@nourishingapothecary: Your period is going to arrive month after month for decades of your life. It should not be something that consistently stops you from living normally. Severe period pain. Significant bloating. Breast tenderness. Major mood changes before your period. Bowel changes around menstruation. Heavy bleeding. Having to organise your life around when your period is due. These symptoms may be common, but that doesn’t mean they should automatically be dismissed as “just part of being a woman”. And there’s an important distinction here. Having some changes across the menstrual cycle is physiological. We’re not trying to pathologise every cramp, mood change or symptom. We care about the severity, pattern, timing and impact of those symptoms. Because significant menstrual symptoms can sometimes be part of a bigger clinical picture, including endometriosis, adenomyosis, PMS, PMDD or other causes of pelvic pain and abnormal bleeding. Just because you’ve experienced something every month for years doesn’t mean we stop asking why. This snippet is from Season 2, Episode 3 of Inside the Apothecary, available now on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. For personalised naturopathic support with painful periods, menstrual health, endometriosis, adenomyosis and women’s health, Nourishing Apothecary offers consultations in Sydney and Australia wide via Zoom. Visit www.nourishingapothecary.com and complete our Find the Right Practitioner form to be matched with the practitioner best suited to you. #PeriodPain #PainfulPeriods #PMS #Endometriosis #Adenomyosis

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