A shop worker claims she suffered a stroke that left her arm swinging 'with a life of its own' before she was left paralysed after taking the Pill.
Bobbie Jarvis, 24, was sent home from hospital in February after doctors told her she merely had a headache.
But five days later, she had a stroke alone at her boyfriend's home where she was discovered unconscious in the garden.
It left her arm moving around 'like a cat's tail' for seven days before she began having seizures.
Miss Jarvis has now spent six weeks in hospital after being left paralysed on the left side of her body - and must re-learn how to walk.
She claims doctors blamed the Pill, which she has been on since the age of 17, which caused a blood clot and therefore a stroke.
The chances of this, according to the NHS, are very small.
Bobbie Jarvis, 24, of Worcester Park, London, claims she suffered a stroke that left her arm swinging round 'with a mind of its own' before she was paralysed on the left side of her body
Miss Jarvis spent a month in hospital having repeat seizures and must now re-learn how to walk without help. Pictured, with her mother
Miss Jarvis claims doctors blamed the Pill, which she has been on since the age of 17, as it caused a blood clot
Miss Jarvis, from Worcester Park in London, said: 'A stroke is a big shock. For my parents, for my boyfriend. It's life-changing, unfortunately. I just have to adapt to a new life.'
Miss Jarvis had been prescribed the pill on a repeat prescription when she was 17 but claims she had never been called in for a check-up since then.
She had first seen doctors about her headaches on February 12, but claims doctors told her there was nothing wrong with her.
The NHS lists stroke as a potential side effect of taking the contraceptive pill but says the risk is 'very small'.
Doctors intending to prescribe the Pill are expected to carry out tests and decide whether a woman is likely to develop blood clots or have a stroke if they start taking it.
Researchers from Loyola University in Chicago last year published a study confirming the link between the two but saying only the risk of a stroke caused by the brain's blood supply being blocked by a clot.
Blood clots may be more likely in women taking the pill because oestrogen – a main ingredient of contraceptives – boosts the number of clotting substances in the patient's blood.
This raises the risk of a clot forming anywhere in the body and, if it becomes dislodged and travels to the brain, it can cause a stroke.
She woke up on February 20 with no headache and decided to drive to her boyfriend's house.
But while she waited for Christian Henry-May, 26, to return home, she suddenly lost sensation in her arm.
Miss Jarvis said: 'I had no headache that day and felt completely fine.
'My hand went numb. I panicked a bit, so I just sat down on the end of the bed and I didn't know what to think.
'Next thing I knew, I woke up and I had fallen back and I was trying to hear myself breathe. I knew I needed help but I was trying to find my phone and couldn't find it.'
Miss Jarvis managed to drag herself off the bed and out the door into the garden.
She said: 'I don't really remember much else except hearing myself trying to breathe.'
Mr Henry-May discovered his girlfriend unconscious in his garden and called an ambulance.
Miss Jarvis said: 'I'm not 100 per cent sure how long I was alone before my boyfriend found me - I don't know how long I was out for.
'I remember calling him before I had it to let him know I was there, but if you look at the time history from then to the time the ambulance arrived was about 45 minutes.
'I was lucky that Christian got there quickly and found me. He picked me up and ran me inside. I think I scared him a bit, I'm not going to lie.'
