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Cessation of Periods

Charlia Daisey
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My daughter is 15 and was recently diagnosed after having weight loss and ceasing of menstrual cycles. Anyone else with teenage girls have this occur and did the periods return once going gluten free and nutrient absorption was restored? 

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Welcome to the forum, Charlia!

We see this often on the forum. I would strongly suggest you don't wait for her villi to rebound before putting her on some high end vitamins. It can take up to two years for the villi to completely heal after going gluten free.

Put her on an adult multi (like Centrum) and a B-complex. In addition to that I would also add in there a sublingual B12 and maybe even extra folate (aka, folic acid - the female vitamin). Is she experiencing anemia? If so add some iron until that is corrected. I know it sounds like a lot of stuff but the B-vitamins are water soluble so you can't overdose on them. You just pee out the excess. Make sure they are gluten free. Costco's Nature Made brand of vitamins and supplements are a good choice.

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7 minutes ago, trents said:

Welcome to the forum, Charlia!

We see this often on the forum. I would strongly suggest you don't wait for her villi to rebound before putting her on some high end vitamins. It can take up to two years for the villi to completely heal after going gluten free.

Put her on an adult multi (like Centrum) and a B-complex. In addition to that I would also add in there a sublingual B12 and maybe even extra folate (aka, folic acid - the female vitamin). Is she experiencing anemia? If so add some iron until that is corrected. I know it sounds like a lot of stuff but the B-vitamins are water soluble so you can't overdose on them. You just pee out the excess. Make sure they are gluten free. Costco's Nature Made brand of vitamins and supplements are a good choice.

She is not anemic. She is on a gluten free teen multi vitamin per her ped gi. He did say the menstrual cycle will be basically the last thing to normalize.. She is gaining weight in just a little less than a month of being gluten free. I am hoping that is a good sign. 

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Low weight can cause periods to stop.  I bet your daughter’s will come back when she gains some weight.

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@Charlia Daisey,

Does your daughter have low Vitamin D?  

The Relationship between Vitamin D Status and the Menstrual Cycle in Young Women: A Preliminary Study

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6265788/

 

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4 hours ago, knitty kitty said:

@Charlia Daisey,

Does your daughter have low Vitamin D?  

The Relationship between Vitamin D Status and the Menstrual Cycle in Young Women: A Preliminary Study

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6265788/

 

All her other labs were ok… 

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Hi,

 

My daughter was 17 when she was diagnosed with Celiac. She had lost close to 20 pounds when this all started and her periods stopped. Even after going gluten free, it took her a while to get her weight back up to a normal BMI. But once she was there, her periods have restarted.  If all the other labs are ok (vitamin panels, no anemia, etc) your daughter's period will probably come back.

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3 minutes ago, CeliacMom57 said:

Hi,

 

My daughter was 17 when she was diagnosed with Celiac. She had lost close to 20 pounds when this all started and her periods stopped. Even after going gluten free, it took her a while to get her weight back up to a normal BMI. But once she was there, her periods have restarted.  If all the other labs are ok (vitamin panels, no anemia, etc) your daughter's period will probably come back.

Thank you for the response. Do you know how long it took for the periods to come back? I know everyone heals differently… 

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11 hours ago, Charlia Daisey said:

Thank you for the response. Do you know how long it took for the periods to come back? I know everyone heals differently… 

It took her awhile to gain weight, so it was just about 2 years.

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