NUVARING Reviews (ETHINYL ASTADIOL; ETONOGESTREL)Average Rating: 2.3 (852 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NUVARING with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NUVARING | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Handy form of birth control. | Slight weight gain, Dryness during sex, Increase in mood swings | At my age I would have thought that NR would work out well. My doctor told me that it is best for my situation because I am very busy and the pill wasn't working out well for me. I've been on it for over half a year now and I am just starting to notice side effects. Me and my boyfriend don't even bother to have sex anymore because of my dryness. It is extremely uncomfortable and embarrassing when I'm wet one second and it seems to disappear the next. Considering I have never had that problem before, I'm definitely discontinuing my use. Good luck to the girls still using it! | F | 18 | 8 months 11.4/2.6 1X M | 10/26/2011 | 1 | I got pregnant using condoms | my breasts shrank from a size G to an E, became saggy. the ring put pressure on my vagina which felt like stretching, when i had sex it felt like my vagina was loose and there was less pleasure for both of us. When i stopped using it everything went back to normal | F | 21 | 3 months 1X M | 10/25/2011 | 4 | Birth Control | Discharge and slight odor in first week of insertion, fewer cramps and lighter periods | F | 25 | 1 years 1X M | 10/24/2011 | 1 | Birth control | Acne break outs regularly. Prior to the ring I was 120 pounds at 5'3 - Gained significant weight to the point I was taking birth control tests because it literally looked like I might be pregnant. Felt bloated/full from the point I woke up to the time I went to bed. Increased discharge with a noticable odor. | Would NOT reccomend nuvaring. No matter how much more often I was working out, watching closely what I ate... I kept ballooning and my face kept breaking out. | F | 21 | 5 months 1X day | 10/24/2011 | 3 | birth control | Loss of sex drive, anxiety, crying spells, horrible vaginal dryness as well as general dryness all over that area, loss of appetite, moodiness | At first I loved it, I'm really bad about taking the pill daily and I hated the patch, but don't want the shot or an implant so my ob/gyn said this would be perfect. The nurse even told me that if I just put another ring in instead of leaving it out for the period week, I could just skip my periods. However it was awkwardly uncomfortable - always feeling like its falling out. Didn't bother me during sex, but destroyed my desire to have sex. Caused moodiness and crying spells. I was willing to even deal with some of these effects, but the dryness was (and still is) driving me crazy. I finally took it out about 4 days ago and I am feeling some changes, but this dryness hasn't gone away yet. I will never use nuvaring again. Maybe I'll have to grow up and learn to take the pill on time every day. | F | 21 | 3 weeks 3X M | 10/23/2011 | 1 | protection from getting pregnant | Tremendous weight gain, went from 135/40 pounds to ballooning out at 173 pounds. Not right away, but over time. I am a marathon runner and triathlete and no matter how many miles I ran or swam, I would never get below 155lbs and for me, that was wayyyyy to heavy. Couldn't compete or train at all. NO GOOD!!!!! Also, body felt bloated and big, anxiety attacks all the time. | For those that comment that you love Nuvaring, can I ask why you think it is so great? You say you had all the side effects and you actually LIKE them?? WTF?? How can you like gaining over 25 pounds. If you do, then you are a fat sick f*k who likes to sit around on your fat ass all day and do nothing. You are all such bags of crap. | F | 42 | 5 years 1X M | 10/22/2011 | 3 | Contraceptive | Nausea, weight gain (25+lbs.), tender breasts, headaches, irritability, moodiness, "fogginess" | Other than the side effects I experienced, I love NuvaRing. It's easy, convenient and effective. Symptoms weren't as bad as I had with Mirena, and took a while to gradually present themselves. | F | 29 | 12 months 1 1X M | 10/19/2011 | 1 | Birth control | Severe acne, crying spells, anxiety, severe mood swings, tender breasts | Took about a week to notice side effects listed....usually right before my period I will become extremely irritable and moody but this was way too soon...obviously I am extremely sensitive to the hormones that are in birth control and the ob/gyn hoped this would be a lower dosage and not circulating through out my body that I would be okay on it. At week