I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2005. i keep telling my doctors that I have cramps every day, and it is really bad pelvic pain. The GYN said it was unrealted, and she wanted me to see a GI. My GI said that I have gastritis and my gallbladder needs to be removed, but this should not cause pelvic pain. I am on Anaprox DS 550 mg right now, but that doesn't even help the pain sometimes. i am on nausea pills as well, but I think the throwing up is related to the gallbladder. The PCOS has already brought on Diabetes, and I have no idea what otehr things PCOS does. I don't know the symptoms ro anything. Can you help??

Hey guys! Just wanted to say that the cramps are continuing to get worse. I am having a hard time sitting sometimes, and the meds aren't doing anything. Especially when I am on my period, but even when I am not. OUCH!! What causes this much pain?? It is in the pelvic area, really really low. I keep crossing my legs to apply pressure, adn it seems to help jsut a tad, but it hurts so bad, I just curl up in a ball and can;t move sometimes.

Bannanarama,

I too have pcos and when period shows up it comes with painful cramps.Ask your doctor to prescribe mefenamic acid tablets (aka ponstan) these are great muscle relaxants that are non drowsy.

Let me know how you go
x

Thaks! I will definitely ask about it, About how much do they cost? I am on an extremely low budget!

B,

Not really all that sure. I live in the uk so they usually cost about £7 which is nothing really but i know your health service works diffrently.Cant imagine them being too expensive.If they are see if you can buy them online!

Let me know how you get on.

Thanks! I won't be able to see my GYN until August (long story, but basically I am going out of state until then). Right now I am living off of no money what so ever. I am really cramped up, even when not on my period. Right now things are being aggrivated even more with kidney stones that may need to be blasted. I really don't know what to do right now, because I have to move out of the dorms on Saturday, and I have to find a urologist. I am moving home for two weeks, and then going out of state for a few months. Not sure exactly ehat to do, or how to handle things. Everything is up in hte air right now becasue of my health problems. I just had my gallbladder removed a month ago. Eeek. I am stressed to the max, which doesn't help the cramping either.
I will definitly be looking into that medication though, and ask my GYN about it when I can get in to see her. Right now I am on pain killers for hte kidney stones, so everything is being kept relatively pain free for a couple of hours at a time.

B,

I hope you feel better soon.

x

So, an update. I had to have my kidney stones surgically removed, and now I have more. I am still having absolutely horrible cramps, and can't tell whether it is from teh kidney stones or the PCOS. Not on my period right now, but that has never stopped me from having cramps before. I am on muscle relaxers for the kidney stones, but they are not helping the pain. Right now I am just wanting to get out of the pain. On vicodin as well, and well, not helping anything. Also, I cannot afford my birth control for this month, so I am afraid that when my period starts later this week, it won't stop until I can afford it. Really don't know what to do. Scared, because I don't want to go through that again! A couple of years ago, I had a period that lasted 6 months, and was put on Provera to stop it, and then ws on Provera for about a year and a half, but hten switched to the NuvaRing. I have not been off of something for my period for 2 years, so I don't know what to do. My GYN is a couple of hours away, so I can't go and get samples. I couldn't go to camp due to the recent surgeries and the probablity that I will have to have anotehr one. Right now I don't know what to do!! Thanks!
Daisy