I am desperate for some help. I have consulted my doctor about this who was disinterested as it's not life threatening in my opinion.
In 2013 I had no periods for a year. I had a blood test in which I got told " normal except for ever so slightly high lh hormone" we went through my life style and diet etc and she said I sounded healthy. I display no other symptoms of pcos ( weight gain etc) but I know you can have the cysts ( pco) without the syndrome ( pcos)
No more said by doctors and turned away.
They came back on their own.
Now their regular every 38-43 days.
Their no longer painful except minor cramping a few hours before and first day and not very heavy ( no blood over night after first two days) add more like spotting day three- seven.
Before they stopped I used to be in lots of pain sometimes and very heavy.
I started my periods at ten years old and they stopped for a year at nineteen.
My question is does anywhere know if a slightly high lh is enough to stop periods and can it regulate it self and come back?
I know people with pcos sometimes have two or three times the lh level but my doctor only said mine was slightly high. So can a slightly high lh stop periods without it being pcos?
I'm terrified I'll never conceive in the future and the thought of never having children is taking over my life.
I'm due to start therapy again in a weeks times.
Thanks for any help.
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Terrified I'm infertile
Emmalbae · 15/05/2015 21:56
Hi
Have you tracked whether you are ovulating?
If your AF comes regularly albeit them fairly long cycles and you ovulate I would think you were fertile.
How long have you been Ttc?
I'm afraid I don't know about blood test level results as I've never been shown mine, they like to keep them a secret just saying things look "fine".
Sorry I can't be any more help.
I had ridiculously irregular periods through my teens up until I had DD (early 30's). They "started" age 16 and I would have one, maybe two a year. I was investigated in my early twenties, all normal except for a mild hormone imbalance. They recommended I started the pill and while I was on it, my periods were literally like clockwork.
When I had to stop it for medical reasons, they went back to being unpredictable again, maybe 3-4 a year. I had no idea how on earth I would conceive when I never knew when a period was coming, or if I was even ovulating. We conceived DD in six weeks! Bit of a shock to say the least. Currently pg with DC2, who took 8 months but no assistance. My cycles also stabilised a lot after DD to around 33 days.
I can't give you much advice but I do know that periods can stop and start. Stress and diet can affect them, and hormone levels change throughout our lives. I hope my ramblings can give you some reassurance that wonky cycles don't necessarily mean major problems! If you're going to test with opks, I would do it for a few months and then go back to the GP
My health issue had nothing to do with my mental periods 
. But the condition means I can't use hormonal contraception, and therefore I assumed any hormone therapy during fertility treatment, should I ever have needed it. I think it must have been the hormone problem that led to the irregular cycles, as while I was on the pill, I had a 28 day cycle each and every month.
Was the year your periods stopped particularly stressful? Were you travelling and maybe not eating as well? Were you on any other medical treatment? I got a little anxious this time round trying for DC2 but if you look at all the info around, a year ttc is not considered that abnormal (even though every month feels like forever!). Don't forget stress massively affects your chances of ttc too, so that's probably the main thing to address first with the counselling.
The pill made my cycles regular. Yep, given all the things you've said, the only thing really not in your favour is the stress. And you're already taking steps to remedy that. Go to counselling, have lots of sex (obviously not at counselling! 
) get out an enjoy life, exercise and see what happens for the next 6-8 months. You're only 21, you have plenty of time.
Off the top of my head, I know ladies (also no health issues) who took 4 months, 5 months, 8 months, 9 months and 12 months to conceive naturally. And they all now have multiple DC.
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