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 |
| 3 | Manage Endo | Spotting every single day for entire first package -- but it's better than the alternative of endo pain. Possible weight gain but it's slight if at all. Moodiness has increased dramatically. Can't seem to be happy. | F | 31 | 3 months 1X day | 1/25/2011 | 1 | Birth Control | Weight gain (4 lbs in 1 week), severe fatigue (usually at gym 6x/wk but too tired to do anything), depression and irritability, shortened temper, lowered libido, FREAKISHLY DRY SKIN on my face--feels like cracked leather--painfully dry; severe breast tenderness, insomnia, intestinal cramping. | I started taking Jolessa 6 days ago and stopped yesterday bc the effects were so severe--nothing is worth this. I'm very athletic and active so perhaps I'm metabolizing this quickly. My doc says to give it a couple of months to see what happens but I've been such a b*tch to my guy and I'm so depressed, I don't want my life to go downhill for another 2 months. Worth a shot for some women, i guess....but I'm done. | F | 35 | 6 days 1X day | 1/24/2011 | 3 | Endometriosis and Birth Control | Cramping, breakthrough bleeding, problems with eyesight | I was prescribed seasonale to help with my period pains and as birth control. Since being on seasonale, I've had constant cramping which has gotten worse with the onset of breakthrough bleeding that has been persisting for a week now. I want to come off of it as soon as possible. Other than being an effective method of birth control, seasonale hasn't done anything for my pain. Although it has made my pain less severe, it is more persistent, and I've had it every day. Seasonale definitely has not worked for me, and after seeing all the ratings from other women, I've become even more disenchanted. My eyesight has also gotten significantly worse since I started Seasonale, and I'm pretty sure the two are correlated. I don't know if it would work for anyone else, but Seasonale definitely did NOT work for me. | F | 21 | 8 weeks 1X day | 1/22/2011 | 1 | Birth Control | migraines, bloating, moodiness, incresed hunger, non-stop spotting to full blown period | This bc is horrid! I last had an IUD but due to finances could not get another so I was put on Seasonale. About 3 weeks into it I started spotting all of a sudden. Then it ranged from days of spotting, full on period, one day nothing then the next morning seeming as though I might bleed to death! My doc says not to stop before finishing the pack but after reading other posts I don't really have any encouragement. The side effects are incresingly getting worse not improving. I'm going to stop taking them and when its time begin a different bc method.Going to try NuvaRing hope it's better. | F | 29 | 70 days 0.15/0.03m 1X day | 1/19/2011 | 1 | To have only 4 periods a year | HAIR LOSS AND MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS | Started taking generic Seasonale (Quansense) at 42 years old for 2 years. Noticed hair started thinning and stopped taking generic Seasonale after 2 years and was told by my Dr that this pill threw me into Post Menopause. It's been awful and my hair loss is substantial. I would not advise any women to use this pill in their late 30's and the 40's. I am looking into Hormone Replacement Therapy to hopefully grow my hair back and make me feel whole again. | F | 44 | 2 years 30 1X day | 1/14/2011 | 3 | Birth control + hormones | Severe cramps | I have had a very good experience with this drug up until recently. The biggest reason I began taking Jolessa (the generic version) was to decrease the amount of periods I had per year which was fantastic. I did not experience any break through bleeding or weight gain however the week before my period starts I experience very severe cramping in my lower abdominals. The pain typically subsides after about 10 minutes, but some days it will come and go in waves throughout the course of the day. The severity of the cramps worried me initially. I will most likely continue taking this pill unless either the cramping gets worse or more persistent or unless another drug comes on the market that I think might not have similar side effects. | F | 24 | 1X day | 1/12/2011 | 1 | Birth Control | Weight Gain, Increased Hunger, 3 week long periods. | I had been taking Seasonale for almost 3 months, I liked it at first but began spotting almost instantly. I have had my period now for almost 2 months. I have stopped taking it and switched back to Tri Cyclen Lo. | F | 26 | 75 days 1X day | 1/5/2011 | 1 | To reduce headaches | Unexplained low back, hip and leg pain and fatique | I started taking this at the end of Oct 2010. Within a week I noticed extreme pain in my right hip. I waited and finally went to the doctor after the pain had not subsided for 2 weeks. They diagnosed me with bursitis and put me on pain meds and prednisone. 