Coil dilemma - experiences would be helpful

[pinkmama]

Hi, not been around for a while, so forgive me for coming back with a long question.

I currently have a non hormone coil fitted, and had one between ds and dd2. I think the coil is fab and wished I had had one earlier. Anyway, with each successive child my periods have become worse, some of which I guess is age related. I now have quite heavy periods, which to be honest isnt the end of the world, but I do, and always have done, get terrible raging PMT. I get paranoid, grumpy and snappy, and also get a debilitating 48 hour migraine every month. DH is running out of holiday to help me when I have them and we have no family around, so its seriously impacting on our lives. I literally cant move when I have one.

I decided on teh non hormone coil as I thought I could do without extra hormones, I have never got on with them. Never found a pill that suited, go fairly mental in pregnancy, and beyond! However a couple of people have said they reckon it would be good for me, if its stops periods it should stop the other side effects.

Anyone any experience with PMT and the coil?

QPH your experience is exactly what I am dreading. If only someone could sort my bloody hormones out. Cant you have them extracted or something! It seems even worse now I ahve finished having kids, these periods are completely pointless!

send him off for the snip!
It is the only answer.
Only if you have finished your family though... otherwise it it yucky old condoms I guess

I had the mirena fitted as I cannot take the combined pill due to migraine and cannot have the copper coil due to heavy periods.

I only have a period (3 days of spotting) every 3 mths or so BUT I do get PMT before hand - last time was nausea/headache & sore breasts for about a week before. I haven't had a fullblown migraine since having my DS but found that before the coil was fitted I got bad PMT so it may not be the hormones in the coil. The best thing is it's very hard to get pregnant so it stops me from worrying, the worst thing was the fitting for which I was ill-prepared (at least my cervix was!!!)

Apologies for the details but I figure that's what you need to help you choose, M xxx

i never used to get pmt on the pill, but two years ago had the non hormone coil fitted as well. blimey i get the most awful pmt in the world!

i didn't want hormones either so didn't opt for the mirena. i will have to get super strength primrose oil too!