Does your bad cramps start days before your period begins and are bad first few days of period. Also have you had a painful attack when not on or near your period? Please describe your pain and when in cycle?
My 21 yr old daughter might have Endo. Bad cramps just started about 2 years ago. Weirdly her period pain is not every month but sometimes she can have normal period cramps, just painful but not as severe as some months. When her cramps are severe they can start 2-3 days before her period begins and can last first 3-4 days during the start of her period. Her cramps are so bad she takes ibuprofen or Aleve every few hours. Her pain is so bad she cries and can’t move. She also gets depressed a week before period starts PMDD.
About 6 mos ago She had her first major episode or attack. It happened 5 days before her period started. Around 5pm after dinner sharp pain under left breast and lower belly around belly button and below all of stomach around belly button and lower stomach and some low back. It was so severe with severe nausea and nonstop vomiting started. She was in pain crying and vomited about every 20-30min next to toilet. EpIsolde lasted about 3hrs until I could finally convince her to go to ER. She hates Hospitals. Finally I took her. We waited for hours until they called her. It was awful running to bathroom from waiting room every 20min to vomit. This lasted until next morning to around 7am. Pain came in waves on & off and ER gave her 3 different nausea medicines and would not stop vomiting in ER. Nothing worked no pain pills or anything. She almost past out and said mom I’m passing out. Sadly ER said she has to go back to waiting room until they could run Catscan. It was awful. I had to request wheel chair for her she couldn’t walk. And they wheeled her in waiting room for 2 more hours. I was so sad for her. ER was so traumatizing for her because she was there for so long in pain and vomiting. Labs came back normal and found Scan found a golfball cyst. And ER dr thought could be Endo or torque (something like that) since Gallbladder was fine. A few days later we went for follow up ultra sound. And a few days later she happen to start her period same day as Ultra sound. And results later showed No cyst. Cyst was gone. They think it could have burst it disappeared with period. Follow ObGyn visit had no real answers to what her episode was.
Fast forward 3 months later. Now 2 weeks after her period ended, around 7pm another painful attack happened. Again not during period. she feels like painful sharp period cramps around belly buttons and below or under left breast/rib. Pain attack is mostly always belly button to lower stomach with nonstop vomiting. This time pain attack started around 7pm- 7am. I could not convince her to go back to ER since she didn’t want to keep vomiting and running to bathroom in pain for hours. Weird cramping comes in waves every few minutes. I notice she feels ok for a few minutes and then sharp pain starts again.
I would describe her pain similar to worst labor pains or gallbladder attack. But today we went for 2nd ultra sound and results show Gallbladder is fine, no cyst. Ultra Sound Results Normal.
Sone periods are worse then others where she can’t get out of bed. And period cramps sometimes starts 3-5 days before period even starts and sometimes she can have menstrual cramps 3-4 days after her period ends.
Has anyone else had any episode like. Her period cramps are painful but nothing like the 2 episodes or attacks she had. She gets nauseated during period but nothing like the nonstop vomiting that happened during those painful attacks. Please anyone with a similar story please help.
My daughter is tiny and petite size xs to small and birth control caused major weight gain and breast size to double within first few weeks. Also bad cystic acne all over her face. We stopped birth control after one month. And not sure where to go