Age 30 in case that helps answer my question. Anyways last 6 months or so I have been experiencing excruciating cramps. The kind that aches when standing, laying, walking, makes you nasea. One time the only thing that helped was jumping around in a circle, my boyfriend watched this crazy therapeutic creation. Mmm..maybe it helped bring oxygen to my uterus, anyways it workedfor a bit. It only happens on the first day of my period for a few hours. Anyways I'm on a pretty strict organic diet, eating meat again which I feel better about. I was covered in ezcema a year ago and it's all gone since I incorporated meat and omegas. So I eat more bananas and drink water when my period feels it might become painful. I am aware of the emotional pieces involved. My hormones are shifting and things are changing. Can anyone give me any suggestions to decrease the pain during menstruation? I also would be open to trading with anyone who does mayan abdominal massage or belly work. I just don't get enough. I have come a long way in a year though, but my body needs more specific belly work, I can feel it.
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 8:17 AMoh my god joy ... i am going thru the exact same thing and i'm 30 toooo! and i also get the runs as well ... nice!
the only thing that works for me is taking anti-nausea medicine, and heaps of nurofen plus. i have bipolar so thr thought of taking *more* meds sucks! i have regular reiki (only just recently restarted since moving back to aust), try to eat well (-ish), walk with my dog, grad school etc, but yeah ...
for me, it's during the PMS week, rapidly getting worse the day/night before and then a day or 2 after it begins.
i'm going on the pill again to try and see if that helps with the heaviness, and had blood tests done a couple of days ago to see if perhaps im anemic or somn ....
anyway, i feel and hear you ... hopefully someone will have some ideas for us!
Lauren
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 8:29 AMYea it stinks. I won't dump conventional medicine into my body again. It's been almost 6 years since I used conventional medicine. I believe fully and completely in alternative treatments. It took letting go of a lot of fear, around the need for conventional thinking. Anyways I have a dear friend that's bi polar and takes meds, and she feels they work so I dunno. I support her in any decision because it's her body, but don't agree myself, but I don't have bi polar. As far as the periods uggg...I'm sure we'll find some answers. For me I feel I'm intuitive and my body says "more bodywork please." I was just wondering if anyone else experienced this at 30. I know we're all different. I haven't had any children so wondering if that can affect things. My body is ready for children on some days...but then some days the thought of my freedom being compromised freaks me out. Perhaps that's part of my problem. -
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 9:07 AMyeah .. i've gone off my meds twice since i was diagnosed in 2003.
the ones im on now, lamictal, an anti-depressant that's slowly going to be tapered down to a bare minimum and the occasioonal xanax because i have a lot of trouble sleeeping, getting extremely stressed, et.al .. work for me.
i have learnt some very harsh lessons about what happs if i go off my bipolar meds ... being institutionalised against yr will for 2 weeks in a public mental hospital ... nope. never again.
i understand your p.o.v. totally, but try to think of my meds as if it were medication for a heart problem, or for diabetes, or for schizophrenia etc ...
re mental health meds - they work on the neurotransmitters in the brain etc ... two neuropsychs i saw believe that bipolar is actually (in some cases, incl mine), mixed in with a form of epilepsy that has been caused in the limbic structures of your brain. my birth was very traumatic, brought on a week early because my mum (an i!) were in a car crash, i was transverse and breech ... the wrongest way possible, and the forceps used by a not so gentle doctor have caused, sadly, irrepairable damage to the limbic system, which is where, during the first few years of lie, emotions and stuff are 'recorded' and developed etc.
it's really interesting stuff, but i'm a philosophy student/poet type ... science isnt my thang!
but being bipolar has made me so attuned to my body, to my mind ... i know (most of the time, though in the words of ovid, i see the good, yet am drawn to the bad!), what my body and soul are telling me, and for me, that is that my meds def need to be taken in conjunction with a relatively healthy lifestyle, yoga, reiki, physio (horrific injury in neck and shoulder when i was 11, so ongoing chronic probs there), and things like bellydancing which i havent done for a few yrs now, (except when jigging around at parties and clubs etc!), and which im getting back into again - yay!
yeah, the rags (sorry, that's our rather crude, but oh so fitting nickname for them here in oz), hopefully someone can tell us what's going on!!! and how to help it!
i'm just glad im not the only one!! none of my friends who are around this age are experiencing this ... just me ...
two heads are better than one! ... or shld that be two ovaries are better than one?!?
