pill help periods??, wats the pill like to manage? Options

[Nerve_Agents!]

Hay
I have the worst period pains in the world (i am proberbly not allone!)
I faint and cause me majour probs so i was thinking of going on the pill for my periods yer i know it sorta stops them and from ther it gets complicated i was just wonderin if any one of you was on the pill for your periods and is it ok 2 manage??? i hured if you go on the pill does it up ur chances of getting brest cancer??

Things are seldom what they seem! help me!!!!

[twelveislands]

I'm on the birth control pill, I think thats the one your talking about And yeah your supposed to take it the same time every day. [types out what it says on my little leaflet that comes with the box]

What to do if you forget to take the pill.
If you forget to take the pill please follow these instructions:

1. If you are more than 12 hours late in taking a pill, or have missed more than one pill
Contraceptive protection may be lower, so you must use extra protection. Follow the instructions for the 7-Day rule.
7-day rule
- Take the most recent 'late' pill and continue to take your next pills at your normal times and
- Use an extra contraceptive method (Condoms or cap plus spermicide) for the next 7 days (if you plan on having sex) and
- if your present pack ends before the 7 days do, start the next pack the next day, without a break. Do not leave a gap between packs. You will not have a period until you have finished the next pack, but this is not harmful. You may see some bleeding on pill-taking pills, but do not worry. If you do not have a period after the second pack, you must talk to your doctor before you start the next pack.

2. If one pill is 12 hours late or less
Don't worry. Contraceptive protection should not be affected if you take the late pill at once, and keep taking your next pills at the usual time. This may mean taking two pills in one day.

[Finds about periods and mood swings]

Are there any extra benefits of the pill?
Your periods may become shorter, more regular and less painful. Heavy periods may become lighter. The symptoms that often make the last few days before a period so unpleasant (known as premenstrual syndrome -PMS-) usually disappear. Long-term use of the pill reduces your risk of cancers of the ovaries and of the lining of the womb.

[Stuff about cancer]

The pill and cancer
The pill does give a substantial degree of protection against cancers of the ovary and the lining of the womb. An increased risk of cervical cancer in long-term users of the pill has been reported in some studies. It is uncertain whether this increased risk is caused by the pill as it could be due to effects of sexual behaviour and other factors.
Every women is at risk of breast cancer whether or not she takes the Pill. Breast cancer is rare under the age of 40 years, but the risk increases as a women gets older. Breast cancer has been found slightly more often in women who take the Pill than in women of the same age who do not take the pill.



Dark bars are the people who never took the pill.

I know you can't see the picture very will  so I typed up the statistics. The numbers at top are the ages (obviously) and the numbers next to the bold stuff are how many breast cancers were reported.

Estimated number of breast cacners found in 10,000 women who took the Pill for 5 years then stopped, or who never took the pill

Under 20
Not on pill - 4
On Pill - 4.5

20 - 24
Not on pill - 16
On Pill - 17.5

25 - 29
Not on pill - 44
On Pill - 48.7

30 - 34
Not on pill - 100
On Pill - 111

35 - 39
Not on pill - 160
On Pill - 181

40 - 44
Not on pill - 230
On Pill - 262

Damn, Long post