NuvaRing for Birth Control User Reviews (Page 4)

• Ser...
• July 11, 2014

"Used the ring for 6 months. I gained 20 pounds. I went from 120 to 140. It's not very easy for me to gain weight. Had a lot of discharge that made it extremely uncomfortable. I never get yeast infections and got one on the ring. And my sex drive went way down on the ring. I am switching back to the pill because I've never had any problems with the pill, only minor, and I've used the pill for 3 years."

• azm...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• May 23, 2015

"10+ years on it. Can't feel it. Never falls out. Husband notices it but is used to it. Leave it in for vacation so I don't get a period (in on 1st, out on 25th for period on 27th is my normal routine, but if I want to skip, I take out and replace on the 1st). Removed it to try and conceive and got pregnant the following month. I feel bad for the women that had poor experiences. I love NuvaRing."

• Era...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 28, 2014

"I loved the NuvaRing! I switched to it after being on Yasmin and seeing all of the scary commercials about it (which I liked too, but I'm a hypochondriac). I liked the fact that I just put it in and didn't have to worry about it for 3 weeks, and I always started my period on the same day, which was very helpful! I think I gained about 10 lbs while taking it, but I don't think that was due to the birth control; my husband also never noticed it during sex, added bonus. I wish I could take it while breastfeeding, but my doctor doesn't recommend it. Overall, I loved it!"

• Toy...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 2, 2020

"I've been on NuvaRing for 2 and a half months, and I don't know how much longer I can tolerate its side effects, from the mood swings to feeling angry all the time, low to no libido at all, and feeling distant from my partner. I've been bleeding the entire time I've had it in. I'm hoping maybe in another month or two my body will adjust to the hormones, but we'll see if I even make it that far."

• Mar...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 28, 2016

"Best birth control I've tried. Super comfortable and easy to use. I've had zero side effects. No weight gain, and I have clear skin! No issues with sex either. I've been on it for 2 years, and there's been no changes in my sex drive. Give it a try! It changed my life for the better. Don't let the bad reviews scare you!"

• dtl...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• March 3, 2020

"If you want to fart and cry for a week every month, then NuvaRing is right for you. Aside from not wanting to get pregnant, I use this because I’m on a category X drug. I’m not allowed to take this medication unless I’m on birth control. I’m forgetful, so the pill was never my friend. Depo made me gain 20 lbs. I dismissed IUDs because of the risk of infection, but after 10 years of week-long mood swings, irritability, crying, and farting, I’m going to talk to my doctor about making the switch. It works, but at a cost."

• Mea...
• July 11, 2019

"I was on hormonal pills that caused anxiety and OCD tendencies. My now husband was a saint through that. After becoming pregnant due to a faulty IUD (arm did not fully deploy, and luckily I did not need a surgery), NuvaRing was recommended. I almost made it through my 2nd ring. Over the last few weeks, I noticed an increase in anxiety, being quick to anger, and intense depression. After having days of panic attacks (exacerbated by reviews and thinking I had blood clots) and feelings of complete misery, I decided I needed to remove it. It’s been over 12 hours, and overall I feel better, just exhausted. Everyone reacts to medications differently, and maybe I was more sensitive to it, but I thought it was important to share my experience because I wonder how many people feel that way and think it’s them when it’s not. Even this time, it took my husband to point out there was something altering my system and snap me out of it because I was convinced my feelings were all my fault."

• The...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 25, 2014

"I was recently diagnosed with endometriosis, and my gynecologist initially recommended the Mirena to help manage it. The inserting process was impossible and so dismissed. Next up was the patch... worst decision of my life. Nausea, vomiting, extreme fatigue... that lasted me three days. Next up was the NuvaRing. I'm going into my third week, and so far it's doing better than anything else I've tried. My side effects are awful headaches and cramps here and there. Other than that, I feel perfectly fine. If the headache gets bad, I simply use a painkiller, and voila! I'll definitely recommend it to anyone that can't use a high-dose contraceptive like me. I think the low dose in the ring could make a huge difference. Can't knock it till you try it!"

• Aa2...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 22, 2013

"At first, I had the Paragard for four months, and it was excruciatingly painful. Come to find out, I have endometriosis, and that's why I was in so much pain. My doctor prescribed me NuvaRing as treatment for my endometriosis and as birth control. So far, I love it. I keep it in continually, so I don't get periods. The only downside is it makes me very nauseous when I first put a new one in. Other than that, I love that I don't have to remember to take it every day, and my sex drive hasn't changed a bit."

