Period discussion thread.

Hey Ladies. :welcome:

I have observed lots a period relate threads, some of them is specifik questions or problems, but loads ( including my own ) is manly worries and anxiety driven. I through I would start this thread so people can share their storys, worries, questions regarded their period, not only health anxiety wise but also just normal sharing.

Ill start with sharing something :

im 27 next week and had my period since 11-12 ish. My PMS always brings along cravings, insomnia and a higher level of anxiety :wacko: I've been tracking my period since November 2013, in retrospective it been really bad for me tracking it, My period anxiety has only gone worse and worse, manly because of the lack of control I have. I have been considering buying a Period Cup because I think they are brilliant, but I'm afraid I will end up measure the amount of blood I shed.

Today I am on day 19 of my cycle and my period should come in 6 days time, my average cycle os 23 days, so I have a very short average.

My main problem has been too short periods, when I get stressed instead of longer periods lidt most people mine seem to get shorter, two periods ago i had a 18 day cycle that ended up freaking me out. It usual happens a couple times a year.
Around this time of my cycle I also get anxious about it coming to early and I noticed every little thing my body does, today i had some discomfort in my stomach and got afraid is was my period beginning, on the other hand when my period is near the average im beginning to worry if its not gonna show up :doh: so there is no pleasing me ! I also tent to worry if I don't bleed what I consider enough, but have never been worried about bleeding to much :shrug:

Im so sick of this, just been to the toilet and noticed some blood on the paper, today is day 20 of my cycle. So if Its my period the last four months looks like this.

19
23
24
25
18

I can't figure out if I should call my Dr for this, had a smear test 1 year ago and was at a gyro getting a vaginal scan two years ago, all clear.

I also get shorter cycles when I'm stressed out, as opposed to longer ones like a lot of other people. I think that's quite normal and have never worried about it. It's just annoying, because you get less of a break :mad:

Your cycles look a little short on occasion, but I don't think they're short enough to suggest anything bad. I sometimes get 21-22 day cycles (most are 25-27 days) for what seems like no reason at all. I think we are just unlucky...


It's also worth remembering that you get changes just through getting older (not that you are old!). Over the years things get longer or shorter, heavier or lighter, different symptoms come and go etc.

And sometimes I find that a short one comes after a longer one. I notice that your 18 day cycle came after a 25 day one which is long for you. It could just be that?

I am quite stressed out at the minute because im writing my exam, so that can explain it, Im still just worried and can't figure out if I should give a call, but I guess they well say Im just stressed and should give it some months. Im also just not sure it It is my period, I only have a little discomfort right now and the blood is pink/ brownish.

Most of my cycles are around 23-24 days, so im always a bit on the short side anyways.

If you are really worried and don't think you will be able to move past it until you get a medical opinion, then it might help you to call. But do try and take what they say as the reassurance you need. It's likely that they will say it's nothing to worry about.

It sounds like your period is about to start, but hasn't quite got there yet. It's very common to start that way, with just a bit of pink or brown. It might take a day or two, or even three to actually get going. Speaking from experience :)

Yes, Its very normal for me to only spot the first day and then bleed properly on the second. so I'll wait until tomorrow until I do or call somebody.

I did went to the docktors three years ago with a similar problem, I remember she said to give it a least three months to see if it would regular itself and if it didn't she would tage some hormonal tests.

So I try to remember that advice still, She was not worried because I had no bleeding between periods and the blood was normal looking with normal odor.

Ahh I just had a major meltdown, being sure there was something horrible wrong with me. I have some mild cramping when I walk around, but it stops when I sit down, and the blood is very thick, sticky and very dark brown. I don't know what's going on, it's almost been a day and my period has not startet properly. I have a spinkel hope It will come when I sleep or something.

this period anxiety is driving me crazy.

It's probably about to start. Brown blood is old blood - your body is ridding of the stuff from last time, the new period will probably start soon (hence the cramping).

I am admittedly terrible at tracking my period, I have no idea how long my cycle usually is.

I think the problem is that once you become anxious about your periods, you become so hyperattentive that everything seems scary.

Years ago, if I had a bit of ovulation spotting or my period hit day 7, I wouldn't have been even vaguely bothered. These days, anything other than 30-day cycles with 5 days of bleeding leaves me convinced I have cancer.

Thanks guys I really appreciate It.

A little update - surprise, surprise my period begun and its properly not cancer :doh:

Very late last night around two a clock I went to the toilet and had a big brown cloth something on the paper, and after that the fresh blood began running normally, I was a bit freaked out but about the cloth, convinced myself it was proppery just what normally ended up in the toilet in the morning instead of the paper.

I am so hyper attentive and it drives my crazy, I hope that I will somehow manage to let go of this fake feeling of control over something I have absolutely no control over.

See, my 1-3 days wasn't wrong!

Now that this has happened a couple of times and your period has then started each time, perhaps next month you could set yourself a challenge to try and not panic about it until x amount of time has passed. For example, 3 days. It's hard to not stay fixated on it once you've already started panicking, so maybe the key is to prepare yourself beforehand and say "hey, I'm going to get some pink/brown for 1-2 days before it properly starts. This has happened already more than once, it's normal for me".

