Hey all - I've had this problem for a while but I really only just started to connect the dots today. To start off I'll say I'm NOT sexually active - I know that could affect some stuff but it can't be the case with me.

Anyway, for years I've had a fairly recurrent pain in my side. I've been to the hospital twice with this and my doctor a few times. Tests show - bloods, x-rays, ultrasounds - there's nothing wrong with my body at all. Four months ago, the last time I went to the hospital, I realised something: it happens bad around menstruation. Last month this was confirmed; the amount of pain I was on in the first day...it felt like someone had stabbed my side, it was that bad. But there's more to this story than that. Earlier this year, I stopped eating and went to the doctor. I was diagnosed with Anxiety and was put on a 10mg gram dose of anti-depressants. But the last few months, I've noticed another pattern: an intense feeling of hopelessness, depression and emotional distress that occours anywhere from a few days to a two weeks before the start of menstruation...and when it starts, those feelings are resolved and the pain starts.

Late last year, my doctor put me on the pill to help with acne. It helped, but it also made me aggressive, bloated and depressed. I went off it because of this. I've always had the pain, but the severity is new, as is the severe emotional distress - it's bad enough to make me want to hurt myself My mother has informed me that after she was pregnant, the doctors told her she had endometriosis.I know that causes pain but I don't know about the depression...what does, however, is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.

I need help with this - what do I do? Should I go to my doctor (I don't have a gyno, we don't go to one normally without a referral in Australia) and get...something? Because I can't take this horrible sharp pain, and the depression and anxiety, much longer.