Sleeplessness....BC...nuvaring...???

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sleeplessness....BC...nuvaring...???
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Fri, 05-28-2004 - 10:03am
I haven't used BC in over 2 years b/c 1. I was pregnant and 2. I was breastfeeding fulltime. I have started to use the Nuvaring and ever since I started taking it, I am not sure if this is coincidence or not... I wake up everynight for at least one hour. Is it b/c maybe I am not used to BC after so long or is it JUST the nuvaring or is it that I am wacko? :) The night that I took the ring out I slept fine, but I wake up with a headache everymorning. It's killing me...... I'm really bad at pills though.

anyone have experience with sleeplessness?
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Registered: 09-15-2003
Fri, 05-28-2004 - 5:03pm
I have had varying degrees of insomnia with just about every type of hormonal contraception I've tried, including the ring, the patch, and several pills. I wake up after only a couple hours of sleep and then cannot get back to sleep. If I do sleep again, it's only for 30-60 minutes at a time and then I'm awake again for just as long. I gave up on hormones and opted for a copper IUD, which I absolutely loved.
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Registered: 09-15-2003
Fri, 05-28-2004 - 5:46pm
I forgot to mention that I used to take Ortho Tri-Cyclen and had no side effects. Then I had my daughter and tried going back on the pill after 9 months of breastfeeding. It was absolutely horrible. I have no idea why I was fine with hormones before the pregnancy and now cannot tolerate them one bit. It's frustrating.