Hi, Yes when i was in peri , i would go 10 months without anything then get a period and a few times they were very very heavy and sometimes lasted 21 days, then i would go 5 days without and then have another period for 10 days .
I would get huge blood clots pass also .

I am not MP, but started getting very very heavy flow like you've mentioned for about 4 months. Then a whopper that lasted an entire month... I thought for sure I would bleed to death!

My doctor did blood work, sonogram, etc and everything checked out fine. He prescribed Megestrol (which was scary because everything I've read about it was for treatment of advance stage cancers!). He said it was to cause a more thorough sloughing of the uterine lining to get things back to normal. I took it for one month, and have been right as rain for the last two years.

Yes, happened to me at age 53, too. 9 months of no period, then a regular period for two months, then in that third month I had a period last for 27 days and it was heavy. My doc did a uterine biopsy to check things out - all was well. My menses stopped for good in the year after that.
It is unsettling, but it is funny what women don't tell each other. Just get yourself checked, and you may discover like we did that there is no cause for worry.

I had 3 fibriods when I was perimenopausal, and the bleeding was intense I told my sister I was afraid I'd drown in my sleep! I never skipped periods until the last few months before I finally went into menopause.

I didn't want a hysterectomy so I researched natural treatments for fibroids and came up with info about enzymes dissolving them. They were quite expensive so I bought a couple of types of digestive enzymes that contained the same things. It took about 6 months, but slowly my periods became more normal. I never went and had another vaginal ultrasound to see if they shank as who wants to go through that if they don't have to?

Here's a link to some of the enzymes designed for treating fibroids:

http://uterinefibroidshelp.com/uterine-fibroid-recovery

Hi, last fall I had a period that was quite heavy and wouldn't quit. By the time it was all over, it lasted 80 days and I had to take 2 iron pills a day because my iron had gotten to 7.5. About 70 days into the bleeding doc did a uterine biopsy and found lots of polyps and built up lining. She scraped me out well and the biopsy came back fine but I bled for 2 weeks after the D&C. I've had one normal period since then. If it gets bad again, she said I might need a hysterectomy. The polyps form when there is too much estrogen in relation to the progesterone (I believe). She had put me on synthetic progesterone to try to curb the bleeding until the D&C was done but it didn't work. Just a few months before, I'd had a pelvic ultrasound and it only showed a thickening of the lining they said was probably just build up before a period.

One thing I did discover being on the progesterone was that my knees quit hurting. Could not stay on it though once the bleeding was under control. But my knees are not as bad as they were before. yay!

Now, I'm having night sweat/hot flashes that are waking me just before they happen. Bought some Black Cohosh today to give it a try.

DawnTreader5

To any of you suffering from heavy bleeding, I long ago figured out the culprits and cures - yes, cures. First - here's my YES list, then later, see what to avoid.

My YES list:

• Loads of good-quality Bing cherries, and/or Juice of black cherry
  concentrate. NOT from toxic plastic containers, rather glass. And the
  more Viscous it is, the better (i.e. more sticky, slow-to-flow.
• Also: lots of probiotic yogurt such as Vanilla or Peach Stonyfield. Or Raspberry Lifeway-Kefir.
• Also: Lysine/smooth type of foods, such as Eggs, yams, yellow oils, veggies, Unsalted soda crackers, sweet/sticky fruits/melons.
• Also: see my tips on this "flu" site, because alot of those tips
  may resonate with you and help toward the bleeding issues as well.
  https://lysine4flu.wordpress.com/
• Also: Gabapentin might help (if you can get a doctor to prescribe
  it). It helps to relax my nerves toward computer(EMF) use, and relieves
  headaches, so I suspect it can relieve bleeding.

My NO list:

• Heavy exposure to bright lights & EMFs & WIFI & so forth.

• Hi
  sodium, citric-acid, citrus, sodium-nitrite, sodium-citrate. Some of
  these can be hidden inside foods at health stores as well.

• Spices, raw onion, raw garlic. Some of these can be hidden inside health foods.

• Stress/chemicals.

• See
  my common-sense examples in my above wordpress blog, re: "Arginine vs.
  lesser arginine". With emphasis on the last italicized paragraph.

Hope this helps.

I follow up to my original post - the cause of the bleeding was a polyp. My gyn removed it during my office visit following the sonogram. I was on progesterone for about 3 weeks total and the bleeding ended completely. At this point I am 18 months period free! I occasionally have a hot flash but nothing debilitating. My sex drive has absolutely plummeted - my DH has been very good and we have worked it out. I have gained about 20 lbs - I am working on that now - working out again & eating better. My sleep has been pretty good also.

All in all I am in a good place!