Last night I developed nausea and dizziness...I've been kind of tired for a few days now. I just had my period last week ending last Saturday. (the 29th of May) Last month I started the birth control patch, changing it faithfully etc. Today I woke up and felt fine. Walked my son to school and came home. Within an hour the nausea and dizziness came on. I still feel it as I write, more so the nausea. I can smell the percolated coffee from next door and it's making me feel sick. (I live in an attached townhouse) The only thought I have is pregnancy b/c it came on so suddenly and the smell thing is what really gets me worried. Tiredness too. BUT b/c I had a full period last week from Tuesday to Saturday, should I rule that out? Not to mention being on the patch. *SIGH* I know I could go and get a pregnancy test or go to the dr. but at the moment both is kind of impossible. So I've resorted to asking for advice on here....if it's even a possibility or does anyone know of anything else that could be wrong with me? I called a hotline to describe my symptoms and they suggested I see a DR. which I know I will in time. Ok...so there it is. Any advice or feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!

We also have a patient in our clinic using the patch, and she's complaining of the same problems, she's having nausea and dizziness and she's losing weight too, and has lost her appetite - we ruled out the medication she's on.

Good luck.

One very good resource that people don't use often is their pharmacist. Their trained in this (drug interaction, etc), give them a call.