Hi there,
I'm afraid I have no experience of the Nuva ring but did used to have a lot of problems on birth control pills.
They gave me high blood pressure and very high cholesterol (at first we didn't know it was the pill causing it). It was a pill I had been on for years but suddenly it just didn't suit any more - I was ill at the same time, (so coincidence??) but I wasn't diagnosed.
I did a trial stop of the pill at my endocrinologist's request and it solved the blood pressure and cholesterol very quickly.
In the past I had tried a simple IUD (copper) but it gave me terribly heavy periods and awful pain etc. So, this time the gyne asked me to try the mirena IUD (hormonal but much less than the pill and only one hormone). It is more expensive but lasts five years and, for me anyway, is frankly wonderful.
Most of the time I have no period whatsoever, very occasionally slight spotting or very light bleeding and none of the symptoms in and around period time which used to lay me very low.
I was lucky enough to have a two year remission which ended 2 years ago :lol: - maths again. I had the IUD during remission time and did fabulously well. Of course, I'm no longer in remission but I am sure it has nothing to do with the IUD. At least now, I don't get the worse symptoms so many of us experience in and around periods.
I think this is a tough subject as there as almost as many solutions as people...
Oh yes, almost forgot, I also used to take the pill to regulate periods. Like you I could have them every two weeks or once every three or four months!
It was also a combination pill. I am told that pills like cerazette can work well too but they have a slightly lower protection level (pregnancy). Cerazette didn't suit me but I can't remember why, it was ages ago.
Katharine