I Used to Be Incapacitated by Period Pain. Birth Control Gave Me My Life Back

glamour.com:

extreme period pain and symptoms: I’d spend more than a week vomiting and sweating, with and heavy bleeding. I was missing out on life.

During my periods, I was in so much pain that I couldn’t focus on anything other than trying to . I missed classes each month, but I was visibly unwell and the majority of my absences were excused.

I spent hours catching up on missed lectures or assignments. In one instance, my symptoms hit while I was at the salon for a hair appointment.

I was sweating, shaking, and vomiting, and started crying and pacing because I couldn’t sit still in the pain. I used to have to get up in the middle of the night to take an hour-long shower to cool myself down and soothe my period pain.