New birth symptoms and conditions

I am on the nuvaring, but I am not having the same complications that everyone else seems to have. I have been on the nuvaring for about three and a half years. Everything seemed to be going great with this new birth control until about 4 months ago when i didn't start my period. So, my fiance and i decided to get a pregnancy test and sure enough it was positive. With me being in my third year of college and having to change our wedding date, our lives have taken a drastic turn.Now that i am 18 weeks pregnant i am trying to keep a close look out on any other nuvaring pregnancies. I had found 2 others around my area who were having the same problem as me, so i knew i was not alone. Then the most shocking news came to me when my brothers girl friend called me one morning telling me she hadn't started her period yet. She was on the nuvaring too, let me remind you. The odds of her and I both getting pregnant on a birth control that is 99.9% accurate is a 1 and a million chance. What are the odds of that? Sure enough she is pregnant too. So our question is, was there a bad lot of nuvarings sent out around the same areas or what? And its not like we misused them either. we have both been on it for a long time, so we know the do's and don'ts. So, id there anyone else out there with this problem?

I feel so much better after reading this site! I've been on NuvaRing for two months and have had serious bouts with depression for the first time in my life. I mean, I've felt down before, but never like this. Just today I wanted to cry for no reason about 90% of the time. I've had abdominal pain and back pain that I never had before. The mood swings are really the worst (just ask my boyfriend). I relate to what another girl said; that her mood swings range from white hot anger to serious depression. On days like today (less than a week before my period) I just want to sleep the day away. I don't want to interact with anyone and everything makes me miserable. Also, it's changed the way everything smells down there. My boyfriend is really good about it, but even he admits that it's unpleasant to him. I've asked my gyno and she said that I don't have a UTI or a yeast infection, so right now the only explanation is this new birth control. Thankfully Monday is the day I take it out, and I'll be taking it out for good. I hope more women review this site before trying out this birth control because everyone should know the real side effects...the ones your doctor won't tell you.

I had been on the pill for years until my OB suggested the NR. It sounded like a great idea (no worries about missing pills). I was on it for a week until yesterday when I was on my way to a metro station from work. I suddenly felt faint, nauseous, I was hyperventilating, shaking all over and I could barely walk. I stopped at a local store I tried to drink some water and eat something but the food just sat in my mouth, I couldn't swallow and my throat felt as if it were closing up. All the things that could be wrong with me flew through my mind. Was I having a stroke, a heart attack, was I dehydrated, did I have a brain tumor, do I have diabetes, I am going into a diabetic shock. All I knew was that there was something terribly wrong and whatever it was couldn't be stopped and I was going to die. I had to call a co worker to come pick me and take me to the nurse at my office. It was the most terrifying moment of my life.

Once at the nurses office she determined that I was having a panic attack. She ran off a list of possible causes and one that stood out immediately was that it could be hormonal. I knew then that it was my new birth control (the nuvaring). It was the ONLY thing that had changed. This explains the fatigue, mood swings and the general malaise I've been experiencing over the last week. I thought I was just having a bad week, things that never used to bother me suddenly became unbearable.

I immediately took the ring out and I will NEVER use it again. I have had only one panic attack before this, and that was 3 years ago, but it was mild compared to this one. I was absolutely crippled yesterday. I have never felt so helpless/crazy/terrified/alone in my life. I'm still not 100% today (a little weepy/depressed), but it feels like my body is getting back to normal.

So if any of you start feeling depressed or fatigued shortly after using this product please please please consider using another form of birth control. I don't want anyone to EVER go through an anxiety attack like I did.

I HATE FEMCON!!!!!

FEM-GONE!!!!!!!!!
AND ON TO NEW BIRTH CONTROLS!

WHO'S WITH ME?! FEM-GONE! FEM-GONE! FEM-GONE!!!!!!!!!!

I had my mirena fitted April 08, and four days ago I had it removed... What a relief! A week after it was fitted, i went to a gyn because of the cramps and they scanned my uterus. Everything was in perfect order. But the cramps didn't stop and I was bleeding more or less all the time. Sometimes I could feel it when having sex, and my boyfriend did too. I also had that PMS feeling for about three weeks before having my period, getting irritating and moody. Before period I got acne and blisters in my mouth (never had any of it before!). I had to convince the doctor to take it out, she said it was such a good birth control.

