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How heavy is your period?
heavy 29%  29%  [ 36 ]
heavy 29%  29%  [ 36 ]
moderate 15%  15%  [ 18 ]
moderate 15%  15%  [ 18 ]
light 6%  6%  [ 8 ]
light 6%  6%  [ 8 ]
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05 Sep 2006, 1:35 pm

What is fluoxetine for? I don't recognize the name. There are meds though that can influence your period either making heavier or lighter.



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06 Sep 2006, 12:27 am

Fluoxetine -> Prozac. I think I read about periods and side effects. I do have a light period. Maybe it makes me have no period at all. (Not good I think.)

PS: I just read that fluoxetine can cause a menstruation stop.



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06 Sep 2006, 6:52 am

Ticker wrote:
Calico someone told me to be careful of wearing tampons when barely bleeding heavy because she got toxic shock syndrome that way. I never quite understood what it was but she was very ill with it. Also been told not to wear the same tampon more that 4 hrs. Anyway if you're bleeding just lightly I think you are suppose to wear only pads.


I heard about that.

This period booklet I read said you shouldn't wear tampons at these stages, that's why I don't.



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02 Feb 2007, 9:51 pm

My period is extreamly heavy.



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02 Feb 2007, 10:30 pm

My period is happening now and I'm on the third day. Tomorrow it will be fairly light. The first three days the flow is heavy. My period lasts for about 5 days.

Never heard about Prozac interfering with periods, that's interesting.



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02 Feb 2007, 10:38 pm

I'm usually really light.



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03 Feb 2007, 3:42 am

Average.


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03 Feb 2007, 9:33 am

Mine used to be VERY heavy, i'd only bleed for a day or two and that was it, but it has settled down since, still heavy for the first day, then really light, but at least now it's spread out over a couple of days.



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03 Feb 2007, 10:12 am

Mine lasts for seven days.



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03 Feb 2007, 9:35 pm

If I have them, it's heavy for the first 3 or 4 days and very light by the 7th day.


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18 Feb 2007, 8:05 pm

Moderate



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18 Feb 2007, 9:06 pm

Very light except on the 2nd day. It actually used to be heavy before i became a vegetarian.



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18 Feb 2007, 10:49 pm

Astrid wrote:
Very light except on the 2nd day. It actually used to be heavy before i became a vegetarian.


Same here.



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24 Jul 2007, 1:19 pm

Wear pull ups for your heavy periods.



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24 Jul 2007, 8:01 pm

Heavy the first two days, moderate the third and fourth. I generally have my period for four or five days, down from six when I first started.



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24 Jul 2007, 8:18 pm

rosered wrote:
I haven't had a period since march, my doctor seems to think i have pcos. Which if it means i never have another period that's fine with me.


Mine too! I just got mine today (spotting) for the first time in over a year. Honestly, I could care less that I don't get it, but my OB wants me to start taking birth control to help regulate my hormones. That means clearer skin, but my periods will make a return! Bleh!