User Reviews for LoSeasonique oral

I have been taking this BC for 24 days. 9 days ago i started spoting since then. I take the pill everyday at 10oclock and havn't missed a day, and i take it with orange juice. I keep thinking if i just wait it will stop but its not. Other then the spotting i have no other complains.Sure puts a damper on sexlife.

I just started this BC about two months ago. I am not very comfortable with birth control pills, but unfortunately I do not have much choice because of an out of control endometrioma problem. Ever since the second week, I have had a constant period. I take the pill at the same time everyday, and yet it does not help. I am already anemic, so it has been creating more issues. I am hoping to get off this medicine ASAP, so I can find something that actually works.

I am on the last of my 4th month (1st month of 2nd pack) and have had major ups and downs with this drug. I bled for 2 weeks within the first month of taking it. I have not had anymore bleeding, I did not even have my scheduled period the first time. That was a bit unnerving. I have gained 7 lbs even though I eat healthy and eat no more than I did before taking this bc. I also work out, but alas, the lbs will not budge. I could deal with this (I was not overweight to begin with nor am I now) but on top of it I have been majorly bloated for 2 months straight. I mean it feels like I have gained 15 lbs just from the bloating. I am miserable. My headaches (the reason i got on this bc) have not improved. I know everyone responds differently to meds, but my experience has been sub par. I hoped all this would go away by now, but it seems the bloating is here to stay! I plan to get off of this bc once I finish the pack I am currently on. Imagine feeling liek you are PMS-ing all the time! Ugh, so wanted to love LoSeasonique!Read More Read Less

This is only my first week of using Loseasonique, and I LOVE it! I had been on ortho tri cyclen lo for two and a half years but was experiencing problems wearing my contact lenses so my doctor suggested the change. At first I was terrified to take this medication after reading all of the horror stories from other reviewers, but I have not experienced any of that so far. In fact, I have noticed that the irritation with my contacts has disappeared, I feel unusually emotionally balanced and happy (before I would start crying over the littlest thing) and that uncharacteristically my libido has skyrocketed! The latter is actually what inspired me to write my own review because for over two years I went around feeling absolutely nothing and had to force myself to pretend to be turned on by husband (who is hot!). I realize it's only been a week, but so far I am truly thrilled. I must also add that I am extremely vigilant about taking the pill at exactly the same time every day and exercising frequently, so perhaps this is why I'm not experiencing any of the undesirable side effects others have mentioned. Fingers crossed everything stays on track. Best of luck!Read More Read Less

I've only been on Loseasonique for a week and i really haven't had any trouble. I have gotten a little nasuea but not where i can't handle it! Everybodies body is different so just because someone had a bad experience doesn't mean you will! I believe every bc can cause weight gain, bloating, etc, but for someone to say it gave me gallstones and kidney stones i don't believe that! It just so happened at the same time! Kidney stones are from caffiene and other stuff you consume by eating or drinking! I mean come on! Sorry I know i am not a dr but it just doesn't seem true that a bc pill can cause you to have stones! So far i feel fine dr told me to start it the first day of my cycle which i did and i still am bleeding a week later but that is normal for me, plus it takes time for medicine to regulate through the body! I am looking forward to seeing if some of these outrageous comments are true or not for me!Read More Read Less

This pill is horrible! The extreme breast tenderness lasted for 1 month after I began taking it. I even developed horrible acne which doesn't go away and leaves scars. And the HEAVY spotting and cramping have lasted 3 full months! I finally got my doctor to take me off LoSeasonique and prescribe a different BC pill, but now I'm not even having a period. I'm married and in my 30's, used plenty of other BC pills before with no problems, and am definitely not pregnant (am infertile because of Endo and OC, which is why I'm on BC pills). I've never missed my period in my life until now! What gives? I can't even start my new BC prescription until LoSeasonique is out of my system and I have my period. Hate this pill! Would NOT recommend!Read More Read Less

On my 8th week of this med and I'm done. I have gained 10lbs, breasts very swollen and tender, exhausted and have been bleeding straight for TWO weeks--and I'm definitely not pregnant. I think I will just deal with the pain of endometriosis and get back to my life. I have taken other BC and never had any side effects. Be warned.

I've been on LoSeasonique for my 3rd month. If I forget the pill more than 2 days, I will have a full cycle. Nonetheless, I have experienced hardly any pain with my cycles, which is a miracle for me, my mood swings have improved over 80%. The breakthrough bleeding is horrible though, 1-1/2 to almost 2 weeks as a 'punishment' for forgetting a pill and taking it the next day. When that happens after 2 days forget it, I will bleed. And my doctor's office said the same thing, it is "normal." Get outta here! I love the less pain though. I can't beat that with a stick. I love the mood swings almost gone, and my poor family does too. I just had a repeat mammogram and it seems that all of a sudden, I may have breast cancer. That is a red light for me. I also got the pills as free samples, but they are extremely expensive if I choose to contine on them. Now that I have read others' comments, I don't think I will start the new "free" box of pills. I think I would rather have the horrible pain instead of the breakthrough bleeding and wondering if it has given me breast cancer. Read More Read Less

i have been on birth control since 10th grade. i have been on different birth controls but this one is the best by far. the only thing i don't like is the sickish feeling when i start it and the fact that i'm hungry 24/7.

