Vaginal blood clots and excessive bleeding

:'( my bleeding started in 2006 at first i didnt think anything of it , until I didn't have a period for 6months, and then started haveing one with big nasty clots from 2007-2009. i would bleed with clots to the point of not knowing when my period ended or started, but in between heavy clots/bleeding there would be lighter brown stages with maybe a day or two with no bleeding. Finally in OCT. 2009 i went to the dr. and she prescribed me YAZ STATEING THAT MY HORMONES WERE PROBABLY OFF. SHE ALSO TOOK BLOOD WORK, AND SENT ME TO GET AN ULTRA SOUND TO CHECK FOR FIBROIDS CISTS. THE ULTRA SOUND SHOWED THAT MY UTERINE LINE WAS THICK AND MY OVARIES WERE FINE, THE BLOOD WORK CAME BACK NEGATIVE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER I STARTED USEING YAZ THE BLEEDING/CLOTS STOPPED and my period was regulated , but i was so uncomfortable with takeing YAZ due to all of the negative effects that i read about . I took the pill for about 3 months with inconsistancy. And I stopped takeing the pill all together. BUT I WAS STILL HAVEING REGULAR PERIODS WITH NO CLOTS. I WAS NOT PRATICEING SAFE SEX WITH MY PARTNER AND IN MARCH OF 2010 WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW A NORMAL PERIOD AND FROM JUNE TO BEGINNING OF SEPT. I DID NOT HAVE A PERIOD AND THOUGHT I WAS PREGNANT ALL OF THE PREGNANCY TESTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE, HOWEVER ON THE LEFT SIDE I WOULD FEEL TWINGES, THROBBING, FLUTTERING, AND SOME SHARP PAIN DURING THIS TIME OF NOT HAVE A PERIOD. NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER IT IS BACK.. THE HEAVY BLEEDING THE CLOTTING AND THE CLOTS ARE HUGE!!!!! I AM SOOOOO SICK OF THIS. FROM READING OTHER TESTIMONIALS IT SEEMS LIKE DOCTORS ARE MORE INCOMPETENT THAN EVER AND GIVEING PEOPLE THE RUN AROUND ALL FOR THE SAKE OF THE DOLLAR. IF I GO BACK TO YAZ I KNOW IT WOULD HELP ME, HOWEVER WHAT ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT I HAVE READ ABOUT WITH THE LONG TERM USE. IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS A REAL ANSWER OR HAS OVER COME THIS CONDITION WITHOUT BIRTH CONTROL AND COSTLY UNWANTED SURGERY THAT AT THE AGE OF 33 I DONT WANT.????????????????????????????????????

im 21 and i just had a baby 8 months ago, and i finally got my period, like the last 2 motnhs were just spotty, so i figured , yes i got my period:), then i got worried, after 9 days becasue it doesnt usually last that long, now its been a month and a week, i have an ultrasound on monday, but after all that ive read, it either you get a hysterectomy, or you try to curve ball it and do everyhitng in youtr power to get a d n c, take iron pills,try to take birth pills to regulate. ive noticed though that it doesnt always work, i would really like to know if theres anythign else that i should know to make this easier for me becasue i cant live like this gopign through 6 paqirs of pants a day, cleaning cushions, and pads that dotn work for clots at all.....silver dollar clots at that, even al ittle biugger, and there always 3-5 of then at a time......now what confuses me is that my hemoglobin is fine(says doc), but i have felt very dizzy at times where i could not get up and go anywhere or id feel liek id pass out....i also get bad stomache pains, but my doc syas that has nothgin to do with it. so im stuck wondering how to avoid a hysterectomy. i would like a nother child.

Oh, I'm so glad that there are other people out there with the same problem. I had this since I was 16 and it went away for a while. a bit ago though, it started up again. The pain has gotten so bad that I've almost passed out at times. I don't want to eat anymore, I cant get sleep. The clots are so big and heavy that I can feel when they are passing through. I'm only 20 and we've been to the doctor when they first started. of course they put me on birth control, but it did nothing. I'm afraid to go back because I know they'll put me on the pill again. they only made me sick to my stomach.
I hope some one hears our please and help us out. I cant work, I don't know when the pain will come back. I'm afraid. I do anything to make it stop. I don't mind the bleeding, it's just so painful.

