Help! About a month ago I started a new BC Pill, Seasonale. Although a know that it is a myth that birth control leads to weight gain, I have gained 4 pounds since I started taking it, and I'm really stressed out about it. This has never happened to me. I was on OTC for years, and everything was normal...Anyone out there taking this pill? Encounter these issues??
When I went on Seasonal for the first couple of months I didn't gain weight...I was told it was b/c i was retaining more water. I also felt that Seasonal was making me sick in the morning and a whole bunch of other problems. So my Dr. put me back on Yasmine and instead of taking the white pills the last week I just started a new pack. It work exactly like Seasonal but with out the extra weight and morning sickness.
I took Seasonale for 3 months and had to stop. It made me VERY sick and gave me a list of problems I never had before. I gained about 6lbs while I was on it...and while everyone said it wasn't related to the pill...once I stopped taking it I lost those 6lbs within the first month (and continued to work out as I always have..even while on it) This pill did NOT work for me at all. I am sure it just didn't 'agree' with my body and isn't like that for everyone but I was not a fan of Seasonale at all.
I don't think weight gain on the pill is a myth. When I first went on the pill, I gained weight. And I have a really hard time trying to lose it. I have never taken Seasonale, but a friend of mine did and she got sick on it too.
thanks ladies...I think I'm done with Seasonale...I can't deal with the side effects.
I never took that one but I have been on ortho tri-cyclen and didn't have any wait gain from it, currently I am on the generic and still no problems.
you don't gain weight, as in fat, but you can retain water b/c of the hormones. sometimes it goes away once you get used to it, sometimes not. the bea\st way to decrease bloating is to avoid salt/sodium and drink a LOT of water.
