Hi SeppyM,

This sounds like what happened to me in the last 6-12 months or so. I also started having severe cramping before AF arrived, which didn't make sense to me because AF was getting lighter and shorter - surely I should be cramping less?!. I'm not sure what a regular GP would tell you, but I saw a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and apparently it's indicative of a "blockage" (energy or blood, I think) and mine was caused by anxiety. I've been having acupuncture and in the last three months the cramping has stopped and my flow is brighter and heavier.

Not sure if that is helpful, but I felt that AF was wrong in some way and knew I wanted to find a way to fix it. Acupuncture seems to be doing the trick.