Flares And Mentrual Cycle Posted: 11-22-05 21:52pm
I am new to the forum, so forgive me if I
am repeating a question that may have been
asked in the past.
My question is, is anyone else having
flares that appear to be tied to their
menstrual cycle. I seem to be fine for
several months and then all of a sudden at
the beginning of or right before the start
of my cycle I have a flare.
Last month one day before my cycle started
I started having problems with one eye.
I was diagnoised with optic neuritis and
treated with iv steroids for 5 days. It
went away. This month two days into my
cycle the optic neuritis appears to be
coming back.
Has anyone else had similar occurances?
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Rebecca Schwartz
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 11 Location: Bowling Green, Ky
Menstrual Cycle And Lupus Posted: 01-04-06 13:44pm
I, too have had flares and surplus
symptoms of fibromyalgia around my cycle.
Well, seeing as that my cycle is not
exactly normal anyway (up to 21 days of
menstruation followed by yet another cycle
as early as 3 to 4 days following) it's
hard to tell. However, with the added
hormones, lack of iron, and stress
alongside menstruation, it is my assumtion
that flares would be a natural part of the
life of a menstruating woman. When I am
overly stressed, fatigued, or have lack of
control of my thyroid (which also causes
hormone problems) a flare is short in
coming. I, until just recently, had not
even pieced it together that flares and
periods would coexist. I did know that
lupus could have an effect on one's cycle,
but it had never occured to me that it
could be the other way around, as well!
