Hello Susun,
I am coming to you for non-stop menstrual bleeding. I have panic disorder/ Agoraphobia and am a large person but otherwise healthy 32-year-old woman who has never had a baby. This problem started in the spring. I’ve been treated by my MD for this problem, so far the only medication I've taken has been the hormone Provera which helped, but I’d like to try a more natural approach.
Hi,
As a student of Susun’s I help with some of her email correspondence. I am happy to offer more thoughts if you like.
If you feel alright with the bleeding and tests show no hormone imbalance or fibroids, cancerous cells etc… I am more inclined to lean towards menopause. Stress can sometimes bring it on. If it were me I would keep reading and researching, be sure what test was done and what was found, tune in deeply with how I felt, and ride with it. I would be sure there is not a problem with iron, and make sure to be getting good amounts of it in foods. It is possible there is something we all aren’t considering, but with no discomfort other than constant pads/tampons, I am not sure I would be too worried.
In Susun’s New Menopausal Years she writes: “Heavy bleeding ( flooding ) during the menopausal years- or prior to them- has a variety of causes: Fibroids, endometriosis, and high levels of hormones, most notably high progesterone. Since it is a drop in the progesterone level that signals the uterus to contract and expel the menses, when progesterone levels stay high during the cycle, the endometrium continues to grow and reaches an unprecedented density and richness. It actually grows so dense that it crowds itself out of the uterus. When that finally happens, you have a “late” period that comes in floods, gushes, clots and the occasional long slow bleed. (Not profuse but it may go on for a month or more.) … Some healthy menopausal women report bleeding for as long as 40 days. Midwives note that it isn’t so much the amount of blood a woman loses as her individual physiological response to the blood loss. Weakness, dizziness, paleness, and mental confusion signals danger.”
Blessings,
Karen Joy
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