Girls, can you stop cramps from being bad before they even come?

[moxygirl11]

[astatine]

you need magnesium and potassium.
eat a banana daily. it will help in avoiding the nerves from being compressed.

do you skip meals? if you do, i'd recommend you not to do that.

drink plenty of water

move around

[astatine]

try keeping that hot water bag or an electric heating pad over the abdomen.

take a tablet having paracetamol as the drug

[moxygirl11]

I do skip meals often

[astatine]

don't

[kaylaS91]

yeah start taking midol a week or few days before when you're expecting your period.

[moxygirl11]

So it lessen the cramps when your period comes or just the pre-cramps Lol?

[kaylaS91]

both cramps before as well as during your period, if you get them still even when your period's begun.
Also, gonna sound a bit counter-intuitive but working out is the best way to deal with all period related symptoms. Cramps, back pain, bloating, sore boobs... the whole list. When I work out regularly, I can go a whole month without having to take a single midol & be relatively pain-free so you could give that a try too. :)

[chercheur]

You can by taking a product called Buscopan ( can but over the counter ), also exercise helps too. Periods just suck though don't they...😕

[moxygirl11]

Yes they do

[chercheur]

*can buy it over the counter...

[Kiwedin]

I'm dead serious, go vegan. I used to have really bad cramps to the point where I would stay home from school because it hurt so much, and I seriously haven't had any since going vegan about a year ago which is amazing.

[Nicole9356]

Lots of water, magnesium supplements, and exercise will help with cramping. I know how it is girl, mine get so bad I passed out once ;-( but these remedies really help :-)

[LittleSally]

Yes, but you have to go to your gynecologist for an exam and for him/her to prescribe you some pills.

[XNicholeMariex3]

Well you could drink more water. I think taking midol would help.

[StormMistress]

Exercise can always help to stretch and loosen your abdominal muscles. Not much else can help aside from pain killers and a heat pad sadly.

[COCOCHANEL]

relax and drink hot broth

[HollywoodGlam]

I wash with hot water.