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Life with an underdiagnosed condition is just "wait, that's not supposed to hurt?" over and over until you die https://twitter.com/UntoNuggan/status/1289186444985040897
[Menstruation]
Additional potentially life-changing PSA:
Yes period cramps can hurt
"Normal" cramps apparently do not involve difficulty breathing, trying not to scream, trying not to move, or hobbling around bent over at the waist
Additional potentially life-changing PSA:
Yes period cramps can hurt
"Normal" cramps apparently do not involve difficulty breathing, trying not to scream, trying not to move, or hobbling around bent over at the waist
[Menstruation]
If your cramps are really bad (see above), then you might want to look into PCOS, endometriosis, adenomyosis, and fibroids
If your cramps are usually fine but bad now, you might want to look into ovarian torsion (which is considered an emergency)
If your cramps are really bad (see above), then you might want to look into PCOS, endometriosis, adenomyosis, and fibroids
If your cramps are usually fine but bad now, you might want to look into ovarian torsion (which is considered an emergency)
[Menstruation, suicidal ideation]
If every time you have PMS, you can't stop thinking about all the ways to hurt yourself in every room you walk into
Then you might want to look into MCAS or PMDD*
If every time you have PMS, you can't stop thinking about all the ways to hurt yourself in every room you walk into
Then you might want to look into MCAS or PMDD*
[Menstruation]
I put an asterisk next to PMDD because there's evidence that the diagnosis was created to sell more SSRIs
However, getting treatment for it literally saved my life. But I got progesterone because I can't take SSRIs. YMMV. https://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2016/11/how-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-was-defined-and-marketed-drug-makers/
I put an asterisk next to PMDD because there's evidence that the diagnosis was created to sell more SSRIs
However, getting treatment for it literally saved my life. But I got progesterone because I can't take SSRIs. YMMV. https://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2016/11/how-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-was-defined-and-marketed-drug-makers/
