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 |
| 5 | to prevent pregnancy & flow | None... love it... | F | 54 | 6 years low dose | 10/27/2015 | 1 | Birth ckntrol | Weight gain. Mood swings! No sex drive! Didn't care much about anything. Difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. Complete loss of ambition or care | F | 29 | 4 months | 9/30/2015 | 4 | Very heavy and long periods. | Seasonale cleared up my acne almost completely, no weight gain, and little cramping. Sometimes I get constant horrible headaches for weeks at a time but then they clear up. | These past weeks, since I started school again, I've been having really bad headaches again as I did during winter last year. Im almost considering getting off the pill. But I think Id rather deal with the headaches than deal with periods every month again. But, it does seem like the longer im on the pill the worst and longer the headaches last. But the pill does have some great benefits! | F | 17 | 4 years .15 | 9/23/2015 | 1 | ovarian cysts, painful periods | My obgyn prescribed this instead of ortho tri to keep me from getting my period and he said my cramps would get better. 4-5 months into it my cramps reduced in severity by half. This was so amazing that I didn't even notice that by 6 months in I was thinking about suicide daily. I was ungodly depressed and I picked fights w everyone, strangers too. I really thought it was just me. It happened so gradually and I never considered my bc. Not once. I became convinced I had now developed a mood/personality disorder. I made an appt to get tested and only 100% depression came as results. I began to plan my death as it felt comforting bc i hated myself. Then my mom came to visit and she saw the change. I started to read things about seasonale. IT ALMOST MADE ME KILL MYSELF. I love myself and I life myself and I have everything to live for. But it made me lose my bf, friends, I lost my loans for college and I wasted a year of my life wondering WHAT HAPPENED TO ME! This particular progestin is really messed up. | TAKE WITH EXTREME CAUTION | F | 34 | 1 years normal dos | 6/1/2015 | 1 | To prevent pregnancy | Awful depression, mood swings, lack of a sex drive, tiredness, numbness and tingling in toes, feet, and hands, sleeplessness. | It's turned me into a different person, and I'm on the lowest dosage. | F | 26 | 6 months 0.1/0.02 | 5/6/2015 | 2 | Endometriosis, pregnancy prevention | Weight gain, depression, fatigue, irritability & mood swings, loss of sex drive, IBS, acne, extreme itchiness (scalp, chest & back), difficulty staying asleep. | I started taking seasonale 2 years ago after being on Yasmin for 8 yrs. I always wondered why I feel the way I do, and after a heated discussion with my husband about my loss of sex drive, I decided to do some research. Wow am I thankful I ended up here. I've never had a problem with weight gain, or depression. I've put on 15 lbs since taking this medication, and I am always tired & feeling depressed. I could literally sleep for days, except I don't sleep soundly at all. I have insane dreams, and terrible night sweats. I feel bloated, slow, and lethargic most of the time. I walk a lot, and exercise regularly, and my tummy has grown enough that I never want to wear a bathing suit again. I am newly married and should be in my PRIME but I feel like garbage! I'd rather suffer the pain of endometriosis each month than go much longer feeling like this. :( | F | 27 | 2 years | 4/1/2015 | 5 | Extremely heavy frequent periods | None except cramping during the week off the pills and mild headaches when restarting the pills. No weight gain, no acne, no depression - I think it may have actually made me happier and more positive. Way lighter and infrequent periods. Totally worth the mild side effects for me. | This medication has been great for me. I had extremely heavy bleeding and huge blood clots that made it hard to do anything for 7-8 days out of 20. I also had iron deficiency. I've been taking this for 5 years and it's been amazing only having periods four times a year. Also, they're way lighter and more manageable. | F | 24 | 5 years 1X day | 3/13/2015 | 1 | To get my period less, convenience. | I'm sure everyone's reaction to this pill is different but after reading all of the negative comments about the pill I feel like I've been a part of some strange sorority of tortured women taking the same drug! Almost all of everyone's symptoms I've had. Anxiety, depression, severe mood swings, panic attacks! 2 years ago I went through a divorce, it was a cake walk compared to this!! I went off the pill 3 weeks ago and I'm Ortho-Tricyclen Lo now and my life is SO much better! I feel like I've come out of a fog! Don't suffer through this drug if you've had these symptoms ladies. Change! | F | 37 | 3 days | 3/8/2015 | 1 | Endometriosis | I just stopped taking it. I thought I was going crazy. I kept thinking about my symptoms individually, then I found this website and the mass array of symptoms I was having a lot of the women on here errrr having as well. Night sweats, deep cystic acne, back pain, blurred vision, itchy skin, hive like rash on my chest neck and even my scalp. I thought I was allergic to something!! None of my docs in years ever thought it might be the birth control :/ I just stopped taking it and already I notice my skin is clearing up and not as itchy. I've been so overwhelmed with all of these weird things going on with