Now I am feeling happier with no mirena in my body. But I am bleeding quite heavily. I can't find any information about what happens to your body when mirena is removed?

I just started my 3rd pack of Aviane. One of the reasons I started taking birth control was to lighten up my period due to anemia. Well, so far its only made my periods worse. The first pack i had breakthrough bleeding for almost 2 weeks. It was heavy, the cramps were worse, felt sick, and worse depression/anxiety. I went to the doctor and he said this was "normal" and that I should continue the pill. During the second pack I bled for over a week and it was heavier, bad cramps and a headache for a week. Not to mention my "period" never came during the placebo pills but I know it can take time to regulate. I just started my 3rd pack of pill and I'm not feeling well. Just nauseous, sick and depressed again. Just last week when I was on the placebo pill I felt just fine and now i've started Aviane again and i feel horrible. All I know is that if bleed irregular/heavy this month again, i'm either going to go off this horrible stuff or go to the doctor to find a new birth control that doesn't make me feel sick and depressed all the time!

I had Mirena put in after I my second baby. The doctor who seemed concerned because I was literally pregnant for two years in a row said I aught to use a form of birth control that would allow me to get on with my life without another pregnancy. I thought she was right since having two babies back to back really did a number on me. I gained like 45 to 60 pounds on my pregnancy. And right after my second baby, I had mirena put it. It's been four years and since then, and things have been really bad. I have major depression, I am very moody, and I feel lazy. I feel so tired and over weight. After attempting to loose weight with a combination of diet and exercise I realized that it's not working, Mirena is keeping from actually loosing weight and more than this it has contributed to my weight gain. Fatigue is also a factor, there are days I struggle to get out of bed. I'm only 27 and I feel so old, and fragile. The problem is I got Mirena put in when I had medical insurance, a year after my husband lost his great job. Now he works two jobs and still no medical insurance. What am I going to do since I have been wanting to be this removed. Anyway I am still glad that I found this website and read about others. And I noticed we SO MUCH IN COMMON......I'm not alone!

Im 17 years old and my doctor asked me to try this new birth control......it's terrible i'm on my second pack and only have one week left until my brown pills!!.....my breast got swollen first and then they became tender....but by night fall the tenderness goes away and returns 2-3 hours after i take the pill the next day. im ALWAYS bloated even when i awake in the morning.....i suffer from headaches from time to time and even feel tingly sensations in my right arm....i bled for about a day on my first set of brown pills and had some spotting here and there.....and not to mention i gained 5 pounds!!!....im way to young for this so i'll take my 3rd pack of pills and see how it treats me but if it doesn't get any better i'm starting some new pills!!!!!!!

I had the Paragard IUD for a year and 5 weeks ago I had it removed and replaced with the Mirena. Since then I have had acne all over my face and back which is uncommon for me and have had absolutely no sex drive. I want a good birth control with fewer or no periods but the acne has too stop. They say it's not from the IUD but what else can it be from? Did I just waste $1,000 or can I get my money back or a new birth control in place of this one?? Please help me, I hate the acne!!

Like many others who have posted here, many symptoms have been present, but I failed to recognize that NuvaRing may be the cause. After another restless night, lying awake at 3 a.m. and considering seeking help for my increasingly unpredictable mood swings and depression, I had an epiphany, which led me here.
I’ve long suffered headaches, so I won’t pin that on NuvaRing, but I used to be one who rarely cried. I’ve felt absolutely crazy lately, both crying and being openly hostile to my husband. It’s a relief to think there may be a cause I can do something about. Now I can’t decide if I should remove it now and risk having my period while on vacation next week or leave it in and be miserable.
I’d finally been able to lose a few pounds, but only two months after beginning NuvaRing, it was all back, plus a few more. I hadn’t thought to connect it to the new birth control, as I’ve been on various pills since 1999.
Stomach problems are another issue I was already dealing with, but the possibility that they've been compounded by this birth control is frustrating.
Another symptom that I’m not sure is related: raised bumps on my upper arms and thighs, dry and slightly itchy. Has anyone else experienced skin-related symptoms with NR?
Many thanks to all who have shared their experiences.

