SEASONALE Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; LEVONORGESTREL)Average Rating: 2.2 (766 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SEASONALE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEASONALE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Contraceptive | I switched from Yaz to Seasonique so that I would have fewer periods. I've been on it for 6 weeks and still haven't had any breakthrough bleeding or spotting which is nice. BUT, I feel constantly hungry, fat, bloated, and uncomfortable in my body. It doesn't matter what I eat or how much water I drink, I still feel like a disgusting, huge ogre. I've noticed that I've also developed a serious "spare tire" or "muffin top" and that the rest of my body hasn't gained at all. My hands are also so swollen in the mornings that I can't get my rings off. This stuff is gross and I'm getting off of it asap. It's not worth it. I'd rather get my period and get my body back. I'm so depressed now and feel disgusting. | F | 25 | 6 weeks | 11/20/2008 | 3 | Birth Control | CRAZY mood swings, depression, ACNE!, increased sex drive some days | Iv been taking joless(generic) for a little over 2 years now. DO NOT TAKE IT!! I never had spotting or breakthrought bleeding besides the first month. It took me a while to notice, but this pill made me extremely irritable and moody. I even became violent when i wasnt before. My skin got wayyy worse. I tried all sorts of skin products even proactive and nothing helped. Some days I wake up feeling really happy and the next day i may be very depressed. Swings from day to day. | F | 20 | 2 years | 11/15/2008 | 2 | Fewer Periods | Zero sex drive, weight gain, spotting that will not stop. | I'm on a diet and working out like crazy... I can't lose the weight. I've been spotting pretty heavily now for over a month... at fist I was getting bad cramps, which have gone. I have no sex drive at all. I'm getting off of them... not worth it. | F | 40 | 2 months | 11/14/2008 | 1 | Fewer periods | Heavy, nonstop bleeding with clots, panicky feeling and extreme anxiety, hot flashes, rapid pounding heartbeat/palpitations, weird trembly sensations all over my body, depression. | I took Seasonique for six weeks before throwing in the towel. I bled the whole time minus just a few days here and there, and the bleeding seemed to keep getting heavier. I felt extreme anxiety, panicky all the time with racing heartbeat/palpitations. I felt kind of shaky too and glucose was fine. I switched back to Ortho 7/7/7 and it took another complete cycle before I finally stopped having the BTBleeding, but I am finally back to normal again on my old tried and tested. I don't know why doctors are so gung ho over this 'skipping period' method of birth control. All it did was mess me up horribly. | F | 36 | 6 weeks | 11/11/2008 | 2 | birth control | I have been taking seasonale for roughly a year and I have been experincing extreme depression. I have never experinced depression until my doctor gave me seasonale. I had to go off of the pill b/c my depression was so severe that I was comtemplating suicide. The pill also made me moody and irrtiable. I spotted constantly and felt bloated. | I would not recommend seasonale. However everyones body is different so it might be perfect for some people. | F | 19 | 1 years | 11/9/2008 | 2 | BC | I ended up with horrible heartburn about a week into it. It also increased my anxiety so I thought the heartburn was a heart attack. I had to stop taking it and the heartburn didn't go away for about a week after that. | I have heard good things about it, everyone is different, this one was not for me. | F | 27 | 9 days | 10/30/2008 | 2 | regulation, no babies | CONSTANT spotting, break through bleeding, depression, increased sex drive, acne, weight gain, increased discharge, water retention, change in migraines, and boobs are ALWAYS tender. | I took Seasonale as a suggestion because trivora i think was making my migraines worse. i waited it out to see if it would get better and it only got worse. My migraines went away completely until a month ago, and now i've had one every day since. however, since i was seven my migraines have been in my right eye, now they are in my left eye. weird. I gained 12 lbs and got acne which i never had before. It hurts to even put on a bra and its been this way for nine months. Im done though, this is the worst bc i've ever been on. My mood did improve though, but now i'm moody again. | F | 21 | 9 months | 10/30/2008 | 1 | endometriosis | Severe and frequent migraines; extreme weight gain; bloating and swelling of my body; swelling of my neck and base of skull | F | 36 | 3 years | 10/30/2008 | 2 | Needed less & shorter periods. | Fast weight gain, bad breakouts, mood swings, extreme fatigue, pregnancy symptoms, vaginal dryness, depression, LOW sex drive, 3 day periods once a pack, breasts bigger. | I absolutely hate Seasonale!!! I was put on it because of my anemia. When I first started taking it I felt like I was pregnant, took a couple tests and both times were negative. I was hungry all the time, my sex drive was very low, I was gaining weight quickly (even though I excercise every day), and my moods were awful. I begged to be taken off and was told that my body needed time to adjust. I kept taking it and still felt the same. I forgot to take it for a few weeks and noticed I started losing weight and I just felt a lot better. I got back on it so I wouldn't get pregnant and noticed I felt lousy again. So far I've gained close to 30 pounds, I am now on a leave of absence from work due to my excessive fatigue and depression (that I NEVER had before this prescription), my sex drive is horribly low to the point that my boyfriend feels like there is something wrong with him, I cry at any given time for no reason, the list goes on and on and on. I miss the Ortho 777, but my | F | 23 | 6 months | 10/28/2008 | 3 | switched from Depo shot | Reoccurring yeast infections, discharge while having intercourse, fatigue, weight gain, | I didn't notice any real problems other than weight gain when I switch from the Depo shot which had me extremely irritable with severe mood swings. On the depo shot, instead