It 'wreaked havoc on my life': Olivia Culpo on her struggles with endometriosis and diagnosis

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Olivia Culpo spoke about her struggles with endometriosis on Sunday in a new promotional clip for her TLC series The Culpo Sisters.'Endometriosis wreaked havoc on my life,' the actress/model, 30, told her 5.2 million Instagram followers in a clip ahead of Monday's broadcast, adding that it took her 'years and years and years to finally get a diagnosis.'The Rhode Island native said she remembered 'not being able to function' and suffered the 'type of pain that kept [her] in bed all day,' but was not able to get an immediate diagnosis.

The latest: Olivia Culpo, 30, spoke about her struggles with endometriosis on Sunday in a new promotional clip for her TLC series The Culpo Sisters'I went to doctor after doctor after doctor, I was told by every single doctor I went to - dozens - that my periods were normal that pain is normal that discomfort is normal that I just need to take medicine,' Culpo said, noting that she 'was prescribed all sorts of things and the pain was not getting any better.'The one-time Miss Universe said she 'was almost made to feel like [she] was making up [her] symptoms and overreacting,' which was 'very painful physically and also emotionally, because [her] pain was never validated.' Culpo, who has been dating Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey, 26, for three years, added: 'I knew something was wrong with my body.'In a caption on the Instagram post, Culpo expounded on her frustration prior to being diagnosed with endometriosis.