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so glad I found this site. my journey began in 2010 when I started having very heavy periods this went on for over a year when I went to my family dr. he asked me if I was anemic I told him I didn't think so but was very tired. he checked my blood and found that I was. had to have other testing done to roll out other issues. after that I was sent to my ob-gyn which did a biopy which was ok then put me on depo shots for two years to get me to menopause. sorry I didn't mention my heavy bleeding was coming from fibroids. got off the shots and was doing ok until janurary of this year 2014 then I started hit and skipping my periods. have one next month none that went on until may had a 7day period then in june it hit I started what was a 23 day period very heavy at times stoped for 5 days then started again. went back to my ob-gyn who told me it was menopause. hormone imbalance put me on prempro I am still bleeding not as heavy been taking it for almost a month he told me it could take up to 3 months to even out in the mean time I think im going crazy cry one minute ok the next along with other issues. someone please help me before I go crazy. and drive the people around me crazy too. Thanks.
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My journey began in 2009s when I helped my co worker to repair his car. I suddenly had heavy period and felt extreme fatigue. My family doctor requested blood tests, but results showed nothing wrong. Then, I was sent to my OB and put on the depo shots for1.5 years. My period become terrible. Had 7 weeks and stopped several weeks. OB got off the shot. My period became very heavily. I got crazy and had to go back depo shots. Finally, my OB did hydro thermal ablation to stop bleeding. After that time, I lost energy totally and can not handle daily life. So far, still rest at home.
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I have same situation like you.
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This sounds like perimenopause along with some Depo shot aftereffects. All this bleeding can be a nuisance but does eventually settle down. It seems more common to prescribe birth control pills than hormone replacement (Prempro) during perimenopause. And a course of progestin seems to be more commonly prescribed to stop prolonged and/or heavy bleeding. Hopefully, the Prempro will do the trick but if not, you may need to go with a progestin for 10 days or so or a low dose birth control pill
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