PMS, Cramps!!???!?!?!?!

PMS, Cramps!!???!?!?!?

I'm 20 years old and I've been getting my period since I was 9. My cramps seem to get worse and worse (People say they should be getting better).

I see a gynecologist at least once a year ... usually two or three times (just for checkups and such...).
To help regulate my periods and decrease the effects of PMS, I have been put on birth control.

While the pill has helped considerably with the cramps and back pains..i'm still in a LOT of pain.

I know that certian foods seem to make them worse (acidy foods it seems).. what foods should I be avoiding?

I just found out that exercise, espically the week before the period, can help with the pain..

what other things can I do to prepare my body, and possibly have less painful PMS?

eat bananas ....seriously,the potassium helps reduce cramps... exercise is good...it really does help...avoid caffiene salty foods and stuff like that...aka No junk food!!!lol. get some of those therma care patches or the equivalent... take midol...or pamprin...drink hot chamomile tea or hot mint tea...