Random chronic pain

[Caitbrooks]

Hello! Thanks for taking your time to read my message and/or help me!

I’m looking to discuss a very random chronic pain I experience. 3 times in the last week/days leading up to my menstrual cycle, I have experienced an episode of chronic period type pains after an orgasm. Extreme abdominal and/or pelvic pain, it has me rolling around on the floor silly and this pain lasts for 10-20 minutes. Consistent with no give from the pain during that time but afterward I experience no pain or normal period pains I endure, no pain after an orgasm or during sex at all until the next month (not that I’ve risked another episode days after or during my period since). I’m 19 and have never had any issues like this before.

Has anyone heard of anything like this before?

[Scotsman53]

I believe that would be called female dysorgasmia. You should seek proper medical advice. Good luck!

[Caitbrooks in reply to Scotsman53]

I looked it up but didn’t want to self diagnose, have an appointment booked for tomorrow, thanks for your input!

[cyberbarn]

I agree, you need to get proper medical advice. You can ask for an appointment with the nurse at your GP surgery that deals with female problems if you don't feel comfortable talking to your GP.

But it might help if you use the right terminology. Your pain is not random, it happens after a specific event. And it is not chronic. Chronic pain by definition lasts for over three months. The fact that after the pain passes it goes away until the next month means it is not chronic. Chronic pain is more like pain from osteoarthritis that is there all the time for more than three months.

What you are having is acute pain after a specific event. The second clue is that it happens around the time of menstruation. If you give that information to a nurse or GP they should be able to work out what is going on.

[Caitbrooks]

My main reason for the pain being randomised is that it hasn’t happened with every menstrual cycle. It happened with two, then two cycles passed and I experienced no issues and now it has resurfaced. My apologies for my incorrect terminology, I did my best to explain my situation from what I thought was happening.