I was on the nuva ring for about 7 months. At first everything was fine. Then I started to get cramping and brown spotting in the middle of my cycle and periods that would last a long time. I never seemed to stop bleeding. One incident that occured was a terrible itch, but I was told that was associated with wearing tampons too much, since I was bleeding too much! I got sick of the cramping and spotting so I quit the ring. I've never been on anything else.