Controlling your cycle naturally?

Hey all. So I'm 20 years old and just got put on my third birth control pill in six years. I started the pill because my periods were heavy and painful and I was in so much pain I couldn't function. I even went off my last pill for a few months before I began this one and I felt a million times better for the first month or so. My sex drive was amazing, (tmi but) lube was no longer necessary, and I felt normal. Then this past cycle I was in so much pain I couldn't stand it. I went to the doctor and they tested and scanned for everything and said I was just fine. That my periods just affected me differently. So they put me on a new pill to "put my ovaries to sleep" so they wouldn't cause me so much pain. As far as avoiding pregnancy, I've been really getting into tracking cycle and preventing it naturally. I've even ordered a couple books. But my question is, is there a natural way to make my cycles less...hellish?