constant vaginal bleeding - usually heavy

Hi everyone,
I'm 23 yrs old and I've been having heavy bleeding with blood clots and gushes of blood if i stood up or changed positions for the past 5 years. Some days the blood and clots flow out of me like a tap that's been turned up high and I have to change my pad every 5 mins. I pretty much bleed everyday, all day, for the past 5 yrs. I've been to the ER 6 times for is and they keep telling me its just a heavy period. I've been to the gyno who ran tests and said I'm normal, that its all in my head.

I've never been pregnant, never had a miscarriage, don't have any STDs or underlying health problems. I'm overweight but other than that there's nothing wrong with me. I'm not on any medication, and I'm not on brith control. Right now I've been bleeding for about 6 mths striaght without a break.

The gyno has tried the pill, the patch and the needle methods of birth control, several times, several types, nothing works. They've tested me for fibroids, endometriosys (sorry I think I spelt that wrong), cysts, PCOS, immune disorders, STDs, and blood cloting issues with nothing coming up in the tests. The bleeding gets so bad that I have literally missed days of work, school and I can't leave the house.

I'm so upset, my fiance understands but I'm sure its straining our relationship. I have to wear pads EVERYDAY.. I am at the point where I just want to have a hystorectomy to stop the problem so I can live a normal life. The bleeding and clots gets so bad I can't live a normal life because if I move blood gushes out or a blood clot passes through..Eww so gross.

Please...please... If someone out there can help me..or point me to a surgeon in North Eastern Ontario Canada that will give a 23 yr old in desperate need of help surgery...let me know... I need something done... I was suppose to get married today but instead we had to cancel the wedding because I was bleeding to hard. My wedding dress can't even be white because I'm so worried I'll bleed through my pad onto my dress.

Please, if anyone can help or give any advice... Thanks!!

I know exactly what you are going through, I am 29 and have the same problem for about 4 yrs now. I have been diagnosed with Endometrial Hyperplasia and PCOS. Dr's don't seem to know what to do, I have tried numerous RX's and they only make it worse or make me so sick I can't take them. I have a 7 yr old and my husband and I are wanting another child. But the constant bleeding and large clots have caused me to become severely anemic, just to function on a normal day is so hard. because I am so tired all the time. I have decided a partial hysterectomy may be my only solution, I am still researching. But my recommendation to you, is that if you still have this problem, please get yourself checked for anemia.

I totally agree with this. My mom actually has anemia and it is because she suffers from extremely heavy periods. She was on birth control for a long time but finally just underwent a total hysterectomy and she's doing a lot better. I hoipe that this helps!

Hello everyone! I am 30 years old, married, with 3 kids. A year ago I also had the same problem. The bleeding ALL the time for a year straight. I went to three different doctors. The first two told me I needed to go on the pill and that would correct it. Well, needless to say it didn't. My husband also questioned because he was already fixed. We already decided no more kids. So, why should I go on the pill. After lots of tests, ultra sounds, and finding the doctor that believed me. Every test came back fine. No one knew what was wrong. But, I found a cure. The doctor said I could have endometriosys, but the only way to really know for sure was to take the uterus out, being that all the test came back fine. The doctor said I could try to stay on the pill, have a hystorectomy or have a surgury called an "ablation". (It is where they go in and burn the lining of the uterus.) I tried the pill that didn't work. The doctor didn't recommed the hystorectomy do to my age, so I did the ablation. I don't recommed this for the girls that want more kids, because I was told I would never be able to have any more after the surgury. But, long story short. I had the surgury in Jan. 2009 and have had NO bleeding since. Not even a period. My relationship is so much better and I am so much happier!! Good luck to all of you and don't give up!!

hi im 28 years old and extremely overweight. my periods have always been very irregular, coming maybe 3 or 4 times a year. this times different, i have been bleeding almost constantly since july this year. sometimes heavy sometimes just light pink, when heavy theres usually one big clot then it stops or slows down for a while. my vagina is also very dry other than the blood, i cannot wear tampons at the moment as i am so dry it hurts.i have been to my gp several times, had a vaginal swab taken and was discovered i had a bacterial infection, i was given an antibiotic but the blood has still continued. have had a smear test with a normal result, just last week i had an internal vaginal ultra sound and nothing was discovered. i was told like most of you its because of my weight and is probably a hormone imbalance. i was given nothing to help, no explanation, no advice other than lose weight. (easier said than done). if anyone can help please do, not sure if allowed to give out email address on here so i will just keep checking back here for replies. thanks in advance if theres anyone who can help or advise me x

