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

[lunachic]

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

Hi toothie! how're those sharks? my gp said the same as you; how could i possibly be pg! felt like a fool but i know my symptoms!

Sansouci.... but you probably only ovulated over the weekend though!

Don't want to put a dampner on all those people who have had it 'installed' () in the last 3 months....... but....... I didn't develop any of my nasty side effects until it had been there at least 3 months. I have no plans to get it removed just yet though, I'll give it a try until January, that'll be a full year. It is extremely convenient for people like me that feel crap on the pill (when I remember to take it!).

I am glad to say that my mirena does seem to be settling a bit. I am still having the odd very painful cramp but they are not quite as bad as the side pains I was getting. The only other drawback is that my boobs are now HUGE!! which my DH loves but that's men for you. I just hope that in the next few months I may start to see some real benefits from it but I am prepared to give it a good 12 months realistically but if the really bad pains come back again I may have it removed. I cannot see the point of suffering abdo pain that is in fact worse than the pain that the mirena was put there to try to alleviate in the first place. Thanks to all those who offered me advice, Louise xxx

Toothache, although I had Mirena removed a week ago I am now feeling even worse. I know you've had PND and wondered how you felt?I am not tearful as such just dispondant, no energy, feel indifferent to everything with no enthusiasm. Do you think this could be PND?I really thought you'd get it quite soon after birth not 8 months later!I cant concentrate on anything and have just started getting panic attacks now. I'd really appreciate talking to you about this. Thanks.

Ess - It certainly sounds like a form of depression/anxiety.... don't know whether its PND or not. The hormones will probably take wee while to settle down though. And also once you are in the pattern of feeling like that it can be hard to 'shake' it. Give it a bit more time.

My panic attacks have eased off for now, but I think thats got more to do with the fact that situations in which I panic have stopped for now (confrontations with DH ).

Is everything else fine with you in your life? I don't mean all peachy and fab!!! But is there anything getting you down?

Ess, i had PND after birth of dd 4 and 1/2 years ago and when i was diagnosed dd was 8 months old!. My g.p told me that PND is most likely to start within 6-12 months of birth and not immediately as most people think (immediate onset which is short lived is known as 'baby blues' as is nothing like the real hell of PND!).I know exactly how you feel you described my mood to a 't'. I felt like a shell completely devoid of any emotion really, i dragged myself through each day pretending to be loving motherhood and acting the perfect new mum when in reality i was just wishing the days away. Panic attacks and anxiety were a daily occurrence and i hated going out anywhere as i was also paranoid that everyone was looking at me. I finally ,(after 2 years of suffering and 18 months of Seroxat - bad move) decided i had had enough and asked my g.p. to refer me for cognitive behaviour therapy. This was the best thing i could have done. Although the first few sessions were draining and i felt like it was not helping, i suddenly in week 4 realised that i was actually feeling more human and my thoughts were becoming much more positive without so much effort. I had 12 sessions in all and the decision to stop was mine but with the encouragement of my fantastic therapist on the understanding that i could go back if ever i felt the need. I know everyone is different but the CBT really helped me (and i was a real sceptic!). Have a think about it but at the end of the day it can't do any harm can it?
p.s.
big hugs xxx

Thanks Toothache and Stephiemum, have a few money worries but nothing major- DH has been very supportive too thank god. Think I'm going to have a chat with my GP about things. I am so fed up of feeling like this. I used to be so self confident, life and soul, last one to leave a party but now I just feel like I'm existing and have no real reason for this.

Ess, let us know how you get on with g.p. won't you? xxx

Will do. Thanks for listening to me.

Toothache and Stephiemum, I've posted you a thread on 'Feeling Depressed'- didn't want to take over this one with my moans!

I had the Mirena coil removed last week. I'd had it for a year but have had quite drastic hair thinning and enough was enough. Can anyone reassure me that their hair loss got better after Mirena was removed? I'm now back on a combined pill

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I haven't read all of this thread - I admit - but my friend had one of these coils and was suddenly ill. She had blood tests and a lump was found in her abdomen - it took the doctor about 6 weeks to discover that the lump was in fact a baby! In the meantime, she was panic stricken thinking she had cancer!

I had Mirena for about 4 months ...the reason I had it was because the pill made me a little odd..bit it had exactly the same effect on me as the pill..I had it taken out and am going to have the copper coil when I get round to it..

I've said it before , but for those of you who haven't heard there's a 'new' thing available, called a vaginal ring & it's similar to the combined pill, but lower hormone levels, so lower side effects & it's supposeed to be just as, if not more effective & the great thing is you pop it in for 3 weeks, then take it out for the 1 week break, then pop in a new one.
I couldn't get on with the pill, but this is great & no worries about forgetting a pill a day/exact times etc. The brabd name is Nuvaring. I highly recommend it. I also didn't get on with Mirena. Had it once, but not again.

I got pregnant with the mirena coil fitted.

Would like to pick up this thread again with a question. Had the M-coil fitted in March after second child. Since then, have had two weeks of bleeding followed by 2 weeks clear. Doc tells me to wait for another month or so but I am getting v.p-off (as is DH). Says it is because I have always had very heavy and long periods and at 38 am peri-menopausal too. Has anyone else had the same thing happen - will my periods eventually stop? PMS and cramps have both reduced but blood loss is as it has always been.Thank you ladies.

