Seasonale and Depression: What Users Say

• Bre...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• February 3, 2016

For Birth Control "I have been on Seasonale for 2 years now and have now just realized that it's the reason I can't lose weight, and I feel depressed and absolutely 0 sex drive. I didn't know until now, only because I have researched it today, and I am planning to get off it ASAP."

• Koc...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 9, 2019

For Abnormal Uterine Bleeding "I have been taking Seasonale for 2 months, and I had to stop in month 3. The side effects were awful! I had night sweats, waking up at 4 a.m. every morning for no reason, lots of spotting, a huge appetite with weight gain, and severe depression and anxiety. The depression and anxiety were the worst! I do suffer from depression and anxiety, but it's not as bad as this medication made it! I stopped taking it, and about 4 days later, I felt so much better. Now I'm having a cycle, and it's been over a week now, hoping it will end sometime soon."

• Emm...
• January 22, 2016

For Birth Control "I am 26 and otherwise perfectly healthy. I quit Seasonale after two months when I discovered my blood pressure had become very high (164/112). I had also been experiencing neck pain, a pressured feeling that seemed to be in my veins, which would alternate from one side of my neck to the other since the second or third week of taking this pill. I was sent for many tests and found that one of my kidneys was mildly swollen (hydronephrosis). It took six weeks for my blood pressure to normalize, it would go down and then back up again. I was very concerned, anxious, and depressed. I took hypertension medication for about two weeks as well and was eventually able to lower my dosage and then stop it altogether."

• Dep...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 6, 2022

For Endometriosis "I have very bad endometriosis, so my doctor put me on Seasonale six months ago. I was bleeding nonstop before I started, and for the whole 6 months, I continued to still bleed. My mental health took the biggest hit, though. I couldn’t force myself to clean my house, my dishes were molding. I couldn’t force myself to shower for weeks or brush my teeth. I couldn’t figure out what happened to me and how I declined so fast. My husband works away and noticed even through FaceTiming I was a shell of myself. I didn’t even think that a birth control could do that to me until finally I was sharing everything with my mom, and she mentioned how it all started once I changed birth controls, then it all clicked for me. Immediately that week, I went to my doctor and asked to be taken off it and put on a new one. I have been on the new one for two weeks, and the change is already night and day! I wish I did it sooner. If you are already having mental health issues, STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE, PLEASE."