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🩸 What is the longest you’ve gone without your period?
As women, our menstrual cycle can vary from month to month. It’s not uncommon to experience irregular periods or even miss them altogether at times. But what is considered normal when it comes to the length of time between periods? Let’s take a closer look at the factors that can affect your menstrual cycle.
Factors that can affect your menstrual cycle:
1. Stress: High levels of stress can disrupt your hormone levels and cause your period to be delayed or even skipped.
2. Weight: Being underweight or overweight can also affect your menstrual cycle. Your body needs a certain amount of fat to produce estrogen, which is essential for menstruation.
3. Exercise: Intense exercise can also disrupt your menstrual cycle. Too much physical activity can lead to irregular periods or even amenorrhea (the absence of menstrual periods).
4. Hormonal birth control: Some forms of hormonal birth control, such as the birth control pill or IUD, can cause changes in your menstrual cycle.
5. Medical conditions: Certain medical conditions, such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or thyroid disorders, can affect your menstrual cycle.
When to see a doctor:
If you have gone longer than 90 days without a period or are experiencing other symptoms such as severe cramping, heavy bleeding, or unusual discharge, it’s important to see a doctor. These could be signs of an underlying medical condition that needs to be addressed.
Treatment options:
Depending on the cause of your irregular periods, your doctor may recommend different treatment options. This could include lifestyle changes, medication, or other interventions to help regulate your menstrual cycle.
In conclusion, the length of time between periods can vary from woman to woman and can be influenced by a variety of factors. It’s important to pay attention to your body and seek medical attention if you are experiencing irregularities in your menstrual cycle. Remember, your period is a natural and essential part of your reproductive health, so it’s important to take care of it!
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Coming up on two years this May. I had a hysterectomy done May 2022 so I’ll never have it again.
~16 months
Pregnancy + postpartum after I had my twins
Edit: I’m bad at math
50 days. I think I was really stressed out since I had just moved across the country at the time.
40ish days I want to say? Started getting worried lol
I skipped a month the first time I tried going vegetarian
probably about 5 months? I have always had very irregular periods, but i really never noticed because i never had cramps. but when i started birth control my cramps went from a 1/10 to an 8/10, and now i have an abnormal but consistent schedule.
5ish years with a Mirena and then very very light til it was replaced and I guess it’ll be another 5 years now yay
1.5 month
One year when I was on spironolactone. It was heaven.
Two & a half years Eating disorder, alcohol abuse, stress, and messing up dosages on prozac. Eh
Without any meds or anything? 9 months but it’s because I have PCOS. The cramping when I finally got my period was awful.
I now have an IUD to help because routinely not shedding your uterine lining isn’t healthy in the long run.
I’ve been on birth control the past 4ish years, so it’s been 4ish years since I’ve had a period. But that’s just because I’m on the pill.
Naturally (as in, not being on the pill) the longest was 1 year but it was in the beginning when I first got my period. I got my period at age 10. I had 3 periods (like once every 2 months) and then it randomly stopped for a whole year and then came back again.
7 years. Well, hello PCOS.
More than a year, around 4 years ago. My current streak is 210 days late. Eating disorder is the culprit, do not recommend.
49 days.
Missed it completely twice – once after returning from my first overseas trip, and another time after a hospital procedure under sedation. Wierd but I guess my body said, yeah nah I have enough on my plate right now.
About 5 years, I stopped counting
12mths because PCOS! Wheres my pcos gang at?
My GP put me on birth control because apparently not having your periods at least 3 monthly is a health risk
Just over a year. I had two babies pretty close to each other. And then the mount I started went and got the implantion put in.
Will be two years in April because of my contraceptive implant.
Was amenorrhea for ~3 years when I was in my late 10s/early 20s. PCOS and probably academic stress to be blamed.
Like 5-7 years. But was on the ring longer than that but that was one of the side effects it gave me. It pretty much just completely stopped my period.
Like 29 days🤣
About 4 years. I have too much testosterone so I don’t get a period unless I take these specific pills
26 months.. pregnancy and then didn’t start again until 17 months pp
A couple years when I was 14-16. I had a rare tumor that secreted testosterone. They removed it and I’m 37 now and have had the most regular periods ever since. Even when I had babies and breast fed my period was right back within 2 months of birth.
8 months following a large weight loss. In that time I decided, applied for, enrolled on and stated a Masters degree. I had a massive breakdown and 2 weeks later my painful and heavy period returned. That’s when I realised (through research) that I have PMDD.
63 days.
About 1,5 years – had it blocked for ivf, then pregnant, then breastfeeding.
Little less than 2 years. Pregnancy and breastfeeding.
About three years due to eating disorders.
It’s been 537 days since my last period. Post-menopause is fantastic.
Prior to that, 90ish days during peri-menopause when my period was all over the place.
A month after I started the pill again – not that I’m complaining.
Eleven years as a child. After getting my period, 2 years due to pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Well, I started getting my period shortly after I turned 12, so about 12 years.
Almost 4 months on my current birth control (implant) 😅 Freaked me out something fierce and then having my period again recently hit me so hard
I’ve been without it since September I think?? Whenever I got my Nexplanon implant. I’m really not enjoying not having it 🙁
4mo? Was on a terrible work schedule, and sleep deprived to the 9s..
3 Years for me, thanks PCOS!
6 months at age 22 right after having started the pill
About a year, due to pregnancy.
When not pregnant, a bit over 2 months. My PCOS was off the rails for a few years.
No more than two months. I’m on BC so I hoped that not skipping pills would make my period disappear, but it always starts after two months. It sucks.
Several months.
6 months thanks to PCOS