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I'm new here.
I'm 15 and have had my period since I was 10 (yeah, tragic. haha). In the past few years though, I've gotten awful cramps on my first day each month. They are so severe that I can't do anything but lay in bed with a heating pad and hope I fall asleep. I've tried lots of Tylenol and Advil. I've even gone to the doctor for it. He told me to take a certain amount of Alieve, I don't remember what it was, I think it was jsut twice the reccommended dosage. That didn't do anything for me. Yesterday I took Motrin 800 (leftover from the dentist) which hardly worked and Vicodin (also from the dentist) which hardly did anything. Even after taking both of these, I was still in of pain. I've used heating pads, tried hot showers, stretching, all the things I've ever heard to do. Nothing works. When I went to the doctor before, he said the only other thing to do would be to put me on birth control.

Is this really the only option? I mean, I'm young, so I feel really uncomfortable of having to get looked at down there (my mom said that's what they have to do, is it true?). I'm also worried about all of the side affects.

So what I really would like to know, is what do you think would be best for me to do?