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Anonymous asked in HealthWomen's Health · 1 decade ago

How do I deal with this, and what is it? (Girls please, or guys I guess: This is going to be graphic)?

Okay: I asked a question four weeks ago saying that I was wondering why I had had a lot of cramps and overactive hormones, but had not had a period, and I thought I might be psychologically stopping myself from having one due to some repressed memories relating to my mother and hemorrhaging, I finally had one now, but I think I might be having some troubles with my ovaries. This is my first period and this is what has been happening: in graphic detail.

Monday: After a family party I woke up in the morning and had a lot of blood, it got on my bed and on the floor in the bathroom and I had lots of clots and TONS of blood, I'm guessing I lost about a teaspoon overnight and that morning. By the end of the night it had not slowed down at all and I was going through a lot of pads. That night I had to get up at three to change my pad because it had soaked through and then I had to sleep on the couch because my sheets were dirty from it. I used an extra thick, overnight pad, which should have lasted longer.

Tuesday: My blood was thick in the morning, I began to pee nothing but blood, every time I sat down I could feel it coming out of me, and I began to have HUGE clots. Eventually I was unable to stand up because it would rush out of me, splattering kind of, like I dropped a jug of koolaid.

Wednesday: I had a friend come stay over to help me out, and I began to have less clots and just change my pads every one to two hours if I was lucky, it stopped randomly rushing out of me and changed to a constant trickle. I had to get up twice during the night to change my pad.

Thursday (today): I have learned how to deal with this a bit better, but I am still at a heavy flow. Now, I've learned how to sit and stand so that I don't feel it as much, but I am still very heavily flowing. I have had tons of clots of blood almost every time I go to the washroom, ranging from tons of little dime sized ones to one huge one, the size of a small prune.

I read up on this thing called menorrhagia, heavy periods that hits women in menopause and girls who have just started having their periods (menarche). I think I could have a light version of it, but I don't have all the symptoms (yet). My mother had the same problem, and so did her sisters. My mother says to just deal with it but it's so uncomfortable.

I've been focusing on showering often, wiping and keeping myself clean down there, and trying not to get upset, but I've been bursting into tears and being very edgy. It's my first one, and I've tried to keep calm and deal with it just like my friends, but it's honestly affecting me. It's very uncomfortable to move, my vaginal muscles feel weak, I've lost way more blood than average, I have KILLER cramps, and that much blood has made it messy and disgusting. It's gotten on my bed, my hands, all over my legs and I haven't been doing anything but sitting.

I just keep cleaning myself, wiping, putting on the thickest pads I can find, using baby wipes, showering and cleaning myself more. If I sit still it gets all over me, If I move I can feel it coming out and the pad rubs against me, I can't use a tampon and I can't try with that heavy of a flow.

How the hell do I deal with something like this? I'm trying to tell myself it's not that bad, but the other girls change their pads every six hours, and if I'm lucky I can only make it two. There's just so much blood. It isn't normal, but other than feeling tired from it I don't think I'm actually sick. I think it may have just built up.

How do I deal with this? How?

Update:

My attitude, as tired as I am, is to try to live my life normally when I have my period. Not to whine about it. I honestly don't have any idea how to handle a flow like this, and even though I'm complaining, I feel I have a reason to, and I'm not planning on using it as an excuse. For that reason I'm not exaggerating this, even if it sounds false, it really is that heavy. I want to learn how to deal with this so I can get my *** of the computer and walk somewhere without something going down my leg.

Update 2:

When I say that I lost a teaspoon of blood on Monday morning, I mean that most girls measure in teaspoons and I definatley lost one then, and more. And I know how I'm feeling is PMS, i'm just giving an example.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I have a similar problem - my pads having to be changed every two to four hours. Four hours if I'm extremely lucky. A lot of blood is quite common. If it's your first period, then it may lessen as your body adjusts and the sorts; or it may worsen. You might just have to deal with it until you find things that help improve your menstrual cycle duration.

    However, if you maintain a heavy physique, then you might want to change your eating/exercising habits. Sugar is known to increase/lengthen your blood loss and length of your period. Water may or may not help; try exercising, too. Not a lot, but lightly. Try to cut sugar out of your diet while you're on your period; you don't want it to increase.

    Sounds like your periods might become long, as you've had quite a few heavy days, but it's perfectly normal. I wouldn't say it's totally genetic, but if you have the same physique as your mother/her family, then yes, it might be because of your "lines."

    Good luck to you, and Merry Christmas!

    Source(s): Reading up on these things; my own experiences.
  • 1 decade ago

    It is normal to have a very heavy flow like this.

    It's really hard getting used to, believe me. Try some Midol, it will help with the cramps.

    You've probably been getting upset because that's what happens to girls when we're on our period, our hormones start acting up and every emotion we feel is stronger then normal.

    I know I get really sick when I'm on my period, my immune system start to break down (but only for a week, then I start to feel better).

    When I got on birth control, my period started to regulate, down to the very hour. It was a nice change.

    If it's bothering you a lot, consult a doctor, but I'd say wait until you have your period at least 3 times, so that it wasn't just this once that this problem occured.

  • Eliza
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    1 decade ago

    the best thing to do is GO TO THE DOCTOR.

    you should NOT be peeing blood, and you shouldnt be bleeding that much. if you are peeing blood, you could have an infection.

    and the emotions you are feeling is PMS or pre menstrual syndrome. this is the emotions you feel when you are having your period. PMS can make you feel like one big wheel of hormones. you can feel happy, sad, depressed, calm, excited, hungry, etc.

    and i think you are exaggerating when you say "it got on my bed and on the floor in the bathroom and I had lots of clots and TONS of blood" because a teaspoon doesn't seem like a ton of blood lol.

    and having a heavy discharge is normal. and just because you have a heavy discharge this time, you might not have a heavy discharge the next time.

    i hope i helped and feel better :D

  • 1 decade ago

    its your first? this can be normal and 'extreemly' scary. i have been with my missus since she were 11 (shes 17 now) her first was a living nightmare for her, i'll never forget the pain she was in. i suggest you see a doctor for this, preferably female. they know all about this... to be blunt, most guys just dont have a clue. goodluck.

  • Use SURPER tampons they are less messier .

    & it sounds like your losing alot of bloood ...... I would go to your gyno & see if you can get on birth control pills to make your flow lighter

  • 1 decade ago

    You summed it up at the end by yourself. It is not normal and you should consult a doctor.

    Good luck

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I am SO dizzy from trying to read this!

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