Wonderful change symptoms and conditions

I'm so glad I finally decided to search online for other NuvaRing user comments and found this website...I was starting to think I was going crazy! I have been using the NuvaRing for about 7 months now. It was a wonderful change from taking pills daily (or forgetting to take them). Recently though, I have been experiencing severe mood swings to the point where family members were asking me if I was okay. My husband told me I was snapping at him for the littlest things and I didn't even notice how rude or short I was being with him. I have also been feeling slightly depressed for no reason at all; I have a very happy life and nothing to keep me down, so I definitely think these are all side effects of the NuvaRing. I am taking it out and going to consult my primary physician for something else!

I took Zyprexa for 11 yrs always pleading with my psychiatrist to let me try something else. I had gained 90+ lbs with Zyprexa and slept about 12-14 hrs every day. Plus I just sat around watching TV all the time. No motivation. But it did stabilize me when it seemed nothing else could.

Two weeks ago my doctor changed me to Geodon. What a wonderful change! At least the first 12 days I had no problems and lost 7 lbs. My head is clear, I am hypomanic which is so much better than mired in drowsiness and trouble thinking. Now I have energy galore and feel maybe I can even return to work soon.

HOWEVER, the last two nights I just can't go to sleep. Night before last I tossed and turned for 2 hrs before I could sleep. Last night it was 4 hrs. I tried taking the Geodon (80mg) this morning instead of taking it tonight, hoping that would help the situation. But after taking it in the morning, I was in terrible shape. I couldn't seem to keep my mouth closed -- it kept falling open and I looked like an idiot. I couldn't concentrate to drive -- I know I ran at least one red light. Finally I just went home and slept for a couple of hours. Then I was fine.

Also I have light headaches and nausea off and on and totally no appetite. I like the appetite part but have had anorexia in the past so I have to be careful when I don't want to eat. Insomnia too, as I said. And hypomania. All in all, a trade up from Zyprexa, which I hated. I just hope I can manage the side effects enough to stick with it. I hope they will go away, but you never know about that. Zyprexa's side effects never went away.

my son started zyprexa almost 3 years ago and has gained over 100 pounds! my little boy is gone, hes double the child he was, and most of it was in the first year. He stopped taking zyprxa 3months ago, the first thing we noticed was how good his face looks, now his belly is even with his chest, his self confudence is better than I've seen in him in years! He doing better in school than he has in 3 yrs. Hes getting out of the house and going on with life. All this in 3months, makes me wonder about if he really needs the lithium & wellbutin, not ready to stop any other meds. yet, but this wonderful change since quitting zyprexa makes me start to think if the pills are just a scam,and the threats of what will happen if you quit is a contrlling fear, if it was my health I would quit in a minute, but its my son,and I'm afraid of taking that chance with him.