Just wanted to say that after I'd had the Mirena for a couple of years (only positive effect- no periods for the entire time I had it in, 3.5 years) I read the listed side-effects on the leaflets. I had most of them.

I stuck with it through the weight gain, sluggishness, tiredness, etc, because it was still the best contraception for me, ever (can't take the pill).

Unfortunately, every symptom got worse after having it taken out. Like some of you ladies, I had anxiety attacks (very out of character for me), even more weight gain, depression, sluggishness got worse, and periods were weird and too light even two years later. Also I started to get ovulation pain for the first time, leading me to wonder if I was actually ovulating at all for those two years.

The periods finally went back to normal, and I fell pregnant with a much wanted fourth child three months ago, but sadly have just lost it at 13 weeks. I don't think the miscarriage is in any way connected to the Mirena, buut I do feel that the Mirena affected me in far more ways than it was supposed to. I am not entirely certain that it is a good choice for anyone who already knows they have a problem with artificial hormones.(progestogen).

Duchesse, I am so sorry to hear about the baby. I have never experienced what you are going through but I have experienced not being pregnant when wanting to be. My heart goes out to you.

Hi ladies, i had the mirena fitted back in January. I cant take the pill as it causes me to have really severe migraines. My GP told me that the mirena would not affect me in anyway. That I wouldnt know it was in there! HAHAHAHAH! I went back again last week to ask him why i had lower back pain, and cramps, and why my head was "muggy" and I was dizzy most of the time. Could it be the coil i asked him? Doubtful he said. Has anyone else suffered headaches and just feeling "odd" since the coil was put in?? My periods are light, but tend to come every 3wks for about 4 days. That bit i can stand, but not the headaches and dizzy feeling. Someone tell me im not going mad please! I also have started to have the odd panick attack which terrifies me. My Dr puts it all down to stress, but i doubt it very much. Any help, very much appreciated as Im seriously considering having it removed!

hey all, After reading everyones comments abt the Mirena, i am going to get it removed a.s.a.p. i've been thinking about having it removed for a few weeks. It was fine for the few weeks, but now every mth i have painful cramps which wake me up at night, i also have terrible restless legs and siatica which is worst at night, i also wake feeling anxious, and my jaw is very stiff in the mornings. I've had the coil for 5 mths ans ive gone from a size 10-12 to a tight 14 and i feel i have no control over it! i have hair growing in places i never knew i cud!! and big lumpy spots on my chin around my due date, and i have just stared bleeding worse than iwas b4, (i never had a problem with Heavy Bleeding!) When i think back i am always at my happiest when i wasnt taking any contrcaeption at all! I feel abt 60 and im only 30! Am i paranoid!! ??

Hello
I'm new to the site so thought i'd brief you....I have a 4 month old little boy and hes just amazing!!!
I had the coil fitted 2months ago and it was the worst choice ever...I feel so bad!!!
Major stomach cramps
Constant flooding lasting for over 2 weeks
Extreamly depressed when normally happy happy
Put on over a stone which i'm particularly gutted about as I almost lost my baby weight and now I look 6 months pregnant again
Greasy skin
Really spotty
Always tired (even in bed writting this)
And most of all since the coil I have had bad dreams every night that I tell my partner about every morning....not nightmares just horrible bad dreams...so this means a restless nights sleep and even tears that wake me up!!!
HAVING IT REMOVED MONDAY!!!
Thank you all for your advise I was beginning to think I couldn't cope as a mom, I now feel more possitive that maybe its not me xxxxxx

I have not had time to read all the posts but thout I would say that I have had no trouble at all with the mirena whihc I had fitted in April 2008. I have put on a few kilos but I put that down to stopping bf. I have a spotting a few times but no real periods save a little one just after I had it fitted.
I guess everyone reacts differently to it but I have used pills before and this seems no different

I am really sorry to see so many people suffering after having the mirena coil fitted.

I've had mine for 5 years in April 09 and It has been a saviour

I was having a nightmare every month with Very heavy and extremley painful periods.

I cannot have the pill due to migraines and tried the injection which caused me to bleed every day light & heavy for 6 months (right over my GCSE exams )

After numerous visits to the docs & gum clinic they told me that the only other option was to have the mirena coil or use a condom (was with partner for 3 years and condoms wouldnt sort periods.)

I was 17 at the time of having the coil fitted I hadn't had children so the doctor didnt really want to do it.

I have had a few problems with the threads being short and spikey which has caused pain for myself & partner during intercourse but apart from that (which is sorted now) it has been amazing and I would recommend it to anyone that went through the same nightmare as me...

I am now having a little period every month (no-where near what I used to have) and after seeing gum doctor its down to the coils age, I am due to have another fitted and I wouldnt even considor not having it.

Sorry about before, im new to this site.
I had the Mirena fitted around 4 months ago after having a termination, now this was a very hard time for me and my partner of 2 years.
The nurse told me that the MC will be great for me and there are not many side effects.
Little did i know...4 months or so down the line and i am constantly having a grumbling tummy,cravings,lower ab pain after sex,moodiness and tiredness and also loss of libido..v unlike me!
Now i went to my local clinic to check everythng was in place and after i complained about these symtoms i was told i need to lose weight and not to blame the MC as hormones "are released at the equivilent of 1 mini pill a week", i was on the pill and it didnt agree with me..acne etc.
Guys do u think i should stick with or remove?HELP!