@Ruby3881 I guess everyone has their own preference. I used the heating pad and it helped me but like you said didn’t help you as well. So really it just depends on the person. When I was cramping really bad it made me sick also so it was a real problem getting up and down to reheat the water bottle. As I would also be dizzy.

@peachpurple I think those rumours must be common in some parts of the world. I don’t think I’ve ever heard it here, but I’ve heard quite a number of folks from Asia say that cold drinks make the cramps worse.

@melissa1024 I used to use the heating pad, but I dislike having to be tied down to the electrical outlet. Also, I find the heat from an…[Read more]

I used to get bad cramps when I was younger but I had a really light flow. After my children were born that changed. I had a heavier flow and it got worse after my last child. I would almost feel like I was hemmoraging and sometimes it would be worse when I would move around. I was also in pain during my periods and even when it was not my time. I…[Read more]

@peachpurple your welcome. A heating pad runs off of electricity and you control the temperature. It is basically a pad with a power cord. More convient than a hot water bottle because it doesn’t get cool unless you take it from your tummy or turn it off. You can buy heating pads at most any pharmacy or department store.

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thanks for your tips.

I have not try on heating pads.

Maybe I should check out on phamacies, they might sell hot pads.

Which means, I just fill up hot water into the pad, place it on my aching tummy?

I hope that the clots will break free.

Thanks for your concern, I hope to visit the gynae to check on pap smear.

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I second the heating pad suggestion.  I also had to be put on prescription birthcontrol pills I had such heavy periods and such pain.  I would faint, vomit, and be generally sick for two weeks out of every month.

I had terrible dysmenorrhea when I was younger. I would have bluish-black nailbeds,  cold sweats and just faint.  I depended on taking either Mefensmic Acid or Naproxen Sodium.  But when I gre older,  I try to refrain from taking any medicine unless the pain has become unbearable.

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@peachpurple I don’t think drinking a cold beverage has ever brought on or exacerbated my cramps, but I can say that if I catch a chill they will get worse. They are also worse if I’m not getting enough liquids.

I recommend staying well hydrated. If you are feeling like plain water isn’t doing the trick, you might try a sports drink. Be careful…[Read more]

@peachpurple When I was a teenager I had severe cramps every month. I would lay on the bed with my knees in my stomach an cry and would pour the blood with clots coming out. My grandmother told my mother she used to do the same thing and the doctor told her to place a hot water bottle or heating pad on the stomach. The heat will help break down…[Read more]

I think illnesses like HIV and cancer could have been cured by now if the drug companies wanted them to be.  They make too much money off of them though so they keep making drugs that treat some of the disease but doesn’t cure it or cure all of it so they still make money.

@4cryingoutloud exactly. The feeling of it is normally happening at home makes me think it is normal indeed, that I don’t have to worry, that I need to get used to it and I never even imagine the silent impact these kinds of things to me. Whenever I will fall in love with someone, it makes me have this scary moment in my head that makes me think…[Read more]

I actually have to have typical therapy, the kind where you go and sit with a trained professional and talk about your issues, to help with my stress.

Other than that, I’d say driving with music on is my stress relief therapy.

Mood swings are the biggest part of bipolar disorder.  You have periods of depression and mania.  Mania can be periods of increase energy, decreased need for sleep, grandiose ideas (thinking you’re above everyone else, have special powers, things like that).  People think that mania is fun and sometimes it is at first…but then you get ag…[Read more]