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2001/12/01, 12:25 AM
I was just wondering if anyone who has competed or just got their b.f. down real low has missed periods, and if so when does it come back? Only been 1 month, not that I'm complaining but starting to get nervous, ecspecially since I've been getting nauseated quite a bit this past week. 3 preg. test negative. Just biding my time. Any input?
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2001/12/01, 05:37 AM
Oh yes...... When stressing your body too much....
I have been very sportive my whole life and lifting weights for now 8 years, but around 6 years ago I had some probs and actually sort of hided myself into way too much sport (actually it wasn't only the quantity but the freaked tempo I did everything with). I lost a lot of weight (got scary skinny) and of course my periods started missing.
Okey, I slowed down and put on some weights, but still no periods. I took iron pills, Omega 3 and lots of other things but still nothing happened. This lasted 6 months.
(it's kinda funny; it's a bother to have your periods, but it's an even bigger bother NOT to have your periods...)
What changed? I went to a.... whatever the word is in English (sorry) a person who finds the different spots on your feet corresponding to every small organ of your body. I just did one single session, but I could feel changes right ahead. Then the same day I started taking the pills. All this made my body begin to function again. I could litterally feel my hormones start pumping, sore breasts, head ache etc BUT my periods became regular again...
I have had no probs since then.
Eener, be careful with yourself. We only have this one body, and we have to take good care of it. Don't let yourself keep going for so long (as me) before doing something. It's not normal so go to the doc and find a solution. Please tell me further! Good luck. -Nina
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2001/12/01, 01:02 PM
When I competed I stopped having my period 2 months prior and 4 months after. My Nurse Practitioner had a small fit about this and the fact I was 13 pounds lighter than usual.
She even made me have a test for osteoperosis. It was negative. My bone density was excellent. Well i slowly went back to my normal weight 5 months after I competed. If you are concerned see your dr. but most women who compete experience this. I even got the post competiton blues when my bodyfat started going back up. That was a bummer but we cannot stay at that level long as it isn't healthy long term.
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2001/12/01, 01:07 PM
Oh BTW I had amenorrhea (medical term) from age 18-22. College, stress, poor diet and just too skinny. I suffered no long term effects from that either. But I did see a Dr. at that time just to be sure.
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2001/12/02, 08:49 PM
I've been to the Dr., he did a preg test-neg. Didn't seem to worried. The strange thing is I didn't loose that much weight 109 to 104 only 5 pounds, to start my bf was 13%, I didn't have it tested before competition so I'm not sure what I got down to. This has never happened to me before, then again I've never competed before, so I'm a little freaked out. Thanks for info at least I know it may take a couple of months to get back to normal. Thanks again.
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2001/12/03, 01:05 PM
Philia- I think the word you were looking for is Reflexologist! :) It is an interesting science, but it is not given much credit here in the States. Modern medicine here tends to overlook practices that are not "scientifically" proven. (i.e. the drug companies don't want to lose millions of dollars so you can have a drug free treatment) Unfortunately, this means that insurance won't pay for this kind of treatment either.
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2001/12/04, 08:55 AM
Funny..... it's the same word in French, but I didn't know..... Reflexologue..... It's a good thing, a shame that you don't use it much in the States....
Actually, what do you use there as "natural healings?"
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2001/12/04, 10:57 AM
There are aromatherapies and homeopathic treatments, but the medical community largely writes natural therapies off as "New Age", and therefore worthless. Although herbal remedies are becoming more common, doctors will not prescribe treatments to their patients. We have a few herb shops, and a couple chakra cleansing spas, but for some reason, it is all just considered a fad. The pharmaceutical companies here control much of what doctors do, and are sure to raise a stink if a naturally growing plant could do as much good as their million dollar drug. So there are not many alternatives here (at least in my area). Reflexology, acupressure and acupuncture are not common, and even chiropracy isn't taken to be a "real" medical practice.
Now, back to the period thing. There has been a lot of research lately showing that having a period every month is actually bad for you and can cause an increase chance of cancer. It seems that thousands of years ago (in fact even just hundreds), women didn't have very many periods. They were always pregnant or nursing, or miscarrying. While they needed 10 children to help in the fields, in modern days, most people have 1-3 kids, or choose to have none at all. Family planning is made much easier now with easy to access birth control, but now we have a lot more periods. So I suppose you should count your blessings eh?
Now, off on another subject (sort of). In the US most insurance plans won't cover birth control for women, yet they will cover Viagra for men. If you go to the Planned Parenthood website there is a place to send a letter to your Congressman/woman asking them to support a current bill in Congress that would mandate equal coverage for women under insurance plans.
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