three my bf told me to take the damn thing out....was depressed over things normally no big deal...made EVERYTHING a big deal...cried allot..and the acne was terrible...normally a pimple or two prior to starting but this was all over three weeks prior to starting....crazy | F | 34 | 21 days 1 1X M | 10/14/2011 | 3 | pregnancy prevention | depression, increased anxiety (unmanageable anxiety!), mood swings, anger!, stronger vaginal odor, increased discharge, yeast infections, fatigue all the time, insomnia, and the worst: absolutely NO sex drive and pain during sex when I tried. since I have stopped three weeks ago- cramping, breast tenderness, spotting for over a week... still no sex drive but overall mood is improving. | I am so incredibly thankful i found this website and had the opportunity to read other women's experiences with the NR. In all honesty I had no idea how serious side effects can be for some of us women!! And, had i read this page months ago it could have saved me a lot of scary times! here is my explanation... and i encourage everyone to share this website with women who are struggling with hormonal birth control! I started using the ring four years ago exactly. For the first year and a half i did not notice any major side effects, other than pesky yeast infections which i solved by removing the ring weekly and rinsing it under cold water. this seemed to help that problem. After the first year+ I noticed major changes in myself. My mood became increasingly unpredictable. I felt anger, anxiety, depression, increased emotions all around. I often became so enraged I was breaking things, storming out of the house and yelling about incredibly harmless issues. As my emotional roller coaster increased, it was incredibly frightening to have self-harming thoughts due to frustration with myself, not realizing the problems were being caused by other side effects. When my sex drive disappeared completely I attributed it to something being wrong with me.... and had no idea until last night when i found this site this is common a side effect of the NR. I mean i had/ have absolutely NO sex drive- sex has not even occurred to me for almost two years.. (very frustrating indeed). I k | F | 32 | 4 years 1X M | 10/13/2011 | 1 | Birth control | Severe anxiety and depression, bloating, nausea, no interest in sex | These side effects presented very quickly. I stopped taking the pill due to it making me feel anxious & thought this would be a good alternative, as I wasn't ingesting the hormones. Three days after starting on the ring, I was in tears, which is very rare for me & was having negative/anxious thoughts about my boyfriend. I reported this to my doctor & he wanted me to keep going for at least a month. I know my body & have an anxiety disorder that is definitely heightened by the ring, so I've removed it. I'm so thankful I found this site, as I too thought I was losing my mind. Hopefully everything will go back to normal quickly. I would not recommend this to people, particularly those who are susceptible to anxiety. | F | 28 | 7 days 1X day | 10/11/2011 | 3 | Birth control | Ring wouldn't stay in place, felt like it was always hanging out. Always had to pee, painful to go to the bathroom, thick yellow-brown discharge constantly. pms. Heavy period on my 5th ring. WEIGHT GAIN! I gained 40 pounds in the first 2 months. | It went fine for the first month. I couldn't keep the ring in place. I was always hungry. I would eat until it was hard to breathe and still be hungry. After a month of nonstop weight gain, I started working out every day for at least 3 hours a day. I continued to gain weight. No amount of diet and working out would make me drop a pound. About the middle of the 4th month I started cramping for no reason. No blood just discharge. Now the first week of ring 5, I started spotting. Terrible cramps. Heavy bleeding. To use the bathroom feels like the worst cramps I've ever had. I don't know what its from. But when i take it out to use the bathroom its fine. It's painful to have sex, and do anything in that area. I finally had enough yesterday and removed it. Feeling better, still terrible cramps and bleeding. If you can handle gaining 1/3 of your body weight in a month or two, really gross discharge, and always being hungry, maybe it will work better for you. The only good thing I have to say about this ring is, for the first 4ish months I didn't get a period. or cramps. It was wonderful..Not so much now. | F | 30 | 5 months 1 1X day | 10/10/2011 Patient History | 2 | Regulate period | BAD acne, migraines, nausea, change