Re: Problems with Seasonale
From: Christina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Sep 20 14:03:45 2004
Hello everyone! I just recently started Sesonale last month. I too have
been bleeding for almost 3 weeks straight... My doctor told me to wait
one more month and I should be alright. I'm getting so frustrated
because this is the 3rd type of birthcontrol pills I've had since May...
I'm so frustrated!!!
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Christina
At Sun, 19 Sep 2004, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>At Wed, 19 May 2004, chris wrote:
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>>At Thu, 13 May 2004, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>>At Thu, 6 May 2004, Teresa wrote:
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>>>>At Sun, 11 Apr 2004, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>>>>At Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Kathy wrote:
>>>>>>I recently had a trial of Seasonale for three months. Within the first three weeks of taking this cbcp I started bleeding- first lightly and then gradually like a regular period. It lasted fourty one days. I called my doctor after 15 days and she said it was normal, then after 30 days I called again and she said to go off the med for a week and start again. I bled very heavily for the week I was off and started again. After two and a half weeks back on Seasonale I started bleeding agian for another eleven days. Finally my doctor took me off. I've had trouble taking any form of birth control continuously. Now I started Demulin. Don't know much about it and whether anyone else does? My seasonale experience sounds similar to others though. make sure you call your doctor. Excessive bleeding can cause anemia too.
>>>>>>Hi all! I am currently on Seasonale, and it's my first month on them. I
>>>>>>have to deal with some new side effect everyday. For the past week or
>>>>>>so, I've been feeling cold for a couple of hours, then hot for the next
>>>>>>couple of hours. I also have been bleeding off and on for the past
>>>>>>couple of weeks. Has anyone ever experienced this? The gyn. said that
>>>>>>the bleeding is normal. But I thought birth control was supposed to
>>>>>>stop the bleeding not start it. TIA!
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>Kathy
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>>>>>Hi Kathy,
>>>>>I have also recently started taking Seasonale and am in the 3rd cycle of
>>>>>my first pack. I started breakthrough bleeding approximately at the
>>>>>last week in the very first cycle. I am now as I said in the 3rd cycle
>>>>>of my pack and am still bleeding. I really would like to continue but I
>>>>>am having serious doubts, It has been almost 6 weeks of having a
>>>>>"period" How has it panned out for you?
>>>>>
>>>>>Gina
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>>>>Hi Gina, my Seasonale experiences mirrors yours. I am in week 10 of my
>>>>first pack. I have been bleeding pretty much non stop since I began the
>>>>pills. Not heavy most of the time but enough to be a pain in the neck.
>>>>Sometimes not much more than a little discharge and others times almost
>>>>like having my "period". I really had hoped that Seasonale would work
>>>>for me but am thinking that I probably will stop them rather than
>>>>purchase a new pack after I reach week 13.
>>>>
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>>>>Teresa
>>>>
>Hi all,
>To those that have been experiencing a lot of "breakthrough" bleeding,
>here is what my doctor told me to do ( and so far it has worked): the
>sales rep for sesonale told her to tell her patients to take 2 pills at
>exactly the same time a day for 3 days. For me, the bleeding stopped
>after the 1st day. Then she said if that did not work, to contact her
>office. She also said that Seasonale is very "time-sensitive" and it is
>imperative to take it at the same time every day because missing it by
>even 2 hours can create the tremendous breakthrough bleeding we are all
>experiencing. Hope this helped.
>Sarah
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