mirena coil makes me feel like sh*t - anyone else ????

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hello mners
had one fitted about 3 months ago and im slowly sliding down a wave of depression there are other factors too (not major) but im feeling cr*p and im putting it down to the coil as i felt great before - ready to deal with anything sort of attitude. i have a ds nearly 3 and a dd 16 months and what im feeling is deffo not pnd .
have breastfed or been preg for the last 3 years so i thought the mirena and no periods (ive nearly forgotton what they are !) would be an easy option (turns out its not )

i just wondered if anyone else had felt like this after having a mirena fitted ?

ps i would love another baby but circumstance difficult at the moment so hence coil

Hello me again! DH has had vasectomy (sat morn) acting the typical 'wounded man' told me i had no idea how sore it was and that i should be more sympathetic! it was at this point i thought ' enough is enough'so had to reply with the following -and i quote- ''yes it must be similar to giving birth ,having an episiotomy followed by a forceps delivery, 23 stitches and then being sent home the next day with a new born baby - that was quite sore too!!'' well i think he got the message and hasn't moaned too much since!anyway he's back to work tomorrow (thank you God!) .Its going to be another 2-3 months before i'm safe to have the Mirena removed but at least there's light at the end of the tunnel and ive survived it for the last 4 years - will defo post on how i feel when its removed. By the way does anyone else who still has the Mirena in get bouts of the runs? it seems to be every other day and is draining (and painful) to say the least.

Morning all, I found this thread when searching for mirena articles. I had one fitted on Monday after suffering with endometriosis for years. It was horrendous to have put in (is it normal to hurt so much, I have a very high pain threshold but "blooming heck" it hurt. Anyway for the last few days I have had the most awful stomach pains (not just cramps like the nurse warned). I was in bed last night writhing in agony with pain in my left side of my womb and down my leg. It felt like something in my left side was about to explode, similar to the pain of ovarian cysts but worse. This pain was actually worse than the endometriosis pain so I can't really see the point of having it in if this is what it is going to be like. I took 2 very strong ibuprofen (only supposed to take one every 8 hours) and even they did not shift it, had to then take cocodamol too which numbed it a little but not completely. I wondered if anyone else had suffered like this and if it will settle or does this pain sound as if there may be something not quite right. I would be really grateful for some advice, Louise xx

My GP has recomended I have a copper coil inserted as doesn't have any hormonal side effects-can anyone tell me about this coil?

gee, i'm shocked at the side effects some of you poor ladies are suffereing. i had hoped i asked my doc enough questions before the BIG FITTING. i had a marina fitted yesterday. my only side effect is, and in comparison to you guys i feel as lady luck is at my side, i have a bit of bleeding but period pain that i haven't experienced since i was a teenager. so i am assuming the cramps are a ok normal. (perhaps i have been pregnant too long and forgotton the period pain!!!! )

i had one in between dd and ds, was fine but does make periods longer/heavier. not suitable if you already suffer with periods like that as it will make them worse, now have a mirena.

louiseweston, i had mine fitted 6 weeks ago and had none of the pain you described, even when it was inserted. my first coil was put in while i was lying on my back and was a bit uncomfortable, the mirena, he got me to lie on my side and said that way, it doesn't hurt, and it didn't. i would go to your gp and make sure its in the right place and not moved

Sugermag - it has only been 2 weeks since I had it out, so have not experienced a full months cycle and don't know if I will experience the same levels of PMT etc., yet. BUT I do feel much less anxious and relaxed about things in general. More chilled, more like my old self. Am still waiting for the much hoped for miraculous weight loss (would be a big bonus!). My doctor DID say that they knew mood swings were a side effect of the Mirena..... First I have officially heard about it - they don't shout it from the rooftops...

oops my spelling.... sleepless nights new baby! mirena not marina! sorry, i meant to ask, as it concerns me - did alot of you ladies experience depression? thats really scary. i decided on this option as going back on the pill after baby was horrendous and i was crying and moody. i thought it was a small chance of this, as my doc explained. please let me know. concerned

i haven't yet but its only been 6wks, but a friend of mine is, depression, panic attacks etc. i'm not sure its entirely down to mirena though. i do think if you've got one, you would need to be careful not to attribute everything down to it, the hormone level in it is very low and slow release

I had a terrible time with my Mirena coil - two hours after fitting I started to feel utterly dreadful, with awful D & V. Rang the GP in the morning but they couldn't see me until the day after, so I removed the bloomin' thing myself (not: this is not recommended by the medical profession! ). Felt much better within 10 minutes. Never again.

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I had constant anxiety - feeling on edge all the time and blue phases. Towards the end, just before I had it out I would find myself weeping in teh litchen for no reason.....

thanks guys. good luck to you all. shall keep my eye on this link. i agree with you luckykate would hate to attribute all to mirena. god i hope i dont have any of these side effects. with the stuff been going thru lately i will send my hubby loopy!

