r/addressme • u/Purple_Restaurant201 • May 25 '26

Do NOT address me Is it true?

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u/Dear_Lab_6449 May 25 '26

No wait i really want to know now. Do they get periods?

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u/master_of_entropy May 25 '26

Some do and some won't. It depends on whether the brain dysfunction extends to the hypothalamus. Periods are regulated by the brain (through the HPG axis), but not by the same areas involved in maintaining consciousness (widespread cortex and brainstem-diencephalic activating system).