21 Oct 2010, 7:37 am
21 Oct 2010, 1:12 pm
I had horrible, heavy, debilitatingly painful periods since I started menstruating, and was put on pill after pill since my teens. I've tried just about every combination out there, and all of them had horrible side effects. I even tried an Implanon implant (don't go there! you've been warned!). Everything had horrible emotional symptoms, particularly depression, and some caused water retention and weight gain. 
I did find something earlier this year that seems to be working really well, though. It's called NuvaRing. 
It's a little plastic ring that sits inside your body, where a tampon would. I actually got to try it for free while overseas. When I went for my checkup with my regular doctor at home, we had a long conversation about it. Apparently, they're finding that birth control that relies on vaginal absorption is far more effective with far less side effects, because the hormones are going exactly where they need to go instead of through your digestive tract and into your bloodstream.
I have had no emotional problems, have really light periods that average 3 days, and I've actually managed to lose 25 pounds this summer while gaining muscle. (The weight loss wasn't due to the NuvaRing, it was due to diet and exercise, but I just wanted to note that I managed to get fit *despite* the hormones.)
And for the first time in about 4 years, I'm back into a findable bra size! No water retention making them balloon to incredibly painful F's! That was the most ridiculous part really, as i'm only 5'1 and a size 4. 
But seriously, it's an option worth looking into!
http://www.nuvaring.com/Consumer/index.asp
21 Oct 2010, 1:25 pm
I did find something earlier this year that seems to be working really well, though. It's called NuvaRing.
It's a little plastic ring that sits inside your body, where a tampon would. I actually got to try it for free while overseas. When I went for my checkup with my regular doctor at home, we had a long conversation about it. Apparently, they're finding that birth control that relies on vaginal absorption is far more effective with far less side effects, because the hormones are going exactly where they need to go instead of through your digestive tract and into your bloodstream.I have had no emotional problems, have really light periods that average 3 days, and I've actually managed to lose 25 pounds this summer while gaining muscle. (The weight loss wasn't due to the NuvaRing, it was due to diet and exercise, but I just wanted to note that I managed to get fit *despite* the hormones.)
And for the first time in about 4 years, I'm back into a findable bra size! No water retention making them balloon to incredibly painful F's! That was the most ridiculous part really, as i'm only 5'1 and a size 4.
But seriously, it's an option worth looking into!
http://www.nuvaring.com/Consumer/index.asp
Not even Aleve, Advil, OTC meds for cramps helped?
21 Oct 2010, 6:07 pm
I did find something earlier this year that seems to be working really well, though. It's called NuvaRing.
It's a little plastic ring that sits inside your body, where a tampon would. I actually got to try it for free while overseas. When I went for my checkup with my regular doctor at home, we had a long conversation about it. Apparently, they're finding that birth control that relies on vaginal absorption is far more effective with far less side effects, because the hormones are going exactly where they need to go instead of through your digestive tract and into your bloodstream.I have had no emotional problems, have really light periods that average 3 days, and I've actually managed to lose 25 pounds this summer while gaining muscle. (The weight loss wasn't due to the NuvaRing, it was due to diet and exercise, but I just wanted to note that I managed to get fit *despite* the hormones.)
And for the first time in about 4 years, I'm back into a findable bra size! No water retention making them balloon to incredibly painful F's! That was the most ridiculous part really, as i'm only 5'1 and a size 4.
But seriously, it's an option worth looking into!
http://www.nuvaring.com/Consumer/index.asp
Thanks! I'll look into those things...
