Major period issues! Hoping to help people if they have the same problem!

I bled over 500mL a period. My period would last for months at a time. I had huge clots and it was just horrible. I couldn’t eat without throwing up etc.. I went to my doctors, and she said that I had imbalanced hormones so bad my body wasn’t going to last long in this condition. So she put me on a BC. She gave me the highest dosage they are allowed to give out l, and since then I’ve been fine. It’s still a trial and error, but so far so good. If anything like this happens to you please go to the doctor, and get the treatment you need. Because going on like how I was for years could eventually cause permanent damage.