Being at Work

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For ktx:

I wouldn't say that we've fully transitioned from Uni life as a household yet :). Nicholas is still doing a PhD, which means he gets to work random hours and is obviously still in Cambridge, which happens to be an excellent place to pick up random tech jobs. We're still renting rather than even thinking about buying a house untli we have two established incomes (even a good starting salary not being enough for somewhere in Cambridge).

My first week at work so far has been mostly confusing and exhuasting, but I blame most of that on having my period start at the same time (suprisingly, yes, it could have been more inconvenient, it could have been that the One Day Of Shooting Pains And Not Being Able To Stand Still that I get (which is better than the Week Of Curled Up In Agony which is the natural state of my periods) had showed up at Maelstrom rather than work where I could make sure I was sat down most of the time and I think mostly hide the zoning out and wincing from my colleagues. Walking either way after having sat on my rear doing nothing for many weeks is kind of confusing my body. And I still need to work out how to drink more water at work, because I would be rather less swimmy-head-aargh if I was properly hydrated.

I expect I'll survive. Everyone else seems to, somehow. (Having started off with a big cushion of savings from my parents and no debt is quite helpful too, which makes me feel even worse for wondering if I'll manage.)

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This might be a stupid question, but have you discussed those cramps with a gyn? Make sure she understands that you're not just talking about, hey, some cramps and they stink, dude, but about, hey, totally debilitating, I can't move or think cramps. It took years for me to communicate to my gyn that we weren't talking about "discomfort," but about "pain."

Is it possible that birth control pills would help? Of course, sometimes they are the mood-swing drug from hell, but I know a lot of people who have had heavy, crampy periods who have been helped by birth control pills. Including me. Better living through chemistry.

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Once upon a time I had severe debilitating cramps. Then I saw some doctors and got various birth control pills, which gave me various quantities of depression and rage.

Eventually we settled on the current solution, which gives me one day of occasional attacks of pain (and extra pain brought on if I stand still for more than thirty seconds) and a heavy period, but also only gives me half a week of depression and that co-inciding with the low energy levels from my period.

This is an improvement on the natural state of affairs, which is four days of occasional attacks from 'constant mild discomfort' to 'curling up in a ball crying', bleeding through heavy pads every four hours, and depression for a week before the period, and all of the other solutions, some of which have been better at controlling the pain and bleeding but have led to me having violent rages or becoming suicidal.