long menstral period excessive bleeding

Hate to say this but "glad I'm not alone"! I am 45 and have had 4 children, regular cycles usually bleeding about 4-5 days, had ovarian cyst before.  My period started almost 3 weeks ago and hasn't stopped.  Very unusual for me. My husband is concerned. I called my doctor and she said starting menopause and to take 800 mg motrin 3 times per day and she could start me on birth control. I have a history of high BP so I am concerned about the birth control and taking this much motrin makes me feel lousy.  I guess this is my "new normal"! I just wish that at some point my doctor would have told me more about this. It just comes on so suddenly! And they act like, welcome to the club!  My doctor is female btw. I would rather have my uterus removed than to go thru this for several years! And the moodiness, my goodness.  Was happy and in a great mood yesterday and today I feel like I just want to crawl into a hole and cry. I exercise daily and maintain an ok diet. I am curious about natural supplements that may help, any suggestions?

I have these issues and had a endometrial polyp. Had a vagainal biospy. Will need outpatient surgery to remove.

Ok I am 25 years old and I first started my period when I was 16. I have always been regular. Well in January of this year I started my period and i cramped the first week and the flow changed from day to day like a normal cycle. Then when it should have been ending I started bleeding heavy again but with no cramps. I had to start using the pads that cover the whole underwear and I was bleeding through those in an hour or two. Then the clots started. I had been bleeding for a month and a half so I had never been to the gyn so I made an appt. and they would see me in about a month. then I was sitting on the couch and I sneezed and I felt a gush. I went to the restroom and there was a clot the size of a baseball. I was so scared. I decided to go to the ER. They drew my blood and said everything looked fine and the dr there prescribed me 7 days of progesterone. The period got lighter everyday I took the meds. Then on day 7 it stopped. I was happy about it. Then it came back but with cramps like a normal period with normal flow. I went the the gyn that week and she couldn't do a pap because my flow was a little too heavy. So we talked and we decided to see if maybe this was a one time thing since I had always been regular maybe the progesterone had just reset my hormones and things would be fine. Well my period stopped for a couple weeks them bam bleedin heavy with clots and no cramps came back. It went on for a couple months and I went by to my gyn and she put me on birth control Generess Fe and said that it wil help regulate my cycles. But strangely enough the day I visited the gyn my period stopped. They did a blood test and said that I am definitely anemic so They did prescribe me iron pills and prenatal vitamins. Before she could prescribe me the birth control she did An intrauterine biopsy... It hurt. But thankfully everything came back normal so I was allowed to start the BC well I started it a week after my gyn appt.. My period was still gone... I took the BC for a week and my period started. It was heavy but I only had flow in the mornings for 4 days straight then the craziness began. I started bleeding heavy and passing clots the size of eggs. I have been on the pill 2 weeks .. The first week no period... Then four weird days with sporadic flow and now 5 days of heavy crzy flow. Unlike the first times I am now having severe cramps. I am thinking this bc isn't going to work. But I have read that it takes 3 months to fully take effect. I don't want to bleed for 3 months again!! It's so frustrating because I was expecting this BC to regulate it and then I would only take it 3 month then try to get pregnant. Looks like we may have to try something else. I am going to give it a week or so and if it doesn't stop I will call my dr. And see what we can do from here. My dr is really nice, she gives me options and lets me be involved in the decisions. I hope they figure out a cause for all of this and fix it soon because it seems like there are a lot of women dealing with this - Ashley

Whatever came of your situation? Not cancer? Did u end up having to have a D&C?

Hi! I hv a child of 9months..i got my1st period after completion of 6 month of my delivery n it was lasting for more than 15 days thn I got my periods again after one month n now it is lasting for more than 45 days ...can u please tel me wat is the problem n wat should I do?????thku in advance

My period went off a week ago now it's back on again. But the blood is a bright red this time. No cramps or clots. Why?

I have been on my period for a month, and having a lot of clots with it. How to stop it?