Period question!

So, I know brown blood is “old blood” but I’m just trying to see if anyone has insight as to why this is happening to me suddenly. I have one idea.

For background : I’m a heavy clotty bleeder with terrible pain the first two days.

Suddenly since November I’ve now had three cycles with less clots, still cramps like whoa, but after the third day I’m getting straight up brown blood for two days.

The only thing I’ve changed is I stopped taking Advil cold & sinus (pseudoephedrine & ibuprofen) daily. Yes daily. I took it for probably three years on a daily basis.

I recently learned ibuprofen can interfere with baby making so I completely stopped using it (including the Advil c&s) except the first day or two of my period so I don’t die from pain.

So not much has changed but I still have some clots and still cramps. But instead of red blood for 5 days I’m getting two to three days of brown and I’m just confused. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I wonder if it’s a good thing all this old stuff is coming out.

This is the most disjointed post. Sorry haha