Weird period cycles? Help please!

Question

Hi, I'm an 18 year old and I've been having extremely strange periods this year. Jan-March I was regular, all year before that too! (10th-15th each month. Always on time.) and then all the sudden I didn't get my period till July 20th! It was really heavy (4-6 super tampons a day) and lasted about 8 days. And now, (August 28th) I have not gotten my period at all. Now, here's the thing. I have NOT had unprotected sex between  March and July. I haven't had any sex since my last period. Is anyone else having weird periods like this? Should I be more worried than I am? Is this normal for someone my age? Please help. Thank you.

Answer

I have had issues like this before. I had normal periods from the age of 12 to 20 as far as i remember. With heightened sexual activity and changes in diet and exercise its fluctuated a bit. It scared me so i saw a doctor for it. My periods would be about 10 days. So she prescribed BCPs. Those helped til i stopped taking them. Once i stopped i was regular for a while. Then i began having odd patterns again. Long periods, short periods, no periods at all. Then two years ago i ended up bleeding for almost 3 months with a day or two of no bleeding every week or two. I ended up needing a blood transfusion and being put back on BCPs. If youre the least bit worried, i suggest having a visit with an OBGyn soon.

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It'd be really great if someone would help with this..

Weird period cycles? Help please!

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