NuvaRing and nausea

I have been using NuvaRing since Aug. 4th and i have had very, very bad cramping and stomach pains that take my breath away. I have been experiencing discharge and just constantly tired. And my cramps hurt even worse when i have to go to the restroom. I cannot hold it for more than about five minutes because i really start to hurt. My sex drive has really changed. I went from wanting it everyday to "No lets wait til the weekend " but then i'm too tired. I have been so thirsty, it just seems like my mouth stays dry. I have even been getting tension headaches and that mouth watering nausea feeling. After two miscarriages I was really hoping to have found something that will work for me, but i don't think i can take this anymore.

My birth control journey (including Nuvaring) has been horrendous. I was on Alesse for several years when I moved to a different country where it wasn't available. I went on Yasmin for 3 months and proceeded to gain 15 lbs. of weight I had worked really hard to lose only a few months before. I was depressed, moody, and nauseous all the time. My doctor then put me on a different pill which made me so nauseous I would sometimes vomit in the first week of the pack, then when the nausea subsided the PMS and moodiness started. Again I researched birth control options and heard about Nuvaring. I asked him if the lower dose of hormones would help and he said I should try it. 4 months later, during a routine medical exam I was told I had EXTREMELY high blood pressure. I had never had high BP before. I couldn't figure it out, I had my kidneys tested and they were fine, my diet was healthy, I just didn't understand until I took it into my own hands and googled it. It clicked that it was the Nuvaring. I took it out and have never felt better. I feel less bloated, my mood is amazing. I am having my BP tested again in 2 weeks and only hope that it's gone back to normal. I am NEVER returning to hormonal birth control methods.

Well...i'm only 17 years old and i have been trying EVERYTHING to get rid of my 2 week long heavy period and extremely severe cramping. I have been on 3 different kinds of oral BC and i would still bleed for 2 weeks. So i tried the Mirena IUD and that was the worst idea of my life. It went in fine but about 10 minutes later i was in a extreme amount of pain (and i have a very high pain tolerance, broke 3 ribs and didn't cry) i called my gyno back and he prescribed me a pain medication but it didn't work. After trying 3 different pain medications and an antibiotic i had enough. I went to the hospital and was prescribed percocet and that helped. I went back a few days later and had it taken out so now i am trying the NuvaRing. I put it in and a few hours later started cramping and having back pain. The next morning i had very bad nausea and cramping. Its about a week later now and i am experiencing headaches, nausea, quite bad cramping, bloating, tiredness all the time and i just don't feel myself anymore. I am calling my gyno back to see what he suggests but i'm looking for any ideas or suggestions until i get a hold of him. Thanks

Hello. My fiance was on nuvaring for nearly 2 years and gradually began experiencing many of the side effects listed here. The last 6 months were the worst in that the mood swings, anxiety and depression seemed to get out of control. She recently stopped using the ring about 6 weeks ago but it seems like the symptoms are still persistent. Does anyone have any experience with coming off of the ring and whether or not it could take longer than 2 months to get back to normal?

Oh my HELL!

Here's my story...

Well, first of all I am SO happy to read all of these posts.

I have been on the NuvaRing for about 8 months now... At first, it was GREAT! I had no side effects, I could maintain my weight, even my skin cleared up... But I don't know what all the sudden triggered it but here goes the list...

Nausea
Heartburn
Diarrhea
Headaches
DIZZINESS - and this is scary people, especially for someone like me who's never experienced anything like it
light sensitivity
ANXIETY - this also freaked me out... I'm a singer, I do all kinds of stuff on stage, but I'm SCARED!? all the sudden??? this makes no sense!!!
loss of sex drive
mood swings
fatigue
dry mouth
sore joints
acne worse than when i was 18

And the thing is, it worked, WELL, for a long time. But now, I'm convinced. The NuvaRing is Satan... even if it seems to work in the beginning... don't be fooled... I won't use hormones ever again. Ever.

