birth control
"I had such a bad experience with the  copper Iud. Insertion was pretty bad but not as bad as the 5 years I spent with it. My cramping was so unbearable I would keel over in pain 1 week before my period during my period and 1 week  after not to mention that my periods were extremely heavy I would go through a 30 pack of "jumbo"  
tampons and would still have to wear a pad because I would leak through within a couple hrs the shortest my periods would last were 8 days and longest would be 10 to 12 days I have recently had it removed and it was the best decision I have ever made.  My periods have gone back down to only 3 days a month with no cramping at all and oddly enough my sex drive has come back.  This wasn't the birth control for me!"