What do you do for period cramps?

[KiaTate]

I wanna know what to do for cramps... because normally I drink warm tea take midol curl up and nap/cry.

[kaylaS91]

aside from cutting any coffee completely out of my diet for those few days, I just take some midol, stay super hydrated and make sure to get some good cardio in at the gym. I kid you not, but spend 20-30 minutes on the elliptical or just go for a jog and that along could practically eliminate all period symptoms you get! Minimizing any bloating as well as cramps. :)

[Anonymous]

I've heard that exercise (like walking and just being active rather than laying down), even though it's the last thing that you want to do at the moment, helps because it helps to get all your blood circulating and stuff.

Other than that, a warm compress and some medicine. Not much you can do besides wait it out and hope it goes away :(

[JackKerouac77]

Usually I see my therapist, who informs me that I'm not in fact a woman and that I need to quit watching so many Woody Allen movies.

But the pain is reallll!!!

[SurströmmingLover]

I don't do much, I just wait patiently for it to go away.

[Anonymous]

There's a great medication sold over the counter called Buscopan. It helps with cramping very well! It may be a prescription in your country but you could call a pharmacist and ask. I suffer severe cramping and I use that med plus codiene if it's unbearable. It sucks doesn't it?

[onepeaceoflove]

I grab a heating pad and pretty much lay in bed all day. I usually am pretty nasueous and throw up while I'm on it so I also drink tea and eat saltine crackers

[Willowlock]

Crying is always the best but put a heating pad on the area. I dont know exactly why that works but it does. It soothes it and makes you crave chocolate...

[LeberoAmy]

Ibuprofen, gator aid, tons of sleeping if I can... I also go rally light on yoga but I meditate and it might be in my head but I think it helps.

[larry69]

Good sex.. orgasms can help too?

[skullly]

I don't know... but I'm having that right now xD
This never happens to me... :[!
if you find out let me know... tis awful.

[larry69]

Sex helps

[rain-]

I always take some tea =) its a specific type tho make sure your not eating food your not suppose to eat

[lePoivre]

I usually just take some Ibuprofen and call it a day, though my periods tend to be very light.

[unicornsandglitter]

Take naps, drink water, and if they're super bad I lay in my stomach with a heating pad

[PLLFan21]

I take Ibuprofen few days before my period starts, go for a run, & heating pad, is usually what I do to help with my cramps.

[Tassajara]

The best thing that works for me Is a hear pack, nurofen and I lay with my legs vertically up a wall, don't know why it helps but It does! and sleep!

[Whocares90]

My Ex would have crazy hot sex with me. She said that helped.

[onepeaceoflove]

One of my cousins as telling me having sex before her period lessened the pain too

[Anonymous]

Warm compress and medication like pills.