I started my period but this doesn't seem normal. Help me, please!?

Question:

I started my period last night. I wasn't supposed to start until today or tomorrow. It was strange because I hadn't started all day and about 45 minutes after the last time I went to the bathroom I was having sex with my boyfriend and he said I was bleeding. So I figured I just counted the days wrong or something. But now I am bleeding really heavy which is not normal for me. I'm not sure why it is like that. I'm 25 so I know what is normal for myself. I don't know why it is so heavy, though. I did start taking some meds to clear my face up. One is to help with my hormones and it said the side effects were a light or shorter period. Any thoughts on why it could be and what to do to make not so much?

Answers:
It's the hormonal imbalance. You start around the same time every month, sometimes some women start like clockwork regardless of their flow. Anyway, here's what happened to me. When I took birth control, which is supposed to regulate your period, it made my period heavier and longer. I tried many different kinds of hormone treatments to regulate my period, but it made it worse every time. It also doesn't help that I have PCOS. So, I take diabetes meds to regulate the pain and swelling associated with my problem. I don't have diabetes, but that's what works. So, the bottom line is: everyone has a different balance of hormones which means that hormone treatments won't always work the way they're intended to. Any time you place additional hormones in your body, there's always the risk of the treatment backfiring. It's a trial and error process.
Go to the doctor and tell him/her what's going on and that you're bothered. Work together with the doc to find a treatment that's right for you.

I started my period but this doesn't seem normal. Help me, please!?

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