Um. New job stress is totally enough to mess with a cycle. It doesn't take much. Like, a regular cold can do it too. I think there's a lot more people that fall into the new job stress changes periods category than there are in the only kidnapped by pirates stress changes periods category.
A cold is not going to cause cortisol levels to the point of menstrual changes
I’m bothered by the dismissive nature of the “stress can’t do that” responses. I have a visceral reaction to deeming women’s experiences fictional. This is why women don’t see doctors, suffer silently, or have to spend years finding literally anyone who will take their concerns seriously.
Then end up with cancer.
This post is making me grind my teeth in number of ways.
I’m bothered by the dismissive nature of the “stress can’t do that” responses. I have a visceral reaction to deeming women’s experiences fictional. This is why women don’t see doctors, suffer silently, or have to spend years finding literally anyone who will take their concerns seriously.
What? This is incorrect completely
I'm not invalidating anyone that their period was abnormal. But you can be abnormal not from stress. And I'm not invalidating that most if not all people in this thread have had major life stressor either.
Saying every day stress doesn't cause major cycle changes doesn't invalidate that someone did have cycle changes or stress in their life. Just that it most likely was not a positive correlation.
Honestly I find it much more dismissive if I thought something was wrong and a doctor told me "it's just stress" and not investigating an issue further
I’m bothered by the dismissive nature of the “stress can’t do that” responses. I have a visceral reaction to deeming women’s experiences fictional. This is why women don’t see doctors, suffer silently, or have to spend years finding literally anyone who will take their concerns seriously.
What? This is incorrect completely
I'm not invalidating anyone that their period was abnormal. But you can be abnormal not from stress. And I'm not invalidating that most if not all people in this thread have had major life stressor either.
Saying every day stress doesn't cause major cycle changes doesn't invalidate that someone did have cycle changes or stress in their life. Just that it most likely was not a positive correlation.
My goodness
“I also call fooey anytime someone says stress changes periods…” is pretty fucking dismissive.
I'm not invalidating anyone that their period was abnormal. But you can be abnormal not from stress. And I'm not invalidating that most if not all people in this thread have had major life stressor either.
Saying every day stress doesn't cause major cycle changes doesn't invalidate that someone did have cycle changes or stress in their life. Just that it most likely was not a positive correlation.
My goodness
“I also call fooey anytime someone says stress changes periods…” is pretty fucking dismissive.
Nah, it's saying let's not dismiss something as stress.
I have had my period skip three months due to stress. It was full time school, full time work, and deaths in the family. And attempting to get pregnant with infertility both male and female. Nothing out of the ordinary, but my body decided it needed to conserve energy to deal with those items.
Saying fooey IS dismissing it. Stress affects our bodies in different ways. This is like the numerous studies that chose not to put women in them because "their hormones fluctuate."
Post by sofamonkey on Sept 1, 2021 19:46:39 GMT -5
Also, if multiple people are telling you that you’re being dismissive, PERHAPS you should listen. Because insisting harder that you aren’t being dismissive because that’s how you feel about something is LITERALLY dismissing them.
Also, asking for a friend, but what is the word for a woman mansplaining something? It’s totally not related to this discussion at all.
I thought I was going to start my period about 1.5 weeks ago. I had a some spotting (??) on the 16th of August. This was cycle day 22, usually I am a range of 25-29 days. It went from new blood to old blood within the same day. It was enough to warrant a tampon but also not a lot to where I could get away with out one, if that makes sense. I honestly thought my period showed up early (day 1 is usually a light day for me) but my period never continued after that 1 day. So then I panicked when my period didn’t come (on its normal schedule range) that maybe it was spotting due to Implantation bleeding and I was pregnant. I have tested 2x a day every day since and all have been negative. My tracker says I am now on day 39 of my cycle.
Is it possible for the 1 day bleeding to be my “period?” Should I be concerned? Would stress affect it? It was my first day reporting back to work for the new school year and I’m a teacher. I also started taking my adderall rx the week prior, would that cause a change? For tracking purposes, would mark the 16th as a 1 day period and count days from that date for new current cycle?
I went back to teaching this year and I’ve been a big ball of stress all of august. My cycle was like 20 days instead of 28-29. I’ve had an ablation though so my periods are always 1-2 days.
I’m bothered by the dismissive nature of the “stress can’t do that” responses. I have a visceral reaction to deeming women’s experiences fictional. This is why women don’t see doctors, suffer silently, or have to spend years finding literally anyone who will take their concerns seriously.
What? This is incorrect completely
I'm not invalidating anyone that their period was abnormal. But you can be abnormal not from stress. And I'm not invalidating that most if not all people in this thread have had major life stressor either.
Saying every day stress doesn't cause major cycle changes doesn't invalidate that someone did have cycle changes or stress in their life. Just that it most likely was not a positive correlation.
My goodness
Several people have described in this thread how stressors in their lives contributed to cycle changes. You disqualified their experiences because it didn’t rise to your level of appropriate stress needed for a cycle change.
