**Period Rants**

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I just saw this...thank you! Yes I am doing much better...still having some issues trying to get my cycles balanced out but the biggest thing is I'm not having the severe pain like I used to have.

I get cloth pads on etsy...I've tried pads from several different sellers. My favorite seller is Yurtcraft. https://www.etsy.com/shop/yurtcraft

I also like Cloth Dreams - the ones made with OBV (organic bamboo velour) - https://www.etsy.com/shop/ClothDreams These are fluffier and more textured so they work a little better for me at night.

Grayson Street Emporium is good and very similar to Yurtcraft but the seller will only list a big batch all at once and they sell out fast...and you have to be in her FB group to know when, it's just a bother so I gave up on those.

I tried the sample pantyliner from Party In My Pants and thought it was awful...they use PUL on the back with nothing else to help it grip your panties so it just slides around and wads up. Same problem with pads from Korea, sold on Etsy under the name LohanStore and under a different name or two on Amazon, they were too short in the front and just slide around a lot.

Also pads from Sugar Monkies on Etsy are horrible, the seller is nice and refunded me but still, they are just so bad I can only warn people away. She uses quilt batting which is not intended to be absorbent, so they leak like crazy.

I also stay away from pads that are made with Zorb because it can have compression leaks (it's made to be abnormally absorbent so when you sit on it, it can wring out like a sponge).

I use Caboo toilet paper, which is made from bamboo. I had tried two other brands made from bamboo, one was great but they went out of business. The other, sorry I forget the name, I could tell the first time I used it was not going to be septic safe because it clogged up the toilet first thing and did not break down at all. So I think you have to be careful with bamboo paper because some of it does not dissolve well. But the Caboo is septic safe and I've had no problesm with it. Bamboo TP is harder to find, but so much nicer, less dusty and much gentler than the typical TP (gmo cotton??)...fortunately a local grocery store carries it. I have also used the Simple Truth store brand TP from Kroger which is bleach free and it was good too, I had no problems with it, I just prefer the bamboo TP.

I've experimented with different herbs and Vitex helped me a lot...however I don't want anyone else to just start taking it without considering it carefully because it is not for everyone. It is a strong medicine that affects the pituitary. From what I've read it sounds like it works best for women who have irregular periods or have not had a period in awhile, however if you have regular periods it can disrupt your cycle. There is a lot of info on the internet about it, especially on sites where people discuss PCOS or fertility problems, I suggest reading up on it a lot before anyone tries it.

Since I was a teenager I have been prone to heavy bleeding, which has become more gushy in recent years (a fast bleed that would leave me sapped instead of a slower one)...well I am learning to stay away from herbs that are meant to dilate blood vessels, or have warnings about increased risk of bleeding or miscarriage, because these tend to worsen the problems I already have...such as dong quai, peony, turmeric, or ginseng. I was not paying attention and took something with dong quai in it and whoa, that is NOT a good herb for me, I ended up bleeding for 3 weeks straight after taking that.

I suspect my heavy bleeding is caused by adenomyosis. It can be caused by inflammation...and I think the chemicals in those disposable pads might have been triggering an inflammatory, allergic reaction in my body.

I also relate to what it says here:
http://www.drnorthrup.com/heavy-menstru ... norrhagia/

"Chronically heavy periods can be related to chronic stress over second-chakra issues, including creativity, relationships, money, and control of others. Abnormal uterine bleeding is nearly always connected to family issues in some way. Such bleeding can also be a sign that you are leaking your life’s blood into a dead-end job or relationship that doesn’t fully meet your needs. Are you giving more than you are receiving in return? Is someone or something draining your energy by being a kind of energy vampire?"

Eating a half a bar (or more ) of dark chocolate a day while on REALLY helps with cramping. It's actually got rid of it entirely.

We crave chocolate because it's high in magnesium...right? I think generally with cravings, we should give into them when they come. I think our bodies are telling us what they need...Like chocolate cake, and videos of Daniel Bruhl.