10 days later the pain moved down my thighs and into my knees. It felt like someone broke my bones in my hips, thighs and shattered my knee caps. By mid Nov I was in so much pain I went to the ER. They thought I had sciatica and sent me to a back surgeon. The back surgeon thought I might have a herniated disk and performed a MRI which came back negative. He referred me to another spine doc to give me an epidural with more steroids. That doctor did some labs which concerned him and they ordered yet another MRI. I was scheduled to have the epidural and they were about to start the procedure when they check my temp and discovered a fever. The procedure was canceled and I was referred to a Rheumatologist. This is the first doctor that actually wanted me to stop the Seasonale immediately as it was the only new thing that was introduced to my body since all this pain started. He also ordered a bone scan and more blood work as a precaution. Within a week of stopping the Seasonale my pain drastically subsided. I would strongly urge anyone who has any type of joint/ leg pain that is taking this medication to stop immediately as it cost me thousands in medical bills and tests and 2 months of extreme pain! | F | 26 | 7.5 weeks 1X day | 1/5/2011 | 5 | Birth Control | I have been taking the generic, jolessa, for about a year and a half now. I have had no complaints. I went from the depo shot to this. I would recommend it. | F | 25 | 2 years 1X day | 1/2/2011 | 2 | Birth Control | SEVERE Hair Loss, weight gain, mood swings, appetite changes | My hair is so damaged from the fall out I will have to cut my hair and start over. It is processed so now the BCP has weakened it and I feel like a shedding dog. I gained 5 lbs within the first week. I get angry much easier than I have in the past and I snack unusually. I hate this pill. I hate all birth control pills. Never had one that was tolerable. | F | 29 | 28 days 1X day | 1/1/2011 | 1 | To control Endometriosis | weight gain, bloating, moderate to severe cramping, break through bleeding every day, breast tenderness, dizziness, mood swings worse, UTI problems | My Doctor put me on the generic version of Seasonale called Jolessa 0.15/0.03 1 tablet per day to control & help the horrible symptoms of my Endometriosis. I have to say this is the absolute WORST birth control pill I have ever been on. I have taken it for exactly 8 weeks now & took my last pill today due to terrible side effects. First off I think I have ruined every pair of underwear I have due to the break through bleeding that I had almost every day. The cramps I experienced while taking this pill were every day & varied from moderate to very severe (as bad as labor pains). I am not exagerating one bit either. Sometimes it felt like someone stabbing me with a knife it was so bad. Worse than the pain of my Endometriosis! I am cranky pretty much all the time & cry & yell for no particular reason or the slightest things will set me off. Yes I had pms before but nothing like this. The weight gain I experienced was pretty major, around 10-12 pounds in 8 weeks & I know it's from this because I did not eat any differently etc. while taking this pill. I hate this pill so much I am just going to stop taking it. My Doctor insists it will go away after a while..When? When I become the "stay puff marshmellow woman"? When I over dose on Advil? I've had ENOUGH! Hopefully this weight will come off as soon as I put it on but I doubt it. I will update this after I've been off it for a while. I also developed a painful cyst about the size of a quarter or m | F | 39 | 8 weeks 1X day | 12/25/2010 | 1 | Severe PMS, heavy periods | Heavy bleeding for weeks, clotting, migraine, severe cramping for weeks at a time. | After looking at the other posts here, I am definately getting off this pill seeing as it's not just me that is reacting badly to it. I have been taking it for 7 weeks now and 3 weeks ago I started with light brownish pink spotting with cramps. I figured it was just some break through and it would subside. No. For the past two weeks, I have been bleeding and clotting to the point where I soak a super tampon in an hour and a half and I can feel the clotts passing and leaking around the tampon on top of that. And that is around the clock, there has been no let up. The cramping is constant, unlike my usual cramps for the first day or so during a period, 4 advils barely take the edge off the pain. The weight gain is atrocious. I have easly gained 12 pounds that I can not lose. I am prone to swelling and weight gain like this overnight, but I will also lose it quickly after my period tapers off and since this one isn't stopping, the swelling keeps inching up. I did notice severe mood problems at week 5 and 6, first I was pissed off at the slightest thing, irritated by people like never before, then the next week I was sad, teary, feeling sorry for myself about stupid things. I am going back to a regular 30 day pill and deal with the pms and migraines that come with those..this pill is just making these symptoms more intense and for weeks at a time instead of days. | F | 37 | 7 weeks one pill 1X day | 12/17/2010 | 5 | Unusually Heavy Periods/Anemia | Some spotting in between periods. Small breakouts on face. | Unfortunately I had periods that would last several weeks. It is hereditary. Constantly ruining my clothing and worrying about bleeding through my clothes at every social function our outing I participated in was absolutely horrific. I became