WOW!!! I am so glad i decided to google Yaz. I actually stopped taking Yaz 3 days ago. Not because i felt i was having problems...but because i just no longer need birth control. Little did i know that it was the cause of a lot of my problems. I was diagnosed with Anxiety disorder at 18 and i am now 28. I stopped taking antidepressants about 2 years ago. I have been doing great! then i started taking Yaz...UH O! all of the sudden i was having mood swings, anxiety attacks, headaches, dizzy spells...ugh i thought i was loosing it! of course i related it to my anxiety disorder and fugured i just needed to get back on meds. Surprise, surprise my doctors said the same thing. I even asked "Could it be the new birth control i am on?"..DOc- "O no, Yaz is great ...no anxiety side effects"...
So of course i listen to my doctor and continue the pill. I got back on prozac (I really didn't want to) but what else could i do...i was going crazt and my doctors said YAZ had nothing to do with it...UM HELLO!!! did they research this drug?????? Obviously not..it says right on the website "May cause anxiety" UGH!!!
I just stopped the Pill 3 days ago and i am hoping that all these problems go away and i can eventually get off Prozac as well. THe only major problem i am having now is that i stopped the pill mid cycle and now i am having a really HEAVY period. i never had heavy periods before :(... I am hoping that this goes away and all goes back to normal...
CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THEY TOO HAD A VERY HEAVY PERIOD AFTER STOPPING YAZ?????????
AGAIN THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR ME..NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH HEAVY PERIODS!

THANK YOU,

I was on NuvaRing for a year before experiencing any side effects. My January period was horrible -- it lasted 4 1/2 weeks with clots the size of a half dollar coming out -- my general doc thought it was some strange side effect of a back injury I was recovering from. February was fine. Then, the same thing happened in March, except I was going on week 5 of these clots with no end in sight. I happened upon this website and realized that the loss of sex drive, exhaustion, lack of sleep, and depression were possible side effects of the ring! I have been on antidepressants for over a year, and now believe I was medicating the wrong thing. I have had more headaches in the past six months than I have ever had in my whole life...and my husband and I were experiencing many issues over the lack of sex drive, which used to be very healthy until starting on the ring. Thank God I found this website! I have taken out the ring (my blood flow stopped in just a few hours after removing it), and have a call in to my doc to find a new birth control option!

O how glad to know where my problems are coming from!!! Im 22 years old and just became sexually active. Because of the "cheery" Yasmine commerical I decided to give it a try. Well I've been on pill for a total of 3 months and its been an emotional rollercoaster! I was condsidering having a pshycological evaluation to determine if I was clinically depressed. I found myself crying for no apparent reason. I even lost interest in some of my hobbies. Prior to the pill my body lubricated itself, not any more. Headaches and nausea were never a problem during my menstral, now it definately is. I started the pill the middle of January 5'8'' and 164 lbs, now its April I'm still 5'8'' but good ole Yasmine took me up to 179. Thanks everyone, Im getting a new birth control.

I cannot believe that doctors are not more aware of the potential side effects of this birth control. I'm actually a little angry and needed to post a brief account of my story. Took a break from birth control after 9 years. I had been on ortho-tri-cyclen. I had read studies that said being on it for that long was not good. So after a year off of it my doctor recommended Yasmine. To her credit the symptoms of PMS were reduced however I literally almost went crazy. I have often been described as annoyingly laid back. After a short time on Yasmine I started feeling anxious all the time. I thought it was the stress of life. I was turning 30 and had just caught my boyfriend cheating on me. I felt that dam clock ticking and my job as a teacher was becoming increasingly stressful. So I honestly never even thought my moods and anxiety and depression could possibly be coming from a birth control pill. Well I went on line to find a psychologist because my own mother gently told me she thought I needed one and thats when I stopped for a second. I asked myself if I had been taking any new vitamins first and then I looked at the calendar. I quickly noticed that the depression had started soon after my new birth control. So I decided to look up the ingredients in Yasmine. That's when I stumbled across this sight and was truly horrified. I stopped taking Yasmine that day and literally within a week I was feeling better. If you are struggling with anxiety, mood swings, and depression I suggest you switch your birth control immediately. Life is hard enough without our allies like birth control secretly being an enemy.

I started the Nuva Ring this past summer, because my doc advised me to get off the patch because of the side effects. When I first switched I bleed for about 3 weeks straight, I have never had that problem in my life! After being on it for a while I realized that I have absolutely NO SEX DRIVE! I never think about sex anymore, and its become a chore, which is the worst feeling EVER and my boyfriend agrees. I'm only 21! I should not be having this problem! Also, I have noticed that I get extremely emotional over nothing! I am usually a pretty easy going person, but this ring has jacked up my emotions like no other. I am planning to switch to a pill but I have absolutely no idea which one to try, anyone have any suggestions?

