My cramps are semi strong. They come the first day I come one my period. Usually I just take to Aleve and 30-45 minutes later, my cramps are gone. That the easiest part of the whole process. The worst part for me is the PMS before hand. This last time, the day before I started, I was eating like it was going out of style. Now if they could find a cure for PMS, I'd be one happy girl