Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:53     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. I'm old enough to remember warnings about TSS, so I use pads at night.


+1
I think those of us 45+ were terrorized by this warning.
And it seems in the mid to late 80s everyone knew someone whose friend of a friend died from TSS, for real! Just like everyone knew this one kid whose cousin’s best friend’s mom died from contaminated Tylenol.
Our 80s lives were filled with news horror stories verified by testimonies of “real life eyewitness experience once-removed” which somehow elevated and personalized the concern and made it 10x scarier than the Internet. Those stories stay with you.


I couldn’t agree more.
Toxic Shock Syndrome is real and I do not want to be THAT person.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:52     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:When I used them, of course I did - I don't really understand anyone usig pads for any reason, they are gross. And yes, I started using tamposn when I first got my period. Then I switched to a menstrual cup in my 30s, OMG, life-changing, never went back. Sleep with that in too


I’m old. And yet I don’t understand how a pad is any more “gross” than removing and emptying a cup of bloody uterine lining. isn’t that just as messy? I think both are kinda gross. Tampon for the win. At least it absorbs while inside.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:48     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Of course. It would never occur to me not to. I’m 51 and started my period at 10. I think I’ve spent about 40 years sleeping while using tampons.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:47     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Yes, I do. Otherwise I'd wake up in a bloodbath. I need all the lines of defense I can get.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:44     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. I'm old enough to remember warnings about TSS, so I use pads at night.


+1
I think those of us 45+ were terrorized by this warning.
And it seems in the mid to late 80s everyone knew someone whose friend of a friend died from TSS, for real! Just like everyone knew this one kid whose cousin’s best friend’s mom died from contaminated Tylenol.
Our 80s lives were filled with news horror stories verified by testimonies of “real life eyewitness experience once-removed” which somehow elevated and personalized the concern and made it 10x scarier than the Internet. Those stories stay with you.


Meh. I’m 49 and slept with tampons until menopause hit last year.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:42     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Anonymous wrote:No. I'm old enough to remember warnings about TSS, so I use pads at night.


+1
I think those of us 45+ were terrorized by this warning.
And it seems in the mid to late 80s everyone knew someone whose friend of a friend died from TSS, for real! Just like everyone knew this one kid whose cousin’s best friend’s mom died from contaminated Tylenol.
Our 80s lives were filled with news horror stories verified by testimonies of “real life eyewitness experience once-removed” which somehow elevated and personalized the concern and made it 10x scarier than the Internet. Those stories stay with you.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:38     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Yes.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:34     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Before I switched to the cup I did.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:32     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
No. I'm old enough to remember warnings about TSS, so I use pads at night.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:31     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
When I used them, of course I did - I don't really understand anyone usig pads for any reason, they are gross. And yes, I started using tamposn when I first got my period. Then I switched to a menstrual cup in my 30s, OMG, life-changing, never went back. Sleep with that in too
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:28     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
WHAT???? Why wouldn't you sleep with a tampon in? How do you live? Unless you have a super duper flow, it's FINE!!!!
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:23     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
No, only during the day with frequent changes
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:11     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
No, OMG that's too many hours! Get period underwear.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:09     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Not anymore! (Menopause has it's advantages) but I did for many many years.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:02     Subject: Do you sleep with a tampon in?
Wondering if you sleep with a tampon in or only use them during the day awake.