Interesting Links for 20-10-2013

[andrewducker]

• Volvo makes new carbon fiber batteries into body panels for lighter, roomier and more efficient electric cars and hybrid cars
  (tags: technology cars batteries )
• Shockingly, people trust sympathetic people more.
  (tags: niceness trust psychology )
• Science: A New Map of the Human Brain (Anyone care to comment?)
  (tags: psychology brains )
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Comments

[abigail_n]

While the general point that periods are not fun is a true one, I have to say that the period described in that post is a very, very, VERY bad one. Until I started regulating them with birth control, I had pretty bad periods because of an endocrine issue, but still the indignities described in that post are more disruptive and uncomfortable than anything I've ever experienced or heard about. While some of the annoyances she lists are familiar (stepping out of the shower, for example, or GI problems during the period) for the most part they make me think she should see a doctor straight away.

[govoritvse]

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[andrewducker]

poc?

[andrewducker]

Julie's periods are pretty much like that. Except for the throwing up. She gets nauseous, but doesn't actually throw up.

She's been to various doctors, to be told "Yes, that's normal".

(And she can't use hormonal birth control, as the various ones she's tried all have unpleasant side-effects.)

Edit: One thing that _has_ helped is the cancer drugs. Imatinib seems to have reduced her oestrogen levels in a useful manner.

[chess]

Has she tried mefenamic acid and migraine painkiller+anti-emetic combos? (That's what I took before the low-dose pills came out and I finally found a hormonal birth control pill that didn't make me extra crazy.)

[andrewducker]

Mefanemic acid didn't help. The migraine/emetic stuff helps. But mostly it's codeine+paracetomol for the pain.