I just started taking seasonale on sunday. I am not taking it for bc, but to help with very heavy periods. If you do some searching on the web, you will find that it isn't a very popular pill. In fact, my doctor was surprised when I asked about it.

Most of the posts that I have read commented that there was too much spotting and btb with seasonale. My doctor said that he doesn't get many request for it because most of his patients aren't comfortable with having only 4 periods per year.


It has been 10 years since the last time I was on bc. My hubby had a vasectomy; therefore, it was unnecessary. Aside from wondering if i'll suffer from too much spotting and btb, my main concern is the cost. I'm not sure how much of the cost will be covered by my insurance since I didn't pay for the pack that I just started (sample from doc). I have done some research and found that there are at least 5 other pills that are supposedly the same as seasonale, but they are packaged for monthly use. Anyone of those would be a cheaper alternative to seasonale. I have been researching other monophasic pills as well since any of those can be used continuously to skip periods.


Are you currently taking seasonale? If so, how long have you been taking it? Any side effects thus far?

Tabby

I took seasonale for anout a year and a half. It worked great, but in the last 6 months, I had a lot of breakthrough bleeding. One great thing though, is that I had very light periods, and actually missed them for three cycles. If you are not concerned about becoming pregnant, or the stress of missed periods for nine months, I would reccommend it as long as your spotting is not too bad. Also, I did not really gain weight and had virtually no side effects (except that my boobs grew)

I went on Seasonale Nov. 2006 and expected a few changes as my body got adjusted to having 4 periods. I didn't expect a 21 day period for the first adjustment!! It was heavy, then light, then heavy..I was exhausted from pms symptoms that never went away. My doctor assured me this would end once I started the next 3 month pack. When that one began, about halfway into it, I started bleeding again before I was supposed to actually start. That lasted 19 days! The doctor's office said it was normal, but I didn't feel normal. I felt horrible! They kept said it would change the longer I took Seasonale but I didn't believe it especially after the second 3 month pack was not faring any better than the first. I switched to tricyclen after I finished the second set of Seasonale. It has been 3 months & my body is still trying to readjust. My cycle is supposed to be normal, but it's still a bit erratic. Not to mention I believe it affected the rest of my hormones making them out of whack.

Before I went on Seasonale, I was like clockwork! I'm waiting for the day to be somewhat normal again!!