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Midol used to make my stomach hurt. I used acetaminophen for a while, then ibuprofen.
My sister used to swear by Valerin, which is a brand name for a drug that contains valerian (herb). Said it really helped with the pain.
Thank gods that's over with...When you start at zero, everything's progress.
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Quoth 42_42_42 View PostRegular Midol contains caffeine. Guess what caffeine does? Yup! It makes cramps worse. An NSAID, such as ibuprofin (Advil/Motrin) or naproxen sodium (Aleve) or muscle relaxer works better for cramps. I find a hot water bottle or heating pad also helps a lot. Try to consume as little caffeine and salt during your menses as possible (smoking also makes cramps worse) and make sure to drink plenty of water and consume iron-rich foods, especially if you experience heavy bleeding.
Going on the pill turned things around for the long term. My periods became much shorter and lighter and the cramps went away almost completely.
I don't mind being female, but there are some things about it that completely SUCK.What colour is the sky in your world and how high of a dosage do you need before it turns back to blue? --Gravekeeper
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I regularly missed school too because of intense menstrual pain. Even had a school nurses assistant tell me that menstrual pain can never get as bad as mine. Now I don't go to school anymore, and it still gets so bad that I just want to curl up and cry my eyes out.
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I worship naprogesic (aleve I think for the northern hemisphere) I tend to get mid cycle pain rather than period pain due to bitchy cysts. Nothing can be done about it other than popping a pill + hot pack. Surprisingly, napro is also very good for me when I get gastro or have intestinal spasms (never been right after ecoli at 18) so I always have a pack on me. Last nasty bout was food poisoning from McD's last week yay. It's funny though months can go by without me needing anything then I'll go through a pack in 5 weeks because everything hits at once. Oh well the joys of getting older and watching the warranty run out
I was regular then I had implanon in. My first 2 rounds were ok apart from rapid weight gain (hello stomach strech marks) but this 3rd round knocked me sideways. My cycle is between 28 and 45 days and I never know if it's going to be nice and light or OMG NEED SUPERPADDING AND CRUNCHY FOODS!. Oral BC or patchs make me awfully sick and they don't work because I don't process them properly and Mum's advised me against using IUD or the coil. It was really, shockingly bad with her and so far I have been following in her BC side effects footsteps so I won't risk it. Honestly, if there was no implanon on the market I may have been looking at a hysterectomy before I was 40.Last edited by Zaiida; 09-02-2012, 06:49 AM.
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I guess I'm lucky. I only get cramps one day out of my period and it's nothing an ibuprofen can't take care of. Sometimes the cramps can be unpredictable though. This one time I was fine before I left for work and about an hour into it I started hurting bad. And of course I left the painkillers at home. I tried to tough it out but after a little bit I had to call my dad and have him bring me something.
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Quoth agirlfromnowhere View PostThis one time I was fine before I left for work and about an hour into it I started hurting bad. And of course I left the painkillers at home. I tried to tough it out but after a little bit I had to call my dad and have him bring me something.Driver Picks the Music, Shotgun Shuts His Cakehole.
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Quoth Joyius View PostI regularly missed school too because of intense menstrual pain. Even had a school nurses assistant tell me that menstrual pain can never get as bad as mine. Now I don't go to school anymore, and it still gets so bad that I just want to curl up and cry my eyes out.
Although if I was at school (and my job later on) and my period started, I would feel extremely lethargic, weak and feeling like I wanted to pass out. Usually this would end with me going home sick either at school or at work.
Now I'm on the Implanon and my cramps just feel more like I'm constipated (with no lethargy or faint feeling). I think yesterday has been the only time in around 2 years where I've had to take something for the cramps.The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom
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Quoth sevendaysky View PostI tried a number of medications over the years, and have now finally settled on Amethyst for the time being. It's not perfect- I've had multiple incidents of cramping and spotting over the last 3 months I've been on it - but not a single full day of Ye Olde Hell.
Haven't had a period in 4-5 years, which means no migraines for the first two days, no god-awful cramps, no heavy bleeding that left anemic, no fatigue, no nausea, no diarrhea, no mess in the trash can.It's floating wicker propelled by fire!
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Also, because I have anaemia, even though I took one iron pill a day. I lose a lot of blood during my "ow", leaving me feeling frozen like a Popsicle and totally drained.
I saw my doctor yesterday about my blood test. She told me that my iron and vitamin D levels were low, so I now need to double my daily iron dosage and up my daily D dosage to 2000 IU.
Hopefully, when my "ow" comes back this month, I won't feel so bad.
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Makes me glad I take iron and Vitamin D every day already.https://www.youtube.com/user/HedgeTV
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I started getting visits from Aunt Flo when I was 9. The pain would be so bad I'd end up having to stay home 2-3 days a month. As I got older, it got worse. When I was 30, the pain was so bad that I went to see a Dr. Mine was out of country so I saw the guy who was his replacement and he said it was all in my head and said I needed to see a psychiatrist (which ended up being a whole 'nother ball of wax.)
This culminated with me finally being able to see my primary physician after I'd been bleeding for 27 days straight, was anemic and in so much pain I could barely walk. He immediately referred me to a gyno and after looking at me, the gyno scheduled me for emergency surgery 5 days later.
I ended up having a partial hysterectomy - found out I had endometriosis, fibroids and adhesions so bad that I was nothing but a mass of scar tissue inside. That surgery was the best thing that ever happened to me. I actually freaked him out when he came to check on me the next day and found me walking around the floor with a smile on my face - I told him the pain I was experiencing from the surgery was 1/10th what I'd been dealing with before, I was in heaven!The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away.
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Quoth DeltaSierra View PostMine was out of country so I saw the guy who was his replacement and he said it was all in my head and said I needed to see a psychiatrist (which ended up being a whole 'nother ball of wax.)
He's got to have been around women at some point in his life.It's floating wicker propelled by fire!
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Quoth Pagan View Post"In your head" my ass. That has always infuriated me. This day in age they damn well know it's not in our heads.
He's got to have been around women at some point in his life.Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.
"I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily
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