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[monotone.livejournal.com]

I've been sitting here clutching the ring of fat beneath my belly-button trying to make myself get off my bum to look for some advil when I came across this community. And I've been meaning to join one too.

So I will take this oppurtunity to say.. I'm in pain. I feel like I just shoved a large and rusty hook up between my legs and I'm pulling my entire insides out.. slowly. I scraped my leg up against my desk earlier (an accident) and only during my onslaught of cursing did the cramp-pain seem to go away. I've heard from at least four people that masturbating helps. Well, I masturbated earlier and for some reason everytime I masturbate I get cramps.. and then when I masturbate during cramps they only go away for five minutes. Maybe it's cos it only takes me five minutes to masturbate? Hm. I shall have to do further 'research' on that one..

Hey, I guess writing in this thing has helped.. I can barely feel 'em anymore. Yee-haw.

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[ex-debgirl0.livejournal.com]

i hear ya sister... i was dying last night... had to leave a party early to go home and lay down.

[monotone.livejournal.com]

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to think what's helped me:

regular acupunture sessions
exercising regularly (or even just that day)
hot water bottle!
NSAIDs (ie, advil etc)
some kind of stretching/yoga

I've had kinda mixed results with orgasm too; sometimes it helps but just for a little, sometimes it seems to make me more AWARE of the whole thing in a getting-worse way, and sometimes yeah, it sort of clears the whole thing up.

[monotone.livejournal.com]

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

hot water bottle right across your abdomen! or maybe across your back if that's bad. I actually have one that's like a bag of buckwheat hulls that you heat up in the microwave and the weight of it feels really good; some people say that having your cat lie across you can help too but I've never had that cooperative an animal.

good luck!

and yeah, if expressing helps, write away!

[monotone.livejournal.com]

welcome...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

and I'm glad talking helped you out!

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[monotone.livejournal.com]

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Now you know where to go to do so! :)

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[monotone.livejournal.com]

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I'm just a friendly troll, and maintenance man, here at the hut. :)

ask anyone, I'm safe, and friendly. :)

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[monotone.livejournal.com]

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[jaclyn.livejournal.com]

off the topic....wondering where you got the two user pics...I like them.

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[monotone.livejournal.com]

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[jaclyn.livejournal.com]

heh.
thanks.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

nope! I'm a vegetarian.

[elfbabe.livejournal.com]

The only thing that works for me (and last month my cramps were bad enough to make me throw up when I couldn´t get this) is two aleve, taken with two extra-strength tylenol. My father, a doctor, says that mixing naproxen and acetaminophen is safe, and if I make sure that I take it early enough and never let it wear off completely, I feel nothing.

Note: Do NOT take ibuprofen with naproxen! (advil with aleve) It will make your stomach bleed. And if you try aleve with tylenol, for god´s sake eat and drink something with it.

[monotone.livejournal.com]

Same problem

[sdragon.livejournal.com]

Hi! I was looking through the archives and found this topic. Finally, someone who has the same problem as I do!

1-2 weeks before my period, I start getting that exact cramp after masturbating or having sex -- anytime I get aroused, basically. About 15 minutes later, I start getting incredible pains. If I orgasm again, then the pain goes away, but only for 5-10 minutes. It's so frustrating that I can't enjoy sex for 1/3 of the month!

The Ob/Gyns have been totally unhelpful. I've asked if it's a high buildup of lining, or weak ligaments holding the uterus (since it goes upright during arousal, then slowly tilts forward again). They've refused to offer any comment. All they suggest as a treatment (not cure!) is BC pills. They can't tell me what's wrong with me, nor how the Pill with fix it, nor what my risks are for taking it. What kind of prescription is that?

The heating pad tends to help, but it still hurts so much.

Any new thoughts on this?

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[monotone.livejournal.com]

eep, this is an old post!

and sadly, i have no new solution. mostly i've just caved in and took advil or aleve whenever cramps got too bad.

my period is super irregular though. since this post i've probably had it a max of six times. i'm thinking that might have something to do with it.. and people have told me that birth control helps make you regular. so if the horror-cramps are linked to irregular periods and birth control makes periods regular then i deduce that birth control will help with the horror-cramps!

so, yes, might as well give it a try.