Period talk: Questions and advice
in Women's Health ·
Hey ladies, I’m dealing with a bit of a situation regarding my period and my overall cycle... To be honest, I've had irregular periods for as long as I can remember. My gynecologist always just blamed it on stress, so I ended up relying on birth control pills from the time I was 16. But now that I've stopped taking them? It's like my period barely shows up at all. My ovaries seem fine—no cysts or anything—but my last actual period was back at the start of the year. Now, my doctor wants me to get some hormone testing done, which apparently can only be done between day 2 and day 5 of my cycle. But how am I supposed to do that if I can't even get my period to start? Is this even possible without being back on the pill? What is actually going on here? Has anyone else dealt with something like this? I'm only 25, so I'm definitely not heading toward menopause. Any advice would mean the world.