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Fainting , days before period due

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grales · 13/09/2006 17:29

Can anyone advise me? My dd (14) fainted today. She is due her period this week. Is this a common thing? Someone atschool suggested magnesium? anyone else any ideas?

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brimfull · 13/09/2006 17:49

Hi,don't know but my ddalso 14 has fainted a few times in the past and I think it might be at the same time as yours ,will watch this thread.

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grales · 13/09/2006 18:13

i had not heard of it before,never happened to me. nice to hear maybe we are not the only ones!

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megandsoph · 13/09/2006 18:24

Hi there grales... I used to faint during mine at around the same age and was sent home from school on numerous occasions (sp?)

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grales · 14/09/2006 17:07

Thanks megandsoph, i have heard it is quite common, can i stop it with diet, vitamins etc or do you just grow out of it

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maggiesmama · 14/09/2006 17:10

hey. just to say i still do. its very odd, no-one evr took it seriously. i always assumed it was a deficiency. but, and tis is a serious point, i dont drive etcc around that time. and i guess it follows that she shouldnt be up a climbing frame, or i dont know, equivalent 14 yr old things. i fell down the stairs a coupld of times. but i'm guessing staying on the ground floor is out of the question...

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grales · 14/09/2006 17:15

Luckily she was at home in kitchen but i do worry what if it had happened at school on those flights of stairs

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megandsoph · 14/09/2006 19:23

grales I just grew out of it around 15ish if I rememeber correctly

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