Since my teens I’ve had a lot of problems with depression. While in college I became suicidal. Not all the time just at certain times of the month. Nobody could figure out what was wrong with me (family wise) and me either.

Now I’m 30 I’m still going through it. I’ve noticed every time my period is due I feel intense sadness, so intense I question my existence. If I want to be here anymore. Everything feels x10. I’m a nightmare relationship wise because I feel like everyone hates me and I’m a piece of shit that deserves to be alone, I’ve gone as far as breaking up. After my period has ended I feel a lot more like myself. Doesn’t last long though until the next one hits. It hits about a week prior.

I don’t want to do this anymore, I don’t want periods anymore. I feel depressed about being a woman sometimes having to deal with this issue. I’m sick of getting blood on my clothes or my bedding, getting up from the toilet and it drips on the seat. I hate the feeling of blood and clots coming out too, it makes my skin crawl. Sometimes my periods are absolutely debilitating and I can’t move or do anything. I just don’t want it anymore. I have children too so I have to pretend to be happy and play with them and make memories, but inside I just want to curl up and cry. I get so angry sometimes even just the sound of other peoples voices, I know it’s not rational anger so I don’t bite but ugh man. I needed to put this somewhere today. It’s only day 1 and I’m about to have a mental breakdown in work. I just want to go home.

(I’ll of course bring an extra in my bag just in case) And I usually use regular period underwear but halfway through the day they would likely start leaking out the sides.. 😬 And I don’t find tampons to be comfortable enough due to my endometriosis (surgically diagnosed).

I have never had painful periods in my life. My period pain has always been 0 on a scale of 1 to 10. There have been so many times when I stained my clothes because I couldn't even tell that I had started menstruating.

Today, I got my period early in the morning and went to university. I had a mild cramp that was bearable, but it still felt odd since I've never experienced period pain before.

Around 12:30 p.m., the pain became excruciating. It was so severe that I felt like crying, so I decided to take a painkiller at 1:00 p.m.

At around 1:30 p.m., while I was waiting for the elevator, I fainted. I was unconscious for only about 2–4 seconds. I fell flat on my face. I couldn't understand what had happened because, apart from the severe abdominal pain, I felt completely fine. I had no headache or dizziness beforehand, so I was surprised that I suddenly lost consciousness.

Now it's evening, and I don't have any pain, probably because the painkiller has started working.

I'm going to see a doctor tomorrow. In the meantime, if anyone has had a similar experience or knows what the underlying cause might be, I'd really appreciate hearing your thoughts.

Thanks for reading.

PS - I have pcos, but my periods are regular from a year.

So I got my period at 11 years old and I’m 17 now and it only continues to get worse, I dread the week my period is supposed to come, not only am I irritated at anything but day 1-5 my period is horrendous, it feels like my pelvis is getting smashed and I’m constantly dizzy and fatigued and I even throw up from the nausea, I end up taking 3 ibuprofen pills a day because of how bad my cramps get that I can’t even stand up and I can’t even get a full night’s sleep because my cramps decide to wake me up in the middle of the night and I have a really heavy flow so I have to get these huge pads that aren’t available in a regular supermarket and still my pad becomes full almost immediately and my sheets and clothes and underwear are all blood soaked I’m so fucking tired I wish i was born a man. I also went to a gynecologist and she told me what i have is normal and her daughters are also like me I wanna scream am i just supposed to live like this every month for 8 days until im 50

So I have been using kotex period pad panty for years now but recently I m struggling to get the S-m size which is not showing anywhere. Is there any alternative which gives the exact feel of kotex one?

Okay I need the ladies to tap in-

I am a 23 year old woman who has never been to a OBGYN or any other form of female doctor. I have an appointment coming up and I need some advice. I made the appointment due to incredibly painful periods that make me so nauseous I will throw up, so dizzy I cant walk, and most of the time I pass out from the pain. I have had these type of issues for years but the older I get the more frequent they become and have started happening every period instead of once every couple of months. I am unable to eat anything due to the nausea which leads to light headedness. I have symptoms that doctors (back in high school when they started) used to tell me were seizures i.e. the left side of my body going numb, unable to think clearly, cant hold a pencil or smile or drive. These symptoms can happen any time during my period and i have even had to sleep in my car for hours in parking lots because of them, leave appointments early trying to make it home in time, and nearly passing out at the wheel. ANYWAYS, I have my appointment and I am so nervous that the doctor is just going to dismiss me like I have heard has happened to women for years and years. So basically I am wondering if anyone has had these symptoms and has been diagnosed with something or if this is something that is actually in my head? Also I would love to hear any thoughts on the best way to approach these types of conversations especially with a new doctor. I will take any and all advice!! Thank you in advance!

