Sleepovers to sleepless nights

Samara Davis, 20, Portsmouth

Try as I might, I just couldn’t focus on the exam paper in front of me.

I was sitting my GCSEs – the pathway to A levels, then uni.

I had to do well.

But all I could think about was the pain I was in.

I was 16 and suffered heavy and painful periods.

Every month, I’d be bed-bound.