Pain, is the most complained symptom doctors are going to get from patients, a doctor once told me. It seems to be the easiest symptom for us medical students to start with the history taking because there's a mnemonic of what we have to ask in order to assess the pain, the "SOCRATES". Site, Onset, Character, Radiation, Associations, Time, Exacerbating/relieving factors and Severity.
Well if you had experienced any pain with a severity of 10/10, I guess it would be unforgettable. It sucks, to the extend that you are no longer yourself any more. For me, the worst case scenario is definitely gonna be the pain that never stop haunting me for every 28 days-period pain (also known as dysmenorrhoea)
Pain killer has become a must for me when the big day comes, or else I am going crazy. Exercising and avoiding cold drinks will be the only way to relieve the pain besides taking meds every month. But for someone like me with a complete lack of determination and perseverance that's not something that I will do every month lol *self slap. So whenever someone says she got period pain, I will be like *pics below.
And no I am not writing this to describe how pain is it or how to relieve the pain, all I wanted to say is....
life is short. Enjoy it when you're not in pain. LOL