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I'm sorry you had a bad experience with the Nuvaring but I don’t think others should be discouraged to try it. I tried using birth control pills (orthocyclene) for six months and I was a mess. Mood swings, anxiety, irritability, anger..etc. I finally decided to switch to the Nuvaring (even though my insurance doesn’t cover it) and the past three months have been heavenly. My emotional symptoms completely disappeared and now I'm finally back to normal. So far my biggest concern is the price. Since my insurance doesn't cover its $65 a month.

OK, well I am happy it si working for you. What if you posted about your negative experience on your hormonal bc pill and somebody wrote that to you? BTW Ortho tricyclen is exactly what I switched to after my 2 months on Nyvaring and it kept me depressed and anxious. Now I have been off everyting for 3 weeks and the change is amazing. More energy, joy, motivation. Everyone reacts differently to any given medication. I am not trying to discourage anyone, simply sharing my experience and warning others. After that, they have the right to choose. Most people who post on forums like here have some kind of negative experience or warning to give.

I've been on Nuvaring for the past six months and it has been simply awful. On the good end, I didn't gain any weight or get acne from this form of birth control. Instead I got intense mood swings, irritability and no sex drive. But the worst was the deep, deep anger that came up about 5-10 days a month. The littlest thing would set me off. I'm 33 years old and not quite ready for kids, but I am also not willing to put up with this sort of torture just to be sure I don't get pregnant. I am going to start monitoring my fertility by taking my own temperature as well as get a diaphragm. I am OVER hormonal birth control wrecking havoc on my body, my emotions and my relationship with my husband.

Yesterday I had the NR in for one day and woke up feeling a little funky. By midday my husband and I were fighting about nothing in particular and all I wanted to do was cry. We had a long talk and I took the NR out right then and there. This must be working well for other women around the world because it's clearly popular, but it is not the solution for me.

I am so sorry you experienced this anger problem nomorenuvaring. I can relate. I remember the first time I became very hostile and angry at my bf for NO reaosn. I was stressed about dropping off resumes but the way I lashed out at him was just screwed up and out of character. I was terrified of myself. I though I went too far this time (cause we all fight and regret our behavior at times). but this time I thought. "this isn,t me, I went way too far." I was uncalled for, so powerful and hostile... 3 or 4 days before going out for dinner, same thing. It made my already present emotional issues way way blown up.