Question:
AT SIX MONTHS POST OP STILL HAVE IRREGURLARY MONTHLY PERIODS

I WAS WONDER IF ITS NORMAL TO HAVE HORMONAL PROBLEMS AND HAVE IRREGULAR PERIODS, AT 6 MONTHS POST OP. I STILL HAVE SOME MOOD SWINGS, NOT AS BAD AS THE FIRST MONTH OR TWO WHEN YOU WANT TO CRY ALOT.IT SEEMS I STILL HAVENT LEVELED OUT, IM ON ZOLOFT AND THE DOC RAISED IT A MONTH AGO, TO GET THROUGH THIS, I WAS WONDERING IF THIS WAS NORMAL, OR IF ANYONE ELSE HAS EXPERINCED THIS AT THIS LONG OUT POST OP. THANKS AHEAD OF TIME ANGIE    — ANGIE M. (posted on November 24, 2002)

November 24, 2002
I am a year post-op and just starting to have cycle irregularities. Until now I have been like clock-work, even when I was pre-op. Someone mentioned that when you lose weight, the hormone contained in the fat cells are released and can cause all kinds of wacky things to happen. With my symptoms, I'm wondering if its peri-menopause at the early age of 33. WLS causes some strange things, but OH SO WORTH IT!!
   — Cheri M.

November 24, 2002
hi there :) i have pcos so periods were always wacky, then straightened out on its own for some weird reason. i had my period before my surgery and then again right after. alot of women go through the same thing so its normal. i think its the trauma on the body of going through a surgery and once you start losing weight rapidly, estrogen levels go crazy. im nine months out and things had returned to normal for awhile but now im having some wacky cycles again. i get emotional and moody at times too. best of luck to you. :)
   — carrie M.

November 24, 2002
Hi, I'm 15 months post op and my periods finally went normal at about 10 months or so. Before then they were heavy and painful as can be. Id go through a whole big box of tampons and pads a month! Then, it was normal, well as normal as I used to be when I was a teenager. THEN, my doc put me on Welbutrin. Once my dose increased, then my period changed big time. Now, they are heavy again. I have a bit of pain now too. On top of that, instead of my clockwork every 28 days at 9pm routine, (weird I know!) It is like every 21 days, then every 20 days, then this last one was like 18 or 19 days! Gosh pretty soon, I'm gonna have a constant neverending one! But He just lowered my Welbutrin a lot, so we'll see what next month will actually be like. But anyhow, perhaps you are having a reaction to the Zoloft. Bring it up to the doc and ask him/her if perhaps this might happen. Always as a doc. You never know! It might be serious, it might not be. Best of luck to you, Annie
   — Annie R.

November 25, 2002
Hi! I'm almost 8 months out and my periods have been crazy. I'm having one every 23 days and this last one lasted 9 days! I finally saw my OB-GYN and he said that our bodies are going thru tremendous changes and that this is to be expected. He did put me on progesterone (a plant based one) from day 16-25 after my period. This should help regulate me back to 28-29 days and only 4-5 days during. He also said that once we reach goal or are near goal, our bodies should start settling down. Good luck to you!
   — Leah H.