uh not to be Boring and/or Presumptuously Prescriptive but like. this really very much sounds like the sort of thing you should talk to a doctor about if you haven’t??? i mean, if the validation is useful: this is very much not par for the course!!

hskdjf listen you’re completely right, as it happens i have been to the doctor but “UH SEEK HELP” is what i would describe as the “objectively correct” response to this situation

like, in my case my doctor was like “here’s prescription-strength aleve for the cramps! let us know if you’re still bleeding in a week and maybe we’ll try to fix that? also you have pcos which is why this is happening. have fun!”

rn i’m just sort of in the stage where i’m like “so…. listen….. i’m glad we know what’s going on now, but i still can’t, walk places, so…………..”