sleepie

Did anyone get irregular periods that went back to normal after they quit drinking?
35 days alcohol free thanks.
I already know all about perimenopause.

Latte

Yes, my period were all over the place and it was annoying. My doctor and I decided that if it didn't resolve within 6 months that we would just suppress the suckers by doing continuous birth control (I used the ring). I was struggling with cramps, etc. and when you have that going on 2 times a month (two periods in a month! What??) you are willing to take all kinds of routes. For the following two years I just used those rings continuous (the doc had to push it through my prescription coverage) but it was wonderful not having periods and even better, no cramps! I eventually needed a partial hysterectomy but not due to my alcoholism, I had been obese for years prior to getting sober and I was dealing with prolapse (uterine and bladder) so they took the uterus and left the ovaries…no, I don't miss periods, cramps etc.

Hawkeye13

Hi sleepie;

I actually had the reverse--hot flashes / irregular issues when drinking but now pretty normal since sobriety, though I'm entering perimenopause stage of life

Great job on 35 days!

2ndhandrose

Hi sleepie!

I went through an early menopause (40 yrs, all said and done!) so no experience here for your question but.....woo hoo, 35 days!!!

Way to go, sleepie!!

Bird615

Absolutely for me. That's all over for me now, but I can remember when I was 21 and drinking heavily, they were all messed up. The month before I stopped drinking that first time, I had my period just about every day. It eventually normalized as I sobered up.

Congrats on the 35 days!

Aellyce

Hi sleepie,

Congrats on the 35 days, I'm glad to hear

My periods tended to be sometimes very irregular while I was drinking. Alcohol is well-known to interfere with the normal production of female hormones (and others). Malnutrition, that often accompanies heavy drinking, likewise. I also sometimes had terrible PMS (with physical and emotional discomfort) at levels that I almost never experience sober. I am not perimenopausal yet, in fact I am pregnant with no complications so far What can happen, I think, is that when we quit, it takes a while for our internal physiological balances to normalize -- we often speak about brain chemicals that influence mood and motivation, but other mechanisms as well. I imagine that if someone is currently undergoing natural hormonal changes, the whole system is more sensitive to whatever external changes as well (i.e. stopping a long term steady alcohol supply).

I would say take a trip to the doctor for a blood test and other checkup if you are worried, that can never hurt.

sleepie

Thanks for your input ladies.
Been to the doctor and gyne more times than I care to remember this year.

Guess I'll just wait and see. It's only been 5 weeks or so...

Gjess

Hi . I hope you don't mind I'm posting this a bit off topic but I would love to hear if some of you had the same. As for periods they never need regular in my life , I have the condition which just doesn't let it to happen, but anyways . The question I have , I hear girls saying all the time how alcohol would help them to relax before intercourse and many of girls would be super turned on after drinking. I never ever experienced that, actually it would put me off to even kiss or have any kind of intimacy, I never understood how can anyone be intimate while drunk because for me all those feeling were non existent. Was I the only one like this ? Btw when I'm sober everything is just fine with that matter

Angelsmiln

Mine were all over the place. I had a uterine ablation a year ago, no more periods, cramps, or bloating

sleepie

Hey Gjess
You may get more answers if you post a thread about it- I don't know how many will be coming through here and/or reading all the responses.
Although for my 2 cents sounds like you are better off sober... like most of us here