Posts by Walter Myers4

How was this translated into American English?

Kenneth Hernandez67, please, you know I can't handle being criticized right now! 😁

By the way, Christian Sanchez44, do a little digging. If you look online here in the States, there are tons of medical portals where doctors actually answer gynecological questions. 😉

By the way, 🤣 😂

So, instead of messing around with tampons, you can actually just use natural sea sponges. Seriously. You just wet it up, squeeze it out, pop it in there with your fingers, and wait until it’s soaked through before pulling it out. And honestly? No more panicking about shoving it in too deep—since there's no string attached, you don't have to worry about some sponge getting "lost" somewhere inside you. It can stay in for a few hours, depending on how heavy your period is and how big the sponge is. Once it’s done its job and you pull it out, just rinse it under some warm or cold running water, give it a good squeeze, and it’s ready to go again.

Melissa Torres4 said:Kafetin is garbage. Absolutely useless.

I totally disagree.
Look, it really depends on what’s actually causing the pain:

From a psychological standpoint, the whole internal struggle with growing up—especially when that first period hits as this huge sign you're becoming a woman—is a massive stressor. You're already dealing with the chaos of puberty, and that extra layer of anxiety is often what triggers functional dysmenorrhea in the first place.

Some psychologists even argue that the pain can be psychosomatic. It can stem from not accepting your own body, struggling with traditional female roles, or just straight-up fear of growing up.😉

Christian Sanchez44 said:So, would you actually be able to tell from an ultrasound?

My only guess was PCOS, but the doctor explained it’s linked to their lack of ovulation and my infertility... but to be 100% sure, I’d need to go in for ultrasounds more often, specifically around ovulation, right?

Hmm, yeah, and then someone will probably come up to me like, "Oh, your eggs look gorgeous, you should hurry up and get pregnant!" 👍 🤣
Just kidding.
Of course it shows up on an ultrasound, and honestly, you can feel it by hand too.
If you want the full breakdown on PCOS, check out Dr. Harnay’s pages—they're super detailed.
Anyway, here’s some more educational stuff for the younger girls out there (this includes herbal recipes and other alternative remedies too):

Christian Sanchez44 said:They weren't even this heavy six months or a year ago, and now the cramps are getting even more intense. Honestly, I don't care if they're heavy, I just want them to stop hurting. Could having heavy periods point to some kind of issue? Like cysts (ugh, such a terrifying word 😬) or something else?

Cysts usually show up alongside bleeding and cramping, and those nasty cramps are mostly down to hormonal fluctuations.
Heavy bleeding is actually more often linked to fibroids rather than cysts.
Sure, a burst cyst can cause heavy flow too, but let's not spiral into full-blown paranoia unless there’s a real reason to worry. 😁

And of course, you’re always welcome here, Dr. Harni 😉



Check this out—it even lists recommended diet and lifestyle changes that actually help deal with those brutal menstrual cramps. 🙂

When it comes to painkillers, Tylenol still works best for me. Advil is decent too, especially the liquid gels—they really help calm down the aches and tension in my whole "region," though you end up feeling a little groggy all day.
Regarding birth control, I was on Yaz for a while, but honestly, it did way more harm than good for me. I know there are definitely women it works for, though. For me, Primolut helped quite a bit, but you can't stay on that stuff forever.

Christian Sanchez44, have you looked into things like endometriosis, fibroids, or maybe a tilted uterus? Honestly, any of those could be why your periods are such a nightmare.
Beyond that, the most common culprit is usually just a hormonal imbalance. And look, you don't necessarily have to jump straight onto birth control pills—they don't work the same way for every woman anyway. There are much milder hormone therapies out there that don't even act as contraceptives.
Like I said, sometimes the root cause of those painful cramps can actually be an untreated inflammation.
But seriously, whatever the immediate trigger is, getting active is going to be a total game-changer for you in the long run. Especially working on your core strength.
If you’re more into dancing, I’d highly recommend something like belly dance or another style that really opens up your hips and strengthens your pelvic muscles.🙂
Oh, and yeah, there are certain herbal tea blends that can help regulate everything. It would probably help if you let me know whether the main issue is the actual pain, or if you're dealing with heavy bleeding too.👍

Start working out. And while you're at it, go ahead and dump all those inflamed ovaries right out 🙂

Jose Miller3 said:Explain yourself, please!

What am I supposed to make of those five words you dropped with a smiley face at the end? Seriously.

@Walter Myers4: Look, if possible, I’d actually prefer something a little less addictive than Xanax.

