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[feltrodelcuore.livejournal.com]

I've been having amazingly bad cramps..and sex doesn't seem to help them. I've heard having sex regurlarly or masturbation will help cramps and staying away from high caffine drinks also helps.
I have done these, and it doesn't seem to work.
What should I do? Is there anything I can take, or do?


And, before my period I get clunky, white discharge. And, then I get watery like too. it's really odd. Is this normal?

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[autumn-sylver.livejournal.com]

For the cramps, you could try a hot water bottle, or try ab exercises. While sitting, flex your ab muscles and hold for a couple of seconds. Then relax the muscles, and push your abdomen out. Then keep repeating those until the cramps go away.
I really have no idea if the ab exercises actually work (I don't usually get cramps), but it couldn't hurt to try.
I know that the hot water bottle will help, though, because I've had other muscle pain that I've used a hot water bottle for.

[stripling.livejournal.com]

A tummy exercise: lie on your front and bend your knees so your feet are in the air. lift your torso and reach behind you and grab your feet with your hands. You'll kinda feel like you're a rocking horse, but trust me- it helps. Stretch your stomach and hold for a few counts, relax, and repeat. Sometimes it helps me out.

I tried thermacare patches or whatever, and so far, they have been quite nice. they last for a good long while, so keep that in mind when you see their horrendous price!

[crazykittylady.livejournal.com]

Exercising during my period always makes me pass out. I wouldn't recommend it unless your pain is only an annoyance and not really impeding your activities.

From personal experience, extra exercise the week before my period seems to weaken menstrual cramps. Excessive vegging out or studying, or any lack of movement makes them worse.

Also, there are a few studies suggesting that a low-protein diet for the 2 days leading up to your period and until day 3 will reduced the intensity of all PMS symptoms.

The same goes for vitamin E.

You can look up both these studies. The vitamin E study was first done in Iran, the low-protein diet study has been done to death (but shows more promise with mental lability symptoms rather than with the pain).

[feltrodelcuore.livejournal.com]

my pain is like..unbearable. Sometimes they get so bad I pass out. The only thing my gynocologist did was tell me to take it easy, take medicine, exercise, and like put me on birth control.
I'll defintely try the vitamin e and more more exercising and low protein.

I am on a strict diet so would this also go torwards worse cramps or no?

[crazykittylady.livejournal.com]

I am on a strict diet so would this also go torwards worse cramps or no?

If it's a high protein, atkins-type diet, yes. When you're on a high protein diet, your glycogen stores generally become depleated so that your body burns fat faster and as a side-effect, muscle contractions become much more painful.. that's probably why the high-carb diet helps so much with PMS.

vitamin E article: (you can find many more sources)
http://www.althealth.co.uk/services/news/article.php?id=1300

[feltrodelcuore.livejournal.com]

im not on a meat diet or high carb i'm just on a green veggie/grilled chicken/low sugar/low sodium diet so i guess that's why it's got much worse because im eating chicken much more

thank you

[taldragon.livejournal.com]

evening primrose oil taken regularly might help - ask your pharmacist.

birth control should help (it did with me!) although it might take some trial-and-error before you find the best brand for you.

otherwise, it's painkillers and sniffling for me all the way! (heating pad/hot water bottle will help).

the discharge is, i think, normal.

[everpinkus.livejournal.com]

i get nasty cramps. Taking nufrofen (an ibuprofen) helps me a lot, but if you don't like taking that sort of stuff try drinking lots of water.

Iron pills also helped me, my mum says that cramps are can be caused by lack of vitamins and minerals. Maybe take women's multivitamins?

And the discharge sounds normal to me :)