Periods.

• Bride wrote on 2011-02-09 21:10
  holy jeez relax.
  
  also,
  
  

  Most of the time, irregular periods are part of the normal changes that can happen when you're a teen. At some point as you get older, your cycle will probably settle into a recognizable pattern. This usually happens by 3 years after your first period.
  
  However, some teens may develop irregular periods — or stop having periods altogether — as a result of certain medications, excessive exercise, very low body weight, or not eating enough calories. Others may develop problems as a result of a hormone imbalance. For example, disorders of the thyroid gland can cause menstrual irregularities if the levels of thyroid hormone in the blood become too low or too high.
  
  Some women have irregular periods because their bodies produce too much androgen, which is a hormone that causes increased muscle mass, facial hair, and deepening of the voice in males and the development of pubic hair and increased height in girls. High amounts of androgen can also cause hair growth on the face, chin, chest, and abdomen, and is sometimes associated with excessive weight gain.
  
  If you have any of these problems, or if your periods are irregular for 3 years or more, see a doctor. The doctor may prescribe hormone pills or other medications or recommend lifestyle changes that can help you to have regular periods.

  
  basically this. if you've already had your period more than a few years and it still isn't regular, it's not good. see a doc o__o
• Mama wrote on 2011-02-09 21:48

  Quote from tink;327775:

  holy jeez relax.
  
  basically this. if you've already had your period more than a few years and it still isn't regular, it's not good. see a doc o__o

  
  
  who isn't relaxed?
  
  and I've been saying basically the same thing as your quote throughout the thread, except to me the age where it should regulate is more around 20.
• Adelynn wrote on 2011-02-09 21:59
  I think that directed at:
  
  

  I call 12 a small child who needs to stay out of convos that do not involve him in any way.
  Now go play with your foam football and squirt gun and leave the big kids alone, k?

• Mama wrote on 2011-02-09 22:00

  Quote from Adelynn;327875:

  I think that directed at:

  
  
  oh I didn't see that.
  
  what the hell fakephunks >_> I hope you're joking.
  
  @tink yeah I see what you mean. seeing a doc is never a bad thing to make sure everything's good under the hood.
• Bride wrote on 2011-02-09 22:00

  I call 12 a small child who needs to stay out of convos that do not involve him in any way.
  Now go play with your foam football and squirt gun and leave the big kids alone, k?

  
  sounded just a little uptight
  
  @mama i get what you're saying, personally i go by the website i got the quote from though
• Adelynn wrote on 2011-02-09 22:04
  I agree. I agree in that 17 is youngg, but that may have come off a little strong. ^^;
• Wasbewwi wrote on 2011-02-09 23:19
  o_o'
  
  I don't play with squirt guns anymore..
  
  Imma big kid now?
• Taycat wrote on 2011-02-09 23:31
  Nobody else thinks it's weird I don't have a usual period?
• Mama wrote on 2011-02-09 23:33

  Quote from kNocturn;328048:

  Nobody else thinks it's weird I don't have a usual period?

  
  
  when i read that you said you had no period my mind told me, "ah, they must be male."
  
  but if it is true, then yes it is weird. wouldn't your parents have brought you to a doctor already?
• Taycat wrote on 2011-02-09 23:46
  They said it's my weight.
  
  But it can't be if I take a birth control and BAM, period.....
  
  THEN they said I make too much testosterone.....
  
  Meh?
• Skye wrote on 2011-02-09 23:48

  Quote from kNocturn;328094:

  They said it's my weight.
  
  But it can't be if I take a birth control and BAM, period.....
  
  THEN they said I make too much testosterone.....
  
  Meh?

  
  
  Well if you're taking birth control, then that's probably why you're irregular...I think.
  
  All I know is I'm extremely regular, and my first day is always horrid. 8D
• Mama wrote on 2011-02-09 23:49

  Quote from kNocturn;328094:

  They said it's my weight.
  
  But it can't be if I take a birth control and BAM, period.....
  
  THEN they said I make too much testosterone.....
  
  Meh?

  
  
  you likely have a hormone imbalance
  women take birth control to help regulate hormones and their periods, though everyone's different
  
  testosterone suppresses menstruation,
  you need a drop in progesterone to begin menses. It's a complex mechanic and imbalances can throw it off completely or a little which is why women vary so much
  
  I havn't memorized the entire hormone thing but that's all I remember.
• Taycat wrote on 2011-02-09 23:49
  No, no, I was given it BECAUSE of the testosterone problems.
• Skye wrote on 2011-02-09 23:52

  Quote from kNocturn;328106:

  No, no, I was given it BECAUSE of the testosterone problems.

  
  
  OOOHHH.
  
  Iunno then. ._.