Mirena Coil removal - mood crash

[michelle2706]

Hi,

Has anyone had problems once their coil has been removed?

I got mine out 8 days ago after it being in for 6mths. Was constantly tired, spotty, headachey, nervous, depressed anxious, no sex drive...etc.

2 days after removal i was spotting. 4 days after I got a feeling like i was going to faint and be sick and this continued for 2hrs. Husband took me to a&e as i hyperventilated (didn't know this at the time) and brought on pins and needles in my arms and legs.

I have been so down then my period started properly on the saturday, full swing on sunday, but my mood is like a roundabout stops and starts very quickly and my tummy feels weird. Am used to having pms and cramps with my period, but this feels weird and it's horrible.

When will i feel normal, how do I know when I ovulate and will that make me feel better?

Any thoughts would be great!

Michelle

[Katieray23]

So I had a Merina fitted and after 7 weeks had it removed.... I reacted so badly to the synthetic hormone, panic attacks, anxiety, depression, blurred vision, nausea. So once removed it was a relief and the symptoms subsided although they were still there but much less severe. Then this past weekend I felt really good, almost like my old me, and finally no anxiety! Then bang!!!! Yesterday the anxiety has come back and it’s awful! Has anyone been through this same experience? I didn’t suffer with anxiety before all this, I don’t feel like myself anymore and struggling! I have recently taken a homeopathic remedy to try and balance my hormones and I’m wondering if that has triggered this somehow?! Any reassurance would be grateful 🙏

[HP9300]

Hey Ladies!

It has been super helpful to read all thise stories and crazy how this nasty little thing can affect us. To share my story: I had the kyleena for about 1.5 years and removed it about a month ago.. 10 days after I started getting the craziest panic and anxiety attacks that I didn't even know can exist. Complete panic and terror lasted for 3 hours. To barely calm down my boyfriend had to be next to me the whole time while I was on the phone with my mom. It was compeltely insane. This continued throughout the night in waves and the whole next week. I would swing between anxiety, panic and depression. I have had anxiety before but 1000 times lighter than that! It would just be health anxiety. Then I had every aymptom in the book - headaches that felt like strokes, chest pain and timgling in my whole left arm. I went to the GP and they did an ECG and measured blood pressure which all seemed normal but he did say that the crazy is getting out of control so he prescriped diazepam and gave me a referral for a psychiatrist. He denied that this would be from the spiral even though I mentioned it. I decided to try to take control myself and didn't take the diazepam. Instead, I started researching online on foods to balance hormones and started fasting next to that (be careful though as I found out that fasting can come with its own risk for women). Now is the third week and I definitely feel much much much better but still have weird symptoms like skin sensitivity and bits of anxiety. I am trying to ride it out with food and supplements (for me ashwagandha and prebiotics really help). Hope this is really over soon but the lesson I would take from it is to pay more attention to healthy living - phyaically and emotionally. What I am really pissed about is that doctors pump in each woman with hormones as if each woman is the same. Probably some women like me have hormonal imbalances they didn't know about and that's why they would get such insane side effects. After this is over, I have decided to check my hormone levels and they put an effort to balance them naturally. Hope this is really over soon without any lasting side effects. Needless to say I am very scared and also very greatful to have forums like that and read the stories of other women. Thank you all for aharing, I find this so very helpful! Wishing best of luck with this journey to all of you 🙏❤️ Pay attention to your body and health always and let's try to spread awareness of this so that more women know about the risks for better informed decisions. Not saying that sometimes IUDs can't help, I think they certainly can with some conditions. All I am saying that we should know about our bodies and hormones, apparently they do manage a lot of our mental and physical processes ... :)

[Beetroot30]

Hi had my marina in last yr what can I say it was 12 months off hell as I had mood swings bad cramps spotting all the time went back to my dr and was told to give it a chance suffered with high blood pressure which I was healthy before I had this in for heavy bleeding then the coil expelled it self good job found it in my pad otherwise I would have got pregnant thinking I’ve still got it then the reall horror started the crash as they call it I’ve had nausea and flu like symptoms and aching bones called the dr and he said you have got the marina crash well I’m glad it’s out and now manage with acid tablets for heavy bleeding would never recommend it silly thing drives you mental hope it helps girls .....

[Almass]

Hi, I have just had my MC taken out,fitted in March this year. Was OK at first but in the last couple of months experiencing joint ache, hip and groin ache, back ache. Also, fatigue. Just so glad it's out now. MC was in for heavy painful periods but have had a fibroid taken out. Was anaemic but that's all sorted now. It did feel like a foreign object inside of me. Going to look at natural HRT next.

[Alisonryan8]

Hey has anyone any experiences with the Mirena coil and aftermath of getting it removed? I felt awful since I got it in and since I've gotten it taken out I've had horrible anxiety all day and night, depression, mood swinhs, constant crying. I wish I never had got it in!!!

