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Posted at 11:46 AM on Jul 08, 2008 by cwodehou, #32147
Thank goodness for this sight. If you are thinking you're crazy and can't figure out what's wrong while you're on Nuva, scroll down, you will feel like you're getting a big hug! I am 27 and have been on the NuvaRing for coming on 8 months and everything has changed. At first I had severe migraines with nausea, a day after starting, that kept going and still occur. They will last all day long and I can take 8 of my migraine medicine and nothing will help. The headaches ruin days, make work difficult, and ruin weekends. Second: I gained weight around my middle, so perceptibly, I thought I was pregnant. The bloat and gas is constant, I'm always popping Gas-X extra strength but the gas doesn't quit. It was funny at first (yes, I'm immature) but now I'm so uncomfortable, and my pants are tight around the middle but nowhere else. Boo! Third: ANXIETY. I've been the most relaxed, calm person until I started on NuvaRing, and now I have a prescription for Valium just to keep me from having nervous butterflies all day. The anxiety goes hand in hand with depression, which sucks because I got engaged literally 2 weeks after starting NuvaRing and am always nervous, anxious and sad, and I'm so in love with my fiance but our home life is strained! I sometimes wonder if it's cold feet, but I know it's not. Which leads me to: Fourth: NO SEX DRIVE. Gone. Dead. Zilch. Zero. I have been the horniest person I know my whole life. I love sex. But I am almost scared of it now. I have no desire to have sex, recoil when my fiance touches me, and get butterflies when I think he's going to try to have sex with me. I sleep as far away as possible, never masturbate anymore, never feel sexy and the idea of sex just doesn't even pop into my head. So unlike me. This causes anxiety, too. Fifth: Yeast infections and pain during sex. I've never had either of these before. I'm extremely hygienic, and my underwear are constantly filled with discharge. So gross and painful. I'm going off of it in 5 days and I cannot wait!
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Reply about 1 month ago on Jul 09, 2008 by marakia_r, #9905

This is how I feel exactly! Everything you have said I have also been going through. I wanted to try the Nuva Ring because it would be easy and I wouldnt have to think about it, but I think about daily. I feel like im going nuts and emotionally unstable. My doctor never told me about any side effects and wikipedia didnt help. Thankfully I saved two packs of my birth control pills and next week when I take it out I hope to feel like myself again!

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Reply about 1 month ago on Jul 27, 2008 by jc569, #10496

thank you for your post. this is exactly what happened to me. im 26 and had a fabulous sex life with my husband before nuvaring. and now, we have none. exactly what you describe is what my experience has been since ive been using nuvaring. anxiety? please. ive NEVER been anxious. EVER. and i had to go to therapy for over a year to help with my anxiety, which i now truly believe was a side effect from this medication. wt gain? ive had to go up 2 sizes since ive been on nuvaring. and i used to have an eating disorder years ago. do you know what this has done to my self esteem?! and the vaginal pain. holy shit. terrible. i am so glad to hear that this is not just me, that im not a crazy nut case. it so upsetting though, that this went on for me for over a year. i wished i knew sooner, i would have put an end to the nuvaring a long time ago.

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