So before I started taking the combination pill, I used to get horrible episodes of vomiting right before my period and somewhere around ovulation. It was awful! It would be over within a day but would start completely out of the blue and last for anywhere from 6 to 12 hours. It was absolutely debilitating and the longer I was off birth control, the more regular these became.
It started as an occasional occurrence but quickly increased to happening twice a month around my period and ovulation times. I also started getting terrible migraines but I'm unsure if this was related since I can't remember if the migraines were around the time of my cycle.
I didn't have much period pain otherwise. I'd get occasional cramps, but nothing unbearable. It's mainly the hours of vomiting and lying on the bathroom floor that I'd rather not experience again.
To give you a better idea as well, this all started when I was 13 before I ever went on birth control. It occurred every few months. When I was 14, I went on birth control and it stopped. Between the ages of 21-23, I went off birth control again. I didn't have the problem for a while, but about 6 months to 1 year off the pill, it started again. Within 6 months of the symptoms starting, it had increased to twice a month, without fail. I went back on birth control and it stopped again.
I never got an answer as to what this was. When I told my doctor about it, she just said, well it seems like the birth control helps and never addressed it again.
Now (a few years later), my new doctor is having me switch from the combination pill to the progestin only pill for health reasons and I'm concerned that this will become a problem again. Since it was my first visit with her and she seemed kind of rushed, I didn't think to tell her about these episodes because I hadn't had to deal with them in years!
So my main question is: What caused these episodes? Is there a name for it?
Could this be a problem again since I won't have the added estrogen on the mini pill?
How can I talk with my doctor about this so she doesn't write it off as normal PMS? (it's definitely not!)
Any input would be more than helpful! Thank you!