Taking generic brand for seasonale - placebos to time periods Posted: 11-28-07 14:57pm
i recently started taking the generic
brand for seasonale..and of course with
the wonderful luck i have i am due to get
my period on the day i leave for my
christmas vacation. does anyone know if i
take the placebo pills the week before im
scheduled to and then start the next month
will i get my period that week of the
placebo's (even though its early) or will
i still get it when im normally supposed
to? would it be easier to just skip the
placebo week and start the next pack and
just wait another 3 months to get a
period?
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Emma2
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Posted: 11-28-07 15:13pm
Why don't you stick to the plan. Messing
with the pill throws your body into a
frenzy . I wouldn't play arlouind with
anything. If you are due on that date then
let it be.
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Re: Timing Periods Posted: 11-28-07 15:44pm
lauren423
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if i take the placebo pills
the week before im scheduled to and then
start the next month
Absolutely do NOT do that. You cannot
cannot cannot shorten the active pills,
you MUST take 21 of them. What you can try
instead is, when your placebo week starts,
go to a new pack and just don't have a
placebo week. You may end up getting your
period anyway or spot all month, but at
least you won't get pregnant - which COULD
happen if you shorten your active pills.
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Krystallyn
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Posted: 01-29-08 18:15pm
I have the exact same problem.
I am on Seasonale (generic) and my period
is due this coming March, during my week
of vacation.
The poster Eiri did not exactly answer the
question, though. I understand why it
would not be a good idea to skip pills on
a 21 day cycle but Seasonale is an 84 day
cycle.
Can I skip a week of pills on Seasonale,
basically giving myself a 70-something day
cycle and getting my period a week before
it's due? And then on my week of vacation,
I start a new cycle of Seasonale pills..
I don't want to just skip my period in
general and start another 3 month pack
because I will spot like crazy...
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Posted: 01-29-08 18:25pm
Ah, then if Seasonal is a longer cycle
then yes, you could move the placebo week
forward (backwards? lol). As I stated in
my post, you can't go any shorter than 21
days. Anything longer than that, and
shortening it is fine. So if the cycle is
normally 80 something days then moving the
placebo week back so you're on active
pills for 72 days for that month would be
fine.
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