I don't think that's very likely. Please talk to a doctor about this. How do you know your blood sugar is dropping? If you're diabetic then there may be more of a link.

It might have more to do with the time of day you take your pill and when you normally eat. For example, if you normally take your pill in the morning with breakfast, it is probably because you just ate breakfast, not from the time you took the pill. Get what I mean? I'd talk to my doc.

Im seeing my doctor tomorrow...I know that my blood sugar is dropping because its been ongoing for over a week now...all the s/s of hypoglycemia...weakness, shakes. dizziness almost to the point where i feel faint....nausea..peanut butter seems to fix it fairly quickly...after several days of these symptoms i borrowed a glucometer and sure enough my blood sugar has been running very low...at one point 2 hours after eating alot of carbs my blood sugar was only 57...i do not believe i am diabetic just that something is causeing my sugar to drop...i have the same eating habits that i have had for years...no change in anything other than the birth control...and it seems to be worse a few hours after taking the birth control...i actually had forgotten a pill last friday so had to double up on saturday and about an hour and a half later i had to be picked up by a friend off the bathroom floor...its really freaking me out..i hope my docotr knows the cause im at a loss...thanks for the suggestions

I really don't see how in the world birth control could be causing this. The hormones are completely unrelated to blood sugar...

I hope your doctor finds something.

I've had the same thing happen - I've had minor symptoms of hypoglycemia all my life, but it wasn't until I went on hormonal birth control a few years ago that the symptoms became major and constant. Anecdotally, this doesn't seem to be such a strange experience - googling hypoglycemia "birth control" bears that out. I'm hoping to go off the pill soon to test my theory and see if my symptoms subside at all.

I have had similar concerns after starting birth control as well. After I eat certain things, especially pasta, I get a severe headache, I feel lightheaded, it feels like there's a lot of pressure in my ears and it usually comes with ringing in my ears. When I checked my blood pressure the other day it was 141/107. Whenever I searched "headaches after eating" on google it pointed to hypoglycemia. I have not been to a doctor. I am only 21 and have been hoping for side effects to hopefully go away.

This too happens to me and I know how scary it is. Pay attention to what you eat prior to it dropping. My problem is that I would eat something like sugary cereal or a snack cake earlier in the day and that would be all. My doc said that my body produced too much insulin for what i was eating and that's what was happening. I would drink a 1/2 can of soda or juice and would feel better, though hypoglycemic episodes absolutely wears me out, I stay physically drained all day.

I've been somewhat hypoglycemic my whole life, but we never figured it out until I started using BC and the symptoms became more extreme.

My gyno said that it's not something she's heard about before, but that I know my body best.

For me, switching from a high hormone method (patch) to a lower one (ring) seems to have helped a lot.

This has happened to me as well. I've never had a problem until I started the pill. However I have to be on the pill for other reasons than birth control. I started changing my diet around the time I take my pill and symptoms have ended. I would talk to your doctor but a change in diet might be the answer.

Anyone who says hormones and blood sugar are unrelated isn't very knowlegeable about the human body. Estrogen (real or synthetic) causes blood sugar to drop (or fluctuate) while progesterone (natural only, not synthetic) causes it to stabilize. Worsening hypoglycemia is common in pregnancy (mine worsened)and since birth control tricks the body into thinking it's pregnant, hypoglycemia can follow. I, too, had to resume taking the Pill for endometriosis and mood swings attributed to menopausal levels of hormones. Try low carbing (it makes a noticeable difference on the Pill or off) and see if it helps. If not, an alternative method might be in order.