Periods Suck!!

Oh my God don't get me started on the period issue. I will never shut up. I probably have the worst case of so called "cramps" out of anyone I know of or have ever even heard of. Although for me, I don't even call them cramps, mine is more like LABOR PAINS. You guys my periods are AWFUL. I cry 24/7 and no I am not exaggerating. If I start my period in the middle of the night, it will wake me up in a solid dead sleep, no joke. I can feel my periods coming almost 2 weeks before they actually start. I cannot even wear Tampons anymore because they are too painful. I cannot move or get out of bed. I use a heating pad set on high 24/7 when I'm on my period and drink I don't know HOW many glasses of hot hot hot Peppermint Tea. I take Advil every 4 hours until I am at my max dose for the day and then I lay there in agony. And yeah I know Advil is hard on the stomach but thats the only thing that will even half way help. I take baths so hot that I can barely even sit down in the water and my skin turns bright red. If I start in the middle of the night - 2, 3, 4, 5 in the morning, whenever it is, I will have to get out of bed half asleep, "pre-heat" my damn heating pad- set on high, make boiling hot Peppermint Tea, run boiling hot bath water, lay in there for the longest time (while drinking the tea) until the water gets cold, then get out and use a heating pad set on high. I then rub this Menthol crap on my stomach called Menastil that smells like Peppermint that is supposed to ease the pain. I also have to put one of those Thermal Heat Strip things onto the front of my panties so that it will hopefully touch my stomach. My God it sounds like I am going into battle My husband doesn't even ask what I'm doing anymore he is so used to it. He will wake up and ask if I'm ok and if I need anything. He knows exactly what I'm doing. But absolutely no one actually understands what I go through It is so painful I just dread when my period comes. It's scary. I think this is why I can't get pregnant (although the lack of a sex life could also be a contributor lol). I seriously - seriously need to go to the doc and have them check me for Endometriosis. I'm 99% sure that I have it, I just don't know if I wanna find out Birth control pills did help but I refuse to take those for the rest of my life just to stop the freaking pain. I shouldn't have to do that. Plus I would like to have a baby one of these days, and I certainly can't do that when I on BC! Not to mention I have PMS like nobody's business. GEEZ. I wonder why I don't know. I am just miserable.

I feel so lucky that I only get them once every few months - anywhere between 3 and 6 months apart! But when it happens EVERYONE around me knows - I get OH SO CRABBY! (Just like evil Dixie dog - the Evil Wee in my nom de internet)

My poor sister has endometrious (sp) and can't get out of bed.

Hmm.... If mine were that painful I'd certainly get it checked out by a doc. That just doesn't seem right.

Mine are just more of an inconvenience than anything. I've been on the pill for years, so my periods are pretty light with minimal cramping, a few small cramps the first day, but that's about it. Nothing that I can't handle and I don't usually take any meds for it. I can just about predict the exact day and time it'll start and end. The only difference between period days and non-period days is the number of times I visit the bathroom!

[RLC12345678]

I have been on Birth Control pills for years, too. I know the exact day and time I will start, so it is very convenient. The pills prevent me from getting cramps. Like someone else said, it is just more of an inconvenience than anything. The only thing that really bothers me is that my boobs get real sore about a week before I start. They hurt really bad and get really swollen. Oh well, hubby likes it when they are swollen I think I am going to start taking my birth control pills for several months straight, skipping the "period week" of pills, and just have my period every other month. Does anyone else do this?

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

I have been on Birth Control pills for years, too. I know the exact day and time I will start, so it is very convenient. The pills prevent me from getting cramps. Like someone else said, it is just more of an inconvenience than anything. The only thing that really bothers me is that my boobs get real sore about a week before I start. They hurt really bad and get really swollen. Oh well, hubby likes it when they are swollen I think I am going to start taking my birth control pills for several months straight, skipping the "period week" of pills, and just have my period every other month. Does anyone else do this?

I tried this once & it screwed me all up. I ended up spotting for like 2 weeks & was crappy & fatigued for an extended period of time. However, now they have a pill called seasonal where you only have your period every 3 months. I'm gonna ask my doctor about it when I go in for my annual. Anyone use this?

[RLC12345678]

Originally Posted by Ponyup

I tried this once & it screwed me all up. I ended up spotting for like 2 weeks & was crappy & fatigued for an extended period of time. However, now they have a pill called seasonal where you only have your period every 3 months. I'm gonna ask my doctor about it when I go in for my annual. Anyone use this?

