Period and Menstrual Cycle Talk
in Women's Health ·
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My cycle typically runs between 27 and 32 days—though it fluctuates depending on my stress levels—so I honestly have no idea how to track it properly. On the first day, the pain is so intense that I immediately reach for Advil. My period usually lasts about six and a half days.
I take Advil the second I feel even a hint of discomfort because I refuse to endure that "menstrual shock" all over again.
Has anyone else here actually experienced that sensation?
It has happened to me four or five times now, and frankly, it is a horrific experience. The symptoms include nausea, heavy sweating, chills, and muscle spasms in my hands and feet. Then come the uterine contractions, which eventually turn into what feels like actual labor pains (at that point, I am physically straining against my own will in regular intervals). Only one doctor I’ve seen claimed to have heard of such a thing, though she couldn't explain why it happens; she noted it feels significantly more painful than actual labor because you are straining, yet nothing is happening 🙂. Another physician was so visibly bewildered and overwhelmed by my condition that she actually asked me what medication I wanted while I was doubled over in pain right there on the exam table. They have always administered a Voltaren injection in my glute, and once, they had to give me two because the pain simply would not subside.
And just to be clear, I have never been pregnant, nor have I had a miscarriage. I have visited gynecologists, and following a Pap smear and an ultrasound, they have assured me that I am perfectly healthy.
Does anyone else share this experience? Please, if nothing else, I would just like to know I'm not alone in this. 😁
My cycle typically runs between 27 and 32 days—though it fluctuates depending on my stress levels—so I honestly have no idea how to track it properly. On the first day, the pain is so intense that I immediately reach for Advil. My period usually lasts about six and a half days.
I take Advil the second I feel even a hint of discomfort because I refuse to endure that "menstrual shock" all over again.
Has anyone else here actually experienced that sensation?
It has happened to me four or five times now, and frankly, it is a horrific experience. The symptoms include nausea, heavy sweating, chills, and muscle spasms in my hands and feet. Then come the uterine contractions, which eventually turn into what feels like actual labor pains (at that point, I am physically straining against my own will in regular intervals). Only one doctor I’ve seen claimed to have heard of such a thing, though she couldn't explain why it happens; she noted it feels significantly more painful than actual labor because you are straining, yet nothing is happening 🙂. Another physician was so visibly bewildered and overwhelmed by my condition that she actually asked me what medication I wanted while I was doubled over in pain right there on the exam table. They have always administered a Voltaren injection in my glute, and once, they had to give me two because the pain simply would not subside.
And just to be clear, I have never been pregnant, nor have I had a miscarriage. I have visited gynecologists, and following a Pap smear and an ultrasound, they have assured me that I am perfectly healthy.
Does anyone else share this experience? Please, if nothing else, I would just like to know I'm not alone in this. 😁