• Tea...
• August 2, 2019

"If you take this medicine, you might as well write your will right after. I'm sure most people will read and ignore the horrible stories like I did because I didn't think it could happen to me. I have always been on birth control since I was 17 years old and now I'm 37. I've never had any issues with them until I took the NuvaRing. My period was extremely heavy, changing pads several times an hour. Then things became worse when I started to have shortness of breath for no reason at all. It turns out I had a pulmonary embolism in both lungs. My lungs were filled with blood and I was near death. I was in the hospital for over a week trying to survive. A hematologist looked into why my blood was clotting and it was determined as a direct link to the NuvaRing. Now I can no longer use BC and I have to be on blood thinners for life. NuvaRing has ruined my life!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 24, 2017

"Giving it two stars because it does serve its purpose-birth control. But it's so not worth the side effects I had for the first week after putting it in place. I had horrifying dreams on the third night and woke up in terror. I was mostly depressed and hated people around me. I was easily irritated by small things. I was negative and wanted to be alone. After noticing the change in my mood, I took it out five days later. Just in half a day, I have noticeable improvement in my mood. I wanted to be around my friends again. I'm happier. I wouldn't recommend this form of birth control to any of my friends."

• Jes...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 6, 2016

"I've been on the NuvaRing for about 3 years now. I have had no problems except I literally have no sex drive anymore, which really sucks. I constantly feel bad for my boyfriend of 4 years because I just have no desire for it at all, which makes sex painful because I am not wet enough. This is unfortunate because I love everything about the NuvaRing besides that one issue. However, I am still probably going to switch to something else because that is a big factor for me."

• Mag...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• February 18, 2017

"I switched to NuvaRing 4 years ago from Ortho Tri-Cyclen. I've had absolutely no side effects, and it's the easiest form of birth control I've ever taken. My periods are lighter is the only thing I've noticed. It's unfortunate that I'm seeing so many bad experiences on here - I honestly recommend it to all my girlfriends."

• sar...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• August 25, 2015

"I was on the NuvaRing for 6 years or so, and I LOVED it while I was on it. I didn't have issues with feeling it, or it coming out during sex. Sometimes if I was having sex, we'd take it out just because it can get uncomfortable being (essentially pounded) in the same place. I went off of it about 4 months ago. I only went off it because the hormones started to mess with me. My libido dropped, I couldn't get wet, and freaked out emotionally before my period every month. I wish the hormones didn't affect my body like that, because I really liked this birth control."

• Kel...
• June 23, 2014

"I have been using NuvaRing for a year now and have decided to take it out. In that year, I gained almost 30 pounds and have had insane mood swings. I kept it in so long because I thought other things were causing this until I talked to my doctor."

• Swe...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 6, 2015

"I have been on NuvaRing for four years. I had major cysts on my ovaries when I was younger and was forced to change my birth control medications six times in three years. I was skeptical about taking the Depo shot and any IUD for fear that I would have cysts develop again. My doctor wanted to conduct an exploratory surgery. I had to try something immediately. I asked my doctor about the NuvaRing. If it didn't help, I would go through with the surgery. I was constantly in pain, and I was fed up with it. I read the information and started my dose. After 24 hours, I felt wonderful. In four years, I haven't had a cyst. Lighter, shorter periods, no weight gain, less acne, healthier skin and hair, and very little PMS. I highly recommend it."

• Yog...
• September 25, 2019

"After reading all of these reviews, I feel like I was crazy for staying on the NuvaRing for so long (3 years), but for at least the past year, I have been wondering why I’m not myself. I started the NuvaRing when I was 18/19 and have gained an extra 15 pounds that I can’t seem to lose no matter how much I eat/exercise. I also have had LOTS of mood swings and went through a depression last year, I thought it was my schooling since I am an engineering major, but now I’m not so sure. And the worst was that I lost my sex drive. My boyfriend and I have been together for at least 2 years before I started the NuvaRing, but for the past year, he always wants to, and I just am not in the mood. I feel like these changes started slow but became more clear after the years went by. It wasn’t all bad though, I love its convenience and ease of use, but for what it did to my mental health and weight is frustrating. Thanks, girls, for all your input, I thought I was going crazy!"

