youngwife
03-24-2009, 02:00 PM
I'm just curious if I'm the only one here...
I've always had irregular periods since the very beginning. There was a time that I went without a period for 6 months straight. I'm not sure how significant that really is. My mom did some research which lead me to assume and attribute it to the very disrupted sleep that I was getting in my college dorm life.... it finally came back again when I was finally getting proper sleep.
However since the beginning I have also always had severe cramps. They seemed to get worse over the years, for a time I had counted that they would begin a week before and continue all the way through the week after I had my period. They were painful enough during the first couple days of my period I needed some sort of pain reliever to help me make it through my day... once on birth control the pain seemed to become more manageable however still held its duration. It eventually became a norm to me... however last year I began to notice that the periods were becoming more and more painful per period. It got to the point where I could not even drag myself out of bed for the day until I had taken something that could help me pull myself out so that I could hobble around enough to get some water, or use the rest room. Still leaving me completely indisposed for a good full day... (during the period when this happened I was not on birth control due to lack of insurance at the time)
I finally went to the doctor with this problem and her answer was simply that I must get back on birth control, and to make sure that I start taking alieve before the cramps began. I tried to explain to her that this was very difficult to gage, because my periods have always been irregular, even when on birth control, yet her answer still remained the same.
Being back on birth control the pain has been alleviated slightly making it a little easier on those big days when I first get my period. I'm just curious, is this normal for one having PCOS? Or is this signs of something else all together? I tried to push the issue with my doctor, ... on finding out what is really going on, however her answer seems to be that in birth control and other pharmesuticals rather than seeking out a problem. Which is very frustrating.
I've always had irregular periods since the very beginning. There was a time that I went without a period for 6 months straight. I'm not sure how significant that really is. My mom did some research which lead me to assume and attribute it to the very disrupted sleep that I was getting in my college dorm life.... it finally came back again when I was finally getting proper sleep.
However since the beginning I have also always had severe cramps. They seemed to get worse over the years, for a time I had counted that they would begin a week before and continue all the way through the week after I had my period. They were painful enough during the first couple days of my period I needed some sort of pain reliever to help me make it through my day... once on birth control the pain seemed to become more manageable however still held its duration. It eventually became a norm to me... however last year I began to notice that the periods were becoming more and more painful per period. It got to the point where I could not even drag myself out of bed for the day until I had taken something that could help me pull myself out so that I could hobble around enough to get some water, or use the rest room. Still leaving me completely indisposed for a good full day... (during the period when this happened I was not on birth control due to lack of insurance at the time)
I finally went to the doctor with this problem and her answer was simply that I must get back on birth control, and to make sure that I start taking alieve before the cramps began. I tried to explain to her that this was very difficult to gage, because my periods have always been irregular, even when on birth control, yet her answer still remained the same.
Being back on birth control the pain has been alleviated slightly making it a little easier on those big days when I first get my period. I'm just curious, is this normal for one having PCOS? Or is this signs of something else all together? I tried to push the issue with my doctor, ... on finding out what is really going on, however her answer seems to be that in birth control and other pharmesuticals rather than seeking out a problem. Which is very frustrating.