Daylight Saving Time and the pill - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

icksters · 04-11-2005, 07:13 PM

I searched for this and didn't come up with anything, I was just wondering if daylight savings time would affect the time I should be taking my pill. I would normally take it at 10pm, so now that here in NY we set our clocks forward, (I know it was like 2 weeks ago, but this just occured to me) I was just wondering if I should be taking my pills at 11pm? I'm confused, and any advice is appreciated!

cellophanedeity · 04-11-2005, 08:00 PM

I have a feeling that after two weeks, our bodies have adjusted. Anyway, it's generally (not always) relatively safe to take the pill at different times within a couple of hours once in a while.

I don't worry about this too much. *shrugs*

Sage · 04-11-2005, 08:13 PM

i don't think it'd make much of a difference, seeing how you're just going one day taking it an hour late, then just adjusting to your body taking it one hour "late." If it's not important enough to warrant a package insert mention, it's not a big deal.

icksters · 04-11-2005, 08:24 PM

thanks so much! I'm completely paranoid when it comes to birth control, as I am not ready to have a baby at this point in my life. Thanks again for the advice!

Supple Cow · 04-11-2005, 08:35 PM

Just to reassure you again, I asked my doctor about this years ago because I was travelling between the east and west coasts. She told me that even the 3 hour difference wouldn't matter and that I should just make sure I took it every day even if it was at 8pm eastern one day and 8pm pacific the next.

04-11-2005, 07:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
icksters Tilted Location: New York	Daylight Saving Time and the pill I searched for this and didn't come up with anything, I was just wondering if daylight savings time would affect the time I should be taking my pill. I would normally take it at 10pm, so now that here in NY we set our clocks forward, (I know it was like 2 weeks ago, but this just occured to me) I was just wondering if I should be taking my pills at 11pm? I'm confused, and any advice is appreciated! Last edited by icksters; 04-11-2005 at 07:16 PM..

04-11-2005, 08:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sage hoarding all the big girl panties since 2005 Location: North side	i don't think it'd make much of a difference, seeing how you're just going one day taking it an hour late, then just adjusting to your body taking it one hour "late." If it's not important enough to warrant a package insert mention, it's not a big deal. __________________ Sage knows our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's She answers hard acrostics, has a pretty taste for paradox She quotes in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus In conics she can floor peculiarities parabolous -C'hi

04-11-2005, 08:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Supple Cow Americow, the Beautiful Location: Washington, D.C.	Just to reassure you again, I asked my doctor about this years ago because I was travelling between the east and west coasts. She told me that even the 3 hour difference wouldn't matter and that I should just make sure I took it every day even if it was at 8pm eastern one day and 8pm pacific the next. __________________ "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." (Michael Jordan)

04-11-2005, 08:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
cellophanedeity Heliotrope Location: A warm room	I have a feeling that after two weeks, our bodies have adjusted. Anyway, it's generally (not always) relatively safe to take the pill at different times within a couple of hours once in a while. I don't worry about this too much. shrugs

04-11-2005, 08:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
icksters Tilted Location: New York	thanks so much! I'm completely paranoid when it comes to birth control, as I am not ready to have a baby at this point in my life. Thanks again for the advice!