
03-31-2008, 09:45 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Severe pain during menstruation
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Hello all,
I've been having a big issue with my cycle for the past year....
It started with one morning at 3am, right when I started my period, I woke up with these sharp cramping pains...which I thought were just really bad cramps, but then it felt like things in my abdominal area were swelling and popping....which scared the daylights out of me and was horribly painful....I ended up going to the ER....they did a pelvic exam and found nothing....the doctor said that perhaps it was dysmenoria, which in his words causes "mild discomfort". (i wanted to show him exactly how my "mild discomfort" felt, let me tell you.)
I just recently got medical insurance, and i tried to set up an appointment with a doctor, because i need an ultrasound i think, but they cant get me in until may!!
I havent felt the swelling and popping sensations since the one time, but when i have my period, my abdomen swells and i have such severe pains that i can't even see straight. I can feel these pains in my intestines now as well, and my kidneys, my ovaries and my uterus....it feels as though everything is just being squeezed really tightly....If i take 500 milligrams of Naproxen, the pain pretty much goes away, which leads me to believe that it could be some sort of inflammation...but the swelling in my abdomen has not gone completely down in the past year, even when i'm not on my period.
I do have cysts in other parts of my body, i have had a few in my wrist, and i have a small one on my right side, so i was thinking that this could also perhaps be ovarian cysts??
I was hoping that someone could tell me if they have ever felt anything similar?
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