i am a girl of almost 14 1/2 years of age.\nand there's something i am kind of starting to \nworry about. i didn't start my period. i mean, at all.\nnot one. i mean, is this normal? or is something wrong with\nmy hormone balance? could this be psylogical? i mean, \ni've always been a tomboy, hanging with boys, catching bugs,\neven full-grown praying mantises and wanting it as a pet.\nand i know i'm of age, but i just want to stay a kid forever!\ni mean, in some respects, i'm more mature than others.\nreading stock section in the newspaper. knowing things even most adults didin't know. but in others... it almost feel like i have MPD(multiple personality disorder). it would be helpful if anybody would answer some of these questions.
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My cousin did not get her period until she was 15. It can be a good thing too. Your growth is stunted by menarche. You say that you are a tom-boy? I am guessing that you may play sports with the boys? Being very active rather than towards the always-in-the-house, near-overwt girl, ...will prevent early menarche. I got my period when I was 10.5, but I over-ate for my size...and I was soooo inactive. You are most likely  normal. Don't fret just because most of your friends/peers have their periods already.
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I use to be like you. So much so that my boyfriend was afraid of me and he is the one that finally showed me on a calendar(he had been secretly charting my moods according to my cycle)that I was a crazy/dangerous woman particular times of the month.\n\nChanging my diet to healthier (you know the drill) and taking vitamins Brewers yeast shake, A-D combo, E400 IU, C 1000mg at least 1x per day (I usually did 2x am and pm)changed my whole life for the better.\n\nEven today, (20 yrs. later) if I go without vitamin supplements for a time, the crazy symptoms with my cycle start to return and now I am going into menapause.\n\nSo I am trying to tell you also that this won't just stop on its own. I've found I had to "fight for my womb"; it's health and it's "right" to exist.\n\nProcream Plus Natural Progesterone Cream by Eternally Fit has been my life saver now even without vitamin supplements (used it for 6 years). For I learned that those symptoms are due to Estrogen Dominance and will follow a woman thru the years of the different phases of her cycle and manifest as different "diseases", really bad cramps, heavy bleeding, fibroid tumors, endometriosis, mood swings, bad menopause experience etc..\n\nI have recommended ProCream Plus to friends of mine who are not into the vitamin thing and they too feel like they found a "lifeline".  I never leave home without it.\n\nIn addition, the product comes with an educational tape by a well known M.D. (who gets no $$ from the product).\n\nIn lay language he describes why we women go thru this, the root causes and how it is now indigenous to us as American women.  It is ear-opening but you find that you can't deny the truth of it.\n\nNote: DO NOT CONFUSE THIS WITH THE SYNTHETIC PROGESTERONE HORMONE TREATMENTS M.D.'s give (which usually augment women's health problems.)\n\nGod bless!
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yes! i was diagnosed with being premenopausal when i was 31,one of my sisters at33 another at 31and four others in their mid-thirties."my"mother was early too i believe she was 34.it's a bitch too!
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I think you should go to your doctor and ask her or him these questions.\nNot everyone reacts the same to hormones; so I think it's a bit risky to ask this question here...
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No, it's not unusual for girls your age to not start their periods. Some girls just don't start it till later.  Sometimes a late start can be genetic.  Did your mom or anyone else in your family start "late" as well?\n\nIf you really are concerned about it, talk to your parents and school nurse.  It could be that something might be wrong, but it's unlikely.\n\nBeing boy crazy isn't exactly a bad thing, and not every girl becomes boy crazy at the same time, if they become boy crazy at all.  Lots of young girls and women like boys and men, but they don't lose their heads over them.  It really depends on your personality.  Do you go crazy for other things?  If not, it may not be in your personality to go crazy for them, but just like them instead.
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Is this your first period- or your first BAD period.  Either way you should talk to your Mom- or caregiver.  It's nothing to be concerned about- you'll have many years of monthly visits from that friend.  \nMaybe you could add more to your question about your concern?
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I absolutely understand where you're coming from...Even though I've never heard it happening that early, it's usually a hormonal imbalance to be blamed for. I'd experienced exactly the same since my last child had been born (he's now 2.5 yrs. old), and after long time arguings, fighting and even considering a divorce I finally confided into my OB/GYN, and she run some tests to check my hormone balance... and it came back quite surprising completely wacko!\n\nSo after some medication to get it re-adjusted, all seems to be back to 'normal' again...there are even days we hubby requests me to leave him alone... ;)\n\nSo, conclusion: Talk to your doctor and get some tests done...probably is just another hormonal disbalance you're suffering from...and if...you can be helped!