I'm going to be fitted for a diaphragm and that's that. I can't wait.

Thanks for all the support!

Thank goodness for this sight. If you are thinking you're crazy and can't figure out what's wrong while you're on Nuva, scroll down, you will feel like you're getting a big hug!

I am 27 and have been on the NuvaRing for coming on 8 months and everything has changed. At first I had severe migraines with nausea, a day after starting, that kept going and still occur. They will last all day long and I can take 8 of my migraine medicine and nothing will help. The headaches ruin days, make work difficult, and ruin weekends.

Second: I gained weight around my middle, so perceptibly, I thought I was pregnant. The bloat and gas is constant, I'm always popping Gas-X extra strength but the gas doesn't quit. It was funny at first (yes, I'm immature) but now I'm so uncomfortable, and my pants are tight around the middle but nowhere else. Boo!

Third: ANXIETY. I've been the most relaxed, calm person until I started on NuvaRing, and now I have a prescription for Valium just to keep me from having nervous butterflies all day. The anxiety goes hand in hand with depression, which sucks because I got engaged literally 2 weeks after starting NuvaRing and am always nervous, anxious and sad, and I'm so in love with my fiance but our home life is strained! I sometimes wonder if it's cold feet, but I know it's not. Which leads me to:

Fourth: NO SEX DRIVE. Gone. Dead. Zilch. Zero. I have been the horniest person I know my whole life. I love sex. But I am almost scared of it now. I have no desire to have sex, recoil when my fiance touches me, and get butterflies when I think he's going to try to have sex with me. I sleep as far away as possible, never masturbate anymore, never feel sexy and the idea of sex just doesn't even pop into my head. So unlike me. This causes anxiety, too.

Fifth: Yeast infections and pain during sex. I've never had either of these before. I'm extremely hygienic, and my underwear are constantly filled with discharge. So gross and painful.

I'm going off of it in 5 days and I cannot wait!

I put in the the Nuvaring and within the first 4 hours I started to have a terrible headache. I called my Doctor who said to keep on with it, it was probably not related to the NuvaRing. I continued to keep the ring in. By the second day, I became very nauseas. By the 4th day, the most horrible pitting acne began. I stuck it out for 2 weeks, then yank it out. It has been out for 4 weeks, and I am still struggling with headaches,nausea,and skin problems. Also, waiting for a period as well. I would not recommend the ring to anyone it was horrible. Now, I keep taking pregnancy tests in fear that I am pregnant, since I have not had a period yet. My breasts are still so sore I can barely touch them. Tests are all negative. I'm still waiting for the hormones to flush out of my system.

This is so interesting. I have been taking NuvaRing for over a year now, and for about a year I absolutely loved it. Recently, however, things have changed. In Feb. I accidentally left the ring in for one week too long and then put it in one day late... I didn't think much of it, but then in March my period was really light. In April, my breast began to swell and got very tender and I started having headaches and a lot of nausea and I started gaining weight. At the end of the month, my period was just spotting. I, of course, took a pregnancy test, which came out negative. In May and June things have continued to be bad...spotting periods, extreme fatigue, a lot of weight gain, constipation, bloating and pain in my abdomen during sex. I took two more home pregnancy tests and even went to my doctor for a blood test...all negative. Today, my family doctor suggested that it could be my nuvaring. I had no idea! That's why I googled NuvaRing side effects today and found this sight. I've scheduled an appointment with my OBGYN so I can change my BC method. Looking back, I have noticed that I am much more aggressive than I was 1.5 years ago. I used to have great relationships with my students and used to be such a patient person, but over last 1.5 years I have started to get aggravated really easily...I even honk my horn at people. That is really not who I am! So hopefully after I take the NuvaRing out, I'll go back to being myself and feeling healthy.

