A 43-year-old member asked:
is this a late period a sign of hormonal imbalance?
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Possibly: Reasons for missed/late periods: low body weight, obesity, marked weight ^ or v, over-exercise, endurance athletics, breast-feeding, ^ stress, illness, eating disorders (bulimia or anorexia), anovulatory cycle (no egg released), travel, hormone irregularities, drug use, meds (i.e., birth control) or medical problems. #1 reason is pregnancy.
Answered on Sep 11, 2013
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