Have you ever missed a period because of stress?

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Twice and both times I was on the pill. The first time I was helping my former employer close her store. It was a stressful time because we suddenly went from having 5-15 customers a day to 40! It was like Christmas all over again! Plus she was stressed so I was feeling it from her too. I ended up taking a test, it was negative of course and then I had my period a week late, while taking active pills. My normal period resumed twoish weeks later.
My second stress miss was after we had just moved across the country and we're still trying to settle in. I was so stressed that I was pregnant at the wrong time in my life. I took another test. It was negative. So I waited for my period. It was 8 days late and I had my normal period again two weeks later.
Stress does have a HUGE effect on your life including your cycle. Which is crappy because of you start stressing about "what if I'm pregnant?!?" It's really difficult to get your stress levels down. Taking a test helped me relax both times.

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I was stressing over school (I'm in med school so yea very stressful) and I was a day late and then started to stress out even more because of it.  I think the more I stressed the later it came. It finally came like 5 days late. I was beyond relieved. But yea I'm totally convinced stress can mess with your cycle.

Have you ever missed a period because of stress?

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