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Posted at 12:21 PM on Nov 05, 2008 by lindzer, #36321
I havent tried Nuvaring yet.... I just got back from the doctor with some free samples. I'm on the Ortho Evra patch currently and I have side effects that made me concerned enough to try something different. I was on the Depo shot for 4 years. I decided to get off of it after I had cycts removed from my ovaries and had pre cancerous cells removed. Which the doctors said would lower my chances of having children. I decided to take a whole year off of birth control. To give my body a chance to "recover". The only problem I had was my periods kept getting longer and longer and more frequent. Next thing I know the doctors tell me I have Polycystic Ovarian Disease. Which also lowers the chance of having children because of the irregular bleeding. The pill makes me so nautious I couldn't stand it so I thought I'd try the patch. Now I have menstrual cramps when I'm not ovulating, I'm so moody its not even funny, I'm eating all the time and tired 24/7. The only thing it did do was regulate my period. Which is what I wanted... But I've only been on it for two months. My doctor told me you cant even feel the Nuvaring and it has a low dose of estrogen so I wont be moody. But reading all of the comments and stories.... I think I'm just going to not be on any birth control and see if my body naturally regulates itself. If I was using the birth control just to avoid pregnancy it would be different, I would want to be on at least something. But I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that thinks birth control is evil and causes alot more problems than doctors tell you. So I think I'm just gonna toss my free samples of Nuvaring, get off the patch and see what my body does naturally.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Nov 06, 2008 by shortneyg, #14243

Ok, so I never put two and two together until now. I had been on the Nuvaring for probably 4 years and stopped taking it in January b/c it was not necessary and thought it would be a good break from the hormones. I started back in August and since then have had some severe pain in my abdomen, the most recent being last night when I put it back in after my period. It was the strangest pain I have ever felt, I could not decide if I needed to go to the bathroom or puke. This morning, my boyfriend suggested that I look to see if it could be a side effect since the last time it happend was about 4 weeks ago. Other than that, my vision has been a little worse and have contemplated changing prescriptions. Within those couple of months I have also gained about 10-15 pounds and had chalked that up to new relationship and a guy who could eat anything, however I still eat pretty well... Now I know it could be that. Maybe my body has become more sensitive to the hormones over the years. There are also a few other things that I have noticed that had not previously attributed to the ring, but may check with my doctor and stop using b/c all together.

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