STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Grace · Dooney & Bourke

Pill users...

JoceyBaby23 · Gucci

No. Ive never experienced that.

Any change in your diet or other meds or any new stresses in your life? Maybe it is correlated with something else?

rosey · Dooney & Bourke

I've never experienced that either as a result of the pill. I agree with JoceyBaby about checking about other things in your life- maybe you're inside more, breathing more dry air, etc... It probably doesn't hurt to ask your ob-gyn though about this!

jacL · Coach

No I haven't but this sounds like something you should talk to your doctor about right away, unless you can pinpoint it exactly to something else.

Elle · Hermes

Googled 'pill + shortness of breath' and found these warning signs:

Danger signs:

Abdominal pain (severe).
Chest pain (severe), shortness of breath, coughing up blood.
Headache (severe), numbness of lips, tongue, arm or leg.
Eye problems--vision loss, blurring, flashing lights
Severe leg pain--redness, swelling of calf or thigh.

I'd call your doctor - they very well may not be concerned and might tell you just to call back if it gets worse or you have other symptoms, but better safe than sorry.

NCshopper · Hermes

Hmm...I've never had that happen. I do know though that if you are even the most casual of smokers, being on the pill can be a MAJOR risk.

Is there any reason you think the two are connected? Did you just start the pill and now you're having shortness of breath? Are you on any other meds?