I’m just wondering if there is anyone here who still struggles with tampons on here? I’ve used them before somewhat successfully, but I can always at least somewhat feel them, which makes me uncomfortable and is enough for me to want to rip the bloody things out.

I thought I was using the wrong size because even when full, trying to get that thing out of me was a pain, literally. I used the super’s because I have an extremely heavy flow, so I downgraded to the regular’s to see if that was a better fit, but although the size was good and I could barely feel it compared to the super’s/didn’t hurt anymore, it felt like it could fall out at any moment and it filled pretty quickly. It also always feels like it’s never fully up there and I’m never able to get at an angle to push it up far enough for it to feel that way.

I find myself wearing a pad with them anyway as I end up leaking after a couple of hours, so tampons overall just don’t seem to work for me, unless of course I’m swimming, so I kind of have to make them work, but I generally avoid the pool during that time due to too much drama being involved.

I usually wear pads because of all this, which I also find annoying because I go through so many of them as I have to wear two due to me being a fat girl who has to cover more to avoid leaking. They seem to be my only options, that’s easily accessible anyway.

I haven’t really adjusted to the idea of a Diva Cup yet as I’ve heard some horror stories about them which have put me off. I am particularly clumsy too, so I could see myself dropping a cup full of blood in a public bathroom and that being traumatising. The padded underwear won’t work for me either because one, they never carry my size, two, it would still be uncomfortable as I would constantly be afraid of leaking with my flow like I do anyway with tampons/pads, and three, I don’t want to be carrying a pair of bloody underwear with me when one of them is full because I had to change over.

This is really starting to annoy me because I miss out on things sometimes because of it. I’m always spending so much money and I feel disgusting the entire time. I actually skip showers because my period is a nightmare to deal with, as I end up messing up all my towels and everything trying to get dry enough to put on some fresh underwear without completely taking the pads off with the wet.

I guess it doesn’t help that I’ve talked to a girl I know about this subject and she pretty much had a laugh at me for still using pads, like tampons were just so damn easy and I’m disgusting for even considering wearing pads. I don’t know why I’m listening to her, because I know she’s an a-hole at the best of times, but I have come across this discussion before and a lot of people seem to have the same opinion.

What do you guys think? Any advice to help a girl out?