Weight gained after stopping nuvaring

I am really glad I decided to look this up. I went off the nuvaring about 4 months ago and I have gained 40 lbs! I now weigh more than I did at 9 mos pregnant with my first son when I was on bedrest! I am totally bummed and I had worked so hard to get it all off! Now back to square one and its not coming off at all! I might go back on it just to lose weight again if that works!

I have been struggling with coming off the Nuvaring for 4 months now, and it has been hell!! The my first period after taking it out was normal, the second one was 2 weeks late, now I have gone almost 2 full months without a period. I have had all the pregnancy-type symptoms, and taken about 20 pregnancy tests and all are negative. I work out regularly, I have been a vegetarian for over 15 years, no processed food, minial sugar, and I have never been this large in my life!!! I hate it!!
I have read so many stories on this blog with women saying they are going back on it to try to lost weight again--LADIES< DONT DO IT!!! Going back on it isn't going to fix what is already going on, and don't you want to get off it at some point in your lives? Face it now or later, easier now!!! I just really hope this doesnt last much longer!! Has anyone that has posted actually gotten back to normal? Cycle-wise or weight-wise?
Help!!

Ugh.... I love my NuvaRing, but I've been off and on it for a number of years. I still want to be on it but by a fluke, I couldn't fill it right now. Let me start at the beginning.

Some number of years ago I went on it. I'm not a pill taker, they made me gain weight and I'm not good about taking them when I should. I also tried a gel thing and used condoms often too. Either way, the nuva ring was the best method for me. I love it. I went off back then because I could not pick it up when I was supposed to and within a week I had gotten pregnant. Oops for me. So I wouldn't have thought much about weight gain I always did just let it be whatever it was when I was pregnant (I have 3 kids now). Nuva never failed me though, so I went back on after a horrible stint trying out the depo shot. This time I was on it until I couldn't pick it up this month on the 19th. Apparently when your doctor leaves the practice, their prescriptions expire. I still need to find a new doc. I miss the nuva, and more so now since I've already gained 3-5 lbs in...what is it now...a week? I did nothing to gain this back, I'm even on a weight loss drug-helper thing called Alli, which is blocking some fat on top of my diet. I've been on this for 7 months now and not seen problems like since I stopped nuva. I find the anxiety piece interesting as I have it late at night sometimes and thought it was just normal for me. Caffeine also makes it worse too though. Anyway, with the gain I am soooooooo tired. I hardly made dinner tonight and I'm cranky and just want to sleep, no matter how much I already have. It's just like when I was on Depo. Couldn't stay awake for a conversation half the time. Anyone else experience this? Anywho, sry bout the book...just putting in my two cents and wondering along w everyone else.

I stopped taking Nuvaring 2 months ago after being on it for only 2 and a half months. On my third ring I had gotten side effects so bad I could not function anymore. I was always tired, on the verge of tears, and I lost my sex drive. I took out the ring after 2 weeks because I could not stand it for another week and had early withdraw bleeding four days later. I felt immensely better after 2 days without the ring. I regained my sex drive after my period but it took almost 6 weeks for the fatigue symptoms to go away.
The only thing that hasn't gone away is the weight. I had gained 5 pounds while on the ring and I gained 10 more pounds very suddenly in the 2 weeks after I stopped the ring. My body literally plumped and swelled up like a balloon. I gained 6 inches around my waist. I've been working out 3 times a week for the past month and I've only lost 2 of the 15 pounds and one inch off my waist. I still cannot fit into my old pants. I've also been taking dong quai and chaste berry to regulate my hormones and keep my periods light so hopefully I lose more weight in the next month. Will report back in a month or 2.

I wish I had a better reaction to the Nuvaring or a more positie response for everyone asking if you go back to normal.... but I went from 140 to 204 lbs. I did the thyroid checks, working out, eating better, etc etc etc. It's been about 8 months and I just keep gaining more and more weight. My father is a doctor and has offered so many different options and advice... NOTHING has worked.

I don't know what else to do so I have made an appointment with my gyno to figure out something else.

Looks like the solution may be just going back on the Nuvaring!

