Can you have bad cramping when you stop taking birth control?

Yes is can be common. Glad you are off Birth Control pills because they aren't good for you and should only be used on a short-term basis. Birth control pills are are hormones and thus when you stop the birth control pill your body is trying to balance itself. You may experience nausea, missed periods, heaving bleeding in some cases. It's very important that you work with your doctor on this until the birth control is right out of your system (which can take a year or more.)