WELL, IVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS. I MEAN SOME WHERE AROUND THIRTY. IT GOT CRAZY WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE. I WOULD LITERALLY STAND UP DURING MY MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND BE STANDING IN A PUDDLE OF BLOOD AND CLOTS WOULD BE EVERYWHERE. THIS LITERALLY CHANGED MY ACTIVITIES. I LEARNED TO CHANGE OFTEN AND STAY NEAR THE BATHROOM DURING THE FIRST 4 TO 5 DAYS OF MY CYCLE. THE CRAMPS WERE SEVERE. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE CERVIX OPENING UP TO PASS THE CLOTS. KIND OF LIKE HAVING A BABY.

AT ANY RATE, I'VE NEVER BEEN ON THE PILL TOO LONG. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WITHIN THE FIRST 4 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, WHICH BEGAN MY JUNIOR YEAR, I STOPPED TAKING THE PILL. BUT, LET ME SHARE MY FINDS FROM MANY TESTS AND GOOD DOCTORS. I HAVE FIBROIDS, POLY CYSTIC OVARIES. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I HAD THESE ISSUES, BUT I ATTENDED COLLEGE IN THE EARY 80'S. THUS I DIDN'T DISCOVER THESE ISSUES UNTIL AFTER I GRADUATED IN '86 AND BEGAN SEEING DOCTORS . WHEN WE TRIED TO CONCEIVE IS WHEN I LEARNED OF THE ISSUES I JUST MENTIONED BUT IN '03 I TOO WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT DIZZINESS, FATIGUE AND LIGHTHEADEDNESS. AN MRI REVEALED A TUMOR ON MY PITUATARY GLAND. THUS THIS EXPLAINED THE WEIGHT GAIN, HIRSUTISM (FACIAL HAIR GROWTH).

ALTHOUGH I HAD MY LAST CHILD IN 2000, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE MY UTERUS REMOVED. I SUSPECT THE POLY CYSTIC IS THE MAIN CULPRIT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE ISSUES WITH THE PIT-TUMOR UNTIL I HAD AN ON THE JOB INJURY THAT CAUSED EXTREME EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. THIS HAPPENED IN '93. THE STRESS GOT SO BAD THAT MY SPECIALIST AND I SAW THE FACIAL HAIR GROWING BY THE WEEK. SO, I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR A WHILE. IN '03 I HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED DUE TO EXTREME ANEMIA AND RECEIVED 4 UNITS OF RED BLOOD CELLS. THIS CONDITION LADIES IS DEADLY. IT JUST HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN ON NEW YEARS EVE. I WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM SUSPECTING THE SAME AS IN '03 AND TRUE ENOUGH. I HAD LOST SO MUCH BLOOD OVER THE MONTHS THAT I WAS ALMOST HOSPITALIZED AGAIN. A BASE NUMBER FOR NORMAL BLOOD COUNT IS 36 AND MINE WAS 23. IF I HAD BEEN ONE MORE UNIT SHORT OF RED BLOOD CELLS, I WOULD HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR NEW YEARS DAY. IM BACK ON IRON --325MG X 3 DAILY. ALSO, MY ENDOCRINOLOGIST AND CARDIOLOGIST DISCOVERED THAT I HAD A LOW VITAMIN D NUMBER THAT WAS DANGEROUS. I TOOK 50,000 UNITS TWICE A WEEK FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS BUT DIDNT GO FOR A RE-CHECK AS MY HUSBAND WAS HOSPITALIZED BUT I WILL GO NEXT WEEK.

