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Ladies, I gotta question.

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Due to ED I completely lost my period for about 2 months. It finally came back this past Friday, and now it's done with. My "normal" ones lasted between 6-8 days, but this one's been 2 1/2 days.

Did ED completely "rewire" it so that the 2-day period will be my regular now, or next time it comes will it gradually go back to being the week-long duration?
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deleted_user
My period would either not come at all or it would only come for a couple of days.. Eating disordes can mess up the cylce.. Mine went back to normal when I started eating properly again!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have been eating normally, that's why it came back, but it's still extremely short.
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deleted_user
sometimes yuur ed can 'cancel' yuu period permently.

its hard to tell what its going to do with yur period.
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deleted_user
when my period came back it only lasted 2 days but then the next month it was 5 which is normal. patience. a period is a good sign.
shootingstar
shootingstar
I lost my period and never got it back. It has been almost two years now.
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mine came back and lasted for 2 months, my doc said it was a miracle i even had it, and i had to take medicine to stop it.
missyS
missyS
haha hell if i know...i have lost mine for the past 3 yrs.........
deleted_user
deleted_user
I've been eating good and still haven't had mine since I was in 9th grade-I'm a senior now...I'm kinda scared...
LillyAudrey
LillyAudrey
I'm 24 and have only had it for a total of 3 years. Ed meant that it didn't start till I was 17 and then I've lost it twice- each time for over a year (due to relapse of Ed)...so I thought I had pretty much screwed up my body for life, but alas no... I've been 'regular' for about 6mths now. So it is possible to almost destroy your body and then make a come back.
deleted_user
deleted_user
in my experience it takes a while for your period to become completely normal.... i've struggled with anorexia for about 12 years and its only in the last 4 months that i've been on anything resembling a monthly cycle that lasts more than a few days... i was in patient about two years ago and have only had a few relapses since, but have for the most part been ok. my doctors tell me that this is normal.
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