About a year and a half ago I decided to have the Mirena coil fitted and it was the worst experience ever. I had daily cramps and I went from being a confident, calm and positive / happy person to a depressed, anxious, tearful mess with EXTREME anger problems. I put on a lot of weight and was having hot flashes on and off all day and extreme night sweats.
About 6 months after insertion the cramps were not slowing down and were sometimes crippling so I had it removed.
One year later and I have not shaken anything other than the cramps. I am a rage filled rollercoaster, I cannot shake the anxiety/low self esteem/depressed feelings and I am still having night sweats and hot flashes. My cycle has gone mental, I am jumping from 18 day cycles to 30 day cycles and bleeding for only two or three days. I have totally lost my sex drive and, in all honesty, I have lost myself.
I have not had any recent traumatic experiences or any kind of notable changes and this all started happening the second the coil was implanted, however, after a year without the damn thing I feel like my hormones should have gone back to normal.
From my symptoms I feel as though this is a hormone problem for sure but the brilliant NHS are recommending I go to therapy and brushing me off completely.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Could the coil affect me this intensely after having it only 6 months? I know after removal it takes a while for things to balance out but this just seems never ending!
Help!!!