Will my doctor take me seriously?!

Will my doctor take me seriously?

i am an 18yr old girl, i have seriously bad periods, cramping in my back lower tummy legs and even in my bum, my periods arent very regular and seem to be getting worse with time.

I tried for a baby for a year, i worked out ovulation dates and took all natural tablets to help me.

My aunt has endometriosis and i read it can be genetic..?

I am seriously worried, ive looked up the signs of endo and i seem to have them all.

i want to go to my doctor, but im worried she will put it down to being young and having bad periods, i dont think she will take me seriously... i need to know, i need to put my mind at rest.

What do you think?

3 weeks ago
turtle_express16, i appreciate you answering, im not trying for a baby now, i was, im looking for medical advice not moral advice. I am back to college in september and not planning a baby anytime soon, but i do know the average time to conceive is in the first year for most healthy couples

3 weeks ago
oops i meant kamakazee not turtle, sorry !

I think you have a lot of the classic symptoms of endo. Problem is, it can only be diagnosed through a laparoscopy-a minimally invasive, usually outpatient, surgery. Go to your dr., explain all of your symtoms to her and if she dismisses you, do your best to find a dr. that specializes in endo, although truthfully most dr.'s that do not specialize in endo are close to helpless in long term relief/treatment. Finding a dr. that is knowledgable in endo is hard to find but that is what you need to treat endo properly. Trust me, any dr. that specializes in endo would not dismiss you b/c of your symtoms and if she does she would not be the right dr. to treat you for it. This happens to many women b/c so many obgyns are not educated with the disease. I believe that those with a family history do have a higher chance of having endo. Please, whatever happens with your current dr., research endo a lot, there is a lot of misinformation out there and there are some treatments that dr.'s love to prescribe that many women have horrific side effects from. Arming yourself with knowledge will allow you to weed through the dr.'s that don't know much about it and will allow you to make the decisions concerning treatment that are best for you. A few important things to know, endo can not be diagnosed through ultrasound, MRI or an exam, it can only be diagnosed through a lap, there is no cure for endo and your best shot at relief is to have every bit of it excised-most dr.'s laser it off which does not get rid of all of it and most do not believe that you can even remove all of it-but the true endo specialists do just that-lasering off the endo and/or not getting it all is the main reason women do not find relief or it is short lived-after surgery, pregnancy does not cure endo but some of the symptoms may subside while you are pregnant and although you sound as if you want children and would not jump at the chance for a hysterectomy-but estrogen is what endo thrives on and unfortunatly endo produces it's own estrogen-it so having a hyst doesn't cure endo either. I would suggest going to www.obgyn.net and going to the endo zone and reading through the message board, very supportive and knowledgable group of women who understand exactly what you are going through and the topics include just about everything endo related. I hope this helps and good luck.