scarethewolves
04-02-16, 05:40
So, I have weird periods. Always have - sometimes I'll get only like three a year, sometimes I'll have two in one month. No doctor has ever seemed too interested in figuring out why this is, I assume since it's been true since I started menstruating and I don't plan on having children.
However, they've been even weirder lately. In November I kept having spotting for about a month afterwards, and then just now I'm having an usually heavy period - I use a DivaCup, and instead of having to empty it twice a day, I'm having to empty it a lot more, and it was immediately red blood rather than darker blood like usual at the beginning of a period. (Maybe 30ml in a day, which I know because of the helpful notes on the DivaCup... thanks, Divacup.)
I'm trying not to panic, because
a) I'm in my 20s
b) I've always had unusual periods
c) I had a pelvic exam/pap smear in September
d) I had an abdominal ultrasound and CAT scan in August (doctor thought I had appendicitis, but luckily, nah. unluckily, no answer for the random pain, which eventually went away.)
I'm also on 20mg citalopram, and I know that's done slightly weird things to my periods before.
Any reassurance that this is normal? I leave for a long trip on Monday (6 months!) and I don't want to be freaking out the whole time.
However, they've been even weirder lately. In November I kept having spotting for about a month afterwards, and then just now I'm having an usually heavy period - I use a DivaCup, and instead of having to empty it twice a day, I'm having to empty it a lot more, and it was immediately red blood rather than darker blood like usual at the beginning of a period. (Maybe 30ml in a day, which I know because of the helpful notes on the DivaCup... thanks, Divacup.)
I'm trying not to panic, because
a) I'm in my 20s
b) I've always had unusual periods
c) I had a pelvic exam/pap smear in September
d) I had an abdominal ultrasound and CAT scan in August (doctor thought I had appendicitis, but luckily, nah. unluckily, no answer for the random pain, which eventually went away.)
I'm also on 20mg citalopram, and I know that's done slightly weird things to my periods before.
Any reassurance that this is normal? I leave for a long trip on Monday (6 months!) and I don't want to be freaking out the whole time.