that happened to me once but it went away on it's own. and now i'm pretty regular again. i think it was due to my birth control. i'd still go to the doctor though. there's too many things that could be wrong to not go. a women's clinic will help you out without it costing too too much. something like planned parenthood or the local health department. also, i'd start taking iron supplements just to be on the safe side. that's what i did. less

Oh, I had mine for a month and a half when I turned 21. Basically, I couldn't go anywhere. I would literally bleed through a new tampon in 1-2 seconds/a heavy duty pad in ~10 seconds...at that consistent pace for 1.5 months, no joke. So not only was it a long period, it was the heaviest period of my life. To save money, I sat on the toilet all day or sat on towels. I went to the OB/GYN and they couldn't find anything wrong. My guess is that my body was going through the every 7 year change.

Maybe you're going through 7 year change? o.O less

I'm sorry this happened to you, (I'm a nurse) but there is no such medical thing as "a seven year change."

Bleeding like that means something isn't right. A lost pregnancy, a loss of one twin of a twin pregnancy, a polyp on or in the cervix, a hormonal problem, adjusting to new hormonal birth control, endometriosis, some uterine fibroids. This isn't normal.

I had this happen to me and a few years later was diagnosed with endometriosis.

Planned Parenthood will see you for GYN issues, and I urge the OP to go asap. You can get seriously anemic and can actually lose enough blood to cause serious health problems. There are even worse things than endo or fibroids that can cause this kind of bleeding. It may be simply a weird period, but you NEED to have a midwife or GYNE see you asap.

Please. less