I have one 1.5 cm submucosal fibroid and two about 2 cm subserosal fibroids. My periods are unbearable! It pains to an extent that my hand and feet go numb and I'm unable to move. I can neither lie down nor sit nor stand. I can't even pass stool even when there's pressure because my lower abdomen starts paining - it's that bad and may start causing more harm to other parts of my body if this continues.
About 5 months ago - My doctor told me this can just be dealt with meds and put me on Mifepristone 25 mg for 3 months saying that this will reduce fibroids. I didn't get periods for those 3 months (relieved in a way because no period pain). But that didn't bring any significant change. My subserosal ones decreased by about 1 cm each but submucosal increased by 2 mm. And because of the pills my endometrium thickened to 1.9 cm from 1.4 cm.
Now, the doctor put me on progesterone inducing tablets so I start getting my periods. And once I got my periods and reached out to him (as he had suggested), he ghosted me. I followed up six times!
That's not the point though, while I can look for other docs, I'm not sure if taking these pills for reducing and inducing hormones cyclically is going to help my body in general, it will probably cause more harm.
I know these are not very big fibroids, but it's too painful for me. Not being able to function for 4 days every month is not healthy at all (I'm on my 4th day at the time of writing and it's still paining the same). I don't want to go into surgery at this stage and really want to explore some natural ways to deal with this (because it's early perhaps?)
Would be grateful to get some suggestions so I can start damage control right away!