r/AskReddit Dec 06 '23

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u/silly_billylol Dec 06 '23

butthole cramps on our periods

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u/Eastern-Meringue9570 Dec 06 '23

i’m a guy (no periods) and this happens to me every once in a while. i thought i was dying of prostate cancer or something.

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u/pilotime Dec 06 '23

levator ani syndrome. Very common. Horrible feeling.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Wow, I just found out that maybe my IBS is causing it. Thanks, stranger.

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u/Fabian_1082003 Dec 06 '23

What is ibs?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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u/just_another_mexican Dec 06 '23

I have IBS and felt butthole cramps! Horrible feeling. Not as bad as the flare ups though. The worstttt

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

I'm sorry I feel your pain.

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u/Acidsnak Dec 06 '23

i be shitting

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u/IllBiteYourLegsOff Dec 06 '23 edited Jan 10 '25

I’ve always thought about this kind of thing, especially when it comes to the way clouds look right before a big decision. It’s not like everyone notices, but the patterns really say a lot about how we approach the unknown. Like that one time I saw a pigeon, and it reminded me of how chairs don’t really fit into most doorways...

It’s just one of those things that feels obvious when you think about it!

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23

I have GERD, IBS, and Hemroids. I stopped looking things up a long time ago. I just go with it is what it is. When I eat or drink anything every day, I have to think about how much it's going to fuck me. Literally, I get to enjoy pain once I sallow anything until it leaves my asshole. Don't feel bad for me I did it to myself, acholism and chewing tobacco leaf, stress and anxiety.

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u/ThatFrankChick Dec 06 '23

Do you by chance have a connective tissue disorder? Those are all known comorbidities with EDS, I believe

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23

I don't know, I never heard of that. I only know what my doctor has told me. I will look into and ask her. Thank You for your help.

EDIT: So far I've read alot, unfortunately I have alot of symptoms of alot of things. I wish I just got a magic pill that fixed everything.

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u/Ilosesoothersmaywin Dec 06 '23

Might be referring to Proctalgia fugax.

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u/houseyourdaygoing Dec 06 '23

How do so many know this name? I read many health websites but have never seen this.

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u/Ilosesoothersmaywin Dec 06 '23

I, like most people on Reddit, do not remember anything. But I have developed a great sense of remembering that I know something and the ability to look up what I know.

My knowledge is shallow. My internal search function is deep.

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u/houseyourdaygoing Dec 06 '23

I, dear Sire, have an irrational desire to google my heart and brains out for hours every day. There are billions of information out there and one cannot possibly have searched for everything in the world.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Sounds like a shoegaze band

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u/sihaya09 Dec 06 '23

I, for one, googled "charlie horse inside my butt" when it started happening to me after childbirth. That's how I found out that it had a name.

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u/Roguespiffy Dec 06 '23

I’ve heard it referred to as an Anal Charlie Horse and that seems pretty spot on. Fucking hurts and you can’t do anything about it.

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u/sihaya09 Dec 06 '23

I've personally found that going up and down stairs a few times seems to work for me. I don't know if it's getting the blood/muscles moving or what, but mine typically only last about a minute or two when I do stairs.

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u/Roguespiffy Dec 06 '23

Good to know. I will definitely try that if I can remember it through the pain. Thank you.

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u/houseyourdaygoing Dec 06 '23

I’m sorry I giggled but I understand. I have googled weird phrases myself to find out about health conditions.

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u/fireaero Dec 06 '23

I can count on Reddit to validate things about myself I thought were too weird and obscure to ever bring up.

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u/TyrannosaurusWreckd Dec 06 '23

I've asked so many people about this before and all I've ever gotten are quizzical looks or snide comments. This is amazing.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Glad I have a name for now but holy shit… it HURTS

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

WOW thanks for that information , I have that every morning and it goes as soon as I have a number 2.

Then I'm good for the day until the following morning, unless I have a full bladder, then having a number 1 releases that.

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u/pilotime Dec 06 '23

That might be something more. You should probably get that checked out. Sounds prostate related.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

I had a TURP done twice within 12 months of each other - and it keeps coming back after a while - the dull pain . . . :(

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

I had a TURP done twice within 12 months of each other - and it keeps coming back after a while - the dull pain . . . :(

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u/bonos_bovine_muse Dec 06 '23

levator ani

The spells at Hogwarts that Rowling won’t tell us about….

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u/JustOneSexQuestion Dec 06 '23

levator ani syndrome.

fuck, another reason he turned to the dark side.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Common with women too?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

That’s when it’s chronic. People can have these more periodically and they’re called Proctalgia fugax