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All I can say is that birth control and prescription pain medication have been a blessing for me. Now that I am older than I once was (a little bit), and know things I didn't know then, I can manage my pain much better--usually without prescription-strength medication, though when it gets bad enough I pop several Aleve per doctor's orders. I am on Nuvaring and deliberately use 2 rings in a row (7 week cycle) so as to cut down on the number of periods I have. Before birth control and getting a prescription pain reliever, I would miss 2-3 days of school a month, basically crippled. I'd throw up and pass out from the pain--not a good combination. Now I don't have nearly so many problems; between meditation, yoga, birth control, and the occasional Aleve it's mostly manageable now. Occasionally I still have days where the Aleve just doesn't work and I just have to ride it out.
As for the more emotional rollercoaster symptoms--most of those evened out when I went on anti-depressants. Furthermore, being on BC makes PMS entirely predictable--which is rather nice.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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