NuvaRing and fridge

thanks all for sharing and i'm so glad i did research and found this site!

i'm 30... my 1st birth control. been on it for 6 months. it took my body a few months to adjust to the ring... i had constant bleeding for the 1st month... i called it permanent period. it was gross. and then everything was rosy for the next 2 months. until slowly i gained weight and now i've gained 10 lbs. being 5'2" it's very noticeable. at first i thought it was because i'm not walking as much, but it doesn't make sense since i'm probably eating less.
also i feel nausea frequently... almost on a daily basis. i've completely lost my sex drive... which i've never experienced before so took me a few months to connect it to the ring. sex became painful and burned. i feel bad for my boyfriend because i don't feel like sex anymore, when i used to LOVE it. my energy level is low and i noticed my hair falling out a lot and easily.
be mindful of your symptoms... don't explain it away like i did. pay attention to them. i'm taking mine out!

Okay, I figured I would put this out there. I am normally high strung but I am fairly flexible and try to go with the flow, if I get upset or confronted, I cry. I have been on Nuvaring for almost 3 months and didn't make the connection until the other night. Lately I have wanted to hit things, I am mad constantly about things that never used to bother me, I want to scream, I want to throw things. 2 days ago, I did, I got upset with my husband and ran through the house screaming like a lunatic (not caring if I woke my daughter) I slammed my fists in to the wall multiple times, I threw things and knocked stuff of the fridge, I told my husband (a VERY patient man) that I wanted to pummel him with the alarm clock, finally I sat in the kitchen and cried for 1/2 hour. It hit me, this all started right around the time I got on Nuvaring. I took it out last night and already had calmed down and have high hopes of returning to my normal loving self. The difference is like night and day, I can't believe the mood swings I had, I was getting violent which I have never done before in my life. I will be looking into something else b/c it is just not worth it. Good luck all, I know being female is SO much fun some times!!!!!!