Horrible reaction to BC Pills

[finetilthree]

Hi everyone.  I finally decided to take the plunge and try the birth control pill to "fix" my palps since to me they definitely seem to be hormonally connected.  I took one pill and thirty minutes later my heart launched into the worst pvcs and pacs I have ever felt.  I was getting pounded about six to twelve times a minute.  I was so sick at my stomach with fear that I had to leave work.  I was sure I was gonna die.  I went and picked up my kids from school just so I could be with them.  My heart finally calmed down after a few hours.  I won't ever try that again.  Slept okay last night, but I just got pounded pretty good again after coming up the steps at my office.  It took everything in me not to turn back around leave.  I guess if something happens, it's better to be here with people instead of alone somewhere.  I am scared to death!!!

[blan3556]

I am sorry but I don't know your history but just wanted to say that I was sure I was going to die a million times now.  Just the other day I had a PVC every other beat for an hour and a half....literaly I took my pulse and I am a nurse so I know how to count them....bigemeny for 1 1/2 hours!  I keep getting these bad runs like that....but I am still here and so are you...so that tells me that our hearts can handle this!  I know when I start getting anxious and think that it is time for me to leave this world....the palps get worse!  If your heart is structurally normal... you will be fine!  God bless you.

[finetilthree]

Thank you so much.  I feel better having read your comments.  Still nervous, but still hanging in here.  

[fearfactor]

I have had the same (almost) reaction to BCP as you - they were Yasmin and made me have HORRIBLE palps and panic attacks.  I have been advised by doctors to try BCP again to try to stop my palps which I know are hormonal, too and I won't do it.  Some people just can't take birth control pills.  AT least now you pretty much know they ARE hormonal, since hormones affected you badly!

[finetilthree]

It was sooo horrible.  I didn't take Yasmin, but I took Ortho Novum.  I was all jittery inside and my hands were shaking.  Horrible panic attack.  Plus the palps, I thought I was a gonner.  I can't wait til its out of my system.  I took it almost 24 hours ago so hopefully that will be soon.  The doctor visit cost me $72.00 and I only took one pill!!! I took that exact same BCP years ago in my late teens/early twenties, never had a reaction.  I guess once PVCs start, things that used to be normal can now set them off.  How are you feeling lately?  Still having palps?

[brooklynbetsy]

that's so strange because i have been having a lot of trouble with my pvcs ever since i went off of birth control. i get into bigemeny for hours and hours. i am longing for my birth control. maybe you should try a different pill or give it a little time. my body seems to be sensitive to any little change, so maybe you would need to give your body time to adjust to the different hormonal levels.

[anacyde]

Yikes, that sounds terrifying.  I'm sorry you had to go through that.  For some people, birth control pills help.  For others, this happens.  But if this triggered such a wild run of palpitations for you, I think I'd ask the doctor about maybe checking your hormone levels and seeing if that's contributing.  I'm going soon to have mine checked.

[SillyHeart]

My palps are absolutely hormone related as well.  They are almost non existent for the first 2 weeks after my period, and for the 2 weeks before it (PMS time), they're bad.  I've always been too afraid of trying the pill for fear that it'd make it worse.

I think the best thing to do would be to visit an endocrinologist who could help you figure out exactly WHICH HORMONE might be causing the increase in palpitations, so you don't inadvertently take MORE of it.