To think if I want a mirena coil removed, it should be removed?

[Momentumista]

I had the face 'well...no I don't think we'd want to be removing it yet' routine when make appt to ask. Was told 'Come back in 6 months when it's settled'... etc etc

This is not a 'how was the coil for you' thread as I know some people love it and swear by it, but really I know my own body by now and I know how I feel and I was

(a) crazy;
(b) gaining weight while eating the same;
(c) spotty as hell (really nasty acne);
(d) depressed;
(e) migraines;
(f) just feeling really heavy and uncomfortable.

And yet while presenting all of these symptoms I get told they will settle and migraines are not dangerous.

I pulled the bloody thing out myself and am already feeling better (1 week on) and skin is clearing, and lo and behold the jeans I could not get anywhere near done up are now done up.

I am really disappointed not to have been listened to though. WIBU to take matters into my own hands?

They also get a bonus / incentive payment for the Mirena.

It's cheaper than sterilisation and ongoing prescriptions. I have the copper could now and get on with it. Removed my mirena to have DS3

Oh yes I forgot the other side effect of zero libido (kind of made the whole exercise pointless anyway...) I also felt completely unable to focus at work, like my brain was full of cloudiness.

I have only ever seem females and they always go on about how wonderful it is and they are on their 3rd etc.

I was at the stage where I was googling private removal, which is available at some clinics in London but don't live nearby and also costs £££.

I can't endorse self removal of course, but all I can say is that I was desperate enough to take a chance, went slowly & carefully - and it worked for me. And was 100% painless.

I removed mine as well.

I'd asked repeatedly if it could be the cause of my abdominal pain, bleeding etc and told no, I had endo. After a laparascopy it got worse and I was crawling round the floor in agony so I decided to pull it out. Instant relief. I can't beleive how much better I feel without the constant pain, bleeding is now 3.5 days instead of most of the month and my waist has reappeared.

Dp pulled mine out. Similar issues. Mainly depression though. Solved a lot for me for years getting the damned thing out

This is shocking. It took my GP approx 10 seconds to remove mine, so why would they refuse?

Even if they are expensive, how does it help keep it in when it's not wanted?

I don't know freaks. I did get the impression part of the reluctance was down to cost, as if I was a naughty child being scolded for wasting money.

I think the essential problem is an over-riding attitude that the patient doesn't know best when in fact a woman knows her own body better than anyone else and knows how she feels or if something is not right.

I felt fobbed off and not listened to.

Wow, of course you should have had it removed! I tend to find a serious look and a "I understand but my decision is X" works quite well

It's your body.

YANBU!!

I had implants (so similar hormones) for just shy of 9 years.

It had been going on so long that I just figured I was naturally chubby, a bit grumpy, lethargic and prone to catching bugs.

I decided to not have another when my last implant ran out and all of a sudden I have more energy, eat less, have no mood swings and am generally much healthier.

I had NO IDEA hormonal contraception was so insidious.

I now have a copper coil, it was horrific having it in but almost (It's still fresh in my memory at the moment) worth it because zero hormones.

You get told 'it will settle'. For months and months and months. I cannot imagine men ever being told to put up with something like this.

Pulled mine out too!

In a travel lodge bathroom after a miserable night of bloating, painful spots and the end of 6 mths worth of constant spotting.

Wash your hands, squat, grab threads with two fingers and pull slowly. Doesn't even hurt.

oh no, .I was going to talk to my gp about it for my stupid periods. But I'm worried about the side effects.

I know someone who pulled hers out in the bath. I had mine removed at FPC and it didn't hurt.

Omg! I have just looked at the period tmi blood clots picture and now this!

Am gunna hurl!!

Yet again it's another example of infantilising women.
Makes me fucking furious, like expat said: I doubt men would be treated like errant children for asking for a potentially damaging object to be removed from their own bodies

This is why I won't try one! We're currently using condoms, but after a bad reaction to a combined pill years ago, I do not want to try an hormonal contraceptive that doctors are reluctant to remove. I would actually like to give it a go, but stories such as yours OP (and others I've know in real life) have completely put me off. It feels so fucking backwards!

I think I've been quite fortunate with my GP practice.
I asked to be sterilised last year and was referred immediately, was asked if I'd consider the coil but after saying no the GP said 'fair enough but I have to ask'.
That was in Oct. 8 weeks later I had the op done but have heard countless examples of women being fobbed off/refused.

It's a foreign object in the body. Why will they not accept that some bodies reject them?

I'd be livid, and making a complaint to the surgery. YANBU.

100% you should have been able to have it taken out!!! How ridiculous. I would be tempted to complain as you were left with little choice but to take it out yourself at a risk!!!
I'm fuming for you OP on what grounds can they refuse to take it out?!
I didn't get on with mine and had it taken out after just 3 months and I nearly passed out when she took it out.

I had the implant which negatively interacts with Topirimate, which I was prescribed. I asked for my implant to be removed at the sexual health clinic and the doctor asked if I'd considered not taking the Topirimate. I said it's an anti seizure drug so no I hadn't considered it and wouldn't be doing so now. She sighed and got the nurse to take it out for me.

I had one put in just over a year ago. I can't lose any weight even though I'm following a strict LC diet.

My migraines are much worse than normal.

Bleeding (lightly) 3 weeks of the month.

Having all manner of investigations for memory issues. Maybe I should get the coil out too. I'm going to have an ablation.

This thread is a bloody revelation as thought only me. expat yes 9 months of bleeding and almost felt it was my fault and not the coil. Sure the male doctor thought I was making it up.

Dd had the implant and had constant bleeding. I had to do with her and 'insist' on it being removed the poor kid was desperate.

Ffs this must be a huge problem.

After I had my first child, I had a smear. Once the speculum was in, the doctor then started asking me (no contraception discussion prior to this) if I wanted a coil, as right now would be a convenient time for them to put it in. It took me a lot of convincing them, that no I really did not.

At the time I thought they thought it was okay to treat me that way because I was a young mother, now I think it is just how they treat women.

So that was eighteen years ago and I've never had any kind of contraceptive discussion with a doctor since, for which I'm very thankful. I will be reminding DD to watch out for this kind of thing and stand firm.

I work in the pharma industry and GPs are often given incentives for certain products. Hence why Mirena is 'pushed' in many practices, and they are reluctant to remove.