I've been on NuvaRing for a year and I thought It was working great. After having two rings "disappear" I decided to talk to my doctor about a different form of b/c. I have not had a ring in this month and I cannot believe the sex drive I have now. I'm single so I hadn't really noticed it was gone but now that it's back I realize how much the NR had affected me. As I was reading posts here I was amazed at how many symptoms I share with others. I have always been prone to headaches but since starting this a year ago they got more frequent and more intense. I also had issues with fatigue, however, being a single parent of a one year old I just kept blaming the baby but so far this month without the ring I hardly ever need a nap anymore. I have also noticed my mood swings are not as severe...I won't blame NR for all my moodiness because I have always been a moody person but I can tell a difference. I never had problems with the nausea or charleyhorses or tender breasts but all hormones have a different effect on different people. NR may work well for some and to those I wish congrats. I am hoping that my new method of b/c works out for me but I will be paying attention this time to what the hormones are doing to my body.

Wow! I'm not alone! I've been on the Nuvaring for about 8 months and have been miserable! I have had awful nausea on and off almost every day, gained about 8-10 pounds, constantly feel tired/unmotivated/fatigued, I get stressed out easily, have bad cramps and the worst of all- have NO sex drive. This has been a huge problem in my relationship! I kept trying to convince myself that it wasn't due to the ring because it's so convenient, but I finally went off it about a week ago. I still feel the side effects a bit, but hope they wear off soon. Thank God I found this site! Good luck to all!

I love you, I love you, I love you ALL!! I have been having the worst time since I started NuvaRing it's almost two months now but since I've used it I've been a nervous WRECK. I don't know if I would describe it as depression because I don't know what that's like but I have just been out of my head. I can't focus much, I've been fatigued, unmotivated and an insomniac since I started this pill. I've also had physical issues, NO sex drive (which I don't mind since I'm single), some cramping, a terrible amount of what I suppose it a 'normal' discharge, and recently nausea (which I've taken to blame on the ring as well). Thank God I found this page!! I'm NOT crazy!! I loved NuvaRing for the convenience because I regularly forget the pill and I have PCOS but I'm going to get some new BC and get off of this QUICK!!

I just started my second month on the nuvaring before starting I had been off birth control for about a year the first month I put the ring in before the fifth day of my period like I was told to after the first week my period continued in fact I kept bleeding anywhere from light spotting to like a full period for the whole three weeks I had it in I thought maybe it was just my body trying to get used to the birth control I took the ring out for the seven days I was supposed to had a period for a couple days then stopped bleeding I thought maybe by body finally straightened itself out when I put my next ring in three days ago everything was fine then I started bleeding again this evening I've also experienced headaches nausea tiredness lack of appetite

i was on the ring for 9 months. Trust me it was the worst thing i ever did. i had all the symptoms,headache,nausea,no sex drive,insomnia, and my hair was falling out in ridiculous amounts. i stopped taking the ring about 7 months ago and still having the effects. now that we actually are trying to get pregnant its just not working. i dint know that nuvaring causes temporary infertility after you stop using it!!! They don't even know how long it lasts. so in my opinion the ring was the worst decision i ever made..

I have't been on any birth control for the last 5 years. Now after only 10 days I notice something changing. I first strated out with a sore throat then aches, headaches, nausea. Thought I had a cold but no one else in my family got sick plus I don't have the sinus problems usually associated with the cold.
I'm not giving up yet. My GYN recommended it to take care of some of my problem, but now the old problems look more appealing to me than the new ones.

i have read almost all of peoples complaints and yes the side effects are horrible for most but the thing that gets me the most is how no realizes that these side effects (e.g. blood clots, mood swings, nausea, etc.) are in ALL birth controls and different people react differently to every medication some jus have worse than others as well as more than others. so if you are experiencing these problems severly and can't take it then u should consult your doctor about what might would be best for you. nuva ring does release a fairly big amount of hormones in your body and will cause nausea, etc. it's the same senario as being pregnant. i have been on nuva ring for almost 2 years and yes i have some side effects but it works for me and i can handle the few i have they're not severe.

