Help! is there any way to make peiods lighter ?

i had my period for about 3 years now maybye more when i first started i was really light and now im really heavy and i get really bad cramps i use the highest absorbancy tampons you can get but i still manage to leak , i know i could wear a pad but i really dont like them also ive tried the docters but she just gave me the contraceptive pill which i dont like either is there any natural remedies or anything i could do to make them lighter and less painfull?