u/danifoxx_1209

I’m starting to suspect I may have endo as well but I don’t know. My periods were never normal. I would bleed a heavy flow non stop. Like blood actively dripping non stop I couldn’t even clean myself when I went to the bathroom. They would also last longer than a week usually and I would get brown spotting here and there too. I would get the most insane cramps I would miss school and spend entire days curled up in pain sobbing on the bathroom floor and it felt like giving birth. I started birth control to stop my periods as a teen about 15 or 16 and my doctor never told me I had to take breaks so I went a few years without stopping unless i forgot for like a day or something. I would still get the odd brown spotting during those years even when I didn’t forget. Now I let it happen every three months but I do get spots here and there when I haven’t stopped as well. I have it right now and the longer I go without taking my pills the worse my cramps are getting and I’m thinking this can’t be normal. My flow isn’t nearly as heavy as back then but I’m sure if I went back to normal it would go back to that too. I’ve always had extreme gas and bloating issues but I put it off as typical EDS chronic constipation issues or mild gastroparesis. The bloating and gas is insanely painful on my period though and constant. I also have chronic fatigue so there’s another symptom I can’t differentiate. I’ve never had an exam down there before so I have no idea if I have any scarring or anything but every now and then I get sores despite being a virgin and being healthy and staying clean. I would really like to know other people’s experiences and if i should stop worrying or get this checked out. I’m in a shit ton of pain but i don’t know if that’s normal but it’s so bad and it makes me feel like my stomach and uterus are being squeezed. I don’t know anyone else with EDS so I need advice