Body completely out of whack 2 months after my crash — anyone else experience this?
So I'm going to get a little personal here because I genuinely don't know who else to ask and my doctor keeps brushing me off.
I was rear-ended pretty hard back in early spring — airbags didn't deploy but I got thrown around bad enough to have significant soft tissue damage across my neck, shoulders, and lower back. Physically I'm still dealing with the aftermath, but something else has been off ever since the crash that I wasn't expecting at all.
My cycle has basically gone missing. Like completely. I'm normally pretty regular, have been for years, and since the accident I've had almost nothing — just one very faint, barely-there episode and then radio silence for going on 9 weeks now. All pregnancy tests negative. No new medications. Diet hasn't changed drastically. Stress was already pretty normal in my life before this happened.
I've read a little bit about how major physical trauma can mess with hormones but I'm honestly not sure if what I'm experiencing is within the range of "normal crash aftermath" or if this is something I need to push harder on with a doctor.
Has anyone else gone through something like this after an accident? Did it eventually regulate on its own or did you need intervention?
Also — and maybe this is a dumb question — is this kind of thing something that could be documented as part of an injury claim? I feel like people only think about the visible physical stuff but this has genuinely affected my quality of life too. Would love to hear from anyone who's been through something similar. Feeling pretty alone in this one. 💙