I am just turned 24 years old. I have done the ortho evra patch before and had no problems.. well two weeks ago i started the nuvaring.. i though it would be good as much as my doctor talked good about it and meaning it cost me 50 dollars for 1 ring.... well the first few days went okay i didnt have many symptoms.. well then i started noticing a yellowy discharge and had to wear panty liners and it made it feel like i was always wet there.. well then there ended up a smell there and yet i was washing the normal amount of times a day.. then i ended up with a uti that lasted a week.. as well as it was my birthday weekend and i spent most of it with mood swings.. mainly i was very depressed and spent alot of time crying or angry for no reason at all.. like every little thing got on my nerves.. i ended up feeling very tired and wanting to sleep alot but then would wake up in the middle of the night with cramps... Then ever since i started the ring my acne has been terrible.. i wash my face and use proactive but it didnt work.. well i had a pimple near my lower lip of my face and it hurt really badly well then this morning i woke up and the whole area around it was swollen and my lip was massive.. and right that moment i knew it was the ring.. so i took it out.. and since ive taken it out ive felt happier, still a bit tired but not as much, and the swelling in my face and lip finally went away.. and when i took the ring out i felt nausea and had a headache.. which was a typical ever day thing since i started the ring these werent like typical headaches they were very painful...

i do not recommend anyone to use the nuva ring no matter how good the doctors talk about it.. it causes depression and everything that everyone else puts out there.. i read this website after i had just put it in and i regret not listening to all the other woman on this site...

I am in my 4th month of using Nuva Ring. I have loved it (and recommended it to everyone) until now. The past two weeks, I have felt like I am "high" or something. The only time I have gotten any sleep is when I was on my week off last week. Since I have started researching side effects and reading others' experiences, I didn't really realize some of my symptoms may be related to my birth control. The weird, almost drunk, feeling just started last week, but the sleeplessness, cold hands, bloating, weight gain, nausea have been going on for a while. I'm really not sure what I will do b/c I really love how easy it is to use, but if these symptoms do not go away, I can't handle feeling like this every day. I have NOT experienced depression, lower sex drive, or any vaginal issues like some of the other postings mentioned. I do remove the ring during sex, then wash it and insert again afterward. Has anyone who experienced these side effects ever had them lessen or go away.....or is this permanent for as long as you use the ring? I guess I will be making a phonecall to my doctor today. Now I feel a lot less crazy after reading everyone else's experiences. I am sooooo glad I started researching this topic!

I've been on Nuvaring for a year now. Since being on nuvaring, I've noticed alot of emotional changes....anxiety, depression, suddenly crying for no reason. It's like my moods are very distrinct thru the month.
I never put the two together, I just thought I was having emotional issues.
But the more I spoke to my doctor, we think they are related to Nuvaring.
I am supposed to start the ring again this Sunday and will not be...I'm going to see what happens being clear of it for 1 mth.
After reading the posts on here, I now believe it is the ring.
Does anyone else have these symptoms?

after reading all of this, im amazed that nuva ring is the best birth control i ve ever had in my life. i had no problem with nausea, or any pain or weigh gain. but just that it fell out while having sex. so, i was on it for 2 years and half, and unfortunately i had to stop because of $$.it went up from $5 to $40 every month and im in college.

I forgot to add that after i pulled it out i actually felt worse, like i was going to vomit all morning. This nausea lasted the next few days. The next day i got my period again, even though i had just finished it 2 days prior and it continued for 10 days. I mean WTF.

