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

Dunroamin

SmallL wrote: »

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.

I suffered very badly for many years until I had a hysterectomy for fibroids, which was a tremendous relief so I think I do know how bad it can be. You'd've been expelled from my school if you'd taken that much time off sick!

The OP seems to have medication that helped but forgot to have it filled so it obviously didn't seem that urgent to her. Some people have very good results with a Tens machine, so this might be worth trying.

SuzieSue

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!

That's what my friend (mentioned previously) was doing and which is why she started her injections.

SmallL

Dunroamin wrote: »

I suffered very badly for many years until I had a hysterectomy for fibroids, which was a tremendous relief so I think I do know how bad it can be. You'd've been expelled from my school if you'd taken that much time off sick!

The OP seems to have medication that helped but forgot to have it filled so it obviously didn't seem that urgent to her.

She didn't say WHY it was late.

Could of been her or an error at the docs.

RazWaz

Nicki wrote: »

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.

I meant to say wishing for a hot water bottle. My OH said he would borrow one from his mother and bring it around after work. Sorry for the confusion, the painkillers make me a bit fuzzy sometimes.

lostinrates

The 'get on with it' advice makes me a little cross. I have a rather large pain threshold and it was only when I was undergoing treatment for other things that the complaints that I had been told to 'put up and shut up' about we're rather severe pcos that could have been medicated through my teens. Lots of women don't have it that easy, and some who are 'average' just don't find it as easy to cope.

As regards op. unless I am confusing you with another poster I thinks you already have a fair bit on your plate at the moment with health problems and phobias which you are tackling and working to be more self reliant?

Why not consider the medical options until you have made some more progress there and then come off when ready to start trying for a baby?

RazWaz

Dunroamin wrote: »

I suffered very badly for many years until I had a hysterectomy for fibroids, which was a tremendous relief so I think I do know how bad it can be. You'd've been expelled from my school if you'd taken that much time off sick!

The OP seems to have medication that helped but forgot to have it filled so it obviously didn't seem that urgent to her. Some people have very good results with a Tens machine, so this might be worth trying.

It was urgent too me. But the fact that I can't leave the house alone means I have to rely on others - and the others were busy.

Oh - and I was almost excluded from school because of it, I ended up with an 74% attendance rate, I only got away with it because I was still scoring well in tests.

And as I already said, my boss took a look at me and automatically gave me time off, some things you just can't push through, and pretending that it doesn't happen to someone else, just because you coped isn't going to help anyone.

aileth

Poor you! I always found that lying on my stomach ontop of a pillow works (It sounds weird and looks weirder) but if you position the pillow in the lower stomach and lie ontop of it so the pillow puts a bit of pressure there, I've always found that that detracts from the pain.

We're all different of course, but pressure and sometimes heat works for me. I took max-strength feminax. If you have someone free to hand, a long deep massage in the lower stomach used to help no end. It's all about distraction!

Edit: Have you tried the depo too? Since I went on I haven't had a period in four years. I switched off it halfway through to the pill and got the most ungodly pain as my womb 'started up' again though, but it's something I'll have to do when kids come into the equation.

RazWaz

lostinrates wrote: »

Why not consider the medical options until you have made some more progress there and then come off when ready to start trying for a baby?

This probably seems stupid - but the thought of doing that really hurts, it's sort of like confessing that I know I can't deal with it. I know it deep down but I just want to push the consequences aside in my head until I'm more able to deal with it.

I keep telling myself it will be fine in 6 months, and it's helping me to keep going, but I know really I'm probably looking at 3-4 years.

j.e.j.

The thing is, if you're ill, you're ill. I understand this may be inconvenient for the school or the employer, but your body does what it does and sometimes things can't be helped. No-one chooses to feel ill.

lolavix

I had no choice but to switch to the injection as mine were so bad and I couldn't afford to lose my job. So nice not having to worry about anything at all!