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RitaRose91
RitaRose91 Posts: 38 Member
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Girls, how do you stay motivated to workout when your on your first few days of your period with debilitating cramps and just wanting to stay in bed??
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  • RitaRose91
    RitaRose91 Posts: 38 Member
    MeganMoroz89 wrote: »
    Do you have medication that helps get rid of the pain from cramps? I'm normally alright if I take advil throughout the day.

    Sometimes, I usually take prescription ibuprofen but if and when it works it leaves me groggy lol
  • jackie_van_d
    jackie_van_d Posts: 240 Member
    I have come to find that aleeve is a wonderful help with period cramps!!!! (My dr is a wonderful female who takes it herself! And recommend it to me)
    One normally does about6-8 hrs!
  • tiffanyfoundit
    tiffanyfoundit Posts: 130 Member
    Extended relief midol

    And then I do whatever I'm feeling up to. Sometimes its just a run or I don't go full out on my HIIT. It really depends on how bad the day is.But I find that as long as I go out and get something started by the end of my workout I can fully push myself and my cramps are way better.
  • RitaRose91
    RitaRose91 Posts: 38 Member
    Thanks guys...I ended up going to workout today and luckily my male trainer was nice to not give me things too bad lol
  • kbarrett0701
    kbarrett0701 Posts: 54 Member
    I use to have the worst cramps before weight loss. Now it's barely there.
  • ivylyon
    ivylyon Posts: 172 Member
    Have you tried switching your work out for some yoga/stretching. Helps with the cramps!
  • RitaRose91
    RitaRose91 Posts: 38 Member
    kbarrett0701 wrote: »
    I use to have the worst cramps before weight loss. Now it's barely there.

    I'm with you, just this past month with my two periods I've noticed a difference...it doesn't hurt as bad as before but still there. Yesterday was the worst of it tho!
  • RitaRose91
    RitaRose91 Posts: 38 Member
    ivylyon wrote: »
    Have you tried switching your work out for some yoga/stretching. Helps with the cramps!

    I used to do yoga before religiously, it didn't really help much
  • PamGeirng
    PamGeirng Posts: 165 Member
    jackie_van_d wrote: »
    I have come to find that aleeve is a wonderful help with period cramps!!!! (My dr is a wonderful female who takes it herself! And recommend it to me)
    One normally does about6-8 hrs!

  • PamGeirng
    PamGeirng Posts: 165 Member
    I used to take Aleeve and they worked really well but all of I sudden I had an allergic reaction to them and got hives on my entire body including my face and in my throat. I didn't realize it was the Aleeve until my next period and I took them again to get the same result. I know this doesn't happen to everyone but if you happen to break out in bad or even mild hives discontinue Aleeve.
  • sfa90
    sfa90 Posts: 105 Member
    Sounds strange, but when I excercise I feel much better and the cramps seem to dissapear.
  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
    I don't. Exercise does nothing to relieve or prevent cramps for me, I don't know why. They're not any better after having lost some weight, either, so on those 2-3 days, I take heavy meds and live on the heating pad.

    Side note: whoever invented the Thermacare patches should be nominated for Sainthood. Just sayin'!
  • momma712
    momma712 Posts: 79 Member
    Although I usually feel better after I workout during my period my cramps get so bad I can barely move sometimes I take ibprofen and tylenol and it barely helps so I figure if I just focus on my eating through that time I'll be ok. Sometimes I do have a slip up here and there but that's to be expected sometimes
  • littlechiaseed
    littlechiaseed Posts: 489 Member
    If you're cramps are that bad maybe you should see your doctor. You may have a more serious condition, or your cramping can be treated with birth control to reduce cramps.
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    Always put two spaces after a period.
  • girl_inflames
    girl_inflames Posts: 374 Member
    it helps my cramps to exercise, so I do :smile:
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    I have an IUD because my cramps were severe enough to interfere significantly with daily living. I wouldn't have worked out those days, it wouldn't have been possible.