I just want to say that all the nuvaring is good for is regulating periods. I would not recommend using it if you are in a relationship. I have been using birth control since I was 16. I've been on ortho tri-cyclen and the low dose version before I switched to the ring only because I started to forget doses. I refused the patch because that is not cute on a black girl when she wants to wear a bikini. It's kinda hard coordinating a BC patch into your sexiest outfit. I've been using the ring on and off for five years. It's not until I got into a serious relationship that I noticed that I had no sex drive WHATSOEVER. I've been off the BC for a week after being on it for a year and have noticed that I'm horny as hell. My GYN and I have a lot to talk about. I haven't had any weight gain at all while on any BC, nor have I had to start anti-depressants. I should have though because I was having suicidal thoughts and moody as all hell and could sleep the entire day away and will be up all night wishing I could sleep. I know I have depression, just never found someone I trust enough to get help. Everything got worse these past few months. I'll say this though, I never had a day of nausea on the ring the whole time. I pray the depression and other things get better. No more hormones for me though. I'm DONE!

The first time I used NuvaRing was about a year ago. It worked very well, except for the fact my boyfriend hated it... But during last summer I stopped using birth control I was feeling great. About 2 months ago I renewed my prescription of NuvaRing the first month was fine. I did notice that I was more moody and some cases of nausea. BUT the 2nd month has been horrible!!! Right now I feel like crap. I took out my ring because I was starting to bleed really thickly. That was about a week ago, I'm still bleeding, my breasts (although I'm a size 32A) are soar and my abdomen feels like its being riped out my va jay jay!

Whats wrong with me? AM I pregnant? Is this normal?

Also I have noticed some things that happened last time I used NuvaRing that I otherwise wouldn't have worried about.

Flashing in my vision. Loss of sex drive...

WTF?! Who knows what to do?

So glad I found this site!! I have been prescribed the NuvaRing after a total hysterectomy. I took Femring (estrogen only) for about 1 year, but was still having hot flashes. I complained to my GYN and she said I would *love* the NuvaRing since it had higher levels of estrogen and some progesterone (which I was getting none with the Femring).

Well, 2 days of severe nausea and being so ANGRY at my kids...I decide to look up side effects and found this site. I'm calling my GYN back on Monday.

Thank you ladies for posting!!

I was on the NuvaRing two years ago and had these mysterious stomach pains i figured were an ulcer, because i was really stressed out at work and in a bad relationship. However, a few months ago I started thinking about it again and realized the timing coincided with the few months I was on the Ring before I stopped birth control completely and broke up with my boyfriend, which got rid of my stomach aches and made me a happier person. However, I went back on the ring 6 weeks ago because i am in a relationship again and have had terrible stomach aches that wake me up in the night, and many waves of nausea. I really wanted the ring to work but I cannot help but think these things are directly related to the hormones that I have been shoving in my body. Last night I woke up at 3 AM in a fit of pain and threw the ring in the trash. i hope I'm not crazy. has anyone else had these kinds of problems?

just wanted to share my experience with the NuvaRing. i was on it for about a year and stopped taking it about two months ago when my boyfriend and i broke up.

pros:
easy to use, although it took about a month to get totally used to it and not feel it at all anymore. and although my boyfriend said he could feel it, it never bothered him.

bigger boobs! waaaay bigger. :-)

cons:
abdominal cramping. not severe, but not fun.

decreased sex drive. on a scale of 1 - 10, 10 being my normal sex drive, it went down to a 6.

i attributed my weight gain over the past year to lifestyle changes, but in the few months i have been off the ring those ten pounds i have been trying so hard to get rid of just dropped off effortlessly. while on the ring i was heavier than i have EVER weighed in my life but didn't make the connection to the hormones until i stopped using it.

overall, not a terrible experience, but for me the weight gain is a deal breaker. oddly enough, i am one of the only women i know who did not gain weight while using depo provera, so i was surprised that this bc had that effect. when i was on Yasmin i had SEVERE nausea, so quickly stopped taking that.

i have several friends that love the ring, which is actually why i started it, but it's not for me. time to try another pill or talk to my doctor about the long term effects of depo. :-(

I have been on the NuvaRing for 3 weeks now.... It is convenient but the entire time I was extremely queasy and nauseous with a little cramping almost every day. I just took the ring out three days ago for the "off week" and i am having extremely severe symptoms, such as nausea without vomiting, i cant smell some foods or i want to throw up, and cramping. i should have had my period today (it says 2-3 days) but i haven't yet. i am extremely anxious (more so than I've ever been) and my boyfriend is really worried about me right now. i feel pregnant, but i shouldn't be! it seems impossible because we've ALWAYS been safe.

i might not put it back in!!! it seems like this convenience isn't worth the suffering and panicking every month!

