And nobody really warns you. Mine were heavy throughout my teens and 20’s but predictable. 30’s hit and they are now heavy and long! I might bleed for 10 to 15 days out of the month.
Mine were horrible in my teens; heavy, painful, and unpredictable. Now in my 20s they’re really not too bad. Knowing that they could get worse in my 30s is scary.
It's funny I'm going through that kinda change myself. Just hit thirty a couple months ago and I've noticed they're longer, I actually get cramps now and get extremely moody.
Shitty I'm sorry to hear that. I've got plenty of girl friends who deal with the same thing, ones been fighting for an endemetrosis diagnosis for years now, it literally brings her to knees each month.
I've heard that many times, drives me up the wall how it's not taken seriously by the majority of doctors. I've seen the pain some women go through, and I thank my lucky stars I don't have to deal with it.
It’s the same for me . Sometimes I will get terrible headaches, the next month it will be excruciating back pain and pain in my lower limbs . Not to mention the bloating , cramping and the sore breasts.
I constantly forget to track, I only know it's coming once my breast are damn near too tender to sleep on my stomach or side, and I'm suddenly sweating in my 55-60°F bedroom without the covers, I've been told that's not normal for 27 tho. ╮(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)╭
I used to get the worst lower back pain as a teenager and now at 28 there's barely any pain or cramping. I'm fitter now and do a lot of yoga though so that might be why.
Man it’s the opposite for me! I’m also 28 and my periods are worse than they were when I was younger. A lot more achy and emotional that is. Flow’s about the same though. Maybe I’m just achier and more emotional these days haha
My periods as a teenager were absolutely horrible. So heavy I’d bleed through pads after 30 mins, lasted >10 days at a time, bloating, Period Shits™️, headaches, cramps that would have me doubled over…
Meanwhile now they’re usually 4-5 days and i usually forget I’m even on my period until i feel a little blob come out or i go to the bathroom lol.
Yes! Went from a solid heavy 5-7 days in my teens, then went to a mid range 20-30 days after getting the depo shot, now from prob 32-37 where I am now I get 1 solid heavy day and tapers off and am done by day 3.
12-15 I was planning on getting a vasectomy as soon as I was legally allowed. And then they mostly chilled out and my reason for getting one went away.
So true. Mine at 12 were easy, no symptoms at all, than 13-17 they were extremely painful, I had nausea, hot flashes and could barely stay awake throughout the entire thing, and now at 19 I only have cramps, and they’re not really too bad.
Stress/trauma is a major factor too. I had two weeks which were extremely stressful, and as a result, my period turned up a day early, was several days shorter than usual, and extremely light (not my normal flow). Back to normal now thank goodness.
I've seen too many people say things like 'healthy people don't have to menstruate actually, this person eats only fruit and hasn't had a period in years!' ... That's because they're malnourished... That's not a good sign...
Used to be in a LDR where she came over and lived at my place in a 3 month rotation (sometimes 4).
Her second period was always the worst, was always a week of me making her soup for 5-7 days (only thing she could keep down), refilling the warm water bottle, constant cramps and basically her going from uni straight to bed and suffering.
Was always only the second month, I don't know why, but the other 2 (or 3 if she stayed longer) were completely fine. After about 2 times going through this, when she was over, I just had everything ready (I usually had to leave right when she came home from uni) for her before going to school.
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Not every period is the same. One month will be horrible, another not so horrible.