Loon symptoms and conditions

I am so relieved to know that I'm not turning into some crazed basket case!
I've been on nuvaring for over 2 years. In the beginning, I couldn't believe the product...it was phenomenal! Put it in, and forget about it! Also, skipping periods was never so easy! I never spotted...just inserted a new ring and went on my merry way!

Well, that all changed about a year ago. I was planning my wedding, so I chalked my moodiness and depression on this huge event (of course! makes sense, right?). Time went on, and the feelings have not dissipated. I have always been a very emotional "in tact" female...a tuff Texas girl! I've had management jobs where my even keel disposition has been key to my success. Now, I'm afraid I'm going to breakdown at work...that would be BAD...really bad.

Also, my weight has been a thorn in my side. Although, I am not a big girl (135#), I'm bigger than I'd like (used to be 125). And, what's up with the belly pooch!? NEVER in my life have I had a belly that pokes out like this! I work out 4-5 x a week and eat healthy (yes healthy, you skeptics). My breasts have blown up like the Macy's day parade which my husband is all for, but I'm, quite frankly, getting a little scared of them:)

I am taking my nuva out on Sunday, and I CANNOT wait!! I want to go back to my fun, happy-go-lucky self.

BTW!! - To you men reading these entries with a girlfriend or wife that has recently turned into a crazy loon...stay strong for your lady. My husband has been an amazing man. I know he's wanted to get in his car and run away a couple times, but he has stuck by me. And I'm about to rock his world with my new and improved sex drive (when it decides to come back).

Best of Luck and I'll see you lovely ladies on the other side!!

I was on Loestrin 24 Fe for 3 months. I too was relieved to find out that I was not alone regarding the side effects. I had the weight gain, the spotting but no period, the mood swings and worst of all for me (and my boyfriend)....the lack of sex drive. I stopped taking this BC pill a month ago and I am waiting for things to get back to normal. Does anyone know how long it usually takes for Loestrin to completely leave your system?
Thanks

May 26th? You got it.

And soon we should also address the unprecedented actions of more and more MD's twho are too often immediately suggesting depression as an answer for anything they can't diagnose. As if to say their failure to find anything can't be due to their lack of experience or training or talent...and that it just must be that the patient is making this all up and or exaggerating his or her symptoms simply because he or she is depressed.

I am hearing from so many people now that I have been through a traumatic experience like this that are saying and sharing their own doctor stories and hearing the same thing more and more from their doctors...that their doctors are mentioning "depression" so often about almost every unexplained symptom and almost pushing them into seeking psychiatric care and getting them onto anti-depressants.

I had never seen a psychiatrist in my 54 year old life until this Levaquin nightmare. I had never had a problem with drugs or alcohol, never been arrested, married once for 24 years now, two kids in college...but suddenly I am a loon who will not accept that I am so depressed that this is causing all these unprecedented symroms like body pain, and all the rest?

This "depression" excuse and diverting by doctors is becoming so common now that it is almost an epidemic.