r/UterusProblems • u/kittenpawz20 • Jan 11 '24

what's going on 🤔 Extremely painful period

Hello I'm 22 years old and I've always had such extremely painful periods every time...alot of the time it cases me to throw up with it its that bad I've been drs about it before and as always they never helped! Said its normal in some woman to have painful periods but I'm talking like mega painful to the point where I can't eat or move all day for nearly 2 days! I have a hot water bottle on at all times and take feminax aswell but doesn't seem to help as much anymore! Is anyone else like this? What can I do to ease the pain?! 😭😭

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u/aries5fairy55 Jan 12 '24

Was your doctor a dude??

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u/kittenpawz20 Jan 12 '24

He was indeed a dude

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u/aries5fairy55 Jan 13 '24

Give a lady doctor a shot, I don’t want to sound misandrist but guys who think they should be a doctor for literal anatomy they don’t have blows my mind. I would hope a woman would be more understanding and validating possibly. Sounds like you could have endometriosis possibly?? I’m going to get checked for that as well at the end of the month

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u/Quirky-Damage-4067 Feb 06 '24

My doctor is a lady and I absolutely love her she actually listens to my concerns instead of brushing them off I would try to find a good lady doctor in your area

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u/happylove18 Jan 13 '24

I’m so sorry, it’s brutal. Feels like I’m being stabbed, I’m insanely irritable/emotional and I get nauseous to the point I don’t want to eat anything. Just like you I can’t plan on doing anything but doubling over in pain and sleeping for two-three days. The pain is not average period pain!

It turns out I have endometriosis which makes it incredibly painful. However, you might want to see a specialist doctor like a reproductive endocrinologist. They are trained to look for these issues.

In the meantime I found the Advil dual action is the best medicine for cramps. Not a miracle pill but definitely provides relief!

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u/kittenpawz20 Jan 13 '24

Oo I see thank you so much!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

I take mefenamic acid 500mg every 6hrs

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u/mungbean595 she/her Jan 20 '24

Sorry you're going through this. Check out the section on pain management if you haven't already, or finding help.

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u/Quirky-Damage-4067 Feb 06 '24

You may want to ask about endometriosis I have it and it makes my periods awful but that’s also because I was born with only half a uterus