Cramps Suck Ass!

[paiger81]

Sorry, I'm just in a ranty mood. Cramps started this morning, I just completely feel like being grumpy, would love to go home, but have a staff meeting at 2, so that's not happening.

I hate being at work with cramps, cause I know I have this grumpy, pissed off look on my face, and I don't want to talk to anyone. I am just happy wallowing in my own self pity ;):

[Angyl]

I'm having a bad day b/c of cramps too paige.


I seriously wnated to stay in bed today, but i have a interview at 1:30. I feel so sluggish when I'm PMSing....I htink i get low blood pressure. it sucks sooo much.

[MetFanL]

That sucks, paige. Cramps are the reason I'm afraid to go off my pill. I'd have to stay home one day a month b/c they're so horrible... Do you have a heating pad or anything? That always helps me.

[wordsmith]

Boo, hiss. I recently went off the pill, and so I am now back in the world of debilitating, doubling over and crying cramps for sure one to two days a month. I had forgotten what that was like in the three years I was on them. I might have to go back, just for that. So you're right to worry, Met. It sucks. Kind of expensive cramp medication.

[paiger81]

It sucks cause I'm actually ON the pill, so that gives you some insight to how I am OFF the pill. I've been off the pill before and my cramps start nearly a WEEK BEFORE TOM. Those were the days when I'd completely miss school/college/whatever.

At least the pill only gets me down to 1 day of severe cramping, but I am expected to go to a staff meeting today, where I'm gonna have to give criticism to some people's analysis'.......I really hope I don't become Psycho-bitch :twisted:

[Angyl]

My old OBGYN gave me muscle relaxers. I stockpiled them and use them for the times where i physically cna't move at all. They're fantastic.

[biodork]

Before the pill, I remember having cramps so bad sometimes I couldn't walk. I don't want to go back to that! I can take the one/two days of lighter cramps so much better.

Not to mention I never knew when any of it was going to start. I just be in the middle of class one day then BAM nasty cramps. I even tried to keep track of my periods on a calendar, but it would be the same for 2-3 months then change.

[MetFanL]

My old OBGYN gave me muscle relaxers. I stockpiled them and use them for the times where i physically cna't move at all. They're fantastic.

Mine too... they were wonderful, but I was totally loopy. They've expired now, though. :(

Paige, can you go for a walk? Exercise helps w/ cramps, too.

[wordsmith]

Paige, can you go for a walk? Exercise helps w/ cramps, too.

You know what? As many times as people have told me this and I've read it, I've never known it to be true for me, sadly. Most of the time I hurt enough that even walking up and down stairs is a chore.

[pisces2473]

About the muscle relaxers...were you guys like the sister in 16 Candles? lol

[paiger81]

Paige, can you go for a walk? Exercise helps w/ cramps, too.

This is a bold face lie :lol: I work out during my cramps & TOM, and I can honestly say I feel just as shitty.

Actually I ran out to my car & got my prescription strength Naproxen.

[biodork]

Sex doesn't work for my cramps either! If I exercise or have sex, my cramps come right back afterwards! (Or as with exercise, I will be in pain while I exercise)

[wordsmith]

This is a bold face lie :lol: I work out during my cramps & TOM, and I can honestly say I feel just as shitty.

Ahahahah! I, too, lump it in with "runner's high" as lies and propaganda! :twisted:

[Angyl]

About the muscle relaxers...were you guys like the sister in 16 Candles? lol


well, not that bad, but man, I am one happy camper. Nothing can go wrong when I'm on that stuff.

[MetFanL]

LOL, words & paige... I actually feel better when I work out. However, it only lasts while I'm working out and a little while after...

Muscle relaxers are wonderful. I'm totally like the sister in 16 candles... If I took one, I'd have to get a ride to work and I would accomplish NOTHING.

[Kitty]

Sometimes I get such horrible cramps/pain that I really just want to go home. I just don't know what to say to my boss..."I'm having girl troubles?" That seems to weird..