• Ash...
• March 1, 2021

"It's important to note that I'm not actually sexually active with a male at this time, I use NuvaRing to stop painful menses, so I can't actually rate on its anti-pregnancy effectiveness. So far, I'm very happy with it. It hasn't lowered my mood or made me irritable at all, I think the extra dose of hormones has actually put more of a pep in my step. It's super easy to use, you just put it 'up there' and can forget about it for 3 weeks. You can leave it out for the fourth week to get your period and put another ring in to skip it. It's nice to be the one in control and be able to switch it up at ease. The fact that a single ring lasts so long is very convenient because you don't have to keep returning to the pharmacy all the time, a couple of packs feel like they last you forever. The packets also come with calendar stickers to help you remember when to change the rings. I would 11/10 recommend trying it."

• Ama...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• May 1, 2013

"I have been on the NuvaRing for almost 6 years. I decided to try it due to the fact that I had a hard time remembering to take the pill every day. I absolutely love the ring and have recommended it to most of my friends. What was initially hard for me was remembering what day and how many weeks it was in. I found an app for my phone which helped tremendously. The pros are definitely that you don't have to take it every day, and it's comfortable, I sometimes forget that it is there. Cons would have to be the decrease in sex drive, but a little exercise helps with that. I've had no pregnancy scares or breakthrough bleeding. All in all, the ring beats the pill and the Depo shot."

• Mar...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 16, 2019

"I was prescribed the NuvaRing after talking with my doctor about different options. It was pretty easy to insert, and I feel that was the only good thing about this birth control. You could feel the ring during sex and it even caused bleeding afterwards (which had never happened before on any kind of pill). Then came the emotional part. On day 5 of having the NuvaRing in, I became so emotional I cried for an entire day about nothing and had no interest in eating or wanting to get out of bed. I took the ring out the following morning, and within 30 minutes, I felt so much better. I am normally a very outgoing and happy person, but this birth control really affected my emotions. While everyone is different and many probably will have better luck with the birth control than I did, I am just sharing my experience. I only used this birth control for 5 days, so maybe I would have had better success if I had tried it a bit longer, but I just couldn’t take the emotions it made me have."

• Lol...
• September 27, 2016

"I used the NuvaRing for about 8 years as birth control after my first child. My periods were short and light (3 days), and it didn't affect my mood. I had always suffered from heavy periods, and the pills would make me irritable. There were times when my husband would feel it during intercourse, but that just meant it wasn't properly inserted. (Adjusted it and continued.) Though the package insert says you can have it off for 6 hours, I never dared to try. (Just in case.) I stopped the NuvaRing when I was ready for my second baby and got pregnant in 4 months and had a tubal ligation. I recommend the ring to all of my girlfriends!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 14, 2014

"I started NuvaRing 3 weeks and 2 days ago. I loved it because I didn't have to remember to take a pill. That was the extent of my happiness. Within 1 week, I started to get complaints about my attitude, and people were genuinely concerned about what was wrong with me. Within 2 weeks, I had severe anxiety and depression with suicidal thoughts. I know people say it takes time to get used to, but I would've been dead by then. Prior to the 3-week mark, I had stabbing pain near/in my heart. That occurred for 2 days, on the second day, I said goodbye to my NuvaRing. I did research 2 days after I removed it and found out that it isn't recommended if you have ever had depression, and I had PPD very badly (psych ward for 3 days, yeah, bad)."

• Nil...
• June 27, 2016

"I used NuvaRing for about 6 years. It is very easy to use, it sits on your cervix just like a tampon. You can't feel it when it's in there if you have placed it correctly. Very easy to put in place and remove. It helped a lot with my periods. I am extremely irregular and have awful cramps, but the NuvaRing helped regulate my periods and helped greatly with cramping. My husband was able to feel it when we had sex, but it didn't really bother him most of the time. There was one or two occasions where it ended up rubbing a painful raw spot on him. I never experienced weight gain or a change in my sex drive. However, I suffer from migraines, and this made them much worse and more frequent. Would recommend for anyone without migraines."

• Cat...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 29, 2020

"I used the ring for 4 years in total. It is funny how you forget all the side effects when you are used to it. I didn't get pregnant, so that's good, but I had a LOT of small side effects that I had to live with. My vaginal discharge was a lot, I had migraines, I was always bloated, and I had a lot of problems with my digestion. It's been 8 months since I stopped taking NuvaRing, and I feel much better. In a month, I could see the difference, it was insane. I do not recommend it if you don't want side effects."

• Snd...
• April 23, 2014

"I am super happy with this form of birth control. I was on the pill for years, and I would become crazy. The first month on the NuvaRing, I did bleed for almost 3 weeks. I freaked out a little, but when I changed it the next month, the bleeding stopped, and everything is great. I would totally recommend this to anyone! I never feel it, it doesn't affect my sex life or drive. My boyfriend doesn't feel it. I am 100% happy."