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30 Sep 2012, 10:39 pm

I was 10 when I started mine. I felt that I was being punished for wanting to be a boy. That's when my childhood dream ended. I used to feel suicidal the week before my period, until I was put on antidepressants.


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13 Oct 2012, 10:04 pm

I was 16 y/o. Back in the dark ages, girls were older when they got their periods, around age 14, but I was still quite late.



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14 Oct 2012, 5:20 am

A month before I turned 14.


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14 Oct 2012, 10:42 am

11 years - and the exact date was January, 11 (or 1/11). Almost magical, innit? :lol:


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22 Oct 2012, 8:39 pm

9 yrs old


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23 Oct 2012, 1:52 pm

Four days before my 12th birthday.



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23 Oct 2012, 7:23 pm

10 and a half. It was really embarrassing being one of the only kids to have started in primary school.



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23 Oct 2012, 7:24 pm

12.


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18 Nov 2012, 6:42 pm

I started at the age of ten years and six months. Like many other users here who started early, I felt a lot of embarrassment about being the only girl in my class who had to deal with periods.


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19 Nov 2012, 6:51 am

Mine started at 12 years and 7 months.


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19 Nov 2012, 4:30 pm

Most people here started around 12-14, which is the average stage. That proves that Aspie girls do develop the same as NT girls. Well, every girl is different anyway, but just saying.

I read somewhere that girls are starting earlier now, like at 10-11. Don't know what the scientific explanation behind that is.


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23 Nov 2012, 1:09 am

Joe90 wrote:
Most people here started around 12-14, which is the average stage. That proves that Aspie girls do develop the same as NT girls. Well, every girl is different anyway, but just saying.

I read somewhere that girls are starting earlier now, like at 10-11. Don't know what the scientific explanation behind that is.


I heard somewhere that the average age of starting periods is 12.5 or something like that, so 12-14 is still in the typical range. 10-11 is in the younger range in starting periods. I don't believe that Aspie girls develop any faster or slower than NTs. Girls are starting younger in developed countries because of better nutrition and obesity. Usually girls who are overweight start earlier, but this isn't always the case. Genetics make a difference as well.



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24 Nov 2012, 3:58 pm

Einfari wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
Most people here started around 12-14, which is the average stage. That proves that Aspie girls do develop the same as NT girls. Well, every girl is different anyway, but just saying.

I read somewhere that girls are starting earlier now, like at 10-11. Don't know what the scientific explanation behind that is.


I heard somewhere that the average age of starting periods is 12.5 or something like that, so 12-14 is still in the typical range. 10-11 is in the younger range in starting periods. I don't believe that Aspie girls develop any faster or slower than NTs. Girls are starting younger in developed countries because of better nutrition and obesity. Usually girls who are overweight start earlier, but this isn't always the case. Genetics make a difference as well.


I know, but there's been endless threads on WP in the past claiming that Aspie girls develop quicker or slower than average girls. I chose not to believe it, but I still chose to prove that it's not true.


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24 Nov 2012, 7:07 pm

12 and 9 months


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24 Nov 2012, 7:19 pm

14 and a half. The other girls at school started around 11-12, my sister 3 years younger started a year after I did. I was very late. But I had stopped growing for about 18 months when I was 10, so I was delayed in all physical ways.

(And to be honest, my periods were such a nightmare from day 1 that I wondered why I'd been so desperate to get them!)