Girls: Period Cramps?

[SaRaHmArIe8588]

I've heard that bananas are good for period pain. Besides heating pads and pills..what are some foods or remedies that ease period pain?

[rose2summer]

Orgasms, whoa, they really help!

[winter2005]

Orgasms do help but in the same time some medications for pelvic pains help. A hot shower , or hot pad on ur tummy. Tea helps plain not falvored. Starchy food such as bannanas and potatoes

[FCTex]

Every girlfriend I've had liked me to put a heating pad on their stomach and rub it..

 

That, or have sex, which they've told me eases all the cramping and the pain.

[helpme2]

sex, chocolate, hot tea (I like the peppermint kind) and sometimes a warm bath.......pretty standard around here.

 

I have heard that you should nix the caffiene a few days prior to when your cramps start and hold off until after they stop, but I am too much of a wimp to try that one.

[i_am_me]

I get REALLY bad cramps. I mean, sometimes they make me cry. The only thing that works for me is a really hot heating pad. Chocolate doesn't hurt either though.

[itsallgrand]

Oh sister, I can help! I used to get the most nasty, take-a-day-off-school-or-work cramps.

 

It is all about Prevention! PREVENTION. Not what you put in, so much as what you DON'T put in.

 

Track your cycle. A week before your period is due - cut back on salt, sugars, caffeine, NICOTINE (if you smoke), drink lots of water.

Day before period, if your cramps are truly nasty, take one or two tylenol - at night and in the morning. Follow up the next day. (ignore that if you don't use pain medication at all).

 

Marvelous! Helps so much.

 

I've also had success with some herbs, but didn't stick with it as I found a method that worked for me. There is a cheap chinese remedy for pain and stomach pains that actually works pretty good: Po Chai pills.

You can get them readily at asian markets, some drug stores. It's herbs, takes awful, but a good thing to have if you dislike other pain pills.

 

And, there is your basic lifestyle and health habits. Lots of water, good foods, exercise, relaxation, all helps more than you can imagine.

I tell you this from years of watching how various elements affected my period pain.

Stress can really add pain a lot. So treat yourself really nice.

 

Exercise mildly/moderately during your period, too. Sex - well, yeah!

 

If your pain is severe or your period cycles are irregular: go to your doc! There is no need to suffer, at all.

[Ians Mommy]

I know it sounds weird but the pill called "Celebrex" works wonders for cramps.

 

It's actually an arthritis medication and we have never been able to figure out why it works as good as it does. If you can wait, the pill starts working within an hour and the cramps are gone for atleast 24 and sometimes up to 36 hours. If you want it to work REALLY fast, open the capsule and dump it into a glass of grapefruit juice or some other acidic beverage. It works!

[orgasmictofu]

I've found just moving around helps. My cramps were never really terrible, but if I just walked around at either of my jobs for a little while (which I have to do anyway), the cramps went away.

 

Lucky me, I haven't had cramps in MONTHS thanks to birth control

[RelaxByWater84]

Walking is also good to relieve cramps. Walking also helps to get the blood flowing.

[MI_Shell]

I once had excruciating period pain and I took a special pain killer for period pain called ponstan. The hot water bottle helped but I prefer I really hot bath, knock myself out with decent pain killers and after a sleep life can seem livable again. Really depends on how painful it is but don't hesitate to use pain killers if it is really bad.

Good luck

[AntiLove_SuperStar]

A contraceptive pill that suits you will completely take it away. On Yasmin, my periods are painless, light, 4 days in duration and start at the same time every month (5.30pm on a Monday).

[life_laugh_love]

Ya, sex is great.. but make sure it isn't too rough.. then it's painful. As long as your guy doesn't care about alittle mess, your in =)

[FCTex]

My girl used to get them bad.. crying bad.

 

She was on Allese, BC pill. It's the lowest hormonal pill I think on the market.

 

Made her periods 2-3 days long.. usually 2. Very light, and on the rarity she had cramps.

[BrokenWingedFaery]

Orgasms...tylenol...walking.

[bebecole]

when i was on birthcontrol i never got cramps but now im off of dem i get bad cramps.

[rilo82]

hi, my girlfriend is having bad cramps. nothing seems to help. does taking contraceptives help? so does it mean she if she takes the contraceptives, the PMS will go away?

[bebecole]

the cramps might go away but i dont think the other stuff. i still got cravings for food and i still got pissy. lol but no cramps