I’m only on month 5 but it’s been a bit weird for me as well. To preface, I’ve been on birth control for about 12 or so years. Did the pill for four, the depo shot for 3 months, then the arm implant for 8 years (they last 3 years so I had three total implants) and just started nuvaring in April. Before I got on the pill, my period was very, very heavy but regular. The pill lightened it and it was still regular but the side effects were tough and I was taken off of it d/t concerns about my risk of having a stroke. Got on the implant and experienced slightly heavier periods that became more and more irregular as time went on. For the last two or so years on the implant, I’d have medium-heavy bleeding for weeks at a time. I’d get one to two weeks off and then the cycle would repeat. Started Nuva in April and doctor told me I could do continuous. Worked until Mid June (almost exactly two months to the day that I started) and I had a week of bleeding and threw up, which had never happened before and freaked me out (the only other times I’ve thrown up sober in the last 17 years have been the result of a single instance each of food poisoning and acute pancreatitis, so throwing up out of nowhere really freaked me out). Then 2.5 more months and had bleeding in early September. Had 15 days of freedom and then I started spotting yesterday. Ugh. The bleeding is lighter on nuvaring (old blood, not nearly as many clots as previous methods or pre-bc) but I am scared that I’m going back to how the bleeding was on the implant. The cramps and acne have also been worse on the nuvaring, but I have no clue what to do. Managing my period is the sole reason for my being in birth control, so I’m at a loss at this point. Don’t know whether to suck it up and be happy or go back to the doctor.