Periods

[Maisie098]

Hi, can someone help me please!!! I'm 14 years old and I haven't come on my period in 8 months! I am not pregnant or anything and I haven't ever had sex. I am really worried and I need someone to tell me what to do as I am quite young so therefore I am scared! It is normal for someone not to have come of their period in 8 months? (Bearing in mind that I only first started my period in January 2013) please please please can someone reply ASAP!!! I need help!!!!

[MildlyInterestedYetHopelessyConfused]

Most likely, you're not ovulating. Which isn't necessarily bad, especially since you're so young. Actually I had long gaps between periods for six years when I was a teenager. My doctor put me on birth control to regulate it and it works perfectly. Like clockwork. However, you're so young that you probably don't need birth control yet (that's your choice, though, go for it if you'd rather do that). Your doctor can prescribe a medication that will jump start your period to keep hormones from building up, and you only have to take it four times a year (as opposed to taking bc every day). This will also mean you will only have four period a year but you will be able to control when they occur.
As for your question, it isn't completely normal but it isn't abnormal either to have gaps between periods, especially since you've only had one. It takes time for your body to get into a cycle. Probably your hormones are still getting balanced. Talk to your doctor but she might just tell you to wait a few years for it to balance out (that's what mine said). Otherwise, there are ways to help things along.
Good luck!

[Maisie098]

Hi, thanks for your help! But I am wondering if there is any way other than having a balanced diet, not getting as stressed and have the right amounts of sleep that can help to start my period again?! I need help badly

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi!
After the start of periods, it may take up to 3 years for a girl to get a very regular cycle. So, it is normal to miss periods. Also the routine the girl maintains during this time, her diet and family history of settling into a regular cycle of periods plays an important role. Stress both physical and mental, irregular sleeping hours and diet poor in nutrition can all cause the periods to become irregular in a girl who started her periods less than 3 years ago. Try to regularize your routine and see. Eat a balanced diet and do something like yoga or meditation or listen to music to distress yourself. However, if such bleeding persists from period to period or is very prolonged in a single cycle, you can consult a gynecologist about this. Polycystic disease of the ovary, low iron, hypothyroidism and hormone imbalance (which can happen due to reasons other than mentioned above) can all cause the periods to become irregular. Please talk to your mother regarding this. Often daughters follow the same menstrual history as their mother’s or that of their maternal aunt or grandmother. Take care!


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