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master-jarrus · 9 months

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I just wanna say I am 16 and have not started puberty after reading your post I don't want my period lol. Ugh

I won’t lie. Periods are rough as exampled by the post I had made

It was also worse for me though because my lower spine is unstable and the cramps caused the muscles to contract around it making the pain spread much further. That likely won’t happen to you

I do have some things that really help with period cramps that are very affordable

1. Raspberry leaf tea.

This is an herbal remedy that has been studied if you want to look it up.

It tastes kind of minty and I find that hot water is required for the brew but the lower the boil the better. Only 8 oz of water. Let the tea bag sit for for 10 minutes and then I like to add way too much brown sugar but whatever you prefer

You can also take it in pill form

2. Hydration

So tea makes you have to go pee so you really have to make sure your drinking water if you use the tea

But also water helps clear out lactic acid

Whether or not lactic acid causes your muscles to cramp is argued about in studies but I personally find that being hydrated is better than not being hydrated

3. Heat

Heat packs can easily be made with a sock and some rice but if you want a flatter one you can also look up how to make a weighted blanket and do a smaller version with rice instead of beads

You can apply it to exactly where it hurts

Or along your back

Or you can sit on it

I know the last one sounds weird but it helps so much I swear

4. Exercise

I know it can be hard especially because periods can be exhausting but helps

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8YUwS91/

This video is really useful

5. Eating

I know with my cramps especially eating can be hard

But 90% of the time it helps

Literally anything helps

But I find protein dense food is the best even though carbs are what I always crave

6. Showers

You will likely end up feeling sticky or gross at the beginning and end of each day

Just rinsing off in the shower helps

This will also help your mental health because your period will mess with that

7. Rest and Communication

Rest is critical your body will be doing a lot

But if your family is anything like mine you will have to communicate multiple times that you need rest

It can be awkward to talk about your period but just pretend like it’s normal until it is even in front of boys this will help you a lot later if you ever on your period at school or later in work

The best phrases I find help (it will be different for everyone but you can use this a guide) the more confidently said (you can still be confident and quiet if you don’t want other people to know) the more likely the other person will be understanding/uncomfortable but not willing to say anything

“Hey, I just started my period. The cramps are really bad can I do *thing that helps you with cramps*”

“Hey, I’m on my period can I be excused from *things that might strenuous and stressful*”

“I really need to lay down. I’m tired and I’m in pain. Can I please do that?”

Another thing is that it might make you very irritable and you might have to get ready to apologize

It sucks

Especially because most of the time it’s because people are doing things they aren’t supposed to in the first place

But being female/afab means being socially responsible for responsible for other people’s stupidity and you getting annoyed with said stupidity

However don’t apologize for being on your period just apologize for your behavior. Apologizing for your period will cause them to (not always intentionally but some of them do) try to use your period to justify you being in a bad mood and therefore they should be able to get away with more

You can also take ibuprofen, Excedrin, Midol, and Pamprin

Don’t take more then the recommended amount. If the recommended amount isn’t working don’t go higher.

I have had doctors to tell me to just take more until I state out how many mgs that is and then they make a face and have to decide whether or not they want to back track or not

It’s not worth your liver, if the pain isn’t stopping with the recommended amount of pain killer then something is wrong and it needs to be checked out

Keep up to date with period studies. It can be frustrating but it’s good to know how science sees your bodily functions

A good example of this is that it wasn’t until this year that a study was done on period products that used blood instead of saline. This is going to change how doctors diagnose heavy bleeding

Anyways that’s all I got off the top of my head

But feel free to ask more questions.

I am an older sister to 3 younger siblings I got some experience

#ask #period #period management #pain #blood #raspberry leaf tea #exercise #period advice #period advice from a girl #period advice from an eldest sister

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saint-magdalena · 3 years

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morning dump #1: june 18, 2021 10:47 am

tw: su!c!de

there’s a sneaking suspicion at the back of my mind that the reason i can’t get myself to do my homework is that it takes an enormous amount of mental strain to not kill myself on a daily basis. i’d be lucky to get a few words out on the 11th unfinished google doc by the end of the day. this is my fifth or sixth day working on a single assignment whose deadline i don’t even wanna think about. all the while, 17 other assignments and projects are just waiting to be corporeal.

if anyone’s reading this, you’re probably wondering why i’m writing this instead of doing my homework. the main reason is ali abdaal.

a few weeks ago (though i’m not quite sure, i lose my sense of time quite often), while scouring through productivity porn on youtube looking for just a crumb of motivation, i went to my trusty productivity guru ali abdaal. he’s quite good. well, who am i to say? i don’t even follow, or for that matter, remember to do half of the things he says. I love the content though.

anyways, one of his videos on things he does to be more productive is to do a morning dump. every morning, just write out your thoughts onto a page. now, he doesn’t really say to post it for all the public to see, but the reason this is on here is that it might give me some sense of accountability. also, i wanna dedicate this page to just this, and not write this out on a google doc or something, cause i’m definitely either gonna lose it or forget about it.

back to my suicidal thoughts, i’m not telling you this for attention or to be an edgy teen rawrXD. if anything, i don’t want anyone to know. is this my subconscious calling out for help? maybe.

i tell myself to die or get killed at least a few times a day. at any minor inconvenience, scratch that, it just comes to mind quite often. is it depression? or some kind of mental illness? probably. i’ve scoured through enough mental illness youtube channels, tiktoks, and scientific journals to have just an inkling of a suspicion that something might be wrong with me. i’m not just pulling this out of my ass, by the way, don’t let the title deceive you. i didn’t just stumble across a Psych2Go video and conclude that i’m mentally ill. this is conclusion is a culmination of years of research(not actual academic research, but y’know, google) and even teachers and guidance counselors claiming that i’m sick in the head. I denied them all, of course. why?

because mental illness is expensive.

i come from a place where mental illness is thrown to the wayside unless i’m literally insane, to the point where i’d look like the exacerbated portrayal of mental illness on tv. And boy, do i not look it. i wear colorful makeup, wear pretty clothes, i laugh at people’s jokes, my mom doesn’t hate me, i how could i be mentally unstable?

i’m not doing this on purpose by the way, i’m not actively trying to look put together for the sake of looking sane. the thing is, i’d rather be dead than to look ugly. also, i don’t look and dress normal in the first place. my buttcheeks peek through the the bottom of my skirt, my tits are on full display most of the time cause i don’t wear a bra, i get stared at every time go outside. i mean, i don’t hate the staring, i just don’t mind. point is, i wouldn’t be caught dead wearing just a t shirt and jeans. jeans never fit me anyway.

anyways, i’m poor. well, not that poor. my family probably falls under middle class. not in america though, obviously. where i live, “middle class” means you can afford air conditioning. can’t afford therapy though. can’t even access therapy. there isn’t even a therapist in my city, nor do the several cities around me. so what’s the point of reaching out for help if i can’t even afford it? if it doesn’t exist?

whatever, i’m surprised i made it this long without a suicide attempt. well, at least not one where i got caught.

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