
Endometriosis: When Period Pain Isn't Just Period Pain
Severe period pain, painful sex, bowel and bladder symptoms — what endometriosis actually looks like, why diagnosis takes years, and what a normal scan can and cannot rule out.
Everything related to menstruation and the menstrual cycle. Includes: Periods, irregular periods, PMS, PMDD, heavy bleeding, painful periods, cycle tracking, period care, endometriosis-related symptoms.

Severe period pain, painful sex, bowel and bladder symptoms — what endometriosis actually looks like, why diagnosis takes years, and what a normal scan can and cannot rule out.

Understanding PMS, PMDD and why timing changes the meaning of symptoms

Some cramping is usual. Pain that stops you working, studying or sleeping is not, and it is worth investigating.

A cycle that varies is common, especially in the first years after periods begin. PCOS is one possible explanation among several.
When Irregular Periods in Teenagers Are Normal—and When They May Mean More

There is a practical threshold for heavy bleeding, and it is more useful than trying to measure millilitres.