Question:

Hello:) I was just wondering….are any of you concerned about amenorrhea?

I haven’t had my period for a few years either.  I’m not taking any medication for it,  with the exception of calcium supplements.  I had a bone density done when I was 18 years old (I am 20 now) and it showed that I was beginning to develop osteoporosis.  Yet,  even when I heard the news I just didn’t care enough to do something to help myself.  I do want to have children and I know that I really need to be on some kind of estrogen replacement,  but I’ve had some very bad experiences with doctors and medications when I was in the hospital,  so I try to stay as far away as I can from using any kind of medication.      So I’m so scared about getting the dreaded period.  It disgusts me. I feel the same way.  My doctor once told me that by not getting my period or doing anything to help get it back,  I was shutting down part of my body. Supposedly I guess that was supposed to scare me,  but it only made me want to not help myself even more (being the control freak that I am:)   Well,  I just wanted to let you know I can relate.  Have you talked to your doctor about taking meds or anything?  I am going back in three weeks,  so maybe I will change my mind.  I doubt it though. Hugs, Nicole:0)

Response:

Hi all, I was just wondering….are any of you concerned about amenorrhea?  (no periods)  I havne’t had one for years and years.  It’s been suggested that I take the pill, but that really freaks me out.  Then there’s the whole thing about osteoporosis.  Are any of you concerned?  I sort of waffle back and forth.  Some times I care about my body and other times I just don’t give a darn.  spoilered s s s s ss s s s s s s s s s s s ok.  So I’m so scared about getting the dreaded period.  It disgusts me. It makes me feel dirty and disgusting.  Once or twice in my recovery I’ve gotten it back and it triggered me into major relapse.  I know it stems from all sorts of abuse issues.  I know about it all, but still it does a number on my psychological well being.  I ugess I think being a *woman* means I’ll attract attention (yeah right, I’m incredibly ugly) or that I’ll cause someone to do awful things to me.  That I’ll be responsible for creating someone into a monster who hurts people in all sorts of ways.   So that’s it for now.  Lots of love and hugs, Rebecca

Response:

Hi all, I was just wondering….are any of you concerned about amenorrhea?  (no periods)  I havne’t had one for years and years.  It’s been suggested that I take the pill, but that really freaks me out.  Then there’s the whole thing about osteoporosis.  Are any of you concerned?  I sort of waffle back and forth.  Some times I care about my body and other times I just don’t give a darn.

Yes, I know what you mean (including the spoilered stuff). I’m supposed to be taking the Pill to bring my period back, but I don’t want to because of the same reasons you listed, plus the pills make me nauseous. I take Fosamax, which doesn’t bother me. Every now and then, I’ll have a scare (like the fact that I’m only 20 years old and already losing bone mass), but I forget about it the rest of the time. Right now, my ankle hurts for no apparrent (sp.?) reason, and I’m too scared to get it x-rayed because it might be a broken bone. If that’s the case, then it’s probably because my bones are weak, because I didn’t do anything to hurt it. So yeah, do as I say, not as I do! http://hello.to/planetdear Everyone has the right to be beautiful.

Response:

I was just wondering….are any of you concerned about amenorrhea?  (no periods)  I havne’t had one for years and years.  It’s been suggested that I take the pill, but that really freaks me out.  Then there’s the whole thing about osteoporosis.

Hi Rebecca, Well, BC pills are *not* the best solution. But doing nothing is not safe either, as I learned to my cost. The recommended option is HRT (along with calcium supplementation), and this can be done in such a way as to prevent any return of menstruation, but to protect against osteoporosis and other problems. I shall cut and paste what I wrote in a previous article, as this may be helpful to you. It’s also important to note that hormonal/calcium treatment alone will not avoid osteoporosis if nutrition is still grossly inadequate. In addition to maintaining an appropriate hormone profile and calcium intake, the calcium must be properly absorbed (which is influenced by dietary factors, although some forms of calcium are better absorbed than others) and the body must have adequate nutrition to be able to maintain its normal repair/renewal processes on bone. Anyway, the way to do this type of HRT is to use a "non-cyclic" regime, where you take the same dose every day instead of mimicking a natural 28-day cycle. You will need two drugs, a progestin and an estrogen. I take medroxyprogesterone acetate ("provera") 5mg daily, and estradiol valerate 2mg daily. You might need a slightly different dose level, it varies with body weight and individual sensitivity to the drugs. The provera (which is also available as a long-term injection, once every three months, if you prefer it that way) stops the menstrual cycle dead in its tracks (in fact the injected version, depo-provera, is licenced for long-term contraception), the estradiol replaces the estrogen that you would have if your body was functioning normally. The estrogen is responsible for the protective effects: it prevents vasomotor instability (hot flushes, night sweats etc), and reduces the risk of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and so on. The progestin is necessary both to prevent endometrial hyperplasia and to inhibit menstruation. As I have mentioned before, I have severe osteoporosis (and a lot of other problems besides) and have been severely underweight for 25+ years — I have never menstruated normally. I started HRT and calcium treatment 4 years ago when my osteoporosis was diagnosed. Because of my age (34) it’s too late to reverse the damage, but the treatment should hopefully slow down its progress a great deal. Hope this info helps — please write again if you need to know any more. love from Julie A.

Response:

Hi Kelly, Maybe you should get that ankle checked out?  I know it’s scary, but you need to take care of yourself.  I broke my arm (at the shoulder) a couple of year ago (e.d. related, I’m sure) TAke care! Love rEbecca – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi all, I was just wondering….are any of you concerned about amenorrhea?  (no periods)  I havne’t had one for years and years.  It’s been suggested that I take the pill, but that really freaks me out.  Then there’s the whole thing about osteoporosis.  Are any of you concerned?  I sort of waffle back and forth.  Some times I care about my body and other times I just don’t give a darn. Yes, I know what you mean (including the spoilered stuff). I’m supposed to be taking the Pill to bring my period back, but I don’t want to because of the same reasons you listed, plus the pills make me nauseous. I take Fosamax, which doesn’t bother me. Every now and then, I’ll have a scare (like the fact that I’m only 20 years old and already losing bone mass), but I forget about it the rest of the time. Right now, my ankle hurts for no apparrent (sp.?) reason, and I’m too scared to get it x-rayed because it might be a broken bone. If that’s the case, then it’s probably because my bones are weak, because I didn’t do anything to hurt it. So yeah, do as I say, not as I do! http://hello.to/planetdear Everyone has the right to be beautiful.

Response:

Hi everyone. Well, I hate to sound like the "downer" of the group, but osteoporosis *is* serious.  I realize everyone knows it already….but do you guys really want to be in your 20s and NOT able to get up a flight of stairs because your bones are too weak? What happens if you decide you DO want to recover one day down the line?  What then?  Don’t you think you might regret it when you can’t do the things that others can do because you didn’t menstruate for so many years?  What then, when it’s NOT fixable? I hate to sound like a mother hen, but osteoporosis is scary – you may not feel it today, but one day it will hit you out of the blue (Kelly’s ankle, for example). As my doctor says, "People with osteoporosis don’t ‘fall, and break a hip’….they ‘break a hip, and fall.’"  It’s true. Be careful. becky

Response:

Related Posts