I can't believe I didn't find this sooner! I was on the Nuvaring ...

I am going off the Nuva Ring. Yesterday afternoon I put in a new Nuva Ring. That night I got the worst chest pains. I thought I was having a heart attack. It came like contractions, every twenty minutes. The pain was so intense that I asked my husband if he thought I should go to the hospital. This was about three in the morning and the pain started around midnight. He asked me if I put my Nuva Ring that day and I said I did. He believes, and I do too that every time I put the ring in or take it out I develop some strange symptoms. He advised me to take it out after he got up at three in the morning looking up side effects online. He got this site and told me it sounds like I wrote most of the complaints. I took out the Nuva Ring and in about 30 minutes all the pain in my chest went away. I went right to sleep and only feel tired today. I also have had the weight gain and every doctor just looks at me like I am the problem. I have also experienced lower abdominal paid (cyst like pain) that has brought me to my knees. I have also been to a upper GI doctor about acid reflux.. I hope going off this Nuva Rings will improve my health. Please respond to this if you experienced the chest pain too..

I never felt any of my symptoms as acutely as many people on the site have, they were all gradual and vague which is why I never attributed them to the ring and figured it must be something else.

I did have one experience recently however, after I took out the ring for good. I was awakened in the middle of the night by excruciating chest pain in my right ribs, that was very pinpointed and felt like there was a screwdriver being driven into my ribs. After a couple of seconds, I felt it move (seriously, it moved!) underneath my breast by my armpit where it stayed for a few hours. I thought I was getting a blood clot (after hearing all the ads about Nuvaring and strokes/DVT I was really scared). I didn't really know what to do and hoped it would go away. Eventually the pain faded and I went back to sleep. Haven't had pain since. The whole thing was really strange, and I still have no idea what happened or why!

I am so glad to have found other people like me! I started the Nuvaring 8 months ago and it made the past 8 months of my life nothing but hell. I noticed within a month of starting it that I started feeling tired all of the time, dizzy, nauseated, brain fog, hair loss, among many many other symptoms. I didnt attribute it to the ring, however, because I had just gotten over a bad illness a few months prior to starting the ring so I chalked it up to that. Eventually I went into the doctor and they diagnosed me with Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's Disease. I then started thyroid med treatment although it has been very slow to work. Then I started getting daily chest pains, back pains, and difficulty breathing. I felt like I was having a heart attack or asthma attack - either way it was scary. Then this past April I was due to take the ring out on the first for my period and by the time the 5th day rolled around to put it back in- I was noticing that I wasnt feeling as fatigued, not as nauseated, and hardly any chest pains. So I decided to leave it out for the month of April and I have gone COMPLETELY uphill- almost back to normal! The only downside is I am still stuck with the hypothyroidism/thyroid disease. It just makes me sad to know that the ring completely ruined the last 8 months of my life. I could barely do anything outside of my bed or couch, i was miserable! I agree with you, they should warn of these serious side effects. I would NOT recommend the ring at all to anyone. I still do get occassional chest pains from time to time- im wondering if maybe its from small remnants of the hormones from the ring? I just hope with time I will return to being 100% better.