I've also experienced many of the same side effects. I was on NuvaRing for 3 years and on the pill for 5 years before that. For me I found the changes very subtle. My sex drive was not effected right away, but it just kept getting lower and lower. I was doing grad school so I was getting more and more stressed and thought that that had something to do with it, so I ignored it. I was also much more anxious, depressed, short tempered, unmotivated, fatigued and oh, did I mention depressed! I honestly thought it was all due to the stress I was experiencing in grad school, but I did feel like something may be up. A lot of my symptoms were similar to hypothyroidism (oh yeah, I also gained 30 lbs after switching from the pill to NuvaRing) so I got tested, but my thyroid was fine. I had heard about the increased risk of blood clots for the patch, so I wanted to find out if the risk was also heightened for NuvaRing, so I googled a bit and came across some other sites like this one and saw how similar other peoples situations were to mine. I went off it 3 weeks ago (after only having a new ring in for one week) and I got a really long and heavy period right away. Since then I've been having mild cramps until today where they are the worst I've ever had. On the bright side, everyone has noticed how much happier I am - I really feel like my old self again. I haven't been depressed or stressed since I've been off NuvaRing!! It's so awesome. We've switched to non-hormonal contraceptive methods - I wanted to give my body a break and I may be trying for babies in the next year. Anyway - for those of you considering going off - TRY IT!! It can't hurt (except maybe for some cramping :D) If you don't start to feel better you can always go back on. It has made a huge difference in my life. I too was considering suicide at 26 when I'm normally a really happy person. My mom has also noticed that my moods are much more stable - apparently I was going a bit bipolar before!

i have been on NuvaRing off and on for 2 years now. I just recently got back on it a week ago and now I'm feeling sick (like I'm pregnant). I have had off and on headaches, nausea, and lose of appetite. I'm getting scared because I don't know if i could be pregnant or I'm having the same side effects as everyone else, but if it continues, this will be last time using NuvaRing!

Just started the NuvaRing. only had it in maybe 2 weeks. tons of pimples and having pelvic pains, lots of bilat flank pain. last 3 days abd bloating and gained 3 pounds (obviously most likely fluid retention). nausea and gastric pain after eating. I had been on the ring quite a few years ago and could not remember why I only used a short time. hmmmmm now I remember! Something quite not right. I went online to see if these symptoms may be short term but from all the other comments does not look like they are. Took the ring out. Also like others foul smelling discharge. This was only after 2 weeks. After reading all comments looks like a poor birth control choice if there are others with good experiences they should report otherwise this medication should really be taken off the market.

Hello,
I been on the NuvaRing for about a year now...this is my first month without it. I stopped using it because I use to get rashes every month. I will also feel very dry. Now I'm on the week of my period and I haven't gotten it. I've had some light spotting yesterday. Since Sunday, I been feeling WEIRD very WEIRD...non-stop NAUSEA. Every smell gets to me...even my husband's scent. I been reading a few postings and I find not to be the only one feeling hopeless by this. If anyone is thinking about using the NUVARING please think twice about it.

I have been on NuvaRing for about 7 months. In the beginning I didn't have any side effects. My boyfriend and I always have unprotected sex. My mother was cleaning up and accidentally threw my NuvaRing box away, so i was without NuvaRing for about a month. I can't remember exactly when i started NuvaRing again, but I'm experiencing fatigue, nausea, and headaches. My cycle was shorter than usual and I'm praying that I'm not pregnant. My symptoms could be side effects associated with NuvaRing.

