"my experience on nuvaring was a mixed bag. my first time on it was wonderful - i was crazy the first month on, after that it was smooth sailing. absolutely no bad side effects. i had to discontinue due to no insurance, but when i went on it again years later i had a multitude of problems. bad bloating around the midsection (i am otherwise a slender woman and the bloat didn&#039;t look right on me), thinning hair, dark spotting of the skin on my back and stomach, borderline severe depression and anxiety. i lost all the bloat as well as the depression and anxiety when i came off it. unfortunately my acne came back (much to my dismay) when i stopped using it, but for me the nuvaring was still not worth the side effects."