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[–]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.