I'm 17 years old and I started nuvaring in October 2008. It didn'...

I just wanted to comment to this - I am a 25 year old woman, who has had a lot of issues with depression/anxiety in her life, a great deal of it yielding from negative side effects of medication. Many of the things you have been experiencing, I have personally gone through. I just wanted to offer some words of comfort: give it another month. Many people, even doctors say that the medicine leaves you immediately upon taking out NuvaRing; I think that you have to give yourself some time to detox all of that, and come back to center, and most of the time that takes about a month. Its really hard to deal with the experiences that a medicine can rob you of when it comes to bad side effects - just maybe try to see the positive in that you DID make the connection that this might be your birth control, and now you are dealing with that. This isn't you - its your medicine. Tell yourself that, it helps to hear it. I hope this wasn't preachy or anything, but these things helped me when I was dealing with this stuff, an experience so black and awful, I never thought I would see the other side of it. You will. I wish you luck.

Hi,
I recognize myself a little bit in your post, and I also was mad that I didn't realize sooner that the ring could be the cause of my symptoms. I have been off it for 2 months now. I've been chatting with other people that have gotten off the ring too, and for some the change is noticed quickly, and for some it's a slow recovery. Even though I was kinda mad that I didn't quit using it sooner, I'm glad I found this site and finally stopped using the ring. It was a relief for me as well, and an "ooooh" experience, to finally realize what could have been causing it all. Hang in there! It will get better. I'm 25, and I think my recovery is very slow, as I didn't feel a quick change, but I hope it's getting better and I feel more motivated to do things. I used Nuvaring for 2 years, so it might be taking me longer to get better. I'm also going through some other major changes in my life, so it's hard to say what change exactly depends on what, but I'm glad I stopped using it so that I can get back to my natural self and I can't wait to improve even more.
Hang in there! Good luck with everything and I hope you feel better soon!

I know how you feel. the first month i was on NR i was super angry and anxious. everything pissed me off. im 31. my friend gave me a xanex one night. i took it and felt better for like 5 or six days, maybe more. i dont even need to take it anymore. hope this helped :) it reallt helped treat the symptoms