14.5 year old daughter's periods - debilitating

[RaisingMissDaisy]

Hello all
Every month I go through the same debate in my head: should I try and put my daughter on medication to help her deal with her periods better? The first two days are always so bad she isn't able to leave the house and today, 3rd day, she is at school but keeps sending me messages (which is not allowed, she is not supposed to use her phone, but that's another matter) saying she has never felt worse and is about to throw up. She has already been to the school office to get a paracetamol. Is it ok to start messing around with her hormones at this age and put her on some kind of contraceptive pill? or is there anything else I can do? I have seen people mention naproxen, is that something we should try? I think she may not yet be quite old enough for it. Or do I just need to take her to a doctor and see what they say?
Thank you for any experiences

Definitely doctors, also Ibruprofen should help more than paracetamol, both with pain and the blood loss.

If she doesn’t want to go on the pill, prescription painkillers can also make a big difference. I really struggled as a teenager until a doctor prescribed mefenamic acid, which was like magic compared to ibuprofen.

My daughter had the same at that age. It got to the point that she couldn’t leave the house. She went on the pill for a year. It regulated her then she went off. She now has regular acupuncture and that has helped enormously, almost as good as the pill.