[Alisonryan8]

Hey how did you get on after you got it taken out? I got it taken out 2 months and I'm having horrendous anxiety, depression, mood swings and constant crying. The worse thing I've ever done is get it in 😥

[Alisonryan8]

Hey, how did things turn out in end? I got mine taken out in November gone and I'm having horrendous anxiety, depression, mood swings, crying for days. My doctor has given me antidepressants it's that bad. I'm getting bloods down tomorrow to check my hormones levels.

[Alisonryan8]

Hey how did you get on in the end? I only got mine taken out in November and I feel horrendous, severe anxiety, depression, mood swings, constantly crying. I am getting my bloods done tomorrow to check my hormones levels but I've never felt this bad before.

[Alisonryan8]

Hey how are you feeling now? I had th coil in for 9 months and didn't feel right on it so had it taken out and since I feel terrible I've never been like this in my life. Constant severe anxiety, feeling really depressed like a mood I can't shift, constantly crying. I'm sick of feeling like this, I felt worse since I got my first period after the coil and I'm due my next period soon and am having a meltdown since then

[Alisonryan8]

I am currently experiencing all the symptoms you had right now. I had it in for 9 months and didn't feel right at all I felt awful and got it taken out and in November gone mad since then I'm having extreme anxiety, being really depressed having panic attacks and when I got my first period after the coil I felt awful like a down mood I couldn't shift and constantly crying. I'm getting bloods done tomorrow to check hormone levels but I just wanna feel normal again. Did it take long for yours to settle?

[syls85]

forgot to add also got constant diarrhea since i got the coil , never againe .

[syls85]

i had mirena coil fitted 9 weeks ago , the worst thing i have ever done , i got really bad mood swings, depression , anger , if i could i would stay in bed all day long ( im a mom of 3 childrens) dont want to talk to know one , just pushing people away ... my hair falling out so much its unbelivable, also pain in a low part of stomach and cramps evry day, no libido but had sex today for first time since the thing was putted inside me , and it was awfull ... i mean christ, for first sex was painfull and after sex the pain was even worst for about 2 hrs , for second my partner have to stop the sex after 3 mints , he have been stubbed by the strings so bad , the blood was dripping down , never saw nothing like that in my life , i know the strings can be cut shorter but that wont change the fact that sex was painfull in the first place , and the side effects i got wont deasper from shorting the strings... im going to remove it this week and hopefully they wont say no , otherwise i will go mad .

[shellboltz]

I only had mine removed 1 month ago after the Drs insisting that i should have it inserted due to heavy bleeding. I had to fight tooth and nail with them to convince them to remove it due to it not agreeing with my body, So this is my first 2 days of my period, heavy bleeding, clots but feel this is good after 2 years of having very light discharge/spotting. However i must admit i have terrible headaches, low blood pressure, pains everywhere, feeling hot, body aches....i think i am finally going through the dreaded merina crash.

[MDB1971]

Hi so happy to have found this site! Had my mirena in for 5 years as periods were too heavy to control! The mirena worked great in that sense for me and I bled every month but much lighter... great. Developed a complex ovarian cyst which had to have surgery to remove and hair thinned but was all worth it to me.....Until the last few months where my periods became every 2 weeks or would last minimum 10 days.. was either on, coming on or coming off lol! I have now been bleeding since 6th August (bar 4 days off). I'm 47 so wasn't sure if perimenopausal too. Anyway had my coil removed 2 weeks ago and have suffered continued bleeding, mood crashes and tearfulness along with sore boobs, tummy cramps and fatigue. I just don't know what to do with myself now. Sick of bleeding now! Has anyone else had these problems last so long or should I see a doctor ?

[Tobybuddy123]