of mood, snap at people, depressed, moody... | I decided to take nuvaring because my periods were becoming irregular and I wanted something which was not the pill. My friend was on the ring and she had told me that for her it was good so I thought why not. I have been on it for 17 days and took it out today I don't even want to wait for the 3 weeks to be done. I have broken out in the worst acne I have ever had, I am moody, feeling depressed, and have been having bad migraines that I do not usually have. I am a teacher and have been loosing my temper with the kids and feeling really down about coming to work let alone lost my self confidence because of my acne that has appeared. Maybe this works for some people but I will surely never try this again. | F | 24 | 17 days 0.120/0.1g 1X M | 10/10/2011 | 1 | Pregnancy prevention | I developed hypertension, weight gain, hair loss. | I gained 40 lbs in 4 months on the nuvaring, my blood pressure went through the roof. I've been off the ring 2 years now and I'm still struggling to lose the weight I put on. | F | 29 | 1.5 years 1X M | 10/7/2011 | 3 | weight gain, night sweats, very drastic mood swings, low sex drive, ALWAYS hungry. I've gained 20 lbs in the 2 years I've taken it and cannot lose the weight (which is unusual...usually with diet and exercise I lose weight relatively quickly) Never thought it could be the RING until after doing some research. Took it out 2 weeks ago and am feeling much more grounded now. Most of the symptoms are slowly disappearing. | F | 28 | 1X M | 10/4/2011 | 4 | To reduce and prevent severe cramps | I loved nuva ring at first, it reduced cramps, then i began to gain weight, and not be able to lose. I've suffered from foul odors, and mood swings. Its also hard for me to wear a tampon during a period. | I love nuva-ring, and refuse to quit wearing it. | F | 18 | 8 months 1X day | 10/1/2011 | 2 | birth control/ cramp reliever | i was 147 when i started nuvaring almost 2 years ago and now im 170; i eat less now then i did before and workout constantly but cannot seem to loose weight. my face is always broke out now and itchy; the ring is supposed to help my cramps which it did the first 3 months and now they are worse then before...i constantly get the feeling like im pregnant and naseous from it. also i have had migraines my whole life but the ring has maid them worse...i had pains in my legs where they go numb and my asthma is alot worse to where i have breathing problems/chest pains. | F | 18 | 21 days 1X M | 9/27/2011 | 2 | birth control | Uncontrollable mood swings, crying spells, nausea after each new ring. Decreased cramping during period | Although the once-a-month aspect and decreased cramping was great, it wasn't worth the intense mood effects for me. Now that I'm off it, just a week later I feel like myself again--happy and confident. | F | 21 | 4 months 1X M | 9/24/2011 | 1 | Birth control | SEVERE ACNE and weight gain | I just took the nuva ring out after reading all of these side effects. i have severe acne and have never in my life dealt with acne i have gained 5-10 lbs this month and feel like a ditty whale, i would not recommend that anyone use this. | F | 27 | 30 days 1X day | 9/17/2011 | 1 | Birth control | Fatigue to the point of exhaustion, lethargic, nausea,emotional, depression, short tempered, grouchy, weight gain, ALWAYS hungry, cramping 2-3 days a week, spotting here and there, insomnia (even though I am exhausted!) night sweats, Leg pain.........NAME IT | I have only been taking it for 3 months and after reading this site, I just took it out and will never look back. My fatigue is to the point of exhaustion. My energy, motivation and general well being is completely zapped. I am utterly exhausted but can't sleep. The pains in my legs (which Mg normally takes care of) will not go away. Some side effects are livable. Exhaustion and Nausea are NOT two of them. I feel like a completely different person. Not a good or well one either. No hormones ever ever ever again. | F | 44 | 3 days 1X M | 9/9/2011 | 2 | to prevent pregnancy/just married | trouble breathing! SEVERE anxiety, migraines the past three days, suicidal thoughts, fatigue, moodiness | I noticed two weeks in that i had trouble breathing..almost felt like asthma or something. I was having issues with anxiety (thought it was from my wedding but it got worse afterward), depression(not wanting to leave the apartment) crying a lot,(my poor husband had to calm me down multiple times). NOT THE BIRTH CONTROL FOR ME!!! Good luck! | F | 21 | 1 months 1X M | 9/5/2011 |