Image ID: a black and orange image of Sisyphus pushing up a boulder. The boulder is labeled “the fucking menstrual cycle”.
A few days after my period ends I just blissfully forget about it until one day I wake up and notice my crotch looks like someone was murdered there. Super duper fun.
My period started at the age of 11. Within a year, on the very first day my period would start, the cramps would be so bad that I would start vomiting & fainting. It would last around 2 days. EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. MONTH.
Some piece of shit doctor told my parents this it was completely normal, and that I was probably just being dramatic. My parents were also religious, so BC was absolutely NOT an option.
Finally, in my 20s, my period finally came back several months after I had my kid. It wasn’t that bad! … for a while. A few years later, that pain came back, I was like “haha fukkin nope” and looked into BC.
Found a pill, it up cleared my skin & I now have a period that lasts like 20 minutes once a month. I fucking love it!!
Also, that pain I was experiencing fucked up my body forever, apparently. So, ladies, fucking insist on getting severe pains checked out. It’s NOT normal, and you deserve to get it looked at and taken seriously.
Endometriosis is often underdiagnosed because of this and even other problems that may not even have to do with the uterus like UTI which can hurt in a similar way you’ll get the “it’s just your period”. There are so many bad doctors like that even female doctors because the truth is that the female body hasn’t been studied as much as the male body so there’s still a lot that they’re not sure of.aq And it’s not just women, because skin ailments have been studied mostly in white people the conditions are described like what they look like in fair skin and they may look completely different in other complexions. Good for you for finding that pill!! I feel bad for 11yo you for having to go through all that pain. Women and girls deserve better treatment
very unpoggers. they should ban it 👍
I’m a chronic depressed major anxiety guy. I can’t imagine dealing with this every month.
imagine you start to get your shit together, start some habits to get you on a better footing, and then there’s a week where you just can’t every month. and maybe there’s also a mid-month slump, because hormones suck.
i didn’t see a therapist until i had one weekend to run all the errands, see doctors and vets, clean the house up… there was just the one weekend where i was sure i’d have enough of an upswing.
-general anxiety and depression diagnosis, plus PMDD (pre-menstrual dysphoria disorder), the drugs are great and i’m better now
That sounds like my biweekly Panic attacks, but combined into one full week. Not fun either way.
https://www.webmd.com/sex/birth-control/extended-use-birth-control-overview
It doesn’t need to be every month…
The creator only made the pill have a placebo week to allow the period to come in order to please the catholics
So, I’m a guy, so no first-hand experience, but I know at least two women personally, who unfortunately had additional issues with PMS-like symptoms and general increased emotional/psychological issues with what I think was this category of contraceptives. So, as always, look into what might work for you and stay aware of how your body and mind react. Just mentioning that, because both also had problems with doctors, including gynecologists, basically gaslighting them about how they are supposed to feel.
I don’t think so. Basically you are tricking your body into thinking you are pregnant and leaving it that way. Less eggs are released, less uterine walls being replaced. That should mean both more eggs later in life and less risk of uterine cancer.
Of course you should ask a doctor about it. They gotta prescribe it anyways.
Just remember as you sit outside in these summer evenings enjoying an open container, watching the sunset, that female bats still fly when they menstruate.
