Okay, I feel kind of stupid, but this
could also be serious so here we go..
I started birth control for the first time
about a week ago. I was given ortho tri
cycle lo to start out with and told about
side effects and all that jazz. Now, i'm
an extremely paranoid person and when I
was little, couldn't read side effects on
pills because I would get nervous and
think about them all the time.
So I started my pills and things were ok
the first day. The second evening, I had
a stomach ache, but it wasn't like sharp
pain - it was more of a bloating/gassy
type of pain I merely attributed to either
something I ate or a minor side effect of
the pill. This happened the next day,
too, but went away after that. But then
maybe three or four days in, I was
convinced my arm felt funny. Not really
numb, but just weird. Like when you've
lifted weight with an arm for a long time
and stop and then your muscles feel really
weird. So of course, I automatically
thought, "oh my god, it said something
about your arm or leg going numb if you're
having blood clots!" i'm still feeling
that way. Once in awhile I won't notice
it, but then I will again. And now that
i'm sitting around worrying about it, i've
started getting headaches. So then I
start thinking the headache must be
another big symptom and i'm definitely
going to have a stroke or something
soon.
What i'm trying to decide is whether I
should attribute my funny-feeling arm to
the bc and go to a doctor or if it's most
likely all in my head and i'm being
paranoid. Everyone i've talked to seems
to think I would have more symptoms than
just my arm feeling weird if it were
something serious. So I don't know.
Anyway, besides the arm thing, i've really
had no issues with the bc at all.
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imaqt
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posted: 11-17-05 01:59am
I wouldn't worry about anything, if you
were taking something with more hormones
and had a tad bit more symptoms then I
would worry about it but from the sounds
of it I think you are just thinking to
much about it.