Hi Silvertrees -

The acupuncture sounds so interesting! I'd love to hear more, if you don't mind. Like, what age range were you?

I'm in my mid-40s, and really struggling. I thought I was doing OK... in the last couple of years, my periods have gotten *heavy* - but only for a short period of time each cycle (like super heavy for maybe 6 or 7 hours of one day, then regular the rest of the time) - and I was learning to deal with it. And really awful cramps, lots of ibuprofen + tylenol to cope, and really getting to the point that I didn't want to leave the house for a day or two.

But... last month, I skipped my period. I had just started neurofeedback, and wondered if that (or the stress from that) could have affected it - but my NFB guy didn't think so. (And I felt like I was bugging him by talking about it).

Then... this month. Ugh. I think I've been bleeding for about 2 weeks at this point (not normal for me). I had a couple of insanely heavy days/nights - like I was waking up twice in the middle of the night to clean up... (changed sheets, clothes, and had...



It was awful. Not just because of the blood, but not being able to sleep through the night. I've re-started the ibuprofen, and things have slowed down a bit, but omg... I'm getting really tired of dealing with it, and a bit stressed with it.

It's just... so outside of my "normal". But, when I look online, it seems like this tends to happen when you hit your mid-40s? I just... ugh. It's making it hard to do anything else...

*phew* sorry for the vent, I have no one here to talk to and am going crazy!!!! Thanks!!!