Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 at
12:56 am
I’m a sixteen year old girl, and I’m getting symptoms of menopause.
For eight months now, I haven’t had a period or even spotting, and for no apparent cause.
I’m also getting several other symptoms of menopause, such as several random dark hairs on my cheeks/chin, hot flashes and even clamminess on occasion.
I’m suspecting it might be a cyst, as my aunt had once had an ovarian cyst that had turned cancerous and eventually caused sterility at the age of 19. Still, I’m unsure if a cyst would be the problem. Before this year, I rarely had any problems with my cycle other than occasional pain AFTER a period, not before or during. Could this have anything to do with it?
I am going to see a OBGYN for the first time in September, so that will probably give me a definite answer.
Still, do you think menopause at 16 is possible?
If so, why, and is there a name for what I’m going through?
@redtiger: No, I’m not generally stressed, and I very rarely exercise, to be truthful. I don’t diet, and I am barely overweight though definitely not obese or even unhealthy. I doubt any of those factors are causing it, so I’m pretty clueless. :[