Is the mirena coil giving me rage / depression?

[kitchen456]

hi, I’m looking for personal experiences related to anti depressants / mirena coil.

I’m currently feeling really low, anxious and experiencing huge rage spells several times a day. Everything is irritating me and I explode over the smallest things.

my 5yo son is extremely challenging at the moment and struggling at school too. He is showing ADHD tendencies and I’m going through the GP referral process.

i am really struggling to cope with his behaviour, his meltdowns are aggressive and he hurts me daily. I’m finding myself feeeling really negatively towards him and like I’m holding a grudge against the times he’s hurting me. I really hate it and feel so guilty for how I’m behaving with him. Every day I’m trying to stay calm, discipline where I can and ride out the meltdowns, but sometimes I just explode and I’ve screamed in his face, pushed him away from me when he’s hurt me and broken down in front of him.

I feel really low and my anxiety is soaring. I’ve always been an anxious person and struggled with PND last year after my DC2.

Last December I had the mirena coil fitted and it’s been 6 months but I’m still having regular periods and my mood swings are crazy. I’m wondering if this is worse since the coil. I called my GP to explain how I’ve been feeling and to ask if I could have it removed.

she recommended not removing it as it’s unlikely to affect my hormones and recommended I start antidepressants, Sertraline to help my mood.

I’ve been hesitant to use anti d’s as I don’t feel depressed, but quite frankly I hate the way I feel and how I’m behaving around my children and husband.

im wondering whether to start the sertraline or push back and have the coil removed first. Have you got any experience of either of those to help me make a decision? Thank you

I expect so, mine drove me round the bend to the extent I demanded it be taken out. The GP insisted that such a tiny dose could not affect me at all.
Well it did because when it eventually fell out I recovered almost immediately.
Since then I have done a fair amount of research on mirena and it does affect a lot of people very badly.
I also put on three stone which I then lost afterwards.

I've struggled with low mood with the mirena before but I'm still considering having it again to help with periods. I'm on the pill right now but I think my mood is OK. I'm also managing an aggressive 5 year old with likely ADHD who has big meltdowns and hits me and it's overwhelming- dealing with that alongside the normal pressures of life is so so hard and there's no recognition in society of the extra stress and strain of caring for a child with these behaviours and needs. Regulating my own emotions is difficult as I don't have enough rest and my dc hurts me and lashes out when having a hard time it's hard to absorb and not be really upset by it. I'm trying to gradually make changes in my life to reduce stress and to fight for support for my dc but it's in no way easy. Give yourself credit that you're dealing with a lot and that will be having a big impact on you.

Get it taken out.

There are no end of similar stories - just do a search on here for a start. Yes it absolutely can and does send some women absolutely mad with anxiety, weight gain, absolute nightmare.

It seems that if the Mirena suits you, great. If it does this to you, it won’t improve - and you should get it taken out.

It also seems a common theme that women - disgustingly- have to fight to get it taken out, with doctors pushing back and ignoring or gaslighting. They’re paid to push Mirena and don’t want to hear the negatives, in short.

It is outrageous that a doctor is suggesting that you actually go on antidepressants to counter your mood on Mirena. I remember reading a thread on here where a woman had to literally threaten the doctor that she would take it out herself at home and make a formal complaint, if they didn’t take it out.

It is up to YOU not them if you decide this medication is not for you. I’d go back and be very straight with them about it.

Yes it’s a common side effect. In fact I was told by a psychiatrist that GPs are not supposed to prescribe it for women who have suffered PNS as the link between women who cannot tolerate the Mirena and those that get PND is so high.

I had mine removed after 3 weeks the effects were so bad.

Op can I just ask how old you are? What you have described could be potentially due to peri menopause type symptoms

Thank you for your replies.

@whodoesntlovejelly I’m 29.

I do have a gut feeling that the coil can’t be helping me but I’m also shocked if it is all down to that as I feel awful!

I’m struggling big time to get the coil removed and have started thinking I need anti’ds even though I seriously think the coil has caused an infection in the bowel, and don’t get me started on b.v even with a gynaecologist now confirming that it being sold to help with a fibroid was just a myth in my case - it just regulates periods if you are lucky.

I have been told by the crazy gynaecologist to go back on the pill (Cerezette) even though I have the coil in 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ his story of it being an unruly teenager until it hits 6 months made me have a hot flush.

Formally I was feeling relived hitting peri but came out of that appointment feeling pretty depressed and hopeless. Not a good advocate for a menopause expert of a gynaecologist.

Please someone set up a coil removal business - you’d become a millionaire. It’s the only thing not offered privately weirdly beyond a nurse with no other assistance.

I don’t even know that a hysterectomy would solve anything now. I’d probably be the only person to go through it and still be left with a s!!!!ty fibroid I did some mental health chanting for first time (before my sign language course yesterday) in the hope of the lords healing hands. Like I say reached a point where I do not want to go on like this and I don’t even have real teenagers in my life.