So I have a long history with very heavy and painful periods. I started birthcontrol my freshman year to try to regulate and calm down my period. I started with depo for 2 years which helped me get it to where I pretty much didn’t have a period but I would still get really bad cramps as if i did have it. I then switched to an IUD but my sister had some complications with hers so my mom was constantly making me stressed out about it. The iud almost made everything worse. Completely random periods. I got it removed after a year and a half since I was always nervous. I get a type of migraine that makes it so I cannot have any extra estrogen with risk of stroke so my bc options are limited. I lost my health insurance so i thought I would try a pill with no estrogen and it made me feel terrible. Now I haven’t been on any bc since July and my periods are still insane. I will go through an ultra tampon in 30 minutes the first 2 days and then a super plus every hour or so the next 3-4 days. I get huge clots to where I probably shouldn’t wear tampons but I am allergic to most pads. I have actually been put in the hospital a few times due to how much I bleed. I had to get a blood transfusion once after almost falling over at work. My cramps can drop me to the ground and as a hairstylist I can’t really take days off to deal with cramps. I keep the thermacel heating pads on since Advil doesn’t really help. Idk if this could be endo or what