Thread: LoSeasonique - Anyone Out There!?

I've been on this birth control rollercoaster now for going on a year. I've posted about this before so instead of going into too much detail I'll brief you going back about 1 yr:

Ortho Cyclen - too high dosage - was on for over a year - gained 10-15 lbs - extremely fatigued

Switched to Loestrin 24FE - lost weight - TOTALLY lost sex drive - extremely uncontrollably irritable - infrequent periods

Switched to current pill LoSeasonique. Normally this is a pill where you'd only have 1 period every 3 months, but I didn't want that, so my doctor told me to take it like normal BC for 3 weeks, then skip the last week of pills and that would cause me to have a period. I'm almost halfway through my second pack. First month went great except the spotting. I spotted for nearly two weeks. Now, about a week ago I noticed cramping in my lower left abdomen (between my hip bone and my vagina). I ignored it and went on. Now I have that same cramping which at times feels like a stabbing pain in that same area. Hurts in my back too in that same area. On top of that, I am having bad menstrual cramps (though I'm not spotting or having a period) and I have extremely sore nipples. Basically, I feel like . I'm off work for holidays with a million things to do, and don't feel (emotionally or physically) like doing any of them.

What I want to do is just go off of it. H*ll, I dont feel like having sex anyway. But I know that IF I'm going to have sex, I don't have much other choice. I've heard horror stories about IUD and non hormonals. Condoms only just aren't enough for me. Not only do I NOT want to get pregnant right now, but after finding about my boyfriends possible genetic disease, I feel even more responsibility NOT to get pregnant. So, I guess I'm stuck pumping my body full of artificial hormones.

I want to know if any of you have any experience with this pill? I searched but could find no reviews online for this particular one. I suppose it's quite new.

Originally Posted by Beautiful Disaster

I've been on this birth control rollercoaster now for going on a year. I've posted about this before so instead of going into too much detail I'll brief you going back about 1 yr:

Ortho Cyclen - too high dosage - was on for over a year - gained 10-15 lbs - extremely fatigued

Switched to Loestrin 24FE - lost weight - TOTALLY lost sex drive - extremely uncontrollably irritable - infrequent periods

Switched to current pill LoSeasonique. Normally this is a pill where you'd only have 1 period every 3 months, but I didn't want that, so my doctor told me to take it like normal BC for 3 weeks, then skip the last week of pills and that would cause me to have a period. I'm almost halfway through my second pack. First month went great except the spotting. I spotted for nearly two weeks. Now, about a week ago I noticed cramping in my lower left abdomen (between my hip bone and my vagina). I ignored it and went on. Now I have that same cramping which at times feels like a stabbing pain in that same area. Hurts in my back too in that same area. On top of that, I am having bad menstrual cramps (though I'm not spotting or having a period) and I have extremely sore nipples. Basically, I feel like . I'm off work for holidays with a million things to do, and don't feel (emotionally or physically) like doing any of them.

What I want to do is just go off of it. H*ll, I dont feel like having sex anyway. But I know that IF I'm going to have sex, I don't have much other choice. I've heard horror stories about IUD and non hormonals. Condoms only just aren't enough for me. Not only do I NOT want to get pregnant right now, but after finding about my boyfriends possible genetic disease, I feel even more responsibility NOT to get pregnant. So, I guess I'm stuck pumping my body full of artificial hormones.

I want to know if any of you have any experience with this pill? I searched but could find no reviews online for this particular one. I suppose it's quite new.

I tried taking Seasonique and never stopped bleeding on it so I stopped it real quick. The pain you're feeling sounds like it's radiating from where your ovary is, you may have a cyst. I'd recommend going to your GYN asap to see what's going on. Pain is never a good thing!!

If you don't want to deal with hormones maybe talk to your Dr. about the copper IUD...hormone free