I've been on the NuvaRing for over two years- I thought I was the only one, but now I know it's the ring. I have felt more depressed than normal and it stings when I pee after sex and sometimes during it as well- I didn't know what was wrong with me. Plus now, I have absolutely no sex drive which is horrible. I need to go back to my normal self-- I was on OrthoEvra (the patch) before, but I changed to the ring because it started giving me horrible nausea. Now the nausea is gone, but all these other side effects are in play. Anybody have/had the same side effects as me? What birth control has worked for you?? Please help!

I broke out like a teenager after having NuvaRing in for about two weeks. Not only did my face break out but also my shoulders and back. Did anyone else experience this? I have also had severe headaches, nausea and depression. I thought I was going crazy. I used NuvaRing for a little less than three weeks but took it out because of the side effects.

I've been using NuvaRing for 3 weeks now, and I haven't felt none of these symptoms. I wonder if anyone of you have had these symptoms in the past with any other birth control method. I heard that it could be part of a family history thing. I just hope i don't get none of those things, because to be honest, I am pretty impressed by NuvaRing so far. For me its perfect, I don't feel it at all (not even while I have sex). Please, if anybody could answer me back, please do, because now I am very confused with all this comments. Thank you!

I inserted mine a week ago. I've used the ring in the past and had minor side effects that went away after the first month, but his time around has been very difficult. The first day, I cried uncontrollably for 4 hours and couldn't hold a thought. The past few days its been confusion, a constant headache (that slowly works into a migraine during the day), nausea, and twitching in BOTH of my eyes (which I think is the beginnings of migraines).
I will be removing it and trying to find another form of BC!

I started using NuvaRing in September and it has gotten progressively worse!! On my third month the side effects have been daily nausea and hunger (odd combination) and the burning during sex got so bad that me and my boyfriend had to stop having sex! I have decided to discontinue the use of the ring but after a week without it I still feel nausea. I wouldn't recommend NuvaRing to anyone!

Yuck. When I first put in NuvaRing, I experienced the severe nausea, but that only lasted for a day or so. I've been on it for almost 3 months now and have noticed that am not sleeping as well as I had in the past. I'm always feeling tired and slightly down. I try to lead a very healthy lifestyle; I exercise daily and eat a very healthy, balanced diet. Despite these facts, I seem to be slowly gaining weight. Don't get me wrong, I love the convenience of not having to take a pill everyday, and the NuvaRing has actually helped to clear up my skin. I'm not sure if the hormones are throwing my body out of whack or what. I don't think I'm willing to sacrifice feeling and looking good for the sake of convenience. I hope there are other options that don't screw with a person's lifestyle. I think I'm gonna check out IUD's...

I have used NuvaRing for over a year now and LOVE IT! I always forgot to take birth control pills, but it's so easy to use the NuvaRing. I've have had no side effects.It scares me to read these side effects that other women have had, but I would say unless you have issues with it or there are really bad statistics out there, the ring is much better.

I have been using the NuvaRing to lessen the pain associated with Endometritis and have been using it for almost a full month now.. and have experienced many things other women have. Nausea, headaches, depression, mood swings etc. I was skeptical abt trying any form of birth control, after having severe reactions to various versions of the pill.

my doctor has assured me that the first month or two having symptoms such as mentioned is normal.. because your body is having to adjust its self to the level of hormones.

some have mentioned having symptoms as if you are pregnant.. and that is basically what birth control does. it tricks your body into thinking that it is pregnant so it wont ovulate.(unless on the off week)..

despite all of my symptoms i am going to stick it out for a few more months. if my body does not adjust i will have to move on to something else.
good luck!

I have been on the ring for two weeks today. At first I thought it was great...but the past few days I have had horrible headaches, breast tenderness, and nausea. These headaches are so bad even my migraine meds do not help! I did just get the Gardasil shot on the 26th of Dec. The breast tenderness and the headaches are going to cause me to remove the ring. At first I was worried that maybe these were symptoms of being pregnant... I don't think that is the case (hoping it isn't the case!) Does anyone know the effects of taking the ring out a week early? Any advice would be great!

