Take some Alieve or Motrin. Take a hot, hot bath, if you can't soak in the tub try a hot water bottle or heating pad. Weird as it sounds ice helps, place it on your lower tummy for ten on and ten to fifteen minutes off. Try running, that really works for me, gets your endorphins flowing, nothing like your body's own natural pain relievers. Rub yourself to a nice orgasm , helps me every time!! = } treat yourself to some chocolate, I like dark best when Aunt Flo is visiting, normally it's just a bite or two or Hershey's Kisses size so one or two pieces. Go for a brisk walk, does the same for you as running. Hot tea, espresso drink, coffee, spiced cider, co-co... Above all, we all know it hurst and sucks when Aunt Flo drops by uninvited, try not to think about how much it hurts. Call a friend and talk on the phone for hours to get your mind off your pain. Drink lots of water, you need to hydrate and flush. It sucks to be a girl sometimes, especially like at period time.
Do you have cramps that come and go in waves (like the way pre-childbirth labor is described) and that usually start around day 1 of yr period? Or do you have unrelenting, grinding cramps that usually start a few days before?
The difference is important, because these are actually total opposites, and almost everything that will help one kind of cramps will actually make the other kind worse.
I heard bananas help but I don't know if that's true. Motrin should help. I like to take hot baths too and also exercise, like yoga or even just a brisk walk. Sometimes I just curl up into a ball with a pillow and cry lol, helps sometimes, I guess? When it's really bad I smoke some weed since nothing seems to alleviate my cramps better, but since you're under 18, try the other options lol.
Exercising the muscle really helps. Running, or if you aren't athletic, laughter actually helps stretch and relax the muscles, so watch something that makes you laugh. A heating pad or hot bath are also super helpful. Drinking something warm can also bring some relief. My go to is hot cocoa, because the chocolate helps with the hormones and stuff. Make yourself something hot to drink, curl around a heating pad, and watch Spaceballs.
I really like those gel bags, they are good for the freezer or microwave. I heat in the microwave really hot, and put a t-towel between it and my stomach (below my belly button) and just lay down stretched out. Yes exercise too. Since exercising, my periods are lighter as well.
A heating bag is great or some paracetamol. Exercise like cardio is also good (although this one is hard especially if you're in a lot of pain)
I find avoiding cold drinks or food helps because it seems to make my cramps worse If I have anything cold. Also I feel like hot drinks work well.
Mastubating helps, but if you're not gonna be able to do that. I take excedrin or Pamprin (those two help). Sorry you're feeling crappy :-( I have cramps. Why can't men get them -_-
Sorry to hear you're in pain ): although I do have some solutions that have worked for me. Eating carbs can help a lot with cramps and the flow of how heavy it is. Exercising such as
Actually exercising is really good for your cramps, I was extremely crampy and brought my ass to the gym and I am feeling heaps better tonight x
take pain relievers, use a heating pad. You could also try taking a warm bath
Aha, usually I just coop up in my room and stay warm and toasty under layers of blankets. But I find that drinking hot beverages, like tea tend to ease the pain.
I tend to walk when I'm cramping. If I can't (because I have work to do) I'll use a heating pad. Either way, I'll take a Pamprin and an Ibuprofen, and drink more coffee.
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