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I think you're fine, dear.  A girl can get her menses anytime between the ages of eight and eighteen.\n\nBut you could check with your doctor, maybe s/he would like to run a couple of tests just in case.
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it's nothing overly serious.\n\nI'm 22 and a virgin and my period still skips around.  The longest I went without a period was 3 months and I loved it.  \n\nI really don't think it's anything to worry about at 14 as long as you know you haven't done anything to worry about.\n\nIt could be your weight, your diet, your stress level, your active or inactive lifestyle, etc.  A lot of factors.  \n\nIf this is that important to you right now...  I would recommend getting on BC because it regulates your periods.
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its normal...im 14 too and about 2 weeks ago i hadnt had mine for about 3months also...ur probably just really nervious about not having ur period which is making u think about being pregnant...dont worry about it...ur cycle just changes..its completely normal
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It would be best to talk to your doctor about that. It could be a number of things, but it would be safer for you to speak with a doctor. Don't worry about not getting your period yet, some people are just late bloomers and there shouldn't be anything to worry about.
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I'm feeling ya, girlfriend!  I had my first hot flash a few weeks ago, and I'll be 39 july 1!  My mom went through it early, and we both got our periods early, so it's not that unusual.  However, if your family doesn't have a history of this, then see your gyno!
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This is someting your Mom should have talked about a long time ago so you'd be comfortable when it happened. But now it's up to you to say something. I was scared when it happened to me, too, as my mother didn't tell me anything ... I learned it all from my friends. When my daughter started her period, we did it differently. I took her to a nice restaurant to celebrate that she'd become a woman. So here's what to do. Do you have an older sister to help you talk to your mother? If not, is there an aunt or another female relative who can help you? If not, then you'll have to do it on your own. Give her a note if that's easier for you. Just say, "Mom, I need some sanitary supplies." She may be a little surprised, but she'll recover. Honestly, she will... and so will you. This is perfectly normal and nothing to be embarrassed about. But I know how a 14-year-old would feel about this. It's difficult, I know, but like I said, write her a short note if it makes things easier. Leave it on her bed if you don't want to hand it to her. It really will be okay, Hon.
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I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.I ALSO HAVE FOUGHT SO HARD TO WHERE I AM. I HAVE GONE THRU SO MUCH,AND FOR PEOPLE TO JUDGE YOU BY YOUR AGE. I'M 22 and feel as a 30 year old man, i have my own home, my own car and a good buissnes.i have no problems dateing,but i seem to find the wrong kind of woman that likes to control a man,i have a sense of humor and at times i like to release steam on programs like this yahoo answers,but i'm no kid. i also enjoy the good, silly OR deep answers and questions here at yahoo. i don't care about points,i just need to blow out a little steam and survive another day in this life. FIGHTING FOR AIR as you say. i thank you so much for this public thank you,for you gave me confort and i know i am not alone. THANK YOU!
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It can be any time now. It can in rarer cases start as late as 17. I would get concerned at age 16 and seek a medical opinion. As for now take multivitamins with minerals, a good diet with lots of meat fish vegetables, and fruit. And get exercise. One of the first signs of puberty is sleeping in late, and sometimes a feeling of permanent jet lag. That clock cycle shift has recently been adopted by many medical practitioners as a sign of puberty and that puberty ends when the laterwaking  shift stops. (it never stopped for me, I've been a night owl for decades.)\nIn the meantime relax, don't get concerned. There is plenty of time. Enjoy life. It only comes around once.\nGood luck,\nDoc. Dan.
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Adolescense can be a nightmare for everyone involved and Sara's behavior doesn't sound too strange for a 15year old, but just to be on the safe side you should keep an eye on her and (gently) try to have a heart to heart with her. Someone here posted the possibility of sexual trauma, and that was my first thought also. I work with sexually abused girls so I might be too quick to jump to conclusions because this subject is on my mind a lot, but it is true that major mood swings, changes in appearance and dress (toward a frumpier, less cared for style), changes in behavior (being more withdrawn, crying a lot, going out less etc) and so on can be signs of sexual trauma. i do not want to freak you out unnecessarily, and all these can also be normal signs of teenage hormone storms, but just in case... talk to her or, if she doesn;t want to, send her to a counselor. I wish you much strength! Don't know how my mother ever survived my teenage years ;-)
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I think it's perfect. :) Your body fat is normal and plus I heard that electric scales are wrong AND the fact that our bodies gain body fat when we are about to start our period. Don't quote me on that though. :) But it's a good thing that you are trying to be healthier. Skinny doesn't always mean healthy, remember that.