s how I know it’s coming (that & my armpit sweat has a smell when normally it doesn’t & I get this strange ovary flutter feeling). When the bleed happens, I feel great. It’s weird. It’s the week before that’s tough because sometimes the period happens & sometimes it doesn’t. I’m getting sterilized in 5months so you can imagine how much anxiety I feel right now trying NOT to become pregnant & thinking I am whenever Flo does a no-show. I don’t have any vaginal dryness, no decreased libido, no hair thinning . . . But the increased body temperature is wild. I’ve always been warm bodied but it getting hotter these days & I hate it. I think I’m early perimenopausal. I don’t take any birth control because they all make me feel weird (even the paraguard because I’m allergic to copper, found that out the hard way). This new thing that is happening is this period skipping which makes me worry sooo much because I do NOT want to be pregnant & that sometimes I wake up nauseous is what I think are perimenopause symptoms. Idk. Seems like my doctors don’t understand or acknowledge perimenopause. I even had one of them tell me I’m too young which made no sense. I’m just sweaty & confused sometimes. lol
I am young I have kids already but from I take out implant my hormones leve is like the LH progesterone levels is 14
I'm 49 and going through perimenopause. My periods have become ridiculously heavy and I'm bleeding every other week for 7 days. I take period lite to help with the heavy menstruations, but it doesn't work well. Help? I was told endometrial ablation is the only true tested solution. Costs around $1,700.
PCOS after 40 ?how do know is perimenopause or pcos ?
I’m 48 and just started birth control pills for heavy and irregular periods
Hopefully can get a hysterectomy by next year
Looking back in my phone diary, my periods were only erratic for 6 months before they stopped. It’s now month 10 no periods!!! My doctor knew it was peri-menopause. We did usual blood work to check for thyroid etc which all came back normal
Can you explain what you mean by erratic?
@@thelauriebelle11 no set time between periods. Some were heavy, others light.
@@rachelteeuws1241 did you have more than one in a month?
@@thelauriebelle11 yes
Girl i am so jelly. Im using FLO (period tracker) and this year has been a whole new ride haha. Im so looking forward to zero shark weeks! The money I will save is notable to me lol
A uterine biopsy for a polyp was the worst procedure I have ever had.
I get 17 days 20 days 17 days 30 days 28 days... Yeah what's going on?!
My periods always just come a few days early and they keep telling me its not abnormal. So my period date always starts early so one month it will be the 15th, then next month will start the 13th then next will be 10th etc etc. My doctor says it doesn't mean peri... but I did read online it does.. I also recently developed severe pmdd.
Trust your body. A lot of docs aren't perimenopause specialists x
My cycle is very lite and only last 4 days . My cycle is very watery
I’m going to ask my GP for a referral to get a hysterectomy. My periods are irregular and ultra heavy so much so I see myself bleeding into the toilet and passing huge clots. I have 6 fibroids all rubbing together causing the heavy bleeding. I’m low in iron. I’m done. Get the darn thing out. I’m 45
I'm right there with you. So tired of All the bleeding.
My period for the first time just skipped. I'm 47 and was trying to get pregnant but I guess that's our off the question now. Lol.
I'm 45, but I feel like my cycle is irregular because my daughter is just starting. I'm wondering if her cycle is messing mine up? Like, we're trying to cync to each other, but since she isn't regular yet, it's messing me all up! Is that a thing?? 🤔
Im 43 And my 9 year old....So young I know,started her period . I think it is s thing. I always start a day after hereven if I just had a heavy 10 day period. Its so weird.
When I lived with girlfriends in my early twenties, all our periods were synced together, so interesting
A couple of years ago (age 41 or 42 maybe), i went in and told my gyn that my period went anywhere from 15 to 70 days in between. she definitely made it sound like this was not normal was very concerned, which of course freaked me out even more. Biopsy was fine. She put me on BC to regulate my periods. I've since stopped taking them, and am almost at the 1 year mark of no periods. I'm due for lab work and a physical again, but everytime i have i have hormones tested, they're always in the normal range. not sure what happens if i've been without a period for a year, and my hormone levels show normal.
If you don’t mind me asking what kind of biopsy did you have and did it hurt?
Are you ok now ?
What can I do to blance my hormones my estrogen levels is high 288
How old are you? If you’re in perimenopause, hormone testing is pointless because our hormone levels are so erratic. They fluctuate by the minute, so testing can only tell you what they are doing at that specific time of the day.
Exercise and good diet really helps! I had high estrogen (painful breasts, etc) and after starting regular exercise (do TH-cam workouts at home) the symptoms seem to be better. What I read regular exercise and movement helps the body get rid of excess estrogen. Also I took DIMM supplement and started eating more cruciferous veggies, which also seem to help. I stopped taking DIMM now.
Is it normal to be in perimenopause and have no period?
I think you are considered in menopause after your period stops for 1 year
I have had my period ongoing for a month
I'm dealing with the same 😢 Did yours finally stop? Did you see your gyno? I just had an ultrasound and biopsy. I'm waiting for results and I am just scared about what is going on.
@marymolina1415 It did stop, but currently, I have not had my period for 2 months. It's so weird turning 46.
I have irregular periods
Can you still get pregnant in menopause or perimenopause?
In perimenopause yes
Is been 48 days now not seeing my period I take pregnancy test and said negative I want to know is primenopause or menopause
After 12 months no blood then only you are in menopauze