my gyno won’t listen to me.
Hi all (sorry for the flair if it’s wrong, I didn’t know what to put),
I recently visited the gynecologist for the first time to talk about birth control (ended up going with the Mirena, to which I had put in beginning of this month).
I also mentioned to her that my periods have always been really irregular, and sometimes I would get my “next month’s period” at the end of the last month, leading into the next month (for example, my last period was april 27-may 1, but I already had a period for april at the start of the month, sorry for the tmi), and how I have super bad cramping all throughout the month, whether i’m on my period or not, to the point where I almost faint or throw up. She tells me to try 800mg of ibuprofen instead of the normal 400mg I was taking, so I followed that advice, but when I tell you it does NOT work.
I brought this up to her and she literally looks at me and tells me it’s normal and that since i’m so young (i’m 17 almost 18), that I still have time to let my periods get better, but that just didn’t sit right with me. I tried to argue with her about it and tell her i know my body and I know it’s not normal but she proceeded to tell me that she’s the professional and she knows more than I do😒.
But what’s funny is, she mentioned endometriosis and said it’s possible, but also refuses to look more into it, to which she then talked about letting my periods get better as I get older. Like..why can’t you just look into it? Better to be safe than sorry, no?
Anyway, what do I do? I’m in so much pain every month and will stay that way buntil my IUD starts working but I can’t take this anymore, I want to know what’s wrong with me and what has been wrong with me for the last 6 years☹️.