Menstrual Cramps
Most women experience severe pain during their monthly cycles and they describe it as dysmenorrhea.
What a situation to deal with every month? This is difficult. The pain can’t be bearable that it cause women to miss school or their work.
Some said it is caused psychologically or stress. It can be. But I don’t really agree with that.
When I have my menstrual cramps, I could hardly get up. My head is so heavy and my eyes get blurry. It is a terrible experience that I go through every month. My legs and my arms get so weak that all I need is to lay down. My abdomen is so painful that I have to scream all night or all morning. I get nauseuos. If I tried to stand up, the environment start to spin. So, if I am in the bathroom I will lay down in the floor and fall asleep. I just get so weak that I could hardly stand up and help myself walk to the bed.
Taking a pain killer does not really help me a lot. What helps me feel better is when I lay down for two hours and fall asleep. When I wake up the pain is gone. Yes, the cramp is still there but not that severe.
I tried to do a lot of exercise to help myself deal with this issue positively. I am really concern. Every time I am getting close to my monthly period I anticipate the pain I will be experiencing. When I go to the restroom and see a little spot, my mind go crazy. I get light-headed right away because I know I will be screaming for help today or the second. It’s just crazy.
With my exercising, it helps a little bit. There were months that I don’t have dysmenorrhea and there were months that I have to endure the severe pain.
I read about this condition and learn a lot. I know about bad prostaglandin, diets, herbs, etc that has to do with menstrual cramps. But I can’t write anything about it here because I am not a doctor. Consulting with a doctor is the best way to understand what is going on with our body.
Despite common health issue that women may have, we have to consider that every woman’s body is different and unique. And we have the ability to keep ourselves healthy by understanding and learning what we need.
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Paige | Apr 6, 2008 | Reply
Hi there.. I have extremly painful cramps aswell to the point where i cannot control my body, i cant walk and my eyes roll in the back of my head almost. It gets so bad that i go to the hospital too . I had surgery on my stomach in august 07 – a laprascopic because my gyn thought i had endometriosis but it turns out i did not.. my cramps have begun at work before too where i am on the floor at work with customers walking by me and i am screaming in pain – i am only 19 years old and my cramps have been this bad for 5 years now. im at the point where i want a hysterectamy but i want children so that options out.. i dont know what else to do. ive tried everything there is out there to help my cramps..
ameripina | Apr 12, 2008 | Reply
Hi Paige, thanks for reading my post. Anyway, my menstrual cramps really was bad. I never had any cure for that. I exercise a lot to help get rid of it but it did not work for me. My mother used to tell me that I inherit it from her. She even said I am lucky becuase I don’t throw up whenever the cramps occur (Still I wasn’t lucky with that terrible experience). But as of now, I am doing pretty well every period. It is probably because my body had changed since I gave birth to my daughter. My doctor told me before that I will never have a baby due to my menstrual cramps and tip uterus but thankfully it was not true. I have a healthy one year old beuatiful girl.
What I used to do, I drink a glass of hot water at night before the day of my period. I always anticipate my period every month. I had my menstrual cramps when I was 14 years old until 2006 when I was pregnant and now no more. My mother used to make fun of me that all I need is to get married and have children so the cramps will go away. I thought it was not true but it is. I am pretty sure it due to my hormonal changes and my body changed as well.
I don’t know exactly what to tell you because I never had any cure for it until I give birth. As I’ve said, pain killers did not work for me.