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A member asked:

I started my period 3 days early and have much worse than normal cramping, i'm normally very regular is something wrong?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

This might be: related to an imbalance of estrogen and progesterone.

Dr Altman and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 1/4/2015

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