it's all over the charts! most of them lessen how heavy your flow is/your pain (birth control is very, very commonly prescribed to help with awful periods because it really helps simmer down your symptoms), but you still have a monthly bleed. then there are some that only make you have a few periods a year. and then there are some that completely stop it altogether. of course you kind of have to shop around to find something that works for your body, but there are a ton of options out there. it just depends on whatever a woman wants

it's honestly pretty amazing when you start looking in to it