[Katana]

Cycle irregularity is a sign of imbalance. It fits any kind of imbalance though, so without knowing the hormones it's a crapshoot to try to guess what kind.

Irregularity is considered normal for the teenage years, I got the implant at the age of 18 so I could have still been irregular. The longest I ever went was 6 weeks, but I attributed that to stress because I had just moved out of home, 200 miles to a new city and it took a while for me to adjust. Other than that, it could be anywhere between 3-5 weeks.

Oh. 3-5 weeks isn't THAT irregular. And yeah, that's pretty normal yet at your age and definitely was when you were 18.

I guess, it was just impossible to predict, one time being 5 weeks, then another being 3! I was never knowing when to keep a sanitary towel handy. It was eventually known among my friends that I basically kept them on me 24/7 to be better safe than sorry.
Or if I had a few in a row 3 weeks apart, the worry when it didn't arrive for 5 was a nightmare (i was nearly always worried something was wrong with me)

I can certainly understand how it would be a nightmare to deal with! But don't worry too much, okay. Even if there IS an imbalance, when we get you tested we'll sort that out.

Abi, you're so sweet! You sound like my NBE mum! (In a good way of course)