Understanding Heavy Periods: Symptoms and Causes

Mine always starts heavy for the first 2 to 3 days and I've noticed my mood is way worse. More irritable, my body is more sore, mainly my chest and hips. I crave and drink water as if I was constantly on the edge of dehydrating and I'm more prone to migraines. My appetite is disrupted as well. It's similar to how my first trimesters were when I was pregnant actually.

I always have used extra supers or max super tampons and a heavy pad. The extra supers usually last 30 minutes. At night time I have to put a towel down and wake up ever two hours.

In my experience I used to go through super tampons and pads very quickly. I always used a combination of both or I couldn't make it through the day. It got to the point where I thought I should just stay on the toilet, why bother? And of course horrible cramping, headaches, backaches.

a lot of blood, and really bad cramps

Bleeding extremely heavy… if you wear pads and you go through more than 2 in 2 hours.. not because you want to but because you have too..