pos. TMI - period and tampons

for those of you who use tampons, do you feel like it draws out your period (not literally) but, make your period last longer? No joke, when I use tampons, which I always do, my periods are like 8-9 days. The first day is light spotting, days 2-4 are heavier and then 5-9 is like nothing, I go through 1-2 tampons a day on those days.

If I were to not use a tampon on day 5 and beyond, it would only be maybe 6-7 days.

am I strange?

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I actually feel the opposite. I feel like the tampons soak it up more and usually I only need to use them for like 3 days tops where I feel like with the pad, its a longer drawn out process of bleeding.

Maybe Im weird but thats interesting...

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my sister saw this documentary that said that they put stuff in tampons that make you bleed more to make more money

i dont believe it but she stopped using them

i feel like its one of those chain email things LOL

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i think i am a whack but it was worth a shot

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Honestly I feel the same way. For some reason if I use tampons My period always seems longer than when I use pads. IDK...maybe we are all strange

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Posted by Lisa982006

I actually feel the opposite. I feel like the tampons soak it up more and usually I only need to use them for like 3 days tops where I feel like with the pad, its a longer drawn out process of bleeding.

Maybe Im weird but thats interesting...

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I feel like I get it longer with tampons...I never really use them because I'm 7-8 days normally...like 9 or 10 with tampons WWWAAAAYYYYY to long