Are bad periods "normal"?
Hi, I am 17 years old and I have some concerns. Whenever I search this question up all I'm getting are variations of "it can be, or it might not be normal." And I have no idea what to think because now I feel like all of my symptoms are not a big deal, and that I'm making them out to be more serious then they actually are. I've been seeing a gyno about this issue, and she thinks it may be endometriosis but again nobody knows for sure. This week I've started on birth control pills to see how my body responds to it. Anyways, these are the symptoms I experience; some of these are because of my period and other ones I have been experiencing regardless of my cycle. Sometimes my symptoms occur during ovulation, or during completely random times. Is it normal to feel pain this often?? Maybe my period pain isn't even that bad, sometimes I feel like I have a really bad pain tolerance :(
What I deal with:
- I urinate very frequently (every 1-1.5 hours)
- Tense pelvic floor causing urinary hesitancy, even when I need to pee
- Frequent constipation and diarrhea, with difficulty passing stools
- Pain while pooping
- Occasional pelvic pain after bowel movement
- Mild pain in hips and pelvic for no reason (not during period)
- Spotting during ovulation and pelvic pain/pain in one ovary during ovulation (2-5 days)
- Pelvic muscles feel even more tense during period, sometimes it is more difficult to pass urine
- Menstrual pain that feels like vagina and pelvis is being impaled
- Pain with sitting and walking during period
- Able to function and carry out daily activities most of the time, but pain is distracting, cannot be ignored
- Sometimes unable to function; pain interferes with eating, sleeping, using the bathroom
- Spontaneous spasms/bursts of sharp, lightning-like pain starting at the back and shooting down to legs, this is extremely painful and lasts for a few seconds (occurred 30+ times so far)
- This pain has sometimes occurred when I inserted a finger in my vagina, or with movement
I know that reddit is unable to diagnose me, and I am not expecting one for obvious reasons. But honestly I feel so alone in dealing with all of this, and I don't know where to go to. I just don't know what to think... is what I am experiencing normal or not?