A member asked:

I've missed my period for almost 2 months now. i'm not pregnant so what could it be?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Reasons 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 (polycystic ovary syndrome or asherman’s syndrome). See your gyn if you miss 3 periods.

Answered 6/8/2013

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