Won't start period

[bev1234]

I'm trying not to worry too much about this one but i'm starting to a little. I was supposed to start my period around february 20th and still haven't. I already took one pregnancy test last week just to make sure which was negative. But I have not had sex since before my last period. Now, I have been extremely stressed out (as some of you know from my teeth and hiv posts) and have heard that stress can stop your period for awhile. In hoping that's why. Also, I went off of birth control pills around December 20th and have heard that stopping birth control pills can mess up your period for awhile. I would be okay with accepting that for the cause, however I had a period in January after being off the pill for a month. So if my January period was normal and on time, wouldn't it make sense for my February one to be as well? My silly mind is going straight to worrying about pregnancy but as I mentioned I have not had sex since early January. It was protected. I have "messed around" since then and my worry filled mind is of course thinking that got me pregnant. I am much less stressed out after getting my teeth taken care of so hopefully my body will go back to normal soon

[sixpack]

look to the most logical?  what is the answer?

[bev1234]

I think and hope that it's just from stress and my body trying to get back to how it was before the birth control pills. I would say that is most logical.

[helplessdancer]

My period has been late from stress a few times if that makes you feel any better. Then I felt stressed about my period being late, which probably made it later and it was all a bad cycle of worry. Try not to think about it, I'm sure it will be there soon. Isn't it funny when you want your period to arrive? 

[bev1234]

Haha yes I was thinking the same thing. I usually hate it and dread it coming but now I can't wait til it gets here..

[vardnas]

bev ... :)

I'm glad everything with you teeth went well, yet I'm not surprised you're back here the day after with another health concern. Can you see at this point—pregnancy being the third major health scare you've had in as many months, if that—that what you're dealing with is MENTAL in nature and not physical?

I hope, REALLY hope, that you will tire yourself out at some point and choose to pursue a true healing path of anxiety treatment. I say this with all the empathy in the world, having been in this situation myself—you need it.

[bev1234]

Thank you :) And I appreciate your concern, I really do. And i agree that i need to calm down and find ways ti deal with anxiety, but at the same time I don't think all of this gas been mental and not physical. I do think it was a bad coincedence that all of these problems occurred at once- the painful and decayed teeth, the stopped period, whatver has been wrong with my glands/tonsils/sinuses. As for the hiv fear, that fear was years long and definitely need help getting past that for sure. But the other things werent all in my head because of how many symptoms I had. I mean if I would have gotten sick and better like usual I wouldn't second guess it, but I was... Am still sick and have been for over a month now. I think that's enough to logically be worried about what's wrong with me. Ad my teeth were horrible and they coul have gotten infected. I was wrong on that and was being irrational, but it could've happened. The pregnancy fear... Is irrational because I haven't had sex. But other things have a chance of causing pregnancy that I've done and its in the bam of my mind.

[sixpack]

point IS bev:

you took those tonsil issues and the decaying teeth issues and gave yourself a brain infection.   The point being: people every day have teeth like yours but don't go head over heels catastrophic about it.  People every day have tonsil infections and don't go head over heels catastrophic about it.

the point is:  you need to address your anxiety disorder that allows you to go head over heels over things and not allow you to sit back and realize that  "yes, I have decaying teeth that I let go for a long time.  I need to deal with that."  "I need to learn that because I feel guilty about not taking care of these things,"   (for whatever reason as I don't know),"back when they first began doesn't mean I should lose all sense of rationality about it."

this is what needs to be addressed-------whether it is your irrational fear of HIV or pregnancy OR taking a health issue and taking it to the most catastrophic conclusion is all part of your thinking disorder.

just think about how much better the last couple of months would have been dealing with your decaying teeth if you hadn't indulged in the irrational thinking?

[bev1234]

Well I started my period yesterday. The cramps are super bad and are bad enough to make me wonder why I couldn't wait for it to get here lol. But i'm very thankful :)

[eddarun]

I was alway REALLY regular, 28 day cycle and alwas started bleeding at 5 am.   Then I went on the pill for a few years.  When we started trying for a baby I went off it and my period never came....for 4 months I took abput a 100 pregnancy test...all came back negative.   I asked mr. Google for a probable reason for why my period wasn´t showing up.....did NOT like what he told me.  Thought for sure I must have cancer.   My GP told me abput PCO but i dismissed it sice I never had this problem before and I didnt have any of the other symptoms.   A moth late I had an US and some blood work done.  And YES, it was indeed PCO! confirmed by both the US and the bloodwork.

[eddarun]

oh and yes, I have a stressed out older sister who works like a maniac.  And when ever she is in a stressful time in her life her period doesnt show up....so thats deffinetly a possabilaty:)

[NineFour]

My period has been weeks late due to stress.