Hi I had this and was pulling my hair out trying to get doctors to listen to me -that my periods were not normal. I had awful pain with tissue and black/brown blood.I had a laparoscopy and they found endometriosis.But after treatment I still had these weird periods-in end-im not trying to scare you-but I had a hysterectomy because I was always in pain wth these horrid unusual periods-they then found scar tissue(adhesions) that was causing all this-i couldnt understand why they could not see this before. Anyway I am 110¾tter. My gynae said that any surgury you have leaves scar tissue-unfortunatly I had a bad reaction.
I hope you get sorted.I knew in my own mind my periods wernt normal-even though I was told 100 times it was.You know your own body than anyone else.
Good luck.
Tes1971

I went back to my gyn because now i'm 4 months out from surgery and having "periods", cramps and backaches just as severe as before. After my surgery my doctor told me that I did not have endometriosis, everything was clean. Then when I started with this problem he told me my endo was back. I thought I never had endo? I am seeking another opinion because I no longer trust this Dr. He told me i'm bleeding from my cervix because there is a 3mm piece of endo tissue and it probably won't go away. All I wanted was to be out of pain, so I could function, now i'm more of a mess than when I started. Oh yea, i'm still really sore across my abdomen and don't know why.

It sounds like endo symptoms you have-it dosent help when you are told different things-as you will end up going round the bend. I was first diagnosed with endo-i had-liver like clots/brown/black blood at the beginning and end of my period. Pain was nearly everyday especially around ovulation. Dull,dragging ache. Anyway the second lap I had was to remove the endo but guess what? There wasnt any and they discharged me-i was mortified-as far as I was concerned I was still living with this problem.
After yrs of depression because noone understood me I decided to have a hysterectomy-full abdominal 3 wks ago and they found adhesion on my ovary that was heavily embedded to my bowel.
The question they cant answer me is why did they not notice this before?
Have you tried hormonal treatment-as demetriose worked for me but I could only stay on it for 6 mths-i was totally pain free.That way they knew for certain that the pain was gynacological as they thought I had irritible bowel??!!
There is hope besides surgery if you have endo,they have lots of treatments if you can tolerate them.
Wish you all the best of luck. People dont understand what pain you are in unless they have had it.