Amanda Lynn- severe side effects from Nuvaring

6/20/2015

I wanted to share my story with the nuva ring I was on it for four months. I got extremely depressed to the point where I couldn't get out of bed and I constantly cried.

I then started getting paranoid and blaming my husband of cheating on me to the point where I drove him insane and we almost broke up. I was delusional and emotional to the point where I started thinking people were after me and I would spend all day in bed crying with the blinds closed so no one could see in my house in fear of someone murdering me. I also started to always have to have my back up against a wall cause I thought that someone might kill me from behind. I also had a complete mental breakdown at a gas station cause they nozzle kept clicking off.

I became obsessive compulsive and would make 100s of lists for every second of the day. This was not how I am or have ever been in my life. I finally started to get suicidal and realized something was going on I didn't think it could be the ring but I went to crisis intervention to talk to a counsellor who sent me for testing.

My hormones were off the charts messed up and I then realized with a doctor that it was the nuva ring ... I took it out and writhin 4-5 days I was completely normal again. Also I gained 25lbs, which I immediately started losing after. Another side effect I experienced was fuzziness like I was in a daze type dreaming state and severe fatigue.
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Irene Aguilera
I know exactly how you feel. I wore for one month , just 3 months ago. I turned bitch towards my family. Everything irritated me. I even accused my husband of cheating on me because of a dream I had, while wearing it. When I realized this is the only thing different, I pulled out, ai was normal after just a few days.
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Karen Langhart
Amanda and Irene,

Thank you for sharing your stories so other women may realize what this drug (yes, the NuvaRing is a powerful hormonal drug) can do to their health and to their families. We believe that the introduction of "the pill", clear back in the 60 's, was a major contributing factor to the sharp increase of the divorce rate in America. Thank goodness both of you figured out the reason for your distress and the effect it was having on your marriage and family...but what happens to all of the women who are affected by these drugs in the same way you were and never figure out the connection? Unfortunately, often the prescribing of more drugs like anti-depressants and anti-anxiety is the result together with divorce. Great for Big Pharma and Medical profits, but devastating for women and their families.

The NuvaRing killed our daughter by causing massive pulmonary embolisms. The worst happened to our daughter, and unfortunately untold numbers of other innocent women, but we also want the world to k ow that women are unnecessarily being made to suffer from depression, anxiety, weight gain, breast and other cancers, loss of libido, fertility issues, depletion of essential vitamins and minerals leading to a myriad of chronic illness, etc. from these drugs. These drugs affect every organ in a woman's body but women are shamefully not being told the real truth about hormonal contraceptives because they make far too much money for the drug and medical industry.

May we share your stories on other websites dedicated to informing women about the dangers associated with these drugs? Every woman who learns the truth about hormonal contraceptives is one more woman who will not suffer injury or death.
Thank you,

Rick and Karen Langhart
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Amanda Lynn
Hi Karen,
I will never again take any form of birth control as I agree 100% with everything you are stating. I'm very sorry about your daughter my prayers and condolences are with you and your family. If there is any way I can help to raise awareness and advocate for women please let me know. I am a social worker myself and I take pride in advocating for what I believe in. Please feel free to share my story and I am willing to help in any other way.
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Karen Langhart

We appreciate this very much Amanda. Your advocacy for the health of other women by sharing the truth about hormonal contraceptives will improve and save lives. Thank you for standing up and making a real difference in the lives of others...
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I went on it and was always in a rage. I called it Nuvarage. My legs started hurting and I found this page. After reading the stories, I took it out and never went back. Sad so many lives were lost. I have been off it for two years and don't have the rage anymore or leg pain.
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Trish Manning Mathis
Nuvaring caused a blood clot in my lung, it is very very bad.

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renee

7/5/2016 05:18:30 am

i had been on nuvaring for six years, and had these same symptoms. i had an infection caused by the nuvaring and had to take it out for two months. during that time i started to feel like my old self, and was pretty much back to normal, but refilled the script. one week into using the nuvaring it was like i had gone down the rabbit hole. i was depressed, had severe neuropathy in my spine, i was paranoid, and a total crazy case. i was lucky to have seen a small glimpse of my old self and realize that this birth control had been the cause of so much pain. it is normal to feel anxious and sad when there is a reason, but i was drowning in anxiety and paranoia for no logical reason. i felt like i wanted to crawl out of my own body. i was convinced my husband was going to cheat on me. i was in severe pain from my spine hurting. i gained thirty pounds. in the two months i was off nuvaring i was a completely different person. the infection nuvaring caused could possibly have saved me life.

