Neurodivergent on Sidechat | Downing acetaminophen by the fistful (hyperbolically) because it’s not like it’s gonna make me more autistic (I’m on my period and in ✨agony✨ I’ve heard that ibuprofen works better but the last time I took it, I had an anaphylactic reaction 🤩)

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Neurodivergent 11w

Downing acetaminophen by the fistful (hyperbolically) because it’s not like it’s gonna make me more autistic (I’m on my period and in ✨agony✨ I’ve heard that ibuprofen works better but the last time I took it, I had an anaphylactic reaction 🤩)

Anonymous 11w

Fun fact autism can make periods worse. I hope you feel better! Also acetaminophen is called paracetamol outside the US, but it’s the same thing.

Anonymous 11w

I’ve used aspirin before, because I ran out of everything else, and it kinda helped

Anonymous 11w

Love with all the respect in the world why the fuck would you continue to take a medication that put you into an anaphylactic state 😭

Anonymous 11w

have you tried pamprin?

Anonymous

#2 11w

I’m not! I can take acetaminophen/tylenol, so I’ve been doing that. It’s just not working as well as I’d like for it to unforch :( Ibuprofen and aspirin are in a different category of meds, so I don’t take them. I’m just whining cause I’ve heard that for some people (who aren’t allergic) ibuprofen works better than tylenol, so I’m wishing I could take it

Anonymous

OP 11w

I see mb the wording threw me

Anonymous

OP 11w

Midol is acetaminophen based and is what works best for my cramps! I have PCOS and a few other complications that make my cramps awful - that’s my tried and true lol

Anonymous

#1 11w

Asprin is also an NSAID like ibuprofen, so they wouldn’t be able to take it.

Anonymous

#3 11w

It has aspirin (an nsaid) in it

Anonymous

#5 11w

rip 🥀

Anonymous

#2 11w

Not necessarily. I had a friend that was allergic to ibuprofen so they would take Aleve (a different NSAID). Whereas I have a very adverse reaction to Aleve but can take other NSAIDS fine.

Anonymous

#1 11w

Tho if they’ve never had other NSAIDS and might react similar to them, I can understand wanting to avoid them.

Anonymous

#1 11w

It depends on if OP has a true drug allergy or just a non allergenic hypersensitivity. If it’s a true allergy they might be able to have other NSAIDs because it’s your body’s response and production of antibodies against the specific drug, but if it’s a sensitivity to how the NSAID works within your body the same mechanism would get triggered by all NSAIDs.

Anonymous

#2 11w

Agreed. I used to be on a med where I couldn’t take NSAIDS. And I stopped taking it solely because of that because Tylenol wasn’t touching the cramps. Tho I did have a nurse when I was in the hospital who gave me a muscle relaxant in hopes that might help. It did not

Anonymous

#4 11w

I didn’t know about that but I was reading your post and that’s so interesting!! Thanks for sharing :)

Anonymous

#2 11w

I will definitely be looking into this, thank you 🙏

Anonymous

#2 11w

Wait this is fascinating?? I was told by my dr that I just shouldn’t take any NSAIDs at all to be safe, but I never knew that there could be different causes of it that could have different effects

Anonymous

OP 10w

The human body and how it functions is fascinating to me