For those of you who read the list hoping for some tidbits you hadn ' t heard of here ' s an extra one not on the list Take vitamin E and Cod liver oil capsules starting about a week before and during the bad cramp days of your period , and if your breasts get sore Borage oil helps . I did this until I was allowed to go on birth control was teenager at the time , parents took convincing . . I had cramps from hell and these supplement help A LOT , but nothing helped more than the birth control . Going from being crippled for a day and needing Tylenol with codeine to only having to take a tylenol once or twice a year . Yeah . <| sep |> thanks so much for reply <| sep |> And tell my sister , I said . hello <| sep |> Yes but use it in your butt first .