QUOTE(yanshimkim @ Apr 27 2006, 01:52 AM) 
I'm new to this thread. ^^;; Ahahaha... Actually, I went through all 38 pages before replying because I didn't want to ask something that was already asked before. ^^;;
Ooh. I'd like to try tampons, but they don't sell tampons in the Philippines. :x Well, they do, but they're hella expensive and you can only find them at specialty stores (like Watson's, I think?).
And they don't sell tampons here because people here think that you'll lose your virginity when you use tampons. I know it's so NOT true... -.-;; But people here have really warped views on sex and virginity. ._.Okay, back to my question. ^^;; Erm, I weigh 99 lbs. and I'm 5'5" (I'm 17). There's a bunch of people who think I'm anorexic, so I started eating a lot. Like, a LOT. Sometimes I'd eat like 6 times a day. Or 7. :x When I did that, I gained 4 lbs in a month. But when I went back to my regular eating habits (3-4 meals a day), I went back to my original weight of 99 lbs. Then I noticed that these dark hairs started growing all over my back and stomach and arms. T_T Plus, my period started going irregular. Doesn't that come out in anorexic people? I'm not anorexic! T_T But I think my body thinks it's anorexic. -__-;; I think I just have a really fast metabolism, because I eat regularly and don't gain weight. T_T
But I'm getting sick of eating 6-7 times a day because... Gah. Sometimes I don't have the time to eat that many times a day because of school and stuff. ._.;;
Is there any way to make your metabolism go slower or something? o_O
And I've been thinking of getting on the pill to regulate my period because my period has never been regular ever since it started when I was 14. Sometimes I wouldn't get it for 3-4 months. I tried talking to my mother about this, but she says it's unnecessary. I can't go to my family doctor because he's going to tell my mother (he's a family friend). And I don't know any gynecologists. I'm scared to go to one all by myself, because I'm just 17 (not legal age yet) and it's not like I have the money to pay her or something. T_T;; I don't want to take the pill without a prescription because, well, it's a drug and you're supposed to get a prescription for it. o_O But over here where I live, you can buy the Pill without a prescription. I had to buy some once, for my speech on contraceptives for school. ^^;;
Argh. It sucks to live in a place where people have really weird views on sex and contraceptives and the reproductive systems. -__-;; I'm a Nursing student (incoming junior ^^) but even my own classmates are so clueless about this. I mean, they go and have unprotected sex... I tell them to use condoms or go on the Pill and they just give me funny looks. Then they get pregnant and end up dropping out of school. ._.
Ehehe... Sorry for the long post. ^^;; I just felt like venting, and this is the only place where I think I'd be understood... ^^;; My friends are just so freakin' clueless. ._. I just happened to have a midwife for a grandmother, so I kinda grew up with this stuff. ^^ I'm pretty open when it comes to talking about stuff like this, but my friends aren't.
I totally understand...and dont ever let your classmates think that you're crazy or anything, because you're right.
as for your anorexia thing, as long as you're not starving yourself on purpose, you dont have anorexia, as long as you are eating and listening to when your body is hungry and you EAT when you're hungry, you have healthy eating habits, because if 3-4 meals a day keeps you at your regular body weight, that's fine. if anyone tells you that you look anorexic (but you do sound skinny
), they're either jealous or they're just joking (cause come on, you do eat in front of them right? they see you eating right?).for the doctor and the pills thing, yeah, you can definitely get pills for your irregular bleeding, but what's the problem? you said that you can buy pills without prescription right? does your country have laws about keeping patient information confidential (for example, your doctor cannot tell your mom that you're taking birth control pills)? if not, i just suggest you go and buy your own, cause most girls do that here (and they dont tell their parents).
That puts me at ease.
Thank you anyways! :]
