Yeah, see this is why I'm so glad I went to an all girls school. If this happened at my school she would have had like 10 girls hand her tampons and someone offer to lend her some pants. The closest story to this that happened to me was that a girl in my class had a period surprise so I gave her a pad and then we got ice cream.
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Yeah, see this is why I'm so glad I went to an all girls school. If this happened at my school she would have had like 10 girls hand her tampons and someone offer to lend her some pants. The closest story to this that happened to me was that a girl in my class had a period surprise so I gave her a pad and then we got ice cream.
amanda1983
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I didn't get my first period until I was very late 14 or early 15, one of the last in my class and groupd of friends outside school. It was an all-girls school so things were a lot better for us than I hear they were for my coed friends, just the sheer number of girls around meant there was always someone with spare supplies to hand if needed. And they frequently were.
I didn't have any particular problems at first, though I'd had migraines for years. It was only after I went to England on a hockey tour just before Christmas (when I was 15) that things got bad for me. It took years for the medical stuff to be untangled but that trip is when I had full onset of my sleep disorder, Narcolepsy with Cataplexy. The period stuff was just small potatoes compared to the sleep disorder but at the time, the specialist put my symptoms down to, I kid you not, "being a teenage girl, adjusting to the bodily changes" and things "should settle down once you're used to getting your period and also once you have counselling to deal with your troubled family"... yeah, no. That well respected specialist got the full benefit of my A+ marks in topics such as debate and argumentative essay writing, and on one memorable occasion I verbally ripped him and his obnoxiously stupid diagnosis, treatment suggestion (anti depressants.. no, he didn't think I was depressed, it "just sometimes helps in these difficult cases"), and overall behaviour towards me. I wish smartphones had been around then as my mum would have recorded it. I was, to quote her, "glorious" and she "couldn't have said it better" herself, which she said so when the fool regained his composure enough to speak. And turned to my mum, as though he expected her to tell me off.. patronising ****wit.
After that dreadful experience I had much better luck. My periods were painful, sure, and the migraines that came with them were unbearable.. but since I was unable to function even when not menstruating (or either side as I get a migraine 1 week prior, 1 one day 1, and 1 a week after).. really, periods were the least of my worries.
Once I was properly diagnosed just after I turned 20 and we found a workable treatment (another couple of years), I was all good. The cramps and associated migraines were annoying but I made things work and kept the pain at bay with just basic paracetamol and ibuprofen. I can't take the pill as thats contraindicated for migraines with aura, due to the hormonal link. I'm also allergic/intolerant to codeine and opiates so can't take the usual migraine meds. I went through a *lot* of jars of tiger balm, I don't know how I'd have survived if I hadn't been given that to try at 17, it's the best! That and wheat-filled heatpacks, one for my tummy, one for my back, are my go-to method to this day.
I studied and worked for years with no problem, until my workplace turned into a stress-fueled nightmare. I stayed far too long trying to keep going for my children and my colleagues who were trying as hard as I was.. but it took a huge toll on my health. We all thought it was just stress, and I'd recover after I resigned and had time to rest. But things got worse, and my partner and I realised things were really wrong when my cycles became so frequent they just never stopped. I was referred and they immediately suspected endometriosis.
Internal ultrasounds = THE WORST, MOST INVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURE IMAGINABLE. I had no idea that was a thing... so bad. On the up side - they found all kinds of things to document which meant they could diagnose the endo prior to surgery and have a lot of info to plan with. On the down side - to measure and thoroughly assess everything they recorded, *they tried to manually detach my ovaries from my uterus, each other, and my bowel with the wand and their hands on* my belly, pressing and trying to "unstick" things* ... please consider yourselves warned. I wish I had been. I mean, they were doing their job and I'm glad they were thorough, really! I just wished I'd known before I was told to go to the bathroom after (I thought) just finishing my ultrasound...
*edited to "on" as somehow it said "in" which would have been a lot worse, if that's possible!
I didn't have any particular problems at first, though I'd had migraines for years. It was only after I went to England on a hockey tour just before Christmas (when I was 15) that things got bad for me. It took years for the medical stuff to be untangled but that trip is when I had full onset of my sleep disorder, Narcolepsy with Cataplexy. The period stuff was just small potatoes compared to the sleep disorder but at the time, the specialist put my symptoms down to, I kid you not, "being a teenage girl, adjusting to the bodily changes" and things "should settle down once you're used to getting your period and also once you have counselling to deal with your troubled family"... yeah, no. That well respected specialist got the full benefit of my A+ marks in topics such as debate and argumentative essay writing, and on one memorable occasion I verbally ripped him and his obnoxiously stupid diagnosis, treatment suggestion (anti depressants.. no, he didn't think I was depressed, it "just sometimes helps in these difficult cases"), and overall behaviour towards me. I wish smartphones had been around then as my mum would have recorded it. I was, to quote her, "glorious" and she "couldn't have said it better" herself, which she said so when the fool regained his composure enough to speak. And turned to my mum, as though he expected her to tell me off.. patronising ****wit.
After that dreadful experience I had much better luck. My periods were painful, sure, and the migraines that came with them were unbearable.. but since I was unable to function even when not menstruating (or either side as I get a migraine 1 week prior, 1 one day 1, and 1 a week after).. really, periods were the least of my worries.
