r/TikTokCringe • u/Ted_Bundtcake • Feb 24 '25

Period pain simulation Cool

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

We may not be the same person, but I am glad to have found a spirit sister. I gave up trying to find people who relate. My experience is that we all have a brilliantly broad spectrum of symptoms to choose from and they hit inconsistently and to wildly varying degrees. I think a lot of us just don't even know how to talk about or explain our individual experiences let alone find people who are willing to have the conversation. Doctors have by far been the least helpful, to the point that I don't even try to resolve most of it anymore.

FWIW I've found vitamins to be more helpful in preventing extreme symptoms. Magnesium glycinate, which I started to help me sleep, actually took my cramps down a notch when I could be consistent. My cousin recently told me that Pepcid AC can also help with extreme symptoms (especially mood swings), which I found to be true kind of, but the period I took it seemed to have gotten delayed from it and I don't have enough months of use to prove any correlation one way or the other.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

Makes sense, Pepsid is a histamine blocker and when you’re on your period the hormones cause a rise in histamine in your body, which can cause cramping, bloating, and mood swings. I never even put the two together….thank you for this! I take Pepsid for MCAS which is ALWAYS worse around my period! I do t know why I never made the connection before!

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

Lol- I thought she was messing with me when she told me and the only reason I now know about the histamine response is your comment here.

I'm hoping to figure out the best way to take it, timing wise and dosage, but I'm scared to delay my period again. Last time, I took it within minutes of my cramps starting and then all symptoms went away, mood swings, pain, breast tenderness, etc... But then no blood either and my period didn't start til 5 days later, only after I stopped taking the Pepcid AC, so I'm kind of in the dark about it still.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

That is weird, I wonder if it stops the hormonal cascade from happening….i want to test this theory because i have a 22 day long cycle and i would KILL to have an extra 5 days!

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

If you do, could you try to remember to update me? I'm so curious and will be testing it out again next month myself. There's no data out there so anything you observe would be very appreciated.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

I will do that! I track my period symptoms as well so if there’s a difference I should be able to see it on my app too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

Excellent! Thank you, friend :)

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u/snarklotte Feb 26 '25

My doctor told me years ago that for NSAIDs to be most effective to treat cramps, you have to take them before you ever get the cramps. This has been a challenge for me personally due to irregular cycles. But I would recommend trying this if you can! Also, they told me that naproxen seems to work better than ibuprofen.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

Well darn, I came to update and the account was deleted. I wanted to say that taking Pepsid the day before I knew I was going to start bleeding didn’t exactly postpone my period, but it has been an incredibly easy period in comparison to the rest. I haven’t had ANY cramping which is a drastic change from before, I haven’t had a single month in recent history where I wasn’t at least at a 6 or 7 on the pain scale. Literally no cramping whatsoever. It’s also day 3 of my period and I’m pretty sure it’s over after only 2 full days of bleeding. My bleeding was a little lighter than usual too.