I'm there with you--or I was. For years I took birth control non-stop to totally stop my periods, then when I came off them after my girls were born I had a horrendously painful period for 4 months--nonstop. I was 31. The thing is I had zero problems in my teenage years. None. Regular as could be, no pain, rarely cramps. Then I missed a period, went to the doctor and was told I had a cyst on my ovary. They did a laparoscopy and I came out with the diagnosis of endometriosis. At that time they took 3/4 of one ovary. When I was 31 I begged for a hysterectomy. Finally they agreed. While I am now pain-free as well as period free, there are other repercussions that I'm not thrilled with. I know there are books out there on how changing your diet can effect the endo, as well as new meds that have come along. I did find, actually, that it was harder to convince a female doctor than a male doctor. I wish you luck in finding treatment for this very painful condition. Oh, what I was told was that it doesn't matter how much endometriosis you have, if there is one pc sitting right on a nerve, that's what causes the pain. (However, when they did my hysterectomy, they said they had to literally peel my uterus off my bladder, that's how much I had that it fused the two together!)