Right, I had heard the painkillers can shorten mense but they also thin the blood which I don't need (and the possible liver effects long-term as you wrote). I started a Vit K supplement but will look into the alfalfa tablets.
I saw the symptoms for fibroids and don't seem to have the other symptoms. But I did realize a new symptom and my gums bled a lot when I flossed recently and yesterday they were so painful for over a day. Normally my gums are fine. I brush twice daily with a special organic tooth powder that is highly rated. I tried rinsing my gums with H202 but that didn't help much. Same with iodine tincture. I tried oil pulling with EVCO and that helped a little. I read also vitamin C and magnesium deficiencies could cause bleeding sensitive gums and I don't know if it was a coincidence but one big dose of liquid vitamin C and my gums soon became less inflamed and next day almost normal, no pain.
Looking up vitamin C (and magnesium) deficiency I do seem to fit a lot of the signs (e.g. for awhile hair and skin quality has gone down like collagen not being made like before), maybe it was depleted because I was living on whey-soy shakes and cooked soups for so long and taking caffeine pills to lose weight? Because the vitamin C is in citrus and I was just reading that cooked foods and caffeine can zap vitamin C and magnesium that are low already in soils and foods today. But I feel such depression and the caffeine really has been a wonderful anti-depressant when I consume it. Could low vit C and magnesium (and who knows what else) cause excessively thin mense blood? I am trying to go back to whole foods focused on raw fruits and vegetables and a vitamin C and magnesium oil supplement and I just ordered some colloidal mineral drops that were highly rated online. Perhaps it's a nutritional deficiency? Thanks for your help.
Replied by Mama To Many (Tennessee) on 05/11/2016
Dear Lilou,
I think you are on to something with the vitamin deficiency. And yes, apparently a lack of vitamin C can cause an increase in bleeding!
You may also have had some hormonal changes brought on by the soy and the weight loss (great job, by the way! ) If the nutritional/vitamin changes do not improve your situation, you might try some hormone balancing herbs. But I would give your supplements a bit of time first and see if that takes care of it.
If you should have the heavy, watery bleeding again, you might try 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper in 6 ounces of grape juice. This is what has helped me for acute heavy bleeding. I take it once or twice a day. Liquid chlorophyll is also very helpful for heavy bleeding. I have taken as much as a teaspoon every couple of hours for heavy bleeding and found it to be very helpful.
Let me know how it goes! I will be interested to hear what works. And I hope this situation is resolved soon!
~Mama to Many~
