((((NuckingFuts)))) I feel for you.. I've been living with horrible period problems since I was about 14 or 15 (am now 28).. my mom always said that it just 'runs in the familiy' and that it's normal for some women and I never even considered getting it checked out and therefore never really thought to ever mention it to my doctor. I think at one point I may have asked her for pain meds and she did give me something called ponstan or something like that but we never really talked about my period issues since. I think it's time maybe to re mention it to her!