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Bodies: what is the deal! Let the TMIs abound.

I'll start. My period is so jacked up right now. I hadn't had one since summer, but in the last couple of days I thought I was finally getting it. But it was extremely dry, minor spotting, until today, when there was an explosion (literally!) But it's still all dry and yeah. I wish I knew why the women in my family (mom's side) were so prone to weird periods. My sister has hella long cycles and pretty bad PMS. Last May I had a period that lasted for almost 3 weeks, and every year I have at least one cycle that's 4 months long or more. I understand my mom's mom got pregnant when she had an IUD 3 times (lifetime total of 6 pregnancies and 3 miscarriages). And then when I tell my sister about stuff like the long cycles, she just says "well, it runs in the family." Well, I'm still concerned about it for heaven's sake.

Oooh, sleep is kinda physical right? I get that the line can be kinda blurry / nonexistant and that my sleep problems are probably related to my figuring out mental health stuff, but I'm gonna talk about it here anyway >:D!
SO SLEEP SCHEDULE, WHAT IS THE DEAL? O:
I got like 4 hours last night and am wide awake and it felt like a full nights sleep, but earlier in the week I got 12 hours of sleep (12!), was awake for 7 hours, and then went right back to sleep! it's not like I'm getting bad sleep, or not enough (because all my alarms seem to get mysteriously turned off without waking me), but waking up at like 3 or 5 PM is really inconvenient! and I'll spend a few days adjusting my sleep schedule only to have it fall to pieces in a handbasket all over again after slipping into an 6 hour nap or something (also sleeping through alarms! it was supposed to be a nap, not like... unwakable deep sleep!)! I could understand a rhythm that's offset from the norm by a few hours, but it just seems so... random and variable! and out of the blue! hopefully it'll settle down a bit...

That stinks about the periods Quixotess! Sounds confusing and stuff O:

Quixotess, I'm sorry to hear about your menstrual weirdness - it sounds really aggravating. Mine tend to be regular just long enough that I start to think I can predict them (4 to 9 months of consistent spacing and length and severity), and then they go all wonky (late or missing, different types/order of blood and tissue discharge, unusual PMS symptoms) and throw me into a panic, occasionally stressing me out so much that my body further screws it up. You have my sympathy - the odd cycle length and prolonged bleeding sounds really unpleasant to deal with.

I have a non-uterine body rant as well: Dear abdominal muscles, what the fuck is up with you? Sit-ups have never been an issue for us before - I've sent the little neurological signals scurrying along the nerves to you, and you've always gone "righty-o boss, we'll contract and pull your upper torso upright." I liked our working relationship, and I've always tried to treat you nicely, not pushing too hard when you got sore, making sure to block strikes in sparring so you wouldn't have to act as armor for my squishy organs, and generally trying to keep you and your buddies in my lower back strong and happy and undamaged. I haven't injured you, or neglected you particularly, so why, for the love of all that is holy, have you decided that sit-ups and crunches are no longer covered by your employment contract? You did them happily up until this summer, when I went on the crazy pills and dropped a bunch of weight. Really, it should be EASIER for you to pull me upright, now that there's less of me to pull. All my other muscle groups have recovered and are pulling their weight again. So why the refusal to cooperate? This is getting downright embarrassing, and you're not giving me any other indications of something being wrong, so I can only assume this is willful malevolence on your part.

Ooo, I has some rants!

Migraine, what? Three types of painkillers and none of them are working? That's just not allowed. To the Dr. with you.

Also: Ankles. I need to be able to function during/after work, which means you need to stop hurting/collapsing (even with support bandages on), ta. The worst is there's nothing that really can be done about them. The NHS won't operate unless I'm dislocating my ankle on a regular basis. Rawr.

*boxes of hugs for everyone who needs/wants them*

Quixotess I have had period weirdness too. I am never very regular and the length of my periods always vary from 5 to 7 days and the amount of blood is not always the same either. My last couple of periods have been preceded with spotting.

Extreme weirdness happens when I travel a lot, lead a more irregular lifestyle than usually or when I have been pretty darn sick. Can I ask how old you are? My periods have changed their behavior from time to time as I got older. I am now 28.

edited to add: The change in the amount of women (going from seeing non on a daily basis to meeting some at least several times a day) also influences my cycles.

Uterine weirdness (and acne) are why I started taking BC continuously. And now I'm not anemic!

In other news, I think I have a secondary adrenal insufficiency! which would certainly explain the hypoglycemia/dizziness/brain-fogginess/hypotension/tiny appetite. However, I would have to be referred to an endocrinologist to actually get stuff looked at, and my dad's insurance ceases on the 11th, when he changes jobs. Lovely.

my leg thing still isn't cooperating. I can barely make it through the day and I'm supposed to do all this shit before I leave, and I'm just freaking out about it. it hurts, and it feels like people don't care, or at least those people who could do anything about it.

So, it appears my PCOS is getting worse >:(

I've been feeling vaguely nauseous on and off for a few months now and finally got round to seeing a Dr (I was waiting to see if there were going to be any other symptoms than: Sometimes I feel nauseous. Sometimes I do not).

I'm having a full blood work up and then will have a follow up appointment to discuss what's going on. I've gained a fair bit of weight and I need to look at that, and see if that's affecting my hormones (on a good note: the dr didn't really fat shame me, claim I was eating unhealthy or actually say I need to loose weight. He said that if my hormones are being squiffy that can cause weight gain which makes PCOS worse), so I may need help/treatment for the insulin resistance/hormone levels.

I do love this Dr. He makes me feel welcome and listens and doesn't dismiss me like I have had happen in the past.

BESM - at least that's good news about your Dr. Sorry about the PCOS. Hope you figure it out.

And, I am kind of confused how I seem to have missed this thread entirely until now.