Period symptoms no one talks about

Awful diarrhoea, very sore and tender bits and ridiculous levels of clumsiness!

Pain across my entire pelvis, crotch, back and down my thighs

Swollen sensation of the vulva and feeling like my vagina and vulva are falling off

Skin sensitisation e.g. clothes rubbing against my legs making them feel twitchy

Claustrophobia

Inexplicable level of clumsiness and idiocy

Sensitivity and itchy rash under clit hood

And of course, javelin arse and awful poo!

Clumsiness, forgetting what things are called, stammer, zero tolerance for alcohol (it turns me into a screaming illogical banshee over nothing much) period poo, javelin arse.

Severe PMT symptoms the day it finishes. Hot flushes mid cycle. It's great being female.

When I was about 45 my sense of smell went dolally around period time. It took a few months to figure out why I thought something was rotten in the fridge. No one else smelled it and I still threw everything out because the smell was rancid to me.

Sucidal thoughts about 4/5 days before periods starts then fine again. Took me more 20y to make the link some mo the are worse than others. Now in anti dep 7 days bfore due and feel human again!

Also I look physically different 2-3 days before due. Couldn’t tell you what is different but I look different to me!

I also have endometriosis. It's a horrible disease and I really do feel sorry for all of the ladies that suffer with this! I don't just get symptoms when on my period, I get them everyday but they do get alot worse with my monthly! A few to mention are:
-The feeling that your womb is going to fall out of you

• the belt of pain around your hips, into your back and down your legs
• the nausea
• pain when going for a poo
• unable to get comfortable
• having to change your pads ridiculously often

I had excision surgery for extensive endo on the first of this month and ended up losing my right ovary and tube and my left uterosacral ligament. I really do feel for you! It's not just the physical effects this has on us it's also the emotional side of things.

Sending huge hugs!xx

Oh my god! The parking?!? It all makes sense!!!

But yes period poo or constipation (during ovulation).
Weirdly, I haven't had javelin arse since my final pregnancy, small mercies.

Greasy looking skin and clingy hair that sticks to your face.

Oh yes - peeing a lot more!

Get a lot of these symptoms! And def want to kill couple of days before...also my temperature rises and I get so hot at night a few days leading up to starting my period...then it calms down once I have started... but am raging in all senses of the word for about 72hrs prior!

Completely irregular periods that cant be teacked e.g. 5 months no period, then 2 in a row. Cant predict them so when they come on - whilst, say, on a business trip - the pain is so bad you start vomiting, then lose consciousness - repeat cycle. I wish this was a one off experience, but no, I've had hotels around the world call ambulances (policy if you lose consciousness apparently) and all male colleagues thinking oh you are hung over because 'my wife/girlfriend/sister/mother doesnt have periods like this so it CAN'T be your period'

Endo and adeno sufferer here. Mirena coil (and two ablation surgeries) sorted it out completely for me thank god. Had to wait years for diagnosis and then treatment though cos GP's never believed me because they 'didnt see it happening' ... um, no, thats cos i'm usually passed out at the time. From 13 to 26 i experienced this.....

I thought the sore legs was just me so I'm pleased I'm not alone.

Can't sleep the nght before, often have a scratchy throat the first couple of days and sound like I've been on the Gauloise.

I get constipated, is this javelin arse?

Migraine every day in the week leading up to it. Insomnia a few days before then sheer exhaustion once it starts. Vivid dreams. Really bad anxiety. Cramps. Upset stomach. Spots and greasy hair.
Terrible mood, tearful, suicidal and raging horn usually in quick succession!
I look around at all other women seeking to cope and hold down jobs and sometimes it feels like you're the only one!

About a week before I get really, really smelly farts, followed by period poo, clumsiness and javelin arse, then I come on.

Diarrhoea and sore poo also. I notice the night before I start I have to get up to pee alot !

A tendency to burst into tears the day before. Also increased anxiety and difficulty sleeping.

Oh yes period poo!
A heavy, aching feeling like my uterus is trying to fall out
Clumsy
And really hot feet!

Yes, Funcle. It's hideous.

Oh I always say that I feel like I've been kicked in the clunge when I'm on, looks like I'm not alone except other people call it ache.

I get weak legs too, my whole body just feels exhausted.

I do stupid things like pick up hot oven trays with my bare hands.

Everything smells extra strong, just like when pregnant.

Extreme fatigue. Sometimes wondered if I'd make it home from school with the boys, then my period would start just as I was making dinner.

As I'm nearing the end of my fertile life, immense hot flushes. You can bet your supportive, sensible boots that I'll come on for the first time in months in the middle of a heatwave.

I have a question for you all. Every month a day or two before my period I have a poo and then the afterpains are indescribable. It’s like someone has rammed a stick up there. It lasts for about ten minutes where I have to pace around to stop myself passing out. Is this javelin arse?

A feeling like a small homunculus is using a squeegee to scrape the lining from inside my uterus.
Spending a day before the whole show kicks off feeling like I want to thump everyone around me.
The difficulty of cleaning up the Carrie levels of gore on the first day.
Realising the hideous itching is actually down to scented towels.