Dismissed by doctors
I've long suspected I have endo. However, after literal years of pursuing pain medication and further investigations from the GP I have gotten absolutely nowhere. 10 years. I recently had an ultrasound that showed nothing, and the GP is just dismissing me again. The back pain is unbearable and when I get really bad episodes I can't move or I'll throw up. There has been two occasions where my family have rang 111 because they thought I might need to go into hospital, but unfortunately this is "normal" for me now. I have to plan my life around my cycle, and even then it can be unpredictable. It can feel so embarrassing to explain why an event 3 months away might not be doable because I'm gonna be on my period. I do get the odd month where it feels manageable and I think oh hey maybe it's all okay now just to get a month that leaves me completely exhausted and feeling like a husk. Earlier last year my back pain got to the point where I couldn't even walk for a week. At times it feels like I'll never escape the pain and I have had times where I've had pretty dark thoughts. I also had a smear test that was excruciatingly painful which I felt wasn't normal and possibly linked.
I just wanted some advice on what I can say to the GP to be taken more seriously? I was pretty adamant on not just being shoved on the pill but it's gotten to the point where I think I'd try anything to not feel like this anymore.