Hello, I'm having this same problem and I'm only 16! It's very upsetting! My doctor put me on the pill YAZ at first, but then he changed it to Bolziva, which has pretty much stopped my bleeding, but the cramping is SSOOO PAINFUL!! I tried to go to church camp this past summer, and my parents had to come pick me up the same day I left. I feel so weak, and I'm also cold at all times. Does anyone know what all this could be, and what could be done to stop it?!? I'm getting really tired of not getting to spend time with my friends and have a normal teenage life because of this. It's been going on like this sense I was 14. Please let me know if you find anything out!?!?! My email address is: ; You can contact me there and let me know what you know.

i have the same problem iam 24 years old iv been going through this since i was 16 years old it is verry anoying iv been tested for h.i.v , cancer, endomitrosis , pcos and everything was negative if any one out there has some insight please................ let me know iv seen many docs and yes iam over wight (260lb) now but when this problem started at 16 (145lb) i wasnt so my wieght is not the reason for this but a symptom of this so again if you have any insights please let me know my email is

my 14 year old daughter has the same thing. she has been bleeding non-stop for almost a year. the doctors keep saying that it is fine. But it is destroying her as she bleeds through at school and on the basketball court all the time. am starting progesterone creme. she was on the pill and gained 20 pounds and decided that she would rather bleed...ughhhh...any suggestions?

AS I HAVE READ ALL OF THE ABOVE ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS AND I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK WHATS WRONG WITH ME ?? I STARTED MY PD. WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE YET BEING 23 TO SEE A NORMAL PD . I BLEED FOR MONS ON END ANDI EVEN DOLATE LIKE I AM HAVEING A BABY . I HAVE TO CHANGE MY TAMPOND AND MT PAD EVERY 5 TO 10 MINS AND YES I HAVE HAD A BABY WHO WILL BE 4 SOON AND IT STILL HAPPENS I THOUGH AFTER HAVING A BABY IT WOULD SLOW DOWN OR EVEN BE LIGHT BUT KNOW . I HAVE TAKEN THE PILL THE SHOT AND IUD THE RING I HAVE TRIED IT ALL TO FIX MY BLEEDING AND THE DOCKEEP TELLING ME THAT I AM FINE NOTHINGS WRONG AND THE ER HAS SAID THE SAME THING . THE OBGYN SAID IT WAS A SIST AND HE TOOK IT OUT AND THAT WAS 5 MONS AGO AND AS OF TODAY I HAVE BEEN BLEEDING FOR 2 MONS NON STOP ..!! SO IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME OR EVEN JUST WANT TO TALK JUST E~MAIL ME

I feel the same way... I bleed almost everyday for years.... I am loosing it..

i am 16 years old. i had my peord when i was 8 years old it was find till i was 10. than i would have for a week than not for 2 mouths. i've ben bleeding nana stop sent i was 11 till i was 14 than it went noramal. the past 9 mouths i've been bleeding nana stop. the doctors here say i'm fine theres nouthing wrong if thats true why the probloms and pain. ? >:(

im 29 y/o and for the last several years when i have a period, it lasts about 9-14 days, starts out light and gets heavier then lightens until it just stops, sometimes when i have intercourse, i'll bleed, i have some pain in my lower stomach and have absolutely no idea what could be causing this..i havent been to the dr over any of this, im just wondering if anyone else has experienced the same..

:'( I am a 32 years old and i had something bad happen in my life i did gain weight.. and went through this for 6 months in 06 and nearly killed myself i had to have a blood transfusion and have 4 pts of blood put in me and i believe the human body holds 5 if im not wrong... it was so bad the doctor gave me no choice i hate hospitals and then realized what i had done to myself.. i was not on birth control having no sex and my children @ the time were 11 & 9 i realized that i could have died i could not breathe i was turning yellow like a dead yellow. the doctor told me that because of my NOT drinking Not smoking is what kept me alive :-) but it happened again in 08 for 3 weeks and i went to the doctors and they told me it was a unblance and womens bodies are very hard to understand they put me on birth control.. and sent me home it worked but i noticed now my body does this when i have stress in my life reading all your stories have made me realize its also my weight.. im tiny and like 60 pds over weight.. so i know what i have to do.. it is happening right now at this moment i hate it... but i know iron pills are good for me.. and protein shakes are good and now getting back in to shape is important.. thank you for all your input and your hearts words it lets me know im not alone.. in this world.. much love to all you women who are brave enough to share your stories....

