A lot of women take BC to regulate as opposed to actual BC . definitely , I had horrendous periods which is the reason I went on bc . I ' ve tried a few different pills but there is only one that seems to work well for any length of time . Having ridiculously heavy and painful periods , and mid cycle pain was more of a libido killer for me than the bc could ever be , I ' ve switched around pills a few times because this one is known for having a much higher incidence of clotsstrokes but there is no way I could go back to living with that very difficult cycle and stay sane . <| sep |> As a European , I try to remind myself of this , but then whenever I come across American tourists in other countries which is quite often they all tend to act very similar loud , genial , a bit ignorant , etc . . Though , I once met some very polite Americans who had Canadian flags on all their stuff . They said they did it to avoid being met with prejudice and rudeness abroad , but I don ' t know if that ' s a common thing to do or not .