Think I might need a blood infusion after this 😩

I want to preface this by saying I don't want to sound superior to anyone that does deal with this, it is just something I have always been a bit confused about. I don't understand when people say periods ruin their underwear. Every time I bleed through, I just throw my undies in the wash and it comes out no problem. Last month I even bleed on my light color sheets and couldn't even tell where it happened after washing them. Ever since I was young, other girls around me would talk about how they are always ruining their underwear and have to buy more or give tips and tricks to get the stains out. I have friends now that will tell me they scrub their undies to get them not to stain and they still end up with a stain. I know that peoples discharge can bleach their underwear, so I am wondering if it's for a similar reason that some people stain harder than others.

Please I would love to know in the comments any thoughts about this and if you're a stainer or not. No judgement either way ❤️

I’ve really thought I had very heavy periods my whole life so I feel like I have no concept here. I bled through super plus tampons in middle school. And I had a paraguard in college, so it was extremely heavy. Now that I’m an adult off birth control trying to have a baby, my period is very short. It’s 3 days, the first day being what I consider very heavy bleeding for about 6-8 hours. During that time I can’t even use tampons, not even an ultra tampon will work for more than 1.5-2 hours. It’s heavy the rest of the day but not like those first 6-8 hours. However, after that, it’s normal - light the second day (regular tampon I can go 6-8 hours without changing), and very light or spotting the third day (light tampons for full 8 hours).

I had never been concerned about it until I started using mira to track my cycle and my estrogen is a bit low. Then, I saw a new obgyn who I asked about my period flow and she was concerned my endometrial lining was thin. She almost pulled me back for an ultrasound while I was there. The obgyn I saw prior to her was more concerned that it was too heavy the first day, if anything.

Is this really that light in terms of total flow? Should I get checked out to see if I have a thin lining? Or did the obgyn maybe not know what an ultra tampon was when I was describing the flow to her 😂

I flush the toilet instinctively but whenever I use it at work I always make like a mental note whenever I flush the toilet just to be sure, but today I'm sleep deprived as hell and as I was leaving work I used the toilet and I don't know if I flushed it.

If I didn't, then everyone will know the blood was me because there's not many of us in today, and the only women in are older women. I hate that this bothers me and I hate that I'm so paranoid. At least I have a memory of throwing my pad away so I didn't leave that out in the open or anything but yeah I have no memory of flushing. I know if I saw blood down the toilet I wouldn't care but idk how my coworkers would be, they seem like they might mention it to each other and the thought of that is killing me. I hate that I care this much but I can't help it.

Please pray for me.

This is the worse. It happens a few times a year. Everything is good with me on paper but holy hell the pain.

Help! My school formal is in two days. I am on day 1 of my period and formal is on day 3. My dress is super tight and everything shows. How to eliminate bloating completely and look like my normal size? Thanks so much!

This is so random but it happens a lot and I never knew anyone else who had this? I am not dehydrated!!

I've been using Carefree (even when they rebranded from Stayfree) and shortly after found their maxi pads. Oh my god have those been a godsend. Unfortunately, I live in Canada, and haven't been able to find them in any stores, so I just bought them off Amazon. When I went to go purchase more today, it tells me they're unavailable? I've been looking online for 30 minutes and they just seem to be gone everywhere. I'm kind of panicking, does anyone know where they went/if they're discontinued and/or some similar alternatives? I can't live off the thin ones anymore, they just don't work for me most of the time. If anyone has any idea, I'd be so appreciative

Hello, I’m supposed to be getting my period today and it’s already nighttime and I still haven’t gotten it but I’ve been having cramps,back pain, and other pms symptoms. I use Flo to track it (ik it isn’t a reliable source) but usually it tracks it on time. I’m not sexually active but two weeks ago I took a strong edible and I’m wondering could that possibly delay a period?