Hello all....my first post.....
I wonder if someone can help me with this? I am 50 years old (just turned 50 in March) and have been having hot flushes, night sweats, and breast pain....so I thought I was going through the menopause. One doctor said do not come off contraception, keep on it, and the other one (a lady doctor) said to come off it and get my body back into its normal rhythm...she told me it was obvious that I was going through the menopause!
So I came off Cerazette mini-pill after around 5 years on it. I had been on Feminax for around 15 years prior to that with no problems and normal monthlies.
Thing is, nothing happened for ages, then about a month into being off it, I had more than just spotting, quite heavy bleeding in fact, which has now tailed off, after nearly 10 days and there is nothing at all now, on day 11. I have funny feelings in the area of my ovaries and by this I mean I have sort of odd crampiness, but none of my spotting/bleeding was accompanied by any "normal" period symptoms such as feeling weepy, bad crampiness I used to get when I was on Feminax.....so I thought this is my body just settling down......
I never thought I would ever have a monthly period again and here we are back to having to buy sanitary protection - what a price it is!!
What can I expect and how do I know what to expect? Has anyone else ever been in a similar situation?
And by the way, I hate the lack of spontaneity which has now reared its ugly head with regards to my husband and I's lovemaking....
Any help would be greatly appreciated.