Post by Patsy Baloney on Sept 1, 2021 20:41:17 GMT -5
And I’m totally with the advice of call this cycle crap and wait for the next one. I might be prepared for a little heavier period next time around, too.
My body usually makes sure to make up for a light period on the next go around 😂
I probably wouldn’t call a doctor unless it became a common occurrence.
I'm not invalidating anyone that their period was abnormal. But you can be abnormal not from stress. And I'm not invalidating that most if not all people in this thread have had major life stressor either.
Saying every day stress doesn't cause major cycle changes doesn't invalidate that someone did have cycle changes or stress in their life. Just that it most likely was not a positive correlation.
My goodness
Several people have described in this thread how stressors in their lives contributed to cycle changes. You disqualified their experiences because it didn’t rise to your level of appropriate stress needed for a cycle change.
May I offer you a seat? A whole row perhaps?
I never responded to anyone who posted personal anecdotes. I don't know what anyone has dealt with so I wouldn't comment on that.
Now, the person who said a cold could cause that, I responded to that.
Is it possible some of the other posters had other physiological cause? Sure. Especially the people who said multiple months of missed periods. The recommendation medically is to actually talk to a doctor for 60-90 days of no bleeding because there could be another underlying issue.
Which is my point.
I think there is a common misunderstanding of stress cortisol vs hormones. Does cortisol effect hormones? Yes. But it's atypical for a common every day stressor to cause that level.
Again, the people in this thread have had bad things happen and I'm not saying that didn't cause physiological issues. But there is a misconception, in general, in the world.
Our bodies aren't machines and menstrual changes can sometimes just be our bodies doing something different.
I was being harassed and bullied at work and having to defend myself via management channels a couple years ago. My period was 3 weeks late despite my husband being snipped for years.
Post by foundmylazybum on Sept 2, 2021 9:06:50 GMT -5
I feel like anytime someone says,
"I call fooey" on someone's response
And then follows up with "nah..."
There is a dismissiveness to that type of language that is going to put a lot of people on edge no matter what message the person is trying to convey.
It is hard to extrapolate a ton of information one way or the other from a single data point. Even experts in their respective fields don't do that often.
Im not positive there is an expert in the field in here..but there is definitely someone who thinks they are.
I just figured out who stevia is. She’s a menace who’s been run off of HIH multiple times. Yet she still keeps showing up with different screen names to cause trouble. Literally no one on that forum wants her there.
I just figured out who stevia is. She’s a menace who’s been run off of HIH multiple times. Yet she still keeps showing up with different screen names to cause trouble. Literally no one on that forum wants her there.
Waaaiit - the one who couldn't organize her cups and they had like a live collaborative cabinet reorganization for? And doesn't wear pants on the couch or something?
I turn 40 this month. I have had one day bleeding for 2-3 years now. And it is normally light. I just wear a panty liner and most blood comes out when I pee. My doctor said it is normal and just a sign of age to have my period change.
Edit- LOL to me thinking we were still talking about periods.
I just figured out who stevia is. She’s a menace who’s been run off of HIH multiple times. Yet she still keeps showing up with different screen names to cause trouble. Literally no one on that forum wants her there.
Waaaiit - the one who couldn't organize her cups and they had like a live collaborative cabinet reorganization for? And doesn't wear pants on the couch or something?
Yep, good old socks. She’s back with another screen name there insulting people and promising to be a “truth teller”. She is disturbed.
Waaaiit - the one who couldn't organize her cups and they had like a live collaborative cabinet reorganization for? And doesn't wear pants on the couch or something?
Yep, good old socks. She’s back with another screen name there insulting people and promising to be a “truth teller”. She is disturbed.
Waaaiit - the one who couldn't organize her cups and they had like a live collaborative cabinet reorganization for? And doesn't wear pants on the couch or something?
Yep, good old socks. She’s back with another screen name there insulting people and promising to be a “truth teller”. She is disturbed.
Post by litskispeciality on Sept 2, 2021 9:31:49 GMT -5
I think we've moved on beyond the stress thing, but saying stress doesn't change your periods is stressing me out. To recap...
1. Most female posters on here have written about potential peri- or full blown menopause during COVID because you know, major life changing STRESS 2. Changing jobs in non-COVID times is a major stress 3. IIRC OP is or was a teacher. I thank the good lawd I'm not teaching this year, with masks vs. no masks, how long will they be in school before they go back online etc. Then I assume changing districts with new teachers, new admin is going to stress you the eff out. I could go on and on about how that's most likely causing OP a great deal of STRESS.
Please for the love of all things tell me how that's not stressful enough to eff with a period for one cycle?
OP I hope that things go back to normal very soon and that you can have 10 minutes to put your feet up and not stress.
Waaaiit - the one who couldn't organize her cups and they had like a live collaborative cabinet reorganization for? And doesn't wear pants on the couch or something?
Yep, good old socks. She’s back with another screen name there insulting people and promising to be a “truth teller”. She is disturbed.