female only Monthly Not so nice Friend Visits

[Astrasmom 1]

Ok I have a question for you. I am told many people when they lose alot of weight like I did, your cycles get normal. BUT has anyones cycle become totally erratic?

My not so nice friend who visited me on a regular basis before I lost the weight, which was like clock work once a month, every 28 days. NOW that I have lost a ton of weight I am getting my friggin period every week to 2 weeks. I know that the estrogen levels are off when you lose the weight but does it take forever to get back to normal?

Not only am I hating it, my husband is about to kill me because it doesn't make for a good personal life.

Please tell me that this will get better or should I take so estrogen Vitamins from the drug store?

Edited July 30, 2010 by Astrasmom

[MixiLavender 0]

i am having the same problem and i didnt lose that much yet, i have only lost maybe 27 lbs and my periods are all out of wack. i am on the pill, and it comes a week before its suposed to and then when i take the pills that are suposed to give me my period, i then have it for 7 days.

so its like i have my period for 2 weeks, the first time it happend i called my gyno he told me that it was because my diet was changing and i was looseing weight quickly and that it was normal but i dont know if its suposed to happen every time i loose a few lbs. its pretty scary. (to me anyway)

[cynpatt 2]

Totally out of wack, but in the opposite direction for me. I used to be every 5 weeks like clockwork. In April I just skipped a month and it happened again in July. I am 45, so I went to my gyn to check and she drew blood to check my hormone levels which are totally normal, and I am nowhere near menopause. The only thing that I can chalk it up to is the weight loss - Both my kids are teenagers - so it scares me when it doesn't come!

[Angela72 0]

i was having extremely heavy periods when i was losing weight. I have now been at same weight for a few months and i just had a wonderfully light period! Was so nice for a change!...i think my body is finally starting to settle a bit after a year of losing weight. although just had some more fill in cos i broke my ribs and couldnt exercise and have now started losing weight again....we shall see if losing weight again triggers the heavy periods. :blushing: