Teenage DD 14 ovulation bleeding, PMT, nausea, anxiety

[justchatting123]

My DDs (age nearly 15) periods have always been pretty grim but for the last three months she has been bleeding when ovulating (not just spotting).
She also has nausea and anxiety as well as the usual cramping pains (which she is also getting mid month)
She is speaking to Gp next week but any ideas what could help?
She missing lessons because of it and I've never had bleeding like that myself and I have endometriosis.

I'm going to try some supplements-have heard b vits, vit d, magnesium, fish oil are all good, has anyone found this approach helps with pmt or evening out hormones?

I'm thinking she will be better off on the pill tbh but I'm not sure what the Gp will say

Thanks everyone

I have had the same symptoms from a very young age and now at 48 am beginning to think it could be endometriosis as my sister was recently diagnosed so it may well be worth considering that especially if you are a sufferer. But one thing I found did help in my younger years was a vitamin b complex. Hope you manage to find some relief for her, it’s miserable.

BTW my 13 year old dd has awful periods and we spoke to the GP about it, she was willing to put her on the pill at 13! I’m going to look into other things first as it’s a bit to young imo.

justchatting

The cause needs to be determined as well as treating the symptoms.

What you're describing here re your DD is not too dissimilar to how I was at that age. Any pain or symptoms that are cyclical in nature and or gets worse up to and including menses should be checked to see if endometriosis is present. "Mild" endometriosis can indeed cause great pain. In my case the underlying cause was endometriosis and it can also go down the female line.

You can indeed try vitamins and such like but in my experience of these, it made no real difference to the levels of pain felt nor amounts of bleeding. I would encourage her to keep a daily pain/symptom diary if she does not already do this as this can give clues also to a gynae. If the GP is not helpful, and after all such problems can be outside a GPs general remit, I would also be asking for a gynae referral.

The pill could help but it will also mask the symptoms of the underlying problem whilst not addressing why this is happening in the first place.

@Thedishwasherstacker

I have had the same symptoms from a very young age and now at 48 am beginning to think it could be endometriosis as my sister was recently diagnosed so it may well be worth considering that especially if you are a sufferer. But one thing I found did help in my younger years was a vitamin b complex. Hope you manage to find some relief for her, it’s miserable.

Thanks I'll try that

@Thedishwasherstacker

BTW my 13 year old dd has awful periods and we spoke to the GP about it, she was willing to put her on the pill at 13! I’m going to look into other things first as it’s a bit to young imo.

I know how you feel age wise but I don't want her to go through what I went through if the pill might help, it's affecting her education and she has GCSEs next year.

@AttilaTheMeerkat

justchatting

The cause needs to be determined as well as treating the symptoms.

What you're describing here re your DD is not too dissimilar to how I was at that age. Any pain or symptoms that are cyclical in nature and or gets worse up to and including menses should be checked to see if endometriosis is present. "Mild" endometriosis can indeed cause great pain. In my case the underlying cause was endometriosis and it can also go down the female line.

You can indeed try vitamins and such like but in my experience of these, it made no real difference to the levels of pain felt nor amounts of bleeding. I would encourage her to keep a daily pain/symptom diary if she does not already do this as this can give clues also to a gynae. If the GP is not helpful, and after all such problems can be outside a GPs general remit, I would also be asking for a gynae referral.

The pill could help but it will also mask the symptoms of the underlying problem whilst not addressing why this is happening in the first place.

I'm concerned about going down the gynae route after my own experiences, 5 surgeries including a full hysterectomy which has lead to chronic pain and a fibromyalgia diagnosis and I think I would have been better without any of it. I wish I would have stuck with the pill, my endo pain was horrible but nothing compared to what I'm like now. It's great to push for diagnosis (which I definitely wouldn't do until she is much older and able to make her own decisions) but once you have it then what? I think I would probably see a gynae for her if the all other things don't work but then to rule things out. If I could turn the clock back I would run a mile

I am so sorry to read what has happened to you. I used the pill also and whilst it helped re the pain it also did mask the symptoms of the underlying problem (not always successfully either).

Try vitamins (and exercise) for your DD by all means but give yourselves a definite timeline say 3-6 months re seeing if it makes any difference. I suffered with both primary dysmenorrhea (nausea, pains down legs) and secondary dysmenorrhea since onset of menses at 14 and I did not get a diagnosis of endometriosis till I was in my early 30s and undergoing fertility treatment.

Endometriosis even now is under diagnosed in many women and not all GPs are up to speed on menstrual problems anyway, let alone endometriosis. A GP I once spoke to told me that endometriosis was uncommon, my reply was that it is the second most common gynae problem seen in women after fibroids.

She's very young. It's likely that her body is simply still learning to regulate itself horomone wise.
I think she is too young to be pushing for an endometriosis diagnose. It's likely her hormones will level out as she gets older.