So, I started BCP continuously in the be...

hotpinkrocks81 - September 23rd, 2009 3:48 PM
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So, I started BCP continuously in the beginning of July, with a period around the 20th (that was my last period)
I spotted for one day around August 20th. Around the same time, for the first time in my life, I started getting migraines, sometimes accompanied with nausea & vomiting. By the 28th, the migraines had eased up, but I noticed my breasts were fuller and tender. I just attributed these symptoms to my BCP.

Since then, I have experienced headaches, severe nausea & vomiting, dizziness, I've gone up a cup size, my breasts are very sore, my nipples are also very sore and erect all the time. I also take Adderall, but I've noticed that its not very effective anymore.

Everyone I work with is convinced that I'm pregnant. Even the guy who cashes my paycheck at the gas station asked me if I was!

I was sure it was the BCP, so I stopped taking them Sept. 16. I was supposed to get my period on Sept 18th, but all I got was half a day of spotting (it was mostly brown with a little bit of very light pink tinged clear stuff)

My symptoms didn't stop when I stopped my BCP, like I thought they would. Over the past few days I can't keep food down, and nothing sounds appetizing. I'm also sensitive to smells that never bothered me before.
And then, last night, I noticed bright blue veins ALL over my breasts and chest. Some are so dark they're purple.

I've had three negative HPTs, the last one was this morning. I took a blood test today, but I won't get the results til Friday.

In the meantime, I'm losing my mind! If I'm not pregnant, what the heck is wrong with me? I just had a physical on August 28th, and all my test results were normal (they didn't do a pregnancy test because I was on BCP and didn't even consider it a possibility)
So am I pregnant even with three negative HPTs? Is this still a side effect of the BCP? (I've been on birth control since my son was born 9 years ago. I had stopped taking it last October, and started a new brand in July)
Or am I just going crazy?
Please give me some feedback to ease my mind until Friday!!

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