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Mirena coil removal

4 replies

jo1234jo · 06/08/2025 10:20

Hi,

I have a mirena coil for the past 15 years (Changed after 5 years) and it’s due to be renewed soon. Over the last two years, I’ve felt like i have a foreign object in me. I know it’s in place but I feel like it is not right for me and I can’t explain it.

I’ve not lost any weight since my last change five years ago. I run, exercise, and diet. I’ve done every diet imaginable apart from
jabs and the weight will not shift. I’ve lost my sex drive and I don’t feel womanly anymore, since not having periods. Haven’t had one in 15 years.

Periods were horrendous due to PCOS but I feel incomplete not having them, which is an odd feeling.

did anyone feel like this whilst using mirena? I want to take it out and use nothing. DH said he would get a vasectomy but I don’t want to nag him into doing it or pressure him but at the same time, I don’t feel normal with it in anymore. And I can’t explain it?

anyone else have their coil removed and lose weight?

GP won’t put me on the pill due to my weight.

Thanks in advance

OP posts:
PersephoneParlormaid · 06/08/2025 15:35

How old are you? Some of your symptoms sound like peri menopause.
And why would you be nagging him to get the snip when he’s offered?

Cheesecrunch · 06/08/2025 15:47

I do feel a bit like that, like I’m not ‘natural’. I’ve kept mine though as I don’t want a period at the moment. Mine is due for changing in about a year so I think I will go on something else for a while and have my cycle return.

jo1234jo · 06/08/2025 16:41

Cheesecrunch · 06/08/2025 15:47

I do feel a bit like that, like I’m not ‘natural’. I’ve kept mine though as I don’t want a period at the moment. Mine is due for changing in about a year so I think I will go on something else for a while and have my cycle return.

I’m sure I will regret wanting a period, especially when PCOS was horrendous, but I don’t know if if it’s worth it especially if it helps me lose weight.
I could be the right age for peri menopause. Just wondered if anyone has lost weight by having it removed?
Also, can you have dip towards the end of a Mirena coils life? I feel moody and low. Anxiety is high. Haven’t felt like this before.

OP posts:
beachwalkx · 06/08/2025 17:10

I’ve just had one fitted in May and sex drive is definitely down and I’ve had panic attacks
unfortunately I am stuck with it as it’s part of my endometriosis treatment

I got on well with the copper coil though, I’ve had 3 of those

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