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Hi. Anyone with regularly occurring SEVERE menstrual pain (ranging from barely able to function with the med Toradol to ER visits) get better with Lyme treatment?
No rational causes/explanations for the pain found with previous tests/surgeries.
Thanks.
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disturbedme
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I have no answers for you, except to say that I know what you're going through. My menstrual cramps, especially this last month, were extremely painful. I had to take meds every 6 hours, and more than the instructions said otherwise it didn't help at all.
I've been in treatment for 6 or so months now; out of that, I think there was only one month where I barely had any cramps at all. It seems to be on and off for me. Most months I have terrible cramps, and the others, aren't too bad.
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My cycles definitely got better after treatment started. Took a few months (or more), but I saw alot of improvement.
I have also found that Low Dose Naltrexone is helping too. It helps with generalized pain also. I think I like that drug! I'm not sure I'm on the best dose, though. Have to talk to my LLMD about it.
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Aniek
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Mine got better with the birth control pill. I had to stop after a year because I found my blood clots. But I notice that my cramps are still less than before the pill, although not as easy as they were on the pill.
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Shosty
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There is an association between Lyme and endometriosis (written about by Dr. Andrew Cook0. Just something to keep in mind.
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