OSPAM wrote:

I had my appointment today at planned parenthood. They only offer the copper
T.
The clinician doesn't think that the IUD will make my bleeding problems any
worse, but it won't make them any better either.

You might want to post on alt.support.menopause, where lots of women are going
through perimenopause (or in the process of deciding whether unusual period
experiences in their forties are related to peri or not) and may have
experience to offer. Or check the archives, anyway.

--Helen