let's keep checking in ... and of crse, i'm PMS-ing right now ... the full moon isnt helping! ;)
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 9:28 AMMan sounds like you had some serious birth trauma. You could use a lot of belly work and cranio sacral facial unwinding. They use amazing techniques that put you intoi a pretzel and hurts like hell, but then unwinds the fascia and emotional blockages. I've seen it work on babies especially after birth. I've also experienced it. I think my birth trama was from my father leaving my mother before I was born. She began to resent me during and after in life due to his absense. I was born with a congenital heart defect. Around 13 I had heart murmur and blockage in my aorta valve. I had open heart surgery around then. I was also born with slight scoliosis, spina bifida, and a tipped uterus. My mother says I was a natural birth, but shit I had tons wrong. The only thing I could think of was my mothers diet and emotional state. She was also a child of abuse from her father and men as she grew. A very violent person and mother. Anyways as years went by I found folic acid deficiency caused spina bifida and cervical dysplasia, both which I had. Magnesium deficiency caused my biscupid valve to not develop right. At least this is my theory. My mother did not grow up on an organic diet filled with lots of nutritious fruits and vegetables. They were poor and ate what they could get. Anyways I know about medicine for heart conditions, depression, etc...They even questioned bipolar for awhile, but I found I had situational, and seasonal depression. I went through years of crying, screaming, painful yet good bodywork to cleanse my anguish and fear of lack of conventional medicine. My teeth were affected and so was my body psyiologically. It was poisoning my system. I was just grateful for friends that held me when I wanted to quit and check out. Three years ago a had some sort of Kundalini Awakening and almost everything after that seemed trivial and easy to conquer. I don't even need to cry that much anymore. I even forgave my mother and she has expressed her pain in what she did to me. Now i'm just dealing with moving to a warmer climate, and whether I want to have a baby, or be a free Aquarian woman. These things have been clouding my mind a lot lately. For some reason I feel time has me pressured. I always have. It's distracting and can take away from the moment at hand. -
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 9:33 AMahhh, sounds similar and painful and i appreciate you sharing ...
must to bed (it's 4am in oz and i have to be up in ... erm, a while (one of the few good things about writing yr dissertation!) ... i'd love to hear more abt the bellywork esp ...
my heart chakra is a vortex ... actually i am really sleepy and would like to talk more abt this with you when im awake!
back later,
(((hugs)))
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 10:23 PMHi Joy,
Sounds like you are doing some good things for yourself and learning more about what your body needs. I would highly recommend seeking out some Maya ab work. It's amazing and intense stuff and a practitioner can show you how to do your own self care.
I do notice that I release more emotional stuff when a practitioner is working on me (more so than the self-care). Since I've been honoring my reproductive organs and abdominal area more, I've noticed I'm releasing all the "stuff" I've been storing. Just to let you know, your periods may get a little worse before they get better with this work as this work tends to clean house. In the end, it is all worth it though.
For the pain, I sometimes put ginger essential oils and a hot water bottle or warm baths, and lots of rest!
Hope this helps!
Lots of loving energy,
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Thu, February 21, 2008 - 8:30 AMThank you so much,
dear Lady Goddess Diva ...
love your name btw!
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Sun, February 24, 2008 - 2:34 PMI just noticed this post and noticed I haven't been on tribe for a few days.
Nonetheless, my pleasure, my dear.
Btw way, TY...and I love your name as well. I resonate with Eurynome, the Goddess of Ecstasy, the Great Goddess, Mother, Creatix and who loved to dance!
My amazing fellow Goddess and friend and beautiful soul portrayed Eurynome in the Unleash the Goddess Within 2008 Calendar (tribes.tribe.net/unleashmyowngoddess)
I published last year. A fun and transformative beautiful collaborative project I was guided to work on.
Nonetheless, cheers to connecting with our own divine feminine energy!
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Thu, February 28, 2008 - 9:39 PMI suggest seeing a traditional chinese medicine doctor.
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Fri, February 29, 2008 - 1:49 AM
i would recommend the japanese acupuncture .. it's much more gentle.
i had chinese acupuncture once, and vomited all these toxins out within 5 mins of leaving the office.
my body just cldnt handle it being so strong, whereas the japanese just feels divine ... and the detox etc takes place slowly and gently ...
and tattoos. i had acupunc, then got a new tatt .. on my spine, a dogs paw print.
its soooooooooooo cute!
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Sat, March 8, 2008 - 6:01 AMI got a massage the day before my period and had lots of bellywork...no debilitating cramps this time around. What a relief. Thank you my dearest friend Melissa.
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