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Silver Swan
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Today at 01:49 PM
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Can meds keep you from having periods? Everybody keeps telling me it’s perimenopause because I’m 52 after all. Pdoc said this. I’ve been having periods every month for a year and a half or more after I got my mirena iud out which kept my periods away. Now I expect to have 42 day cycles in recent months but my period hasn’t started today. Maybe it will tomorrow? I asked my friend who helped develop gabapentin if the drug could make you skip periods and he said he’d never heard of that. Anybody else have their meds mess with their periods?
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Today at 02:21 PM
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I've been on gabapentin a long time, and it hasn't affected my periods at all. I'm not an expert and I know some meds do affect periods, but I would think it's likely to be perimenopause. And even if you're regular, it's also not unusal for periods to be late a day or 2 or even a week or more; it happens.
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Today at 03:42 PM
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I asked myself the same question. I’ve gone from a 28 day cycle to once every 2 months and my periods are very very light. I put mine down to perimenopause. I’m 46.
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Today at 04:03 PM
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Found this:
Cramping without a period is called secondary dysmenorrhea, and yes, it's a possible symptom of perimenopause. Some people describe this sensation as “ovary pain.” “Fluctuations in your hormones and cycle length can cause irregular ovulation up until you reach menopause,” Dr. Fiffick says.Aug 3, 2022 ———- I just feel crampy like my period will start soon. It’s not my ovaries though it’s my pubic bone and lower back. And my legs ache. __________________ Ingrezza 80 mg Propranolol 40 mg Benztropine 1 mg Vraylar 1.5 mg, Gabapentin 100 Mania Sept/Oct 2024 Mania (July/August 2024) Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
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