of having my period 4x, it was reverse. I haed my period or about 22 weeks out of the year. Then I switched to Seasonale - which worked fine. I didn't mind the weight gain because I was too thin anyway. But then as soon as I was given the generic brand - QUASENE - in 2007, I noticed a discharge where I would need to use a panty liner. Then it got worse. I also started to have reoccurring yeast infections and a heavy discharge when having sex. I mentioned it to my doctor and that maybe it was the fact that i switched to this generic brand. I also had heart palpitations and anxiety. Last Christmas I thought I was having a heart attack! I went to a Cardio specialist and they did all of these test and nothing!! I thought I might of had an STD - nothing!! After reading these blogs - I am sure it is this GENERIC brand be | F | 36 | 4 years | 10/26/2008 | 5 | regulate my cycle | I have not experienced any bad side effects. Only occassional spotting only if I forget to take the pill for one day. | I believe my situation is unique. I had my tubes tied when I was 29 years old after the birth of my second child. I did not want to take BC. But then I started to have very irregular periods,(bleeding from 3 days, other times 15 days)I'd also get headaches, get acne, get depressed and had low sex drive. Even though I had a tubel, I suggested to my doctor to put me on the pill to regulate my cycle. After several years, I tried different pills and I was still irregular and moody. At the age of 39 or 40ish another gyno suggested Seasonale. I start taking Seasonale, and it worked GREAT, my cycle gradually regulated after 3 months, my depression went away, I was happy, happy, cheery all the time. My headaches went away. My sex drive came back. I'm 45 years old now, I don't know how I will live without Seasonale (now generic form due to insurance) if taken off the market. But this is my experience, everyone responds differently to any medication. So talk to your doctor about yo | F | 45 | 3 years | 10/23/2008 | 2 | to improve hygiene | I put my daughter on Seasonale to improve hygeine as she has multiple handicaps and is unable to take care of herself. Since that time she has began to have seizures. Doctors say it is not related to the pill. MRI results later this week. She is unable to talk, but is more lethargic and even more so on seizure med. I sure am not wanting to harm her just to make her less moody during her peirods. HELP! | F | 2 months | 10/21/2008 | 1 | Birth Control | From the first time i took the pill i received headaches and vision was off. My period stayed off for one week and came back on and its been on now for 3 weeks. My cramps was so painful that i stayed in the bed for 3 days. I going to stop taking them because its only making me sick. | F | 22 | 1 months | 10/17/2008 | 4 | Prevent unwanted pregnancy | Vaginal dryness. I mean DRY!! | UUUUGH! I love the fact that I only have a few periods a year but jeez! What good is it if you can even produce your own moisture? I don't want to stop taking it because that is the only side effect but still it is a biggie. I have tried products like astroglide and Replens to help.. but alas I believe that I will just have to go back to regular normal tricylenLo or something. I'm sick of birth control; maybe i'll get my tubes tied or something... | F | 23 | 9 months | 10/6/2008 | 1 | Bircth control, ovarian cysts | TONS of weight gain. Low sex drive, bloating | I've been on Seasonale for six months now and it is horrible. I've been on birth control for six years and this is by far the worst birth control i've ever been on. I've gained 20 pounds in six months and I cannot get it off. I'm switching back to YAZ my next doctor's appt. in a few weeks and I can't wait. | F | 19 | 6 months | 10/2/2008 | 3 | Fewer Periods, Protection, acne | Oily face, increase in acne, some spotting. | I took Seasonale for 3 months. The first pack was fine, once I took the second pack I spotted for almost 2 weeks which is normal. The only thing I did not like about this pill is it made my skin oily and I had a pimple pop up every single day! I switched over to Desogen and already my face is clearing up. | F | 23 | 3 months | 9/30/2008 | 2 | Irregular periods | Weight gain, dryness, loss of sex drive, insomnia, very heavy breakthrough bleeding | I started this pill when I was 18. I'm now 23, and switched to the generic brand about a year ago. Three times since starting the pill I've had incredibly heavy "breakthrough" bleeding, where I'd find lumps of grey tissue among the blood - it just didn't seem normal to me. I've gained most of my weight (25-30 pounds altogether) in the "pooch" below my belly button, and I can't get rid of it! I've noticed more and more that I've got dryness and less interest in sex over the years. I had no idea of the side effects of my pill; because I've been on it so long, I just thought that while my body wasn't "normal" that's how I was supposed to be. Once I run out of this last pack I have no intentions of staying on Seasonale/Seasonique/Quasense. | F | 23 | 5 years | 9/30/2008 | 1 | fewer periods | I had extreme mood swings and depression just a week after starting the pill. I mentally never felt so horrible in my life. | F | 7 days | 9/29/2008 | 1 | Birth control | Tenderness, bleeding that WOULD NOT STOP (it was more than "break through")! | After having regular periods and no female issues, I wound up having to have a D & C after using this drug. The lining in my uterus did not shed correctly while using this medication. This was over three years ago, and am back to normal completely. Have had no issues since the D&C. From my experience, this med needs to be taken OFF THE MARKET. If I had not been "cleaned out", it might have led to cancer! Who knows?! | F | 34 | 2 months | 9/20/2008 | 3 | birth control | breakthrough bleeding, cramps, clotting | I have been on birth control for over a year, and switched to seasonale about two months ago. I have been cramping for about a week now and having a period. I was not supposed to have my period for almost two more weeks. Seasonale is not worth this at the high price that it is being sold for. | F | 17 | 2 months | 9/11/2008 |