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I'm 43 and have menstruated for 30 yrs. Why do tampons no longer do the job?
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Anonymous
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The chubbiest high-absorbency tampons cannot contain the tsunami anymore.
Anyone else with me on this? |
Anonymous
| It's called peri-menopause. It changes your entire flow. |
Anonymous
| Hi OP, I started the thread on perimenopause ... As PP mentioned, it could be a change in your flow. Is this what's happened to you, so, suddenly there is an increase? |
Anonymous
| you may have fibroids |
Anonymous
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op here. I do believe I am in perimenopause and figure that's what is driving the flood.
Why do we suppose there are no tampons on the market that can do the job? |
Anonymous
| I commented at 12:52 ... I can't explain about why no tampons can do the job, but I do know that I have a friend, for example, who even not yet in perimenopause would always have to use a pad to supplement her tampon during the heaviest part of her cycle. It's just how her flow went, and that's the best she could do |
Anonymous
I'm one of these people. I always use a pad for backup during the first 2-3 days (my period usually lasts 5 days). It sucks. |
Anonymous
| Happened to me too -- I'm 47 and my doctor took me off the pill and bam! i think it has to do with perimenopause. |
Anonymous
| Yep. I agree with the others about perimenopause. I'm talking golf ball sized clots. I know, tmi. |
Anonymous
| It's not fibroids. It is just age. Do some google searches. After the first 10 or so hours, there are about 24 hours with gallons of blood flowing. You almost think you should go to the hospital. And then it tapers off. Not much to do but pad up. The fibroid surgery ... they burn parts of your anatomy. There have been lawsuits because the equipment doesn't work so well and super burns. Would rather have to go to the bathroom every hour than risk perma-pain from burnt internal genitals. |
Anonymous
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Happened to me too at 37! My family history is early menopause, so I would also guess perimenopause in my case. I was so fed up with feeling like an 8th grader in white jeans again, never being able to rely on my skills to avoid embarrassing situations - - my gyn recommended a Mirena IUD before doing an ablation like my sister had done. It totally stopped the nonsense in its tracks. I've had it almost 5 years and have NEVER had a repeat of that gusher experience I had at IAD check-in. That was my final straw, having just put in a super tampon 20 minutes prior and practically bleeding out at the counter check in before I could get over to the ladies' room. Thank God I had carry on for a change of clothes!
Now I hardly even bleed every 6 weeks or so, and rarely even need a tampon, just a pantiliner. Can you imagine!?!? |
Anonymous
| PP, did this affect your fertility at all? I'm afraid of what it might do, if this does happen at this "earlier" age (I'm about to turn 37, and I've had this type of heavy bleeding happen, too. No child for DH and I yet.) |
Anonymous
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I'm 01:24 and I don't know about fertility because I still have the Mirena and I'm not TTC anymore. For me, I assumed perimenopause b/c my mom hit menopause at 40 and was done by about 44 I'd guess?
If you don't have that family history, maybe you have fibroids or endometriosis? Maybe you should see a Gyn and ask? |
Anonymous
| 01:51 here ... Thanks for mentioning, PP. That's a good point; my mother didn't have early menopause, so maybe it is something else for me. One Gyn just said to monitor myself over time, so she wasn't especially useful on that front ... |
Anonymous
| Same issue, late 40s. Went off pill because of other meds, which I am no longer taking, so I am thinking of restarting. Will this take care of the problem thru menopause? Is there any reason not to use the pill to control heavy/irreg periods thru menopause? |