Depression

[sammyrobinson_x]

I am fed up with being in sever pain and my local hospital does nothing to help me and neither does my gp! It really does get you down I feel really depressed and want to die has anyone else ever felt like this with endometriosis?

[Unity]

Yes, I'm with you, for a number of reasons:

restriction in daily activities, leading to disruption of life plans and goals

isolation through restriction in social life an invisibility of

condition

difficulties with personal relationships eg. fatigue pain depression

shock/denial/anger/grief

possible causes of Endo?

I'm with you. Right now I'm six weeks into an unplanned pregnancy and have experienced severe pain in my head, abdomen, back and legs since two weeks ago. I feel my life is chronically difficult and I'm sad too.

Maybe this is a less discussed aspect of Endo.

Thank you for flagging the topic. I won't offer any advice right now as you did not ask for any. It helps me to know there are others feeling the same way as I thought somehow I was weak to be affected in this way. I wish there were some way of letting my friends and family know of the pain i feel every two weeks of my cycle - a machine that was able to transmit pain signals from patient to doctor or person to person via sensors so that my friends knew what i meant - i'm hurting seems to fall on deaf ears.

[sammyrobinson_x in reply to Unity]

Good luck with the pregnancy hun that meant to help endo, no one knows what the pains like unless you have it family and my best friend do not understand my best mate thinks am selfish that I wanna die she has no idea what I have to go through she moans at what pain killers am on! Am thinking of getting a tens machine I duno if that will help my pain

[Aquitaine]

Yes - I've definitely felt very down at times because of the pain and feeling lonely with endometriosis. I was also unable to have children and this left me feeling depressed for a while.

If you feel you want to die, that's a really bad sign and you should find someone to talk to about your feelings. Your GP should be able to recommend a counsellor or prescribe anti-depressants. If you'd rather not see your GP, then you could call the Samaritans who are very good at providing a non-judgemental, listening ear.

Please know that you're not on your own. I'm sure that there are lots of us here who have been through some dark times. and will understand how you feel. In my own experience, the depression can go away in time, so I really hope for you that this difficult time passes soon.