me. I don't really feel like myself. I feel worn out, and absolutely NO sex drive. It's like I'm just going thru the motions to get thru life...excited to be back to normal, but very angry all at the same time. | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. | F | 32 | 4 years 30 mg | 3/3/2015 | 1 | Less peroids | Depressed, unfeeling, sad for no reason , no sex drive....frustrated. I'm glad I found this website, I thought I was alone and wasn't sure if it was the BC or not. | I'm so frustrated that this had to change me so much.. I hate having such heavy periods so often, but would rather have them then feel this way anymore. | F | 40 | 28 days 0.15mg 1X day | 1/13/2015 | 3 | Less periods | No spotting, sex drive hard to tell due to my busy life style, no pains, occasional nausea, but nothing to worry about. Unfortunatly the biggest thing was gain weight of 10 lb average and Zumba classes did not help at all. | F | 37 | 90 days 1X day | 1/11/2015 | 1 | birth control | 40 day bleeding, gained 20 lbs | Seriously the worst. Was told to keep taking it to see if side effects would subside, they aren't. Each 3 month pack i've bled for at least 30 days. Birth control isn't much good if I can't have sex! I've also always been small framed (100-110) and am now sitting at 125 with no losing it. Have been on Yaz since i was 16 with no weight gain ever. UGHHHHH. | F | 27 | 9 months .15 mg | 12/29/2014 | 2 | Regulate periods | weight gain, increased appetite, severe depression | I took this for 4 years. The first year was rough. I had a lot of breakthrough bleeding and a lot of spotting. My doctor just kept telling me to wait it out and my body would adjust. It took nearly a year, but I did get adjusted. With every period I did experience the bloating and the cramps. It was always really bad for the first 2 days then my period was almost gone. The period only lasted maybe 5 days at most. So all that was ok...I always had depression to some degree so I thought it was just me. But while I was on this birth control I was extremely, severely depressed. I mean, I was suicidal at times. I never put 2 and 2 together until I went off of it 4 months ago and I have not had a single bad moment. I've been happier than I can remember ever being. So this helped regulate my periods which was great, but it made me so off balance that it's not worth it. My husband told me he never wants me to go back on birth control again because of how different I am. | F | 27 | 4 years 1X day | 12/2/2014 | 2 | Birth Control/ Regulate Periods | Weight gain, Discharge, Breakthrough Bleeding, Acne, Mood Swings, Bloating | Tried to give this multiple chances and I just couldn't do it anymore. Had breakthrough bleeding every two months for the entire time. I had clear skin until a month into taking the pill, then it was pimple after pimple. Also notice increased appetite, and some weird changes in emotions. If you can handle this stuff you are lucky! But just keep in mind this pill isn't for everyone. | F | 20 | 1 years | 11/5/2014 | 2 | Heavy periods | I already struggled with depression but taking these pills worsened it. I get spaced out and lack concentration when i go out doors. I do have anxiety problems but its gotten worse since taking Seasonale. I hate being around people, i get angry at times and bitchy. I have this numb feeling and disattachment feeling. | F | 20 | 2 weeks 0.15 | 10/12/2014 | 3 | ovarian cysts | Im taking the generic version called quasense. Within a week I immediately noticed a severe drop in my sex drive which took about a month to go back to normal. my breasts were also extremely sore to the point where id be in tears. By the start of the second pack I had pretty bad fatigue and no amount of sleep seemed to kick it. I also experienced lots of dreaming (i normally have dreamless sleep) which made my sleep even less satisfying. By the beginning of the third pack I had break through bleeding that lasted 6 days and was there just enough to be annoying. Not even 2 full weeks later, I am having breakthrough bleeding again and now im experiencing chest pain and heart burn that is really starting to worry me. However, the cyst that I was originally put on the bc for is now gone and I am thankful for that part. | F | 24 | 2 months | 8/21/2014 | 3 | Birth Control | Uncomfortable cramps/bloating/ brown spotting The first two months were great and then as I entered into the third month I started spotting brown and that's been happening for about two weeks now along with the cramps and bloating. I'm not sure what to do. | F | 17 | 10 weeks 1 x D | 7/18/2014 | 1 | Birth control | Absolutely terrible acne. Scarred my skin, with new breakouts every day. I've never had acne before, and I've tried multiple other birth control pills. This one is awful. | F | 20 | 3 months | 7/12/2014 | 2 | To skip periods | Acne, weight gain, lowered sex drive, break-through bleeding at 6 weeks that's going on 5 days and counting... | I took the generic version, Jolessa. | F | 36 | 7 weeks 1X day | 6/20/2014 | 1 | PMS/Migraines | Extreme lethargy and exhaustion. Depression. Suicidal thoughts. Weight gain. Irritable. Not myself AT ALL. | I'll take the migraine for 2 days to have the other 28 back... I have never experienced such sadness and tiredness for no reason. I have a great life, but I don't want to engage, be around anyone or do anything. I am going off of this stuff today. | F | 43 | 4 weeks 1X day | 6/12/2014 |