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nuvaring use
Tue, 01/27/2009 - 08:10Comments
Re: nuvaring use
Submitted by lusima on Sun, 2009-03-01 - 19:47
thanks for responding. Ive tried everything and nothing has regulated. what blosw my mind was my neurologist told me 2 yrs ago to get an ovary ultrasound and thats how i found out that I had PCOS. its very common in women w/ epilepsy. if it wasnt for her, would i of have been dx because my ob-gyn docs never brought anything up of this sort! well, ive been on the ring for 5 weeks now and absolutely hate it, i rather take the pill everyday. the only good thing about this it bypasses ur liver and will not interfere with medication use. i will see how my szs do with it, im comcerned of just my daily living.
thanks so much, best of luck. keep me informed of how ur doing? Maria
thanks for responding. Ive tried everything and nothing has regulated. what blosw my mind was my neurologist told me 2 yrs ago to get an ovary ultrasound and thats how i found out that I had PCOS. its very common in women w/ epilepsy. if it wasnt for her, would i of have been dx because my ob-gyn docs never brought anything up of this sort! well, ive been on the ring for 5 weeks now and absolutely hate it, i rather take the pill everyday. the only good thing about this it bypasses ur liver and will not interfere with medication use. i will see how my szs do with it, im comcerned of just my daily living.
thanks so much, best of luck. keep me informed of how ur doing? Maria
Re: nuvaring use
Submitted by Courtney on Sun, 2009-03-01 - 14:32
Do not use the Nuvaring!!! The same day I started using the ring, my auras disappeared and my seizures became uncontrollable. I tried it for one or two weeks to see if it was something else that was causing this to occur. Two days after I took out the ring, my auras came back and my seizures started responding to medication. I love having auras because they warn me when I am going to have a seizure. I do know that there were posts here that stated that other females had their seizures become uncontrollable when they used the ring. Try Yaz or the patch. I used both of them and they both didnt affect my seizures in a negative way. I am currently on Yaz which helps me with the fact that my seizures usually get worse the week before and during my period.