Really Irregular Period after dieting...nervous Posted: 12-10-07 21:20pm
I've been on birth control for almost two
years now (I'm on Apri). I've always set
it up where I start my period on a Monday,
but it'd always start on Tuesday or
Wednesday (which wasn't a big deal). Also,
my period would last 4-5 days. I'm always
good about taking it everyday and always
take it at the same time (although every
few months there's one slip up and I take
it a few hours after I was supposed to).
This month it came the Tuesday BEFORE it
should have started and it's lasted 7 days
(as of today).
I have been sexually active, but I always
use condoms in addition to the pill. I'm
overweight and have been on a very strict
diet for the past month and a half. Like
only eating less than 500 calories and in
the past couple months I've lost a little
over 20lbs. I've heard of girls not
getting their period when they've limited
their food intake, but never of it being
early and longer than usual.
I've been trying to think of possible
causes: the diet, stress (I'm a college
senior), work, etc. but it just seems so
weird that it'd happen NOW.
Any ideas of what could be going on. I'm
getting nervous and am going to see a
doctor next week (that's the earliest they
could get me in), but I'm really hoping to
get some possible answers.
Thanks!
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Georgia59
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Posted: 12-10-07 22:55pm
Well it could definitely be from the diet,
and lack of proper nutrition.
The average woman needs about 1200
calories just to get out of bed and be
awake all day. If you eat 1200 calories
and are completely sedentary, you will
maintain weight.
If you eat any less than 1200 calories and
are active at all (meaning you walk from
the bedroom to the living room) you are
burning more than you are eating.
Please please please talk to a doctor
about your diet. That is not healthy at
all. You may be losing weight, but at what
cost? Your health is not improving, your
body is starving and eating itself. An
irregular period is just the first sign of
the damage you are doing.
A healthy weight loss plan includes eating
at least 1200 calories and doing a regular
exercise program.
Of course, the diet compounded with the
stress and such will only make it worse.
