I've had dysmenhorrea and PCOS since my teens. My cycles have always been irregular, and incredibly disruptive. Essentially, I would go into labor when my period started each month, every involuntary muscle system (heart rate, digestive system, breathing) would go into overdrive, and I'd locked in the bathroom for 2-3 hours until I lost consciousness from the pain of the cramps. Not a good time. The best that conventional doctors had been able to find for me was antiprostaglandins (I'd throw them up before they had a chance to work) or birth control to suppress my cycle (major side effects, and eventually I had daily breakthrough bleeding). As the best OB/Gyn I worked with calculated, to her horrow, I was spending three weeks a month coping with my period: 7 days of ***, 7 days of bleeding, and 3-5 days of recovery.
I tried Elix with low expectations, knowing I had several complicating factors. My experience has been that:
1. my periods are more regular...within a couple days of 26 days
2. cramps are -- cramps. Not passing out from unmanageable pain...discomfort and lower energy while I go about my day
3. the variety of symptoms has died down...some months I had backache, some months worse digestion, some months tender *******, some months violent headache. We've settled down to ... I feel weary and uncomfortable for two days. I take walks, go to work, take it a little easier...but function
4. blood loss has changed too: I have one very heavy flow day, on the second day, instead of starting right out of the gate with heavy bleeding for 3-4 days
In conclusion, I'm not letting go of this Elix product. It's making a difference, on a cycle that I can predict. I've seen changes develop from month to month, so in line with other users, I would say this takes a few months to build up in your body. I saw enough improvement the first month to keep me encouraged, but it improved more over time.
I'll continue to work with the online health review system to adjust my formulation: (a) as my cycle changes; (b) seasonally; and (c) as I get further into perimenopause.
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