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halleybird · Hermes

Seasonique

twinkle · Coach

i am and love it... no side effects whatsoever. i think i had some breakthru bleeding the 2nd month of skipping my period, but nothing since then... i've been on it maybe 6 mos now. let me know if you have any specific q's...

blubirde · Chanel

I'm on seasonale - do you know how it's different than seasonique? If it's similar, I love it. I love only having a period 4 times a year. There was some break through bleeding the first 6 months but it's been smooth sailing ever since then.

Elle · Hermes

Seasonique is like Seasonale (same dosing and hormones used), but it also contains a low dose of estrogen during your period, instead of the placebo pills that Seasonale uses. I'm not sure what the benefits of that would be, though. I guess lessening the variation of hormones around your period, if you tend to be very sensitive to them?

twinkle · Coach

i was told it is a refined version of seasonale w/less side effects, in particular fixes the breakthru bleeding problems alot of people have on seasonale.

halleybird · Hermes

Elle wrote:

Seasonique is like Seasonale (same dosing and hormones used), but it also contains a low dose of estrogen during your period, instead of the placebo pills that Seasonale uses. I'm not sure what the benefits of that would be, though. I guess lessening the variation of hormones around your period, if you tend to be very sensitive to them?

I think my doctor said that the estrogen also makes your 4x/yearly period shorter than it would be on Seasonale, in addition to helping with breakthrough bleeding.

This is a monophasic pill, right? I am not supposed to take triphasics due to my OCD.

Elle · Hermes

Yup, monophasic. From the stats on their site, exact same chemical makeup as Seasonale, just with the addition of estrogen during your period week.

I wonder why it's supposed to 'help' with breakthrough bleeding? Like I said it doesn't appear to contain anything different than Seasonale ...?

kenzie · Chanel

twinkle wrote:

i was told it is a refined version of seasonale w/less side effects, in particular fixes the breakthru bleeding problems alot of people have on seasonale.
This is what my doctor told me. I started on it in December and I've had breakthrough bleeding once, but other than that, it's been great. I did have breast tenderness when I first started it, but that went away after the first few weeks.