 I know that pain!
I have had the same horrible pain for 11 years! what has worked for me is taking a combination of muscle relaxants like soma and prescription strength ibuprofen but I now have stomach problems from too much. When it gets to be more than I can bare I get toradol injections from the er. I've been lucky that the dr's dont really question me cuz if they did they might think I'm a junkie. Also it sounds gross but if you dont mind smelling like a pickle, atowel soaked in vinegar under a heating pad can make the cramps less intense. If you are not ttc you can try yasmin. I take 3 months continuously and it has made af much more bearable. I used to get it really bad, it lasted up to a month and I'd have fist sized clots (gross!) and I was severely anemic and there were times when I could hardly get out of bed cuz I'd bleed through just trying to get to the bathroom. Also the yasmin really cleared up my complexion and I didn't have the strong junk food cravings that I had before.
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12 years of suffering, dx'd on 8/20/2003
me 30, dh 33
ds 16
ds 12
dd 10 |