Lauren Becker

9/30/2017 08:47:58 am

Currently, I am a college student. I suffer from a condition called PCOS and have been on the pill for 6+ years. I switched to NuvaRing a month ago and I am going off of it immediately. Since the short time that I have been on it, I noticed myself changing. I have become depressed to the point that I started inflicting self-harm onto myself, I cry every day, and I get mad a lot easier. Unfortunately I am 9 hours from home and cannot get to the doctor, but I am planning to go off of this monstrous thing. My boyfriend has noticed that I am not the same person that I was and it scares him. I have sought the help of counselors and one of them told me to research this. Fortunately I have and I plan on getting off of it soon.

Britt

10/12/2017 09:02:41 pm

Reading these posts have literally saved my life. I have thought of self harm and have been driven to a completely different person. So relieved that other women have experienced this. I've been on Nuvaring for at least 4 or 5 months. I use Nuva because I have major issues with fibroids as well. I'm stopping immediately and going to speak with my doctor about my options. My boyfriend read these posts with me and he said it's almost as though I wrote those posts. I've had the same symptoms of paranoia, needing to be in a room all day crying, depression, anxiety, and to top it all constant belief that my bf was cheating.

Dani

11/26/2017 12:29:52 pm

I've been on the nuvaring for 2 or 3 weeks on Tuesday and I am an emotional wreck. I was on the depo for 6ish years and my Drs were insistent on me coming off of it for a while at least. I started the Nuvaring and my mood has taken such a nosedive it's horrendous. I have never felt so insecure about myself, my body or relationship in my whole life. I'm convinced my partner doesn't want me anymore. I'm convinced my partner doesn't find me attractive and that he's already found someone else and I feel like I'm being ripped apart inside. Despite all this, I also feel like I don't want to take the ring out. It's like I don't believe it's possible that the ring could be the cause of this... I'm going to speak to my doctor tomorrow and see what he suggests. Reading these comments have made me feel a lot less alone so I thank you all for that ❤️.

Maria evenson

11/27/2017 02:39:35 pm

Wow, I only had it in for one month and I cried every single day! Every single night! I was so depressed and I just took it out today so we'll see what happens. But I thank all of you women for your beautiful strong comments

Charity

12/21/2017 08:11:24 pm

Wow! I am so grateful for all of you strong women who have commented on this post and for being advocates for change. Today is my first DAY on the Nuvarinf after not using any contraceptives for about 2 years. I used to be on the pill and had all of these same symptoms—I remember my boyfriend saying “you need to be more consistent” and then it clicked that the hyperventilating anxiety, crying, paranoia was never ever who I was!! My doctor talked me into the Nuvaring and I placed it in this afternoon. It’s only been about 9 hours but I was starting to feel emotionally heavy and then paranoid out of NOWHERE! For no reason! Your mind-body-soul connection in partner with awareness help to understand what things we should and should not be putting in our body. Thank you for this thread ladies.

PS- If you hate your tampons, switch to the Diva Cup—it is natural and it rocks!! Namaste!

Neysa

2/23/2018 01:00:17 pm

Wow ! I’ve been on the NuvaRing now for 3 months. I’ve been constantly depressed and I pick fights with my boyfriend over trivial things. I am an emotional person to begin with, but I haven’t been this anxious, nervous, and depressed before. Being depressed to the point of refusing to get out of bed for days on end had me contemplating taking my life. I know I could never, but it’s just this overpowering emotion when you have no idea why you are feeling the way you do..but not having an actual reason why. I’ve used this contraception before when I was a teen and I don’t know if I had these same side effects. Last night it shook me to my core when my boyfriend was finally at his wits end and told me that I had changed in the past months & he really wanted me back to my “normal” self :( .. I began wondering if my hormones were jacked up. I’m thankful I started researching “NuvaRing Depression” & it brought me here. Thank you ladies for your honesty because it gives me hope I can get back to where I need to be emotionally, mentally, and physically ! <3 No more BC for this girl !

