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I’m 22 and currently 67 days since my last period. I’m definitely not pregnant, but I’m getting increasingly frustrated because my periods have been all over the place for the last couple of years. They’ll be regular for a month, then really late, then regular again, then late.
At the moment I’m also having this weird pressure/pressing feeling around my bladder and needing to wee much more frequently than usual. I’ve also previously posted about my bowel movements because they’ve been alternating between constipation and watery/loose stools, and I’ve noticed blood occasionally.
My periods themselves can be extremely painful sometimes the pain is so bad that I actually vomit. I’ve been trying to get answers for this for a while. I’ve had scans and even a laparoscopy, but apparently nothing significant has shown up.
I’m honestly getting really tired of constantly having symptoms but not having an explanation. I know nobody on Reddit can diagnose me, but has anyone had a similar combination of:
Very painful periods / vomiting from the pain
Irregular or very delayed periods
Bladder pressure and frequent urination
Constipation alternating with diarrhoea/watery stools
Occasional blood in stool
Normal scans/laparoscopy
Could this still potentially be something like endometriosis, or are there other things I should be asking my doctor to investigate?
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has gone through something similar, especially if it took a while to get a diagnosis.

Hi guys, I had sex for the first time almost three weeks ago, and we used protection. However, the condom slipped off and stayed inside me. I was just starting my fertile window, but I was on top, the opening of the condom was outside of me, and he pulled it off right away. After that, I got really anxious, and I couldn’t get Plan B because I was in another country, which made me even more stressed. I also had a septorhinoplasty just a few days before my next period, which was supposed to come on August 17. It was a 3 hour surgery under anesthesia, and I was given quite a lot of painkillers and antibiotics. I’ve been feeling really stressed and anxious lately. Can my period be delayed because of my nose surgery? and im just bloated without any other symptoms im js so scaredddd guys pls help me if yall know smth

I'm 38 and I have been using tampons almost exclusively my whole life, and I think I have reached the point of wanting to switch to pads. I just don't know which brands are good and which ones will let me down so I could really use some suggestions. I'm in the U.S. if that helps with brand choices. I see so many and I would rather avoid testing a bunch of different ones if possible.

Every single month like clockwork right before my period starts I have seizures. And not the little ones where it’s like tapering off where they’re like 30 seconds long; they’re like three minutes and I keep biting my tongue during them. If there is anything that you have done personally to help you out of these seizure symptoms, PLEASEEEEE let me know! I’m a 18 year old trans guy (not on T yet) and if you have any suggestions please let me know!

PLEASE REPLY GUYS I HAVE TO KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE A FINAL IN 4 DAYS AND IM FREAKING OUT ok so my last cycle was 31 days, started my period on 25th july, ended in 5 days, on 3rd august (cycle day 10) i had like unprotected EXPOSURE i mean it wasn't really sex it was 2m of him inside but no cum at all, like none when he pulled out, none around me none inside, nothing even came out of him. But i was scared of precum, i was like approaching my fertility window, so i was likely gonna be fertile in a day or two and ovulate around cd 14-17 (8th/9th august) so within one hour i took plan b (lev) and yeah i had symptoms and all not really much nausea just mid abdominal cramping and thick lotiony discharge a lot of it. BUT i was still scared so i took another 1.5mg dose of plan b on 4th august (cd11) at around 11 pm. My symptoms were bad, i was moody, i hurt like hell and i was paranoid as fuck.

cramping stopped in like 5 days and for a day i had no symptoms, then all of a sudden i had one sided left sided pain ovulation like for a few days, no lotiony-ness anm it was clear mucus, then around when the cramping stopped i got like kinda on and off stretchy mucus, then basically no symptoms and SUDDENLY i woke up one day and had sore breasts, wasnt crazy tho, soreness went down day to day, not sore anm. then i felt all pms-y for like 3 ish days no one sided pain, smts a mid abd cramp, less breast soreness, more like fullness like pms kinda.

ANW ON day 25 of my cycle (15 days after the first plan b dose and exposure (bc happ on same day)) i check my mucus and its THICK and theres brown in it, very little like i fished around for it arnd my cervix a bit, but nth. I'm also expecting my period in a week like 25/26th august so i have no clue what that was, im scared its an early pregnancy sign ??

ive had no withdrawal bleeding or like spotting whatsoever after plan b till like rn and even rn its a weekish bfr my period and very less and brown.

