Best painkillers or other solutions for period pain?

[AnnieLobeseder]

I hope you lovely folks can offer some advice please. I've always been incredibly lucky with my periods, but poor DD2 (13) is really struggling with debilitating cramps. Apparently difficult periods are common on DH's side of the family, so the poor thing seem to have inherited her uterus from her father .

She's tried paracetamol and ibuprofen, and sitting with a hot water bottle, but these don't seem to touch the sides. I've just sent the poor thing off to school full of Neurofen but bent over double with the pain.

So, could I please pick your brains for what works best for bad period cramps?

The pill will likely dampen down the symptoms but it will only treat those, not the cause.

The cause of this needs to be determined because ongoing severe painful periods and/or cramping can be due to endometriosis. I sincerely hope your DD does not have this but if this continues she needs to see a gynaecologist. She is also not too young for endometriosis to be present.

Your GP can give her stronger painkillers and sometimes they work best if started 3 days before her period is due.

Really bad period pain is, sadly, common in young girls.

See your GP