I've been on NuvaRing for a little over a year. I've read everyone else's side effects. Mine are similar, but I have also noticed that my skin has started getting dark pigments. It started about 6 months ago, mostly on my face, but in other areas of my body as well. I went to the dermatologist this week, apparently it is from the estrogen in birth control. I've been on all sorts of birth control over the past 10 years, I've never had this problem.
I also have low blood sugar but can be controlled by eating properly. However, about the past 8 months right at the beginning of my cycle my body is out of weak. A few times it has been in the middle of the night I'll wake up nausea, weak, in a cold sweat, I'll check my blood sugar and it'll be 42, 43. I know estrogen makes your cells more sensitive to insulin, which causes more sugars to leave the blood stream and your blood sugar to drop.
After my dermatologist appointment and barley being able to walk to my kitchen this morning with out passing out, I can't help but wonder if there is too much estrogen in the NuvaRing. I do know that I wont be using the ring again SPECIALLY after reading all the other similar side effects I share with other women.