My wife has very irregular periods, very frequent to be exact, every 20 days or so. Her doctor has put her on birth control pills to make her period more regular. This has worked, but she does not NEED to take the pills for birth control since I am fixed and pregnancy is not a concern. My concern is that she had a vein suddenly apppear last night in her leg. She has a few veins anyway, so it is not that unusual, but at her age, 22, I really am a bit worried about her taking pills that may be fixing the result, but not the underlying problem of her frequent periods.
2006-12-29 00:48:21 · 8 answers · asked by hunter65 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
After having my two bubbies, my periods were absolutely catastrophic. I was filling a super pad and tampon every hour for 72 hours straight, as well as losing dozens of blood clots the size of kiwi fruit, before backing off to a "normal" heavy period, where I only had to change my pad and tampon every three hours. This would go on for 7-10 days.
The doctor told me that menstrual blood doesn't clot, and that I'd get used to it.
So, I went to see a kinesiologist, who of course found very quickly that my hormones were severely out of whack, and that my iron levels were non-existant.
She worked on my hormones - this made it so that only a normal amount of endometrium (that's what comes out when you have a period) built up in my uterus each month. And she started me on a liquid iron supplement to help the blood flow freely instead of clotting. As a nice side effect, my homicidal PMS is also gone :)
Kinesiology is dismissed by conventional medicine as rubbish, as are all natural medicines in my experience, but I have used it to fix many serious problems since having my children - including severe post-natal depression, bordering on psychosis, with an underlying acute anxiety disorder with massive panic attacks. I was a complete mess for four and a half years, close to suicide, and the doctors achieved exactly nothing.
My kinesiologist fixed me in eleven weeks.
She practices the N.I.C.E. method of kinesiology (there are a few different types). I've had kinesiology before from a practioner who uses a different technique, but that wasn't effective at all.
And you're right, it's the underlying cause of the problem that needs fixing, not the symptoms. As always, remove the problem, the symptoms disappear. It's so nice to know that someone else has figured that out :)
2006-12-29 00:59:00 · answer #1 · answered by Donna M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-28 22:52:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, she can stop it anytime she wants but the withdrawal bleeding will come sooner or atleast let her stop after finishing the whole pack. the periods she have been experiencing with the pill is not really her menstruation it's just withdrawal of the hormones from the pill. let her try to stop using them and see after few months if her menstruation become more regular than before. i've been irregular since i've started my menstruation, after the pill it became a little more regular (because i had mine 50 days or so cycle)
also ask her gyne for other options, since she don't need the pill for birth control. but as for my opinion, the pill or other hormonal methods like the patch or nuva ring can only regulate the periods.
2006-12-29 00:59:23 · answer #3 · answered by jae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doctor knows best.
2006-12-29 00:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
talk to her doctor. she is at a higher risk for blot clots being on the pill. if she smokes, it raises it even more.
2006-12-29 00:56:01 · answer #5 · answered by Queen B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the pill can be dangerous. bloodclots are dangerous. why aren't you on the phone asking you doctor these questions NOW?
2006-12-29 00:51:52 · answer #6 · answered by Iseult 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go talk to your doctor.
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2006-12-29 00:51:49 · answer #7 · answered by tora911 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to say EXACTLY that to her doctor to get the best advice for her.
2006-12-29 00:52:48 · answer #8 · answered by rcdc_wva. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