Is it normal for teenage girls to throw up with period pain?

[ABy1er]

Dd 15 is in agony and throwing up every month.

No, of course not.

Take her to the doctor, there's a lot they can do.

its been totally normal for me since mine started at 11 and im almost 40 now. Has your dd seen the doctor to see if there's anything they can offer to ease it at all?

I used to.

I think it's just a side effect of being in so much pain and all the hot and cold flushes that come with period pains. I used to have to go home from school with it, but would be fine after taking Nurofen.

I ended up taking the pill for it, it really helped me. Could you try that for her?

This happens to my dd and she's the same age. Dd is actually ill in bed/sleeping for a few hours and throwing up. It then gets better after the few hours.
I took her to the doctor hoping she might be able to go on the pill to sort it out but he prescribed anti nausea pills instead. I said I was concerned she might miss school or even an exam in her gcse year because of it. He said "She'd only be missing a few hours a month." He then tried to suggest she was doing it to skip school but I pointed out she had 100% attendance last year as it had only happened at weekends/school holidays so far, so it's not that.
I'd never heard of it before dd and now you!

Meant to say, unlike your dd my dd has no pain with it. It must be a reaction to the drop in progesterone or something

It used to happen to me during summer months when it was hot. Comes from my mom's side. My cousin and aunt also have the same and have very heavy periods

The GP wasn't at all keen to put her on the pill as he said it has risks

No.
Take her to the doctor.

I used to. Back then there was little they could, or would, do. In the end, at 15y I went on the pill. That seemed to help it more than anything else.

No, it isn't. This happened to me, but no one took me seriously. By the time I was taken seriously, I was in my 40s and had to have a hysterectomy. Don't let the doctors fob your DD off.

I did too, poor thing it's so miserable. Seems quite unfair they won't consider the pill. Yes it has risks but shes at an age she can talk this through with you in an informed way. I know it sounds a bit 'woo' but the Only thing that helped my periods to be slightly lighter and less painful/naseating was agnus castus tincture. I used it until I got pregnant and I do definitely think it helped. I got it from Neals Yard.

I would go to your GP for advice obviously, but will say it's not unheard of people throwing up when in pain.

No, it's likely to be endometriosis but it needs confirmation from a GP.
There's no cure and the pain is so bad that people end up vomiting. Sometimes diet changes and mediation reduce symptoms.

Yes it was (and still is) normal for me.
I do have severe PCOS and endometriosis though and only had a period every 6 months to a year.
Get her a gynae referral if you can, GPs don't get it

I used to throw up, in fact when I went into labour at age 33 it felt just like the periods I had in my teens. It really was that bad. I used to go white, clammy, vomit and have diarrhoea- lasted about 6 hours at start of every period. I’d get about 20 mins warning from ok to full on dreadful and school learned to send me home fast. I had a useless gp who prescribed painkillers which I just threw up, and an unsympathetic mother. I would just lie curled up next to toilet for hours. It was awful. Didn’t really get a lot better until after I had ds though in later years taking ibuprofen at first sign, and lots of it, and lying in scalding hot bath helped. I recently discovered buscopan helps a lot with the pain.

I remember vomiting when I was around 14/15 but only the once when the pain was particularly bad. I used to have the most horrendous period pain when I was a teenager. Just awful.
Having said that if she’s vomiting every month I think a trip to the GP just to check should be on the cards. Hope she feels better

No it isn’t. A similar thing happened to me when I was about 15. I couldn’t take painkillers, even a sip of water would set me off vomiting for the rest of the day, and the pain was unbearable. I put up with this for 2 years before going to see my GP, who put me on the pill, and it made a massive difference immediately.

Ok will take her. I was in agony but didn’t throw up. I went on to have endo, PCOS and IVF.

Worried she’ll have the same.

Dd better when I can get Paracetomol into her. Gave her a Qwell too today.

The stomach cramps make me throw up. The back pain gives me an upset stomach, that's just how it is for some people. Double check there's nothing wrong obviously, but there's nothing wrong with me, it's just how my uterus works.

I was often sick in the early days and both my daughters feel sick and the oldest often vomits so yes it can be !

I was in agony in my younger days, I regularly fainted and was sick. I ended up in hospital on one occasion after it happened in town. They did nothing. There is so much more help out there now, so see what support you can get from your doctor.

I used to throw up as a young adult because of the pain. I stopped throwing up when I started taking ibuprofen every month as soon as the pain/bleeding started so I was never in proper pain as the painkillers were in my system before it got too bad. The period pain stopped after I had children. So maybe not normal but within normal parameters, and worth her getting checked out?

Buscopan really helps. Your poor dd. Two of mine have been on the pill since 15 (acne) they are both very healthy!

Same here. I started at 9 and would have diarrhoea for the entire three weeks and vomit for the first 72 hours. One week off and the cycle (excuse the pun) would begin again! It made school very difficult and almost impossible to partake in swimming classes, thankfully it did ease off slightly in my 20s and was told 'it would sort itself out once I had children!' Grr x

Ditto - diagnosed with PCOS at age 27 and been told very likely have endometriosis too . Threw up every month . It was a month where I was continually vomiting for twenty four hours with simulataneous diarrhoea that clinched it in the end , GP decided then to get me seen by gynae who have tried many, many different things - current thing that works is dihydrocodeine, tranexamic acid and cyclizine.