Struggling with very painful menstrual cycles!
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I got my first cycle when I was 12, I’m now going to be 19 in the 20th. My cycles went from extremely long, say a week and a half or two, to about a week. Despite the fact that they aren’t as long my pain level has shot through the roof, with most of my pain being in the middle of my utuerous or right on the sides. I’ve been to several doctors, and all of them have said that it was just irregular periods!! I feel like it’s something different as I have quarter sized blood clots consistently from the start to the finish. At 19 years old, I don’t feel like my cycles should be this bad! I’ve googled just about everything and anything I can think of, I’ve seen several doctors, talked to all of my friends, and nothing. So, here I am. 🙄 Endometriosis runs in my family on both sides, this why I’m posting this here.
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yasmin77 alise76341
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Hi Alise,
I'm 22 with endometriosis confirmed through surgery, and I went through a similar stage. For me I got my first cycle in 2011 at the age of 15 and it has just been hell since getting worse every year. I never had the quarter sized clots like you, but the pain was excruciating.
What most gynos and doctors suggest is to go on a pill, as it keeps your hormones in check, and if you do end up having endo the treatment after is, the pill. So they had put me various ones for about 3 years, I think I have been on 7 different ones, throughout all I still had the pain, or relief for like 2months and then pain, or depression and moodiness. It came to the point where I just needed answers. I really want kids and so does my partner and I was freaking out that if it is endometriosis and it reaches a bad stage, then I won't be able to have kids, and I just needed to know. Turns out I didn't have bad stage of it, just stage 2 (so it wasn't just in my head), but I did have a humongous cyst as well ready to rupture.
So back to you, I would suggest to try some pills first, if the pain doesn't subside or you have terrible reactions, just do the surgery, the peace of mind you have after is amazing. To just know, yes, this is what it is, and to not over think it and think that you're being stupid and making crap up. But if you do check, and it isn't endo. Then celebrate!! That just means its chronic pain called Dysmenorrhea, which will go away with child birth. So regardless, you'll know and you can breathe. But do try the pills first, and then if they don't help, resort to surgery. This is the best i can recommend from my crappy experiences.
Please reply with any further questions you might have, I am more than happy to help xx