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Posted at 6:54 PM on Nov 30, 2008 by glendalegirl, #36975
I just googled side effects from the Nuvaring & found this site and I am very glad. I have had the worst side effects & it is nice to know that I am not crazy & others have felt the same way. I had ovarian cysts in the past, even had surgery and was put on the pill for 10 years with no problems, but have been off the pill for about 2 years...I wanted to get my body ready for pregnancy. In that time I just recently started to get cysts again & just started the Nuvaring. My doc said it would help with the cysts & heavy periods, just to try in out for 2 months. I thought how cool, not taking a pill everyday...neat. This is my 2nd month and I HATE it. I first inserted the Nuvaring at night & by the next morning I felt nauseous. I thought, ok this is normal, I haven't had any hormones in my body for 2 years...it will pass.....nope, it got worse, then the headaches,,,but the sore nipples & breasts were horrid...my nipples had a burning feeling constantly. I felt so sick and tired a lot. My period was still very heavy and my emotions were out of control. I am normally an emotional person & especially around period time I get more emotional but this emotion was different & weird....I am feeling depressed, sad, I cry all the time for no reason, I feel hatred & worthlessness about myself, which is just not me at all!!!! Also, I am soooo tired & lethargic, I don't wanna get out of bed & when I do, it is as if I have no energy to even walk & when I tell myself ok I am going to do this today, I sit there & cry..it is like I cannot do it because I am to tired, to emotional, too sick....I dont wanna be around anyone, I am sad, angry,moody,crazy,worried,...how can I function like this anymore? The 2nd month got worse, I have an awful burning sensation in my belly, acidy feeling, I have been throwing up and I was thinking well I better get to the doctor, maybe there is something wrong with my stomach, maybe I have acid reflux or a stomach ulcer. I am hungry all the time, but the acidy pain & knowing that I will be sick after I eat makes me not want to. I have constant diarrhea, headaches, weight gain, tingly in my knee area, the overwhelming depression i cannot stand and all I wanna do is just sleep and ignore everything...I was telling my husband that I have to get on some medication for this depression & he said babe, it has got to be that damn ring, you have never been like this before. Everyone has different bodies & can handle different meds, but to read these other peoples problems helps me to understand, that I am not crazy & depressed, that it IS this stupid Nuvaring and my trial period of testing this out is over,,,,hopefully it hasn't caused any permanent damage.
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Reply 11 months ago on Dec 03, 2008 by vibes, #15002

I am certain there is no permanent damage, but you should definitely stop the ring now. Your reactive symptoms sound very much like mine. I was on the ring longer, 6 months, with no symptoms and then they started all at once and got bad very swiftly. I too had the intestinal and stomach problems and I got so sick that I thought I was going to die. I lost weight and even wondered if I had some weird wasting cancer eating away at my insides. It took several months for that to clear up and I had some of the worst depression I can ever imagine anyone experiencing. I refused antidepressants, but I was clearly a candidate for them. Life was black. I couldn't function at all. My sweet, understanding husband had to take over the child care and I let the housework fall into a shocking state. I could do nothing and I mean absolutely nothing to pull myself out of it any faster. My poor, hormone abused body took 4 and a half months to recover its former healthy and happy state - hardest 4 months I've ever lived through. I am once again plugged into life and keeping all the balls in the air.
I hope your recovery will be much faster and that you will feel like your old self very, very soon.

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