Stomach pain after eating during menstral period

I'm 30 years old and like everyone else that has posted here I have the same problem. I have been experiencing this for about the last 15 years. I have been to so many doctors and had so many tests done everything from ultrasounds to endoscopy and everything in between. I have never received a difinitive diagnosis. Its very frustrating but now after all these years of thinking I was the only one and being told there is nothing wrong with me I can take comfort in knowing I'm not alone. I would like to take some of the diet advice that I have read in the previous posts. Hopefully something helps.

I started having this pain years ago I was on the verge of being tested for endrometriosis and the nurse suggested to me to stop eating dairy.  This helps.  I know when I'm cheating on the dairy because that pain is there, like it is right now.  Had a yoghurt and a carmel machiatto today, DAIRY!!  Ditch the dairy hopefully it will work for you.  I am not an advocate for medication, I have not had great expericances with doctors.  Be aware ladies there are alternatives to meds out there you have to do the research.  I have suffered for 20 years with fatigue, brain fog, low sex drive, muscle weakness, amoung other symptoms and doctors continue to tell me I'm depressed and put you on anti-depressants, NOT TRUE.  It took me moving out of town where I lived, research and finding the right doctor to get my hormones, and I mean all my hormones checked.  As of today I am starting Biomedical (natural) Hormone Replacement, I'm excited.  All these years being treated for Thyroid problems, well found out today I have Hashimoto Disease, which is an autoimmune desease that attaches your thyroid.  Never heard of it and apparently probably had it all my life.  I guess what I'm saying is general practitioners don't know it all, do your research, find the right doctor.  When a regular doctor tests your thyroid they don't test the T3 and this is the important part.  You cant be put on just estrogene without progestrone, they have to balance out each other.  The are alot of books out there, believe it or not Suzanne Somers has written several.  OK I'm done rambling, sorry, I just get so frustrated with doctors and their treating the symptoms not finding the cause.

 

This actually makes the most sense. For the first 2-3 days I feel like my intestines are made of cement, from my ribs to my belly button. Sometimes eating hardly seems worth the pain. Thanks for this post.

I am super happy I found this post. I have the same symtoms. I am 22 years old and have been dealing with this for about a year now. I was in so much pain a couple of months ago that I started throwing up, and wound up going to the emergency department and that was very uncharacteristic for me. After having a consult with a gyno for an IUD I learned that I have a tilted uterus, not really sure if that has anything to do with the pain. I also suspected severe constipation and/or an overproduction of protaglandins. This pain usually happens days 1-3 of my period. It hurts to eat. Its as if my stomach is having "contraction style pain" As soon as food or even so little as a sip of water hits my stomach, the gut wrenching pain starts. I can't stand, I can't eat, and I even miss time from university/work. I have had an ultrasound, bloor & urine tests, x-rays, and nothing has come of it. I went to my family doctor but apon arrving for my appointment, found out that she was away and someone was covering for her. That Dr. put me on pantoprazole (used to treat : stomach ulcers, intestinal ulcers, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD, reflux esophagitis) by reducing the amount of acid the stomach produces.. I haven't tried that presciption yet. I have used Senekot-S for constipation and that has helped some. I also took two birth control pill packs back to back without the 7 days of placebo and I also noticed that this month the pain was not as bad. I have also restricted my dairy to see if that helps and it seems to have. But nothing can eliminate the pain. My next step will be to revisit the gyno and to request a scope of my GI tract. Overall, I'm still quite confused and I'm not really 100% sure what to really pinpoint as the culprit for all this pain. I have my hunches but I definitive diagnosis would be nice. As crazy as this sounds, somedays I just wish they would find something specific wrong with me so that I could recieve specific treatment.

I've been having this problem for the last 4 months. Even drinking water causes a lot of pain. During the first 2 or 3 days, I'm hungry, but any food or water gives me intense pain and I have trouble walking. It was discouraging to search the web, and either find people insisting that it's cramps, or see people talk about all the tests that resulted in zero answers. It can't be cramps when a pain reliever stops the cramps but inflames the stomach pain.