I started taking this BC on the first day of my period (Thursday), which was almost over 2 weeks ago. My last period only lasted 4 days, and my previous periods lasted no longer than 6 days. Since this is my first time on a BC, I didn't really know what to expect, but I knew something was off when I continued to spot with thick, dark discharge after my period ended. I tried to trooper through it by continuing to take it up until the Saturday after the first week. It is now Wednesday (a day shy of the two-week mark). The spotting stopped last night, but now I'm experiencing bright, liquidy discharge. I don't have a medical diploma to tout, but I know enough to say that this is not normal. During the 1.5 weeks that I took the BC, I had constant cravings (mainly for sugary treats and meat), was agitated by inactivity, had shaky hands, could not sleep during the hours I would regularly go to bed. Before you mark me of as neurotic, I have to assert that I'm as easily stressed out as a pet rock. I'm about as mellow as a person can naturally be. In short, if taking a BC would put me under this much ... I don't even know what to call this... I would much rather not take it and go with the old-fashion route: using condoms and calculating the days of the month to have sex.Read More Read Less

No real side effects after 7 months other than continually bleeding. Not sure if I like that everyday!

I have been on this bc for 4 wks. My doctor put me on this to see if the itching down below would stop. It hasn't. I have no sex drive. I'm bloated, I hardly sleep, I've gained weight and I do workout. I am always hungry and I have bad cramps like if I'm going to start my period. I have acne on my chin and noise. I haven't spotted or anything like that but, with the cramps I wish I would. I am going to stop taken this bc and ask my doctor to put me back on Lutera. At least I know with Lutera I had the itching problem, but I didn't get any of the other side effects like what I stated above. Read More Read Less

I just finished my first package of pills and got my period exactly as planned, I had mild cramping prior and a very light period. I am very pleased with the pill. No weight gain or side effects.

I have had hormone problems since I was 13. Im now 35 have had two children while taking progesterone and NOTHING has ever worked for me like this has. I used to have very heavy bleeding that would last up to 20 days. When my dr put me on these pills I stopped and I have not had a period in a year now. The only side effect I have had is vaginal dryness but the other benifits are well worth me buying something else for that problem. And I have lost 16 lbs!

I started out with Seasonique and took the pill for three months with no period, until I took the sugar pills. However, I became extremely depressed, felt pregnant the entire 3 months, and felt sick the entire time. I have recently switched to Lo Seasonique and it is no better. The Lo Seasonique has resulted in a lot of spotting and has made me extremely emotional with regular mood swings. The Seasonique is effective in that I do not experience a lot of pain during my cycle. I intend on switching back to Yaz, because Yaz has been the best birth control I have ever taken. Read More Read Less

I am SO glad it's not just me! I got my tubes tied in Oct 2009, and since then have had horrible periods with excessively heavy flow, severe cramping, and ridiculous mood swings. My doc started me on LoSeasonique to try and help. I started it three weeks ago and hae been bleeding since the fourth day. I've also gained three pounds and am constantly hungry! I will be stopping the pill effective immediately since seeing that I'm NOT the only one with these problems!

this bc is horrible! a had break through bleeding every month and almost every week of the month and also started bleeding at the end of my 7th week on the pill and now im on my 13th week and still bleeding, called the doc she said its normal. will be stopping the pill once Im done with this last week of the pack, no other major side effects though, maybe a little more moody but who wouldnt be if you bleed for more than a month?

Tried it to get erratic periods under control, also hoped that the low dose estrogen would alleviate the hormone triggered migraines that came with my periods. All was fine until a month and a half on the pill. I started bleeding like a regular period - it's been 11 days now without easing up. I read other accounts of multiple week bleeding. I am giving up on this pill. This is a fail.

I started LoSeasonique bcs I wanted 4 periods a year - HAH! I started this AWFUL BC on April 11th, began bleeding on May 7th and still have NOT stopped bleeding!!! I have now been bleeding non-stop for 54 days!!! My GYN says it's normal - NOT!!! She does not seem to think there is a problem. Since I am one to "see things 'til the end" I am finishing up my 1st & ONLY 3-month pack of this HORRIBLE BC and going back on OVCON-35 which I have been on for the last 11 years - hopefully my period will finally stop and my body will get back to normal once going back on my original BC. Ladies, if it "aint' broke, don't fix it" - don't let the fantasy of having only 4 periods a year fool you, this BC is HORRIBLE it should be taken off the market IMMEDIATELY!!! Read More Read Less