Swandattur
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Yeah, I guess it's high estrogen that would cause problems with free glutamates in food, since those are excitotoxins. I read something about free glutamate causing calcium to get into the wrong places in the brain.
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It's the body trying to dump the stress hormones. The liver will attach a molecule to it so that it will excrete out through the kidneys, and Ray Peat said it's kinda like a soapy substance. Hence that's why the foam happens, because it's a soap like substance.Peata said:Have you ever found out what is making the urine foamy? I mean, how is estrogen affecting things in your body so that the end product is foamy urine? What is that a sign of (besides high estrogen), if you see what I mean?
Swandattur said:Yeah, I guess it's high estrogen that would cause problems with free glutamates in food, since those are excitotoxins. I read something about free glutamate causing calcium to get into the wrong places in the brain.
Peata said:Holy bleep, been suffering some of the worst menstrual cramps in recent memory. Started a couple hours ago. I took another vitamin E, then finally broke out the aspirin and took one. Still in agony, took another. Waiting for it to work.
I'm not sure what more I can do. I get these awful cramps one night every month, but lately I've been doing even more to try to prevent problems (Vit. E, extra magnesium, B6, on top of the other Peat stuff & foods and maybe not so Peat but supposedly helpful stuff), and the cramps are WORSE tonight than ever. I can feel the pain going down my legs into my feet and toes. My uterus is like a fist in a continual clenched state.
smuthie said:Oh, I hope you feel better soon.
I was wondering about the estrogen=stress, histamine > uterine irritation, IF antihistamines might counteract that and help reduce menstrual cramps?
I get them really bad too. I am thinking about trying benadryl next period to see if it helps reduce cramps faster. I usually take aleve, and use a heating pad. Besides writhing and moaning (ha), and drinking tons of water. It seems like peeing makes them feel a bit better for a few minutes, so I try to pee as much as possible during the toughest couple of days/nights.
The other thing that helps me is the Lamaze breathing, hee-hee-hoo phase, during the worst phase. It's like controlled panting. It got me through labor and natural childbirth. But some of these danged cramps hurt twice as much as labor pains, it's ridiculous what our bodies do to us sometimes.
Can you get some grown man or other to rub your lower back pretty firmly? That can help, and I've heard that grown man pheromones in close proximity can reduce cramps within 30 minutes. I have no way to test this idea myself, though.
Feeling for you, hoping you feel better and can sleep soon.
Donna
Peata said:There must be something to the fact that my worst cramps come at night. That has been happening for months now.
Ray Peat said:The hormones that are commonly said to prevent bone loss, estrogen and growth hormone, are high at night, rising along with cortisol.
Ray Peat said:While estrogen is usually highest at night, progesterone is lowest during the night.
leo said:Peata I sympathize....I had horrific cramping when young. Are you by chance in perimenopause? Things got very bad for me while approaching meno....I attribute it to lower progesterone, but am not sure.
What I used to do and my daughter does now is take some aspirin (although this may cause more flow) and get on a very hot heating pad. Usually within 20 min all cramps are gone.
You might also want to look into the infrared pads....they emit deeper heat without heating you up externally....this has been a godsend for my lower back pains....much more so than regular heating pads. They are very expensive but well worth it.
I know this doesn't solve the issue of why you have cramps in the first place, but it at least makes those unbearable nights, more bearable.
Swandattur said:Leo's advice sounds good. I think if I had started taking aspirin before my cramps really started then it might have had a better effect. I think you can take even three at a time, can't you?