OK, heres my deal. I've been on the
generic Birth Control Kariva, for like the
past 4 or 5 years. When that prescription
ran up, I decided I wanted to try the new
pill in which you only have 4 periods a
year. The doctor recommended Seasonique.
I'm currently in the middle of my 11th
week on the birth control, the 13th being
the week I'm suppose to be getting my
period. Everything was fine up until the
9th week...that's when I started
bleeding. Didn't think anything of it,
thought it was normal cause I had missed a
few pills the week prior too, figured it
would stop in a day or two. Yeah, well
I'm going on 3 weeks of bleeding now, and
nothing seems to be working. It's not
crazy bleeding, I go through maybe 1 or 2
tampons a day, but it's not normal looking
for me at all. My boyfriend calls it
"live blood" meaning it's really light in
color, pinkish red. I've set up an
appointment to speak with my doctor, but
they couldn't get me until next thursday.
Has anyone had anything similar to this
happen to them???
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Georgia59
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Posted: 09-05-07 12:28pm
I haven't used seasonique but I've heard
that with pills that lessen your period
frequency, some people do have a large
amount of spotting/bleeding in between.
Your body isn't quite used to not having
periods yet. It's good to talk to your doc
because you have to make sure you're not
losing too much blood, but it will
probably keep up.
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farmerdudette
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Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 4 Location: ,
Posted: 09-16-07 17:43pm
I was on Seasonique, and had the exact
same problem. I thought my period was
going to be never ending. It lasted for
about 3 weeks and then finally stopped. I
took continously birth control for 6
months (2 packs of those pills), and had
the same problem both times.
It totally doesn't work, and the
frustration of kind of bleeding for 3
weeks sucked! It's worth having a period
every month to me.
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cvt74
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Posts: 1
Seasonique... Posted: 02-03-08 01:38am
I have been taking Seasonale and
Seasonique for 2 1/2 years now. I started
with Seasonale and then they changed it to
Seasonique a year ago.
For the most part, Seasonique doesn't
reach the 84 day course as it should.
Every trimester I take it, I start the
break through bleeding around day 74. I
never make it to day 84 to start the
placebo pills (sugar pills (85-91) without
spotting. Then I get my period. So
basically I get a longer period, just very
light at the beginning. Then it pretty
much stops when I start a new pack.
So it's very annoying. I was trying to
figure out why it does it. I read the
ingredients, the pharmacokinetics and all
that good stuff, and I think that what
happens is that the hormones get lighter
toward the end of the pack. Why else would
I start spotting? Too much coincidence
that it always happens toward the end.
When I have stopped taking birth control
for several months and go back to it, I
get break thru bleedings because my body
is adjusting. But it shouldn't happen
after continuous use. Well, at least now I
know I am not the only one. And my libido
does change when I'm on the pill.
