Yasmine versus Seasonale
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Yasmine versus Seasonale
| Tue, 09-21-2004 - 12:30am |
Hello everyone! Okay.. I was on Cyclessa for about 6 months, and I stopped about a month ago. Well, it REALLY helped my physical symptoms (like heaviness, cramping, bloating, back pains), but I stopped it because I began to have mood swings and uncontrolable emotions, even when I was not PMSing. I'm not sure if the Cyclessa was the cause of this, but I cannot figure out what else it could be???? Well, my doctor recommended that I take Yasmin or Seasonale. She did not tell me which one would be better, she just told me it's a matter of whether I want 4 periods a year, or 13 a year. Does anyone suggest one form of birth control over the other for this type of problem? (That is, my emotional unstablility!) I need some mental relief here!! Thank you in advance!! :) :)

Cyclessa is a triphasic pill (three different dosages of hormones during the 3 active pill weeks) and triphasics are more likely to cause moodiness than are monophasic pills (ones that have the same dosage of hormones in all active pills), such as Yasmin or Seasonale. Yasmin has a unique progestin so it is difficult to compare it with other monophasic pills. Some members love Yasmin and others don't. It's a very individual thing as to how your body will react to the hormones in a particular pill.
Seasonale has the same formulation of hormones as Nordette a 21/7 regimen pill that has been around for a while. There have been a lot of posts about Seasonale and most of them deal with the side effect of irregular bleeding during the first 2 or 3 extended cycles while your body adjusts to being continuously on hormones. Women who haven't had that side effect or who have stuck it out until their bodies adjusted, seem to like Seasonale.
It's up to you which you want to try, but keep in mind that if you like Yasmin there is nothing to prevent you from taking it continuously (beginning the actives from the next pack immediately without having a hormone free week) for 3 packs so you could use it in an extended cycle manner.
Let us know what you decide and how you're doing, ok?
Good luck,
Jill
Between Yasmin and Seasonale, one isn't necessarily better than the other, one might be better for YOU than the other, they might both be good, or they might both be not good, the only way to know is to try. They have the same estrogen dose. Yasmin has a new progestin that is not derived from testosterone like the progestins in the other pills. One of the properties of drospirenone, the progestin in Yasmin, is that it counteracts the tendency for water weight gain that afflicts some women. The progestin in Seasonale is good at controlling uterine bleeding, and it's found in a number of pills.
I know that probably doesn't help, but you've got more than the two options that your doctor suggested--any of them might be good, you'll have to pick one and check it out! Your doctor may have suggested Yasmin and Seasonale because they're hot on the market right now and there's LOTS of advertising for them.
Good luck, let us know how things are going?
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