I'm taking a Women's Health class currently and learning what is and isn't regular about periods (I probably knew at some point and forgot).
I hate periods, but it never occurred to me that it wasn't normal for them to last half the month haha.
I never understood how most girls rarely opted out of activities due to periods.
Mine last a while, I go maybe 1-2 weeks without a liner, sometimes not at all before my period starts again (I'm going on 21 days now ;_; ). I don't bother figuring out when it starts or not because it's always different. Lucky for me it starts slow, so I have time to prepare.
I mean at least they're not painful, I don't experience cramping, or at least not much. I can't say for sure if I have experienced PMS symptoms, but I am pretty sure I'm depressed constantly with headaches and feeling lethargic, so I don't think it would feel any different. I'm just kinda confused about it right now.

Growing up I couldn't stand the sight of blood, I would pass out or throw up. Getting immunizations was horrible because of the drop of blood as well as having a huge issue with needles. I started my period at 17 (which was great!). I had a really hard time at first and would get really nauseous. Pads became okay pretty quick but the first few times I tried tampons I would pass out (not a good look). I'm totally okay now and since having two kids the blood stuff has gotten a lot before. It helped if I lay down to insert tampons until the woozy feeling passed (obviously this only happened at home:).

Now that I'm 46, my periods are less days, I have it for 3 days. Before my period, I can feel blood inside my body, making my stomach hurt & I get tired. I think I'm in premenopause.

Worst thing for me is the cramps I don't really feel any specific mood change or anything, except the pain from the cramps certainly doesn't help my mood. If I could just find a remedy for that it would be nice.That and I can get pretty heavy flows in the beginning of it which make pads just gross to wear, but tampons sometimes seem to contribute to the cramps or at least furthers the discomfort. Really thinking of getting the period underwear I saw since I am under the impression I could use less tampons and be done with panty liners and the website assures it won't feel like a gross pad

New here. Kind of funny that this will be my first post, but here goes.

I was diagnosed with PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder), which is basically PMS on steroids. Symptoms included intense thoughts of doom, feeling like the world was going to end or that I would be utterly alone, right before my period. This often resulted in suicidal fantasies. To treat this, doctors put me on birth control pills continuously, so that I would be able to avoid "shark week" altogether. However, I was also diagnosed with PCOS, so it took a while to find a good birth control with just the right amount of hormones and very little androgenic activity. I finally found one that works well, but if I miss just one pill I turn into an emotional disaster.

tl;dr: Due to PMDD and PCOS, I now take a BCP that keeps me from having a period at all. Thank the gods!

PS: I'm 31, and happily childless

I feel pretty moody during my periods, (sometimes depressed, other times I'm pretty snippy towards people), but the cramping is the worst for me, though... Thankfully, Midol seems to help me get through them.

Whenever I'm not on the pills, though, I can actually start to feel sick, and in some cases, lose my appetite. Never eat anything high in sodium, either, because it'll make you feel even worse...

I've never really felt too comfortable using tampons, either, just pads. Although, the leaking can get really annoying...

Sometimes, the blood flow of mine can be inconsistent, (sometimes light, other times, not so much).

^I'm exactly the same, except I don't take anything and I don't get cramps [except for the one time...]

@Kuraudo777: I'm actually on mine right now, reason why I skipped going on the treadmill today. My mother told me that stretching helps, though.

My period is always around the New Moon. I'm mysterious that way.

I hate irregular flow. Last time I bled all over my bf's sheets and twice this time it's suddenly sped up and I'm having to do laundry. I bled all over my sheets the other day and now I'm doing the couch coverings. I guess I should be greatful we use covers. Cushions are harder to wash.

Welp, these are probably some of the worst cramps I've ever had, and it doesn't help that I have to wait on my Midol until tomorrow... It just sucks... Not going to be able to get much sleep, now.

A few days before my period starts, I always feel exhausted, dizzy and depressed. Also I am on iron supplement all year round. Several years ago, my period was so heavy that I had to use maternity pads and I fainted in class. They had to call ambulance and the paramedics were male. Awkward.
Now, it is a bit better, but emotional issues and fatigue still trouble me a lot before and after my period. Really awful.
Magnesium decreases the severity of the cramps.

Old thread but I need to complain.

