Under~The~Stars
13-01-07, 20:02
Hey, I had a really really scary day on Wednesday. I got my time of the month which was 6 days late.
Let me tell you about my day as I'm now really worried -
Well, I woke up with really bad cramps in my stomach so went to the toilet. I thought to myself - do I take painkillers just now or will I go back to bed for an hour and relax and see if it eases off? So I went back to bed. About an hour later I woke up and the pains in my stomach were now really severe, I was in agony. So I got up, went to the toilet. However, when I went to the toilet I started to feel really weak (no strength in my arms or legs etc) and was sweating buckets all over my body. So I went downstairs and got paracetamols, however didn't take them then, was going to take them when I went back upstairs. When I got upstairs I went to the toilet again as really wasn't feeling well at all. Was shaking and sweating all over still and couldn't stand up (was sitting leaning over the sink). Eventually when I did stand up, I couldn't see anything and I could hardly hear anything. I couldn't talk properly either. So by this time I thought I was dying. My mum was at work - she is the person I rely on if I'm not well as I have really bad health anxiety and get worked up easily. So I went to my brother and told him I wasn't well - I then felt like I was going to pass out as I was standing but couldn't balance. My brother was no use so went and woke up my boyfriend. I said to him "I can't see or hear" and all he said was "well what do you want me to do about it!" Didn't exactly help! So he went and got me my paracetamols and I took them - my stomach was still agony! I phoned my mum at her work as I really thought there was something seriously wrong. She said I was just panicking. I maybe was panicking but that wasn't what was causing all of the symptoms! I started to feel sick while I was on the phone so had to hang up on her and threw up everywhere in my bathroom. After about half an hour I stood up after having been sick and started to feel dizzy and faint etc again and couldn't see properly so lay down in my bed. Was in bed all day - as I couldn't move.
I had a check up with my GP to do with my anxiety and panic etc yesterday. I told her what had happened on Wednesday and I was diagnosed as having dysmenorrhoea. Has anyone heard of it? It's just awful symptoms when it is the time of the month. However, me being me just went onto an nhs website to find out more about it and it said something about how this could possibly be an underlying gynaecological problem, such as endometriosis. When I read up on this I realised I have some of the symptoms of that. Should I be worried?
I do tend to worry obsessively about my health - but honestly I do have some symptoms and if I did have this then it means I might not be able to have children. This is a major worry for me as I really want kids. I love kids - at college I'm doing a childcare course ffs. What should I do?
Advice would be great, thanks.
Louise xxx
Let me tell you about my day as I'm now really worried -
Well, I woke up with really bad cramps in my stomach so went to the toilet. I thought to myself - do I take painkillers just now or will I go back to bed for an hour and relax and see if it eases off? So I went back to bed. About an hour later I woke up and the pains in my stomach were now really severe, I was in agony. So I got up, went to the toilet. However, when I went to the toilet I started to feel really weak (no strength in my arms or legs etc) and was sweating buckets all over my body. So I went downstairs and got paracetamols, however didn't take them then, was going to take them when I went back upstairs. When I got upstairs I went to the toilet again as really wasn't feeling well at all. Was shaking and sweating all over still and couldn't stand up (was sitting leaning over the sink). Eventually when I did stand up, I couldn't see anything and I could hardly hear anything. I couldn't talk properly either. So by this time I thought I was dying. My mum was at work - she is the person I rely on if I'm not well as I have really bad health anxiety and get worked up easily. So I went to my brother and told him I wasn't well - I then felt like I was going to pass out as I was standing but couldn't balance. My brother was no use so went and woke up my boyfriend. I said to him "I can't see or hear" and all he said was "well what do you want me to do about it!" Didn't exactly help! So he went and got me my paracetamols and I took them - my stomach was still agony! I phoned my mum at her work as I really thought there was something seriously wrong. She said I was just panicking. I maybe was panicking but that wasn't what was causing all of the symptoms! I started to feel sick while I was on the phone so had to hang up on her and threw up everywhere in my bathroom. After about half an hour I stood up after having been sick and started to feel dizzy and faint etc again and couldn't see properly so lay down in my bed. Was in bed all day - as I couldn't move.
I had a check up with my GP to do with my anxiety and panic etc yesterday. I told her what had happened on Wednesday and I was diagnosed as having dysmenorrhoea. Has anyone heard of it? It's just awful symptoms when it is the time of the month. However, me being me just went onto an nhs website to find out more about it and it said something about how this could possibly be an underlying gynaecological problem, such as endometriosis. When I read up on this I realised I have some of the symptoms of that. Should I be worried?
I do tend to worry obsessively about my health - but honestly I do have some symptoms and if I did have this then it means I might not be able to have children. This is a major worry for me as I really want kids. I love kids - at college I'm doing a childcare course ffs. What should I do?
Advice would be great, thanks.
Louise xxx