Don't go taking it every single day. Use it once when you absolutely need to crash, and then your body's natural rhythm should snap back into place. And honestly? This stuff keeping you up—you probably already know what's actually eating at you. You've gotta untangle it, vent to someone, or just figure it out yourself. To me, it looks like guilt, or anxiety, or maybe some deep-seated fear about what's coming next. Who knows. Heck, maybe your bed is just in the wrong spot. 😉

Honestly, you're better off just taking some Xanax, maybe 2 or 5 mg.

Arthur Barnes, why aren't you studying?

hana said:I've always struggled with taking forever to actually fall asleep...

Look, this is a classic symptom for people who are absolutely terrified of losing control. Think about it—when you're asleep, you're vulnerable. You’re basically out of commission, totally losing grip on yourself and everything around you, and that scares the hell out of you. So, you try to artificially stretch out your waking hours just to maintain that fake sense of being in charge of everything. I know, saying it out loud makes it sound incredibly childish, but honestly? It is. It’s just one of those things where the most complicated, soul-crushing problems we deal with turn out to be painfully simple once you strip away the nonsense.😉

For anyone looking to dig deeper into this: www.hdm.us

I'm totally fine with it. Honestly, most people would step up and donate if they could. Even the late Pope said it’s a damn shame to let something go to waste when it could be used to save a life. The real issue here is that our healthcare system still runs like a total wreck. Sure, they've been making some progress lately, mostly thanks to a handful of dedicated enthusiasts working their tails off to get an efficient transplant system running. So, look—the organs are there, but they aren't being utilized properly because hospitals just won't pull the trigger on transplants. It makes no sense when you consider the massive waiting lists and the sheer number of people whose lives literally depend on a donated organ. Too many people end up dying while staring at a clock, just waiting for a call that never comes. That's only half the battle, though. The other side of the coin is the potential for corruption, which is a huge risk in less developed countries. If the whole system isn't perfectly organized and completely transparent, you run the risk of organs being sold under the table to whoever has the deepest pockets.

madwoman said:not at all, that was a completely separate issue.

Look, you’re not actually hitting the nail on the head here. You’re obsessed with WHY Aristotle laid things out the way he did. It trips you out that he supposedly claimed a male soul enters a fetus before a female one. But can we please look at these confusing takes without constantly judging them by today's social standards? I know it sounds ridiculous to argue in those terms now, but wouldn't it be more interesting to actually step into Aristotle’s shoes for a second? Try to imagine what kind of experiments he was running or what logic led him to such bizarre conclusions. That’s literally what we were talking about in the other thread.
Anyway, I honestly think that before anyone starts any big debate, they need to actually learn the basics of Aristotle’s teachings and catch up on modern scientific breakthroughs. We have actual insight into pregnancy now—stuff he couldn't dream of—so let's at least have some baseline knowledge before we start talking. 😉

madwoman said:I read somewhere that Aristotle claimed the soul enters a male fetus at 40 days, but for females, it doesn't happen until day 80. Can someone explain this to me? I'm curious about how he actually calculated those numbers and why he was so damn sure about it.

And another thing... Now it looks like I might be mixing him up with Plato (or so my brother claims), but I somehow remember that Aristotle was against slavery even though he was actually enslaved himself for a while. My brother insists he was a slave owner, and that Plato was the one who became a slave because of *something* (some fight with a king, maybe?) but then managed to escape after a few years..??

Help me get my head straight here, everything is getting totally jumbled up😵 😳

Look, lady, do you even know what you're asking? What does female pregnancy have to do with slavery? Just take a second to listen to yourself before you post again.👍
We've been trying to explain the topic for three whole pages and then you just drop this nonsense on us...
Seriously, just check out this link once more http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aristotl.htm and stop bothering us, please.😉

madwoman said:What do you guys actually make of what that guy was trying to get at? That men are somehow "more valuable" just because their souls supposedly exist 40 days longer than women's? As if having a soul tucked away in a uterus matters. You really think it does? Like it’s somehow gaining some sort of head start or developing extra perks during those 40 days?

Look, we've already been through this. We covered how Aristotle's original premise—whether he meant it or not—got totally twisted and misinterpreted back during the era of the Spanish Inquisition...

Bloodline said:We can be surrounded by whatever we want. If we don't actually own something, then we just don't have it.

So, Aristotle argues that souls don't actually arrive until the 40th or even the 80th day.
Basically, before that window hits, the fetus doesn't even have a soul.
Now, I’ll throw in my own little theory that souls have a gender, but so what?
In what way am I even stepping outside his logic here?

Look, the soul and the body are inseparable, sure, but that doesn't mean a child gets a soul the very second conception happens.
The soul shows up later.

And where exactly does it come from, excuse me?