I'm 18 years old, I've never had sex, and I'm on birth control for cramps. I was first on just a generic pill, but it didn't seem to work and my doctor prescribed me with Yaz. I still have cramps that are so bad some days I can't go to school or work. From what I've learned birth control is supposed to help cramps but I haven't seen these benefits yet. I have no side effects or any problems on the pill, but I'm still in pain everytime I get my period. I don't skip pills either. I'm fairly inactive and I don't have a healthy diet, but when I was on a diet and exercising for a few months the pain did not subside. Why don't birth control pills help my cramps? I know that pill periods are not menstraul periods, could the hormone withdrawal of the sugar pills be worse than my menstraul cramps?