question: I am a 49 year old woman. I was under alot I stress about 2 - 3 months ago and during that time I started my period. During that cycle it was a very very heavy flow. There was no discomfort, no different than any other period. But the period didnt completely stop. When the stress eased up so did the amount of flow. Now it may be just a couple minutes a day. When I m home and relaxing there is no flow 95% of the time. When I get a little stressed I bleed again not heavy but enough to have to wear a pad and unfortunately I have to wear one 24/7 because I don t know when it s going to happen. What can this be?