help!!!!! i need a cure for period pain?

Question

its driving me crazy

Answer 1

its driving you crazy now you know what us guys
have to go threw

Answer 2

I'm not sure of the spelling of some of these things but I went to my doctor about it, a female doctor, I found that she was more understanding about it and she suggested three things for me.

The pill, which I declined. Apparently it does somethign to regulate your body or something along those lines and makes the pain less.
Stemotil, I used to get such intense pains I actually threw up. This is a pill you can't get on repeat prescription, it's tiny but it does the trick. If you're feeling queasy, pop one and it soothes your stomach. It's only ever failed me once but that's because I took it about ten seconds before my stomach turned over. I wouldn't ask for this unless you're really desperate. The first time I took it I nearly collapsed. It made me so tired.
Mefanamic acid tablets, reasonably sized yellow things, for the cramps and the pain. I have these on repeat prescription and they're fantastic. I can take up to three a day and they're the type I can take in advance of your period, just before the pain begins. However, if the pain has already started, you're bent double in agony and can scarcely move through the pain, reaching for these may be a bit pointless. It takes ages for them to work.
When in doubt, reach for the paracetamol. I hate taking it because I'm terrible at swallowing pills, and it starts breaking down immediately in your mouth, but if you can get it down then it works reasonably well, just don't put anything heavy against your stomach otherwise the pain will start up again.

So to be honest, the best thing you can do is see a doctor. I know you've put this under alternative medicine, but I find that when most people are looking for a way of escaping the doctor, it's not really the doctor they're running away from, it's the tedious hours spent in the waiting room, where you're just as likely to catch something as you are to cure what you've got. Do what I do, take a book and drink one of those yogurty drinks that are supposed to boost your immune system before you set foot in the waiting room.

Some people also like warm baths and there's a product out there, some sort of magnets. Apparently if you lay them across your stomach they're supposed to ease/stop the pain within an hour or two. I've never tried the magnets and I've heard mixed reviews about them. One of my friends said she felt better than ever after using them while another friend of mine said they had no effect and that she ended up reaching for the drugs.

Exercise also helps, although it's the one thing you never feel like doing.

Answer 3

Resorting to drugs is never the answer. That is just a bandaid and not a solution. Most pain is caused by blood stagnation in the uterus. This can be removed through the use of herbs but which herbs varies from person to person. Your best bet is to see an herbalist or a licence Doctor of Oriental Medicine for a custom formula that will best suit your needs.

Answer 4

I find personally super strength pain killers do the trick nicely!

But for a few other things to try....

Lie on your side and bring your knees up to your chest in the foetal position.

Try massaging your stomach where the pain is (it's basically muscle cramp so you need to manipulate the muscle as best you can)

Try deep breathing, like women in labour breathe, to oxygenate your muscles.

Hot water bottles are also fantastic.

On a personal note, I don't know why, but I've found drinking a lot of water before and during my period really helps the whole process.

Whether it makes everything thinner(!) and easier to evacuate I don't know but it definitely helps.

Now go eat chocolate and watch rubbish TV in your pyjamas and look after yourself.

Answer 5

1. Try to be relaxed about it. Your anticipation of pain actually makes it worse.
2. Take evening primrose oil for a month or two.
3. Lemon balm and vervain tea relax the muscles. Dosage: 1 heaped teaspoon each to a mug of boiling water, brew for 10 minutes, sweeten with honey, if you like. Take as often as you like for the duration
4. The hot water bottle is not a bad idea at all.
5. Try the callanetics exercise for the stomach. If you don't want to do them, walk, or swim outside, or cycle at least 1/2 hour a day.
Good luck

Answer 6

Get a hot water bottle fill it with as warm water as you can stand if you do not have a hot water bottle get a bottle fill it with very warm water and apply it to your stomach area with a damp cloth around it. You can also use a heating pad. This will help relax your muscles to decrease the cramping. Drinking milk or taking calcium make sure it is a better source than cow bone calcium as this may have many heavy metals in it as it often comes from older bones of cattle such as oyster shell calcium. Calcium in the body helps raise the level at which your nerve cells excite to pain such that you will be less senstive to pain which is a part of the problem. Also you need calcium to build cells, help with clotting etc. There are few teas out there and natural herbs that help with pain and can help relax you. Camomile is one suggested for sleep and muscle relaxation but be sure to heat the water to a boil take it off the heat then allow the tea bags to steep/soak in the hot water. Valerian and hops are suggested to help sleep and may help with relaxation of muscles but if used over a great length of time may cause constipation. If you are getting dehydrated from menstruation then it may cause constipation such that it can cause additional pressure on the uterus such that drinking plenty of water up to the needed daily requirement of 8 eight ounce glasses may help.

Answer 7

Mine gets bad and Midol works for me really well. As soon as you barely feel the pain coming on then take 2 maximum strength Menstrual Complete Midol. If you take them after the pain sets in then they won't work. If you take them before it does then they work really well. When they wear off you get that little bloating pain again and then take some more. If your pain is extreme then go to your doctor because there is a name for bad period pain and he can give you the good stuff.

Answer 8

Please don't take pills. It is not good for your health.
Hope this will help you.
1.Boil some water and put it into a big bottle(the bottle of water) or a hot water pouch. Roll it on your stomach. It will relieve your pain for sometime.

2. This cure was told by my grandmother. Take some butter. Heat it. Put the liquid form of butter into some hot milk and drink it.

Answer 9

I use a heating pad on my lower stomach with a dose of pain relievers. This is a simply cure while at home. If you are out get one of those thermo-care portal heating pads it sticks to your underwear or pants and works wonders. I hope this helps.

Answer 10

Try lots of sex. That seemed to help my first wife! lol (sorry, I couldn't resist). There are over the counter medications that may help, but the hot water bottle or heating pad suggestions seem to offer some relief. If that's not enough then you should speak to your doctor and be sure that you don't have other issues. He may also prescribe stronger pain medications.

Love, Hope, & Peace,

Cal-el & Swissy

Answer 11

I had suffered terrible period pains for years, they became worse after I had kids. I then started having regular reflexology treatments and it really help, not only with the pain but also PMT. Its not for everyone, so if this is not for you the why not try another holistic therapy aromatherapy, massage...

Hope this helps