Flare up pain after Prostrap Injection

Hi ladies,

I've been on Prostrap for 3 months now and have noticed a pattern, in that every time I have the injection, for about 1 week afterwards I feel awful. Terrible pelvic pain, pains down thighs, pain in buttocks and crushing fatigue (in fact the exact same symptoms I had before I started on Prostrap and the reason for starting it in the first place).

My question is, every time I have my injection (having 6 month course before having ovaries removed) will I feel like this every month. Would it be better for me to have the three month injection and would that mean I only get one flare up and if so how long would that flare up last for. Can anyone offer me any advice on this please.

thanks S

[Sarahcoops]

Hi, I'm on my second injection and have been exactly the same, was hoping to start feeling better by now!!! It's really nice to know someone else is going thru the same as me and that I'm not losing my mind haha x

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hya sara, thanks for replying. Yes its not an easy ride being on this Prostrap is it? It seems to be a very difficult time both physically and mentally and is really challenging me, in that whether to continue or not continue.....I will see..

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Hi Lindle, thanks for your detailed reply. I found your reply very interesting in what you said about classic signs of endo. Let me tell you this, for a number of years now, as well as suffering every month for two weeks (starting mid cycle) I had crushing fatigue, depression, migraine and along with this on about day 14 of my cycle I would start to get a horrible pain in my groin, a sharp pain which seemed to go right through me to my right buttock, a sickly horrible pain which would radiate down the right hand side of my thigh and also felt in the right side of my calf. I would say it felt like sciatic pain from the middle of my buttock down my leg. The pain was bad but seemed worse at night time and I would constantly be moving my legs around the bed for some relief. Anyway, I went to see my GP on numerous occasions about this and she made a few suggestions about what it could possibly be (she sent me for a scan to see if it was a hernia can you believe, even though I knew that it wasn't a hernia) but not once did she suggest endo. I had done some research of my own on endo and my symptoms matched exactly the same. I then suggested to another GP I spoke to that I was convinced it was endo and he actually agreed with me, so he sent me for a Laparoscopy, but to my disappointment, nothing was found and I was sent away with no answers and basically have been left to get on with it for about the last 5 or so years at least. Over the past 9 months I would say the pain seemed to fade away and hasn't been as bad as what it used to be and I just thought that was the end of it, but the PMDD symptoms were getting worse and I was off work every month for about a week, it was that bad. I had tried antidepressants but didn't like how they made me feel and only stayed on them for about 3 days and felt weird so stopped that. I then reluctantly, after a further visit to GP and referral to Gynae, decided to go on Prostrap with Livial addback and gynae said it would get rid of all my problems and make me feel wonderful. So since being on this current treatment, I had a period on the first month and the buttock pain returned with a vengeance and I was in so much pain, not period pain but the pain being concentrated and severe back on the right hand side going through groin and buttock and down my leg. Second month same pain, but not as severe, but bled for nearly 2 weeks and now after having third injection, buttock pain is back again and radiating down my leg as I type, so where do I go from here. Do I continue with this or what. I think I will ring gynae secretary tomorrow, because this needs discussing with him now and what my options are here. Anyway I'll see what happens.

Sorry, I've waffled a bit....

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Thank you Lindle. I have found your comments very helpful and will be contacting my Gynae today.

thanks again