I am the total opposite of you guys i went on nuva ring and started gaining weight so i started working out exercising everyday and takin diet pills like crazy and i would gain weight and so i went off of it and started losing a lil bit. but then i needed to get back on birth control and my provider said that weight gain isnt a side effect of the nuva ring so i went back on it and gained more weight i have been on the low carb diet for a week now with a friend she is losing and i am staying the same. so im thinking about going off of it cuz i hate that im not eatng the sweets that i want to right now and still not losing anything its rediculous.

I am just now reading this blog. I too wanted to get pregnant so I got off the ring after 4 years. I loved being on the ring but I tell ya, I have NEVER had weight issues even at the age of 36. I only gained 20 pounds when I was pregnant! SInce I have been off the ring I have gained 15 pounds in 3 months and I couldn't figure it out. I too run half marathons, pilates 2X week, I eat clean and orangic. I can notice a mood swing too! I have a 5 yr old and jump down his throat for anything then the next minute I am calm and loving, all sorts of things tick me off and my nick name is "bubbles" This has to stop. On top of it, my period is so irregular. It comes on the 29, 30th , 31st day. I am a week late now and 3 pregnancy tests say negative. How in the world am I suppose to get regular and try to conceive when I don't know when I ovulate? err!

Take dong quai and/or chaste berry. They help regulate your hormones. I'm taking them now as I posted 3 posts above. I have not lost weight due to these herbs but it's been helping with pms symptoms as well as keeping my periods regular. I've been having a regular 30 day cycle for the past 3 months. I've been off nuvaring for 4 months so the effects were pretty immediate.

Hi, Im 26 years old and I was on the ring in March 2010 and. The first month was wonderful.. The second, i experienced anxiety and anger.. by the third month, i was experiencing severe depression, lethargy, and tiredness a week before my period. I stopped the ring and within a single week, my clothes no longer fit. I was unable to zip up my jeans my blouses were tight, I couldnt zip dresses either. Still lethargic and tired from the ring, i began intensifying my gym activity, in addition to spending 1 hour doing cardio at the gym 5x a week, i ran 2 miles, and started doing crunches. I did this all through September 2010 and my clothes still didnt fit me!! I kept reading this blog waiting for someone to post something to see if they have lost the weight. I was devastated and sad about my clothes not fitting.. My solution: For the past 10 days, i did a "master cleanse" in hopes of purging the nuvaring hormones out of my body and in hopes of not having to go to the store and buy clothes in a different size. Tomorrow is my day 10, i can finally zip up my jeans though they're still a bit snug. I cannot beleive the damage this drug has done to me and my fragile self esteem. I cant beleive i resorted to the "master cleanse" (please google if you're unaware of what this is). I hope that I can keep this weight off and i will continue eating healthy and going to the gym but one thing i'll never ever do again is take hormones for birth control. I've gotten fitted by my doctor for a diaphragm as my birht control. By the way, my doctor laughed at me when i told her i gained the weight after I had stopped the Ring. I didnt let that get me down though. DO NOT TRUST EVERYTHING DOCTORS SAY. I think things will get better now but these past few months have not been fun, I've felt so bad about myself this blog kept reminding me that i did nothing to gain weight. ;-)

Has anyone who has posted here found improvements? Seriously, this is NOT cool. I stopped the nuva ring one month ago and I am fifteen pounds heavier! In just one month!!! This is concerning me because no one has responded to their initial post saying that they have lost the weight. I don't mind going back on the nuva ring, but will I lose the weight if I do? And I don't want to get dependent on it! Also, if I've gained fifteen pounds in one month, what will happen in two months or three?! what if it keeps escalating. AAAhhhhhh

