I like to take tylenol or may be a hot bath!! I think the bath works pretty well!!

This is from own experiences.....:
* the weeks before ur period don't eat any sweets at all..... this will reduce the pain. (I've noticed that if I don't eat any sweets at all I don't have the pain if it's time for my period, but if I do eat a lot of sweet.... ohhhhh... then it's like I'm dying from the pain. So try this!!!
* Drink a lot of water (I prefer warm water)..... This will clean evrything in ur stomach.

the bath and painkiller thing only works for me if i do it right when i first feel cramps. usually though i try to take a muscle relaxer like ibuprofen instead of tylenol. but my stomach can't really take it.

i don't get cramps very often, but when i do i usually take a hot bath or drink warm water. i used to play the piano whenever i got cramps, which actually worked very well for me. haha, maybe i was being weird...but maybe you should try that too, if you know how to play.

do more exericises...so when you get your period, it reduces the pain or you dont even get pain at all!! i get cramps like 2-3 times every year so yeah, thats what i do good for your whole body....

a hot bath works quite well......
or put a bowl of warm water on ur tummy...
drink plenty of water to wash out your system
no sweets!
painkillers!!!

a hot bath?! a shower or the bubble bath thingy....because if u do the bubble bath thingy during your period then.....but personally, i used to get a LOT of cramps, but after i started to take a herbal medicine called evening primrose oil i got a lot better, and yah, warm water and exercise definitely helps....but be sure not to drink or eat cold stuff because it may worsen the situation

i take aleve cause that is wat mah doctor recommand taking instead of tylenol... and sometimes i like to eat a lito chocolate..... and is it normal for you to b very cold??? cause winter tyme is the worst, i have to bury myself into 3 or 4 layers of blanket and sometimes i even wear my big winter jacket for me to feel better or in order for me to go to sleep...

i'm sorry....what i meant to say was a hot shower....not bath....
it's pretty disgusting to have a bath during ur period!!! :mztiffie2:

Get more sleep (more than usual)!

Don't eat cold stuff!

Shower with hot water!

Drink more Chinese soup!

And don't worry, you'll be fine.

woa, whats with everyone taking the painkillers? why dont you just eat healthy and exercise and maybe you wont have to go through so much suffering and having to take painkillers all the time (which of course is not very healthy either)

i used to have cramps tooo.. and crazily too.. i've never even taken pillssssssss.. but i started to exercise and eat really healthy and drink water (yeah, minus all those juices and sodas and pops!) and never did i ever get cramps anymore =] its soooo good.. ! because before when i went through the monthly pain i would be like oh god how would i be able to do ever go to work and blah blah when im old ahah but now i can do anything =p so yeah, u girls need to know how to be healthy~ =)

Yup, like tvbfan said, don't take painkillers (unless it's like really really unbearable) If you take too much painkillers, your body will get used to it and the painkillers won't have much effect anymore later...

Drink a lot, preferably water and make sure you don't drink cold drinks or soda during the first 2 or 3 days cos it'll make your periode more heavy

Warm water bags definitely help to reduce the pain

Sit back, relax and watch TVB series (preferably with the warm water bag lol)

Was wondering,who else out there experience terrible period cramps/PMS...too serious..u juz can't do anything at all??

i for one....every month of that particular day experience that,n i cant do anything abt it..except take paracetamol to ease a bit of the suffering...is there any other way to reduce the cramps??

'

get on the birth control pill. this will eliminate all cramps and also put your menstrual cycle in check. not only does it eliminate cramps, reduce the flow, it also makes your skin better because it controls the level of hormones.

Is it tat good?? for using the birth control pills??
How abt u can try Evening primose oil from GNC>.
i feel is not tat painful after taking them everyday and is good for complexion too!

i get really bad cramps too, like i wont b able to stand, or walk. i have to sleep sideways, and all shrivelled up in my blanket.

sumtimes i would take advil or tyenol, but my mom tells me to take them only when i really need to. because if i take them everytime i get my period, i would b too dependent on the drugs, and the drugs would b less effective since my body is too used to them.

my mom makes me drink sum hot ginger tea, she says it makes u feel better during ur period. but i think best solution is just sleep, when u r asleep, u won feel ne pain.

I used to get really really painful cramps and backaches, I used hot water bottles and my mum told me to try evening primrose pills and drink warm water...they helped ease the pain alittle.

I then started taking birth control pills and they have reduce the cramps and the backaches and they can alwso make your period lighter. If your period pains are really bad go see your doctor they can perscribe you meds to help ease the pains.

I'm so glad I never get cramps.. I just get really sleepy right before it begins. I can't imagine what the cramps are like though. Does it feel like a really really bad stomach ache?

I usually only have cramps the day before and the first day of my period and they're horrible plus I have really bad back aches. Sometimes they hurt so bad that I can't even move and I'm usually scrunched up in a ball in bed. For me a heating pad eases the cramps a little, but I usually use Midol and it works fine for me.

thank you for the advice!
i din know the pill could ease period cramps...normally i only take paracetamol..unless i really can't stand it...yet...i can't stand pain..so always end up every month taking it...

nex time i'll try the ginger tea!

thanks again so much!

I think everybody will have cramps depending how severe it is..yuo should not depend too much on paracetamol..otherwise you 'll get immune to it.

