No,
Actually, the doctors would cut me off as soon as I said "heavy periods" and made me feel like a hypochondriac. They cut me off and didn't even listen to the litany of other symptoms, including extreme pain and migraines, etc
Angie
p.s. The following tells me I'm not a hypochondriac and deserved to be diagnosed on time, not after 25/26 years of having the disease!

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07312009/watch.html