I started the NuvaRing and never read the side effects for fear that I will come up with some imaginary symptom. The first few months were okay..but pretty soon I had migraines that wouldn't stop. They'd last 4 or 5 days and then go away for a few days and start back up again.

Well I know that with any medication that your body has to adjust. So I've been on it for 4 months now...and not only am I still sitting here typing with a migraine that I can't seem to kick, but my period has lasted over 12 days with no end in site. It's been heavy and very tiring. Typically my period lasts anywhere from 3-5 days and now I'm on day 12....when I asked for birth control I didn't mean keep my husband away for 12 days *laughing* This is PATHETIC. I'm about to quit. I can't even tell if the nausea I'm experiencing is from the headache of the medication...but either way I'm miserable.

I hate the NuvaRing! it has done nothing but make me depressed , nauseas and give me bad mood swings! I only been on it for a week but I am not willing to wait and see if the side effects go away!

I began with the NuvaRing as my first birth control a few years ago.. I switched off of it because the ring had irritated my inside and it made it hurt to have sex. Then I developed some complications in my ovaries. I was never told if that was due to the NuvaRing or not, but my periods have not been the same since. I quit taking birth control for a few months and I didn't have a menstrual cycle for 7 months. Then I went back on the pill and It started up again. I recently just went back on the NuvaRing and I am experiencing the same thing that I did the first time. However, I haven't experienced the nausea or headaches that other women have reported. I am horrible taking the pill and I refuse to take the shot or use the patch, that's why I went back on the ring, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THE NUVARING TO ANY YOUNG WOMEN THINKING ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL! Thanks.

I've been on the NuvaRing for about three months now. The first month I experienced some nausea the first day I put it in, but moods and all else seemed alright. By the second month, I started noticing some increased irritability, total loss of sex-drive, and also irritations in my vagina. I m actually not sexually active now, nor have been in the 3 months I've been on the NuvaRing, but I imagine that if I had been, I would have had serious irritability, since my vagina s been feeling swollen and irritated with the ring in. I m on my third ring, a week away from the scheduled take-out date and, after finding this site today, and the ridiculously heightened permanent irritability and mood swings, I am considering taking it out this minute. i do not want to wait any longer to see how bad this can get.

good luck to you.

Hey guys I liked the NuvaRing when I 1st got it from my earlier post and I wasn't able to get the prescription filled in time( some financial stuff happened so I was going to sit this month out) well since I have gotten off it I feel much better no more nausea, or moodiness and my vision has returned, but I have noticed now that my left eye twitches. It took bout a week for the hormones to leave my body and I was an emotional wreck. I was crying more and snapping at my boyfriend over stupid stuff. ( I cried because I couldn't get the "Pirates of the Caribbean" dvd) I liked the comfort but the side effects s...

I had a copper wire IUD, but after having an ectopic pregnancy, likely caused by it, I had it removed. I tried condoms for a short while, but they are so inconvenient, so I went to the NuvaRing. I put in the NuvaRing and felt fine the first day, but by day two I started experiencing pain behind my knees, dizziness, headache, pain in my eyes, spaciness, nausea, lack of appetite, and weakness throughout my body. I didn't have any mood swings, in fact I felt quite good, mentally. However, by day three I couldn’t stand the headache and dizziness and took out the NuvaRing. I was skeptical in the first place to use a hormonal birth control, and this confirmed it. If any one has a suggestion for a non-hormonal birth control form that is convenient and safe, let me know.

I have been on the nuvaring for about 6 or more months. I thought it was working pretty well until 2 months ago...the first night after my cycle, I put the ring in and in the middle of the night woke up with severe nauseau and sweating. thought I had the flu. Then, it happened again this month. Seems that each month, the first week I put a new ring in, I'm irritable, tense, and just want to run away. I'm taking this out today and I'm going to see what happens.