My period makes me really,really sick?

Question

Okay so these symptoms only happened during my last period and my current period so this hasn't been happening for long. When I don't take pain medication my cramps are really painful to the point I start to sweat alot, I get dizzy, and I get a little disoriented which during my last period I vomited. Once the medication kicked in i was fine. Now today I'm having the same symptoms again except now I have diarhea and I feel like vomiting. What can this be?

Answer

I'm only 14, and I often get sick during my period.  Sometimes it's just cramps and nausea, but sometimes I will get a fever.  I think it's just that your body is working harder to keep everything moving in your lower regions and not working as much in keeping the rest of your body healthy.  
For me this is normal, but if you continue to be concerned, you should definitely go to the doctor.

Answer

Sounds very much like endometriosis. Since I was 10 I've had periods progressively get worse to the point where I would feel like I'm dying, excruciating pain, vomiting, feverish, intense contractions, anemia, diarrhoea, pain when pooing, etc. was told until I was 19 that this was normal and that I was just being a weakling. It wasn't until I went to a gynaecologist for the first time about pain during sex that she diagnosed me with endometriosis. She was surprised I could live with that kind of pain for so many years. Booked a lapraoscopy the following week and now I don't have anymore pain during periods, no vomiting, no fever flashes, even not anemic anymore.

My period makes me really,really sick?

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