Thread: Can Vitamin C lighten your period?

Any other suggestions to lighten period?

my periods would last 1week to ten days.... Argh!! so i went on birth control because my doctor advised it. tried tri cyclen lo... gave me my period twice which was weird.. then marvelon which worked pretty well but i didnt like that it was such high hormone levels so now im on Alesse. i love it. i love knowing when my period is coming and that it only lasts three days
although im taking a month off of birth control to see how my body really reacted and to see exactly the difference it made.

i really wanted to try Yaz.. but its only in the states...

There is no evidence for this. I myself take 500Mg of bufferred vitamin c daily and yet I still have awful cramps.

I haven't tried it but I read that vitamin c is one of the natural remedies for mentrual cramps and heavy menstrual bleeding. They say if you take 500 mg vitamin C 3x a day, it help ease menstrual cramps. You may also combined it with niacin (Niacin should be taken around 7 days before your period) and 60 mg flavonoid rutin per day. I heard it's more effective that way.

For cramps, I usually just do warm compress and it really helps. I didn't know vitamin c also helps. I'm glad I read this post.

I'm lucky enough not to have cramps during my period but I'll keep this information in mine, just in case. Thanks