Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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wimbly83 01/30/2008

I have been on the Nuva RIng method of b.c. for almost 2 years now. One of the side effects is anxiety, although I have been doing great with next to no anxiety for about 2 1/2 years.

I have read on different blogs concerning b.c., that some women are fine on it, but if you are predisposed to feeling anxious/having attacks, the effects of the b.c. can seem to come out of nowhere.

For the last 3-4 weeks I have been dealing with daily anxiety/negative thoughts/attacks and it's driving me nuts. I just wonder if it does in fact have anything to do with the b.c.

Has anyone had a similar situation?

deleted_user 01/30/2008

WHAT NUVA RING
havent heard of that before

wimbly83 01/30/2008

Nuva Ring is a relatively new method of birth control. It's a thin plastic ring you insert like you would a tampon, and you just change it every month. It's supposed to give a more even absorption of the hormones than a pill would offer.

deleted_user 01/30/2008

I had to go through three different hormonal birth controls (microgestin, the nuva ring, and yaz) before deciding that I just have to use non-hormonal methods. Of those, microgestin was by far the worst; I was on it for less than a month, and I was getting anxiety attacks on an almost daily basis. The nuva ring was better, but I had some kind of mild allergic reaction to the material it's made of. I probably could have stayed on Yaz, but I was going through a tough time when I was taking it, and having that extra push of anxiety was more than I could handle. And it made me gain about 20 lbs :(

wimbly83 01/30/2008

My anxiety always is at its worst when I menstruate, which is why I went on birth control in the first place. I was getting heavy, long periods about every 3 weeks, so I felt like a complete nut-case except for maybe one day a month.

I take continuous therapy, meaning I put a new ring in for three months in a row and don't give myself a period. At the end of the third month I do give myself a period.

I never thought to contribute my recent anxiety to the ring since I have been on it for so long, but was just curious if anyone else had it too.

Your post was great by the way...thank you!!

deleted_user 09/13/2008

My b.c. method is also prone to anxiety (Yaz). Especially when it is that time of the month. Talk about high anxiety! Wow, it just explodes when I am off my pill.

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