Hi Hurdity,
Thanks for your reply. So to fill you in properly. I'd gone 7 months without a period and having sleeping problems, night sweats, mood swings, brain fog (to name a few symptoms - these had been going on maybe 2 years) when the doctors started questioning if I was heading towards menopause so they referred me to the specialist. Just as I got to see the specialist I had a period (Nov 2017). He did blood tests and scans and reported back to the doctors that I was post-meno and had none functioning ovaries (my endometrium was very thin in the scans). He advised I could come off the mini-pill due to being post-meno which I did but was not happy he was correct to say that.
In Jan 2018 I started on Elleste Duet and had a period as soon I started taking it (Day 2). It was fairly heavy for a week then stopped. I also went back on the mini-pill at the end of January after discussing it with the doctor to see if the bleeding stopped which it did. My sleeping was much better, the night sweats stopped and I felt happier in myself. Towards the end of the pack I started to feel rubbish again.
I had another period at the start of the second packet which again was quite heavy and painful but after a week it carried on, not so much blood but just yak (if you catch my drift) and it would stop and start for the rest of the month often catching me out like the blood just squirted out of nowhere. I also had a terrible headache/migraine for 3 weeks which nothing shifted and I became very spotty, like I've never been before. At the end of the second packet I went back to the doctor as I was concerned about the bleeding. She did blood tests which showed health wise I was ok, not anaemic and she contacted our local menopause expert as to what to do about the bleeding. Towards the end of the second pack the night sweats started to come back.
I then changed to Evorel Sequi two weeks ago and even though I was still bleeding I started a period (it was a lot heavier and very painful) and I'm now onto my second week of it. Every 3-4 days I get bad period pains and it all seems to get heavier again (this happened this morning) so it's not showing any sign of easing up.
Also, a couple of years ago I decided to change from the mini-pill and have the Mirena coil fitted. I nearly passed out when the doctor tried to fit it so had it done in hospital. I think it was due to having no kids. I had it in for 9 months and had heavy bleeding on it. After 9 months I found myself on all fours in the lounge having what I can only assume where contractions. I actually thought I was having a baby! But I think it was body trying to expel the coil. I had it taken out a few days later and swore blind I would never have it fitted again. After that I had the coil removed I had a terrible time with bleeding and clots. I was stood in the office one day and a massive clot popped out! It's a good job I had knickers on! As you can imagine I am reluctant to have another coil fitted.
I don't have a measurement of withdrawal bleed for February and I'm not sure how I would know. How would I measure it?
So that's it really. I'm just at a loss as what to do now. I am actually starting to feel less fed up now but I'm constantly tired and could quite easily just go to bed and stay there for a few days. Any help anyone could give me would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks,
Sarah