De-lurking to chime in about perimenopausal bleeding. My periods started getting really excessive when I was around 41-42, with increasing episodes of randomized breakthrough spotting during the rest of the month. Got to the point of being anemic and falling asleep mid-conversation all the time, until other folks connected the dots for me. Have been taking an iron pill every day since then, and that, surprisingly, seems to have normalized my cycles more than I would have thought possible, given how off-kilter they had gotten. I don't quite get how it all works, but boy am I glad it does! And just to keep me on my toes, if I forget a pill one day, or even take one several hours later than usual, it brings on the red tide within a day or so. Bodies! So weird!
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My periods started getting really excessive when I was around 41-42, with increasing episodes of randomized breakthrough spotting during the rest of the month. Got to the point of being anemic and falling asleep mid-conversation all the time, until other folks connected the dots for me.
Have been taking an iron pill every day since then, and that, surprisingly, seems to have normalized my cycles more than I would have thought possible, given how off-kilter they had gotten. I don't quite get how it all works, but boy am I glad it does! And just to keep me on my toes, if I forget a pill one day, or even take one several hours later than usual, it brings on the red tide within a day or so.
Bodies! So weird!