To ask if there's any supplements to help with horrific period pain?

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I am standing making kids tea and I feel like my insides are falling out.
Since having babies (2 perfectly normal births) my periods are horrific. Last about 8 days with the middle few days really heavy bleeding and awful period pains. The pain is in all honesty quite similar to being in labour.
I also feel sick and have diarrhoea for the worst 24 or so each time.

Has anyone had success with any sort of supplement or natural remedy for this sort of thing?

*24 = 24 hours

Starflower oil maybe? It helped me but mostly with PMS, moods, hormonal skin problems but I don't have heavy pains so I am not sure if it would make a difference if you have heavy bleeding and pains.

Magnesium tablets/oil/cream

I have PCOS so had horrific periods. I found Evening Primrose Oil was a huge help.

I take buscupan during my period and it helps alot

Buscopan could help you if the pain is a spasm / severe cramp type pain. However, I would seriously recommend going to see your doctor. I have endometriosis and since my twins were born my periods have been the worst they've been in years. I've been around women online who have awful periods for years and I'm afraid I've never heard of a supplement that would legitimately help. You may need to discuss some medications - tranexamic acid and mefanamic acid are a good place to start but may not be enough. Is the pill an option for you?

agnus castus

Diindolylmethane or DIM wholeworldbotanicals.com/facts-about-dim-and-womens-health/ brilliant, brilliant stuff.

See your GP and ask if you can be prescribed Mefenamic Acid (it's a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory so obviously not an option if you can't take them due to Asthma). I was started on it for "painful periods" 6 years ago, and it is amazing, can't function without it!

GP wasn't interested in investigating further just kept giving repeat prescriptions, moved area and as soon as I needed repeat prescription new GP started investigating properly and has given a provisional diagnosis of Endometriosis.

Sympathies OP.

Mefenamic Acid is amazing, I had thought that I'd read that it can also make your period less heavey. Pre babies I wouldn't have managed without it.

Now I take Agnus Castus, vitamin D, B12, and the Pukka herbs 'womankind vitamin'.
If i keep on top of my health and look after myself the pain stays away. It feels like hard work sometimes.

I also used to take mefenaic acid as a painkiller and it worked well.

Magnesium

Rhodolia (rose root herb) is b**y amazing; for PMS and fatigue. The only downside is it's not like st johns wort that you can pick up in tesco cheaply. 30 tablets will set you back at least £10.

Featherup - that's transexamic acid, often prescribed together, to make periods lighter

Thanks for the answers, was doing kids tea so couldn't answer immediately.
Sounds like magnesium is one to start with as a supplement, and maye evening primrose.
I'm not aware that I have endometriosis, would it suddenly just start after having children? Youngest is 19 months.

I'm still bf too, so not sure if that has any implications for the mefanemic acid thing. Paracetamol and codeine tablets do work for the pain but I only take them after evening breastfeed as then I don't feed again until 7am so should be clear of Breastmilk.

I was the same after having kids. Really heavy to the point of just standing up from sitting down I would flood and I would on occasion need help to het out of the shower due to blood loss. Also a horrible dragging feeling like all my insides were going to fall out.

Even though I've been sterilized my GP put me on Cerelle (OCP). Best thing ever. I've had no periods since starting it almost three years ago ☺ 🎗

Omg muddling no periods would be a dream!! I've been reluctant to try the progesterone pill because it seems to really disagree with some people and make periods worse plus make you prone to weight gain etc. But maybe I should talk to
Gp.

Definitely speak to your gp, mine recommended the coil for me, and I also have stopped having periods. Its as good as it sounds

It has been a dream! Definitely worth talking through your options with GP. Hope you sort something x 🎗

It has been a dream! Definitely worth talking through your options with GP. Hope you sort something x 🎗

Mirena coil all the way. It's literally changed my life.

If your periods have changed noticeably then go and see your GP to get checked out. There are lots of potential causes including cysts, fibroids, endometriosis, adenomyosis some of which might need treatment.
For me buscopan definitely helped along with paracetamol and codeine. I am limited in which NSAID I can tolerate. However, the real differences came from surgical removal of an ovarian cyst and endometriosis and the progesterone pill later replaced with the Mirena coil.
Supplements can have a place but if your periods have changed for the worse see a doctor.