okay so yea I'm new but I've had my period for 2 years now and there's been times where it's hurt so much with cramps and pains that I didn't sleep for 2 days because the pain was keeping me up and I'm not someone who cries over cramps too much I push them down and deal with them but last month they were so bad I was actually screaming and my mom who has no idea since hers we never that bad didn't know what to do exactly but my birth mother said she had such bad periods when she was younger she was sent to the hospital for them. It's 5:30 am and I feel like my hips are being compressed and my thighs like being put through a meat grinder and Advil (ibuprofen) no longer works for me, nor Tylenol or any other cramp reliever really. I went to my doctor about this and with how hard enough it already is to understand her and the fact I was still on my period and emotional and just so done with everybody I wanted to punch her when she said "the ONLY option is to try birth control" she didn't mention any other pill like some have gotten referred to take by their doctor she didn't give me any options like my mom had for her extreme pains when she was younger and so almost every month I'm pretty much awake for 7 days straight crying from 12 to 5 in the morning or later. Are there any other pills or things out there that I should know about to ask my new doctor for?? id like to know pretty soon because i cant deal with these cramps anymore and my dad who has not one clue as of to how bad my cramps are is constantly getting me to help him lift heavy things and run around constantly and that's not necessarily a period helper for me-.-