AllieB

Anyone have personal experience or medical knowledge about the effect of quitting on menstruation?

I had one normal period after quitting, but since then I've missed my last two and my hormones feel entirely out of whack. (I feel like I'm PMSing every two or three weeks, but I never actually have a period.)

I'm old enough that, if I did enough damage to my system with years of smoking and drinking, I suppose this could theoretically be the beginnings of a super early perimenopause, but I'm hoping to hear that it's a common side-effect of cleaning up one's act.

(I've also been, for unrelated reasons, on a heavy dose of antibiotics for a month, but it looks like antibiotics are not the culprit here.)

So, short-hand, (a) has this happened to you?, and (b) if so, how long before your body got back on track?

Thanks.