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Posted at 1:58 PM on Apr 17, 2009 by acarte10, #40733
I thought I was going crazy. I am engaged and so happy to be getting married! But since I started NuvaRing in November, lots of these symptoms listed in this blog have crept up on me. I too thought this was the most wonderful birth control... Put it in, take it out. So easy! But the past 2 months, I started having serious break through bleeding. To the extent I need to wear a tampon with it. I immediately figured it had to be because of the nuvaring, because in 31 years, I've NEVER had this. Well, the stupid ring fell out some how the beginning of this week. And I had kindof decided to change to a different method of birth control and just forget about it after that. So that whole bleeding, falling out episode led me to do a bit more research on the ring, rather than just reading their website. I came across this blog. I now looking back realize that I have been experiencing depression, crying, anger, all the emotional related side effects. I dismissed it as just extreme stress. Now, I realize that I think it was the ring because prior to getting on it in Nov. I wasn't feeling like that. I'm also an avid exerciser, gym lover, runner, biker... Not since November. I've just wanted to go to sleep. I just want to sit on the couch. Going to the gym is so hard! I gained about 8 lbs since Nov. too. I thought it was me going crazy. Now I've stopped the NuvaRing. Hopefully I can get back to my happy go-lucky self. Can anyone tell me how long it took them to feel better? If you had breakthrough bleeding, did it stop after you were off the ring? How long did that take?
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Reply 7 months ago on Apr 17, 2009 by ratherbeinvegas, #18966

Hey. I've been off for about 7 months (I was on for 1.5 years) and I still have bleeding problems. During intercourse - sometimes and breakthrough bleeding often. Did you have this symptom? It seems to have made my cervix incredibly sensitive. I became concerned about cervical cancer because the bleeding is also a sign of that so I had a pap test done and it came back inconclusive. I bled like crazy when I had the pap done which I think is the reason for it coming back inconclusive. I'm only 25, I've never smoked and I don't have HPV (that I know of), so although it's unlikely, I have to wait THREE MONTHS until I can have another test done to find out if this symptom is cancer-related. I also experienced major hair loss while on the nuva ring. Only after finding this site am I connecting the dots... I don't usually rely on the internet to diagnose myself.. but I've got three months of nothing to do but wait to have a second pap test... so I'm trying to make myself feel better in the meantime..

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