My last period was in the beginning of December. The cramps were painful enough that I had leave work for a few minutes and sit in my car. It hurt to walk, stand, sit, or lay. Now I am used to pretty bad cramps but these were severe. I was scheduled to start my period the 10th of this month and sure enough I started my cramps like usual but I woke up at 5 am with the most painful cramps. I went to the restroom and for 30 mins I felt the most excruciating cramps non stop. I went hot and cold, I was sweating, and then I got nauseous and started heaving like I was going to throw up. I finally forced myself to stand up and take pain pills... and I took a lot of them and that is when the pain finally subsided. I felt very shaky and my stomach and head ache. Please help! Has anyone had this before and if so what did you do! Thank you