Periods....Anyone elses make then feel like they have done 10 rounds in a boxing ring ??

[nutcracker]

My period arrived on Saturday morning and I had the usual stomach ache, back ache, nausea and head ache with it. But even now my stomach feels so sore and like someone has kicked it alot and i feel so tired.

[Nightynight]

coffee = period pains for me!

[nutcracker]

Eh ?? I don't drink coffee

[sorrel]

poor you nutcracker .I can relate. Recently have developed migraines and faintingtoadd to my list of menstrual misery.

[spykid]

I sympathise, I feel like I have been kick3d by a horse when I have my period, it makes my whole stomach very tender.
Strangely, exercise seems to help, although that is the last thing I feel like doing!!

[ssd]

nutcracker I know how you feel. I feel crap today too, really sad and tearful, and I get your symptoms too. I hate the hot and nauseous feeling I get, roll on a few days and I'll be fine! Hope you will be too!

[HellKat]

Know that feeling all too well. Suffered with severe Endometriosis for years. Hot bath helps and I agree with Spykid, exercise really helps. Also if you can stomach it, sex helps too (medically proven too).

[nutcracker]

Sex !! Really ?? I'd be in agony if i tried to have sex.

I used to get the fainting too when i was a teenager and used to regularyl throw up.

The actual sotmach pains and back ache seems to have eased a bit as i've got older put the soreness of my stomach seems to have got alot worse.

[HellKat]

Works for me. Without tmi it can hurt during but works for afterwards. Gets rid of the horrid backache, dragging belly ache. But the best of all is a long soak in a hot bath. mind you that works for everyhting