Basically just a little rant/cry for help because I’m so tired of being dismissed by doctors (crossposting as i’m desperate for answers)
I’m turning 19 in a month and I got my period when I was 12. After my first period I didn’t have another one for a year and a half at 13 and when I did have them they were extremely painful, and heavy. I had 3 more horrific periods that year until I hit 14 and finally went to see a doctor.
I was prescribed the birth control pill to regulate my periods and help with cramps but had to stop due to severe headaches, and the doctor said that my period should regulate anyway after I stop taking them, but I didn’t have a period until a year later.
Now that I’m almost 19 and ever since I’ve been on the pill I’ve had no more than 3 periods a year. I haven’t had a period since October of 2024, and when I do have a period I bleed lightly for 10 ish days before the period starts and another 7-10 days after.
My doctor has been telling me since I stopped taking the pill at 14 that it will regulate eventually but it has been 7 years and I really am starting to become concerned because of my family’s history of endometriosis and miscarriages. Any advice or previous suggestions at all would be greatly appreciated :(
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