Question (for Women...)

[Megan]

This question is for the women here.
I have had my monthly since 5th grade and it was never really on a regular basis, but I always got it without fail. Since I treated myself to a smartphone last June I decided to purchase a monthly tracker for free on the market. Long story short, it states I am 9 days late. I am 100% I am not pregnant since I have never been sexually active. I can not remember the last time I had it, although I think it was early December 2011 I had it last and now it's somewhere in mid January.

Is irregular cycles (or none at all) likely related to PTSD?
Anybody else have "issue's" with their monthly friend? I'm not really complaining all that much because I have never really liked having it. I really thought it was a waste because I never saw myself being "active" in that area as talking to strangers was really hard for me and I never really see myself as a female (ever).

 

[Kintsugi]

Hi Megan, I can tell you from pregnancy scares (even from when I could not have possibly gotten pregnant but was simply scared) that stress, diet, and travel all contribute to irregularities. I skipped a month clean once when returning from abroad because the stress, travel, and diet just delayed it a whole lot, then I got worried and it was further delayed. You dkn't sound too concerned in this area with regard to pregnancy, but I find when I have this problem, if I take a test and see the negative, all my stress is gone and then bam, normal flow. Maybe if it's more than two weeks late, you could go to a doctor/clinic/healer and see if the ritual of just going to make sure nothing is abnormal helps you?

I would add that it could be seen as vaguely related just because PTSD causes high stress and, at least for me, messes with my diet when my symptoms swing.

Good luck!

 

[Deleted member 1860]

I have one of those trackers, too. A swing one way or another by 8 days or so is normal. Very few women have a "perfect" cycle.

I believe irregularity is related to stress, and more specifically PTSD. I was irregular for over 18 years until I started Neurotherapy. Since I started Neurotherapy a year ago, I've been more or less "regular", my cycle starting at 33 days, now settling into every 45 days.

 

[Anna]

Stress can delay your menstrual cycle.

I take birth control pills, and my period comes like clockwork, but once it was late and only lasted like 2 days. I was totally stressed out at the time. I think it is your bodies way of conserving nutrients and energy in times of need.

 

[ClairBear226]

I've got one of those trackers too. Very convienient, gotta tell ya. Mine can be WAY off. 9 days is no biggie for me at all. If you track it for 6-9 months and still find yourself crazy irregular, it might be worth mentioning next time you go in for a regular checkup. One cycle being off wouldn't worry me much at all. Like Anna said, the pill will usually regulate things, if it's a concern. Are you having any other symptoms at all?

 

[Belle]

Yep Stress causes irregular periods so I am sure PTSD can!! :)

 

[TLight]

I take low dose birth control continuously and never have a period.......thank heavens.

 

[revelry]

I have mine MORE often than I would like.... Ugh:(. Textbook says 28-30 days.... BS!!!! lol
Im more like 24... but it swings to 28 day once-in-a-while. Whoo hoo!
Stress plays a HUGE part... sometimes long, sometimes short, light, heavy, bla bla bla...

I asked for a hystorectomy for christmas but didn't get one....
Damn it!!! (snapped fingers).... lol :(:giggle::):roflmao:
(but someone did give me a stuffed hipponomus that sings something close--- you just gotta change the words around a bit.;) )

 

[cat]

My periods stopped immediately after my last trauma & have never returned. Drs tell me the shock of trauma kicked me into menopause. Six years on now & I don't miss them one bit!

 

[Kb3]

Stress/ptsd can definitely interfere with your cycle. It has happened to me to a degree, and I knew a girl in college whose sister was shot dead by an ex boyfriend in front of their house. I met her two years after it had happened, and she told me that among other problems she was having, that she hadn't had her period since her sister had been killed.

 

[Megan]

I am only 25 years old and pray to god I didn't go through menopause even though I'm probably unlikely to have to kids since i don't like many people.

I used to WANT friends but now I just don't because people judge people on how they look instead of their personalities in my opinions and my mom's. I have come in counter with too many liars although it's their job to defend people guilty or not.

It's like I don't have any sensible logic any more since I thought I had logic prior to the incident.

<edited for capitalization of the word I and paragraphing>

 

[Happy Head]

Along with stress, I began having issues when put on meds (specifically Zoloft)... they aren't as regular (both in time and length) as they were before being on meds...