Someone please help me.. my period has always been hell since the day I started when I was 11, I am about to turn 18 and I feel as if every month the cramping and my flow get worse. My period is very irregular and my flow is always super super heavy. Yesterday I started stotting and today I started my actual period. Since this morning I have had cramps that kept me from being able to go to school and barely able to get out of bed. I took medicine to help and the only thing it did was make me take a nap for an hour or two. I woke up and it's like I never even took medicine in the first place, the cramps were still there, and they were hell. My period is so heavy that today I put a super in and bled through in less than an hour.  I stopped using tampons today and used pads instead to see if that would help with the cramping and it didn't. I'm sitting here now and it's almost 12 a.m and I'm crying from fighting the urge to throw up. That's how bad the pain gets, I've been nauseated all day long and if my cramps get worse, the worse it gets too. I have cold chills like I have the flu and body aches. I'm almost to the point where I'm about to go to the hospital.. I do not think this is normal.. please someone give me advice. Is birth control a good option? I need opinions please..