I had this in the past, and it was PCOS.  I just want to say you can become anemic from this.  I had to have a blood transfusion when I felt so weak that I could not get up.  So make sure you have someone monitor your blood counts if this happens, and that you take a supplement.  I lost 100 lbs and I will be honest, it stopped.  But then I actually got pregnant (after 10 years of not!) and gained a lot of the weight back during the pregnancy, and now it has started again.  Im sick of it, and have been trying to lose weight again and hoping it helps.  I dont take any hormones now because they trigger severe depression in me. 

Im not saying that would help for everyone, just that was what helped for me.  I don't know medically what happened, I just know that when I lost the weight, my periods were like normal again, and actually stopped and started, versus this contant bleeding.  Oh and I was exercising pretty regularly, so that prob helped too.  So I decided if it worked before, I will try it again, and have taken off 30 lbs again.  I haven't gone back to the doctor, and that's prob not the best idea, but I get sick of them saying "there is nothing I can do, except here's some pills/hormones."  The last time my gyn blew me off even though I was changing products every hour, and I called my PC and cried in her office, and she did the blood tests that showed I WAS actually anemic.

Anyhow, maybe that's helpful to someone I hope?

 

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CAR wrote:

I have to admit that I have not seen a doctor about this yet --- I do not like going to doctors as I always leave feeling stupid because I get the feeling they don't believe me. I am overweight and things are blamed on that often. I know that doesn't help me at all and that is a whole other story that I need to take care of......but when something is wrong I know it. The last specialist I was sent to made me cry right in his office and that just embarrases me.

The problem is that I am experiencing constant vaginal bleeding. I can't remember a day in the last 3 months that there hasn't been something. Before that I might have gone a 1/2 week with nothing but otherwise it is the same story. It will be light for a couple of days and then EXTREMELY heavy for 1 or 2 and then fall somewhere in between. When it is very heavy I pass several LARGE blood clots (can fill the palm of my hand) and I find I am changing sanitary supplies in less that 10 minutes. I can't sit, stand, lay down without having to change my clothes.

I am only 26 years old and all searches I have done online come up with pregnancy related issues. I am not and have never been pregnant.

Anyone had anything similar?




January 2007
YYYYEEEESSSSS! This is exactly what I have been experiencing... My local PCP says it's polycistic ovarian syndrome -- however, i have my doubts. Five years ago I was diagnosed with Cushing's Disease and had a pituitary tumor removed. Within the last 3 years my symptoms have returned. From December 2005 to June 2006 i did not have any periods. Starting right around the beginning of the July my period/bleeding started and has not stopped since. Like the above experience, some days have been light or just spotting and then for no reason with no pattern (days, months, etc.) i will start heavily bleeding/clots, etc. coming out. I would even go so far as to call it hemoraging. I'm currently overweight and have gained alot of weight in the past few years. I believe the weight gain is associated with the hormone imbalance. I have an appt. with my PCP this week and hope to get some answers. I am 30 years old, never been pregnant, not on birth control pills or any over the counter prescriptions. I have no pelvic pain or cramps, i've simply been bleeding almost every single day for the past 6 months. Has the person who posted the above message please let me know if you found any answers. Please email at _[removed]_.

APRIL 25th(MONDAY)2011 I have suffered since I was 11 years old and had my 1st period ever which lasted 15 days. My 2nd one last 50 days, and my longest ever was over 9 months long. I am now 25 years old and nothing has changed; blood clots and fluent bleeding still rule my life! People think I'm too shy to date, but the truth is I'm too scared and embarrassed to get a boyfriend. At times I have to constantly be changing my pads because I don't wear just one, I attach TWO together! This time it hasn't stopped... I've been bleeding for 5-6 months and I am tired all the time, but everytime I've gone to doctors for help they don't listen to me and don't prescribe what I NEED. This is a curse and I can't let it keep ruining my life! I want to have a normal life D: