Rapid heart beat every night after taking Birth Control

[anxious_thoughts]

Hello,

I recently just started in BC and have had very high anxiety about taking it. My gyno gave me a low hormonal birth control called Alesse 28. I take it before bed every night at 11:45pm. I'm only on my 6th but every single night that I've taken it about an hour or two after I take the pill I notice my heart beat racing. Last night seriously scared me and I had 129 bpm even though I was laying in bed! I could feel my heart beat everywhere.

When I woke up in the morning I checked again and my heart rate was normal. Throughout the day my heart rate is also normal. I just get palpitations hours after taking it. My gyno is closed over the weekend so I can't even call the office to see if I should continue the pills or not. I don't really get any other symptoms along with the rapid heart beat but it terrifies me that I'm going to have a heart attack. At first I thought maybe it's because I'm nervous but it's happened 5 nights in a row. Any thoughts?

[nomorepanic]

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