" Nov. 19, 2001 -- Raven Erebus lived with symptoms of endometriosis for more than a decade before she finally found help. "I vomited constantly and experienced severe cramps and bleeding, but my doctors told me I was just trying to get attention and should see a shrink."
" Finally a friend told her about a clinic with special expertise in women's issues. "When the doctor there examined me I started crying because at last someone believed me," says Erebus, a 31-year-old living in the San Francisco Bay area.
" Unfortunately, her experience is all too common. People with chronic, difficult-to-diagnose illnesses often face doctors who don't take their symptoms seriously, as well as friends and co-workers who think they're over-dramatizing their problems."
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