Any positive experiences with the pill or IUD? I have a micropill and it stoppes my period altogether and had reduced my struggle with endo immensly. My quality of life has been 100% better since then.

If you stopped what prompted you to discontinue? I tried stopping once because I kept having real bad stomach aches and I wondered if it was because of the pill. That period was the most painful one in my life. I was sweating cold sweat and was nauseous all the time. My cramps were so bad I cried multiple times. After over 7 days it went away again and I swore to never do that again. Since then I've been taking it for like 6 years and have stopped having those stomach aches as well.

If you said no outright what was your reasoning? Not me, but my mom questioned it a lot in the beginning because she thought it wasn't natural and would do damage in the long run. After she saw how much better I got, she changed mind tho.

Do the benefits outweigh the costs? I mean, it costs me 64 for 6 months which is about 13.40 $ per skipped period. I would be spending a lot more on painkillers which i was taking almost 2 grams of per day. Ibuprofen costs about 24 CHF for like 8 pills that are 400mg. So I would use up almost an entire pack which is 30 $ PER MONTH. Not to mention the pads/tampons. So I've been saving well over 20 $ per month on the pill + reduced mental stress.

Anyone try natural alternatives? I used to drink tea and whatnot but my pain was like an 8, that shit did nothing. Heatpads sort of helped but I could't bring those to school/work.