Hi, I hope someone can help me figure out what's going on. It's kind of difficult to explain so please bear with me.
I've had these symptoms for many years, although in the last 5 years or so it is becoming more and more frequent.
I'm suffering from a sudden sharp shooting pain which feels like it is deep inside the vagina and/or anus. There is rarely a 'trigger' - It's happened when i'm sitting still, when i'm moving - any time really. It also doesn't seem to follow any pattern (happens at different times during my cycle).
The pain is hard to describe. It is a very sharp pain that takes my breath away and feels like it's very deep inside. Sometimes it feels like it's up inside the vagina, sometimes it feels like it's inside the rectum.The sharp pain lasts a few seconds but i'm always left with a painful crampy feeling afterwards. The crampy feeling is a little different to menstrual cramps. It's like a painful mixture between severe menstrual cramps and trapped wind. This crampy feeling usually continues throughout the day and is worse when moving around (particularly climbing up the stairs). When walking, it almost feels like there is some pressure, it's so difficult to explain.
The crampy feeling is up inside but also in my lower abdomen and radiates to the pubic area. I have no problems with urination, occasionally a bowel movement might make the pain worse for a little while afterwards but this usually subsides. The only thing that ever eases the pain is heat, either sitting on a hot water bottle or having a hot bath or putting pressure on the perineum.
I can remember the very first time I experienced this symptom - I was 6! The sudden sharp pain woke me up and my parents called an ambulance but by the time it arrived the pain had subsided - the doctors found nothing wrong and said maybe it was 'colic'. I didn't experience it again until I was in my teens. But it has become more and more frequent in the last five years (i'm 25 now), to the point where it happens three or four times a month.
I've had some tests including a diagnostic laparoscopy (which found nothing), pelvic scans (again nothing), a colonoscopy (nothing). My periods are regular, normal, and I usually don't experience too much pain. Sometimes I will experience the pain a few days after having sex but not always.
Anyone have any clues?