I feel lost, frustrated, confused, and stuck.
I am hoping someone might have advice on what to look for in a doctor. Note: I have not been actually diagnosed with endo, my primary doctor suggested I might have it. I started having very painful heavy periods about 5 years ago but my combined pill took them away until about a year ago the pain came back but also during ovulation and bad pms with several other symptoms that seem to be common with endo and continues to worsen. This summer I had the worst pain I've experienced along with 2 weeks of black discharge, the PA I was seen by examined me and claimed it was old blocked blood that had been blocked by tissue, blamed it on "anxiety." Frustrated I didn't follow up, with the pain continuing to worsen I went to my primary who suspected endo and referred me to an obgyn. After visiting the obgyn, she made me feel like I was overreacting and that painful periods/sex/ovulation/pms is all normal. I became even more frustrated because she refused to answer any of my questions regarding endo and instead tried to in a way make me happy and rush me out of the room by changed by bc saying "If you have endo birth control will take away your symptoms." She also told me that endo is when you ONLY have symptoms during your period so I am unlikely to have it. I did some research and feel like that's not true. I am 2.5 weeks into my new bc (extended release combined pill) and I'm miserable. I called and told them and they said the typical "it takes 3 months to adjust to a new bc, if you're in that much pain go to the ER." I don't know what to do, it seems like no one believes me or cares, unless periods/sex/ovulation/pms is actually supposed to be that painful?