Hi guys, I know this post may be a few years old but I had to give it a whirl just to vent my spleen and see if anyone reads it.
I'm currently sat in bed recovering from a general anaesthetic. In December of last year my periods got so bad I was so aneamic I was fainting, blood would run down my legs and well in my shoes no matter what time or place for instance in the supermarket! Very embarrassing!
Finally after many Drs visits previously it was taken seriously! It was found I had endometrial hyperplasia a large growth a couple of polyps and a few other abnormal bits and bobs!
So I was taken to my hospital room, told how amazing the Mirena Coil was and how it would change my life!! So yes finally very anxious but excited! I could finally cancel my shares in always ultra and bed sheets!!
WRONG! What a huge mistake I made! Are Drs brain washed into promoting something that can for some be quite dangerous?
So I struggled on and the bleeding lightened after surgery, a full D and C removal of unwanted bits and insertion of the Mirena! But now I'm faced with a period that never stopped! Red blood, brown smelly blood then clots, cramps, sore breasts that eventually developed cysts 3 in 1 and 2 in the other! So sore I could only take my bra off in the bath so they could float on the water!
Everyday I was paranoid that people could smell this horrible stuff coming out of me it just never stopped. So another trip to my surgeon who is very good I must say and his advice was to give it a chance! So I did! Silly me!
So 6 months on and I swear I went to bed skinny and woke up fat! I've gained 4st 6lbs in 6 months and I've been eating very healthy!
Oh and I'm now on furosemide because I'm storing large amounts of fluid! I've got sore limbs, crepitus in my knees, plantar fasciitis in both feet, migraines, 0 sex drive, blurred vision, and an extremely bad temper! Before this I was a perfect size 10 gym junkie!
You've guessed it, I'm allergic to the hormone progesterone! It's been confirmed! So earlier today in surgery my Mirena had decided to go for a wander and embed itself in my uterine lining, so all these months I've suffered needlessly!
So I have a tiny puncture! Now fixed!
The coil is out (I will do a little dance about that when I'm back on my feet! 😁) So 2 blood transfusions later I'm wondering what the future holds! I have had ablation by radio frequency today to hopefully scar up my womb and prevent any bleeding! It hurts a bit but the mess are working! I must add I have 3 friends who have the Mirena who swear by it! With no problems at all apart from gaining a few pounds!
So my advice is if you do decide to have it listen to what your body is telling you if it doesn't feel right after 12 weeks get it out! There's other ways! If this doesn't work for me then it's hysterectomy next! Vent over! And thanks for reading! X

[Laughs25]

Hi i have the marina coil and my husband and i would like to try for a baby we go on holiday on 10th june and i dont want to have a period whilst away should i get it removed just now or wait till i am home from our holiday?

[vsmith88]

Hello Ladies,
First of all i just want to say that Im not actually a mother of children (dogs yes but no kiddies). But i was cruising on the web looking for answers and help about why Im feeling how Im feeling. I went on the Mirina coil back in August 2015, I was having another op so I didnt actually feel it going in thank goodness. I didnt feel too bad initially, but then the pain started pretty soon after. About two or three days after insertion I had waves of pain that I described to my mum and she said sounded like contractions. I even called the out of hours doctors because i was so concerned there was something wrong after my operation. They told me to leave it and take some ibuprofen, get some rest (hard when you have a full time job standing up in a busy pharmacy)so I kept on. It kept on getting worse and worse. I feel so bloated, like i've eaten a huge meal for absolutely no reason and it just comes on whenever. No warning. I feel like I need to fall to the floor and even pass out from the pain and nausea. I went back to the docs, my doc told me she doesnt think its the coil (surprise surprise) so did me a refferal to the Gyny clinic in hospital. I havent been yet, ive been waiting for months. Its now June 2016 and im still getting pains, bloating, no sex drive, im angry and upset easily, i get random headache, feel sick quiet abit, im always tired and im not loosing any weight even though i walk a lot with my dogs. Im not a sickly person at all. I never get sick. I even found my a lump in my breast so i talked to a doctor (a locum) who was actually concered enough to refer me to the breast specialist. When i went there, they did a scan and I do have a lot more tissue the one side than the other, and told me that its inflamed and that I should take the inflammation down with some ibuprofen (again with the pills). I see on this feed that someone else also had lumpy boobs too. makes you wonder..
anyway ive had enough. I work in pharmacy and i know the side effects are not always to be taken seriously but for this coil I really think you should just take a moment and read this thread if your thinking about getting a coil. I am having mine removed in two weeks time as i just cant cope with not having control over my body anymore. I want to be me again. its also not fair on my long term suffering boyfriend who never complains about my lack of va va voom. he just understands.
I hope this helps if you have been feeling any of this your nbt alone.
take care ladies :)

[Fairythoughts58]

Hi I have just joined to add to the discussion. I have had a more a coil for about 5 years ... Heavy periods and the start of the menopause.... It has been brilliant. I had it removed about a week ago because I don't need it any more ... Oh my god to I feel horrible ... Vomiting, passing out, disoriented, bloated etc etc and just started spotting too, thought it was some new medication instead of HRT ....so glad I found this thread I'm sure I feel so bad because of the removal ... and hope it goes soon .... Nobody said i might feel like this

[LigiaLiji]

Mirena causes all kinds of side effects, hormonal imbalances, estrogen dominance, silicona and copper toxicity, etc. I recommend everyone who is serious about stopping all their unbearable side effects to watch the video on this page: detoxscientific.com/mirena-side-effects/

[noddyholder]

