periods have stopped?

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  • avimoo
    avimoo Posts: 67 Member
    I can not believe some people are being so rude on here. I only asked for some advice. If you don't like the topic then go read another post. I would never be so rude when someone just wants advice.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I can not believe some people are being so rude on here. I only asked for some advice. If you don't like the topic then go read another post. I would never be so rude when someone just wants advice.
    I don't think ANY ONE on this thread was rude. I'd say I came the closest.

    What is it you wanted us to do?
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    I can not believe some people are being so rude on here. I only asked for some advice. If you don't like the topic then go read another post. I would never be so rude when someone just wants advice.

    You've gotten advice, even from someone to whom this has happened. They all recommend going to a doctor.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Definitely not normal!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I can not believe some people are being so rude on here. I only asked for some advice. If you don't like the topic then go read another post. I would never be so rude when someone just wants advice.

    Directing you to a physician IS advice. You have a very unusual understanding of the word "rude" if you think this is what we are being. You asked a question and got answers. Nobody was rude.
  • RAFValentina
    RAFValentina Posts: 1,231 Member
    Happened to me... but we will never know what the real factor was. I was stressed and upset about my weight, so was exercising hard all the time and eating low... my blood iron was low too. However they eventually returned.

    I wasn't perhaps taking my pill at the right time of day, combined with being very tired and stressed, not enough iron in my diet or the right vitamins to absorb the iron as well as ridiculous amounts of exercise and relatively low net. (even though I was eating 2000+calories per day - i was exercising for 3+hours / day)

    So as you can see... it could have been any one of those factors or all of them! or just some of them!

    The doctor wasn't worried because there were no other bad signs... but asked me to keep an eye on it... they just slowed down... very light, once every 8 weeks-12 weeks or so.

    Best to see a doctor and voice your concerns... someone mentioned other things it can effect, bone density in women is one. Very related to hormonal imbalances in women, particularly with estrogen.

    Noone can diagnose you on here. You need an examination, whether its just verbal or maybe more. It won;t be horrible.
  • RAFValentina
    RAFValentina Posts: 1,231 Member
    I can not believe some people are being so rude on here. I only asked for some advice. If you don't like the topic then go read another post. I would never be so rude when someone just wants advice.

    You've gotten advice, even from someone to whom this has happened. They all recommend going to a doctor.

    EXACTLY! NOONE IS QUALIFIED ON HERE TO GIVE YOU ADVICE EVEN IF THEY ARE A DOCTOR! YOU NEED TO SEE ONE FACE TO FACE! PROPER ASSESSMENT!

    This is for your own health and safety.
  • karimonahan
    karimonahan Posts: 25 Member
    hey,
    i think its very common, i wouldnt worry about, wait to see if you miss another one first. there are many reasons to miss it, hell even just to much stress! i only eat roughly 1400, exercise a bunch, my diary is open check it out, i usually only have one every 2 months, and according to my doctor im fine and healthy. your body may just not used to it yet, give it time,but i dont think your working out to much. if your still worried just see your doctor.
  • lindustum
    lindustum Posts: 212 Member
    @OP: You're lucky that everyone here wants you to see a doctor. Imagine the outcome if random strangers over the internet with a medical education equivalent of "wikipedia is too hard to understand" would actually suggest you doing X or Y. Listen to those who had similar experiences and go see a doctor.
  • glitteratthesea
    glitteratthesea Posts: 104 Member
    NO I won't ask a different question. This is what I want advice on
    Yeah, and we can't give you that because of the lack of information, zillion possibilities and maybe the fact we are no doctors?
  • avimoo
    avimoo Posts: 67 Member
    Yes I have got advice from good people but some people have made me feel so stupid for asking advice on here. I will go to my doctor. I just wanted to see if any one had the same problem from eating fewer calories and exercising more. I am upset right now and really wish I hadn't asked anything.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    hey,
    i think its very common, i wouldnt worry about, wait to see if you miss another one first. there are many reasons to miss it, hell even just to much stress! i only eat roughly 1400, exercise a bunch, my diary is open check it out, i usually only have one every 2 months, and according to my doctor im fine and healthy. your body may just not used to it yet, give it time,but i dont think your working out to much. if your still worried just see your doctor.

    NO!

    she hasnt had it for 4 months!

    SEE A DOCTOR!
  • StarChanger
    StarChanger Posts: 605 Member
    Congratulations on your pregnancy!

    lol my first though too ^^^

    QFT....take a pregnancy test FIRST, then go see your doctor. That being said, stress of any kind (including quick weight loss OR gain) can alter your periods for 3-6 months and this is considered NORMAL. Unless you are now 4 months pregnant, there is very little to worry about, and your periods will likely return all on their own, without intervention. If you're not on a birth control pill, this will likely be what is offered to help you regulate again.

    Spinderella, MD - Ob/Gyn
  • dakitten2
    dakitten2 Posts: 888 Member
    Even if anyone was a doctor on here, they wouldn't be able to properly diagnosis your problem.

