No action needed
You're unlikely to need treatment for period pain or heavy bleeding.
Based on your answers, it sounds like you are managing your periods and that your periods are not affecting your life significantly.
You may find it useful to monitor your periods and if you do develop concerns or your periods change, please see your doctor.
Learn more about how to keep a period diary.
Other symptoms
Our Period Symptom Checker only asked about heavy bleeding and period pain. Some people experience other symptoms in relation to their periods, such as irregular bleeding, fatigue, fainting, insomnia, brain fog, bloating, low mood, pain during sex, headache and more.
If you are concerned about any of these, or if your periods become irregular, disappear, or if you have bleeding in between your periods, after sex or after the menopause please see your doctor.
You can learn more about a variety of reproductive and gynaecological health conditions in our health information pages.
Your answers
- What age were you when your periods started?
- In the past three months, my period has caused me to
- In the past three months, have you experienced period pain?
- How long have you been having painful periods for?
- In the past three months, how bad has your period pain been, at its worst moments?
"Just a Period"
Nobody should suffer from period symptoms holding them back.
We want to educate and empower girls and women to be in control of their menstrual health from their first period to their last.