I asked the doctor today about the
possibility of going on seasonale. I am
currently on marvelon which I like, but I
hate the period every month and the
horrible cramps that go with it. She
told me to just take the marvelon for
three packs without the week break in
between and then take a week off before
starting a new pack and see how that goes
- she said it would do the same thing...
That seasonale is all just fancy
packaging. She said that there was no
need to change from bc that was working if
the only reason for changing was to avoid
teh monthly period.
Just thought that I would share that as an
alternative, or somethign to check with
your doctors about if you are interested.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 05-24-06 00:23am
Nuva ring is also an alternative, and less
expensive than pills methods too..
Nuva ring is good for 4 full weeks, not
just 3..So you could just replace the ring
every month, and you save money too by not
having to buy the extra pills..
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zamboni_kate
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Posted: 05-24-06 12:32pm
True, but I personally like the pill, and
since my drug plan covers them 100%, it's
not an issue for me. I just thought that
it was a good thing to know for people who
were happy with their current pill, but
were thinking of switching because of the
'no period for three months' thing. I
was quite happy when I asked if I could
switch to seasonale, and she told me to
just use my current pill as if it were
seasonale for three packs.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 05-24-06 13:40pm
I totally understand! 100% coverage is
great!
Seasonale is in 'pretty packaging', and
marketed really well, so it is definately
high priced product.
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Roxann449
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Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 5
Posted: 05-27-06 13:53pm
I am currently taking alesse28 which is
like seasonale or marvelon. I have been
taking it for about 4 months now and
decided to skip the placebo week and try
the 3 month thing. The week I would have
been on the placebo was fine until I had
some light spotting about day 5. This
spotting turned into heavier spotting
which has lasted now almost 3 weeks. I
can't have sex because of it- and I havent
seen a change that says it will end
anytime soon... My boyfriend comes back
from vacation in about 8 days, and I dont
even know if it will be over by then...
:( this is really depressing, not being
able to have any sex at all... Id rather
not be on bc than have this... But I am
hoping it will end soon... I dont know
what to do really...
Just thought I would let you know it might
not be as easy as it sounds.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 05-27-06 13:55pm
Remember alesse is a 20mcg estrogen
pill..Seasonale is 30mcg! Lower dosages
of pills may be harder to skip periods
on!
If you want to skip it is best soemtimes
to use a higher dose pill.
