On Mirena….soooo depressed. Tell me it gets better quickly after removal?!

[BeGoldLemur]

Not really a question more sharing my experience and hoping for some comforting words. 46, been on HRT for 18 months as started meno early. Brain fog and joint aches disappeared and I got a promotion within 6 months. Amazing. Then in Jan this yr I had a gynae appt in Glasgow I’d been waiting for since 2022 I think. Couldn’t remember what for and wasn’t advised either so no painkillers taken or offered by gynae, only to find out when there that it was a womb biopsy! Breathed through the pain then was asked would I like a coil fitted ‘while he was there?’ 😆 ok, might as well then I don’t need cerazette and utrogestan. He fitted coil, it got caught on scissors, pulled out with scissors 😱 he apologised and fitted another. Anyway cue horrible 3 hour car journey home and dayyysss of bleeding and cramps.
today I’ve been off work because I forgot to put on a new HRT patch on Sunday and didn’t get new one on until late Monday. Too late, cramps and mood swings are back. Was telling a friend how depressed I felt, more than ever before, and I realised I’ve felt like this since January. I’ve had to have my sertraline increased and tbh I’ve had some scary and intrusive thoughts in this time. I can’t shake it at all. At one point I felt very close to a breakdown. I’ve been in regular therapy and doing all the right things for years and stopped drinking 4 months ago too. Also put on about a stone and cannot shift. Now I realise it’s probably the coil making me feel like this, and the HRT has masked it -until this week. So I’m going to have the coil removed ASAP. I’m hoping someone can reassure me that I’ll feel happy again quickly after? Sorry for long story but I feel so terrible I just want to know it’s going to be ok! God being a woman is terrible sometimes. X

I don’t know, but feel for you as am having similar and think it’s the mini pill I take. They told me that the mini pill is out of your system in two days so am assuming similar for the mirena? Hope you feel better soon.

My dd 28 has just had hers removed and within a few days felt less anxious. She was similar to you - had counselling etc. I’m so happy she is feeling better. There is so much about it on line if you look. She had seen gp’s for anxiety and no one mentioned the possibility of it being associated with the coil until she was having it removed. Then it was “oh a lot of people find it affects them like that!”

Yes for me was very quick. Headaches gone, libido back and just generally feeling myself again. GP was not happy I ignored their advice to leave it in and get used to it.

Thanks and you x

Really glad she’s feeling better! I’ve been looking at threads on here and Reddit and there’s lots about Mirena and how awful it’s making women feel. Can’t believe we get brainwashed into having it fitted and gaslit when we ask for help with mental or weight issues. I hope your DD has plenty of other choices and is able to make the right one for her x

That’s great to hear! Thanks x

I had a mirena coil fitted as part of my continuous HRT. It affected my mood and emotions quite quickly. I felt extremely anxious and tearful, which is completely unlike me normally. I had it removed fairly promptly and was back to my normal self in less than a week. So, yes, the Merina coil had an obvious detrimental affect on my moods. I know some women get on well with it, but it definitely did not suit me.

I had the worst depression ever with the Mirena coil. That thing is evil. When I realised what was causing it, I would have ripped it out myself of the drs hadn’t agreed to remove it.

it took me a while to feel better I’m afraid - but it did get better.

Just to provide some balance, I've found the mirena life changing in a very positive way. But obviously it's a really individual experience and I hope you feel better soon, OP

Hi, this was similar for me. I tolerated it for nearly a year but had awful anxiety and tearful and bloated. It just didn’t suit me. They were reluctant to remove it at first but did, after I was persistent. Good luck.

Be prepared to fight if they won’t remove it. Luckily I’d read some threads on here before my appt. about doctors denying that Mirena causes serious depression so I was ready. In the end I said I wouldn’t leave unless they took it out, so they did. It took a little while to feel better, but I was properly deeply depressed on it. I think if you’re still functioning ok then you’d feel a lot better straight away.

Update: thanks everyone for sharing your experiences with me. I spoke to the nurse yesterday and she was great, it’s coming out on Monday and she’s booked me in for an appointment with a doctor straight after to get my pill and utrogestan re-prescribed. Lying in bed just now with the worst headache- another thing I’ve had a lot of in the past 6 months! Feeling much more positive about the future now I know it’s coming out. Xx

So sorry you’re experiencing this. I’ve tried the mirena twice and both times had hideous dark times emotionally. (Don’t ask me why I tried it the second time 🙄)

symptoms were gone about a month after removal but every day with it out got progressively better. Hope you feel ok soon

Thank you! Yes very dark places indeed, I’ve been there. At least nobody can say you didn’t try! I had the copper coil ~10 years ago, loved the idea of hormone free contraception, but I bled for most of the time I had it and even had to have tranexamic acid.
anyway I got the Mirena out on Monday and I’m sure I feel much less depressed already. Now to lose the stone it gave me! Hope you are feeling happy and well now.