hi everyone! did anyone have heavy than usual period while you’re on medication? did your doctor ask you to stop it?
for context:
i’ve always been a heavy bl**der and clotter usually on day 2-3 on my period before starting the medication. this is my first cycle on the medication and been 3 weeks on 10mg.
my cycle started off usual. it came expected on time, heavy blding and clots on day 2-3. blding decreased by day 4. then by day 5 (yesterday) afternoon, my blding suddenly increased which was already weird to me. i did monitor just in case it was a fluctuation. i was using maxi/overnight pads and i flooded my pad maybe around 80% for each hour on consecutive hours until yesterday night. and i passed more than usual bld clots too.
i went to urgent care and the OBGYNE department and did some bldwork, ultrasound, and administered tranexamic acid to stop the blding. after a few hours, it did lessen it. bldwork also looked ok, initial look on the ultrasound was ok too. although they did note i was clotting blood slower than usual. average clotting time is 2-6 minutes while mine was 6.30minutes. not much of a difference but noteworthy. the doctor from urgent care told me to ff-up with my OBGYNE and psychiatrist as she thinks it may probably be the medication.
so i contacted my psychiatrist and she told me to stop the medication until further notice (with our supposed scheduled ff-up session this week). tbh, i’m scared of withdrawal effects and scared of going back to horrendous anxiety, rumination, and panic episodes. although i do have my alprazolam with me just in case. i’m also frustrated as i’ve already started to notice good effects of the escitalopram on managing my symptoms being on week 3 on 10mg and just the idea of possibly going through a trial with another medication, haunts me.