Having a period after not having one for year

Don't panic Sherry! And DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER ON THE INTERNET! The same thing happened to me and many other women....follow the thread titled period after none for 2 years.   I had the same thing happen to me in August of 2016.  I didn't get my period for 13 months and then a full blown period!  Just like you, I looked it up online and immediately started having a panic attack.  When I went to the gyno, she didn't exactly make me feel any better.  I had my pap smear which was normal and the protocol is to then have a transvaginal ultrasound.  It's an internal ultrasound where they look around at all of your organs and the lining of the uterus.  They didn't find anything unusual but I had to go for a biopsy which again was negative.  They said it was probaby a hormonal surge.I even had a few more periods after that.    Just because the textbooks say we are in menopause after no period for 12 months doesn't mean anything.  There really is no clock on your body.  You probably weren't really in menopause.  As a matter of fact, I'm going through the same thing AGAIN.  I haven't had a period in 15 months this time and I spotted.  Now I have to do the whole thing again.  The worse thing you can do is go online to look it up...believe me I know what it says!  Try to stay calm...I know its not easy...and read the posts in the forum "Period after none for 2 years"  The ladies on there will make you feel better.  Call your doctor and make an appointment so you can put your mind at ease.I'm sure you will be fine.   Let us know how it goes. 

The exact title is "period again after none for 2 years"

Hi Sheryl,

As far as I know if you’re under 50 which you are, you have to go 2 years without a period before being through menopause.  It’s 1 year if you are over 50 so this sounds completely normal to me 

Deb xxx

Hi Sherry, there are no absolute guarantees with this horrid process, but really after one year with no periods if you are suffering badly and are suitable for it you could have started hrt. I had my last 3 cycles surpressed due to the amount I was bleeding and the pain I couldnt leave the house for weeks on end. So then my dr ran some tests to see what was going on and he told me my ovaries were on their last legs. Then they crashed completely and the symptoms were horrendous so my dr immediately put me on hrt even though he knows me well and I am in a high risk group. Sometimes the pros outweigh the cons so maybe you need to consider it. Good menopausal vitamins and diet are very important too! Hope I have been of help to you. XXX

Hi to all. I’m 48 and was told when I was 42 I was in peri menopause. Having had terrible heavy periods bad hot flushes and up and down mood swings anxiety ect. I haven’t had a period in the last two years but everything else still carrying on until this week Ive had back ache and then had a period not heavy as yet but shock to the system. I did what I shouldn’t of done and looked it up on line and now I’m very worried. I came across this web site and has eased my mind a little. I’m not on hrt as can not take it due to medical reasons.