I have been on the NuvaRing for 3 weeks now. I have been having bad side effects, I am 14 years old and I highly recommend you do not use the NuvaRing it makes you a depressed person all the time it makes you have headaches and serious cramps and pains which i have had. It makes you mean which I was happy all the time before the Birth control method my doctor put me on. I am not satisfied, I have felt like vomiting and my NuvaRing comes out when I use tampons and it gets in the way it hurts... it is not good... I have been feeling dissy very tired.. feel like I never have enough sleep my parents been wondering whats wrong with me too its kind of like having a major bad hang over.. ( not that I know ) but I have heard what there like. I have been feeling really sick really hot.. and eat a lot I have had rashes as I would say because I just don't get break outs... which is weird I have gotten a break out on my forehead and on my chin..
I have been eating non-stop my apatite has changed.. and I am taking this method out as soon as i talk to my doctor and get switched to the pill the 6th.
So I HIGHLY recommend you do not use the NuvaRing.. but thats your decision just know the consequences that come with it.
oh and one last thing i have been having weird periods with a darkish brown colored period it has a weird odor too.. you might not take my advice because I'm young but I know what its like and if i would have known the effects I would have NEVER put my self through all this, so check into the side effects before you start a new birth control method if you have already used the nuvaring.. some people think the NuvaRing is good which to some people it is.. but for me it is horrible at first it was GREAT!!!
now its not so great .. =\ I personally think the pill will be best.. people say how its so bad to remember but its like this is you want to be protected and if you make the dicision you will remember.. I seriously am thinking about the pill i have heard its bad and i heard its good.
( Some of the same side effects come along with it tho )
Just know that.
So if you have experienced any of these please let me know.
I have had trouble breathing to.
or just write me back on here let me know if you have had the same symptoms I'm kinda worried.

THANX
Alicia-

Okay so I really need advice.
I'm taking a test tomorrow because I've been feeling HORRIBLE the past month. I'm SUPER nauseated, sort of having stomach pains, and always hungry..but it's a weird hunger.. the type where you feel kind of full but like you're really hungry all at the same time. I'm on my 2nd pack now and was on Yaz for 8 months before I started Loestrin. Is it bad that I've been sexually active w/o a condom but using the "pull out" method? I'm supposed to start tomorrow..haven't had cramps or anything so far. But I don't want to freak myself out so bad that I miss my period, so I guess that's another reason why I'm taking a test tomorrow.

I was on Nuvaring for 5 months I thought it was the answer to my prayers and I was fine till last month when it got out of hand (or a least I noticed it) I was extremely paranoyed (still am), I had really bad headaches, cramps, wanted to eat everything, OH and I was depressed and wanted to cry all the time, the one that might cause me my relationship is not having trust. I explain it was having no control over my body and what I put in my body. Finally I broke down crying after telling my partner about the side effects and my pain, and agony. he made me take it out and it has been rough I am still not in contol of myself but with in a week I have lost two pounds because I do not have an erge, my partner can definatly tell a difference in me...but now we have to find a new birth contol :-S

Before I started taking Loestrin 24 I was using orthitryclyclin. I was fine. I heard about a new birth control that would end up in my period only lasting three days. that sounded like the best option. I've been on it since June. NO side effects until recently. Alot of bloating, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, back ache. Any time I smell food or eat food I feel so nauseous. The question is should I be worried about being pregnant or are these normal side effect?

I first used the nuva ring in the summer of 2005. I was in a terrible relationship with an alcoholic and not living a very healthy lifestyle. I had good reasons to be depressed and did not link my emotional intensity to my new birth control. I remember, shortly after starting the nuva ring, my depression and helplessness intensified to the point of becoming suicidal. I did not even want to get out of bed and sometimes did not. Then, by some miracle or grace of God, I had a great job offer that took me to a new city. I finally broke from my relationship and bad habits and felt positive I was out of the funk I had been in. However, I often speculated that the nuva ring had something to do with my intense sadness.

