<p>Physician here. You need to be evaluated by a physician, preferably a gynecologist. S/he can tell you possible remedies based on your particular problem. I still remember the dorm floor girl, also not sexually active, in the early 70s who took BCPs for menstrual difficulties. Endometriosus is a disorder that can occur (you can look it up, no need to discusss it as it would need to be to cover everything here) that may be helped by BCPs (or even just Advil/ibuprofen). A discussion and exam by a physician should help you learn the probable cause, and therefore useful treatments for your symptoms.</p>
<p>A good number of birth control pills will decrease acne. It’s just not all of them have gone through the trouble of getting it as an official indication through the FDA. Some of them do cause acne, though. It all depends on the progesterone. Loestrin is one of the worst in terms of causing acne.<br>
Birth control pills are very well absorbed by the body. The progesterones have the issue with them being deactivated in the liver, and not so much the estrogens.
Hopefully, the issue of whether or not birth control pills increase the risk of breast cancer will be clarified in another few years. A risk factor in breast cancer is the amount of estrogen exposure, thus the idea that the increase estrogen in BCPs will lead to higher levels of breast cancer.</p>