WILL UPDATE SO PLSSSSSSSS HELP AND RESPOND. and ik protection is key, ive nvr had any exposure whatsoever bfr this or penetration so im freaked, and heat of the moment but im scared ok so js be honest and don't schl me ik it was a mistake nvr being irresponsible again.

Apologies for any spelling errors I may have made ＞﹏＜

Hi. I'm not going to disclose my exact age, but I will say that I am a teenager with a very controlling family. I have been suffering from excruciating period pain for the past 6+ years, and my mother will not allow me to use painkillers at ALL. She also will not let me get ginger tea to help me with my cramps, either. I get my period twice a month, and it lasts up to 8 days, with crippling cramps each time. My entire body seems to shut down, however I still have to function as normal, despite having a chronic illness and a crappy immune system on top of all of this. I have a TENS machine, but it's currently broken and I cannot afford a new one. Furthermore, my heating blanket is missing. I do not consume anything with caffeine, I don't eat a lot of stuff with sugar or salt, i exercise regularly, and I drink lots of water. i have no access to essential oils or things like that, either. I sincerely apologize if this is an overused topic, as I know this has been discussed on this subreddit before, but I just need your advice: how can I deal with my cramps, preferably without painkillers?

Thank you for your help in advance O(∩_∩)O

On aug 1 me and my bf had rough intercourse to the point that i started bleeding(not the first time it happened btw), this was when he’s still wearing condom. he removed it and we tried to continue despite the bleeding, so he then wore another condom but we struggled cause his penis wasnt erected. long story short we ended up doing it raw while im bleeding. my last cycle was 31 days, and my current one is at day 43 and im afraid of taking a test. does this mean im pregnant? i started eating less the days after the last intercourse and im stressed about my upcoming exams, could this affect my cycle?

(I’m going to preface this by saying I am not 100% sure if this is the right place to post this as i’m not the most well versed in reddit or really online culture. Also i’m posting this right now on 2 hours of sleep being woken up to a woman in distress so please feel free to let me know this isn’t the right place to post this.)

So as you may have guessed I am a man making this post because I have kind of come to a breaking point and am desperately looking to find some kind of solution. For years now I have been taking my wife(27 years old) to doctors and planned parenthood and gynos and etc etc etc. We have tried everything under the sun to mitigate this issue but she just keeps getting EXTREMELY painful periods all of the time. She takes birth control around the clock to try and stop her from getting the periods at all but after her blood pressure went up a few months ago they switched her birth control from lo loestrin to meleya and now the periods don’t ever skip to give her relief, she still has the periods at least 1 time a month and sometimes it’s 2-3 times a month. It seems like the smallest bodily change like eating a food that bothers her stomach can just cause either spotting or a full period to just break through even a few days or week after her monthly period just ended.

To add some context she was diagnosed with an ovarian cyst (benign) and a fibroid a couple months ago too and nobody seems to be sure if that is a part of all this or not. Additionally she hasn’t been officially diagnosed with endometriosis but the level of pain with her periods basically confirms to me she has it. Every single period she’s throwing up 1-2 times, crawling on the floor, begging me to refill her hot water bottle, and looking like death itself. I’ve bought her devices that vibrate like the “ovira” and a similar one since the ovira was discontinued.

I have never wanted to make a post like this asking random people online on what to do, but at this point I will take any advice from people who may have had similar experiences. Is there anything to be done or will this just be a curse on us for the rest of time? At this point i’m starting to believe in curses.

22 y/o with PCOS since 14, bleeding for MONTHS at a time. trying to figure out my options and kind of losing my mind

ok so I'm 22, got diagnosed with PCOS when I was 14, and for the last 2-3 years my periods have been really irregular. whenever I start losing weight I'll just bleed continuously for months. and it's not light, I'm bleeding through pads constantly and it does NOT stop. I've lost so much blood I'm pretty sure I'm anemic at this point. I get dizzy, weak, sick, and i started getting blue streaks in my eyes. I feel like garbage every single day. my period has been taking over every part of my life, i wakeup and its like flood gates, i feel weak, i cant enjoy my life the way im supposed to especially since im so young i shouldnt have to worry about my period ALL THE TIME.

also just to get it out of the way: I do NOT want kids. like at all, never have, the idea makes me uncomfortable. my partner doesn't want them either. so fertility is genuinely not something I care about keeping. i am 100% certain i will never want kids this will never change.

