Copper coil causing depression / anxiety??? Advice please!

[Tracey32]

Hi ladies, this is the first time i have posted so please bear with me!

I am looking for some advice re the copper coil...I had my second baby 10 months ago and decided to get the coil fitted as I dont really agree with hormonal birth control (or should i say it doesn't agree with me!!). I have a bit of a history of depression and anxiety but for the last year or so have been feeling pretty much on top of it all and I was on quite an even keel before i had it fitted. BUT three weeks on and i feel horrendous, really moody and snappy with my husband and children, angry one minute and crying the next, i am exhausted all the time, detached mood, nauseous and suffering period like stomach cramps. I feel like i am going a bit mad.

Has anyone else had this problemn with it at all or do you think it is just coincidence, the docs assured me that there would be no side effects aside from a bit of bleeding?

The other worrying thing is that I am now three weeks late for my period, I was due a couple of days after I had it fitted...we have been using the...ahem....withdrawal method. Or as i like to call it the 'pull and pray methods' ;) hence getting the coil fitted! However i last did a test at two weeks overdue and it was negative.

Please can anyone let me know if they have been in a similar situation...I dont know whether i am just being paranoid or whether I am actually getting depressed. I really dont want to go back on the happy pills again but i just feel so down all the time. Thanks xxx

I was very grumpy after having my coil fitted. It took a good 3-4 months for my moods to settle back down.

I would do another pregnancy test.

How would you feel if you were pregnant?

I keep thinking that maybe i might be pregnant but tests showed negative when I was two weeks overdue so I sort of have tried to put it to the back of my mind, just in case it is stress affecting it etc. However, I do feel bloated and crampy, just like I did before with my first two pregnancies! I'm now day 55 of a regular 36 day cycle.

If i found out I was pregnant then it would be a little unexpected but I would be pleased...number three would be very welcome, although a little sooner than planned!!

If your periods are usually so regular, I'd do another test. If it's negative, I'd go to the GP.

I have a history of pnd and depression and have never been able to take any contraceptive pill as it drove my head absolutely crazy. But I had a mirena coil fitted after the birth of my dd 14 years ago and its been fine for me as well as being a contraceptive it reduced my very heavy periods to almost nothing.

Thanks for the advice! I think I will wait until the weekend and then do another test..if it is still negative then maybe its just having the coil put in that has messed up my cycle!