[wordsmith]

I've just said, "I don't feel well," and gone home before. It's more uncomfortability than I get from most "legitimate" illnesses, which I know people call in sick for here all the time.

[Kitty]

I guess I'm just so used to providing an excuse, that I didnt think of that. For some reason I feel obligated, I dunno why. This probably stems back to my insecurity and paranoia.

[wordsmith]

Yeah, I know...I have to be in some pretty severe discomfort to not be at work. But when it's really bad, there's just no way in hell I can concentrate, let alone deal with people.

[Kitty]

Yeah, I suffered through a serious fever and serious cramps/bloating discomfort at this job because I was paranoid to go home.

Ugh, issues.

[cornflakegirl]

paige - i feel for you. cramps are awful & it is hard to sit through a day at work when you are so much pain. at my job, there are plenty of heating pads & prescription strength ibuprofen that work wonders.

this month was my first month on hormonal bc in a few years & i had no cramps or bloating. very very happy am i.

[PenguinWriter]

Try having period cramps right after getting your stomach cut open to have your gallbladder removed - that was me last week! There couldn't have been a worse time for me to have cramps! You want to talk about a bad stomach ache - man!! :cry:

[biodork]

I have loaded the candy dish here at work up with yummy nestle treasures chocolates. I'm prepared.

[biodork]

I'm going to be in need of more chocolate soon. oh man...where is the "in pain" smiley...

[tina1979]

I'm right with you! I've been munching on Lindor's white choc truffles this morning while drinking my coffee. Thankfully I'm not hurting as bad this morning as I was last night.

[biodork]

The first day is the worst for me...and it sucks i think its the BC i'm on because the last ones i barely had any cramps...definitely time to make a switch, i've had nothing but problems on this one

[tina1979]

Usually the last 2 days before I start feeling extremely uncomfortable and the first day is usually the most painful. I had a problem with BC once, but it was acne related. When I was on it I could not get rid of the acne EVER! After the first six week I went back to my dr and said "This has got to go! I want my other stuff back!" He kinda raised his brow pulled my chart and said "No problem, I don't know why nurse so-n-so changed it in the first place" Problem solved, but now if I could only remember to take the damn things.

[mishl982]

So consider me one of the lucky ones who don't get cramps ( ::ducks and runs:: ), but I hate everything else about my period. I hate feeling exhausted. Every night this week (except last night) I've gone to bed way early (I'm taking 8.30-9 here), I feel lazy, and I get so moody. Like the other day I was talking about boys with a coworker and I just wanted to cry. It didn't even bother me much what we were talking about, I was just extremely moody. At night I tend to think about things that are worrying me and this week I've been wanting to cry too, wtf! I also hate feeling bloated and gassy and looking like I'm due to give birth to triplets in 2 months. So to add on to cramps sucking, I'm jsut gonna say PERIODS SUCK!

[lawya girl]

This thread is scaring me :sad: I have been wanting to go off the pill for a while now but I'm not so sure... I've been on it for something like 10 years - I don't REMEMBER what it was like to not be on it. My cramps aren't very bad now and they only happen RIGHT before it starts. I still get moody as hell, bloat, and get really tired though. In fact, I would say that pre-period I'm actually depressed. I don't know if getting off would help or hurt.

[steph78]

If that's the case, I would advise thinking about it before getting off the pill! Obviously everyone's body is different, but here's what happened to me. I NEVER had cramps for like the first 12 years after I first got my period. I used to think my roommates in college who would get terrible cramps were just a bunch of wimps. I went on the pill for about three and a half years starting my last year of college and lasting until about a year after I got married, partially for BC needs and partially to get my crazy irregular period on some sort of schedule. I stopped because it was causing headaches even after switching to different kinds of pills like three times. Now that I've been off the pill for two years I am fairly irregular again and all of a sudden have these HORRIBLE cramps before every other period. The first time I had them I was convinced I had appendicitis or something until I realized what was going on. I guess it's payback for those 12 years when I didn't even know how good I had it! :)

Edit: I'd tell your doctor if you are feeling depressed - they might be able to switch you to something that makes you less prone to mood swings.