# Crud, I missed my period, and I don't mean that in a potentially mazel tov way **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791 "2013-03-13T04:06:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791/21 "2013-03-14T04:08:27Z")
I’ll be getting my first hormone level test results tomorrow. I’ve been on the pill since 1987, and in the last year have had irregular periods, spotting, skipping, doubling up on the next, PMS like I’ve never had - I cried through the whole month of July last summer and that’s not like me at all. My face is breaking out with the PMS like a teenager, a couple times I’ve had cramps and I never have those, and I’ve been getting headaches 2-3 times a month which I also only ever had rarely with tension. So, when I went in for my yearly PAP and checkup for another year of pill Rx, I mentioned all this and my doc said, yep, lets get some tests going so at least there’s a baseline, but it sounds like you’re starting. Yippee. I’m just hoping it doesn’t drag on for 10-15 years, I’ll be happy to get it over with! Heat makes me mental, so if staying on the pill helps mitigate any of that, I’m staying on it for as long as possible. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791/22 "2013-03-14T05:03:33Z")
56 here, was just saying to myself “Wow, it’s been eight months since my last period” and guess what arrived? I’m one of the fortunate/unfortunates who wears something everyday, though, so I’m always semi-prepared. And I got to take some of that pricey medicine for my heavy periods that I had filled right before the brakes got put on, so that counts as a plus. All the women in my family go through this on the late side (mid-to-late fifties for all of us) and pretty symptom-free. Hot flashes are nothing like what my boss goes through, and no other issues that can’t have other causes. And even this surprise period wasn’t a huge deal…it was nothing like my old normal. So of course, having now said all that aloud, I will be a weeping, foggy, sleep-deprived shrew ripping my clothes off in the frozen foods aisle by next week. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791/23 "2013-03-14T05:18:35Z")
> [@moejoe](#): > > … As far as I can gather, the best part is that menstrual migraines go away with menopause, and that sounds pretty great. My migraines increased in frequency and intensity over the past couple of years. I now carry generic Imitrex with me wherever I go - I’ve used it twice since the doctor prescribed it in December, and it actually works! In my youth, I very rarely took any pills, but between that and the Ambien, I’ve become quite the prescription drug enthusiast. I’m hoping the migraines will subside when (if?) I finally make through the transition. > [@kittenblue](#): > > …So of course, having now said all that aloud, I will be a weeping, foggy, sleep-deprived shrew ripping my clothes off in the frozen foods aisle by next week. **Drug-addled** weeping, foggy, sleep-deprived shrew ripping your clothes off in the frozen foods aisle. I’ll meet you at the Whole Foods. ---
**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791/24 "2013-03-14T06:22:23Z")
Urgh. I’m just 45 but haven’t had a period yet this year. Was hoping that was a sign that they’d get less frequent, but I guess I’ll carry protection at all times, expecting Aunt Irma to arrive whenever it’s most inconvenient. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791/25 "2013-03-15T00:59:43Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I now carry generic Imitrex with me wherever I go - I’ve used it twice since the doctor prescribed it in December, and it actually works! I’ve been carrying Imitrex with me every day for years. I get them every single cycle for three days before and three after. I love that it works for me because some people aren’t so lucky, but if I had three wishes I might use one of them to banish migraines forever. Seriously: 1. invisibility 2. perfect body 3. no more migraines. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791/26 "2013-03-15T01:42:18Z")
Damn. I’m 53 and have yet to hit the blessed/cursed menopause. Blood tests confirmed this kid ain’t there yet. I’m envious. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791/27 "2013-03-15T17:20:33Z")
My mom was in her mid-50s and had gone for at least six months without a period. Then I get a call at 2:30am from her begging me to go to Walmart to get her some tampons because she couldn’t get up off the toilet. She had super-heavy periods off and on for a few months before she got tired of it and went to her doctor. She had an endrometrial ablation done and that was the end of it. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791/28 "2013-03-15T17:27:57Z")
> [@moejoe](#): > > I haven’t missed a period since my 22 year old son was born. Which I suppose means now I can claim my age as “of a certain”. So, women folk, what happens next? Will it show up when I least expect it? Will I just get fewer of them until there are none? If I’m no longer on a calendar for this stuff, how do I plan ahead? If he was born when he was 22 then he might have messed up your plumbing a bit :eek:;)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791/29 "2013-03-15T18:06:42Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I’m coming up fast on 52, and I started having some symptoms in my early 40s. This is taking far longer than I’d anticipated. Are you my wife? I’m wondering if it’ll ever end! > [@a35362](#): > > Question: how does menopause affect one’s, er, sex drive? I think that’s the thing I’m most worried about. I’m curious about that too. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791/30 "2013-03-15T22:11:34Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > My mom was in her mid-50s and had gone for at least six months without a period. Then I get a call at 2:30am from her begging me to go to Walmart to get her some tampons because she couldn’t get up off the toilet. … Like, because of the heaviness of the flow?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791/31 "2013-03-15T22:47:25Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Like, because of the heaviness of the flow?!? :eek: Yep. :eek: is right. She woke up to a mess, managed to make it to the bathroom, couldn’t leave after that. Fortunately she grabbed the phone on her way to the bathroom. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crud-i-missed-my-period-and-i-dont-mean-that-in-a-potentially-mazel-tov-way/652791.md?page=1)