In my new life I started dating a wonderful guy and have a great new career. About September 2006 I came off the nuva ring and have been using the rhythm method. We are getting married in May 2008 and my doctor recently put me back on bc so I won't end up huge and pregnant at my wedding. It has been 2 weeks back on the nuva ring, after one year of being off, and I am extremely depressed, full of anger, rapid mood swings (within the hour), crying uncontrollably, deep sadness and loneliness, and feelings of suicide. All in two weeks. Does that sound like a woman who is getting married and has a good career? NO!!!! I just canceled appointments at work and am jeopardizing my job because I feel so out of control. I don't want clients to vibe off of my freak-out, psycho mode. And, although my fiance and I are experiencing typical stress, none of my feelings are being taken serious by him because my behavior is so awful.

Two weeks ago everything in my life was wonderful. Now, it is un-threading. The power of these hormones is too much to handle. When I experience depression with out the nuva ring, I do a great job of countering out my depression with my cognitive behavioral skills. But, on the nuva ring, I feel powerless to control my depression. I am going right now to take out this ring. I do feel like I pushed through the depression the first time. But I had all of these positive things thrown my way. I don't have time for this damaging interference in my life. I'd rather have a baby! So, if you are prone to depression, or depression runs in your family, I would stay far away from the nuva ring. The company who manufactures the nuva ring should conduct more studies about the affects in patients prone to depression. My thoughts of suicide are so casual and vivid I am scared. I am scared a sweet young woman is going to kill herself if they are not educated that the severity of their depression is due to their birth control!

I've been on the pill for almost two weeks now, the first week I had no symptoms then on Monday I started bleeding and have been bleeding ever since. I hope the symptoms go away soon because I don't know how much longer I can take the bleeding espically since I just had my period less than two weeks ago.

First off, I am so relieved to have found this website and to have figured out that i am not going crazy...
This whole thing started off right away when i started to use NuvaRing.
I think by the second day that i was on it I was in the metro and when the metro reached the next stop the doors didn't open right away and i started to have an intense panic attack feeling like i was trapped and became extremly nauseous... worse then i've ever had in my whole life... I didn't know what was wrong with me and for the past two weeks i thought that my life would never be the same and that i would live like this forever...

I tried so hard from when this started to happen to me to try and figure out what was wrong and i couldn't think of anything that could cause me to feel this way... Then this morning it hit me that it could be the new birth control that i was taking and i started to research and found this:)

I've also experienced extreme nausea and lack of sleep... also sometimes i would feel extemely hungry and sometimes i would feel like i couldn't even look at food. My breasts have been hurting a lot; like when i'm on my period... and i've had terrible mood swings and a lack of patience.

Recently terrible depression has started to occur to the point where i even thought about killing myself which is something that i have never thought seriously about in my life...

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS HAS ALL BEEN IN ONLY A PERIOD OF 2 WEEKS!

this thing is terrible and i would never reccomend for anybody to begin taking it. It should be taken off the market.

I've been on FemCon now for 4 mos and it's been great! I had some breakthrough bleeding for the first 1 1/2 but that's normal usually when you start a new birth control pill. I haven't gained any weight and I have very little cramps during menstruation. My face has cleared up since I've been on it also. And fortunately, it hasn't affected my sex drive...

I've only been on the nuva ring for three days now. I hate it. I thought I was getting sick, because the day I put it in I was just exhausted. Then the next morning when I woke up I was sweating and I didn't want to move all day. I was so tired. I felt like if I stood up too long I would fall down. Then when I ate dinner my stomach bloated out like a cow. This morning I was still exhausted and I just layed there crying. I hardly ever get sick, and my symptoms really weren't making any sense.. and then I just put it all together. I'm pretty sure it's the nuva ring that's making me feel like crap. The day I put it in I also got this weird bloody discharge. Also, I haven't necessarily lost my sex drive.. but sex hasn't really been at all enjoyable. I want on a new birth control, but I don't even know what I would want.. the nuva ring is supposed to have the lowest amount of hormones.. so wouldn't anything else just be worse?

I have been using NuvaRing for about 9 months. At first it was great because I have a lot of trouble with pills and the patch was giving me migranes but over the past 6 months I have had a lot of trouble with it. The discharge is a problem. And sex has been extremely painful. This was never a problem until I started NuvaRing. Now my boyfriend and I do not have the active sex life we used to because it hurts too much! Sharp pains and tenderness after a few minutes of sex. And the pain lasts for a good 24-48 hours. Sometimes it hurts to even sit! I have a doctors appt. to change to a new birth control again! And by the way, has anyone noticed that some insurances don't cover it and the price has gone up to almost $50!?