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Hi ladies,

I have been on the Nuva Ring for the past couple of years (right around when I started having problems with anxiety). I have recently thought about going off my birth control to see if it helps with my anxiety. I'm thinking that maybe hormonal birth control is not a good idea for someone with anxiety/depression problems. Anyone out there notice their anxiety improve when they went off the Ring (or other hormonal birth control)?

Honestly, before my hysterectomy, I was on the pill and I found that my pms was not as bad while on the pill.

I had the Mirena IUD for about 8 months and my anxiety was pretty bad. I decided to get it out and just let my body get back to normal without any kind of hormones and I see a difference in my anxiety! It has been alot less and I haven't had all the dizzyness I was having or any of that. I notice that I do have worse anxiety troubles when it is close to my cycle though.

I also have Mirena for about 6 months and I don't think I can really blame my anxiety on that. I started having anxiety before when I was pregnant.