I know they give some women a certain amount of freedom etc but a friend of mine had one and she developed neck pain and dizziness which she just learned to live with and did swimming/painkillers to keep on top of it. After about 2 years she developed severe lower back pain and was about to have surgery when a female doctor in another country suggested she have the coil removed as it can trigger autoimmune symptoms. Within 4 weeks she was back to normal so its not for everyone

[LigiaLiji]

Mirena causes all kinds of side effects, hormonal imbalances, estrogen dominance, silicona and copper toxicity, etc. I recommend everyone who is serious about stopping all their unbearable side effects to watch the video on this page: mirenadetox

[Chimp007]

Wow! I am Soon glad it's not just me!
Have the marina coil they said.
Its a bit uncomfortable to fit!
But you won't have the hormone side effects as it's localised!!
All lies
It was extremely painful to fit, it continued to be extremely painful for several weeks. Cramps, shooting pains down my legs and continuous on off bleeding for several months. Which 18 months later is still random.
loss of libido, bloating, weight gain, horrible big painful spots, excema, hives, asthma out of control, blurred vision,,palpitations, anxiety through the roof, panic attacks, brain fog, forgetting to breath! All caused by synthetic hormone. How do I know this?
Because I had the exact same thing on the pill. Except I could just stop taking that.
Can I find anyone qualified to remove this spawn of Satan from me! Can I hell.
It is driving me insane.
If I didn't have really bad adhesions from a previous ectopic I would risk pulling it myself, I've delivered lambs, piglets and calves. I pretty confident that I can manage this INSIDIOUS evil satanic piece of plastic.
Rant over. I think

Any hoo I still feel like the hormonal wreck from hell. But at least it's not just me. Courage Ladies, we will defeat the monster

[michelleGrace]

I had to register after reading your posts!! I had the coil fitted 15 months ago for no other reason than stopping my periods.... Slowly but surely I got more and more spots... Not just spots like you got as a teenager but lumps too that were quite painful even to touch!! I became more and more anxious and my thoughts were not rational... Crying at silly things.... Feeling insecure...turning the air con on at work as it made me have hot flushes!! . As a nurse and a mother of two ... Usually quite organised and patient but my patience and ability to cope were wearing thin!! I actually thought I was going mad.... I have only had it removed today and within hours felt calmer and felt my chest relax.... I have had it removed to save my sanity and my relationship!!

[Caz121973]

I registered just to add this post...
Had the Mirena coil fitted in early 2011 when my daughter was 1.
Initially thought it was great...mainly no periods! (Although thinking about it during the last year my skin has been really awful and my libido has been non-existent). However, since approximately April of this year I have been experiencing constant lower back and hip pain/stiffness. I initially put it down to the demands of my job (lots of driving) but ended up seeing an osteo in June and then got referred to a neuro surgeon and ended up having an MRI which was non-conclusive but basically ruled out any serious disc issues.
Was chatting it through with a girlfriend recently when I suddenly thought about my coil - so went home and googled 'Mirena and back pain' and couldn't believe what I was reading. Found a site on Facebook called Ban Mirena and there are hundreds of women in the USA who have had varying degrees of issues with the Mirena.
Now I would like to consider myself a very logical person and I am sure that there are many women who have had the Mirena fitted and have been just fine, but for the rest of us who are suffering, I believe that where there is smoke there is fire. Too many women have had similar problems...with the side effects being awful for those experiencing them.
I spoke to my doctor a couple of weeks ago about my concerns and he defended the Mirena, but said that if I wanted to have it removed then he was happy to do so. I was referred to his colleague (a lady doctor) who unfortunately couldn't locate it (had an ultrasound last year as couldn't feel the threads and was told then that I may need to have it removed at the hospital); anyway I now have an ultra sound appt booked for next week at the hospital to locate it and I then have a gyne appt booked for just after Christmas to have it removed (hopefully). Can't wait to have this thing removed and hope to feel normal again, at the very least I will be able to rule the Mirena out as causing my pain.
I will post an update once I have one.
Ladies, you know your bodies, trust your instincts, don't suffer.

[Snugglepiggy]

Thanks for the recent posts.Havent had time to read the whole thread ,but it's given me the determination to stick to my guns and say no yet again to having the MC fitted.In my mid 50s I've been fast tracked for a hysteroscopy due to heavy bleeding after sex and screening for cancer has been mentioned,presumably uterine as my last smear was normal and cervix looks healthy.I've had years of very heavy periods,some up to 20 days long with subsequent anaemia.I'm not so not worried about the procedure but once again the doctor,consultant this time handed me a leaflet and asked me to reconsider a MC.I said no.Just find out if it's anything sinister.If so treat it please,and if not surely to god these heavy bleeds will stop when I'm through the peri-menopause and fully menopausal.Am I just a stupid stubborn mule ? But having been sterilised after my 3rd DC over twenty years ago don't want a foreign body inserting, and hate the sound of some of the side effects..