I hate PMS...

[conuly]

Seriously. I hate PMS. I hate it with a vengeance. People complain about cramps before their period, or during. I dont' get cramps. But I get a pre-period boil. Always in the same spot on my butt. It usually pops the day before my period. Okay, it doesn't last very long, but the post-period boil... whee, that lasts a few days, not just one day! And it gets bigger! I don't get cramps, but I get constipated. Gee, isn't that fun! Funfunfun! Fortunately, one midol or equivilant helps the constipation... but then the shit which was secretly constipated (just not noticiably so) for a few days decides to all come out in one fell swoop. I exchange constipation for near diarrhea. FUN! Aside from which, I hate taking pills of any sort, for any reason. And I think I get slight acne. Not the acne that just looks bad, the type that hurts. I had this one pimple that I couldn't even sleep on that side of my face. Very annoying. I eventually just popped it. Yeah, I know that's a bad idea, but that thing was just staying there for a week! And painful, if so much as my hair brushed against it! Isn't this fun? And backaches. Yay. Happy happy joy joy! I get to have a backache!

And that's not all, of course. My pad leaks at least once a month. I end up having to soak my jeans, my undies, my sheets, and praying that I don't get caught out while in public. Most pads, I can't wear, because whatever they're made of ends up giving me a rash (though the kotex with "velcro" wings has a nice, clothlike texture), and I dislike tampons because I can't not feel them... and if I didn't, I'd panic. Too many horror stories about girls having to get those taken out at the doctors.... <sub>edit... these fall into two main categories of alternative products

*grumbles* I hate PMS. Can I just go get my tubes tied?</sub>

Comments

[phibby.livejournal.com]

Man, all that really sounds so FUN! *rolls eyes* The boil thing sounds really, well, weird, but really painful. x_o

The only problems I can think of that happen to me during my period...bad cramps. Very bad cramps. That happen while I'm out. And when I'm about to go to bed. And that never go away. :D *kills cramps*

Not on the subject of periods, but I only get constipation regularly when I (seriously) eat a lot of M&Ms. O_o Weird, yes, but true.

I usually don't have to worry about that, though, since I actually rarely *get* my period. It's usually (and this is probably TMI, but tough :P) only twice a *year*. When I do get it, it's usually long and heavy, unfortunately. Most of the time it's a week+, and I've had periods so heavy that one time I put on a new pad, was on the comp for five minutes, and was already covered in blood so much in that five minutes that I had to get another pad.

I use only pads. Got no problems with them, and tampons really...well, freak me out. O_o Can't imagine using them at all.

Well, sorry for all that crap that happens to you. *huggles to death*

[conuly]

Fortunately, they're shortlived boils...

Twice a year? *frowns* Phy, how old are you again? Because I can't recall, and if you're a younger friend, 12, 13 or so, that's fine, but if you're 16, 17, 18... you might wanna talk to your doctor about that. That's unusual, to say the least, and it might (unlikely) indicate an actual problem.

[phibby.livejournal.com]

Just turned 14, so I don't really consider it to be a problem yet. And it's been getting a bit more frequent ever since I started, so hopefully it won't ever be a problem.

[conuly]

Okay, yeah, you're probably fine. I always forget you're one of my younger friends because you far from act like a stereotypical 13/14 year old.

[phibby.livejournal.com]

Ooh, really? Woah, surprising. XD Well, not stereotypical, maybe. I'm just not silly online like I am in real life. :P Well, I'm really only silly with Elyse, but that's because she's silly. Sometimes.

I should shut up now.

[conuly]

You're silly in a good way. Not like a silly. Make sense?

[phibby.livejournal.com]

Yup. ^_^ Not stupid silly like sillies, I guess.

I'd never actually heard the term "silly" (like stupid sillies) before I heard you use it. O_o Huh.

[conuly]

I made it up. I mean, seriously, it's better than any of the other words used to describe people of that sort, it cuts them straight down to size!

[phibby.livejournal.com]

Ah, that explains it. ^_^ And it really does fit, though when I usually think of the word silly, it's in a good way. XD

Thinking up words for annoying people is a good idea. *runs off to make up a word for those slow-as-funk people in the halls*

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm really only silly with Elyse, but that's because she's silly. Sometimes

I'll never forget that AIM convo with you and your sister on the same sn... o_O

[invsagoth.livejournal.com]

You know, your period sounds *exactly* like mine phibby, like right down to the letter! O.o Which is interesting cause I don't know anyone else who's is... I'm 21 though, so it's a bit more odd for me to still be having such an odd period.

Once I had it really heavy for a month. A MONTH!! It was crazy! But usually I have it for only a week or so, a couple times a year. *tries to think of when I had mine last* *can't remember* :P

I feel bad for you though Uly, yours sounds pretty um... uncomfortable... x_x

[conuly]

Not as much as I made it out to be. I get a boil the day before my period, not one that's so big as to be painful, and it's a nice warning now that I've finally spotted the pattern, lol. I get a boil the day after my period, that one's a pain in the ass, literally. I get constipated the day I get my period, but it only lasts a day, less if I take the midol. My period itself is annoying, but not painful. And it only lasts 3-5 days. It's not even overly heavy anymore, actually.