Periods on Seasonale, more painful
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Periods on Seasonale, more painful
| Tue, 06-15-2004 - 4:17pm |
I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience. I'm on my 2nd pack of Seasonale and my periods have been extra painful. I'm wondering if it's a combo of my period and IBS (my doctor didn't quite believe that one).
I've been on BC for years and had no problems til recently. Seasonale is great for the first 2 months, then I start feeling funky. No bleeding, but crampy and just off.
On a 4 week pill, my periods had gotten painful--especially when going to the bathroom so I decided to try Seasonale to make the pain less frequent, but my first period on Seasonale was extreme--and it took 2 weeks to get over all symptoms (cramps, constipation).
Anyone have a similar experience?

There are other reasons that periods can be painful, it might be worth pushing the gyn to see what the root cause might be. Endo is only positively diagnosed with a laparoscopic surgery as far as I know, but an ultrasound may be able to show things like ovarian cysts or fibroids.
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Guess we'll have to try to figure out if it's the extended cycle or the specific hormones in Seasonale.