Trouble breathing with NuvaRing
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| Mon, 10-25-2004 - 1:42pm |
I started NuvaRing a week ago (10/17). Two days after I inserted it for the first time, I started having a lot of trouble breathing. It got worse, so the next day I went to my regular physician, who gave me a breathing test. He diagnosed me with Asthma and gave me three different medications to take. I've been taking all three religiously and they don't seem to be helping. If anything, my breathing is getting worse. I've never had bad allergies and no one in my family has ever had Asthma (not that I even know if it's hereditary or not). My husband and I got a dehumidifier for the house, a bunch of air filters, and scrubbed the whole place down this weekend and it didn't help a bit.
Today I was researching Asthma and found that a change in hormones can trigger Asthma attacks in women. Then I went to the NuvaRing site, where it said to seek medical help if you have trouble breathing. Has anyone else ever had this side effect? I don't know if it's normal or something else entirely. It's getting scary not being able to breathe though, so I want to try taking it out. Is it okay to take it out after only two weeks?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks : )

~Josie
Good luck and hugs,
Jill
Thanks for the help!!
Josie