AT ANY RATE, IF U ARE LOSING A LOT OF BLOOD, IT CAN GET DANGEROUS AS VITAL ORGANS CAN SHUT DOWN. TALK TO A SPECIALIST ABOUT IRON SUPPLEMENTS AND GET THE COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT TEST DONE. IT IS EXPENSIVE BUT WORTH IT, AS I DIAGNOSED MYSELF BEFORE GOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND TOOK TWO OF MY IRON SUPPLEMENTS THE NIGHT BEFORE. IT WAS A RELIEF THAT I KNEW MY SYMPTOMS BUT I WAS TOLD 4 MONTHS EARLIER THAT MY LEVELS WERE FINE. SO WE STOPPED THE IRON SUPPLEMENTS. SO THE KEY LADIES IS HOW MUCH U CLOT AND BLEED BECAUSE OCT AND DEC WERE EXTREMELY HEAVY. I MEAN LIKE STANDING UP AND BLOOD AND CLOTS WET MY CLOTHES AND PUDDLE AROUND MY FEET. THE BLEEDING STOPPED LASTING MORE THAN 2-3 WEEKS AFTER HAVING 2 CHILDREN BUT GET HELP. HORMONAL THERAPY CAN CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT MY EXASCERBATE THE PROBLEM. ALSO I DIDN'T MENTION THAT I WEAR 2 SUPER PLUS TAMPONS WITH TWO PADS FOR THE FIRSY 4-5 DAYS OF MY CYCLE. THE FIRST 2 DAYS IS 45 MINUTES TO 1 HOUR CHANGES.

WOMEN ISSUES APPEAR TO DRAG ON AND DON'T SEEM TO GET THE ATTENTION THAT LET'S SAY THE PROSTATE GET. I FORFGOT TO MENTION THAT MY HORMANAL IMBALANCE CAUSED US TO LOSE THE FIRST PREGNANCY AS MY BODY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH NATURAL PROGESTERONE TO MAINTAIN THE PREGNANCY AND BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE FIRST VISIT ON MONDAY, I MISCARRIED THE DAY BEFORE . SO PLEASE GET HELP AND KNOW YOUR BODY.

Hi im experincing the same thing. it has been this way for about 3 weeks and im freaking out....I got on birth control recently for about a month in a half and now my period has been off and ive been bledding clots out and alot of dry blood... I took a pregnancy test and it shows positive... How is this possible? I was told it might be a miscarrage? Can someone please help me out?

Accupuncture can help this. In some woman it can turn it around.

i have the same problem and just recentlywentto the er come to find out i have a uterine fibroid its worth getting checked for just to be sure all is well dont leave it go can be very dangerous 

I have had the same thing happening for three years.  Ever since I have had my tubes tied.  I recently had an ultra sound done to find that I have fibroids which is the cause of the clots and heavy bleeding.  The nova sure surgery is something I am seriously thinking about having, as I am quite young still and am not ready for a hysterectomy.  For those of you getting dizzy and the sweats right before you pass the clot, I have started taking iron tablets while I am on my period and that has helped tremendously with that.  Just an FYI in case you guys would want to try it. 

Please don't be afraid or scared to go to a obgyn. I only wish I've gone sooner. Nowadays I am 29 and am a candidate for a hysterectomy, because of waiting for so long I have a disease that is borderline cancer (complex hyperplasia with atypia). If I gone sooner I would've gotten a treatment, which could've helped. I do not mean to scare you, but your health is important.

For all those who are experiencing the heavy bleeding and clotting and possibly cysts and tumors... I read an article years ago that said women were prescribed RU486 aka the abortion pill to treat these issues. It apparently was very effective. Do your own personal search and talk with your physician first before considering something like this though.

Hi my name is Bianca and i'm 22 years old. Like you all i too have been suffering from abnormal uterine bleeding.

July (2011) - Last normal period
August - No period
September - No period
October - No period
November - Finally MY PERIOD!! or so i thought!
November - Still bleeding with occasional intervals 
             - Bleeding from everyday to every other day

Nov 15, 2011 I dropped a clot 4.6 x 4.6 x1 7 cm. I took it in to be examined. I then continued to bleed and drop more clots. Almost a month later I dropped another large amount. Once again I went to my Gyno and later my regular physician. I have been put on Sessonique and this did not stop it. I have been prescribed now Medroxyprogestrerone to give me a break till my blood work came back. My blood work came back sqeaky clean. I am now on a list to have a albrasion. This is suppose to be better than an hysterectomy but, I was told how the doctors use to preform it gives better results. We will see.

