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Seasonale???
| Mon, 04-26-2004 - 3:10pm |
Can anyone tell me anything about Seasonale? I have a teenage sister, who does not like taking the pill because of the mood swings it causes. In fact, non of us take the pill because of the mood swings. I am one of 3 sisters. Because of the lower doses of progesterone and estrogen in seasonale are mood swings still a problem? and do the seasonale pills need to be taken at the same time every day like the traditional pill?
any help would be greatly appreciated :)
-Jessica

Seasonale is a monophasic pill, so for many women it *should* have less of an effect on mood swings than tri-phasic pills (like ortho-tri-cyclen, triphasil, & others) - but this does not hold true for all women!
As already pointed out, there have been a lot of complaints here lately from people having BTB on Seasonale. This is likely because period skipping (which is essentially what Seasonale is doing) does not work for ALL women, and especially does not always work the *first* time someone tries it - it seems to be something our body has to "get used to". Many women who first start BCP have BTB in the first month. If you start right into trying to go three months without a period, the likelihood of BTB is a lot higher. We're seeing a lot of it right now because this pill is so new, there aren't many people who have been on it longer than the first three-month pack.
IF I wanted to try Seasonale (I don't take any BCP anymore) & could get my doctor to agree to this, here is what I would try: Get a prescription for Nordette - the same formulation as Seasonale, packaged normally - 21 active pills, 7 placebos. Take the first pack normally, 21 active pills, 7 placebos to get a period. Keep up this one month at a time regimen until I had NO BTB during active pills. Once I was pretty sure I wouldn't get BTB taking them "normally", I would start taking two packs back-to-back, then having a period- so 42 active pills, 7 placebos to have a period. Once two months together was working with NO BTB, I would then try the three packs together & see how that worked. At this point, you're doing the same thing as Seasonale is doing in one pack, but you've eased your body into it, *hopefully* suffering less BTB that trying to go to three packs back-to-back, right off the bat. At this point, the only reason I could see for switching from Nordette to Seasonale would be if it cost less to get Seasonale.
This method might not work to reduce BTB, but it might! If anyone ever decides to try it, come back & let us know if it worked!!!
Good Luck, whatever you decide.
My next question is.....what is the differece between monophasic and triphasic pills?
-again, thanks
jessica
Monophasic pills have the same level of hormones in each dose throughout the month (21 days) and the one week of non-hormone placebo pills.
Hope that helps!
Andi in NY