Seasonale
Find a Conversation
Seasonale
| Mon, 05-31-2004 - 9:01pm |
Has anyone been taking this and having lots of spotting? I've been on it 4wks and got all the symptoms that I was going to start a period, bloating, cravings etc and have been spotting for 10 days. Anyone had good or bad expiriences with this? I'm trying to decide if I'm going to stay on it. Thanks for all input.

Pages
I started out with problems from Seasonale regarding acne, panic, moodiness, and hunger/weight gain in addition to the breakthrough bleeding. Durring the the first month I began a period a few days before the final week, when I would normaly have a period. The period was more painful than I was used to (since I don't really have cramps) and lasted about five days longer than normal. In addition, it was almost all "clots" and "gel-like" rather than a normal "flow". Still, I did as told and kept taking them and held out hope for things to get better. Half way through the second month my panic dissapeared, I no longer have the hunger, my weight is back to normal, my skin is better than before, the moodswings are gone, and best of all the breakthrough bleeding lasted only about four days in the second month and was so light that I only needed panty liners for it. I am hopeful that the next no-period month will go very well, perhaps without any bleeding at all. And I hope the scheduled period won't be too harsh. I am very happy with Seasonale now and glad I did stick it out.
I had to do an active to active back to back one year on vacation and had no problem. So I started to wonder if I could just keep doing that for a while to avoid my period. If it IS safe not to have a "pill period" why not just use the same birth control you use now and back to back them?? Right now I'm on Yasmin and it is working well for me...before I was on Demulen (sp?) and that was cool for a while, but I started to get bad "sick" headaches around my period time with that. So with Yasmin, I still get "sick" headaches, but not nearly as often or as bad.
Of course I would call my doctor to make sure it was okay to use the active packs back to back, but I just wondered if anyone already does that with their regular BCPs and how they like it...
Many women have been skipping their periods for years using regular monophasic pills. Monophasics have all 21 active pills with the same dosage of hormones and are much more likely to allow skipping without irregular bleeding than trying to skip on a triphasic pill such as OTC. There is nothing 'different' about Seasonale (it is the same formulation of hormones as the 21/7 regimen pill Nordette) except that it has been tested and approved for an extended cycle regimen of 84/7. Talk to your doc beforehand but you could try skipping on Yasmin and see how it works for you. Let us know how you're doing, ok?
Good luck
Jill
I'm on my second pack of Seasonale, and so far I think it's the best continuous birth control pill I've ever tried. I did have "spotting" (a week long period) after weeks 2 and 8 but I have not had any since. I am at the end of my second week in my second pack and haven't had any sign of starting a new period. I didn't have a period during my week of inactive pills because I had a laparoscopy that week (I take CBCP's for endometriosis). I have taken other BCP's like Yasmin and Lo-ovral continuously previous to Seasonale so that might be why my body didn't have such a hard time adjusting.
Good luck with whatever you decide. If the discomforts are not worth the possible long term benefits for you, then you might want to look into other options, and there are tons of them out there!
Danielle
I have tried many types of BCPs and some are better than others for me. . .On Ortho Tri Cyclen I had terrible mood swings. On Yasmin I felt great but my blood pressure shot up (and I've never had high blood pressure before). I'm taking Microgestin now and my bp is back to normal, with a little spotting but not too bad.
Kimberly
Kimberly---Momma to Brady born 06/16/05---New Baby due 03/11/09
<a href="
I'm hoping that this spotting will decrease or go away entirely in the next pack. For what it's worth, this is my first time spotting on this pill. I think it's just that right now 10+ weeks is too long for my uterus without an off week. ;)
Pages