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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 8:32:19 GMT -5
Girl issues ahead It's that time of the month again. Only this time, the cramps were really, really bad. I was writhing on the couch in pain and it took all I could to not scream. Tylenol wasn't helping. I found my heating pad, and that didn't help either. Nothing helped. It was the worst pain I've ever felt. It was so bad I threw up 5 times. It was just stomach acid and the little water I drank. So my grandma took me to the ER and they want me to talk to my doctor about taking the pill in order to keep my periods under control.
I don't think cramps should be that bad. They did an ultrasound and there's nothing wrong with my ovaries or other reproductive organs, so I don't know why the cramps are so severe.
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Bleak
RN does not stand for Refreshments and Narcotics
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Post by Bleak on Aug 15, 2017 8:58:32 GMT -5
-gentle hugs and gives chocolate bar- More girl stuff here My cramps have only been to the point of moaning once and it was bad. But if the doctors didn't find anything wrong then maybe it's just how your body works? I mean, I don't have bad cramps, but I get really irritable.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 9:03:41 GMT -5
I've been told that the cramps shouldn't cause me to miss school or effect my daily life very much. I miss school because of cramps every time I have a period. The cramps have never been so bad I needed to go to the hospital. They gave me nausea medication as well as stronger pain medication and I feel much better. The doctor there mentioned that I probably need something to regulate my periods and that's when they recommended birth control pills.
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Post by ⌭ ᑕᖇᑌIᑎᑎ ᔕᗩOᒪ ⌭ on Aug 15, 2017 9:13:18 GMT -5
They can be bad if you just got the wrong genes, you have a medical condition, etc. Lets hope it's not a medical condition and you just got a bunch of unlucky genes that medication can help with.
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Post by Auransky on Aug 15, 2017 11:49:45 GMT -5
The pain that never ends.... >.> I can relate ... and I've seen other girls simply not show up to school when it happens. Back in middle school I was given this advice by a PE teacher: "Move more, get active don't stop moving" During the first day especially... While that works for me... it varies from person to person. There is also the hot beverages, which help sooth the pain. Water especially as much as you can! I have back spinal damage from a car wreck, and since then my time of month amplifies because of of my L4....
It becomes uncomfortable, to the point of even distracting me on my drives, or even school for the matter. >.>
My therapist gave me a stretchy band to use on my feet for when my back hurts, but during that time of the month at school I wrap that band on my feet and stretch during the whole lecture to distract the back pain and put up with the annoying cramps... >.>
The pill works, like maybe 5-6 hours later... >.> But cramps + the trigger back disc is just horrible now D:
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Post by Turin not Torino on Aug 15, 2017 12:00:37 GMT -5
I'm sorry you're in so much pain. Going on the pill to regulate your cycle is fairly common. I know I and at least one other girl in my friends group had to: (girl stuff) When I was in high school, I had to go on the pill to regulate my periods, because they were happening too often and the emotional wave that came with them was severe. As soon as I went off to college, I went on the depo shot, and the periods stopped, as did all signs of PMS except for my face breaking out when I was supposed to be having it. I tried going off the shot and back onto the pill once - the first month I cried in bed the entire week of it, the 2nd month I was so miserable I half heartedly attempted to harm myself, the 3rd month I tried a little harder to harm myself, the 4th month I was back on the shot, where I will stay until I reach menopause (and then I have no idea what I will do, because I imagine that emotional roller coaster is going to destroy my life).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 12:44:47 GMT -5
honestly, birth control was a livesaver for me. whenever i'm not on BC (or when my body's getting adjusted to a new BC pill bc insurance decided to stop covering my old, perfect prescription :/) i end up taking upwards of 1000mg of ibuprofen a day while on my period and STILL feel pain. the tons of ibuprofen is merely necessary for me to be able to get out of bed.
severe period cramps aren't *technically* medically normal, but a good chunk of women deal with them anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 13:00:45 GMT -5
They still shouldn't be bad enough for me to require a hospital.
Whatever painkiller they gave me was effective quickly and only just wore off.
The cramps are back as a dull ache. Hopefully the acetaminophen works this time
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