I found a few people saying that it was hormonal--either progesterone or prostaglandins. The prostaglandins comments made it sound like there are too many floating around, or they're binding to sites they shouldn't bind to. This problem also seems to happen to people who have inflamed spots in their stomachs that maybe they don't notice the rest of the month. And to IBS sufferers.

I have read that if your body has too many toxins, then you take activated charcoal to bind the toxins and excrete them. And I found a couple references to bentonite clay helping stomach pain in general. I have both.

I'm already on my period. The heating pad helps keep my from uselessly crying on the couch. I took activated charcoal last night. You're supposed to take it on an empty stomach. After giving it a couple hours, I had some water and gluten free crackers, along with bentonite clay. The clay was soothing. Eating still hurt, but it wasn't a 9 out of 10 on the pain scale.

I took more bentonite clay when I woke in the middle of the night. This morning, my stomach hurt but it was a 5. I took more clay, and cleaned up the house. When I was feeling really weak, I ate some rice with peach salsa (homemade) and drank a quart of lemon/maple syrup/cayenne pepper/salt water. I was thirsty, I couldn't stop. I also took clay. It hurts more than before eating, but I can walk slowly. And if I don't move, it hardly hurts. I haven't even used the heating pad yet.

I try to stick to an anti-inflammatory diet via "The Perfect Health Diet" by Paul Jaminet. I'd say that this month will be the one where I don't cheat, but that would be lying. However, I am going to take bentonite clay with all my meals and see where that gets me for my next period.

If this pain is caused by hormones attacking weak spots in the stomach lining, then ... I'm not sure what to do about the hormones. But the weak spots can be addressed by rebuilding the stomach lining via fermented foods and gelatinous foods. So I'll try to eat more of those. And by keeping the spots from getting mildly irritated, hopefully with the clay.

I have this same problem and all I have to say is, you are some strong women to go on with normal life while this pain is going on. I'm sure I have a constant look of agony on my face the last two days of my cycle and the day or two after. It's excruciating. I have had several major surgeries and have been hospitalized for other illnesses and this pain takes the cake. I am considering stopping my cycle all together but am scared it will cause infertility. My mother doesn't think hormone treatments of any kind are safe for several reasons but I think I'm willing to try anything that might give me some relief. I am 28 and this pain started about three or four years ago. It's frustrating because no one knows what I'm talking about, they all assume its regular cramps. I would GLADLY take regular old cramps over this insufferable pain. I tried gas x, costing my stomachs before eating, digestive enzymes, intestiflora and I'm currently on the nuvaring which does nothing to help. I'm going to try a few of the natural treatments mentioned and hope for the best. Praying for us all. Stay strong and remember to come back and post if you find an actual diagnosis or true blue remedy.

This was perfect thank you! i knew it was something to do with my hormones, because this started for me (stomach pain after eating during period) since I became vegan and started taking hormonal balancing herbs (macs route, etc.) But i am thinking I probably fell over the other way since this is happening. I am gonna start taking the chaste tree herbs again, I think it related to that I ran out of those a while ago as well. I think I have been having problem absorbing these herbs.
Thank agaain!

Im glad I found this tooooo . I also have this problem as I drink water it hurts so bad and I can't even move. I have to stay in bed sometimes through my whole. Period n sometimes I don't even get a period but really bad pain. I also have gone to doctors and I can't get a proper answer.

Apple cider vinegar! 4tbs [with a bit of warm water if afraid of burning effect (our stomach is thousand times more acid so don't worry about the acidity) ]. I directly eliminated my stomach burn and bloating that is happening with back pain and cramp for pms. 

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that is exactly what I experience too. I am 51.

How did they discover the endometriosis?

It may be extrapelvic endometriosis. I am having the same pain

Hi I'm 16 and I'm having the same issues everytime I get my period the first few days I can't even stomach anything becuase I feel so nauseous ... and some cycles the cramp pain is unbearable !!

f*****g is best daily

hi all m new today, ive been getting a pulling feeling in my stomach every time im on my period for about 2 years, and for the last 3 months its turned into a tightness and burning the tightness is when im sat and when i stand up, the burning is when i sneeze or cough, the only relief is when im bent over, had blood test all seems normal, but i do have all symptoms of premenopause, i thought i was the only one with this but it was relief to find others with the same, any light on the this would be great.