I cannot disagree with these negative postings more. I absolutely...

you: "...I have not gained any weight...of course I diet & excercise about 5 days a week....do those of you who have experienced weight gain excercise regularly?..."

The NuvaRing does not cause weight gain. That's absurd. There's only one way to gain weight (as your self proclaimed fit self must agree) and that is to take in more calories than you burn.

But, the hormones in the NuvaRing, however, DO cause appetite change, and DO cause dizziness associated with these changes if the "food" (for lack of a better word) the hormones causes one to "crave" is not consumed. As you can imagine, this messes with a work out routine.

Which leads me to this, SWEETHEART... I DO exercise regularly. I'm a healthy size 6, 140 lbs, 5' 8" I am 21 years old and graduating from the University of Pittsburgh. I have helped my friends and family with diet and exercise plans since I made the goal to become fit (I was not a healthy weight in high school). I run a mile every week, and work out at the gym every other day with a trainer.

First of all, why are you even on the "side effects" page if you're so happy with the product? There are ongoing investigations as we speak concerning NuvaRing related stroke and death, and incident reports are on the rise. I have always been a stickler for healthy sex lives, hormonal birth control that works in conjunction with a woman's body, and safe sex practices. Let me just give you my two cents: I assure you, I am as in touch with my body as I am in touch with my inner self. And I will not hesitate to let you know... that I KNOW when something's off. NuvaRing was great for me for a while (we're talking a good 8 months... how long have you had yours?)... but then it took over my life. I am not young and naive, I am not unfit or unhealthy, I don't smoke or mess with drugs and rarely drink, I am a not mentally unstable, nor do I have any unmentioned medical conditions. I'm glad that the NuvaRing works for you, but to begin a post so cheeky as to assume that those of us who have posted here are unnecessarily blaming hormones for our own unhealthy lifestyles is infuriating. You think everyone here hasn't considered that it may be "something else"? Something eating at us?

you: "ALL birth control effects everyone differently. I'm not saying this for everyone, but sometimes a lot of people like to blame certain actions & physical changes on something & maybe this is the case...for some people. I've been on the pill before & I always got off it b/c of weight gain....well, it was b/c I wasn't eating properly or exercising. I liked to blame my mood swings on the pill as well, but once I thought about it, I still had those before & after taking the pill."

The above paragraph you have written may have redeemed the post, were it not for your still underhanded tone in relation to the "healthy lifestyle" aspect or - as it seems - "theme" of your post. And, yes, I too know and understand depression and anxiety as it has personally affected me through its looming presence in and around immediate family members. Hormones can affect seratonin reuptake and such and do very much affect the mood in many instances.

So, if you are so certain that "some" of the women here blame their sorry unexercised asses on hormones, I will return the favor and say that perhaps it may be a good idea for YOU to look into cases of depression and anxiety as you are so SURE that the nervous system of your brain has not in any way been affected by hormones.

Thank you for placing the women here in such a pigeon hole! This is so easily a perfect example of something I'd hoped our society would work on... All of us are built differently, of different ages and gene pools... how can one expect a mass-produced commercial drug to work "as directed" to a world of unknowns?

It might be a good idea to examine your female conscience. But I think you might have to remove your head from your ass in order to do so.

WOW...struck a nerve there huh? Just posting my opinion which is what I thought this site was for. And by the way SWEETHEART...I was on this site to make sure that breast tenderness was a side effect of nuvaring & that I didn't somehow end up pregnant. You must be experiencing some serious mood swing to post such an "angry" reply...ever thought of anger management...OH wait, maybe you should just get off birth control to fix that. If you would get your head out of your own ass...you would notice how I posted that all birth controls effect people differently & I was not claiming that EVERYONE who has problems already had problems....just explaining my own...I mean, really....I was just giving some people...APPARENTLY NOT YOU, because you were and are so obviously perfect....something else to think about.

To those of you who care...I was just posting MY positive thoughts on the nuvaring. To all you other "size 6, future college graduates, at the RIPE ol' age of 21" keep your VERY angry, rude, childish remarks to yourself or learn to listen to others opinions & advice with an open mind. There is absolutely no need to respond so ugly to someone explaining there experiences on something we were all curious about.

I too have articulated that birth control affects all women differently. I do however maintain the argument that the manner in which you offered your suggestion was rude and somewhat invasive. Easy as that. And I will reserve the right to respond to what I find offensive in order to make a point. And, as you can see, I did use your post to articulate a much broader point.

As a suggestion, the words that you have used in your post to offer as suggestion come off very similar to criticism. You may want to think about your delivery when offering "something else to think about." I believe your tone was "better than though" and therefore I "tailored" mine.

And just so you know, any open-minded person can recognize that ageism runs both ways...

Isn't it funny how we're right back to stereotypes here?

Oh I'm sorry, you don't get sarcasm...that wasn't me being stereotypical...it was directed straight at you....

Honey, get over it...I'm no longer going to entertain you here.