Infertility

» lisa_y - My experience with NuvaRing...

I turned into a crazy woman on the pill. Tried 4 different kinds including Yaz which is supposed to have mood stabilizing properties. When I say crazy woman I'm talking about me going from my optimistic happy go lucky self to an argumentative, frustrated, angry, crying for 1/3 of the day, can't get out of bed mess. It was like having an out of body experience. I was determine to find a method that would work for me so I endured 4 trys with different pills throught last winter and this past spring. All of this was in an attempt to control heavy menstral bleeding due to uterine fibroids. But after 4 tries I went ahead and had a myomectomy (fibroid removal surgery). I've been doing well so far. I wasn't sexually active (ever) until after the surgery and I'm with my second partner right now. We've been getting really close and our intimacy is a huge part of it. "Working out" condoms is a necessary evil, but I'd really like to do without it.

So I am on day 2 of the ring and so far so good. The pill only took 2-4 days to take me to crazy angry depressed woman land. So far what I've felt with the ring is feeling slightly more tired, and a weird very very mild headache/pressure feeling that is sort of like a chin strap frome one ear to the other and some pressure under my eye. When I lean over the feeling under my jaw turns into mild nausea...no big deal thought. My appetite is less but when I do eat I don't get teh feeling that I'm full and I'm thirsty. (So I've been trying to drink a lot before I eat to avoid gaining weight). My lower belly doesn't hurt, but I can feel my insides moving when I move around. My discharge is more watery, but so far no change in odor. And I've had a lot more gas than usual.

Reading about your experiences has been helpful to me as I feel out how my body likes this. Doctors can tell you waht is likely to happen, but only you know what is actually going on with your body and whether or not you can tolerate it. So far so good for me.

-- posted by lisa_y