Heavy drinkers often experience irregular bleeding. A moderate amount of alcohol is equal to one drink per day for a woman experiencing menopause. If a woman experiences bleeding problems, it is best to quit drinking alcohol entirely. Cut back on caffeine Excessive caffeine is likely to cause constant tension, resulting in chronic stress and irregular menstrual bleeding. Often a woman can reverse irregular heavy bleeding by stopping the overstimulation of her nervous system with caffeine.
Some women develop enlargements of uterine tissue called fibroids.
Uterine fibroids are very rarely cancerous. Their growth is stimulated by estrogen and other hormones produced by the ovaries. As estrogen levels decline with aging, fibroids stop growing, eventually shrinking after menopause has passed. Fibroids can cause mild to distressing symptoms in women who have them. If a woman has no difficult symptoms with fibroids, she can simply wait for them to shrink at the completion of menopause.