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[alexseanchai]

On the subject of chronic pain while female[-assigned].

My odds of getting prokopetz to see my reblog and cite their source(s) are approximately, given the 40K+ notes, nil. Thus, rather than waste my time shouting into the wind on Tumblr: is anyone familiar with the literature on adult menstrual cramps and related medical conditions? (kaberett? anyone else?) I really want to know where prokopetz's numbers come from.

(Bc my cramps suck and I'm 26. Mom's suck lots worse afaict, always have, and she's about to turn 58. Though I think if I tell her, backed up by literature (or anyway SWAGs that have the scientificness outweighing the wild-assery), that that one doctor she saw in her young adulthood was right for given values, she'll find him and shoot him whether he's still alive or not. He told her she was experiencing "schoolgirl cramps" that would go away on their own. They never did.)

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Re: i have many feelz about this

[quartzpebble]

WAIT. The first two of those are not normal?! My periods are better in terms of pain than they were when I was younger, and I still have the occasional day where I go curl up on the office couch for a bit because I'm not getting anything done staring at my screen and hurting.

Re: i have many feelz about this

[untonuggan]

From what I understand, periods are "supposed" to be manageable with a standard OTC dose of something like Tylenol. and not manageable like "now I grimace and put on a face of non-grimacing and force myself through the day." (this still seems like a myth to me based on my own experience, but.)

OTOH if you talk to a gyn, you may or may not get this response depending on how compassionate they are or how much they actually listen. >.> so. YMMV.

Re: i have many feelz about this

[kaberett]

... talk to me about endometriosis, yo. xx