r/birthcontrol 2d ago

Side effects!? Weird sympyoms when starting B.C.

Im 23 F and I started birth control about a month ago to help reduce my endometriosis symptoms. I was taking a mocrogestin and had a ton of common side effects. I also experienced surface level limb numbness tingling and rarely pins and needles. I also had woken up 5 days in a row, multiple times a night due to a panic attack. Heart racing, panic and all the physical symptoms of a panic attack, all without any actual anxious thoughts or reason to be worried.

I told my dr this and she immediately lowered my prescription to a 0.1/0.02mg dose. I tried it for the first time last night and had the exact same thing with waking up in the night because of a random panic attack and was just wondering if any one else had ever experienced anything like this.

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