I have been suffering with this problem for years. I finally found a gyno (a woman) who is willing to address it. I have adenomyosis and fibroids and have always been anemic to some degree due to heavy bleeding. She put me on Loestrin and we will see how that goes. I sure hope it works. She assured me that she would do everything in her power to help me. The last gyno (a man) made some comment about going into menopause in about 3 years so I only had to suffer a few more years. jerk!!!