Is it possible to have PCOS and Endometriosis?

[painpaingoaway]

So I already know that I have PCOS, but my mom and grandma both had severe endo! I have researched both conditions, but PCOS never talks about chronic pain before,during and after menstruating, and pain during and after intercourse. My bowels are very messed up and I get really bad pain in my rectum. That is where my mom had a lot of it. I have no idea. None of my docs will do laparascopy. I have only had one U/S and a very long sharp vaginal probe, I forget what that is called. My blood clots are gigantic and never ending. I need some input from you intelligent ladies!!! I have been on the pill for 8 days now and can feel my cysts filling and popping! So much relief afterwards though.

Bethany

[snowwhitelife]

Yes, you can absolutely have both! Endometriosis is very hereditary... I have PCOS, and had no periods at ALL until I was put on birth control pills when I was 18. However, the BCPs actually triggered the endometriosis, which my mom & sister both have, badly.

I would suggest talking to your doctor again with a journal, or even going to another doctor to explain where you're at and kind of get a second opinion. I'm assuming since you have PCOS you're probably already on birth control pills, so laparoscopy or even Lupron may be beneficial to you. Hope things get better soon, I know how tough it can be!

[dyinginside91]

It's definitely possible to have both. I was diagnosed with both when I was 15 (I'm 18 now). My endo had already left scar tissue. I went on shots for a year and was given birth control pills afterwards. I recently changed pills from Loestrin 24 to Yaz, and that was a mistake. I was trying to make things easier on everyone in my household because I became evil every month before my period. Now my symptoms are coming back. I'm still trying to swallow the fact that I could be told in the next couple of years that I may not be able to have kids. Good luck to you.

[Kaye09]

I am 18 years old and was recently told that I have PCOS and Endometriosis. So yes, I guess it is possible to have both.

[alfgarnett]

My best friend has just been diagnosed with endometriosis, which she now combines with having PCO.  She is 34 and desperate for children.  She is getting herself in a bit of a state about it all, which is causing her to be depressed and causing unrest in her marriage.

Could you please offer me any advice for my friend?

[k1987]

i'm a 22 yr old, and had a laporoscopy in june 09, when i found out that i have severe endometriosis and IBS. i just got back from the gyno today and i was diagnosed with PCOS. yes. its possible to have both. i just hope when my boyfriend and i decide to get pregnant, i at least will be able to. i've been reading a lot about infertility related to both diseases, and my heart definetely goes out to all of the women out there who have been trying and cannot.

[DSA1485]

I am 24 but 10 years ago I was diagnosed with pcos and diet dependant diabeaties (sorry I don't know how to spell well) ,only getting my period once when I was 13 was what made my grandmother get an appointment set up asap. I hadn't gotten a period till about a year ago or what I thought might be a period but I bleed for several months and not always heavy I have to wear panty liners just to be safe sometimes I take out tampons and they have really nothing on them. I am very clean when it comes to my coutter and all of my body but I get a bad odder like rotting blood or something and it is fowl and not very nice, I thought well I can used a douche so let me try that and I felt cleaner but the odder was still there not long after maybe a day or two of nothing but after that it was on. I want to a gyn an she said no douche can cause you more problems then anything, I have been not using one and it seems to have gotten worse and as of late I have been bleeding during sex and after even for days not just cause my man is well off but cause of the pcos I believe I need some major questions answered here I went to doctors but they never have a great enough diagnoses to make me believe they did there work. So please if anyone who has had something like or close to my story here please write me back I would appreciate it ..... Desperately Seeking Answers