u/Dangerous_Guest1242

I am so beyond sick of dealing with women specific issues - PMDD, endometriosis, iron deficiency from periods. Every month I feel so angry and hopeless. Anyone else?

I’ve had ferritin under 30 for years, tried so many different supplements and they’ve all either not been effective and/or have given me bothersome GI effects. Does this qualify me for an infusion? If so, where do I even start in the process of trying to get one? I would just love to get to find out how I’d feel and how my life would be different if my ferritin was much higher. Any advice appreciated, thanks so much.

I’m writing this at 4am awake with bad cramps. This is the third time this period that I’ve been kept up in the middle of the night. I’ve had enough.

Trying to figure out what the chances are that I do have endo, before going through the intimidating process of trying to make an appointment with a specialist. The main thing is I can’t tell if my pain is severe enough or not. Might be gaslighting myself I just can’t tell. I do need 800mg of ibuprofen (4 Advil pills) and sometimes a heating pad too to relieve the pain. I have other symptoms like pain with penetration/intercourse and pain sometimes before and during bowel movements (makes me suspect I could have it on my bowel).

Please let me know what you think I should do and what trying to go about getting a laparoscopy is like. Any advice appreciated, thank you so much.