Honestly, with whatever method means relief. I have intense cramps that I can't even breathe through, so by the time I've experienced them several times in a day, I'll be doing whatever necessary to get relief. The intensity of mine are due to endometriosis, and lately, I've been able to get it under control really well -- to where when they do strike, they only last for less than a whole minute and are spaced out. I'll have to grab onto something nearby too. I've went down before with those suckers, so I try to make sure I have some way of holding up when it strikes. For some reason, they're sudden & automatically makes me go for the ground. Anyways, some "interferences" have caused it to come back and be a more regular problem for me when I'd worked hard to get it to a controllable level. The good thing is, they are spaced out, so I have time to get somewhere comfortable & find something for relief.

I was taking pain medication and anxiety meds for it, but found almost complete relief with natural remedies (aloe vera = life saver!), but everytime I go to a doctor or dentist, they manage to send me right back into the pits (either with their vaccines I refuse multiple times or a year-long course of non-stop antiobiotics.) So I am now trying to control the problem for the second time since I found relief, which was only one year ago!

Anyways, now, I automatically eat aloe vera once I feel the pain. It usually soothes things quickly, and sometimes, I will even be able to carry on my day afterward. Other times, pain meds are necessary or else I'm a wreck.

Herbal teas like Oolong and Rooibos have been somewhat helpful to me too. Let's see, wheatgrass is helpful for some people. I can't tell if it really affects mine personally though. It does help with the fatigue if you eat it/take it regularly. I also try to keep my energy levels up as much as possible when my menstrual comes, so wheatgrass, lots of oil-pulling (with either EVO or virgin sunflower oil) and drink a load of water. Sounds like these things would not be helpful, but they have been amazing for me. The oil-pulling is a life saver for my health in general & I'll do it a few days in a row when necessary such as when I can tell I'm in some kind of freak toxic overload or having crappy period symptoms and I'll feel like a new person.

Personally, nothing OTC has ever helped in the slightest for me. I do take BC Powders for the week long migraine right before my cycle happens. They help magnificently, but I really hate when it gets to the point to where I have to resort to the pain meds & BC, but I've finally came to this conclusion: I can sit here and live my life in pain, hardly able to move and not having fun or acheiving anything, or I can take that blasted BC or medication and get on with my life. That's just what it came down to for me, on some days & I do what I feel necessary to get by without suffering to an ridiculous level & I feel pretty lucky that I can even get relief because there are some who don't get that luxury, even with medication.

Anyways, I hope you find something that helps give you some relief. Have you ever noticed a decrease in pain/symptoms when you've eaten garlic? Garlic cloves can be really helpful for tons of things, and I eat it often just for the benefits. Seems like when I've done all this healthy stuff -- drank the loads of water, drank the seabuckthorn extract and oil, and wheatgrass and whatever else, then when it does come time for a flare up, it's not near as bad & I feel like I get through the cycle with little problems. Just keeping with it can be hard! less