First month on the Microgestin was...interesting. More like the periods I'm used to than the ones I've been having: 7 days long, mostly clots, with intense pain before and during and some residual pain after (I'm still aching, and I stopped Monday). Plus, the Microgestin doesn't appear to have reduced the bloating one bit -- but it didn't increase it, either. My face is also breaking out more, which is not a deal-breaker but is annoying. I'll give it another couple of months; if they're more of the same, I'm switching back.
Sadly, the Ponstel was not the wonder drug I was hoping it'd be. Had to hit the Lyrica the first few days (on top of the Ponstel, not in place of) because the pain was excruciating. (It felt like an alien baby was trying to eat its way out.) Not sure how, or if, that's related to the clotting. I can say that it's got nothing to do with inactivity, because I only missed one workout.
I'm beginning to abandon hope of alleviating the symptoms. Maybe all I can do is deal with them. Or get pregnant. I hear that's a list of problems all its own, but still -- no periods for 9 months? Where do I sign up?
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to add more soy in my diet. This whole peri-menopause stuff is sucking ass. More periods, more bloating, more cramps.
I remember when my mom was perimenopausal. She always had heavy periods, but they got scary there for a while. One night she came sat with me (I was a teenager, and therefore mostly nocturnal) because she was bleeding very heavily and was afraid she might need to go to the emergency room. This from a woman who had to wear a super tampon plus an overnight pad for normal bleeding.
I am not looking forward to that at all.
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