Once I was properly diagnosed just after I turned 20 and we found a workable treatment (another couple of years), I was all good. The cramps and associated migraines were annoying but I made things work and kept the pain at bay with just basic paracetamol and ibuprofen. I can't take the pill as thats contraindicated for migraines with aura, due to the hormonal link. I'm also allergic/intolerant to codeine and opiates so can't take the usual migraine meds. I went through a *lot* of jars of tiger balm, I don't know how I'd have survived if I hadn't been given that to try at 17, it's the best! That and wheat-filled heatpacks, one for my tummy, one for my back, are my go-to method to this day.
I studied and worked for years with no problem, until my workplace turned into a stress-fueled nightmare. I stayed far too long trying to keep going for my children and my colleagues who were trying as hard as I was.. but it took a huge toll on my health. We all thought it was just stress, and I'd recover after I resigned and had time to rest. But things got worse, and my partner and I realised things were really wrong when my cycles became so frequent they just never stopped. I was referred and they immediately suspected endometriosis.
Internal ultrasounds = THE WORST, MOST INVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURE IMAGINABLE. I had no idea that was a thing... so bad. On the up side - they found all kinds of things to document which meant they could diagnose the endo prior to surgery and have a lot of info to plan with. On the down side - to measure and thoroughly assess everything they recorded, *they tried to manually detach my ovaries from my uterus, each other, and my bowel with the wand and their hands on* my belly, pressing and trying to "unstick" things* ... please consider yourselves warned. I wish I had been. I mean, they were doing their job and I'm glad they were thorough, really! I just wished I'd known before I was told to go to the bathroom after (I thought) just finishing my ultrasound...
*edited to "on" as somehow it said "in" which would have been a lot worse, if that's possible!
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Jared:3
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When I go to school and hang out with my girls, they always complain about their period, my friend had leaked bad, we had to wait to go back to class because her pad was in the classroom, she couldn't hold it in, she was so pissed lmao
amanda1983
Senior Member
Same for me! I actually had a surprise period when I was 16, which I didn't know about til a girl ran up to me and told me. My friends huddled around me to shield me and my dress from view and we walked to the locker room (where we'd been going anyway). One friend got supplies, another loosened the straps on her backpack and gave it to me to wear to cover my skirt (the bag was fabric so draped and was easily washable) since it was summer so we didn't have jumpers or anything, and then walked me to our middle school office to get help. Of course I was mortified, oh my goodness yes - but no one did anything to make things worse, just helped me. I'd have done the same for them, and did at times - just not so dramatically lol. Except that time my best friend split her pants laughing...
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Sanaki
moon child
im fortunate enough to have never had an incident like that but i'm sure a lot of girls can relate to that weird feeling you get when you're paranoid, and you're afraid to stand up but then you check in the bathroom and nothing is wrong.
Mints
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i haven't had any horrible accidents ( thank god ). i got mine when i first turned 13 i believe, i never experienced anything like that before so i was very confused??? i use to not mind them as long as i have my handy dandy pad with me. but after a couple months later i started to get cramps, mood swings, and random appetites; after that it all went downhill from there. ;v;
Jared:3
New Horizons
Well, my friend has a temper when she knows her period is coming, she gets really pissed, she was afraid to tell the teacher because it was a guy teacher, it's more of girl stuff, so she held it in and did it right there 
mogyay
✨night night✨
Well, my friend has a temper when she knows her period is coming, she gets really pissed, she was afraid to tell the teacher because it was a guy teacher, it's more of girl stuff, so she held it in and did it right there
i refuse to believe you're a real person
UH YEAH BUT PERIODS, pretty annoying things
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amanda1983
Senior Member
Oops, I got so caught up in sharing the horror story stuff I didn't answer the rest. I used pads at first, then after a couple months tampons and pads, then exclusively tampons as I can't stand pads. I didn't have heavy periods at all, and they only lasted 2-3 days max, though I had a 21-27 day cycle. I miss those days so much right now... after 1 operation which was supposed to be "one and done" did basically nothing to improve things, they put me on monthly hormone injections until my next (last, they plan.. again) op.
So I went from light but slightly unpredictable cycles to heavy and random but so frequent it was just one cycle that never ended to... my body fighting the hormones injected, which are trying to stop my cycle AND reverse some of the damage and growths caused by my normal bodily (mal)functions. Which means every day feels like that worst day when the cramps are rolling and things are happening inside and ... except there's no period, so nothing for my insides to do but roll around unhappily.
So I went from light but slightly unpredictable cycles to heavy and random but so frequent it was just one cycle that never ended to... my body fighting the hormones injected, which are trying to stop my cycle AND reverse some of the damage and growths caused by my normal bodily (mal)functions. Which means every day feels like that worst day when the cramps are rolling and things are happening inside and ... except there's no period, so nothing for my insides to do but roll around unhappily.
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mogyay
✨night night✨
I actually wish I had a period, that means I would be a girl
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Are you seriously going to start with me? Literally no one started with me on this thread
no, sorry. it was just a bizarre phrasing of words.
Sanaki
moon child
Well, my friend has a temper when she knows her period is coming, she gets really pissed, she was afraid to tell the teacher because it was a guy teacher, it's more of girl stuff, so she held it in and did it right there
lol wtf you dont hold anything in
SilkSpectre
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Confirmed for not real person or troll. You are hilarious.
Jared:3
New Horizons
How is the person not real? Every time I go on a thread everyone goes after me like everyone calm down, she exposed it in class, not sure if she actually went in class during that time
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No I am not, that's mostly threads
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The only way i knew she tried to hold it in was because she was saying she had to go to my face, and told me she was having her period
Mints
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Well, my friend has a temper when she knows her period is coming, she gets really pissed, she was afraid to tell the teacher because it was a guy teacher, it's more of girl stuff, so she held it in and did it right there
do you know how periods work?
