help with endometriosis questions?

[eringryffin]

Hi, all you CFers! I am hoping some of you can help me with some questions related to endometriosis, since I don't know a lot about it personally; I'm asking on behalf of a friend whose English is spotty.

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[lorrainec]

I know very little about endo, but if she has been thinking about suicide I would suggest she talk to a professional about it. If she's a student her school is likely to have mental health services available. If not, some health insurance covers that kind of thing and it should (hopefully) be relatively easy for her to find out if hers does. Failing that, some places have no/low cost mental health services that she could look into. There are also suicide hotlines both you and she should be aware of, including http://www.suicide.org/suicide-hotlines.html and http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Those hotlines aren't just for people thinking about suicide, they're for friends and family too.

[six_dollar_baby]

I'm no help, but the best comm for this info is http://vaginapagina.livejournal.com/

[dhamphir]

Just came here to say the same thing, but you beat me to it.

[darkfire007]

I'll echo vaginapagina, but will also say that after my endo surgery I was put into a 6 month menopause to stop the endo.

When you cycle the endo comes back (a very water downed version of what my doctor said. It's late, I'm tired). So after my surgery, she gave me a depot through injection of Lupron. It stopped my cycles, well it threw me into full blown menopause. I was given two shots, 3 months apart. After this month, I should start cycling again. And after two cycles I go back to my doctor to see where we are and if the endo is creeping back.

Good luck to your friend.

[biomimetical]

A lot of clinical depression occurs hand-in-hand with chronic pain. First of all, I highly recommend that she see a professional for her depression, but also make sure she tells that professional that she also has chronic/frequent pain from the endo. Taking care of the endo may help.

[under_a_rose]

I have endo although no where near that bad, and my mother suffers badly through it.
We were both told the same thing from our gp, go on a contraceptive that stops your cycle, the depot or the progesterone only pill etc.

Your friend does need to speak to someone about her depression. Maybe the drs will take the pain more seriously if she's seeing someone about the mental health problems the pain is causing.