I am overweight, spotty and grumpy, I am considering getting rid of my Mirena coil, what do you reckon, will I emerge slim, smiley and full of energy as I leave the nurses room or am I kidding myself as to what really lies at the root of my probs?

[MegaLegs]

Well?

I have had my Mirena for 2 1/2 years now and thought it was ok, but actually realise I have spent a great deal of the past 2 1/2 years feeling pretty crap.

I only had mine in since Feb but it is out now. My periods were not existant and painless while it was in, but I have felt lethargic and chucked a load of weight on.

I'm overweight, spotty and grumpy and I don't have a coil. Perhaps its lifestyle rather than the coil thats to blame?

Hmm, that awful extra progesterone feeling. I believe its real...I think you'll notice a difference, I had my implanon taken out and lost a stone, skin better, moods much more focussed and stable...............

........... Until I got pg of course hahaha

Same here LoF - no periods at all, which is brilliant, but definated PMT type stuff going on.

Maid - it could have something to do with it but I have always been very healthy, ate weel, active but lately I have slipped into bad ways, comfort eating, not as active but more because I've felt lethargic and down. Viscious circle isn't it.

Lizzer that's it, just this horrible feeling, I just want to get rid of it now.

MegaLegs - I would try getting rid of the coil. Hormones can have really powerful effects that vary wildly from person to person. Make some people feel great and others crap. Don't know how long it would take to calm down though after removal?

I am deffo going to have it removed. I've always been bad with hormonal stuff. The pill made me wild and spotty.

can we form the we hate marina fan club? i think mine has caused my clinical depression but my doctor wont have any of it, i want to remove it, my DP is too scared for the snip and i dont want to be sterilised, but i certainly dont want another child.

I was on a progesterone injection and yes it makes a huge difference to how you feel and look. I ended up with cyst like spots on my face, fat and depressed! Have not used anything in the line of contraception for 4 years, and I feel great. I've worked out that I was on some form a contraceptive for 14 years without a break and you will notice the difference!

Taking hormone based contraception makes me fatter by half a stone, gives me boobs a cup size up and makes me mildly depressed.

i honestly dont know what to think.

I have spoken to my doctor who insists that is cannot be the coil causing my depression (i do agree with that to a certain degree as i have been to hell and back in the past two years but thats another story) and i have had anxiety issues most of my adult life (just didnt realise til now). But i do think it is making things worse.

However, and this does make sense, the doctor said, as the progesterone in the coil is only localised it shoudlnt affect moods etc. So that at face value means it shoudlnt make you feel like shit, but i have read too many threads on Mnet alone to be convinced, also - there are hormonal feedback mechanisms that keep our menstrual cycles going, i just wonder if the progesterone affects these.

Something that does puzzle me though, before i had my coil, i went to the doctor about my killer PMT (maybe i was trying to ask for help for my PND in a round about way) and she suggested progesterone pesseries and said that they have been life changing for some women. So, what is THAT all about.

See, thats another thing, my PMT was terrible, but now i feel like shit all of the time, what to do what to do.

I mean, i would hate to get rid of a very reliable form of contraception and find out i STILL Feel like shit!

id get it taken out i didnt realise how much my implanon affected my moods untill i got it out

Hmm. If everyone who goes to her doctor complaining about side-effects from Mirena gets patted on the head and told not to be so silly, it can't possibly be causing them, then those side-effects are never recorded or reported. Which means that when the next doctor looks up side-effects they aren't recorded, so he then pats the next woman on the head and tells her not to be so silly... and so the cycle continues.

If you don't improve within, say, six months after taking it out then you could always get it put back in.

mirena def made me spotty and grumpy. not sure about fat, because I got pg quite soon after taking it out (planned), but certainly never really settled on it and the spots and extra PMT were definitely real.

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Mine is fab, couldn't live without it unless I was offered HRT

I had mine removed as I fekt pregnant with t in Bloated, grumpy etcetc. I am now taking prozac and my dh hs had snip so everyones a winner!

Yes. Yes I did feel better when it was removed. Skin peachy again and fog of exhaustion lifted. PMT, I'm afraid is now roaring though. R-o-a-r-i-n-g. Might be age, second baby and nothing to do with Mirena. However, it is better to have roaring PMT without fog of exhaustion every day and clearer skin.

Trust yourself. Ditch the fecker.