Two thoughts:

Due to the large number of active military and veterans in SC, Cruz has apparently been using a new line in his stump speech. Referencing the recent Iranian detention of a few American soldiers, he says: “Starting next year, our sailors won’t be on their knees with their hands on their heads.” According to those…

Here in Australia, literally just yesterday the front of one of our big newspapers was going on about the halal meals available in the aus armed forces and how there’s not many Muslims blah bah. It kinda seems like a lot of people don’t realize that non muslims can eat halal certified food lmao

I’ve already posted the hell out of this, but maybe one last time...

As a born Tennesseean, I fully believe Fulmer's denial that he said that. There's no way he'd be able to form a complete sentence that involved that many words.

Wait until he hears about the halal meals.

I don’t understand why Tennessee would even need a Head Trainer anyway. Peyton’s was big enough already.

I am not trying to, like, shame you or whatever. It’s just sort of a frustrating suggestion. I wish these kind of cramps could be taken away with a heating pad!

Sorry, I wasn't trying to contribute to the piling on- just to explain why people are annoyed. I don't doubt you weren't trying to be condescending but that's how I perceived it. That's all.

It's just that Advil and a heating pad are basically the first things your mom tells you to try when you first get your period. It's a bit condescending to suggest. The molasses suggestion, on the other hand, is unusual (and makes sense, so bonus).

THe point is, we’ve tried that. Don’t you think we’ve tried that? Don’t you think that was, like, the first thing we tried?

If I were you, I’d broach the subject of valium with your doctor. I know it’s addicting (I’m a retired nurse), but taking it for a few days once a month shouldn’t be an issue. Valium is a very sweet drug that has an immediate effect, unlike the latest generation of antidepressants, which must reach a certain blood…

I got an IUD 3 years ago and haven't had cramps, PMS, periods, or depression since then. It has been the best time of my life and I'm probably never going to love a life without an IUD ever again. It has totally changed my life around.

I’m not on BC and this happens to me too. My clinical depression always spikes a week before shark week and I never figure out why I’m suddenly batshit insane until my period shows up and I go, “Ah.”

It’s scary, right?! Like some alien has taken over your body and makes you feel things that rationally, you know you shouldn’t. I had only felt depression that bad when I was younger and going through the worst of it.

Let me know if you find an answer. My PMS depression is so bad that I cut myself and bang my head into walls. The rest of the month I’m just peachy.

My midwife put it to me in an interesting way at one point. I asked her about an IUD that could potentially prevent periods and asked if there was a downside to that at all. She was like “No, it’s totally fine. I mean, if you think about it, spending years and years getting a period every month isn’t typically natural…

You can buy pill packs without the placebo now. It is wonderful and I love it.

Right now my main issue isn’t pain anymore. Since being on BC the flow and pain has decreased DRAMATICALLY. My problem now? Near suicidal depression that lasts the week before my period. I’ve always struggled with depression and anxiety but only recently have I pinpointed that it gets unreasonably worse the week…

My brother just finished the OBGYN part of med school and told me that, contrary to what my instincts may tell me, using birth control and not having a period at all is perfectly fine and is not going to fuck me up in any way. Maybe I should look into that.