I have an alarm to take my pill at 6:55pm everyday. So I took my pill at the normal time Sunday night. I have bad anxiety, so I have compulsions to check my packet to make sure I take my pills. If I don't my brain will tell me I missed and I won't be able to sleep.

I happened to have the compulsion to check at 2am so I checked, and in my sleepy state I realized "wow it's 'Monday' and I haven't taken it" so I just took the next pill not paying attention to the day.i thought I had forgotten to take the pill even though the time hadn't come yet. So I looked and it seems I took Tuesdays pill, but now TODAY is Tuesday and now I don't have a pill for Tuesday.

To clarify. I took Sundays pill on time (6:55pm) then stayed up and got confused until 2:am (which would be Monday). Saw I hadn't taken Mondays, and then took it, even though it had just turned into Monday.

So tonight (Monday night 6:55pm) I took Tuesdays pill.

This is the first time I've messed up in the 4 years I've been taking the pills.

I just need advice on what I should do.

Should I just wait until Wednesday (my next correct pill day) not taking one on Tuesday (today) and avoid sex until after my period?

Thank you in advance! I'm just worried about messing up my cycle and/or messing up the effectiveness of my pills. My period is next week and has started on Thursday nights/Friday mornings for the last couple years. I know if I messed up the cycle and it started a different day my anxiety would make me panic of pregnancy.