how to opt out of menstrual cycle?

[Deleted User]

seriously, can i get out of this? would a hysterectomy make it stop? or would it just fuuck up my hormones?

what for do i need to put up with this? i didn't sign up for this crap.

Night_Sprite

Depo makes some people stop menstruating.

anna.oskar

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[QUOTE]Depo makes some people stop menstruating.
Posted by Night_Sprite[/QUOTE]

It works for me but a lot of women have problems with it.

sucrets4

Hysto would make it stop.  No ute = no bleeding.

ggmae

A hysterectomy would most certainly eff up your hormones. My mom had one last year and she was a mess and has been a bit different ever since, even though she is on hormones now. She did bleed a lot afterwards, but that due to a complication.

JCS2011

A partial hysterectomy might work. Keep your ovaries to keep your hormones right, but get rid of the uterus to stop the periods. At least I was pretty sure that's how that worked.

Depo made me have more periods. And by more, I mean 1 every other week.

Nebb

Im pretty sure getting a hysterectomy would just throw you into early menopause, so if youre cool with all the side effects of that it would stop periods and potential babies for good. I know there are also birth controls that give you a once a year period or something - i dont know what kind though.

bel138

Are you having heavy/irregular bleeding? Because no GYN in their right mind would do an elective hysterectomy.

Depo works for some. Mirena works for others. You can go on any hormonal bc and not take the placebos.

nda_roxybabe

Hysterectomy would throw you straight into full blown menopause. My mom has to take hormones to help with that.

bel138

A hysterectomy is only the removal of the uterus. Your ovaries and tubes are left in place, still causing you to cycle. You most likely wouldn't be put into early menopause or require hormones.

A hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (tubes and ovaries on both sides removed) will cause premature menopause and require hormone supplementation.

[Deleted User]

yeah, see, this is all the pisser. i don't want depo or any of that hormonal birth control. i don't particularly want menopause either. but i have no use for any of this equipment. and this bleeding shiit is so nasty and disgusting to put of with. i don't want it! why do i need to be sentenced to this crap?

bel138

Well, you might be able to convince a GYN to do a D&C, which stops bleeding in 85% of women. You didn't answer whether or not you're having excessive/irregular bleeding, but that would be an indication for that procedure.

A D&C isn't reliable for birth control, though. There still may be endometrial tissue in there = chance of implantation. So, you would still need to continue whatever BC method you're using now.

[Deleted User]

it seems excessive, but i don't know whether it's actually excessive. all i know is that i have NO use for the functions contained therein.

HisBelovedOne

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[QUOTE]seriously, can i get out of this? would a hysterectomy make it stop? or would it just fuuck up my hormones? what for do i need to put up with this? i didn't sign up for this crap.
Posted by daffodil_jill[/QUOTE]

My mother's been lobbying for a hysterectomy since my youngest sister was born. Mom's only 45, and her doctor says it's too early to be throwing her body into menopause, which is, in effect, what it does.

They've made a new pill that makes it so you only get your period three times a year. Dunno what it's called, though.

playtntsbpg30

^season something.. is the name of the new pill.. but you're dealing with hormones.
It takes alot to be wrong with a woman for the doctors to do such a surgery at a young age. My sister has alot of problems, has 2 children, tubes tied and happy with that, and the doc is still refusing to do anything more. She's 37, they won't do any of this due to making her hit menopause like the others had mentioned.
It's something we all have to go through wheather we want to or not. It's apart of being a woman. It sucks, it's gross, it's annoying ect.....
Your options are limited and they are want you say you don't want to deal with.
I would suggest the season pill or a low hormonal BC such as the nuva ring, if you keep it in and just change it every 4 weeks you don't get a period at all. I'm not sure medically how often you can do this. Most I had heard was 3 months.
But I'd just recommend you talk to your doctor about options.

mandysmear

I remember when my mom had a full hysterectomy.  She had cervical cancer... She was 41.  She had to take lots of hormone pills.  She got a few hot flashes here and there, but other than that menopause symptoms were non-existent. 

SwedishChick2011

I'm late to this, but a hysterectomy that does not involve removal of the ovaries does not usually cause menopause.  The monthly bleeding (and risk of pregnancy) will be gone, but your ovaries will still produce hormones.  At least that's what I have read.  However, it's unlikely that a doctor would do an elective hysterectomy. 

You may have heard of it, but there is a sterilization procedure called Essure where they inject something into the fallopian tubes that closes them off.  It's less invasive than having your tubes tied but is just as effective or more effective.  That wouldn't stop your periods, but it sounded like some of the other posters had some suggestions for that.