"i was on nuvaring for a little over a year, and finally took it out because it caused too many negative symptoms that i tries to ignore because it was an easy and reliable birth control method. i constantly had hard, cystic bumps on the jawline which would flare up twice a month, moodiness, random stabbing pain in my abdomen. when i finally gave it up, it was because it was preventing pregnancy, but sex was pretty pointless while on it because i had so much vaginal irritation, and it was making me emotional because i could not enjoy it at all. i&#039;ve been off nuvaring for two months now, and these symptoms are gone, so i know they were linked. my skin is clearing up, and the irritation is gone."