For the Ladies :)

I had been without a visit from Mother Nature for a year and a half. Last week, I had no energy, had a sore back, sore legs. Saturday I started my period; the week before now made sense. The problem is that it has left me totally wiped. Really heavy flow has taken its toll; I could not imagine running in this state or attempting a downward dog!

Any suggestions on how to get my energy back up? Are any of you affected this way? If so, how do you cope?

Jet

Oh, I can so relate! I didn't have a period from July 2009 until February 2010, and then I had the period from Hades! Then, I had another one in March. Dang, I thought I was done with that crap! I kept exercising, but couldn't go at it with the same intensity during my heaviest flow. I took a little extra iron, but that's about all I did for it. Mother Nature can be cruel sometimes...

Jenny

No real suggestions since I'm still regular as clockwork even at my age.  But I will say that the week before is always the most difficult.  Even worse than the first day or so of my period.  You might find that a little extra iron will help restore your energy.  I take 2 iron tabs twice a day for a couple days after and that seems to help me.

Linn 

I second the iron suggestion.  This particularly makes sense given you described a pretty heavy flow.  My energy increased, in general, when I increased my iron, it had been lagging.