Should I also say no to aging? You do realize that hormonal birth control (the primary method you alluded to above for controlling periods) is contraindicated for women over age 35. It is also contraindicated in a host of other scenarios - such as if one is attempting to get pregnant, if one has certain risk factors for cardiovascular disease, if one has high blood pressure, if one has certain types of migraines, if one has certain risk factors for stroke (other than high blood pressure), if one is taking certain medications. And so on and so forth. This is not even to mention the huge list of other perfectly sensible reasons a person might have for just not preferring to use tampons in some or all circumstances.
It is amazingly common for perfectly healthy women to have periods that are heavy enough that considerably more than two tampons a day are required. You being dismissive and condescending isn’t helpful or useful in any meaningful way. Doubling down on your dismissiveness and condescension like you did in this post just makes you look like a bigger jerk.
I must recommend Thinx period panties. I don’t like Diva cups or any of that crap, once I find something that works, I stick with it. I hate pads, I hate the feeling of bleeding, and I don’t care how perfect it is, I always feel like I’m sitting in a pool of my own blood. Nasty.
I use tampons, and the Thinx panties combined, and that way if there is some leakage, the panties just catch it. Also on the last day I can just use the panties alone.
Gee, I was going to come in here and do the ‘‘continuous BC’’ happy dance, but it was intended more as a way of discussing an option women may not know about, not to rub it in or imply you’re doing something wrong if you’re having period problems.
I started my period when I was 9 and I didn’t figure out how to manage it until I was 30. After a lifetime of heavy bleeding, presumed endometriosis, multiple failed attempts to control dysmenorrhea and PMDD (IUDs, Depo, etc) the absolute last thing I would want to do is imply this shit is easy to manage.:dubious:
I’ve been on it for a year now. I love not having a real period. Cramps and heavy bleeding weren’t my particular issues. But PMS was. So I enjoy being PMS-free. I wish I had gotten on birth control a lot sooner.
But I’m not menstrual flow-free. For the first three or four months, I was. But one day the blood came back and it hasn’t stopped. It’s not heavy flow, thank goodness, and there haven’t been any physical symptoms associated with it. But I still can’t leave the house without wearing a pad. Most times I don’t have to go to bed wearing one, but then sometimes I’ll wake up and wish I had.
I feel lucky that I only have to deal with a lightish flow. I’m going to see my GP in a few weeks and ask her if there’s anything I can do to make the daily bleeding stop. But if not, I’m content with the status quo. Anything is better than bad PMS.