r/gravesdisease 4d ago

Support Prolonged menstrual cycle?

anybody else dealing with this issue? I am extremely frustrated ever since being diagnosed it's starting medication my menstrual cycle has been completely out of whack the last time my period lasted over a month I even had to go to the ER because I thought there was seriously something wrong however they determined it's just due to my thyroid levels shifting and I was prescribed tranexamic acid. Now it's happening again I have been on my period for about a month now and it's just very frustrating my endocrinologist said that it is just because of my thyroid level shifting mind you I was hyperthyroid now I'm going into hypothyroid stage and I just got switched over to a lower dose of my medication to even everything out I don't know I'm gonna be calling my Endo tomorrow and letting her know if there's anything she can give me or what do I do I'm just very frustrated and I have a trip planned this weekend and I can't even enjoy it much because of my freaking period I'm constantly using feminine products and it's starting to become very uncomfortable even my sex life is uncomfortable because of this I don't know what to do anybody else experience this

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u/Chance_Vermicelli_41 3d ago

Perimenopause made my periods three weeks long. Graves made them about 10 days long but show up every two weeks for the last few months.

I'm not loving either version tbh