Courtesy of the Seppi blog, it's Shoshanna's Cramp Tincture

[Deleted03]

In my experience, it is easier to get things done yourself when you are in pain. It is too easy for a partner to move wrong and make it worse.

at the same time, it can be harder to get motivated if you're alone...

[lovefromgirl]

at the same time, it can be harder to get motivated if you're alone...

That's what salacious reading material is for. Or, y'know, just plain ol' porn.

[Deleted03]

That's what salacious reading material is for. Or, y'know, just plain ol' porn.

While my uterus is killing me? IDK I haven't gotten to try with a partner (what a sad sad life I lead) but I just usually don't feel in the mood, and with no motivation to at least take advantage of someone else :P

[Jessica]

It's vodka flavored with herbs that ferments for six weeks. Um, yeah, if I took that I might feel better too.

*Edited because I left out words.

Well, yes, that's what makes it a tincture. You can make them 'kid-friendly' with glycerin or even vinegar but I don't think it lasts as long.

If it makes you sleep, I should try it. The hardest painkillers you can find don't touch my cramps (Vicodin? Didn't do a thing. 800 mg ibuprofen takes the pain form a 10 to maybe a 9.5). However, a 20 minute nap will do the trick every time.

[anniebgood]

I am so glad that I'm done with all that, but back in the day when you still had to wear those god awful belts to hold your elephant pads, I was best friends with a hot water bottle and/or a heating pad. My cramps were so bad I literally was in tears for several days. My mom who was an ob/gyn nurse used to bring home those huge old post pregnancy pads for me for the middle days.

Once I started on the pill, it was like a vacation for me. My little old uterus just up and thanked me. At age 47 it ended. I was so thrilled.

I got Darvocet for my cramps, but found that Valium was a wonderful muscle relaxant and that really helped a lot.

[Witsec7]

Additional calcium and magnesium should help too. I didn't learn that until my DD was suffering but it takes the edge off for her.

[Deleted03]

Additional calcium and magnesium should help too. I didn't learn that until my DD was suffering but it takes the edge off for her.

do you mean only during period or as an everyday supplement?

[Witsec7]

We upped the ante during periods. 2 mag to 1 Cal. Great for restless legs, muscle cramps and as a sleep aid before bed. Some folks prefer the reverse ratio for their daily supplement. There are a few natural vit. companies out there that sell a reverse ratio cal mag.

[Shirley MacLaine]

I've found that one of the best forms of cramp relief is sex. An orgasm is a wonderful thing.

I am so jealous of people who get relief through orgasms! Orgasms make my cramps like 10x worse. Usually ends with me wailing in a hot tub.

Strangely, I do not let that stop me from masturbating. :dance:

[Kitty]

Period sex squicks me out. I think it's usually because my flow is heaviest the first day or two, then on top of that I just feel shitty all around. Orgasms don't help much anyway :(

[Shirley MacLaine]

I usually forgo period sex because I only have two sets of sheets and two towels and I just don't feel like making things need to be laundered. And my shower is too small for sexytimes. I mean, we could probably swing it but shower sex kind of terrifies me, I always envision falling somehow, cracking my head and dying.

[Deleted03]

We upped the ante during periods. 2 mag to 1 Cal. Great for restless legs, muscle cramps and as a sleep aid before bed. Some folks prefer the reverse ratio for their daily supplement. There are a few natural vit. companies out there that sell a reverse ratio cal mag.

I'm so sorry... I don't understand that: "We upped the ante during periods"

do you mean you take it regularly and increase it during the period, and how much increase?

[fundiefan]

Well, yes, that's what makes it a tincture. You can make them 'kid-friendly' with glycerin or even vinegar but I don't think it lasts as long.

If it makes you sleep, I should try it. The hardest painkillers you can find don't touch my cramps (Vicodin? Didn't do a thing. 800 mg ibuprofen takes the pain form a 10 to maybe a 9.5). However, a 20 minute nap will do the trick every time.

Well, if I knew that I wouldn't have noted the vodka. I don't know squat about tinctures or what they're made of or what their claimed purposes are. I've only vaguely skim when I've come across them in reading.

Alcohol = tincture. No wonder those who like them love them.

[Deleted03]

Well, if I knew that I wouldn't have noted the vodka. I don't know squat about tinctures or what they're made of or what their claimed purposes are. I've only vaguely skim when I've come across them in reading.

Alcohol = tincture. No wonder those who like them love them.

tinctures taste foul!!