Anyone have horrendous pains mid month?.....................

[anniebear]

I sometimes have the most terrible pains when I am middle of the month

They are worse than giving birth to twins (although I did have an epidural!!)

It is like someone has shoved knives up me down below, back and front and is twisting and stabbing

The pain is just horrendous

I had one of Tuesday night 7.30 and I could hardly move and had to lie down in bed and just sobbed. The worst pain is for about 15mins, but altogether lasts around 30/35 mins then I am very tender afterwards.

I thought oh well, at least that's it for a few months

Then last night (wed) I woke up at 12.30 in pain which turned to agony. No use getting pain killers as the pain would have got better by the time the tablets worked. I have tried a hot bottle before now but the pressure of it made it worse

I went to the Docs a couple of years ago and she went on and on about it just being ovulation pains and there was nothing they could do

The only thing I thought is that if it is JUST ovulation pains, I must have ovulated twice this month and we could ahve had twins again

I don't know what to do? Any advice?

Should I go back to the Docs? I can't bear the thought of another attack

Would seriously consider getting yourself a referral to a gynae. Do not take no for an answer in this regard - you ought to be seen by a gynae for further evaluation.

Endo is an enigma; it can cause great flares ups i.e pain one month then not the next time. Then of course it flares up again. My case of endometriosis pretty much followed this pattern.

Endo is often described as a disease of the fourth decade (30-40 years) of life. The peak incidence seems to occur between the ages of 35 and 44, although it can occur at any age after menstruation has started. This may reflect a delay in diagnosis.

I forgot to mention in my previous post that I could also go one month without any pain, then it would come back again with a vengeance. If you get a referral to a gyno then it is usually standard practice at your first visit to take some swabs to rule out any infections such as chlamydia which can produce similar symptoms. Mine did come back negative for chlamydia but positive for candida (thrush) which is something that I seem to be plagued with. Its interesting to read though that some of the other ladies on here who suffer with pain also have had candida. I had the routine swabs done again just before I had the Mirena coil and it came back positive for candida again. It seems like there could be a connection.