TiM Young Adult author,"i wish i lived in a world where i didn't have to have sensitive zoom meetings during my period because i'm crying at the drop of a hat *and* incredibly irritable.the next time someone tells me trans women don't have periods im gonna dump a whole tub of period diarrhea on them

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[–]censorshipment 6 insightful - 6 fun6 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 6 fun -  (4 children)

https://www.womansday.com/health-fitness/womens-health/a27611578/diarrhea-during-period/

Stool changes during your period could be the result of progesterone levels and uterus contractions.

According to one theory, changes in stool during your period might have something to do with levels of progesterone, one of the sex hormones involved in menstruation and pregnancy. “In the luteal phase of the period, or second half of your menstrual cycle, which is just before you menstruate, the progesterone levels go up,” McGuire said. “And progesterone, we think, slows down the motility of the GI tract and might have some impact on why people have constipation first, and then frequent stooling or diarrhea as soon as that progesterone drops.” Levels of progesterone dropping is what also causes you to have a period, she said.

[–]GConly 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The prostaglandins that cause cramps also cause diarrhea, as they cause the bowel to contract.

I get stomach cramps as well as uterinal during.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, I get this too-- and my uterus is tilted, which further serves to aggravate everything there.

Evidently you can mitigate this to a degree by taking an ungodly amount of ibuprofen during the first days of your period. It's something like 600mg every 6 hours? Possibly more than that, I can't recall.

[–]GConly 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh yeah, the ibuprofen helps. I start taking about six 200mg a day as soon as I get to the premenstrual stage and for the first few days. It's really cut down the amount of bleeding, as well as the cramps.

I think anymore than that is probably going to mess up your stomach.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I had major success with it one month. I only had a few heavy days, and then it just stopped. Like uterosorcery, it ended. I took it along with 200mg of magnesium glycinate and a mixed calcium supplement. I need to stay on top of my crap and try to take everything on time and give it another attempt.