September 3th
2007
6:13 PM
I am just about to finish my 3rd month of nuvaring. I have never been able to take the pill (I either vomit, or bleed non-stop). I have been having side effects that are increasing daily. I have a bit of lower back pain, started bleeding the day before I took it out on the 2nd month. I have been spotting this month since Thursday of last week, and have 3 more days before I am supposed to take it out. I am using a tampon today because it is so heavy.
I have nausea that comes in waves for the first 10 days. I also have severe breast tenderness.
I have minor headaches in the early evenings. I am not a headache person; never really have them.
The worst part is is the panic attacks (which I have never had). It starts with me holding my breath, tightness in my chest, and severe anxiety. I have felt weepy and out of control. It is getting worse the longer I am on it. It feels like someone else is driving my feelings. I don't recognize myself, nor my reactions to things. I feel a bit paranoid about things. My fears have been irrational. I feel sad, and cry for no reason at some point every day. On the 6th day after I put it in, each month, I have cried the entire day. I am taking it out tomorrow after I speak to my doctor, and getting an IUD. This is a nightmare. I also have night sweats. I also think it is pushing on my bladder. I feel like I have to urinate all the time, and then I sit down to pee the tiniest amount imaginable, and I do not have the ability to push my urine out quickly, which I could do before the ring was in. I had my doctor check me for a UTI, or any other problem like that, but I was "fine."
June 18th
2007
4:34 PM
i used to take estrostep a few years ago and i was fine i never even gained weight felt like nothing, here i am taking it again and in my 3rd month, i have never been this depressed in my life, i cry alot i get mad at everything im always fighting with my bf and on top of that ever since i started it for these 3 months i havent gotten my period and no im not pregnant! before i got on it i was perfect and happy with my life and out of no where i am like this
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April 5th
2007
5:39 AM
I have recently "weaned" myself off Wellbutrin XL, over the course of 3 weeks, per doctors orders. Since then, I have been feeling bouts of hostility and anger. I cry alot. I feel as though I can control a single emotion?! Anyone else have these problems?
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April 3th
2007
10:05 PM
MT SIDE EFFECT THAT i HAVE , SINCE I HAVE HYPOTHROIDISM HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. i CAN TELL ALL THE TIME WHEN MY LEVELS ARE OFF. WHEN THEY ARE TOO HIGH OF TOO MUCH THYROID MEDICATION IN MY SYSTEM, I FEEL VERY NERVOUS, IRRITABLE. SHAKEY FEELING INSIDE LKE I CANNOT CALM DOWN IN SIDE. MUSCLE CRAMPING, AND BAD HEADACHE. WHEN MY LEVELS ARELOW , I AMY VEY TIRED AL DAY LONG AND JUST WANT TO SLEEP. i ALSO GET A VERY DEPRESSED FEELING AND WANT TO CRY ALOT, BECAUSE I DONT FEEL RIGHT. WHEN THE LEVELS ARE REALLY LOW I GET DIZZY, AND WHEN i TRY TO DRIVE MY CAR I CAN NOT CONCINTRATE VERY WELL AND i FEEL LIKE I AM DRUNK.. THE FEELING IS AWFUL, AND MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I AM NOT IN TOUCH WITH REALITY.
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April 2th
2007
5:34 AM
I feel the same and guest 40431 if I skip a few days because I cant get to the pharmacy right away I start feeling dizzy and light headed. When I blink my eyes I feel this weird feeling of
electricity that goes all through my body. It happens when I
blink or swallow. It is the weirdest sensation and I dont like it
at all. If I miss a few day I begin to cry alot and feel a sense of wanting to kill myself. I take the effexor XL 75mg I just hope things will get better. This is very scarey. I dont want to be addicted to anything. When I go to my doctor in a few days I will have a serious chat with him reguarding this medication. I was told that it is very safe and not addicting.
God help us all in the world of medications.
December 5th
2005
6:52 PM
Since I have been on Estrostep, which I started taking it about 3 months ago, I have been very moody. I get mad and sad for no reason. I cry alot and I stay depressed most of the time. Also my sex drive has increased .. alot. And when I started taking the pill, my period was very irregular. It would stop for a day and then start again the next day .. or stop and 2 days later it would happen again.
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May 19th
2005
8:44 PM
i cough all day and night i choke so bad i make myself vomit,i dont sleep more than 4 hr a day,my legs and feet hurt so bad
i cry alot....i am going to my doctor tomorrow and i am telling him i want another medication,sometimes i feel like i am drowning in my own fluids,i am 39 yrs old and i feel and walk like i am 79 yrs old.somedays it takes all that i have just to get into the shower..i have never felt so bad in my life.my neck and shoulders hurt me like i was in a car accident.this drug needs to go !!
May 26th
2003
9:13 AM
itchy hives on arms and legs very bad taste no food taste right to me can't stand to eat the things i use to love. I cry alot and sometimes started laughing all at once felt very bad like i was losing my mind. I couldn't remember. But the worst is this taste in my mouth and hieightened smell things smell bad to me.
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NuvaRing (2) Estrostep Fe (2) Levoxyl (1) Levaquin (1) Lisinopril (1) Effexor (1) Wellbutrin (1)
February 23th
2009
4:26 PM
I was on the pill, Mircette, for about five months. I decided to stop taking it and try nuvaring because I had a roommate who loved it. I'm on birth control because I had mood swings with pms that noone would stay around me. I had my period off of birth control two weeks ago. Started Sunday the 8th. Usually they were three days at the most. This one went all the way to the 13th. I put my first nuvaring in Saturday night around 12am on the 14th. For some reason I couldn't get situated. It burned and I could feel it and just wasn't comfortable. I dealt with it til about Monday morning when I took it out and decided it wasn't right for me. I've been kinda dizzy, cry a lot, I'm shaky and tired. My boyfriend and I haven't had sex in about seven weeks and I took a pregnancy test the day before I started my actual period two weeks ago and it was negative. But I woke up today, the 23rd and I had lite bleeding and backaches. I know its normal coming off of birth control, but seeing as how I didn't have it in very long is this still normal? Has anyone else experienced this? I called my gyno and she said it was probably just breathrough bleeding but I'm worried.
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