You can't control your period but you can control how you feel about it.

You are completely right, I'll have to try to think differently.

Im actually still pretty freaked out, I keep imagine how this is not my period but something els and my real period will begin soon.

I do sit down a lot and don't move around much these days, because im in the middel of an exam, but i hardly get any blood in my pad, only in the toilet, and its more sticky and dark than normal...

last month I a bit bleed more than usual, and this one less, but still enough not to be spotting, I also hardly had any cramps this month..

Its all very stressfull for me, I hope once my exam is done, everything is back to normal.

So, I just got my period, 10 days after the last one stoped, on my cycle day 15. I called my doctor got an appointment tomorrow at 10:00, I haven't been to the doctors in a long time, so im really scared. Im so scared it something sinister.
The funny thing is, Im not surprised at all, two days before my last period I got some ovulation discharged and when I counted when I should get my period if this was true, it said today. So it seems like im actually ovulating.

1,5 years ago I had my smear test, all normal.
2 years ago I had a internal scan and countless examinations, all normal.
I don't bleed in-between periods either.

So I hope this is just stress, but im so scared its something dangerous hormonal or truly sinister.

Again it’s really light now on the first day, just spotting really, and even though I know It’s normal I’m freaking out, also wondering how much blood there can be with such a short cycle

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So, I just got my period, 10 days after the last one stoped,

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I had the same three months ago at exactly 10 days gap, its a right nuisance isn't it, and very unsettling.


I can't recall your age, but its probably worth discussing something, like the mini pill, to regulate your cycle.

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Originally Posted by Carys

I had the same three months ago at exactly 10 days gap, its a right nuisance isn't it, and very unsettling.
I can't recall your age, but its probably worth discussing something, like the mini pill, to regulate your cycle.

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More than anything else it’s super annoying yes, and it cause me much anxiety also very annoying really.

I’m 27, I don’t know much about mini pills or any hormonal contraceptives because I’ve been avoiding them, can they’re regulate the period? I know you always have a regular cycle but it’s not really a real period.

Some months ago I had a hole year with a pretty regular period within the 21 days radius, hoping to get back there again.

Sorry to see that you're still having irregularities, and it's causing you anxiety. Periods are annoying at the best of times, let alone when they don't play ball! Which is very common. I've had a bit of a stressful month so far and mine isn't acting like it normally does, either.

I still think you will be fine, but do let us know what the doctor says tomorrow. I'm not saying that I'm glad you're going because I think you have something serious, but rather because I can tell you're really worrying. Hopefully you can move forward, either from the anxiety, or with some investigations and/or treatment to help regulate things.

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Originally Posted by WhereIsMyMind

Sorry to see that you're still having irregularities, and it's causing you anxiety. Periods are annoying at the best of times, let alone when they don't play ball! Which is very common. I've had a bit of a stressful month so far and mine isn't acting like it normally does, either

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Thanks for understanding WhereIsMyMind :hugs:

I feel like a did so well all day, I went to school, made dinner and had an all right evening. Then anxiety suddenly hit me when i when to the bathroom, there is some fresh some brown but I think there is a lot of clear slippery mucus also, I don't really bleed much its still some spotting (like many times before)..... :wacko:

The only reassuring thing is the pain feel like a my period pain normally feels like.

Anxiety hits me unexpectedly as well :( It's hard because you can't really stop that anxiety thought from happening...I think the only way to deal with it is to practice how to process the thought when it does happen. I'm trying to work on that this year, hoping that by the end of it I will not be thinking this way.

How did it go with the doctor?

It went fine at the doctors today, we talked for a bit and then she gave me a gynecological examination where she looked at my cervix and pushed up on my uterus and ovaries so she could feel them. She said everything looked and felt just normal.

She pointet out that I didn't bleed between periods and after sex and my last smear was fine, she didn't talk about checking for hormones, but I felt like she wanted to rule out the real baddies and then give it some time, she said if it was to annoying I could consider the pill. I know my thyroid was checked out in an all around blood test I had two years ago, and it was normal.

Im still not happy about the situration, but I guess i should give it some time and see if it correct itself again.

I hate going to the Dr, not only because I get super nervous and expect a horrible diagnoses. But also because when I leave hearing that all is great, I feel amazing, Then it crashes and I feel full of doubt and worry again. The same pattern always. This was the first time in 6 months going, I think it's a personal record.

Today is Day 3 of my period, Day one was only spotting, Day two was normal bleeding with Dark thick blood and some cloths. Day three (today) have been somewhat wired with only bright red thin blood, just like normal blood. I’m not bleeding a hole lot but it’s been fresh red all day, when I whent to the bathroom this morning I felt like the blood cane
Out like pee and made the water all red, no clots at all.

Is this normal? Can the doctors actually feel if anything is wrong inside of me!?

Update: My period is done, I stopped bleeding fresh blood on day five, but today on day eight I still have some beige/light brown discharge, and i don't like it at all. Its very light colored and in my pants it looks white.