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Late Periods, Taking Adderall Xr, Pregnancy Test Negative. Pre Menopausal?

I am on Adderall XR 20mg/day. For the first time ever (other than when I was pregnant with my son) I am late - two weeks late, in fact, for my period. Nothing has changed in my life other than starting this medicine last month. I am sexually active so I did a pregnancy test 6 days ago and it was negative. I am 42, so wondering if I could just be pre-menopausal? Can Adderall make your periods irregular? I don't know if I should wait this out another week or just make a doctor appointment right away.
Wed, 17 Apr 2013
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greetings friend,yes you can be premenopausal as early as age 40 my friend. Adderall is not known to make your periods irregular. I do not think this is anything urgent and often people will have irregular menstrual cycles for several months. I do not think he needs to see a gynecologist unless this persists for 3 months. You might want to do another pregnancy test just to make sure that the first one was not an accurate. Because the best and most likely cause of not having a period still is pregnancy. Have a great day.
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Late Periods, Taking Adderall Xr, Pregnancy Test Negative. Pre Menopausal?

greetings friend,yes you can be premenopausal as early as age 40 my friend. Adderall is not known to make your periods irregular. I do not think this is anything urgent and often people will have irregular menstrual cycles for several months. I do not think he needs to see a gynecologist unless this persists for 3 months. You might want to do another pregnancy test just to make sure that the first one was not an accurate. Because the best and most likely cause of not having a period still is pregnancy. Have a great day.