But there's no difference in Seasonal and just using your regular ole' bc pills and skipping the "period week." My hubby is a doctor and he told me that it would be perfectly fine for me to skip my "period week" of birth control pills because it is exactly the same as using Seasonal. I dunno. I did skip my period week of pills one time and I was fine. I am very hesitant to switch brands because I have been on the same brand for 7 years now and I have had SEVERAL SEVERAL friends to switch brands and end up pregnant because of it. The LAST thing I need in my life right now is a kid!

[Ponyup]

Can I ask what kind of pills you take? My doctor said I would be fine to skipping a week & it really screwed me up. I take Ortho tri-cyclin. I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not because each week is a different level of hormone.

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

I think I am going to start taking my birth control pills for several months straight, skipping the "period week" of pills, and just have my period every other month. Does anyone else do this?

I tried this... and got REALLY screwed up. I was on Ortho-Cyclen (the generic), then my doc gave me a year's worth of that Seasonal stuff for free. I gave it a full year and had spotting every day from about the second month to the end of the whole year. The hormones in there aren't all that different from what I was on before, so it shouldn't have messed me up that bad, but it did. It took another three months or so after going off of it to get back on track.

After that I went on Ortho-Tri Cyclen Lo. My OB/GYN gets tons of free samples and since my mom works at the hospital and he knows her, he hooks me up! No more $10 monthly co-pay for pills! I've had no problems with this stuff...

I don't even care when I get my period. Like I said, it's really not a big deal for me. I'm not going to bother trying to change things again if it's going to mess me up like the last time!

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by KellyV

I tried this... and got REALLY screwed up. I was on Ortho-Cyclen (the generic), then my doc gave me a year's worth of that Seasonal stuff for free. I gave it a full year and had spotting every day from about the second month to the end of the whole year. The hormones in there aren't all that different from what I was on before, so it shouldn't have messed me up that bad, but it did. It took another three months or so after going off of it to get back on track.

After that I went on Ortho-Tri Cyclen Lo. My OB/GYN gets tons of free samples and since my mom works at the hospital and he knows her, he hooks me up! No more $10 monthly co-pay for pills! I've had no problems with this stuff...

I don't even care when I get my period. Like I said, it's really not a big deal for me. I'm not going to bother trying to change things again if it's going to mess me up like the last time!

Good to know about the seasonal maybe it's not the thing for me. I was just considering it because I get migranes sometimes during my periods.

[Janet]

Originally Posted by Pink Cupcakes

Oh my God don't get me started on the period issue. I will never shut up. I probably have the worst case of so called "cramps" out of anyone I know of or have ever even heard of. Although for me, I don't even call them cramps, mine is more like LABOR PAINS. You guys my periods are AWFUL. I cry 24/7 and no I am not exaggerating. If I start my period in the middle of the night, it will wake me up in a solid dead sleep, no joke. I can feel my periods coming almost 2 weeks before they actually start. I cannot even wear Tampons anymore because they are too painful. I cannot move or get out of bed. I use a heating pad set on high 24/7 when I'm on my period and drink I don't know HOW many glasses of hot hot hot Peppermint Tea. I take Advil every 4 hours until I am at my max dose for the day and then I lay there in agony. And yeah I know Advil is hard on the stomach but thats the only thing that will even half way help. I take baths so hot that I can barely even sit down in the water and my skin turns bright red. If I start in the middle of the night - 2, 3, 4, 5 in the morning, whenever it is, I will have to get out of bed half asleep, "pre-heat" my damn heating pad- set on high, make boiling hot Peppermint Tea, run boiling hot bath water, lay in there for the longest time (while drinking the tea) until the water gets cold, then get out and use a heating pad set on high. I then rub this Menthol crap on my stomach called Menastil that smells like Peppermint that is supposed to ease the pain. I also have to put one of those Thermal Heat Strip things onto the front of my panties so that it will hopefully touch my stomach. My God it sounds like I am going into battle My husband doesn't even ask what I'm doing anymore he is so used to it. He will wake up and ask if I'm ok and if I need anything. He knows exactly what I'm doing. But absolutely no one actually understands what I go through It is so painful I just dread when my period comes. It's scary. I think this is why I can't get pregnant (although the lack of a sex life could also be a contributor lol). I seriously - seriously need to go to the doc and have them check me for Endometriosis. I'm 99% sure that I have it, I just don't know if I wanna find out Birth control pills did help but I refuse to take those for the rest of my life just to stop the freaking pain. I shouldn't have to do that. Plus I would like to have a baby one of these days, and I certainly can't do that when I on BC! Not to mention I have PMS like nobody's business. GEEZ. I wonder why I don't know. I am just miserable.

I had endometriosis too really bad. Had to have a laporoscopy twice to have it lasered off. You do know endometriosis can cause infertility? If you are wanting kids you'd better get it checked out immediately. We could not have children, that is why we have an adopted son. Don't wait on this...I did and it was too late.