I can tell when my period is due because I start getting super angry like I could break a window or snap someones neck for breathing too loud. My mum said we have crazy angry people genes and the PMS/PMT makes you do some crazy s**t. I've smashed and broken many things throughout the years, punched walls and totally flipped out on people for having arguments with me when I'm like this.

I once smacked someone in the face and broke their nose in high school for not eating with their mouth closed as an example.

I can just feel like a burning rage inside my chest and I've lashed out at people many times not being able to control it in the past. I've learned how to deal with it now but I'm so sick of having this every. single. month.

Punch bags help a bit but not that much. Exercise in general only seems to calm me down a bit otherwise I feel like bathing in the blood of the innocents most of the time like this.

Generally it'll last between 2-3 days then it's all emotional feelings at everything. Ugh.

I'm not really looking for a solution, I figure this is how it's going to be until menopause in about 30+ years. Just a casual complaint.

Period rants? Hell, yes, I can do period rants.

I've been menstruating for the past TWO AND A HALF MONTHS--and yes, I'm on birth control, and yes, I see a doctor. Recently the blood dropped off and I've been spotting on and off, so I think I may be "between periods"? I seem to have been having some of my PMS symptoms.

I'm a trans man. Periods make me want to crawl in a hole and die due to dysphoria alone.
EDIT: Sorry, actually I'm genderfluid, but more male than female. I slip up when I'm feeling strongly male and sometimes forget that I don't always feel that way.

But the PMS itself can make me want desperately to kill myself when I was perfectly happy the day before (this is me remembering the times when my periods actually stopped, back when I had gaps between my post-period mood swings and my PMS).

And then there's the pain. I can't go to school because the pain causes me to miss too much class. I can't work full time and I've got severely limited choices in jobs. Sometimes I'll be in so much pain I can't even think and don't know what's going on around me--once, I was in so much pain that my face disappeared when I looked in the mirror. Apparently I pass out, but I live alone so now I have no idea if that happens! Not being able to move sucks ass, especially for someone who usually has as much energy as I do. I NEED to take walks. And building muscle is important to me because it makes me feel stronger and safer and cooler and also helps me with my gender dysphoria because I can build certain muscles to get my body into a more "masculine" shape...but NOOOOO, can't do a reasonable amount of that anymore, because it worsens pain and may even be reactivating my bleeding sometimes. At this point, I'm almost always in a certain amount of pain, even if I'm not bleeding. Some days it's not terribly severe but it still interferes with my executive functioning and sensory integration issues and if I'm not careful I can apparently push it into being worse.

A combination of whatever the hell's going wrong with my uterus (probably endometriosis, for starters) and the pain medication has f****d with my gastrointestinal tract that ALREADY didn't need much messing with (since Autistic people tend to have these issues too). I missed nearly a month of work when the pain pill my previous gynecologist had me on f****d up my stomach to the point where I couldn't keep down fluids. Even now, I sometimes have to start the day on the toilet, sh*****g and vomiting and crying at my cat. It usually happens when I take pain pills--I'm between pain pills at the moment because I hate taking narcotics (they make me itchy and I get anxious about the mood elevation stuff) and NSAIDs f**k my stomach up (and my kidneys are also a concern now).

I have an appointment with a Uterus-Problem-Diagnosis-Specialist-Gynecologist in a few weeks. Just a few more weeks. Hopefully THIS TIME we'll get something done, but it'll probably take surgery. Unfortunately, a lot of gynecologists don't f*****g take Autisitc people seriously (I didn't even TELL them about the trauma and the trans-ness and the mental illnesses) but I have to tell all my doctors about my Autism because of the way I respond when they touch me.

Oh, and the blood smells like s**t. For most of this two and a half months it's been OLD blood clots, the smell of which makes me want to tear my f*****g throat out. I should be able to absent-mindedly fondle my genitals without having to chop off my hands! I guess I should be thankful, though, because without the birth control it'd probably be a constant heavy blood flow with constant heavy cramps.

And when I mention this to people, their response is almost always: "Have you tried...birth control?"
No s**t. It's not like I've spent the past few years going to doctors trying to get this sorted out. And my birth control options are also pretty limited because a lot of THEM can also trigger extreme suicidal thoughts and other "mood changes" (that word really isn't strong enough to describe what happened when I tried to use the Nuvaring).