Missed Period And Negative Result Posted: 04-24-07 01:06am
i've been off birth control for about 4
months now and have still had fairly
regular periods ever since. but this
month i'm about 2 weeks late. i just did
a home pregnancy test and it came up
negative. the only thing i can think of
that has been different was that i took a
few days of sulfameth (which is a sulfer
based antibiotic), but stopped because i
started getting irritation under my arms
and abnormal vaginal discharge. since i
stopped taking the meds, everything has
been fine until i realized my period was
late. i'm thinking this is the reason for
my missed period, but just want to know if
anyone would know more info about that.
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princessnae
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 90
.. Posted: 04-24-07 02:52am
I might be wrong, but I don't believe that
antibiotics affect your period. I
recommend getting a blood test just to be
sure. Are you trying to get pregnant?
FYI: what you were feeling while you were
on the antibiotic may have been a yeast
infection. That is very common when
taking antibiotics. Next time drink lots
of fluids that seems to help me avoid them
while on antibiotics.
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jemmini6
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 7
... Posted: 04-24-07 03:04am
well i was just looking up some of the
side effects and it said some things about
not taking it if you are trying to get
pregnant and stop using if you have
vaginal irritation. i'm just thinking
that if it has any sort of effect on your
reproductive system that it could be the
cause of a skipped period. i stopped
taking it, one because i was getting skin
irritation, and two it turned out that i
didn't have an infection at all--the doc
just didn't know what she was talking
about. as for your other question, no i
am definitely not trying to get pregnant.
i have no other symptoms of a pregnancy
other than a late period, so i was just
thinking that those antibiotics were one
thing that has been dramatically different
since my last period. but then there is
also a slightly higher stress level i
suppose that may be contributing to it as
well. regardless, i'm just relieved that
i am not pregnant, but would still like to
know why i'm so late.
