I have Hashimoto and a couple of months ago was finally diagnosed with endometriosis through an MRI and think I'm having a realization that the chronic joint pain I associated with Hashi might actually be caused by endometriosis.

I've had debilitating joint and muscle pain for years that greatly improved in the last few years, I thought, due to medication. At around the same time I also stopped menstruating using BC and my health improved in general, but sometimes the BC is not enough to avoid some spotting and cramping which I have been dealing with for the last few days and at the same time my joint pain increased as well. Could both things be related?