My period is late and I am wondering is it because of stress?
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it is possible, it could also be from exercise, stress, birth control pills. if you dont get it within a couple of days i would take a test just to be on the safe side.\n\nDont worry about it being long, thats why you ask questions!\nyou'll be fine honey!! calm down, relax and breathe. take things one day at a time!
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What you have is called amenorrhea (failure to menstruate).  I have a friend with the same problem.  Her doctors can't figure out why either, but here are some reasons why women's might not get their period.  \n\nThe number-one cause of irregular or skipped periods is emotional stress. It's not really understood why stress can cause you to miss a cycle, but a missed cycle is considered a protective mechanism, a sort of prehistoric parachute in the female body. The body senses the stress level and decides somehow to stop ovulation for that month, preventing a "stressed" pregnancy.\n\nOverdieting and overexercising can also affect your cycle. For example, sudden weight loss could cause you to miss your period or cause a long bout of irregular cycles. Overexercising can also cause you to miss your period, and it's actually not unusual for female athletes to stop menstruating when they're in training.\n\nAnother cause of irregular cycles could be a thyroid disorder of some sort. The thyroid gland regulates your metabolism by secreting thyroid hormone. When the gland is overactive (and secretes too much thyroid hormone), known as hyperthyroidism, you can either miss periods or have a much longer cycle than normal.\n\nIn all other cases of a stopped or stunted menstrual cycle, progesterone supplements will remedy it.
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I think it is probably normal. You are young and your body is going through alot of changes right now.\nIf you are not sexually active and pregnancy is not possible, it is probably nothing to worry about.\nMy friends daughter was irregular until she turned 17... \n\nMy daughter's Dr. told us it could take anywhere from 3 months to 3 years for your period to regulate and become normal. It is your body getting used to the hormonal changes. \n\n\nThere are many reasons you could be late. If you are worried(and you seem to be) talk to your mom about it and check with the Dr.
764077
It could possibly delay or ever cause your period to come early.  Do not worry - sometimes stress can also lead to a delay.
234686
Could be, if your period is late at any time it could mean any number of things including pregnancy, the only way to tell for sure is to get a pregnancy test done by your doctor. Other things to cause your  period to be late are stress and illness.
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The symptoms you described are pregnancy symptoms, but they're also the symptoms of a woman late for her period and freaking out wondering why.  Believe me, I know.  ;)\n\nYou're only a couple of days late, but I'd see your doctor if you're confident that you're really late.  He or she can give you a blood test to determine if you are pregnant or not by measuring the quantity of pregnancy hormone in your blood.  This is called a quantitative hCG test.  It will tell you for sure if you are pregnant or not and you can have it done right now if you want because you are already late for your period and your levels only have to be greater than 2 to show pregnancy (whereas with a urine test, they have to be 25 or more).  If you aren't pregnant, you should ask your doctor to help you figure out what's keeping your period away.\n\nThe bigger question, though, is whether or not you're trying to get pregnant.  If you are, you're likely to have trouble.  A 21-day cycle is not really long enough, usually, for your body to properly ready itself for a pregnancy and then give a fertilized egg long enough to implant.  I'd suggest charting your temperature to make sure you're ovulating.  I also suspect that if you are ovulating, you have a short luteal phase, where the fertilized egg doesn't have enough time to implant before you start your period, which can be corrected with medication.  You should really see your doctor if you are trying to get pregnant.\n\nIf you are not trying to get pregnant, stop having unprotected sex!  There are about a zillion birth control methods, and if you don't want a baby, you should use one.  I'm not trying to be harsh, but there's no reason to be having unprotected sex when you don't want a baby.  If you think birth control is expensive, try raising a child.  You can probably get birth control free or at relatively low cost at your local health department or Planned Parenthood.\n\nGood luck, and I  hope you get the outcome you want!
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there may not be anything wrong with u. if u have been under a lot of stress lately, exercising, moved, anything could cause it. also if u started or stopped birth control recently it can cause your periods to be out of whack. if u do not have your next period when u should then i would suggest taking another pregnancy test or better yet, go see a doctor.
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Just chill ... nothing is wrong ... periods come and go early and late as you are stressed, different things happening in your life, etc.
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Periods can fluctuate.  You can also trick yourself into thinking that your pregnant. \n\nDon't worry.  Sometimes your body doesn't take as long for a period as it does on other times.  If you've had some really stressful stuff happen, your body might have cut it short.  \n\nSometimes, when you're consistently having really short or too frequent periods, you're not ovulating.  If you keep having problems talk with your doctor.\n\nHe can give you a prescription for a few days worth of progesterone to jump start your uterus and get it back on track and more regular.  But only bother doing that if you consistently have problems with your period.
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Diet, exercise and stress could all be factors.  If you know, for sure that you are not pregnant then I wouldn't worry about it too much.  But, if another month goes by and still no sign of it, I'd call the doctor right away.
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Take a pregnancy test if your period is late.
1106814
You might be going through menopause.  If you aren't having any period at all that means you aren't ovulating, so I would think that you getting pregnant wouldn't be an option.  You should talk to your obgyn and ask her just to be sure - and she could probably better tell you if you are going through menopause or if you might be having some chemical imbalance that is causing you to have irregular periods.
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I'm going through the same thing right now and know for a fact that I'm not pregnant, (having been sexually active in a long time), so I know that stress and exercise can cause dramatic changes in your cycle. Don't worry. Doctor's appointment is a good idea. Happened to me once before and when it started up again, it lasted two weeks, (that really sucked). It will be OK. You're probably just stressing about a test or job, etc. and don't even realize it.
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You're still in your teens, and women's cycles don't become truly regular until the mid-twenties. Your body may have just randomly skipped a cycle. Rapid weight loss or malnutrition can also cause a missed period. As you said, stress can do it too. Also, some illnesses (ovarian cysts or uterine cancer, for example) can do the same. That's a very unlikely possibility though.\n\nIf you're sexually active, take a home pregnancy test once your period is a few days late. If it's negative or you're not sexually active, wait another month to see if our period returns. If it doesn't, head to the gynecologist for a check-up.
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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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Well if you are 100% sure that you are not pregnant then go to your doctor after 5 days.  If you dont get your period in the next 5 days, you could either be pregnant or you might have a problem.  Have you been stressing lately? Stress also makes your period come late.  So relax and wait and if it doesnt come, then head of to your doctor! Good luck!
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first of all stress can make you late or not even start..second of all with all the other meds and birth control  that might of slowed you down..i wouldn't sweat it you are probably not prego..but don't worry about it, or you may be late next month..