The Beginning - 2004

It all started sometime in mid-2004 when I noticed that my menses were irregular - as in, usually it lasted for 7days but this time round, it differed from 7days to 5 days and sometimes to 3days only. Sometimes, the interval in between before the next onset was irregular too - as in, usually it was about 3-4 weeks but this time round, it differed from 3 weeks to 2 weeks and sometimes a few days before the next onset.

I never thought anything odd about it as fundamentally, I was sill menstruating anyway, thus "whats the big deal about?". Then towards the end of the year, I slowly began to lose weight and by the end of the year, I had lost a tremendous amount. From an 81kg in Sept to 72kg. (I was obsessed with an Internet game so I wasn't eating properly during my holidays break)

It was at that time, that I noticed, I began to "miss" my menses. It started with 2-3months before the next onset; which by the way was still an irregular cycle i.e. sometimes 3 or 5days period. I hadn't thought much about it as I figured it was normal cause when I was in my teens, I experienced the same situations. Plus, I was told at that time (in my teens), that it was indeed normal to have lapses and common too as the body was at its developing stage.

Aside from that, I was also feeling rather easily depressive and short-tempered. I was facing some challenges at work and I took every comments/feedbacks in either (ultra) defensive or (ultra) depressive manner. I could be feeling charged up at the start of the day and feeling very lousy of myself by the end of it.

On top of that, I was also facing some challenges with my friends. I guess, we were all at the age whereby we were at the peak of our career and our lives. So they got busy and driven and neglected our friendship in the process. That kinda added to my mood swings and I mainly attributed its uderlying cause to be PMS (Pre/Post-Menstruation Syndrome).

So yeah.. What could possibly be wrong right, I thought........