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About 5 years ago my birth control pills were changed from Ortho Tri-Cyclen to Yazmin and it helped to alleviate the amount of pain I was experiencing and the number of days of joint and muscle pain down to only 3 to 4 days before the first day of actually bleeding. The short duration seemed to have only lasted for 3 years and has reverted back to the old cycle of having pain a week or two before my period comes.
The only time I did not experience these symptoms is while I was pregnant (of course) but soon after I started back my period it started up again and has seemed to have gotten worse.
I've reported this to many of my doctor's and blood test have been ran but they have not seem to find anything wrong. Most recently I was told by my OB/GYN that there is no medical information that she is aware of that explains my symptoms and it being related to my monthly cycle.
My primary doctor has suggested fibromylasia as the problem. When I researched fibromylasia the exact symptoms everyone mentions having is exactly the same symptoms that I experience when it comes to joint and muscle pain. I feel it in every part of my body it seems like. Fibromylasia to my understanding is chronic and someone who has this illness has it all the time. However, I don't understand why it only occurs once a month around the time I'm to start my menstral.
Any ideas what can be happening? I'm looking for some type of answers but can't seem to find anything.View Thread

Nice to hear from you again as well. The soma only helps me to get some sleep during the night. I too need to start making some other lifestyle changes myself as you mentioned. A girlfriend told me about taking liquid chlorophyll and it helping with menstral cramps. I've done research on it and it seems like it does help so i'm willing to even give that a try to see if the pain tha I feel can be relieved. We'll see...I'll keep you posted.
Glad to hear that the things you are doing seem to be working for you. I've decided to go back to taking yoga myself. I did it 3 times and it kind of helped but I imagine I need to do it longer to see any real results.View Thread

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