May 27th
2008
8:44 PM
Just a follow up- I have been feeling sooo much better since I stopped NuvaRing. When you're on it, you think- "Can this really all be related to a little hormone ring?" The answer is yes! I was having sinus problems, respiratory infections galore, and crazy hormone stuff, the doctors had a hard time believing it was all relate- even though it's all listed as side effects and just as soon as I went off, I got better. You know yourself and your body and you know when things are not right. NuvaRing may be for some people, but it definitely was not for me!
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April 14th
2008
8:03 PM
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.
March 18th
2008
2:50 PM
I have been having upper respiratory and sinus problems over the past few months and it all seems to line up with starting the Ring. The first month was alright and since then I have had this series of severe cold symptoms, my glands are swollen and I'm coughing all the time, I'm weak and run down. I was put on an antibiotic and that was during my off week. I was better by the end of the week and put the ring back in on Friday- started getting sick on Saturday and worse Sunday-Tuesday. I did take the ring out on Sunday, but my doctors seem to think it's just a bad cold season. However, I look at the package insert and see that Upper Respiratory Tract Infection and Sinusitis are listed as side effects. How would they be listed if there weren't other people suffering from this too?!? After finding this site and reading about other side effects, I'm taking a break from birth control pills/meds. I feel like I don't understand my body at all and I need to take back control from the doctors and their magic medicines.
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June 8th
2008
10:26 PM
Im 24 years old, i've been on NuvaRing since April I a can say that my husband has noticed I scream, and I seem to be in a bad mood all the time.
-- By synphony | Reply | Send Private MailI do have headaches, sharp pains on the left or right side of my head, strange discharge that is smelly, the pins and needles feeling in my left leg that some of the other women here are talking about. I've never been known to have a temper, or have headaches, sinus problems, or pins a needles in my legs, or any kind of 'smell'. I have also been sooo sad, empty feeling.
So I know it has something to do with this product. I'm just happy I was sitting here on the computer and stumbled upon this site after I typed Nuvaring in the search. This product may work for some woman but it is just not for me.