Cramps - natural remedy?

I carry ginger candies for nausea... is there something similar for cramps? Like I think mint tea is one. It seemed to help last night but that could be coincidence that I made once I started feeling well enough to get up and make tea.

Sort of new symptom for me... I mean I'd have diarrhea that came with cramps but I just considered that a side effect, not its own symptom. Now it's like cramps that come with diarrhea... (or that non-diarrhea that I don't have a catchy name for but makes you sit there and wait and wait but don't dare leave the toilet because the cramps will have turn around and be right back on it waiting ... making me realize how long the intestinal tract really is as little bits are being pushed through at a snail's pace ... and once something FINALLY made its way out the cramp tells you more is coming but starting all over from the top like the guy metering the water park slides. Um... am I the only one?)

Did some googling but it's all stuff about yoga and reducing stress... yeah... that doesn't help me in the moment *and* I wish I could just tell a customer, "I'm sorry this call is causing me too much stress so I'm going to hang up now."

How is the Bentylol working for you? I'm tapering off Librax because it's apparently what's causing me to sleep through my weekends (would sleep 12 hours, get up for an hour and eat breakfast, lay back down and nap another 5 hours), and it must not be doing anything for me anyway since I was taking it from the start.

My husband and I have both noticed that my job stress is *definitely* having an effect on my health, but there's nothing I can do about it except the countdown - 6 more months and my husband will be out of school and if all goes as planned will have a job that can support both of us. I plan to ask to cut my hours back to part time, and ultimately quit and start a bakery.

Well, I guess that shows you can never get away from stress, wanting to run my own business, but it's different if you inflict it on yourself right??

If anything I'm guessing it's the caffeine... I chug down my tea when I'm feeling good because, well, I'm feeling good.

colitismastery, do you know if melatonin can affect other drugs???