I've been really, really afraid to post this. I am currently going out of my mind. My AF was supposed to arrive between Sept 29th and Oct 1st. My last period was Aug 30th thru Sept 3rd and normal. Well, it has yet to show. I took a test Oct 3rd, negative. I thought that meant I would get AF soon. Oct 5th I started feeling weird cramps below my stomach and by my legs, my breasts got so sore and swollen, I was extremely tired, bloated, going to the bathroom a lot even though I didn't drink more than usual, a never ending headache, and excessively thirsty. Those aren't my exact PMS symptoms, but I was hopeful within the next few days she would show. Oct 8th, took a test, negative, still symptoms. Oct 13th, still nothing, took a test, Negative, still the same symptoms but add dizziness. Had an incident on the 14th that was similar to having a stroke, it went away after a few minutes and happened again an hr later and then the next morning, only lasting a few minutes each. I decided I'd talk to my Dr about it Monday. Oct 16th, Monday, still no AF, still the same symptoms, took a test, negative. Called up my Dr and tried to schedule an appointment, but got sent to the hospital after I told her what happened during the weekend. At the hospital, I was very dizzy with a headache that still refused to go away. They did a urine test at the hospital to make sure I wasn't pregnant so they could do a CT scan. That test came back negative. I was admitted that night and stayed there till the 19th. The neurologist came to see me on the 17th, he wanted to do a few tests and asked if I was pregnant. I was honest with him, told him the er took a test and it came back negative, but I'm 16 days late, and have all these symptoms and I don't think I am, hormones out of balance maybe. He said he wanted to do a blood test, to be sure. They never did the blood test, but Aw well, I and the hospital were more concerned about my health and the stroke like incident. I do have a 4 year old I need to be there for and I was terrified about what happened. Here I am Oct 22nd, cycle day 54, still have sore breasts, dizzy, still have this headache, oh so tired, those same cramps on and off, ect. I refuse to take anymore tests. Every other pregnancy I've experienced - 2 miscarriages, 1 missed miscarriage, 1 ectopic, 1 birth, and 1 medical abortion(which has scarred me for life) I found out through a hpt the day after my missed period that I was pregnant, so I've ruled out pregnancy. I'm waiting till the 30th - 1st, which is supposed to be the time when my next AF comes, and if I don't get it then, I'm contacting my Dr asking for blood work and an ultrasound to check for a cyst. My cycles are regular 31 days and AF lasts 5 days. Stress, nor being sick has ever thrown my AF out of whack. I've been tested recently and have no infections. Could I have PCOS? A cyst? Or something else? I know every woman is different, I guess I'm just scared as to what's going on and maybe could use some friendly advise, or someone who has shared the experience before. I'm sorry if I posted in the wrong place. still trying to figure this app out, and I figured since I was talking about late periods and things that affect them this would be the best place.