I've lost weight!!!
I did a ton of research on this before going off the Nuvaring, I was terrified that I was going to gain even more weight. What I noticed is it seems like women who didn't gain weight while on the ring seemed more likely to gain weight when getting off, and the opposite for women who did gain weight. Just my observations in others testimonies.
I was on the ring for 5 years and I gained 50lbs. Last summer I went on a crazy diet and worked out, I lost 15 lbs, but the minute I stopped eating super healthy and working out it all came back. And then I gained even more. 6 months ago I was so ashamed at what I saw in the mirror and so desperate to lose weight that I decided to go off hormonal birth control. I got the Paragard IUD. I expected this grand weight loss, losing weight without even trying like others had, but I didn't have that happy luck. I had to work for it. So I did and over the last 6 months I've lost 25lbs. My sex drive came back too after about a month off the ring and it came back in full force! I still can't keep my hands off my husband! The Ring is a great form of birth control and I never had any problems with it, but at the same time it robbed me of 5 years of self-confidence and self-happiness. I do take responsibility, I let my body get out of control, I should have taken control of my life and gotten off the Ring sooner. I still have work to do on my body and mind and I'm sure the hormones aren't fully out of my system, but it's a great start. :-D

I started Nuvaring August 2009. By November 2009 I gained 3-4 pounds. I am 34, 5'2" and my weight is typically between 128-131 lbs. Friends and family refer to me as "thin" and I typically wear a loose size 8. When I gained the few pounds, I went on a 1500 daily calorie intake and upped my workouts. It took almost 8 weeks to get rid of 2 pounds. I continued with the diet, but felt the pounds creeping up and was soon at 136 lbs by March 2010. I decided at that point, to keep a strict journal, continue the exercise (BTW I always exercise 4-6 times a week already) and completely cut out bread in the afternoon (only have bread in the morning)......interesting....I gained a few more pounds!!

September 2010 now at weight 141 lbs. I signed up with a personal trainer October 2010 for 5 times a week workouts (bootcamp style) and started seeing a Dietician.

The trainer and dietician did not feel comfortable putting me down to 1200 calories as I was definitely getting an exuberant work out. It was then that I decided that it had to be Nuvaring. There's no other explanation for it. I barely fit into any clothes and had to buy some to hold me over

11/08/2010 - I'm 4 weeks into my personal training and dietician sessions (2 weeks off of Nuvaring). I now weigh 143 lbs? WTF?

11/15/2010 - This is a huge concern for me. I contacted the 800 number at Nuvaring. Although they were sincere and listened well, they have no studies for women who have stopped Nuvaring. I told them that was "very interesting and really had hoped they would have continued studies for women after having stopped Nuvaring", but literally, they had nothing or any advice except for "please see your doctor".

I was feeling great on Friday 11/12....in fact, a pair of jeans fit, a little snug, but fit. By Sunday 11/14....I felt like I had gained it all back and by Monday 11/15, I could not fit into the same jeans...just felt completely bloated. Something is ary with Nuvaring and they need to start doing something about it. I recommend you all contact them with your side effects.

Anyone, please tell me you've lost weight after a few months? I'm really upset and angry! A friend of mine has recommended that I stop drinking coffee and drink Green tea to help get rid of whatever is going on with me. Today is my first day with Green Tea, the beginning of week 5 of personal training and the beginning of week 3 off of Nuvaring. I'll keep you all posted! SM

I can't believe I am not the only one! I have always been slender. Always an xs and size 0 or 1. 105lbs to 110lbs before I had a baby, and 115 after I had a baby. I always ate what I wanted and exercised moderately and never had a problem. I'm 5'2 and to give you an idea, I was 138lbs at 40 weeks pregnant.

I went to the doctor in August 2010 and weighed 116lbs. Pretty normal. I decided I wanted to try and have another baby after 1 year on the nuvaring and discontinued using it in September of 2010. I went up to 125 in mid October. I now weigh 130lbs. I have not changed my diet. I exercise regularly. What the hell happened? I just started a diet to lose the weight and am going to start going to the gym. I'm in my early 20's and don't want to let this become a problem later on where I cannot lose the weight.

somebody should report this to the fda. i also went off in october and have gained almost 10 pounds since without a change in my diet or exercise. is this permanent? we are trying to conceive so going back on is not an option but i've never heard of anyone gaining weight after stopping birth control. why didn't the doctor mention this option? is it only nuvaring? they need to know about this and fix it!

I stopped taking Nuvaring about 3 weeks ago because I was worried it was affecting my sex drive. I think it worked in that regard but, like others in this post, I have gained almost 10 lbs in the past 2-3 weeks despite no changes to my generally healthy, active lifestyle. Does anyone have any remedies for this? What is going on?