This is how I've been all week too.

I get cramps so bad that I literally cannot move and have to curl up in the fetal position and cry.
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I feel like pure shit right now. My stomach is upset, my cramps are kickin' my ass, the only thing I can be grateful for is that I'm not bloated right now. But man, what is this shit really all about?? WHY do we have to go through so much hell??

I just don't have the energy to do anything right now. I wanna crawl back in my bed & watch tv & be pissy I don't feel like cooking but I gotta eat something, I don't even have the energy to take something for my cramps I'm so fucking irritated. All this bleeding for nothing, you should be able to opt out of the periods if you've decided you don't want kids - wtf?? ARGH!!!

This is how I've been all week too.

I get cramps so bad that I literally cannot move and have to curl up in the fetal position and cry.
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i had a leg cramp last month. lasted about 5 mins. same thing

Now imagine that for about 8-12 hours straight, once a month for the rest of your life.

well men have it hard too you know...i got jock itch once in college...i feel your pain

well men have it hard too you know...i got jock itch once in college...i feel your pain

I'm with both you and Cal. The crazy thing is that in addition to mood swings and cramps, the day before I crave protein like CRAZY. I have been known to drag my butt to the supermarket to buy a steak (which I REFUSE to share with my dude
) or even make a 40 minute subway trip to Hamburg's looooonne KFC to get a mixed assortment of fried chicken...just INSANITY

as long as none of you try that killing a man and then blaming your periods for it....

I have no dependable cravings except for sweets the days before, the only thing that always gets me is being sick to my stomach for a day or 2

I want in on the opt out plan too.

I stopped getting horrible cramps after I was a teenager and the last few months they've come back. Last month they were so bad they woke me up from the pain at 2 in the morning. I could barely make it to my medicine cabinet to take something and then I had to lay awake for an hour waiting for it to kick in. It was honestly the worst pain I remember in forever.

Though, I used to get utterly depressed for a couple days before and that seems to have been replaced by the cramps instead. I'm not sure which is worse.

I am very lucky in that I dont have them anymore!!

My periods have been touch and go, ever since I had an ectopic pregnancy way back in 1988, and since then they have been getting less and less untill about 5 years ago when they finally stopped cos of my menopause at the grand old age of 45!!

Yet even my menopause was some crazy shit, with me acting like a wild animal at times and having severe mood swings and even doing crazy things like impulse buying for things that I normally never need or want!! My whole body aching from head 2 toe, especially my legs!! And plus, my sleeping patterns going completely haywire!!

But, now I have levelled out and everything is fine now!!

Really??

You, my friend, are a period success story

Now wtf am I gonna do?

as long as none of you try that killing a man and then blaming your periods for it....