Pregnant? Or Just My Body Tricking Itself?

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I started taking sprintec about 14 months ago, a month or so before i got married, to help my body adjust. And im pretty good about taking pills on time. I'll be a little late taking one every now and then, but i usually remember to take it within a few hours. Anyway, i just finished my first row of pills in a new pack, but since the end of my last period, and maybe even just before my period, my body has been feeling strange, off. My breasts arent particularly sore, but they feel, tight? And itchy. I feel nauseated and dizzy, my head feels cloudy. And my stomach feels odd, as if i can feel the stomach acid in it. I get headaches (that's normal) and my body feels tired and stressed. But, what troubles me most is that Ive been having a lot of unusual anxiety. Like a feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach, without any reason for it. I’ll feel nervous, and i struggle to sit still. Its not unusual for me to cry, but tears have been coming uncontrollably at odd times lately, not like sobbing or like ugly crying, just streams of tears. A few nights ago, i woke up in almost panic when my husband rested his knee on my stomach. (And its never bothered me before. It's usually a comfort when he does) and when he lays on me now, my stomach will hurt and feel heavy and it never has before. So, i had a full, normal period, And from what ive read it isnt likely that im feeling symptoms of pregnancy this soon into my pack, but is it just the pills making me feel like this?

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It is possible, you also might have caught a virus, or some type of bacterial illness, according to NIH reports, there is no way to be sure from just the limited information in your post. However, if you aren't sure, there is never any harm in doing a pregnancy test.

The FDA lists the typical side effects of this medication as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, irritability, weight changes, and PMS-like symptoms.

How are you doing, now? Has there been any change? Are you on any other medications?

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If i take a pregnancy test, would it even be accurate? Because im two weeks away from my next period, and i had a full period my last period. I know that its like a fake period on sprintec, so would i still have a period if i were pregnant? And would the pregnancy test detect it?

I'm feeling about the same, with more irritability than anxiety since yesterday (which does feel somewhat pms-like, but could just be stress of circumstances right now).

The anxiety is weird for me though. Its a strange, consuming, paralyzing dread. Of absolutely nothing. Out of nowhere. Like id be smiling and fine, and we’d be perfectly happy. And he’d hug me and then tears would just start streaming, and id be feeling as if like someone had just died or if we were going through something really difficult. And over and over i have this feeling. And the question, am i pregnant?

If i were, would I subconsciously know it?

I guess id have to give you more information than just that. If you need to know about me, I’m 25. Ive been married for a little over a year, (and we do argue sometimes but he's literally the most wonderful person ive ever known and i love him and i love being married). I'm not on any medications at all other than sprintec (except for the occasional ibuprofen or like when im sick or have an allergic reaction). I weigh 135 (I weighed about 118 when i got married but 125-130 has been my average since then). It fluctuates quite a bit, and i have gained a few pounds in the last month or so, and it bothers me a little. The belt i was wearing last month is on the first hole now instead of the usual third or fourth. :(

And so i guess everything that im experiencing could be some sort of side effect. But im on like my 15th pack of this stuff. And ive never felt like this.

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So, an update i guess.
I dont think im pregnant. But i feel like i do definitely /feel/ pregnant each time i start a new pack of pills, (as much as i could know what feeling pregnant feels like without ever having been pregnant). This last week i started a new pack, and the same feelings came back. Anxiety. Nausea. Headaches. Weakness. Even food cravings. (I really needed pickles, and i was very much repulsed by red meat. Both, very unusual for me.) But, maybe that’s just the way the pill affects me now? Idk. Weird.

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