Nicki

3/19/2018 03:38:23 pm

So glad I found this thread! Wow, I’ve been feeling incredibly down and depressed, also very spaced out, to the point of feeling like I’m in la la land most of the day. I’ve only used the ring for a month and I’ve had enough. I didn’t think it was really the ring at first but now seeing this, I know it is! I’m having all of these symptoms. In fact, I had a recent job interview and totally bombed it, likely due to feeling down and depressed, and in a haze of some sort.

Tiffany

5/16/2019 10:02:12 am

I became severley depressed and planned and tried to commit suicide. The psychiatrist said the borthcontrol made me hypermanic and wreckless. She told me that i now knoe what a person suffering from dimentia feels daily.

Kayrose

8/3/2019 09:44:10 am

When I was in my 20s I was put on Orthro tri cycline and developed a tumor in my breast that had to be surgically removed. Ever since then I refused to go on birth control. Fast forward I am now 38 and going through early menopause symptoms. They were so bad that my doctor convinced me to try the Nuva ring. The first month was ok. My hot flashes and lack of sleeping went away but I got very moody and snippy. But as I progressed into the 2nd month I have gotten severely depressed. Sleeping all day not going out. No energy, crying feeling helpless. It’s been two days in a row now and I have taken the ring out and contacted my doctor. I know it is the ring because I wasn’t like this before. It is horrible because you know it’s happening but you can’t turn it off and you read things that tell you it must be you and not the hormones because it doesn’t happen to everyone. But it does happen and more than these studies report. I’m done with birth control. Thank you for letting me know I’m not crazy and not alone.

Megan

8/24/2019 09:22:46 am

I’m so glad I found this thread, Now I know for sure I’m not crazy. I’ve been on nuvaring for years I took it out for a month because I was so tired of using it and my boyfriend could feel it I was also feeling pain from it. Well I got a little depressed and I thought well I better put one back in, that was last Sunday on Thursday morning I had a complete breakdown I had a severe panic attack to the point I thought I would have to go to the psych unit here in town. I couldn’t figure out why I was going through this and I couldn’t control it or make it stop so my boyfriend goggled my nuvaring and there was so many sites with women feeling the same way we all were. I went to a therapist Friday and broke down completely bc I felt like I was still going crazy they told me the nuvaring was my why and now I need to balance out my hormones and they want to put me on something for my anxiety Monday I’m hoping since I took the ring out Thursday night that I start to feel back to normal soon. I’ve had a couple episodes of panic today but hoping they subside soon.

Joey

11/19/2020 12:28:33 pm

So I had been on an IUD for six years, 2 different ones and my body rejected them both. So I went of birth control for a year and then decided to try Nuvaring. I had been on it for only 4 weeks and had the worst side effects. Bleeding for 20 days straight, extreme fatigue to where I was taking naps as much as possible and skipping meals to go to bed, gaining weight, headaches, depression, and body aches. I took the ring out and it took a week to get the bleeding to stop and about 2 weeks for my energy to come back to normal. I'm a lifeguard and a runner so i was super active before. I will not be going on birth control ever again. It's so not worth it.

My issue, is if do tors know these side effects are there and it's in every form of birth control, why is it still handed out? Women's health is obviously low on the priority list.

Ellena Field link

11/19/2020 05:06:37 pm

Thanks for posting this

Diana

11/20/2020 11:58:35 pm

I had an awful experience with this ring.In just one week it drove me absolutely crazy,to the point of believing that someone else is controlling my actions and emotions in a very negative way.All this situation ended in a breakup and a lot of sorrow.I removed the ring 2 days ago,I already feel better.I was feeling suffocated,very angry,exaggerating everything,shouting(i am a calm person and a polite one usually),i lost the sense of orientation,great dizziness and fatigue,lack of concentration and understanding for basic things.My body was in pain,the breasts swollen and painful,my legs aching,belly,back,awful headaches.In one week i.ve been to the hell and back.I will never make this mistake again for the sake of making it easier for the partner,i learned my lesson ,condom is ok.I hope other women will read these posts,they are risking to lose a lot of things because of this tiny demon thing.It causes arterial clogs too,very dangerous for health and personal life.All the best and choose wisely!

Diana

11/21/2020 12:01:17 am

I forgot to say that I was gaining weight very fast,gaining like 6 lb in one week,eventhough my diet is protein based.

Amanda Lynn- severe side effects from Nuvaring

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