    It's one thing to be tired/irritable/not feel like it or the physical pain can be controlled with OTC pain medication. If not, I would encourage you to chat with your doctor.
  • sandflower81
    sandflower81 Posts: 399 Member
    I have bad cramps but I've noticed the more I work out the less they are.... it's weird but I'm grateful lol
  • neithomp
    neithomp Posts: 19 Member
    My biggest thing was switching from a pad/tampon to a menstrual cup...Takes some time to get used to, but I don't even feel like i'm on my period because I am not worrying about bleeding through or changing anything. Not for everyone, but I feel a lot happier with it!
  • koslowkj
    koslowkj Posts: 188 Member
    Have you looked into prescription medication? Severe cramps can be a legitimate medical condition. I always had really bad (sometimes debilitating) cramps and really irregular periods growing up, and when I finally went on birth control it was amazing, my cramps disappeared overnight (overmonth?) and I haven't bled unexpectedly in half a decade. If OTC meds don't seem to do the trick, talk to your doctor.
  • Monroe121
    Monroe121 Posts: 358 Member
    I just push through it. Honestly it's mind over matter. Also, working out helps your cramps.
  • momma712
    momma712 Posts: 79 Member
    I did talk to my doctor he said unless I'm done having children there isn't much he can do that was with birth control and off it is about the same
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    I push through it, I know why I am feeling bad (sometimes I don't feel that bad, sometimes I do and mixing symptoms) but I ALWAYS feel better afterwards, not just psychically but mentally as well.

    Wait till peri-menopause rolls around! It's fun!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I have two Ibuprofens (not the prescription kind, that leaves me dizzy too) and sometimes I have to take two tylenols too, but it makes the pain go away and I'm good to go.

    I don't understand why anyone would just stay in bed in pain when there are pain relievers available.
  • jackie_van_d
    jackie_van_d Posts: 240 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    I push through it, I know why I am feeling bad (sometimes I don't feel that bad, sometimes I do and mixing symptoms) but I ALWAYS feel better afterwards, not just psychically but mentally as well.

    Wait till peri-menopause rolls around! It's fun!

    Hot flashes mid summer SUCK!!!!!!
  • jackie_van_d
    jackie_van_d Posts: 240 Member
    Question
    Do you gain with your period ? How much?
    I gain anywhere between 2 + 7lbs (2if I work my *kitten* off and 7 if I just give j to every craving)
  • RitaRose91
    RitaRose91 Posts: 38 Member
    littlechiaseed wrote: »
    If you're cramps are that bad maybe you should see your doctor. You may have a more serious condition, or your cramping can be treated with birth control to reduce cramps.

    I've tried birth control twice (pills) the first time I had to take it when I was taking another kind of medication and while it helped reduce my period and cramps I gained like 20 lbs on it. And the second time my doctor gave me a milder kind but I had worse cramps and bled everyday straight for three months. And I don't really like other forms of bc just because almost everyone I know whose had the other kinds have had some negative experience with it and I just don't want to deal with that cause my luck it would end up bad lol

    koslowkj wrote: »
    Have you looked into prescription medication? Severe cramps can be a legitimate medical condition. I always had really bad (sometimes debilitating) cramps and really irregular periods growing up, and when I finally went on birth control it was amazing, my cramps disappeared overnight (overmonth?) and I haven't bled unexpectedly in half a decade. If OTC meds don't seem to do the trick, talk to your doctor.

    I take prescription ibuprofen 600 mg if I'm working 800 mg if I'm not and it usually helps, but sometimes not if my cramps are extreme to the point it makes me puke...and then read the above paragraph about my experience with bc

    jackie_van_d wrote: »
    Question
    Do you gain with your period ? How much?
    I gain anywhere between 2 + 7lbs (2if I work my *kitten* off and 7 if I just give j to every craving)

    Normally I gain, but this past month I lost about two pounds, but I just felt like *kitten*, since I've been eating healthier lately I've noticed a difference especially with the salt intake
  • gillie80
    gillie80 Posts: 214 Member
    i usually stick a heat pad on my abdomen and crack on. i run, and that seems to help as well. I don't suffer from really bad cramps though, so i tend to get on ok during TOM.
  • RitaRose91
    RitaRose91 Posts: 38 Member
    gillie80 wrote: »
    i usually stick a heat pad on my abdomen and crack on. i run, and that seems to help as well. I don't suffer from really bad cramps though, so i tend to get on ok during TOM.

    seriously growing up heating pads saved my life!! also not relevant...I just realized why we use "TOM" as a reference...lmfao!
  • gillie80
    gillie80 Posts: 214 Member
    took me a while too lol.

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