Wondering about symptoms???

I just have some questions I am hoping a sister or two may help answer about symptoms. I have PCOS and am used to certain symptoms around and during the time of my period (gut wrenching cramps, heavy bleeding, clots the size of golf balls, head aches and aching pain from the waist to my knees[especially the lower back and hips]).

WHat I am wondering about is whether or not my condition could be responsible for other problems during the month like: continuing lower back pain, chronic headaches, loose bowels, sore hips and swollen ankles.

Has anybody else been told that things like this, outside the time of their period, is in fact related to their illness???

I am hoping some of these things may dissipate after my visit to the castle and recovery.

Right now I blame every symptom I have all month long for months now on our condition. When I first went to my gyno he reassured me that how I was feeling was related to what was going on inside of me. I was releived to know I really wasn't losing my mind. Although there are some days when I feel like I am being attacked by every symptom and makes me feel like I could lose my mind. I to hope that after recovery I will feel like a spring butterfly.