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Periods and pain

nattyo76
nattyo76
Has anyone noticed increased pain during your period? I take birth control to help with the horrible cramps, but I'm on my period and my body is screaming at me. The entire left side of my body hurts. It was like this yesterday too. By the end of the work day my chair feels like a torture device. My brain is all fogged up and that is so not cool at work. I was just wondering if symptoms are worse for anyone else while on their period.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Mine got painfull for a while, but has eased up for what ever reason(thankfully). When they were bad I drank a tea that helped called uterin(I think spelled roight) support. It works soooo good. Stoped the cramps and pain within two hours for me. If your interested let me know and I will get the web site for you. I think the painfull periods were also caused by the JRA as well. I hope some of this helps. God bless!!
WhiteDolphin
WhiteDolphin
OH MY GOODNESS, YES and I am SO glad you brought this up! Having a period is a major setback for me every month! Not only do I feel horrible about 2 weeks BEFORE I get a period, I also need about 2 weeks to recover..which leaves little time in between. it sucks!
nattyo76
nattyo76
I felt so good last week. And now I feel so horrible. The longer I sit at work the more I seem to hurt. I'm so frustrated and I'm fighting back the tears. I will not cry at work.
deleted_user
deleted_user
That is why I had an ablation. My whole life, until I started having fibro symptoms, my period was no big deal. But it increasingly got worse.
Since the ablation in March of this year, my period is almost non-existent. What a difference that makes!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have endometriosis that was not helped by a sub-total hysterectomy 2 yrs ago. Periods were always brutal for me. I know that endo is a symptom or correlates to fibro.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm on mine now as well and yes it seems a few days before and during I hurt all over. Every month I tell my hubby "why do I feel so bad right now" then it comes and he says well it's that time, that's why you feel like crap!!

We have that conversation every month, you would think we would know by now what is happening but no it has to rear it's ugly head to tell me why I ache all over.
PeaceN2You
PeaceN2You
Even long before I knew about fibro and was diagnosed, I used to complain to my OB/GYN that I felt like I had the flu every time I had my period. Sore muscles, extreme fatigue, and even sometimes chills and fever. I think that's the only time I've ever had a doctor look at me like I'd lost my mind.

Years later, now these symptoms are recognized as part of PMS, and we know here that fibro just makes things that much worse.
deleted_user
deleted_user
yes every period is a flare-up for me too. there is a strong correlation between endo and FM for many women... i know that endo surgery has helped me considerably. however eventually the endo pain has turned into neuropathic pain. years ago the drs used to say to me that no one ever got sick because of pain - not true is it - all those years of pain have changed the way my nerves work.