Could the pill be covering up endo pain?

Question

I'm 17 and have been on the pill since I was 13. There was no severe pain that made me want to start taking it, I just wanted to go ahead and get it out of the way. I'm kind of worried that being on the pill could be masking some symptoms of endo because my mom had it and Im starting to see my cycle get worse. For the past year my legs have been aching all month long down to my toes which used to happen only on my periods. Ive also been getting short stabs of pain in my abdomen that increase during ovulation (new). My clitoris feels like its being pinched sometimes which is unpleasant but my bleeding is regular and only lasts 3 or 4 days. Backaches too but those are super common. Does anyone think BC could be covering up things such as keeping me regular when I shouldn't be? Or are these just plain period pains? Any input would be appreciated ❤ Wish I hadn't started BC so young so now I would know what was normal for me.

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Question...do you eat a lot of red meat by chance. Red meat makes Endo flare up bc of the hormones and if you’re on the pill that’s even more extra hormones added into your body that you don’t need which is why you have the Endo pain/flare ups. I cut it out of my diet completely and it hasn’t been painful in the last 2 years except when I got off of birth control. If you like to eat red meat a lot go with grass fed organic it won’t have those hormones and your body will thank you!

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I was put on birth control for reoccurring rupturing ovarian cysts when I was 12. 
By 15 years old I still felt severe pain every month for 2 weeks per month. It left me to lay in bed and cry. Doctors suspected endometriosis and diagnosed me through different birth controls. They changed my birth control three times to stop my periods to see if the pain would reduce. 
They kept me on birth control so that I could skip periods using it. 
Less periods = less scar tissue. 
Less scar tissue = less pain
My gyno refused to do the procedure on me because 1. My age at the time. And 2. Because it could cause even more scar tissue. Therefore, they diagnosed me through birth control. 
If you go to your gyno and bring this up, there's a good chance that they are going to have you switch birth controls and find a method such as mine to diagnose you.

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Doctor's will give hormonal birth control in order to help their patients manage pain. If the birth control helps you won't need further treatment. if it doesn't help you may need surgery.

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Due to your age it might be difficult to find a GYN to do the lap. I would still talk to a doctor though. If you’re having break through symptoms with this pill they’ll probably try to find you another one that works better. 
The affectation of your bowels is very concerning though. I suffered for two/three years with chronic constipation before we realized I had endo. Miralax is definitely my friend. If it’s a chronic issue make sure you bring it up to your doctor. It could mean the endo is blocking up or displacing your bowels and that will require surgery eventually.

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Ah, I've also noticed I'm more constipated than I used to be... Google says it can be a symptom but you never know until you hear it from real people.

Could the pill be covering up endo pain?

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