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Hi,
I am 24 years old and ever since my menstrual period started around age 14-15 they have been very irregular. There was one point in my life when my period stopped for over 2 years. My period has finally become regular now for the past 2 years, but the first day my menstrual cycle starts each month, l get SEVERE lower abdominal pain! The pain is so severe that l would like to go to the ER, but due to also having diarrhea at the same time, l can not get off the toilet long enough to get to the hospital. It is become so painful that my mother has had to come into the bathroom with me, and hold me up on the toilet because l become so weak and also have fainting type spells. l also get the dry heaves and keep feeling like i'm going to throw up, but nothing ever comes up. l can not even drink water because everthing makes me wanna throw up...even a Vicodine pill. l have taken Vicodine for this, but the pain becomes so bad that even the power of Vicodine does not do anything for me.
Another thing that makes it hard is we only have 1 bathroom, so when l get my the pain and diarrhea, l CAN NOT get off the toilet.. and for some reason...EVERYONE needs to use the bathroom when i'm in there. l have begged them: ''Please stop knocking.. l can not get up..i'm so sick..please stop..leave me alone'' But my parents both have bladder problems and they NEED to go. It is just so hard because when l get off the toilet, so they can go in there... l have almost went potty on the floor, because the pain is soooo bad it pushes on my colon and makes everything come out. It is like when you squeeze a tube of toothpaste. It is not even diarrhea really.. it is solid..and l have probably lost about 2-3 pounds just going to the bathroom. l also get the cold sweats and hot sweats and feel like passing out. l sit on the toilet, while my mom wipes the sweat off my face with a cold towel and l just wanna take all my clothes off, because l become so over heated and soaking wet from the sweat. l have told my doctors about this, and they have never really done anything. My mom and my soon-to-be mother in law had this exact same problem, and the doctors found that they both had ovarian cysts. Could this be my problem too? The severe pain lasts about 5-6 hours, and after laying on the couch with a hot water bottle on my stomach, it goes away after l wake up from sleeping. I am fine after that, and l go on with a normal period for the rest of the week. l only get the pain about one hour after my period starts each month, and l suffer so bad. l have also been diganosed with a Thyroid disorder which is still being tested..is there and connection to the two?
My symptoms:
1. Severe abdominal pain
2. Feeling of fainting; weakness
3. Cold and Hot sweats
4. Extreme sweatting
5. Wanting to throw up; gagging
6. Nausea and solid diarrhea
7. Heavy bleeding
Like l said.. l wanna go to the ER when this happens, but l just can not get off the toilet long enough to get there. Any thoughts or suggestions?
<3 Mia
Yes..like l said, l HAVE infact been to see doctors and they do not seem to be very concerned by this, is this just something l have to learn to deal with, or could it be more serious? Like ovarian cysts or tumors? l do not know what else to do when different doctors do not seem to do anything, and because of my medical insurance, l have seen every doctor that is available to me, for some reason the doctors are ALWAYS in a hurry to get rid of me, so they can get to the next patient, my clinic is always ridiculously busy, and there are not many doctors there. So l do not know what else to do. <3Mia