Conventional things like taking midol or an advil just don’t work for me. Normally when I had a bad cramp, I’d just take a day off from school and lay down but I can’t do that this year. Is there something I can do or a pill I can ask my doctor to prescribe to make my period last less and relieve menstrual cramps? Would it also be like a birth control type pill?

My 16 year old niece is suffering from the worst bout of menstrual cramps she has ever had. Do you have any "home remedies” (other than Midol and other cramp medication) which are effective in battling the cramps?

She is currently holding an icepack on her stomach to gain some relief.

You help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all for some wonderful answers. I have incorported them for her so that she is using a heating pad and she has her feet warm. I tlkd her about drinking hot herbal teas and also about placing the heating pad (nno hot water bottle available) under her abdomin. She is in her room now and appears to have relief.

There were so many wonderful answers that I feel bad not being able to give eachof you 10 points. I can only award one "best answer" although several qualified. The best I can do is vote for one and then read the best answers the rest of you have given to other questions and give thumbs up where applicable.

Thank you again!

Hi guys,

I have these symptomys, anyone know whats wrong with me

1. Lack of concentration (Always had it but more so latley)
2. Pain in stomach (Kind of like cramp, tightness feeling period just fin)
3. Hot Flushes (im only in very early 20′s?)
4. Pain in hip and wrist (Bones feel sore)

Note: I eat well and try and eat plenty fish, and friut veg nuts seeds also statred taking vit b6 and evening primrose oil)
weigh bout 7.12 stone and bout 5’2….? get mild excersive and work in office 9-5
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I will get to doc but its hard cos of work just asking u guys if u know and i do eat red meat also but not too much

I went to the doctor and they were checking for cysts on my ovaries and they said my ovaries were higher than most womens is that normal? She also said I had follicle cysts which are caused by ovulating. So when I get a sharp pain in my side and my breasts are kind of sore and I cramp after my period does that mean im ovulating?

What causes ovaries cramp and no period and you are not pregnant. I thought maybe I am cramping and I might get my period soon, but I still have not. It has been 2 weeks. I get sharp cramps not contiously, sometimes here and there. My breast trender and I am bloating for weeks. PLEASE HELP

so my doctor said my testosterone levels are high so i have a hormonal imbalance. my period is late by like a week and i have been cramping BAD BAD BAD BAAAAD! I never cramp but when i have its never been like this. My stomach is killing me to. Like im about to puke. Explain this stuff with ‘hormones’

I had surgery the 1st of the month to diagnose why I was having pelvic pain. Come to find out I have endometriosis, also a blocked fallopian tubes(they were filled with fluid and about to rupture) , adhesions and I had some large ovarian cysts that were biopsied. Me and the Hubby have been TTC for 2 years now, with no luck. The Dr believes now since he did the surgery I may be able to get pregnant.

However. Iam hurting incredibly bad. I was under the impression that after the surgery I wouldnt cramp. I went to the Dr this AM. He stated that he believes Im hurting is because of my endometriosis. I was like wth, didnt I just pay ,000 on a surgery to remove all endo. Ugh I was so aggravated

Now my option is, be in pain even more, try for a baby and pray that it happens, OR I can go on some kind of shot that will put me into menopause for 6 months, he also said that I will also be given medicine to stop with hot flashes and all that nastiness.

I talked this over with the Hubby and he says its my decision. He doesnt want to see me hurting, But we do want a baby. Im 22 years old. What if the shots make me to where I will never be able to have a baby.

I just dont know what to do. Can anyone give me any Ideas? I feel so lost

im 16 and in the past week i woke up about 3 times every night sweating and when i get up to step out of bed my muscles all cramp up sometimes my shoulder sometimes my calf it changes but in the past 2 nights i don’t wake up with cramps or with sweat just waking up very fast like. very abruptly, i cant remember any of my dreams