anyways, I went to the gyno and here's what she said to me:

hormonal IUD (her main rec): localized, but she said it takes about 6 months (to 12 months) to really see if it works. problem is I don't want to bleed like this for 6+ months for a maybe. AND every time I've been on hormonal BC (oral at least) I spiral mentally, get heart palpitations, the whole thing. I have borderline personality disorder among other mental disorders, but any slight changes can send me spiraling and increase my suicidal ideation. im weary about any hormonal stuff because of this. she said that it is mainly localized in the uterus with this iud but still will have some effect and im not really willing to take the risk if it means it will affect my mental.

the pill: she said I shouldn't even take because of my other meds

vaginal ring: she said was the only other option but it's got even more hormones, which is the exact thing I'm trying to avoid

uterine ablation: she recommended against bc I'm young and it can grow back, plus abnormal bleeding is a cancer sign so ablation makes it harder to catch. but like... I ALREADY bleed abnormally 24/7 so that second part kind of doesn't really make sense for me? not sure if im missing something but she said if i really wanted to get one i could but if anything goes wrong with it i might have to get a hysterectomy

hysterectomy: I straight up asked why I can't just skip all the trial and error and do this so it's actually fixed. she said it's major surgery with the usual risks and that they like to go least invasive first. she said the cons are my muscles around my uterus might get weak like my pelvic muscles and such but honestly that seems better to me then bleeding out constantly.

honestly, I don't think I can do the IUD because of how bad hormones mess me up, and I can't imagine waiting months for something that might not even work. part of me just wants the hysterectomy so I'm DONE and don't have to do the whole try this, wait, fail, try the next thing cycle. Especially since i feel like i have no use to keep my uterus since im dead set on never having kids.

so I guess my question is: how do you even figure out which path is right? has anyone who is younger here dealt with heavy/abnormal bleeding and tried any of these (IUD, ablation, hysterectomy, ring)? especially if you had bad reactions to hormones or ended up going for something more permanent. would really appreciate hearing your experience <3

I’m a 16yr girl, I lost my period to HA and I cannot consistently get it back or get it back so it’s full-I finally got it back last month and it was patchy ect, I’m three days late this month and I’m scared I lost it again, I’ve been eating at my maintain 1500-1650 calories and I do go to the gym, I’ve given up cardio part from getting my steps in. I need to know the fastest ways you guys got your period back with minimal weight gain please! (I’ve also been working on restoring my relationship with food and I’ve come a long way from where I started and I yeah) if you have questions feel free to to ask

After having a kid a few years ago, I feel like my PMS symptoms have gone crazy! In comparison pre pregnancy, I don’t recognize myself ~10 days b4 my projected period supposed to be. In on no birth control and don’t want to try because they screwed with my health and body before. Any other recommendations of how to manage it?

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Tl;dr wanted to know if the mood-swings during period affect the women so much that they say stuff that are too hurtful to their partners and act distant and cold

Me(22M) and my gf(23M) have been in a long distance relation ship ever since we started dating (we used to be best-friends in High-school and college made us move apart)

The thing is my girlfriend always act way too cold and distant at the start of her periods and i know she’s going through a-lot of pain and i have to be understanding of that and i do understand that but she stops having any interest in talking to me or face time. She just seems busy all the time

Almost all of the major fights that we’ve had are during her period where she overthinks stuff and says some really hurtful stuff to me and later apologises for those after her periods are over.

I just wanted to know if this is normal for everyone or if it is something i have to talk about with my girlfriend

PS : she does not have PMDD or PMS

I’ve gone to the doctor a couple times and I don’t have pcod or pcod , neither thyroid issues , they tell me to not stress as stress stops ur period . I always get my period every alternate month , it’s really frustrating . I stress about countless things and I cannot not stress , pls believe me I’ve tried . I’m also not sexually active .Does anyone know what I must do to get my period? .

Hi sooo… my period is late for exactly 15 days and I took 2 pregnancy tests (2 different days). Heres some context:
- had last unprotected sex (july 19) didn’t cum inside me cus we didn’t finish
- expected period (July 25)
- first PT (august 2) negative result (took at the night)
- second PT (august 8) negative result (took on first pee of the day)

Some of the symptoms I had:
- white discharge (its gradually decrease) i can’t really tell if its thick or thin i just know that when it dries it leaves some white stains
- minimal cramps (like stomach grumble)
- breast sore and tender (its became sore and tender but only in a few days)
- no craving
- no dizziness and nausea

I just wanna ask is is just a late period or im I pregnant? Im just worried