period woes - extended bleeding now PMT
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vaginapaginaHi everyone,
I'm having the most awfull time with my period latley and I wondered if any of you had any ideas about what the HELL is going on.
Bit of background, I've always had mildy irregualar periods with a fairly normal amount of cramping, but nothing too drastic. In the last decade or so I've been having a lot of problems with mental illness, anxiety and depression mostly, my period has always been hellish emotionaly when i'm really crazy. I've been on anti depressants (seroxt or Paxil to our American counsins) for about a year and ritalin for the last few months, I also started smoking again after a 5 year break at the same time I started on Ritalin. I wonder if any of the medication or smoking could be impacting me. I take evening primrose oil, which is usually spectacularly helpfull but dosen't seem to be helping at all any more.
The two problems I've got are firstly, my peroids have started lasting for 12-15 days, quite heavy for most of that time, what could be casuing this, it's pretty distressing. I have an IUD that happened to be changed over the month after i first started the extended bleeding and the new one hasn't seemed to have changed anything either way.
Secondly is PMT, I never uesd to get any pre type problems but I have had for the last three months and it's been getting steadily worse till this month I am in the most awfull state, I had to down a load of valium last night, I was totaly hysterical and had a mild (for me) panic attack.
I know this is a huge tombe, but I'm really at a loss and really in a state. Thanks in advance.
I'm having the most awfull time with my period latley and I wondered if any of you had any ideas about what the HELL is going on.
Bit of background, I've always had mildy irregualar periods with a fairly normal amount of cramping, but nothing too drastic. In the last decade or so I've been having a lot of problems with mental illness, anxiety and depression mostly, my period has always been hellish emotionaly when i'm really crazy. I've been on anti depressants (seroxt or Paxil to our American counsins) for about a year and ritalin for the last few months, I also started smoking again after a 5 year break at the same time I started on Ritalin. I wonder if any of the medication or smoking could be impacting me. I take evening primrose oil, which is usually spectacularly helpfull but dosen't seem to be helping at all any more.
The two problems I've got are firstly, my peroids have started lasting for 12-15 days, quite heavy for most of that time, what could be casuing this, it's pretty distressing. I have an IUD that happened to be changed over the month after i first started the extended bleeding and the new one hasn't seemed to have changed anything either way.
Secondly is PMT, I never uesd to get any pre type problems but I have had for the last three months and it's been getting steadily worse till this month I am in the most awfull state, I had to down a load of valium last night, I was totaly hysterical and had a mild (for me) panic attack.
I know this is a huge tombe, but I'm really at a loss and really in a state. Thanks in advance.
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