To be thinking about changing my mind over my mirena coil reinsertion :(

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I have had a mirena coil for 5.5 years now and it is due to come out next month, this is having to be done under sedation (they wanted GA i said fuck right off) in hospital because they can't seem to be able to get it out .

The original plan was to have another coil, but when the doc couldnt remove it he said that he probably could get it out but wouldnt be able to get anotehr back in, so i was referred to FP clinic where i thought a more experienced doctor would put anotehr in. Cue much vascillating on my part - do i REALLY want to go through all of this?

I am now booked to have this done in a private hospital (at the NHS expense! ) but i think i want to change my mind, i dont want another coil. Or at least im not sure.

I am not sure it ever agreed with me - i have had really bad depression since DD born, and anxiety - i am worried after many threads linking mirena with depression and spoke to my doctor about this who would not accept the link was any more than accecdotal. I put on 4 stone since it was put in - but this coincides with being on ADs and finishing breast feeding, ive always been a big girl.

So the other day i started having doubts and said to DP, "i dont want anotehr coil" to which he of course said, tahts fine, we will find another contraceptive. Then after some time looked at me and said "but what about PMT, you can be homicidal" this is only a slight exaggeration I haven't had a period for the whole time i have had this coil, although now it is late out i have noticed some spotting and some definate mood swings. Im 41 so im also thinking about menopause.

I just don't know what to do - on paper, i think i should have another coil, but there is something niggling the back of my head saying that "are you sure it was PND and a nervous breakdown and not the coil"

Does anyone have any thoughts, i suspect i wont have the option to have another coil if i don't have it put in next month as my cervix seems to have lost itself so insertion is not going to be straightforward.

I do feel rather pushed into having another by the FP clinic and im sure its not because they think i can't manage contraception at the age of 41!!!

Would an implant be an option? It might be the same hormone, but it might not affect you in the same way.

Ball pain!

I'm sure the mirena puts the lowest amount of hormones into you because it is direct into your womb, the implant gives you a higher dosage in comparison.

frillymilly I believe there's a fairly high percentage of men who have long term pain after vastectomy. DH does very long cycle rides (think 500 miles plus, several times a year) and couldn't manage additional sensitivity!

I was also told that my last pill, Cerazette I think (mini pill that has a 12 hour window anyway) was the same hormone as Mirena but a higher dose.

But I had no periods on Cerazette and bled on and off for 6 months with the Mirena. It has definitely affected my skin too. I often feel like I'm 14 all over again, till I look in the mirror and see the wrinkles.

I only lasted a few months on the Mirena coil and it turned me into a completely different person (not a nice person either) until I had it removed. Went back on micronor mini pill which is not perfect but at least it's the devil I know!
I think it would really be worth it for you to have a break (and they can't refuse that surely!) and then consider all the options before committing to another coil.