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rhaevyn · 08-19-2006, 06:23 PM

Since I was twelve, I've had incredibly painful cramps, so bad that I would miss at least one day of school each month because of it. When I was sixteen, I was put on birth control for it, which made the cramps about 90% better, but it also caused me to gain a LOT of weight. Right after graduation, I think, I switched BC, and I didn't gain any more weight, but with the same effectiveness of the other pill.

Generally, from 16 up until recently, I haven't really had PMS issues. But lately, the cramps have gotten slightly worse, and the past couple months I've noticed that I'm a lot more irritable and weepy in the week and a half before my period. It's not so bad that I'm rude and lash out at people. At that time, if somebody is irritating me badly enough, I just walk away for a little while, until I can calm down a bit.

08-19-2006, 06:23 PM	#16 (permalink)
rhaevyn Insane Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Since I was twelve, I've had incredibly painful cramps, so bad that I would miss at least one day of school each month because of it. When I was sixteen, I was put on birth control for it, which made the cramps about 90% better, but it also caused me to gain a LOT of weight. Right after graduation, I think, I switched BC, and I didn't gain any more weight, but with the same effectiveness of the other pill. Generally, from 16 up until recently, I haven't really had PMS issues. But lately, the cramps have gotten slightly worse, and the past couple months I've noticed that I'm a lot more irritable and weepy in the week and a half before my period. It's not so bad that I'm rude and lash out at people. At that time, if somebody is irritating me badly enough, I just walk away for a little while, until I can calm down a bit. __________________ ~Alex~ You've come far, and though you're far from the end, you don't mind where you are, 'cause you know where you've been.