I have a very similiar situation to yours minus the cysts. I have been abnormal since I've started my period at age 13. As I have gotten older ( I am 28 now) it has gotten worse, alot worse! Sometimes I would never stop bleeding and would have blood clots so large that my doctor would not even believe me. My doctor ordered almost ever test he could to find out what was wrong with me and everything was negative, just a case of hormones he said. I tried every birthcontrol and was so frustrated because it was only making things worse. He asked me to try 1 more and it worked the first day I took it. It was Ortho-Novum 1/35 ( its different from Ortho-Tricyclin). I still have breakthrough bleeding when I have high anxiety, but for the most part it works! I know everyone's body is different and reacts differntly to medications but I thought if you hadn't tried it yet maybe you should. Also iron supplements did not work for me either and I had to get iron iv infusions. Its a pain in the butt, but it worked and kept me from having to have a blood transfusion.View Thread