Disappearing period, though I know I'm not pregant...

[godsinstrument.livejournal.com]

Hi there everyone!

So, my period has never exactly been regular, but it was at least somewhat normal for a while, coming usually ever 3-5 weeks.  Then I went on HBC.  I was only on Nuvaring for 2 months, actually, but my period has never returned to normal since, and that was about a year and 3 months ago.  Given, I have been traveling a lot, in a bunch of very stressful situations, and around a lot of different groups of girls with varying hormones flying around.  The first half of the year, my 'period' would come somewhere between 2 and 6 weeks, although it was(possible TMI) short, brown, and very runny.  Then I went away and had no period for 11 weeks.  No sex, no pregnancy.  Then I had a 3 periods in a 4 weeks span, and then boom, no blood since late September.  That's been a while!  I just gave it over to stress and such, but now I'm at home and have been for 2 months, and I'm kind of expecting things to level out.   I've been taking parsley tea to try to induce it, 3 cups so far and no luck.  Still no sex, so I'm not concerned about being pregnant.

Any thoughts?
TIA!

Comments

[eavanmoore.livejournal.com]

Haven't encountered anything like this, but it can't hurt to mention that weight loss can also make periods go away if you dip down below a healthy level of body fat.

[godsinstrument.livejournal.com]

I am still well within a normal BMI, but I did lose about 20 pounds this fall that I gained last spring. Maybe that has something to do with it?

[archangelbeth]

If you haven't ovulated, I hear that parsley tea doesn't work so well... Though it's early yet, perhaps.

Have you ever had your thyroid checked? (I had irregular periods as a symptom of my hypothyroidism, but no one ever checked, so I wasn't diagnosed for... probably close to 2 decades when I really could've used the treatment. O:p )

[godsinstrument.livejournal.com]

Interesting thought, I never thought of getting my thyroid checked. Eek!

[archangelbeth]

Irregular periods, heat/cold sensitivity, trouble losing/gaining weight, hair loss (esp. eyebrows), heavy periods... All potential symptoms of thyroid issues. Always good to get checked! Make them tell you the numbers; don't settle for "normal" -- some labs use outdated ranges. The TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) range that you want is about .4 to 4. Higher than that, and unless you had no other symptoms, I'd ask for either treatment to get down to TSH 1-ish, or an antibodies test to see if your immune system was nomming down on your thyroid.

Could just be that you're a little irregular, and it's not the thyroid -- but I'm a fanatic now. O:>

[godsinstrument.livejournal.com]

Interesting stuff. I'll have to check it out and get it checked out, thank you!

[somniumdraconae.livejournal.com]

From the post I'm guessing late teens to early 20s but it will also help us to know your age, and like the other comment, have you been dieting or exercising really hard lately, or basically anything else in the last 6 months you can think of that is off your routine besides the stress.

If you're still pretty young (late teens) its not abnormal to have these random times when your normal cycle schedule goes haywire, though, especially if you've been on and off HBC. If it goes past the holidays and you're still concerned, just go see your gynecologist for reassurance.

[godsinstrument.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm 18. I've been exercising fairly regularly, though not excessively. I also lost about 20 pounds, but it was only sort of intentional. I wasn't specifically dieting.

Thanks!