DD'S PERIOD PAINS ARE MAKING HER PHYSICALLY SICK

[QueenEagle]

Today is her birthday party too and she has had to abandon her mates as she is in such severe pain and throwing up.

What can I do to make her feel better? She has just taken 2 painkillers and chucked them up.

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How old is she?

I used to be like that as a teenager. Has she tried the hot water bottle on the tummey?

I used to just curl up in bed for a few hours when I got it. Not helpful for her birthday I know?!

Get her to see her doctor QE. Mine used to be that bad until I had kids I was literally on a cocktail of pills anti sickness and painkillers. Hot water bottles and bed sometimes worked alongside the tablets. After I had my first child they vanished but I used to have one day off a month.

Sorry if I havent helped much but I would definately see a doctor.

If it's really bad maybe she should see a doctor about it. Perhaps taking the Pill might help, though I realise that may be a bit controversial if she's very young.

mine were just like this and still are occasionally. lavender oil is supposed to help relieve sickness if you put it in an oil burner, i also used to have a bucket of hot water with a few drops in and dip a flannel in to press on my tummy. i found alternating with a cold flannel sometimes helped. only thing that actually meant i could leave my bedroom (apart fom crawling to the bathroom to throw up) was going on the pill. i was 13 when i went on it and incase you are worried it didnt make me have sex any earlier! is a standard treatment for period pain. she has my sympathies

She is 14 on Monday. Although she has had a bit of pain since she started last January, this is by far the most severe she has been and the pain is written all over her face.

I know what she is feeling though. I suffered sickness and diarhoea(sp?) on the first day of my period every month and the sickness and pain was so bad it laid me up for a day and a half every month. Unfortunately it seems she is going to take after me.

Can she take more painkillers do you think???

She took 2 paracetamol and threw them up withing 5 minutes.

Don't give her any more paracetamol. Try ibuprofen. It usually works better than paracetamol anyway, imo.

I wouldnt give her any for a while myself even if she threw them up try a hot water bottle or goblins idea.

I might give her some neurofen in about an hour you can give neurofen with paracetamol in any case and they are better for period pains.

had a friend who went on the pill at this age to relieve the pain,worked really well.

My sister used to be like this every month QE. You really should get her to the doctor next week as there are better painkillers that can be described and also other things - I think going on the Pill helps. Might not be what you want for her, but you should discuss the options with the doctor.

I should think she could have more painkillers when she thinks she can take them, as long as you are sure the other tablets came back up. Hot water bottles are probably just as effective though IIRC. (I sometimes had painful periods too, though never sick, and I found the hot water bottle better than painkillers).

Poor dd - at her own party too.

All her mates are just ringing round to get picked up

Your poor Dd. My periods were also like that from the age of 11.

A bath sometimes helped for me.

there are deffo painkillers you can take starting just before your period starts - my sister had them at that kind of age.

also, don't mean to sound gloom and doom, but now that i've got breast cancer and i've done all the research, being on the pill for a long time is a marker for being more suseptible, so i wouldn't go that route with her at the moment. all to do with all that oestrogen and progesterone.

Would it be impossible to have them back next week instead QE? That would make your dd feel a bit better, to know the party is still going to happen.

Yes, we will probably have them back next weekend. They had just made their pizzas and about to sit down to eat them when she rushed to the loo and virtually collapsed on the toilet floor with her head down the bowl.

They were really looking forward to wathcing a horror film as well! It's really horrible seeing her like this - it's just like watching myself 20 years ago.

Fingers crossed she will feel better tomorrow QE.

How we women suffer, eh?

It is awful. I would definatly take her to g.p to see what they can do.
My parents always seemed to think it couldn't have been as bad as I was making out, and not do anything about it. Even when I used to black out they didn't seem to realise.

I will definatly be seeking as much help as poss if either of my dd's gets them like I did.

Hope your dd is feeling better soon.

QE,

I feel for your DD and am sorry to read also about her party.

I would get your DD's pains investigated especially if this recurs. I had severe period pains on starting menstruation at 14. It was only on seeing a gynae that I found out why I was having such pains - endometriosis.

Hot water bottle took the edge off the pains, try to ascertain exactly where she is getting such pains (e.g pelvic area, tops of legs, is one side worse than the other?).

The other thing I would suggest is to keep a pain diary for her periods. Getting her to write down what sort of pain it is and where it is may give clues also.

If GP is unwilling or unable to help further then I would seriously consider seeing a gynaecologist to get his opinion.

The pill can help re the period pains in that they will lessen. However, it will mask the symptoms of any underlying problem.

~QE: has she ever seen a GP? She should be old enough for mefanimic acid (brandname=Ponstan or similar). Suddenly in my mid-20s my periods were awful -- completely debilitating & I would throw up, too. This would come on very very suddenly (I'd go from normal to lying on the floor completely incapacitated, waiting for the drugs to kick in, within 15 minutes) which made it all the worse. Mefenamic acid was a lifesaver; it's in the ibuprofen family of drugs.

poor her - I used to get dreadful period pain and like nutcracker, my parents never seemed to believe it could be that bad. When I finally went to the doc on my own, he was amazed that I had suffered for so many years before coming to see him. I used painkillers and some antispasm stuff for a while and then eventually went on the pill which sorted it out.

I think you can still get Buscopan over the counter (it may be called Buscopan IBS now - ask the pharmacist) but it is absolutely BRILLIANT. I think you are supposed to take it just before you come on (to pre-empt the cramps) but if she is still very crampy tomorrow, you can take it and it should make her feel better fairly soon. It relaxes the cramping and the spasms. You can take pain relief with it at the same time. But ask the chemist because I'm not sure what age you can take it etc. but I certainly remember having it as a child so hopefully it should be ok.

I went onto the pill at 15yo because of painful periods making my physically sick. It did help loads and the GP was very helpful.

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I used to take feminax at this age, poor girl!

Try and get her to eat something - even something bland like a baked potato, as having something in your stomach makes the pains less severe than on an empty stomach. I had this problem too until I went on the pill at 18 - but definitely nurofen first then paracetamol an hour later. Poor love.