Could this be Endo?

[bronziewool]

I am a twenty seven year old female who has been having severe menstrual cramps since I first started my period at age twelve.  Through the years my periods symptoms have changed some symptoms have gotten worse, changed or minimized.  A few years ago I was diagnosed with Chronic fatigue syndrome, gluten intolerance and gastritis. Here's a list of what I have and still experience with my periods, worsening/longer lasting PMS symptoms through the years, including worsening of allergies/breast tenderness/emotional issues.  Horrible menstrual cramps where I am doubled over, missing events, etc.  I get nausea and sometimes vomiting, worsening of gas pains in the stomach, sometimes diarrhea, pain streaming from buttocks down the legs to my feet, groin pain, occasion sharp pains during ovulation, Hot flashes & chills which started when I was in my late teens.  I also get extreme abdominal bloating.   Nothing seems to work for the pain, I have tried birth control pills that either did not rid me of the pain or made me worse.  I have tried many pain relievers that don't work, I'm currently on 600mg of ibuprofen every six hours during my periods and they don't get rid of all the pain even still.  I have had a pelvic sonogram in which nothing abnormal was found, I am thinking of getting a laparascopy, however, I am not sure my symptoms quite add up to having Endometriosis.  What do you think?

[sjaroni]

Some of your symptoms sound like endo.  I am the same way on the birth control portion.  I have tried 5 different kinds, and none of them work.  I am currently on Naproxen and Vicodin for the pain.  I would talk to my doctor, and ask if a Lap would be beneficial.

[tiffsta6715]

This sounds like something more than endo... but I am no doctor.