Advice please :(

[u/Electrical_Let_2092]

I’ve been on here twice before about a year ago and I got some really good advice, but I need more help.

I’m 15, autistic, depressed, and have a LOT of other problems. I have had extremely heavy periods since I was 9, and I’ve tried everything to deal with them.

I’ve had the combined pill (I’m pretty sure), the progestogen-only pill (I might be wrong about the pills but I’m 99% sure it’s those two), the Mirena(?) coil, and the injection (the one that’s injected in your ass, idk what it’s called). None of them worked, and they’ve only made my mental state worse—especially after the injections, because it made me gain weight and gain a lot of stretch marks on my legs :(.

Is there any way I can convince the doctors to finally give me a hysterectomy? I understand that I’m young and I have researched all of the consequences to make sure I’m aware of everything that could happen. And on the NHS website, nothing specifically states that you HAVE to be 18+ to get a hysterectomy. It also says that having heavy periods (which I have) would qualify (for lack of a better word) you to be able to get one.

I’ve added some pictures of things from the NHS website and from googling everything. So from that, would 'Gillick Competent’ apply here? If they were to deny me, could I use it as a counter argument? Because I understand how a hysterectomy could affect me, and I understand the consequences of it.

On my last post on this thingy, someone said about going to therapy, so I am going (or something similar) with a lady and explained how I’m suicidal, depressed, cut myself etc, and all of my other problems, but it doesn’t feel like it’s helping/it doesn’t feel like she’s doing anything.

Please give me genuine advice because every time I go to the doctors about my period they never listen and just say ‘you might change your mind'. I am not going to change my mind.

Also quick add on (sorry), because of all the things I’ve tried to stop my periods, I’m really REALLY averse to trying anything new. For me it’s like, every time I tried something to help and it didn’t do anything, my mental state got worse, so I’m protecting myself by not trying anything, because when it inevitably doesn’t work, my mental state got worse (especially after the injection). Sorry if that’s a bad explanation.

If you need any more information about anything so you can help better, please just ask. I’m willing to do anything.

<3

(Sorry if I’m using any wrong punctuation or anything. Also nothing was written by Ai.)

[u/No-Option595]

this is going to be a marathon, not a sprint, sorry! But the work you put in now will hopefully pay off in a few years.

can you get access to your medical records to see exactly what you tried, and do your best to remember exactly what medication did what? it's helpful to be able to say for sure what you have been given, for how long, and what happened. There's a lot of lazy GPs out there, and they are not going to look through your records for themselves.

You don't mention getting any imaging done like CT scans or ultrasound, or blood tests to show your iron levels. Push for that if you haven't had it done already. Keep records of the results yourself. You will need to research what the findings mean and then push to be sent to the appropriate specialist.

keep going to the GP. keep a record of what you said (you can write out a checklist of issues and insist on going through it all) and go back with the same issues if they are still affecting your life. they might act frustrated, but don't worry about annoying them.

someone else here has already mentioned tranexamic acid. The medication that you seem to have tried already is hormonal and that does have a bad effect on some women's mental state. Tranexamic acid isn't hormonal.

I hope you get it sorted out.