Hi Tabby,
I am sorry that you are hurting so much, I do so understand painful periods, I have excessively heavy bleeding with lots of pain when I was younger.

Sometimes a heating pad on my lower stomach helped relieve some of the pain, or at least make it bearable. I had better luck with ibuprofen than I did the other over the counter pain relievers.

Have you discussed any of this unusual bleeding with a doctor, I really would encourage you to do so, it does seem excessive and perhaps could be treated and eliminated. Good Luck.

Hello,
This will sound funny, but it worked when I had my periods and pain. I had alot of pain and I would get in bed on my hands and knees and lay my head down and put my butt up in the air. It takes that pressure off.

The dr verified this as a good thing to do. It actually takes the pressure off of the uterus.

Best Wishes

@ irocket I use to do that it does help. I also used a heating pad.

Periods every 2 weeks is not normal so call your gyno or gp.

Tabby you've been having a horrible time lately. Are you seeing a pain management doctor? I'll be praying for you to feel better soon. Please update when you can.

Healing hugs,
Marci

have you considered the pill so you wouldnt bleed so often, my daughter suffers from endo and takes the pill nonstop so she doesnt have a period at all. Try aleve if you can take that.

Thanks for all the advice I started my peiod when I was 14 and ever since then I have had pain and heavy Bleeding. One time when I I was on my peiod I used 16 pads in one day. My doctor said its nothing to worry about But my mom said that its not normal to bleed like that I have heard that birth control can help with periods But my mom won't let me take birth control She says that its dangrous to take birth control pills. Because they can cause strokes. I am willing to try anything just to get some relief.

It seems to me that some topics aren't really appropriate for co-ed support groups. Just sayin'...

I may just try and sleep and see if the pain eases

Freeze a water bottle and then put it one your stomach and then use a heating pad after that. I have really bad periods as I get older the worse they get.

It is something we just have to deal with and find ways to make it through.

Thanks manny 123 I will try that and see if it helps. Right now I am having sharp pains in my lower stomach and my left side It feel like something is stabbing me. My period pain has never been this bad before. It s been bad but not like this.

I've been using nuva ring for a while and i find it to be very benefical ..I know your mom doesn't like the pill etc...but might be worth talking about etc. It sounds scarier than it actually is...but I don't have pain (minor minor pain if anything and lasts a few hours) but i don't have any side effects from it and you only insert it once a month and take it out every 3 weeks..it gets routine and i feel it helped a lot with my pain ..i used to have very heavy periods and be in major pain

My mom probarly won't let me use that She won't even let me use tampons I just wish that my mom would let me use birth conrtol I have heard that it helps But she won't even let me try it to see if it helps I just don't know what I am going to do.

Tabby, I say this with your best interest at heart, sometimes we have to stand up to our mother and say, "No, Mom, your wrong, I need to try Birth Control Pills, because I am in a lot of pain and I shouldn't bleed every 2 weeks!"

Your profile says you are 22 years old, to me and the rest of society, you are an adult. If you are bleeding every 14 days you could be anemic. Please, see your Gynocologist immediately, and take his/her recommendation. It's your decision, not your moms!!!

I'm sorry if I offended you in any way. I just hate to see somebody in pain if they don't have to be.

Good luck to you, and BIG HUGS!!!

I'm sorry your feeling this way, I know all too personally how bad it can get.

I too had bad periods but was lucky that my mom let me go on birth control pills at 12 to regulate my periods because one would end and a few days later I'd start again. I was unblessed enough to start at 9.

Having periods that often did make me anemic.

(sorry about bad spelling, I not having a good night tonight myself with pain...and can't think of some words or how to spell them right.)

You really need to consult a gynocologist, we did and he really was able to help me a lot, but even then it took time, trial and error, etc.. to help get some relief.

That said, my gyno told me that if I bled heavier than a long thick overnight pad completely filled in less than one hour it was considered too heavy of bleeding, and I needed to go to the emergency room. I never bled quite that badly, but would fill an overnighter in just a few hours, which he said was fine.(sure didn't feel fine!)

Hot baths help a whole lot, I would then shower when I was done. I think I would have lived in the bathtub if I could have during the bad times. I also used heating pad, water bottle, butt up in air (also helped in pregnancy by the way), and anything else that I'd try and made me feel better. Sometimes getting into a good book or movie, tv show etc that really held my attention would help distract me from the pain for a little bit.

Gentle hugs and I hope it's already eased up some as it's been a few days since your post. I just had to answer as I've been there done that, wish I could forget it! I just forget the more important things now like where I put my reading glasses, or purse, or keys...lol
MM

I am going to ask my docor about birth control and see if it might help I have always had painful periods But this is the worst I have ever had..

I agree with cherrychanga, this topic is not appropriate at all to be talking about in a support group. Some things you should keep to yourself. This would be something to talk to a doctor about not to people on the computer...........