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Hello friends,
My sleeping schedule has been very bad for about 2 months or so. Of course because of Summer. However, I go to bed at around 6AM-8AM and wake up around 1PM-5PM. I don't go anywhere much so it doesn't matter, but I hate staying up all night because of boredom.
I don't need to fix it for school as I am in homeschool now, but I just overall hate my schedule and wish to change it. I'm thinking about just staying up until about 8pm the next day, but that would mean staying up for over 24 hours and I don't know if I could do that. I have anxiety issues and my anxiety seems to get bad when I get tired (Weird, I know) and it's HELL to deal with. Maybe I can take a couple small naps throughout? I'm not sure what to do at this point. Any advice very much appreciated. (link)
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Heck i've stayed up for 30 hours at a time many a time in med school and residency! It can definitely be done. Just pick a day or two when you dont really need to be thinking or creative. Set up some Netflix or Hulu shows and have a movie marathon until it's your new bedtime! Make it fun!
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This is super embarrassing but I figure I can't be alone, right?
So, when I'm on my period I use pads. I can't use tampons for health reasons so please no tampon suggestions, girls. Now, I've used the Always pads (Always Ultra Thin with Wings and the Regular absorbency) and I've used the store brand pads (Equate at WalMart and whatever else at various stores--including Family Dollar). I NEVER buy the scented versions because I'm sensitive to things like that and even as an infant I had problems with scented diapers and soaps. I even smell the packaging to make sure they don't smell like ANY sort of perfume before I purchase.
Typically, I have a fairly heavy period. I change my pad frequently. I would say that I change the pad every 1 and 1/2 to 2 hours, and every single time I go to the restroom, regardless of how much blood has made it to the pad.
Anyway, when I wear my pads it feels like I get sort-of raw or rashy down there at my vagina. It's a very uncomfortable feeling. I've rubbed around down there (I HAD to check it out) and I didn't feel any odd cuts, bumps, or anything that would make me concerned I had an actual rash or inflamed skin or something. I can't really SEE down there properly--and I don't really want to when I'm on my period anyway--so I don't know if visually it looks like a rash. It's just...uncomfortable, like I said.
I don't know why the pads do this to me. This has happened ever since I started my period. Seriously, I haven't had a cycle where this has not happened! I've tried the few different brands of feminine pads and they seem to ALL give the same reaction. Near the end of my period (usually lasts about 6 to 7 days, I'd guess) it's really irritating and I'm glad to be at the end of my period so I don't have to wear the pads any longer.
Out of curiosity, I suppose, is there any other girls who have this issue? Is there something I can do to make this not happen when I'm on my period? Does anyone have any ideas why I have this problem?
Any help? :\ (link)
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I relate to yours and many of the other posts here. I'd worn Always ultra thin overnights for years since at least high school through my early 30s. They kept me dry, leak-free (mostly), and weren't bulky. Around age 34, I started getting really irritated down there intermittently, with redness and peeling chafing along my groins. After a few iterations, I noticed that the irritation, peeling and chafing tended to happen towards the end of my period. At first I thought maybe intertrigo, maybe things were getting too moist, maybe i wasn't changing the pad frequently enough... Well, I made it a point to keep things dry (powder, clotrimazole cream, dabbing the groins with tissue after going pee. I also made it a point to change pads frequently. Well, it got worse. Prickly, itchy, beet red along the entire area of pubic hair. That's when I started suspecting the pad. after doing a lot of googling, I found some suggestions to try 100% cotton hypoallergenic pads -- those were a lot better, but the big downside with them is that they lose integrity quickly and seem to crumble/pill quicker than i'd prefer; the absorbency is also less and the blood kind of sits on top and doesn't go in as easily, which makes me feel less dry. That said, even with those pads I was still getting itchy along my pubic hair area. Next I tried Kotex -- better. I go for the overnight thin pads; they are a bit too wide though, and that gives me some groin irritation. I still had some itching with these though. I was about to settle for these, but then remembered there was also Stayfree. Stayfree used to make a TERRIBLE thin maxi that was pretty much like cardboard, so I'd departed from this brand many many years ago. But i decided to check it out again this cycle, and have been quite happy, actually! Their current ultra thin overnight maxi is actually fluffy and soft. Absorbancy is pretty good, i can't complain. I haven't been itchy/prickly yet, but i'm only on Day #3 right now. In fact the reason I found this thread is because i was searching for more info on the stayfree pads and why they would cause less irritation than the other ones.
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