hey everyone :)

it is currently 4:12 in the morning as i am writing this, and i am running on about an hour of sleep. during my period, my cramps get so bad that i usually can’t get much rest, and are constantly waking up because of it. my lower back beyond aches and it’s just all really bad. i have at least one day every cycle where i am basically bed ridden. i can’t get up because of the pain. it affects my knees where it’s radiating pain all the way down to the point they go numb. it’s just a tense experience every month. i have talked to a few doctors who have tried to help in MANY ways, mostly medications. but NOTHING works. i can’t even take basic pain relievers that most would take because it’s like i didn’t take anything. i have been researching endometriosis, and i don’t want to self diagnosis myself, but many of “symptoms” if you will, are things i experience every period.

so two question:

one: if anyone on here who does have endometriosis feels comfortable just exposing what they experience and do to help in anyway, shape, or form, themselves with the pain, your experiences, whatever you think just is helpful to know, is comfortable sharing.

two: just in GENERAL, does anyone have any advice or things to maybe try for extreme pain that may help? whether it is something you do personally to help, or something you have just heard of. i have tried everything under the sun and it either works for a little, or usually doesn’t at all.

THANK YOU so much, especially to anyone who even read this, let alone responded 💛💛💛