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Prolonged menstration

Hi, I am 20 years old and can't get rid of my period!! About 3 months ago I started my period and 2 weeks later I was still on it. I don't have insurance so I went to the ER. They put me on birth control and said this should stop it, well it didn't I began to bleed heavier and clot, so I went back to the ER. They put me on a different pill and said the other one was to strong. I am still bleeding, this has been 3 months now, without a break!! What could be going on, and just so you know I have never been on any birth control until the ER put me on this. Someone please help!!
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I had the same thing. I started my period at 12 years old, and began having problems around 16 years old. I had menstration for about 2 months when I was 24 years old, until then I kept going to doctors who thought I was just being overeactive.  I had an ultrasound that showed PCOD, so they put me on birth control pills that stopped the bleeding in one day.  Birth control pills make me nauseated, and at soem times would make my heart race, so after 3 months I got off the birth conttrol pills. There are so many foms of PCOD, with me, if I loose weight my period will not stop, and if I gain weight, my period is slow to come, or not at all.  I have learned to find my ideal weight, which is consitered 'overweight', 5'6 160 lbs.  The weight does not look overweight, so many doctors think that I am a mild case, however I am prone to gain the weight on my stomache first, and that could happen in a few days!  my ideal weight has kept my period regular, like it comes on the same days every month!

I do think that progesterone has somethign to do with the period not stopping, but it is not good to take progesterone your whoel life unless you really need to!
  I have a high testosterone level, and I am muscular which might be the best thing for me.  I have to take care of the issue every day, it is like being diabetic!  I think it has to do with the pancreas and fat metabolism, allong with fluctuating glucose/insulin levels, that you can feel when they come about, unfortunatley cannot be detected when they give the lab tests.  I recently had another ultrasound that showed many underdeveloped follicles on my ovaries, so there is something stopping the development of follicles leading up to them becomming cysts.  Doctors have not found the cause, or cure for this so called PCOD.  I have felt good with taking choline and inositol. lecithin, and I take caprylic acid to kill the yeasts and bacteria that I have found common with this disorder.  Metformin might work also, I just recieved my first prescription and I have noticed a change.  Most important, DO NOT GIVE UP! Go to the doctor as many times as you can until you find one that knows what they are doing, read medical journals withteh latest data on studies done, until they find out what causes this, the medical community will continue to cover this disorder up with birth control pills and progesterone, which do nothing but mask the symptoms.  I am 32 years old now, people say how great I look, but they do not know that I am in a struggle to maintain my bodily functions, and I konw my body is fighting hard to regulate itself also, i can feel it.  I am egarly awaiting more data on this disorder, especially since I do want to have children, and the disorder is keeping me from that goal, and insurance will not cover infertility procedures.  I will not sit quietly and accept what the doctors are telling me, becasue essentially they are telling me that they do not know, so I will continue to persue what I think is wrong, dispite the grumbles and sighs of the typical institutionalized medical community, which has not evolved in womans health several decacdes
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I was just menstrating for 2weeks and a half.  I went to the doctor yesterday and they gave me a progestrerone hormone pill 10mg once a day for 10 days.  Well it worked like magic, today I have no more hemorraging.
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Thanks for your reply. My aunt also thinks I have PCOS, because I have recently gained a lot of weight and I have the hair thing and before this happened I didn't have periods but for every four months or so.
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As the doctors to test your estrogen levels. Sometimes when your estrogen levels are too low you may bleed for longer. Anyway, you should have a good work up done by an endocrinologist who can tell you more. Proglonged period is also one symptom of Polycystic Ovarian Symdrome (PCOS). That was my first symptom. I have found that when I take Vitex and a B complex suppliment (Stress Tabs with Folic Acid will do as well as some of the more expensive brands) I have more normal menstrual cycles.
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