May i suggest you take evening primrose oil table everyday or the eay way would be taking banana during your menstrual..it'll help reducing your pains..give it a try..hope it works.

everytime wen its my period im in so much pain!!! i throw up everywhere and i hav a stomch ache, back ache, headache, im sweating and it really hurts... i often cry because there's nuffin i can do bout it!!!
i been on so many forms of medicine and nuffin wrks i jus hav 2 suffer it and there's nuffin i can do, i really wish there was something dat doctors can do 4 me but there isnt!!!

hmmm try pain killers.. but i heard banana release pain too, but im not sure if it works and yer i get really really bad cramp aswel i normally sleep to ease the pain the more i sleep i get the less pain i suffer... i wouldnt really want to try birth control pill... doesnt that change your body alot??

Eat!! That's wat me n my friends do...warm food....dunno why but it eases the pain....weird, huh? warm water works i guess...or hugging sumthing warm eg. warm water bottle....being in contact with anything cold will get u more pain though....so my conclusion is....stay warm!! that's jus a theory thing though...but it's always been rite so far...

went to the doc once when i got pains... doc suggested me to take a hot bath and take a hot cup of coffee and rest more... and surprisingly the pain slowly went away..

yeah i was just about to say...hot bath?? that is a little nastey...you bathing in your own period...>.< i take showers not baths...ick...either way putting warm water on your abdomen where the pain is helps out a lot i did that a lot when i was in college oh the fun not only was i warm lol but then i was not feeling any pain.

I usually drink warm water and it makes me feel better. But lately, a week prior, I would stay away from caffeine. and it helps. (Suggested by friends).

If it's unbearable I take Advil. I think it works better than Tylenol.
Drink hot water.
Lay on my back.
Sleep.

I take advil and eat chocolate and then attempt to sleep through the pain. The sleeping really takes away the pain but then if I can't fall asleep it doesn't help at all.

even tho i dont get cramps..i know if you exercise regularly while on ur period it helps. also stay away from iced drinks. icecream. etc. aspirin works so well for me. like..i take it..n literally 5 min. later i'm perfect

I usually take parecetamol which works quite well. Otherwise drinking warm water and using a hot water bottle also helps!!

i am taking midol now. it helps and i drink some green tea, the kind with the rice. it helps calming my nerves. n i also heard that jasmine tea is good for u. n try to drink as much warm water as possible. it helps.

well they got this like hot or warming pad that u place on ur stomach that helps ease the pain, some say exercising helps but sometimes its unbearable to do like crunches, hot baths are also good, and i guess midol too

For the first twos I don't drink anything cold or eat really sweet things because it makes the cramps worse. Using a heating pad, excercising and drinking warms water helps me.

Take nice hot showers, don't eat or drink cold stuff like ice creams and use heating pads which I heard from friends they really do help with the cramps. If the pain is really unbearable, then take some painkillers.

I take hot bath too. Sometimes I asked my bf to massage me, it relaxed me too. I don't take any medicine, but I drink warm water to ease the pain.I don't have problem taking hot bath when having period because mine will stop flowing when I was in the tub, maybe because less gravitational force for the blood?!
But when I took shower (of course I have to stand up), the opposite thing happened!
Yeah, maybe it's only me...

be active, drink water (room temperature and avoid anything too cold), and for me... eat banana and yogurt.. i am wierd...

sometimes i would take a pain reliever pill like tylenol. but most of the time i would try and stay active.

I don't like to take pill but if it is too painful then I will take it. But usually I tried to stand for it.
Using hot bath really help.
Before your period come, make sure you exercise by walking and sit up.
I always have menstuation pain on first day and hurt.

As I don't want to take pill, I went searching for how to reduce the pain.
I noticed that exercise before your period come, really help a lot.
Warm and hot drink during the circle period better. Don't drink cold drinks which I don't drink during those period.


Not take "bak foong yun" when you having your circle period. take "bak foong yun" after your period circle cleared. That really help too when we are older.

there r loads of medication out there in pharmacies. seek the pharmist advise to cater for your needs

I don't get cramps... but I did once because of eating too much ice cream. I just took a shower and slept right after that. It did make me feel better. After that, when I have my period I never eat any cold food, especially water melons! NEVER EAT ANY WATER MELONS DURING YOUR PERIOD!!! I'm serious. You can try. But I wouldn't if I were you...

I take tyenol or put a hot water bottle over the cramp. i get cramps every time. My friend says eating banana's will help because there's a chemical in banana's that can help reduce mentrual pains but I've never tried it.

hmmmm... i used to not have any pains at all when i do sit ups every night...... but now that i think about it... when i began to have my painful cramps... it was right after i have stopped doing situps every night. !!!!!!!! i know the problem nowww ahhaha. thnx all =P

I don't get cramps that often, but when I do, I usually get a hot compress. I also back off the sweets and also sodas.

i will get some hot drink...recently my fren has recommend me to use a product from Lampe Berger....is kind of essential oil...hopefully can help...i just start using...dat is quite expansive stuff....

i will have some warm water n try rest on the bed...nomally i wont be very pain...so still can do lots of things, just abit not so comfortable....healthy body wont have dat much pain one, so do more exercise.

believe it or not, birth control pills! my friend said her doctor told her to take them to control the pain. really works!

a couple of days before the period starts, i drink warm to hot water/liquid only and when it starts and my stomach has some cramps still than i put a bag of warm water on top of my tummy.

my friend says that if she drinks caffeine than it makes her have bad cramps but that doesn't seem to do anything for me because i drink hot coffee when i have my monthly.

i thought u get period paid prior or during ur period is cuz ur not healthy enough?? im not sure about that but try eating healthy, excercise or just take pain killers

use a heating pad or exercising your ab muscles by doing like situps really help too!

I take painkillers.. cause i get REALLY bad cramps at the beginning.. but i usually take hot baths and a hot water bottle while im watchin TV, I take regular exercise aswel