Before my hysterectomy 12 years ago, I was on a high dose of prednisone and my cycle was beyond erratic. Sometimes it would be twice a month and then disappear for 6 months. I would talk to an ob/gyn.

Mine disappeared during a burst of 40mg, after a taper I was on 10 daily for a few months and it started to come back very light. A little more normal at 5mg, now down to 3mg and I'm betting it will start being more regular. I've seen it mentioned before, that it just becomes irregular, sometimes more frequent and sometimes it disappears, but returns to normal after tapering.

I hate periods. And I stil think it is totally unfair that men don't have to deal with it too!

I was on prednisone about 1 yr ago. My periods stop being normal ever since and I'm not on prednisone anymore. I get 2 periods in a month other times I skip a period it's super weird.

Lots of luck,
Roni

Ink you crack me up and I agree.
Tina,
Have yours been erratic? Do you know your family's history with menopause?
The reason I ask is, my mom went from being every 29 days to the minute to skipping every few months. That lasted for 6 years.
Her twin sister went from every 31 days to every 90 days for four cycles, then every 6 months for a year, then the last one was 9 months between.
My mom is a type I diabetic and as soon as her cycle became irregular so did her blood sugar. Within 3 months her doctors put her on Premarin (at the same time the pharmaceutical companies were hit or miss with her insulin type, so the endocrinologist needed to be sure that it was the insulin causing the issues and not hormones).
My aunt used natural supplements (wild yam cream, etc.)

They don't know about their mom or grandmother. Their mom had a hysterectomy at 37 and their grandmother dies when their mom was 9.

Many doctors feel you can get a feel for how yours will be by looking at family history.

From the experiences I have read on other sites, pred can make your cycle go either way.

I keep hoping that MTX will push me in to early menopause. My mom and aunt didn't even start perimenopause until they were late 40's.
FWIW . . .:)

Mine is lasting longer, I have been on for 8 days that never happens to me. I am taking prednisone and just a burst of another steroid for a flare. Has this happened to anyone?

I was thinking it must be the prednisone but my periods have been up and down over the last few years...not this far apart but Ive been going through perimenopause . my mom had a hysterectomy at 28 yrs old but my grandmother was in her late 50s.when she started going into menapause and it lasted a few years.i will enjoy not having them while I can I guess. (not iratic just absent for almost 2 months. thanks ladies for your help ! Hugs Tina.

Large doses of prednisone did not affect me, but mthx made me bleed more and more and more. I finally had to go on Provera and that stopped them forever. About time, too!

You could be pregnant, if I am not mistaken, that is a cause for missed periods, no?