Hi,
For the past 4.5 years I have been suffering with severe severe period pain. More recently this pain appears outside of my period too, and I have severe cramps and bloating, and diarrhoea too sometimes. These are my symptoms:
Symptoms during period:
- Severe severe abdominal pain for 2 full days despite taking pain killers.
- heavy clotted bleeding
- a very painful sensation sitting heavy on my vagina and on anus. Almost like a baby is pushing down on it?
- a 10 day period, with first few days just spotting (which is abnormal for me).
- feel nausea and sick (again didn't have that before)
Outside of my period:
- severe stomach cramps and bloating especially in the morning
- severe stomach pains during exercise
- on and off diarrhoea
- occasionally pain during sex
I have had a vaginal ultrasound twice and both times they said there were no fibroids or cysts and everything looked healthy. I got refered to a gynocologist and saw a registrar who said it just sounded like painful periods and I should either go on the pill or take taxonomic acid (neither of which are options for me; the latter i can't due to history of stomach ulcers, and the former, gives me mood swings).
So does it sound normal as doctors are suggesting or not? Should I again and ask for another referral?