What does it mean when you only get your period three times a year

What does it mean when you only get your period three times a yea…?

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Amenorrhea or lack of periods can be caused by low body weight, ovary damage, thyroid disorders, stress, and hormone imbalance.

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What does it mean when you fart out your front end?

Q: OKay I have three questions.One: When I do push ups I seem to fart out my front end and I don’t know if that is normal. What does that mean?2: I seem to cum a lot like out of the ordinary. If I think about something sexual I cum or if I just go to the bathroom I look down and there is white stuff there and I know it isn’t form my period because of my next question.3: I use to have a bladder problem and now that it is gone I only get my period maxuim three times a year but I am young so my cyle isn’t fully procesed yet. I started my perioid in 7 grade and I am now in 8 grade.Are these all normal?

A: 1. A fart out of your front is a quief, air gets in there and it has to come out…Its not abnormal just gross. lol2. The white stuff is discharge, that normal.3. Are you really athletic or skinny, that could be making you have less periods. They should come about every 28 days after a year or 2 of having them.

Should you stay with a psychatrist if your depression cycles over two-three year periods?

Q: I have problems with major depression that if left untreated turns to episodes of psychosis. I have been working very hard to overcome the depression with weekly therapy and medication. I have been thankfully improving however I do notice a significant pattern and I’m trying to be realistic about my circumstances. In the past when I have improved, I have been determined to stay well without psychiatric intervention. My doctors usually discharge me from therapy and stop my medication. However after a two-three year period I start to notice the depression is back with vengeance. My therapist and I have been trying to pin point any significant events that emerge during the onset of the depression but it seems inconsistent. I have a great relationship, I’m educated, have great friends, my family is pretty dysfunctional but despite this we care about each other. Its really frustrating because there have been periods in my life when there are fantastic opportunities offered to me that I have to pass up because my depression gets so bad. I really hate it!!!I’m now 28 years old and I have noticed that each depressive episode is getting hard and harder to deal with. I believe I’m an optimist and do think that my life will not be all doom and gloom. However it got so bad last time that I seriously attempted suicide, I never want to be in that place again!I think because my episodes are over periods of years, its harder to monitor treat. Does this mean I have to stay in therapy for many many years? I don’t know if that’s how it works? By nature I’m an energetic and bright person so when I come out of my depression the doctors are usually highly impressed with my progress. So I do very well for a few years before the demons are back. By this time I have move away (or my doctors practice has shifted) so I have to start the process again. I’m usually very bad during these times and it becomes very very hard to communicate my circumstances. I would like to start a family someday, so naturally this does really worry me. I really wouldn’t want to put children through this (I feel like its bad enough for my partner).Is there anyone else out there that has depression that is constant over years, then improves, only to cycle again? How do you keep this blackness for shadowing over your life during these times?? This has been going on since I was a child, it got remarkably better as a teenage and then at seventeen years old spiraled down hill unexpectedly. Would love to hear from anyone who has gotten this under control. Let me know what helps you???

A: I have had similar patterns of cycling, recurrent depressive spells since I was 13. My family brushed it off as “teen angst” until I attempted suicide at age 14, when I was finally evaluated by a psychologist who said I was suffering from major depression and severe anxiety. I was put on antidepressants and into therapy, but nothing really helped. Eventually it would get better on its own, I would be discharged from therapy, then months later it would come back just like before. When I got into college I started seeing a therapist and a psychiatrist. I was re-evaluated by both the psychologist and psychiatrist and they came to the conclusion that I was misdiagnosed with major depression when I have actually been suffering from bipolar II disorder since my teen years. I didn’t recognize my hypomanic episodes for what they were until after the doctor questioned me about them. That’s when all of the pieces started falling into place.I’m not saying that you’re bipolar necessarily, but for me that was the explanation as to why my depression was so “treatment refractory” – it didn’t respond to any treatment I was given, but came and went on its own without any specific event or series of events to start or stop it. Do you ever have periods of time where you feel especially up, almost like you’re giddy and euphoric, or extremely motivated and focused and creative? Where you have a lot of energy and you don’t need as much sleep as usual, like you’re the Energizer Bunny? If you’ve ever experienced a period of days or weeks when you felt like that, you may be having hypomanic episodes and are unaware of it.If you don’t exhibit any bipolar symptoms and you are truly suffering from repeated episodes of unipolar depression, then you may simply be one of those unlucky individuals whose brain chemistry fluctuates for no real reason over periods of time. If that is the case, then all you can do is take measures to prevent it and then treat it appropriately if/when it does happen again. By preventative measures I mean not drinking or using drugs (anything that can alter your brain chemistry), eating a well-balanced diet and exercising regularly, and using healthy coping methods to deal with stress when it happens. And when you do feel yourself becoming depressed again, don’t wait – get back in touch with a therapist and/or psychiatrist right away to start treating it before it gets any worse. Some doctors choose to keep patients on antidepressants for periods of years as a prophylactic against future depressive episodes, while others think it’s better to only use the drugs short-term. It really depends on the doctor and the patient.Good luck to you, I wish I could offer more help. Just remember that it’s not permanent – you always get better and go back to your normal life, even if only for a little while. No depressive episode is ever going to last forever.

Long period, doctor phobia. (a little word heavy, but please help!)?

Q: I don’t know exactly what is going on with my body, and please don’t just say go to the doctor, I have an extreme phobia of doctors and i won’t go unless i really get worried, right now i’m not. I’m coming for suggestions to maybe sooth my worried mind, here goes…First some background on me: I’m 14, only had my period for a year and a half, and have an EXTREME, and i mean EXTREME fear, phobia, whatever, of doctors. ( i almost killed myself litterally when i found out i had an appointment for a checkup 🙁 )Well i got my period on the 16th of Agust, no big deal, not very heavy or anything, no pain, just like usual. Then on the eighth or ninth day, (which is normal for me) it stopped. I thought, okay, my period’s over.Then, about three days later it started again, just like normal, no pain, not abnormally heavy. You’re probably thinking, oh that’s normal for someone so young to have 2 periods in a month one time! Your periods are all messed up when you’re young! But here’s the problem, it hasn’t stopped. I’ve been on this second period for about 13 days now. I feel totally fine, no pain, it’s not heavy or anything, it acts just like a normal period, just a really long one. Then there’s the fact that i’ve been under a TON of stress lately, and i’m hoping that’s the problem. I started high school on the 2nd as a freshman, the house is getting messier by the day, i have tons of homework, the laundry isn’t done, i could go on. It’s left me extremely stressed and overwhelmed. Could that be the problem? Again, i feel totally fine, it’s really not heavy, in fact a little light for me, in the last couple of days it’s been a little browner, does that mean anything? thanks for any help!Oh and, if it stops on it’s own and i go back to my normal cycle, do i not have to worry anymore?

A: Hm…. Don’t worry, i promise not to say ‘go to the doctor’ yet 😛 It IS possible, since you recieved your period not to long ago, that your system is a bit confused. But it could be also that somehow blood might;ve clogged the exit and dried up, or something like that, and now all the rest of the blood has been released slowly for the past several days. I’d also suggest telling your mom or guardian if you haven’t already; it doesn’t hurt for them to know. Ask them for there opinion!Hope I helped!