I experience the heavy flow and clotting every month but only on the second day of my cycle. For many years during my late 20s and early 30s I didn't have a period at all. Then I started bleeding and it went on for months. I was perscribed a harmon (think it was Provera) which did regulate my cycle to flow of 5 to 8 days every 30 to 40 days. Then I read an article about PCOS (polycistic ovarnian syndrowm) which I had some of the symptons. When I discussed the article with my gyno doc, he said yeah you probably do have that but there is no cure and the harmons regulate your cycle. I can't tell you how angry I got with his attitude - he knew the information but elected not to share with me and perscribe harmons for me. Well my new gyno is femaile and she did discuss PCOS, the irregular cycle, and the heavy bleeding/clots with me. She recommend that I take a diabetic drug (glucophage) to releive the symptons. She recommendaed a endogronologist which I saw. After my exam and tests he did recommend this drug for my sypmton, which it did help. I do not have diabetes, but apparently the drug is used for PCOS sysmptons. It is not a cure, but has les risk than the harmons and my bleeding is more like a normal period, 5 to 7 days every 30 days. I still have to deal with the heavy flow/clotting on the second day, but it is far better than it used to be. I'm not sure this will work for others suffering for the heavy flow and clots, but it is something you can discuss with your gyno.

omg ...i feel so much better know that i am not alone in this i am 25 and i've had normal periods all my life up until a year ago i started having heavy bleeding and clotting ....i went to the doctor he told me that i could have been a miscarriage and then told me to go home .....he did not examine me or anything ........so February of this year (2012) my sister was having a baby and needed blood .....i went in to donate but i couldnt my blood count was below 7 .....i was rushed to the emergency room where i was told that i developed anemia ( due to heavy bleeding) and they put me on medication and i got my period on the 26th feb ....it was ok ,no heavy bleeding and clotting ......my march period never came and i started spotting on the 4th april and then on the 6th april i just started pouring ever since .....with clots bigger than a quarter and longer than a cm .....i have an appointment in my doctor today and im terrified .

Heya, last year i bleed for almost an entire year heavily with minor clots in between, i was filling night pads every couple of hours. Various doctors all told me that it was part of polycystic ovarian syndrome. I had put on weight and they so many blood tests and a ultrasound that showed i had folicles and cysts all over my ovaries. It suprised me taht doctors didnt admit me to hospital.. I was loosing so much blood per day it was astonishing, I only have one kidney and Im on medication for high blood pressure I was always tired and grumpy I suspected I was anemic aswell.

I ended up in hospital on new years eve when i lost a clot the size of my fist in (thickness aswell). Rushed through the emergency room and the nurses then kept asking me how far along i was (i was definately not pregnant as I hadnt been having sex with all the blood loss)/ They told me that i was having a misscarriage (gutting for me as my partner and I had decided to try for kids about 6months before the bleeding started with no luck). Made me take 3 pregnancy tests even tho I had assured them there was no way i could have of been pregnant.

Then i get released, sent to a gynacologist who tells me that it was a blood clot without even looking at my notes. Talks over me when im trying to explain to him that i jsut have a gut instinct that theres something going on other then polycystic ovarian syndrome... tells me iv got two options, take some drugs that will probably put my kidney thru some stress, or get skinny. $220 dollars for that, didnt even ask me my symptoms or anything.

I have given up now.. i didnt bleed for a long time, it seemed to of stopped, then got a normal period.. then nothign for another 4-5 months.. now all i get is a watery discharge that dries yellow, a horrible smell and a dirty dirty brown blood in my undies and tiny clots. Surely theres somethign that can be done and people that can have solid answers for women suffering from symptoms such as these. I have tried loosing weight (workout 1-2hours a day, eat healthy) nothing has happend. If anyone out there, (especially young women of 25 like me) feels like the doctors are uselss and youve given up just trying to find some answers... I am right there with you.