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    Default Cramps so bad I can't sleep.

    I guess I just need a sympathetic ear and I don't want to call my mom.

    Every time I manage to drift off, my cramps wake me back up because they're so intense. I am totally exhausted and tired and need to get good sleep so I can bank this weekend.

    I'm going to take some melatonin and see if that helps me stay asleep, but the pain is probably one of the worst months ever.

    My family cure is a double shot of whatever is in the cabinet (makes you forget the pain enough to fall asleep), but I went dancing last night and drank quite a bit (and yes, I realize this probably exacerbated the cramping) so I don't want to put more toxins into a system that's still purging.

    Heating pad/laptop on my tummy usually helps, but not tonight. And since I drank, I don't want to take any kind of pain killers and overload my liver. Ugh.

    Of course, I left my Jamaican dogwood and black cohosh extract at work.

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    awwww.

    chew ginger root and stay away from sugar. that's what i do.

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    Default Re: Cramps so bad I can't sleep.

    I'm actually in the same boat. When I'm about to get my period or is actually on it, I cramp SOOO bad...I get really bad nausea and sometimes I can't even get up out of bed. It's so bad...

    I was PMSing really bad at work yesterday...I just sat in the corner and didn't even feel like getting up on stage or anything. The barmaid told me to drink a ice cold beer really fast and that my cramps will stop...truth be told, IT WORKS!!! I'm not sure if you're a beer drinker, but if you are, try it. I thought it was ridiculous at first, but within 10 min, my cramps were completely gone. She said its like an opposite reaction or something like that. So, if you are in fact a beer drinker, drink an ice cold beer and take as many gulps as you can. I promise you will feel better.

    Also, go to your doctor, and just get checked to make sure it isn't anything like endometriosis or anything else.

    Hope you feel better sweetie and take it easy.

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    The sudden hit of the alcohol in the beer is what helps; it relaxes you. I've actually got heartburn from the amount I drank at the gay bar (5 drinks in about 3.5 hours, a new record for me! Eesh!), so I'm especially wary of the old family cure!

    I don't have a doctor. Grew up without insurance, still don't have it. I was checked for endometriosis when I was sixteen, but was cleared. It's been nine years, though... I think I'll set up an appointment at Planned Parenthood.

    I seldom eat sugar, but I had insane PMS all week, so I ate lots of chocolate, which I think is making it worse! I was ever-so-pleasant at work this week to boot.

    When you have a super-crampy period, do you have super-PMS beforehand too?

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    ^ oh yes. i have hella pms.

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    So sad...

    Last month, while PMSing, I pinned a custy down by his throat when he wouldn't stop being handsy... Didn't have much cramping though.

    THe cramps went away earlier today when I was dancing and when I went out on my bike, but now they're back and they're pissed.




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    Have you tried masturbating? I read in a women's magazine that it causes the uterine muscle to contract and relax, and since then it's been working for me.
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    Default Re: Cramps so bad I can't sleep.

    Peppermint tea might help. It's a good muscle relaxant.

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    Default Re: Cramps so bad I can't sleep.

    I have always found advil works better than anything for me. If its really bad its ok to alternate tylenol and advil.

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    I could only sleep 4 hours lastnight , and that is with 3 aleve and 2 melatonin. i am DYING! Yeah, cramps suck ass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jenny View Post
    Have you tried masturbating? I read in a women's magazine that it causes the uterine muscle to contract and relax, and since then it's been working for me.
    QFT!!! this works for me in any kind pf pain though. the endorphines (sp) make me feel so good.

    also: i used to have severe cramps. SEVERE. then, i moved in to this 3rd floor apartment. i walk the 3 flights 2x a day at least. i don't really cramp anymore, and if i do, it's bearable.

    try exercising a bit more!

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    Holy god, if I exercised more, I'd never get time to do anything else! haha. I road bike at least ten miles a day, dance four days a week, go to the gym usually five days a weeks for 45 minutes to an hour and twenty minutes, often do yoga up to twice a day.

    I've done the masturbation thing before. It helps sometimes, and sometimes doesn't do anything.

    Last night/this morning, I ended up passing out listening to NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me after taking a 6mg of melatonin and a couple of Excedrin I found in the bathroom. Didn't get much sleep, but at least it happened!

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    yeah, definitely get off. that's what helps me. sounds funny, but it really works...at least temporarily. then when the pain starts again, do it again.

    alcohol usually just makes me feel worse, actually.

    i've also heard of taking, for next time, ibprofin or something similar BEFORE you get ur period for a couple of days. Actually, the nurse told me that when i went to the hospital for severe cramps.

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    My boss is an Ob/gyn. She said starting 2 days before your period take motrin as directed on the box. She said it significantly helps. Too bad she didn't tell me 3 days ago :/
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    Default Re: Cramps so bad I can't sleep.

    I know this probably isn't much help, but drink a lot of water!!
    Alcohol is really dehydrating, plus any dancing and such is naturally dehydrating... so I'm guessing if the cramps are worse than usual, it's just dehydration.
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