I’d say it’s a long story, but I don’t know any enough details to tell a story about it. Let’s just say that a family member may have consumed more than the recommended dose of the maximum strength kind of the mensuation tablets. On top of not knowing anything about pills in general, I’m a guy who shrieks at the site of just a tampon case holding thing in a purse, so I don’t know anything about menstruation or menopause at all. I don’t know a period from a pressure cooker. Bad joke, man, but I need some answers. I wanna know:
What is this stuff for?
What’s it do?
What does using a lot of it cause to happen to a body?
What would someone trying to do this be thinking or expect would happen?
And anything else I might want to know but didn’t think to ask.
A menstruating woman taking Midol would probably be taking it in order to relieve menstrual cramps, other body aches, and water retention. If a lot is taken, it would probably be due to symptoms, likely cramps, being severe. In some women, cramps can be bad enough to cause fun things like vomiting or loss of consciousness, so the temptation to take a lot of whatever-it-is can be great.
Also, though I am NOT a doctor, I can say that there is a difference between “more than the recommended dose” and “an overdose”. I myself have taken more than the strictly recommended dose of painkillers myself for menstrual cramps and have suffered no ill effects, but this was always according to a physician’s advice and when my body had been accustomed to the normally recommended dose for some time. An average-sized adult who’s accustomed to taking, say, ibuprofen or acetaminophen and takes them with food may not experience many/any negative side effects after taking slightly more than the recommended dose for a short time.