I am sorry to hear about your daughter, and can understand the frustration that you are experiencing. The best that you can do is to provide her with information and sources, and hope that she makes good decisions for herself.

I went through the same treatment that they are suggesting for your daughter. A temporary menopause is induced with drugs...Lupron is a common one, and there are others. It produces a radical drop in hormones...especially estrogen...and can result in numerous side-effects. I quickly developed severe menopausal symptoms: hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, dramatic mood swings, depression, anxiety, fatigue. I also bled for 7(!!!) weeks when I started Lupron and had to be closely monitored for anemia. Towards the end of my six month course of treatment I also began having pain in my knee and elbow joints. Osteoporosis can begin developing while undergoing this treatment. While most of my pain reversed once the treatment ended, it never entirely went away. While I did experience some pain relief during this treatment (ahhh...but at what a price?!), I also hemmoraghed shortly after stopping the drugs and had to undergo emergency surgery, followed by two additional surgeries in 4 weeks time.

I was very fortunate to be under the care of an excellent acupuncturist at the time, and acupuncture and chinese herbs helped me considerably with dealing with many of the side-effects. I would not have been able to go through the six months of treatment without her assistance.

Clearly, not everyone has as difficult a time as I did while undergoing this treatment, although the side-effects are commonly unpleasant.

Frankly, I would never go through it again. The price to my health was far too high, and it took a long time to get my hormonal system back into balance. Pregnancy or birth control pills are often recommended following this treatment to maintain the remission...I was not prepared to become pregnant at the time, and my system could not handle the synthetic hormones in BCP. Since then I have had very good success at managing the endo with natural detoxification, herbs, natural progesterone cream and modifications to my diet and lifestyle.

Your daughter has a very difficult decision to make, and she needs to be well-informed of her options and the consequences before she makes it. I would encourage her to contact the Endometriosis Association. They are an excellent source of information for both conventional medical and natural/alternative/complementary treatments for endometriosis.