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Around 80% of women have some sort of discomfort while on their period, but only a small percentage can experience discomfort serious enough to disrupt their basic and daily functions. Unfortunately, I know some women who are a part of this small percentage and relate to it myself. And the two years that I've had my period, I've found some techniques that have helped me with the unbearable pain that comes with it, that might help you as well!
Aspirin
My number one go to when on my period, is aspirin. Just pop one in your mouth, wait like half an hour 'till it kicks in, and for the next few hours the pain is reduced by a lot. It may not completely go away or last forever, but for those next few hours, you can finish your homework or at least survive half a day at school! To be honest though, none of these techniques actually get rid completely of the pain, they just make it bearable enough to get most things done!
A good brand I would suggest is Advil, but if you don't live in Canada just use the most popular brand of aspirin there is in your country. The more popular they are the more likely they are to work. Personally, aspirin would most definitely be the first thought in my head when I feel my period coming on. If you know your period well and know when you are most likely to get it, take an aspirin a couple of hours before because the first day period cramps are the absolute worst.
Some people don't like aspirin when they're on their period, they prefer a more natural way to ease pain. Remember that this is just an option and not necessary.
Hot Bottle
It probably isn't called “hot bottle” but I've called it that for as long as I can remember. It doesn't even have to be a hot bottle, or hot at all. It can be freezing cold as well, whichever you prefer.
Just a source of extreme heat or freezing cold pressed against your thighs and/or stomach will do the trick. It isn't fast and lasts maximum an hour, but also depends on how long you use it. For however long you have it pressed against your stomach, will be the best however long you will feel all day.
The position I suggest while under this treatment is on your stomach so you can get the full effect. It'll feel slightly suffocating, but placing your legs in a weird position while doing this will help. Turn of some Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime (whichever) and just relax.
You might feel unproductive, but you will feel relaxed. And in the long run, I find that the feeling of relaxation would beat productiveness in a heartbeat.
Go For a Walk
If you are on your bed dying of cramps and reading this article, this might seem like a ridiculous idea. This might even cause you to laugh. But trust me, I once felt that exact way, until I was forced to try this way.
It was my first day on my period, and I was dying, literally dying. My parents had started this ritual that every morning where we had to take a walk around our neighborhood because we were quarantining and the sport that we usually practice had been canceled for the time being. I begged and pleaded not to go but my mom insisted, claiming that I couldn't be in that much pain.
At first when we were walking, I was leaning over, music pounding in my ears trying to ignore it. I even at one point stopped to sit on the curb. But after ten minutes of walking, I had completely forgotten the pain and was IN no pain!
I ran, skipped, galloped, I was so cheerful! When we got home and I went back on my desk to get some homework finished, and within ten minutes the pain had come back. But for 15 minutes, the pain had faded away! All thanks to exercising!
Yoga
I have never tried this but have heard it works, so instead of explaining and relating, I'll just link some YouTube videos that I deem the best to ease pain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awrZtZ49_bg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhFlKO-rRlw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JaCcp39iVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tJe6QhpZ3M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpGBciXh50U
Please let me know if any of them work!
Take a Bath
Baths are just amazing. Throw in some bath bombs, relaxing music, shut the door, grab a rubber ducky and you're set! Won't get rid of the pain but will ease it and I'm 100% certain that you will feel much, much better.
Eating Healthy In General
If you are one of those people whose cramps last for days on end, a way you can ease the pain or end the pain quicker, would be to eat healthy. Eat an apple, an orange, a banana instead of a bowl of crackers or cookies. Go to sleep earlier and drink milk!
Eat oatmeal in the morning instead of nothing. Little things like that in general will make you healthy, and aid in reducing the pain you feel from these cramps.
I hope these mostly natural methods work for you to feel less pain while on your period and wish you the best of luck! I would suggest marking these strategies down so that when you are on your period, you have lots of resources at your fingertips!
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