Women Mood-swings and Menstrual Cramping

Us as women go through menstrual woes every month unless you’re up in age or pregnant. Some months are worse than others and some aren’t. Well I’m having one of those months where I can’t even stand up and I’m in pain. As of right now I’m a 4 or a 5 on the pain scale, just 10 minutes ago I was over 10. I had to pop 4 Ibuprofen and drink some hot tea and I’m surprised I didn’t wake Ced up with all my moaning and groaning. I guess mine are so bad most of the time because once upon a time ago, I never used to have menstrual cramps; I did know when it was that time though.

I get annoyed at times when my menstrual cramping wakes me up out of my sleep, a good sleep at that. It always seem to happen when I finally get the rest that I deserve [apparently not]. I never feel like I should go in the next room and bite Ced’s head off though. For some reason, I’m happier [once the storm has subsided] when I’m on my period. I don’t know why but I am. Other women they just want to be left alone so they don’t hurt someone’s feelings due to their menstrual mood-swings. Other women have no choice but to be around people and they end up lashing at people because they’re in pain and frustrated. As for cramp relievers, Midol and and any other brand makes me sick to my stomach. They work fast but it makes my stomach ache something terrible. So I have to stick to my Aleve and Ibuprofen.

Not all women are angry during this time of the month; some are sad, depressed, frustrated [probably because they can't concentrate] and various other emotions. It can get ugly and I’ve seen ugly. I lived in a house full of females and my two brothers were living there as well and I guess that month all of our menstrual cycles was synchronized to start that day and I sat and watched my female relatives give each other and my brothers hell. They were so emotionally imbalanced they turned to me and got upset because I was so “cheerful”. They thought I was Satan itself because I was cramping but happy. I wasn’t happy about the cramping [who would?] I was just…happy.

Men can’t even begin to know what we go through during this time of the month. So to ease their frustrations about our frustration, they call us everything they can muster at that point. Whether its the kitchen sink or plain ole nasty bitch. I will not sit here and say that they can or can’t call us that but some women can’t help it. If a man is bothering a women after she just told him that she’s cramping and swinging and he still bothers her, she snaps, he calls her the wicked witch of the west; then that’s his fault. What I don’t like is how some women KNOW how they are when they’re menstruating and they go and cause an up-rise out of someone and then want to blame it on their cycle. That’s one weird occurrence that I’ll never understand but anyway, I think I’ll try and go and get some more sleep now that I can actually stand up without wincing with pain.