I take the pill as I get really bad periods and I’ve been on it for years. I am really wanting to stop it but worried about my periods being bad again. Is it bad or are there any long terms side effects from being on the pill for such a long time?

Birth control won’t affect your body, no. But adjusting being off can take up to 12 months. However since you’ve been on it for years your body might have made natural changes which you’re unfamiliar with because you haven’t experienced it. It’s impossible to say whether your periods will still be bad, for some people it improves as they grow older, for some it doesn’t.