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This morning I woke up with the usual extremely painful cramps I get the first day of my period.

I went back to sleep and woke up a few hours later and still had the cramps so I took a few tylenol. I've also been sick with a cold the past week so I've also been taking Airbourne, which is an herbal/vitamin supplement to boost the immune system and there is nothing on the package that said it shouldn't be taken with other medicines. This is all the medication I have been taking recently as I am not big on taking medicine.

Well, right after taken the tylenol, I go to take a shower to sooth the cramps in the meantime. About 15 minutes into the shower (I usually take long showers) I started to feel tingly and was shaking. I could barely stand up and I couldn't see either (there were big neon-ish blurs). This got even worse when I raised my arms above my head when washing my hair out. So I got out quickly and collapsed on my bed, where this went on long enough for my hair (which is long) to dry half-way.

I have never had this happen while I was on my period, so if anyone could tell me what it is, I'd be quite thankful.

As for the cold I had earlier in the week, as of today and yesterday the worst I had was a runny nose, so I doubt that contributed to it. However, as I woke up late, I hadn't eaten anything yet in the day except for some chocolate.

I drink a lot of herbal tea, so I know I wasn't dehydrated, but I usually forget how easily I can become anemic which is probably what happened now that you mention it.

I'm still going to ask my doctor about it, but I highly suspect that it had to do with being anemic as I haven't been eating as much this past week as well as forgetting to take vitamins and eating nutrition bars because I was sick. I have a tendency to get anemic when I'm low on iron.

Thank you very much for a response!