u/Longjumping-Stay-597

hey, so I I’m in a speech class that’s online. and I used to be in district, but then I moved hours away to another state :3. It was all very sudden and not my choice.

im supposed to have 6 audience members in person for each of my speeches. I don’t know what the fuck I’m supposed to do about living 1000 miles away from anyone I talk to or know.

I’ve had extremely heavy periods since I was around 10-11 yrs old when puberty started. I used to have to get 2 pads from the nurse and make one large superpad with them in my underwear.

I (20F) do not have a formal diagnosis, and I suspect I will not be receiving one anytime soon since I just moved away from a large city and to a small religious town in the South, where they don’t listen to women :/. But, I’ve had cysts in my uterus since I was a child (I can recall the specific cramping pain from age 12 onward), and my period has been extremely heavy since puberty. the pain is getting worse over the years, too. It never made me nauseous before but sometimes it makes me feel sick.

mods, im sorry if this is completely against the rules. I just fell asleep at 8 am after a fun night, and woke up at 12 pm because my stomach was in shambles. my period pain has never woken me up like this before. it’s the strangest thing, and I just wanted to rant.

I know I’m not diangosed officially and all, but whatever’s going on definitely isn’t normal. I suppose it could be a multitude of things, but I always find my way back to endo symptoms and stories. Oh, also does anyone know if there’s anything that can be done about these uterine cysts? my doctors told me there isn’t a damn thing they can do, which is swell if you enjoy awful pain, I suppose. But I do not. Midol forever? or does anyone know a doctor in the south who will actually listen to me and take me seriously?