severely anemic and had to be treated with infusions of iron twice as it was constantly being drained out of my system. I could not live with periods that lasted up to 5 weeks at a time any longer or the fatigue from the anemia. I'll gladly put up with the side effects if it means I won't bleed to death. | F | 44 | 5 years .15 1X day | 12/8/2010 | 5 | Birth control | breast tenderness | After reading all these horrible reviews, I almost decided not to take mine, but I love this pill! No spotting, no weight gain, no crazy food cravings, no nausea, no depression/rage/irritability, my acne (made worse by my old BC) is much better, and my PMS/bloating is down to half the time it was. To anyone on the fence: take reviews with a grain of salt. | F | 20 | 5 weeks .15mg/.03 1X day | 12/7/2010 | 1 | regulate bleeding for vacation | extreme bloating/naseau/anxiety/depression/tired | I started to take these because I didn't want to have my period during a vacation. I have already put 3 inches on my waist, I am very moody, I am more emotional. This is worse than PMS, so I will put up with my period during vacation, this is not worth it. I was going to continue suffering through until I read everyone else's info. Now I know this is not for me, I will figure something else out. Why would doctors even recommend this? I am not very happy with the Dr. who perscribed this because I asked her point blank if this would cause moodiness,nasea,bloating, and weight gain and she said no. | F | 39 | 6 days 0.15/0.03 1X day | 12/1/2010 | 1 | control irregular bleeding | Lightheadedness, anxiety, depression, mood swings, nausea | I think the only symptom I did not have that most everyone else who hated this pill had was weight gain. I certainly had everything else! The mood swings, anxiety and depression are the worst of the symptoms. Normally,I am very much in control of my emotions. After taking the pill for about 2 weeks, I started losing control of them. I cry for no reason and just stare into space. I cannot be excited about anything and before this pill, I was such a lover of life. This pill has really effected my relationships with my family and I hate it. I stopped taking it in the middle of the cycle (2 days ago) because I just could not stand it anymore. I took it so that I would stop bleeding because my period was lasting about two weeks, stopping for a couple of days and coming back full force again. I had to get to the point that I do not care about the bleeding. The bleeding, as bad as it was (and will undoubtedly be again) is nothing compared to having your whole demeanor and personality changed! | F | 41 | 3 months 1X day | 11/28/2010 | 1 | birth control | Migraines, backache, insomnia, waking up sweating, anxiety, mood swings, BITCHINESS | I'm a f*cking bitch now. My boyfriend and I have been going out since Jan 2010 (new years to be exact), a few months into our relationship (which was going super awesome) I began taking Seasonale, our relationship has been getting progressively worse since taking the pill. I really dont think it's "US", i think its "ME" because when we are together, we dont fight, but when we are apart I bitch at, for instance, him writing "lol" on BBM, instead of a more elaborate answer... wtf, i should know better, he has a fulltime job, why do i have to bust his balls? Anyway, im a f*cking bitch and I'm quitting this evil pill in the hopes that quitting will save my sanity and relationship. p.s. the backache, insomnia, and migraines suck too, but its always worse when it starts to affect the people you love. :( If anyone else has experienced what I have, please email me and let me know if im mistaken or if you've had the same issue.. | F | 21 | 9 months 1X day | 11/24/2010 | 1 | Birth Control | I had a pulminary embolism and almost died. I was tested for genetic issues regarding abnormal blood clotting and everything came back negative. I am a non smoker and was surprised to find out that it most likely came from birth control pills. | If you are over 40 I would strongly suggest switching methods. I have had the Essure procedure and it has been great. | F | 31 | 4 years 1X day | 11/20/2010 | 1 | stop cramping | horrible. My doctor is a jerk (man) told me to double up on my dosage to stop the cramping, like I am supppose to know this. Now switching to a woman doctor. I have had spotting on and off ths whole time and sometime the cramping is so bad that I want to fall on a knive. I have an appt with new doctor on the 29th but until then don't know if I should stop pill now in case it ended up working; but losing patience | M | 47 | 3 months 1X day | 11/20/2010 | 2 | Regulate periods, stop cramps | EXTREME Breast tenderness, bloating, weight gain. | I was on Seasonique but could not afford it...so my doc put me on JOLESSA. I cannot even describe how bad my breasts are constantly hurting. I feel like I'm pregnant again! Even getting in the shower and having the water spray on them is painful!!! I also feel quite bloated, and have gained weight...and it's so hard to lose! Not really sure I'd recommend this to anyone. The only perk is not having a period every month. | F | 30 | 3 months .15 mg 1X day | 11/8/2010 |