    Please I am speaking from experience years ago. I went 8 months without a period and finally went to my ob/gyn. I was diagnosed with multiple fibroid tumors that were the size of me being 4 months pregnant. Please make an apt with your ob/gyn asap. Yes, it could be possible that it is diet/exercise related, but it also could be something of a different nature.

    Please let us know how it goes.
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
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  • RAFValentina
    RAFValentina Posts: 1,231 Member
    keep-calm-and-go-to-the-doctor.png

    LIKE!
  • SmallestGoal
    SmallestGoal Posts: 20 Member
    Contrary to what most would assume, you don't have to have single-digit body fat % or anorexic BMI to lose your period. Science isn't quite sure why some women lose it/get it back at X weight, and others at Y. (I lost mine at a BMI of 22 when I was losing weight steadily & quickly, but then a few years later, got to a /very/ low BMI and single-digit BF% slowly without missing a period. *shrugs*)

    Bottom line, though, if you aren't menstruating, you're losing bone density. It's not usually measurable until you've lost it for a while, but why get a head start on ANY of your post-menopausal bone loss? Studies are ongoing, but the latest results I've seen suggest that going on birth control to "force" a period out doesn't change the bone loss, because just replacing estrogen doesn't treat all the underlying factors.

    Get thee to a gyno, obviously. At the very least, you need to look long and hard at your intake/burn/net calories and slow things down.
  • lindustum
    lindustum Posts: 212 Member
    @OP: Yes there is a know relationship between periods and weight loss/diet change. I got my period a week too early after drastically lowering my intake to 1200- maybe it wasn't even related, but I have been back to normal, so... meh! But slight deviations from your regular period is different than not getting it for 4 months. That is why everyone yells "Doctor!" first. Good luck, I hope it works out well in the end!
  • avimoo
    avimoo Posts: 67 Member
    If you don't like my topic don't comment. SIMPLE. Just because it is a public forum does not give people an excuse to be rude. I see posts all the time about medical issues and they don't get rude comments. from what I see the whining you refer to is coming from the people that don't like my post.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Oh boy....

    ..oh, and see a doctor as soon as possible.
  • tami101
    tami101 Posts: 617 Member
    IMO, based on the information you gave as far as eating 1500 calories and walking 3.5 miles 5 times a week, that does not sound too extreme and should not interfere with your period. Of course, I am not a doctor and have zero medical training. I have also experienced missed periods but I am perimenopausal (sp?) and my missed periods are accompanied by hotflashes and nightsweats! =(
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    If you don't like my topic don't comment. SIMPLE. Just because it is a public forum does not give people an excuse to be rude. I see posts all the time about medical issues and they don't get rude comments. from what I see the whining you refer to is coming from the people that don't like my post.

    Show me one post where there is a period question and you don't get people telling you to go to a doctor, You are asking for advice that can simply not be given over the internet. EVER. there are a metric *kitten* ton of reasons why you have lost your period.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
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    Bare's repeating!! :wink:

    ETA: PLEASE GO SEE A DOCTOR!!!!!
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I am consuming 15oo calories and walking 3.5 mile 5 times a week. Maybe I should cut down on the exercise?
    See a doctor. You are not eating so little or moving so much that it should affect your period.

    Again SEE A DOCTOR.
  • CarmenSRT
    CarmenSRT Posts: 843 Member
    Four months of no cycle out of the blue is not something we can help with. First of all, you need to rule out pregnancy. People who suggest you see a doctor are giving you sound advice.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    If you don't like my topic don't comment. SIMPLE. Just because it is a public forum does not give people an excuse to be rude. I see posts all the time about medical issues and they don't get rude comments. from what I see the whining you refer to is coming from the people that don't like my post.

    If you are seriously concerned with the loss of your menstrual cycle go to the doctor and just learn to ignore posts you consider "rude".
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    Well it might be nothing, or pregnancy, or PCOS, or anemia, or ovarian cancer, or..........

    Since you might need blood work or a physical exam, go see a dr
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    If you don't like my topic don't comment. SIMPLE. Just because it is a public forum does not give people an excuse to be rude. I see posts all the time about medical issues and they don't get rude comments. from what I see the whining you refer to is coming from the people that don't like my post.

    I can honestly say that I LOVE your topic. It's the best topic I have read on here all day. Also, I think you will find that most posts about medical conditions DO get similar responses.

    P.S. See a doctor.
  • fefferknits
    fefferknits Posts: 4
    Or thyroid. You need to see a doctor--it could be any number of larger health reasons.
  • avimoo
    avimoo Posts: 67 Member
    I don't have a problem with people telling me to see a doctor it is the rude comments that some people are saying. I only wanted some advice. I didn't think it would be made into such a big deal. of course I will go to my doctor. I am not stupid. I only wanted peoples opinions.

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