☕
I drink a mug of this every night about a week before my period is supposed to start, then double-strength the day before/day of… and ZERO cramps. (If I lose track of time and forget to drink any until after it starts, I’m usually doubled over in pain for at least a day and/or have to take naproxen.) It may not taste like raspberry but it sure is magic 😭☕️
Mar 9, 2024
Related Recs
🩸
Pamprin used to work like a charm for me until halfway through college, so I had to figure out some alternate methods!
- Heating pads my beloved <3
- Raspberry Leaf reduces cramps! There's a lot of teas that use it :)
- Ginger! Helps the other stomach movements/pains that come along with the cramps. I like getting candied ginger than I can just eat on its own, but teas work as well.
- STAY HYDRATED (I always forget this one.)
- AVOID CAFFEINE - This one is hard to remember, but I do feel a noticeable difference when I avoid caffieine on my period. Apparently it can constrict blood vessels/the uterus more and cause more inflammation, which worsens cramps. Definitely recommend trying this.
- Pain meditation videos help if the cramps are really really bad. They talk about being present in the pain and letting it come through you in waves, because sometimes trying to ignore it makes it worse.
- Free-Bleeding in the Bath/Shower: TMI & kinda gross, only do it if you feel comfortable! I've noticed the hot water acts as a heating pad and my muscles can fully relax without feeling like they have to hold anything in.
Worst-case scenario, you can get on birth control to lessen the severity of the cramps. I was very hestitant about BC for a long time because of its other crazy side-effects. But turns out the birth control PATCH has very little side-effects for most people, including me! I was on the patch for a while and never had any problems. Just something to think about if your insurance can cover it.
Sep 9, 2024
💥
these are the worst cramps i’ve had in years and guess whose caffeine intake had doubled this past week 😖
Jun 4, 2024
🍲
Magnesium, vitamin e, omega 3, high fiber foods. Ginger, peppermint, chamomile tea. Red raspberry leaf tea is that bitch!!!
It’s helpful to supplement throughout the whole month, but you can really treat yourself to dishes that include these right before and during your cycle.
I also have the Internet that there has been a correlation with PMDD and people having a low tolerance for histamine. They state that taking an allergy pill helps. I can’t speak more on this, but that’s something you can look into.
Feb 8, 2025
Top Recs from @thickrimmedgirl
bc it’s what I originally wanted when I first went to college at 17 but I was scared to make writing my job and got a B.S. in Nutrition instead lol
Now the goal is an eventual PhD in Victorian Literature but I’m just happy to have made it through this part at 32!
Stacked is everything I read in my English courses—barely pictured are the 5 stuffed accordion folders of other reading materials under my chair haha
May 16, 2024
🚿
the only place i win the social interaction
Aug 21, 2024
🏆
conflusional. delonfident, even
Oct 1, 2024