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

Yep same here, thinking of getting it taken out? Thinning hair, greasy skin and hair, spots, tiredness BUT periods have stopped and PMT improved so not sure really?

I have had the coil for 3 yrs with no problems as have a few of my friends who coincidentally had second children around the same time and decided no more. However, the last few months I have had sore boobs, cramps like I am being stabbed inside, mood swings like a scene in the Exorcist and weight gain but only in the bum, tum and top of leg areas which is where I got it when pregnant.
I have taken tests and I am not pregnant. Unfortunately this has to come out I would be interested from a medical view why this seems to have changed after several years for a few people.

Sorry just to clarify this was the Mirena

I do wonder how many of the symptoms women describe are actually down to the Mirena...If I remember rightly, the dose is about a tenth of the mini pill dose per day. That seems a tiny amount.

Have to say I love mine. Once the first few months of chaotic bleeding settles, its bleddy wonderful

Well I am sure the side effects are down to the 'tiny' amounts of hormone in the coil! I struggled for years with pills- they made me depressed, moody, angry to the point where my family didn't know how to approach me. I would shout be upset over the slightest things... then I discovered the copper coil - and wow - what a breeze compared with the pills. I had regular light periods - and I felt wonderful. My mood and depression suddenly lifted and I felt like a new woman.

Unfortunately I had to have it changes this yr - as it had been in for over 6 years. The doctors convinced me that the Mirena coils were great - bleeding would stop and I would not get any side effects... how wrong was I - I feel like a fool. The moment it went in I felt nausea, stomach cramps and bleeding... well its been there 3 months and the 'black cloud' has come back! I hate it soo much. I've also been bleeding almost non stop since it was put in and I am now anaemic. My husband hates what it is doing to me!

So that tiny amount of hormone so now wrecking havoc with my system and I am going back to the doctors to beg for a copper coil again!

I won't be fooled for a second time! -

The chaotic bleeding is well known and they warn you it can go on for about 6 months. Worth persevering though for most people. Maybe it doesnt suit some, but for many it is literally life changing (for the better)

It took a long tme for it to settle when mine was fitted, but now I would say it was definitely definitely worth it. I no longer have mood swings, stomach aches, and all the associated trauma. The first nine months were hell though, but mine was inserted for medical reasons and the doctor refused to remove it.

I dont ever have to worry about having periods on holiday, can go swimming anytime, dont have to worry about clothes staining etc.

Yes, in the beginning you are getting such a high dose of chemicals, your body will be affected.

What is important though, is you give feedback to your doctor. He/she is more qualified to give you the correct advice.

I lasted 9 weeks before going back and begging the doctor to remove mine. I had this awful feeling that a black cloud was over me and I bled really heavily, felt really sick and headachey throughout. Dh having snip now and I feel heaps better not being on it. I will never use hormone treatments again.

wow wow what a change in a week! I've had the dreaded thing removed and I feel wonderful! I am so relieved. I've also had my first day of no bleeding in 4 months. Mirena's maybe good for some - but for me - never again!

Oh I had this....

Had a TERRIBLE experience...

Made me bleed heavily and I just kept crying all the time...

In the end I got the hospital to take it out again...and was so relieved once it was out.

hello everyone i have read everyones things and can see there is a problem with the mc , i have had mine fitted for a week now, and i have not really much disscomfort aprt from my lower back is hurting like i have a trapped nerve and i am putting on weight a little too already, also can anyone else say they had a skin rash at all i have suddelnly develpoed itchy skin then i break out in red patchys which look to be raised alittle and dry but i have many i have gone from two or three to lots my scalp itches too, very horrible, but i dont want it to get worse either, what do i do grrrrr,

i had the coil put in 4 moths ago. i am having terrible mood swings, really tired. i try to take a 20 min kip in the afternoon if its possible. All i want to do is eat. i've put on about 3/4 of a stone, and am finding it very hard to do exercise ( i would have pretty active before this). i'd be happy if i had chocolate for breakfast!!
I don't know is it a depression thing. My baby is now 9 moths old, and i had been fine for the first 4/5 months.
I don't know should i go to my doctor or not. please advise

hey dan

Wow, what a thread, spanning over six years!! It shows that, whatever some may say, The Mirena is a sooo wrong for a lot of us. I had mine fitted Feb 2010, and, apart from the errratic bleeding, I was OK at first. A few months into it, the nightmare begins: I start putting on weight for no apparent reason, my lower back and legs hurt like hell, and, ABOVE ALL, a black cloud of depression/anxiety/paranoia/anger falls on me in a time when everything is going a dream: new house, new job, happy kids, lovely husband. Within a year, my life is a ship wreck. I sense it's the Mirena but then there is that nagging doubt at the back of my mind that it might just be me going mad! But until I take it out, I will never know for sure. So, after much bullying from my GP, I get it removed. OMG, what a difference! From pretty much day one I feel I have got my life back! A month on, I feel strong, energetic, blessed and ready to tackle anything life will throw at me. Basically I am me again :-) And to top it all up, I have lost 5 pounds ;-) So, if in doubt, girls, get the damn thing out!! PS I am also trying Agnus Castus for my PMT and so far so good x

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