Ptocheia.net » zinc http://ptocheia.net Android Hell is a Real Place Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:59:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Adventures with zinc and fighting menstrual evils http://ptocheia.net/2009/06/18/adventures-with-zinc-and-fighting-menstrual-evils/ http://ptocheia.net/2009/06/18/adventures-with-zinc-and-fighting-menstrual-evils/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:41:38 +0000 admin http://ptocheia.net/?p=190 So I start my period in four days. And thus, I start taking zinc today. According to various things I’ve been reading online, I can all but »»]]> So I start my period in four days. And thus, I start taking zinc today. According to various things I’ve been reading online, I can all but avoid the evil painful cramps I generally have by taking 30-90 mg of zing starting a few days before my period begins. The unfortunate side effect of this is the nausea. I just took a pill not too long ago, and my stomach is already churning and I kinda want to throw up. Ah, zinc. However, if this works, having 15 minutes of nausea a few times a day for 3-4 days is significantly better then having 48 hours of incapacitating pain!

]]> http://ptocheia.net/2009/06/18/adventures-with-zinc-and-fighting-menstrual-evils/feed/ 0 Zinc and cramps http://ptocheia.net/2009/05/23/zinc-and-cramps/ http://ptocheia.net/2009/05/23/zinc-and-cramps/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 02:04:13 +0000 admin http://ptocheia.net/?p=172 So yesterday was supposed to involve going biking around Williamsburg and going to a Greek festival. But then, the ole groin kicked in. I am generally of »»]]> So yesterday was supposed to involve going biking around Williamsburg and going to a Greek festival. But then, the ole groin kicked in. I am generally of the idea that I’ll just drug myself when I get cramps and do whatever I was planning on doing, as I hate to just give 1/15 of my life over to pain, but after 6 painkillers was having not nearly as much effect as I’d like, I decided to call it off and lie around achy and dopey all day/evening instead. It was maddening, it felt like Wolverine is attempting to remove my ovaries. Today was better, at least.

I looked around online, and found research that indicates that taking zinc 1-4 days preceding the onset of menstruation will greatly reduce sever cramps. Has anyone else tried this? Zinc has a really bad habit of making me feel nauseous, but it might be worth it to feel nausea for a half an hour for 4 days to avoid severe pain.

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