What do you do for pre menstrual breast pain?

[Anonymous]

I had my tubes tied, and since being off hormonal birth control, I have had terrible breast pain for about 8-10 days before my period every month.
I mostly just kind of deal with it and take ibuprofen, but I was thinking about buying a different bra or getting heated breast pads.

Anyone else dealing with this? From what I read online it’s fairly common. What do you do?

[Anonymous]

How bad is it? Magnesium and low on sugar, caffeine, alcohol all help.

[Anonymous]

Cut back on caffeine.

Don’t schedule a mammogram for then!

[Anonymous]

Eliminating caffeine never made a difference for me. Taking magnesium actually did.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think I can handle cutting back on caffeine! I will try magnesium, though.

The pain isn’t bad enough that I’ve ever had to miss work, but it’s bad enough that it’s distracting, and it wakes me up at night.

[Anonymous]

Calcium supplements. Make sure you're getting 1200mg of calcium per day.

I used to have incredibly sore breasts during the second half of my cycle. I tried several different supplements alleging to alleviate the soreness with no change. Finally, the calcium did the job. I can't eat dairy so, clearly, I was deficient.

[Anonymous]

The only thing that stopped breast pain was giving up coffee. It’s not just caffeine because I was drinking decaf and had horrible breast pain. As soon as I stopped coffee for a few weeks, pain was gone.

[Anonymous]

How much Magnesium did you take to show improvement?

[Anonymous]

Try evening primrose oil (pills, a supplement)