. the doctor definitely belittled the pain. oh, just make sure she starts taking tylenol a few days before the period. you start with the regular strength tylenol. i ve definitely gone up from the 200 to now 800 milligrams that i used a couple of times a day. after, you know, 37 years, it takes a toll for someone to dismiss you and say, yeah, i hear you are in pain. just do this. you start to think, well, i guess this is a me problem. so many of us have been there, doctors dismissing our pain only to later find out it s not a me problem. infertility with black women and fibroids and endo met triosis we share waiting for media cocatch