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[Chillz3Santana3]

Can you have a period and then not have one for a year?

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
Such long periods of amenorrhea (no periods) is often found in menarche or menopause.  It is also found when pregnancy occurs or when is breast feeding. Otherwise it is secondary amenorrhea. Secondary amenorrhea is when a woman who has had normal menstrual cycles stops getting her monthly period for 3 or more months.

Causes of secondary amenorrhea include stress and anxiety, malnutrition, depression, overexercising, sudden weight loss or gain (obesity),thyroid disorders and hormonal imbalance due to polycystic ovarian syndrome(PCOS).Smoking is also associated with secondary amenorrhea. Sometimes tumors of the ovaries and brain may also cause absence of menstruation.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.

[aheart]

In a word Yes! There are many different scenarios that could explain this. One being iirregular peroids, another one preimenopausual. When you first start to menestrate you don't have regular periods and it stands to reson when you get close to stopping memistration it is the same. Sometimes very unprecticable. That's why people get pg. Can you be more specific what's going go? Be glad to help.