Im having very painful periods,why?

Ive always had very very painful periods and they're getting very hard to deal with. If im getting my period I can't do anything that whole day,Im glad it never comes on a day that I have work,but once it did, and I tried to get over it but I had to ask to go home.

This time, I was having cramps a week before I got my period, then this morning I got my period and I was in an extreme amount I pain.

I felt flushed/feverish,very lightheaded, I couldn't stay standing up,or lay down, I had to just sit. I also felt very sick with diarrhea and I had nausea,threw up. This is all in addition to painful cramps that radiate to my back and legs. The only thing that seems to help is midol/naproxen sodium. If I take midol,I fall asleep for a nap and within 3 hours im somewhat okay and functional again.Ive heard of something called dysmenorrhea,does this sound like it? Also how will a doctor know if I have the "healthy" kind or the kind that is caused because of another disease?Hows it treated?

actually i used to have particularly horrible periods. they included diarrhea, nausea, dizzyness, vommiting, TERRIBLE cramps... and ibuprofen was no longer enough. So I went to the gynocologist and she diagnosed me with dysmenhorea, which simply means painful/bothersom periods. she first prescribed me with an extra strength ibuprofen, but that in itself did work. so i went back about two months later and she put me on loestrin24, which so far (ive been on it for almost 4 months) has worked very well in getting rid of nausea and HORRIBLE cramps. it even lightened my flow which is why i was always so light headed. so maybe think about going to the gynecologist/primary care doctor and getting birth control. they didn't even do an internal on me for it. hope this helps.

they also told me it could be a sign of endometriosis, but said they couldn't tell for sure unless they did surgery (which i did NOT want). just keep it in mind if all else fails.

I am not sure about what causes these symptoms, but I know a little bit about it. My step-mother had the same kind of thing when she was younger. Her doctor put her on BC which made it controllable with just ibuprofen.

Most people who have painful periods take medication to take care of it.

But there are possiblities for it to be:
-Primary dysmenorrhea (refers to menstrual pain that occurs in otherwise healthy women. This type of pain is not related to any specific problems with the uterus or other pelvic organs.)
-Secondary dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain that is attributed to some underlying disease or structural abnormality either within or outside the uterus.)

You can find more about it at the link:

i have these same symptoms...and i have been having them since i was 12 and i am now 19. it's so hard to do normal things when u are in so much pain. i usually take ibprofen for the pain and then i go take a nap. other than that, i don't know how to get rid of the pain.