Teen period pain

[Applejack87]

Hi my dd is 14 and suffers with terrible period pain , she takes feminax which helps but I’m worried that she’s taking too many on a daily basis sometimes two in the morning and another two at bed time this could be anything up to four or five days by which time I would have thought she would have lightened . I’m now thinking about phoning the Dr for advice as pain killers all the time can’t be good . Any advice please

@Applejack87
Hello there . I was the same as your dd , fainting at school, up all night and heavy bleeding. Definitely consult your gp regarding the dosage of feminax. The doctor may very well prescribe mefanamic acid which helped me greatly at that age . The doctor will explain a better way to take this kind of drugs which is safer and more effective. Please dont think I'm trying to do the doctors job ! You are doing absolutely the right thing calling the gp, just dont let them fob you off.
Your poor daughter , I've had this since 13 and now I'm 45 ! A hot water bottle works wonders but I'm sure you have already tried that .
You are a lovely mum !

Not directly helpful, but I’m fairly sure that Feminax is ‘just’ ibuprofen- so I’d get her off the brand and save some money! And yes, get her to the GP:

www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/6560668/period-pain-cramps-price-more-normal-painkillers-ibuprofen/

Sorry that the article is from The Sun!

I was going to say the same about Ibruprofen.
I used to really suffer too as a teenager, and right through my twenties. It wasn’t until I had a child at 28 that things eased off. Now that I’ve hit peri-menopause stage the pain is returning, and I had forgotten how awful it was.
Try paracetamol instead, and see if that helps. I don’t think they have as much of a damaging effect as ibuprofen can have.

Another one here who had mefanamic acid and it did help considerably along with a hot water bottle. Before I was prescribed it I would be off school every month and just sat crying I was in so much pain. Would you consider letting her go on the pill? That was the only thing that truly worked for me.

I had this a teen. It was awful and felt I couldnt speak to my own mother about it, due to our poor relationship... she is lucky to have you! I tried various pain killers nothing helped the really heavy painful flow. I fainted on a monthly basis which was awful and embarrassing at school. At 15 my GP put me on the pill and after 2 years of various pills without relief enough was enough. I finally saw a locum female GP and had a little break down about it. She advised me for a mirena iud. I ended up having 2 mirenas back to back and 10 years without a period and pain. This got me through uni without being in constant agony and fainting on monthly basis. I know people worry about IUDs but it was amazing had, I had it taken out end of July and fell pregnant in September.... as soon as the baby arrives ill go back to the mirena!

I was similar, had the first 2 days of my period off school every month until my GP put me on the pill at 13.

My 15 year old really suffers with period pain . We spoke to the GP a few weeks ago and he prescribed mefanamic acid . She hasn't had her next period yet so fingers crossed it helps be cause she was taking a lot of ibuprofen which took the edge off it but only slightly.

My DD also vomits on the first day of her period so he has given her anti-sickness melts to take . She already had anti-sickness tablets but obviously they don't work if you cant keep anything down.

Definitely get a GP appointment for advice - it's not ok for them to have to struggle along every month. I wish I'd done it for my DD sooner.

Thankyou all so much for your replies and advice , I’m sorry to hear that you and your daughters suffered terrible pain , I used to get awful cramps but they got better once I had my daughter . I feel so sorry for her as they are heavy the school nurse gave her Buscopan last week but I will phone the Dr

I was exactly the same as @donttouchmyhair gp put me on the pill because the painkillers and mefanamic acid did nothing but make me throw up.

Labour hurt less than teenage periods.

I'm on depo now and have been on hormonal contraception for about 15 years apart from a brief spell while I was pregnant with dc (conceived on the bloody pill) and a year or so after he was born where they lightened right up until periods started to return to their previous awful form.

Definitely go and see your gp she doesn't have to suffer like this

We saw the GP with DD 14 recently and she couldn't have been more helpful with handing out painkillers first and then going onto the pill. It was a breath of fresh air compared to when I was her age. She was very clear that in this day and age DD shouldn't be in pain or missing school.