Normally (well, since I moved back to Cali about six months ago) I get horrible double-over painful cramps for about a week before my period, then my period starts and I bleed extremely heavily for the first couple of days, then for the rest of the week (seven days total) it's barely any spotting. Accompanying the horrible cramping is bloating and really painful breast tenderness. Now, this period (that I am still on, even thought I 'started' almost two weeks ago) is completely different. I just started to spot out of the blue almost a week early, there's been no cramping what so ever, no bloating and no breast tenderness. I was on depo for over three years, then I had a copper IUD put in. Since I got the IUD put in, my periods have been more painful, which i'm attributing to the foreign object in my uterus but why would I do a complete 180 now? Have any of you girls gone through this? And I know, I should see a gyno, but I don't have a doc out here yet (I can't really afford it right now). Any advice would be greatly appreciated
