NuvaRing and depression, please advise!
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NuvaRing and depression, please advise!
| Mon, 06-28-2004 - 11:34pm |
I need some advice, please!!!
I know a lot of the NuvaRing users on this board are happy with it and many have no side effects. What I am wondering is if there is anyone who had bad side effects with the patch, but not with the ring. I went to Planned Parenthood today and the receptionist said that if I have side effects with the patch, I would most likely have them with the ring, but I wanted to get input from women who have actually experienced what I am going though. Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks much!
Katie

For those of us who are sensitive to small changes in hormones, there can be a big difference between the ring and the patch. The patch is very close, hormonally, to Ortho Cyclen, but it has a lower estrogen content. The ring is closest to Desogen, but it also has a lower estrogen content. These two progestins may act differently in your body--I can't take the progestin in Ortho Cyclen because it aggravates/causes my dysesthetic vulvodynia, but have had no trouble with the ring. There is also 5mcg difference between the estrogen content of the two methods as well--either the estrogen or the progestin could make a difference where mood changes are concerned, it's not certain which is more responsible for each individual woman.
Personally, I'm more comfortable wearing the ring than I would be with the patch. I would worry about the adhesive (not that you need to, I'm just paranoid), I'd be checking it constantly, and it'd just be more hassle than I want. Just my own two cents. ;)
Does that help?
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Thanks much!
Katie