YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for July, 2000: Re: question about the pill and cramps...Id also like to know

Re: question about the pill and cramps...Id also like to know

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 19 Jul 2000 22:03:11 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 17 Jul 2000, anonymous wrote: >
>At Thu, 13 Jul 2000, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>I posted this on another board but this one seems to be more appropriate
>>because it has similar types of questions!
>>Ever since I first started my period when I was 13 I have had very bad
>>cramps and a pretty heavy flow, when I was about 18 I was talking to my
>>mom about going on the pill she said that it also will help with the
>>cramps and such, i've been on alesse for 2 years now and its done
>>nothing at all, i still have bad cramps (sometimes they actually make me
>>feel sick to my stomach...pamprin, midol etc doesnt work) and my period
>>is still heavy and it still lasts about 7 or 8 days, all my friends who
>>are on the pill say theirs is signifigantly shorter and lighter, I know
>>alesse is a low dose pill (the doc put me on that cause I tend to get a
>>pretty bad headache on the first or second day of my period she said
>>it'd be better to try a low dose pill) I am just wondering if yous think
>>a higher dose or something might help? I know its different for everyone
>>I just wanted to see if it was likley that it would before I bother
>>making an appointment with my doctor! Sorry this is so long but thanks
>>for any input!!
>
>Hmm...its weird to be scrolling through and read something you can
>totally relate to..unfortunatley I also have this problem and havent a
>clue about the higher dose pills etc. So i'd be interested to know the
>answer to! I read this post on the other bored and the doctor that
>replied said something about endometriosis (sp?) well if I added
>correctly I am about this girls age (im 20) and my periods have also
>always been pretty heavy and very crampy so its not a new thing thats
>just developed or anything its just always been like that, is endo
>really a possibility and what causes that?

Could be endometriosis. The cause is unknown although there are about 12 differnt theories.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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