OK = that should read kitchen - I don't have a secret moss fetish

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I've been really interested in what you are all saying as I have been thinking of having Mirena fitted again. . .I last had it fitted about 4 years ago but had it removed to try for another baby (no luck there unfortunately).
So obviously I don't need contraception. but I would like a solution to my heavy and painful periods. I'm off the idea of mirena as I'm scared of getting fat(ter) and depressed.Has anybody got any ideas?
I remember getting strange cramps when i had Mirena and also horrible brown breakthrough bleeding that was a bit off putting although dh never complained. Sorry for the gross description!

hi bootsmonkey - did any of these feelings lessen after the initial fitting or gradually worsen. i'm worried i may have done the worse thing. i know i can have it taken out. but i have to keep in mind i have been under alot of stress with hubby, our business etc i don't want to blame the mirena for some of the things i have already been experiencing. prior to having yours did you have any worries or were you completely cool (sorry to pry - i am stressed that i didnt research enough and just took my gyno's and gps word that they were good)

hi bootsmonkey - did any of these feelings lessen after the initial fitting or gradually worsen. i'm worried i may have done the worse thing. i know i can have it taken out. but i have to keep in mind i have been under alot of stress with hubby, our business etc i don't want to blame the mirena for some of the things i have already been experiencing. prior to having yours did you have any worries or were you completely cool (sorry to pry - i am stressed that i didnt research enough and just took my gyno's and gps word that they were good)

hi bootsmonkey - did any of these feelings lessen after the initial fitting or gradually worsen. i'm worried i may have done the worse thing. i know i can have it taken out. but i have to keep in mind i have been under alot of stress with hubby, our business etc i don't want to blame the mirena for some of the things i have already been experiencing. prior to having yours did you have any worries or were you completely cool (sorry to pry - i am stressed that i didnt research enough and just took my gyno's and gps word that they were good)

bootsmonkey, lucykate and everyone else. I started getting panic attacks/anxiety within a couple of weeks of having the Mirena fitted (4 years ago). O.K. i know the hormone is slow realease and low dose but for someone who has always taken everything in her stride and been dscribed by friends and family as 'laid back' it just can't be coincidence can it? . I wasn't aware of any side effects when i had mine fitted (and yes louiseweston it did really hurt!)so the panic / anxiety wasn't brought on cos i expected it(does that make sense?!). Since that fateful first panic attack i feel permanently anxious, irritable, sick every day and before i am due on (no bleeding, just know my cycle) the PMS is horrific. The only way i can describe it is like the first few weeks of pregnancy - nausea, headache, chronic fatigue, backache, abdo pain, sore boobs,and more... This lasts for about 2 weeks and then symptoms settle back to just feeling generally crap but constant nausea (and lots of upset sromachs!). I can't wait to have it removed even if psychologically i feel better who cares i just want to enjoy my life, my children and my food again!

i have had my mirena for 4 years,for that time i have put up with headaches mood swinges back pains stomack pains the runs mild panick attacks i have never done anything about it because i didn,t put it down to the coil until i read threads like this & started put it all together.i now think it,s time to have it removed.i am thinking about been sterillzed, but worry about been over weight & mrsa, which i had last time i went into hospital.im 44 now dont want any more babies, & dont want to use other forms of contrecption.

I had a mirena for 2 years before having it removed to have DD - I had no problems that I remember and that was why I was happy to go back to it after DD was born. I would say the symptoms gradually worsened as I really felt I was losing the plot before I had it removed! However, it is hard to tell what was down to the Mirena and what was post baby fatigue, PND, hormones in that first year.... I also had terrible headaches and awful lower backache around my time of the month, even though I didn't actually bleed, so I will be interested to see if those clear up. One interesting side effect is that I now poo for England (sorry!) but it goes to show how much it was messing up my digestive system too! I am of course hoping this will settle down soon! Oh and fatigue - I was always tired - DH would comment on it and I felt dreadful on 7-8 hours a night on the nights that I got that. I feel I have more energy, but will let you know if the tiredness lifts...

i know on here i'm sounding very pro mirena, but for me its still early days. if i felt i was having problems with it, i wouldn't hesitate in having it removed, life's too short to live with problems like this which can be easily rectified

keep me updated. fingers crossed i dont get side effects - ooh was bloating and non stop munchies immediately after the norm for anyone. or am i just becoming a piggie!!

bootsmonkey, can i ask how long since you had it removed? and also when did you start to feel more normal? was it gradual or did you just wake up one day not feeling crap anymore? sorry for all the questions but i just don't want to put all my problems down the Mirena and then find that when i have it out i don't feel any better!
p.s.lol moss fetish

BTW, does anyone know if you can pg with a normal coil (IUD)? I think this has happened to me but it's too early to do a PG test. I have all the usual PG symptoms...

"...can get pg with..."