I am 19 yrs old and on the pill. I smoke cigarettes every once in a while, maybe two or three a week, so I don't think that's enough to effect the potency of the pills. I've been on them for a year now, taking three weeks of pills then one week of placebo, during which I have my periods.
The problem is, I'm terrified of becoming pregnant despite the pills. I'm extremely sexually active, my boyfriend and I have sex an average of about 6 times a week. I never let him *** in me, but I know that precum still has its risks, and we don't use condoms out of preference.
During my three weeks a month of pills, I'm fine. The week of placebos, however, I freak out. I start the placebos on a Sunday and usually get my period the Monday or Tuesday of that week.
Well, this week is placebo week. And it's Wednesday, and I have yet to see blood or smell a change in my vaginal secretions that usually signals my coming period... I'm really scared. If I don't see blood by the end of today, I might lose it.
Does anyone else have this extreme anxiety? An all consuming fear that the birth control isn't working no matter how faithfully and regularly you take it?
And how do you deal with it? I hate this monthly panic attack!
And is there anything else I can do to increase the effectiveness of the pills? I don't want to use condoms, they rather ruin sex for me and I've had them break in the past during rough sex... help?!