September 29th
2008
3:14 PM
Hi Everyone. I am so glad I finally decided to look into symptoms I've been having with Nuvaring. I started one month before my wedding and have been on it for 6 months now. I have had NO Sex drive...which as a newlywed you can imagine is a strain on our relationship. The times I have tried it has hurt really bad and like others have said I have had to use lube for the first time in my life. I will be making an appointment very soon to change to a different form of bc. I need my sex life back and my husband does too!
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January 19th
2009
7:46 PM
I've had positive and negative side effects. The positive are I've had awesome sweet booty time since I've started the ring, I haven't gained weight (I've gained as much as 50 pounds on other birth controls just to lose that weight when I came off), less body hair, and my anxiety has pretty much cleared up (I've been taking a low dose of zoloft but have pretty much quit since I've been on nuvaring, except I'll take half when I start to have withdrawals).
-- By snoopcobbiecobb | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message meThe bad side effects are cramps (but those cleared up for me), a longer period (4 days, which isn't bad, but my normal period is only 1 to 2 days in length), headaches (which I've been getting every day), some mild nausea, lethargy, and I've been getting pimples all over my butt region!
I can't decide if it's worth it or not. I really like the pros but the headaches and super tiredness just aren't much fun.
Oh I've been craving sweets like crazy, too!
But, so far, Nuvaring has been not too bad for me. If the headaches don't ease up, I'm going to try pop's again and if I still have problems there, then I may try basal body temperature. Anybody know how effective BBT is?