Birth control...

SRodi811

Does anyone take LoSeasonique or Seasonique?  It's the pill that gives you only four periods a year...

I'm just starting birth control again and my doctor gave me a 3 month sample of this.  Just curious if you like it or what you think..?

JLGY

I have not taken that brand of pill, but just FYI- You can 'stack' bc pills (take them back to back) using other brands and only have a few periods per year. I've asked multiple doctors about this and they've all said it's no problem. So you don't necessarily have to use that brand.

eta: not sure the brands I've asked about but they've never said no and I've used many different brands. 

MrsPatterson

I'm not on it now, but I was a few years back and I liked it.  I did have breakthrough bleeding around the time I'd normally have a period for the first month, and it was equivalent to a light and short period (3-4 days).  But after that, I only got my period when I was supposed to. 

melrrr

I did continous birth control for quite a while, first with yasmin, and then with ortho-evra (the patch). Both are off the market now...nice, but it worked well for me. I think the only reason the seasonique does the four times a year thing is because some people think it's weird to not have ANY periods. My doctor suggested it because I was having horrible migraines on the off week. Once I quit taking that week off they stopped. 

Jocelyn0415

I just started my LoSeasonique sample pack last night, so I don't know much yet, but I have friends who are on it and they like it.

bim38106

I've been on it in the past and it made me very moody (but many BCPs do that to me). The main reason I switched to something different was because I'd feel crampy and PMS-y every month when my period *would* have come, just no period...so it wasn't worth it to me.

I'm on LoEstrin now and barely have a day of light spotting once a month on this pill (which I've heard is common). I'll take this any day over a regular period 4xs a year