Girls, how do you cope? (time of the month)

j.e.j.

I assume OP must have already been to the doctors, given that they've tried morphine and pethidine!

RazWaz it sounds like you need to try and sit it out until the Thyroxin starts to take effect again. Can you distract yourself a bit by doing something, games, puzzles, x-box, whatever?

(Some LOVELY comments from some of the women on this thread :eek: "Just get on with it, WE have to" Yeah, very helpful.)

Metranil_Vavin

In which case I guess the usual hot water bottle/paracetamol etc advice isn't really going to cut it for you.

I guess just resting up/trying to keep your feet up is all you can try.

Hope you feel better soon.

SuzieSue

Dunroamin wrote: »

If you were at work, you'd just have to take painkillers and get on with it. Don't mean to be unsympathetic but that's the reality for most women.

That's fine if painkillers work, in the OP's case, they don't.

RazWaz

Well I saw the hot water bottle option, thought I would give it a try, but I don't own one. I found if you play a game on a laptop for 5 mins it warms up nicely and can be used as a substitute.

It's not doing much for the pain but it is very soothing.

RazWaz

NervousHomeowner wrote: »

The only other thing I would suggest is trying a menstrual cup if you aren't already using one. It doesn't really do much to stop the pain but for me it seems to lessen the cramps slightly and makes periods less of a chore.

I bought one, and in the smallest size, but I can't get the bloody thing in :eek: I think I might just be extra small or something, as even average boyfriends have umm 'ripped' me.

SmallL

I actually found ahot water bottle made my pain worse and would be a trigger for my vomiting and fainting!
I still despise the school nurses who insisted i try one before sending me home...

Dunroamin

SuzieSue wrote: »

That's fine if painkillers work, in the OP's case, they don't.

If you're at work you still have to get on with it whether they work or not - you can't take 3/4 days off sick every month!

Nicki

RazWaz wrote: »

Well I saw the hot water bottle option, thought I would give it a try, but I don't own one. I found if you play a game on a laptop for 5 mins it warms up nicely and can be used as a substitute.

It's not doing much for the pain but it is very soothing.

And yet in your opening post you say you are curled up on the sofa with your cats and a hot water bottle.

Are you trolling? Odd subject to choose.

SmallL

Dunroamin wrote: »

If you're at work you still have to get on with it whether they work or not - you can't take 3/4 days off sick every month!

Honestly i think your not realizing the severity of some peoples periods.
I had 3/4 days off every month for a year at school before i took tablets to stop mine.

Pechow

RazWaz wrote: »

I bought one, and in the smallest size, but I can't get the bloody thing in :eek: I think I might just be extra small or something, as even average boyfriends have umm 'ripped' me.

What method are you trying? The folding method they suggest in the box isn't always the best one, there are other ways that make it smaller. It might also help to... do things to open yourself up a little more. You could also trying squatting on the floor if you're sitting or standing, and try to do it in the shower the first time.