Menstrual Cramps / Whole 30

[JDL]

Hola - I have had severe menstrual cramps since I first got my period 16 years ago; it lasts all day & the pain is so intense I can't walk, dry heave for hours, & ultimately faint from exhaustion.  My doctor put me on birth control to help temper it & it has been a helpful solution for the past 14 years.  I'm trying to ween off birth control but every time I go off it my cramps are just as severe as day one.  I've had multiple tests done by my doctor & have been told that it's just the reality of my body & won't change until I have children.

That being said, I'm doing the Whole30 with zero cheats to see if an anti-inflammatory diet has any effect on my period.  I have two weeks until my first cycle without BC & to be honest I am extremely nervous.  I'm meeting with my doctor again next week, but was curious if anyone else has a similar condition & if the Whole30 helped you at all.

Thanks in advance!

[CeeeVeee]

Any update? My daughter has the same problem - cramps, vomiting, fainting. She's been on the pill for almost a year and it's stopped the vomiting and fainting but she still has cramps. We just started Whole 30 and I'm curious if this will help her.

[JDL]

Hi there - sorry for the delay I was waiting for my next cycle. It had a tremendously positive effect, minimal to zero cramps, no nausea, no fainting. This is the first time Ive had a cycle like this off birth control. I have been taking magnesium supplements and working out in conjunction to whole30, but super encouraged that this helped. Hope it does the same for your daughter. 

[ultrarunnergirl]

Wow!! That's so great! Happy for you!