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Hello, my name is Courtney. I used to have a column on here when I was thirteen so I decided to set up another one and see how it goes. I am currently a freshman in college pursuing a double major in business and psychology. I have been a lifeguard for the past two years and loved it up until the management decided to start being jerks. I have also had many other jobs as well. I love watching and playing many different kinds of sports. Through out my seventeen years of life I have experienced a lot of things so hopefully I will be able to answer all of your questions . . ask away! =]

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For some reason I get REALLY heavy flow periods - go through a super plus tampon in about 3 hours. i hate having it at high school because i don't want to have to change them so often because its quite embarrassing, really...

i want to know if theres a way that i can "protect" myself without having to run to the bathroom during school 3 times a day... i was thinking of possibly getting one of those menstrual cups, do they work good for heavy flows and for teens?

I have no clue what a menstrual cup is so I am sorry I can't help you with that. However, I suggest talking to your doctor about birth control. I used to have the same problem as you. I had a super heavy flow with really bad cramps and my periods would last 10 days and I would only get 8 days without my period when my next 10 day menstrual cycle would come. Basically I was living in a menstrual hell. Now I take birth control and my period only comes once a month, it is super light (I use regulars now), I don't get cramps, and my period only lasts 3-4 days. If for some reason you are not able to use birth control I just saw new tampons in the store the other day that are higher up than super plus so maybe you could look into buying those. Hope I helped =]

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