Anyone using the Mirena IUD have a low sex drive?

Hello, I got a Mirena IUD after my second child in December of 2011. It's been almost 2 years since I've had it and my body been through a lot of changes that did not occur 2 years prior. I have developed depression, severe migraines, abdominal pain, back pain, weight gain that's been hard to lose, I'm tired and sleepy all of the time, always feeling sluggish , very low sex drive. This thing has changed my life tremendously these past to years. My husband thinks I'm turned off by him because I don't have any interest in sex what so ever. I went from wanting sex on a daily bases to not having a urge for it at all. I told my husband recently that this IUD is the reason for all of these new problems that has occurred in the past 2 years. I'm seriously thinking about getting it removed before I lose my mind and my husband before it's to late. Calling my OB in the AM.... PS if you are experiencing any of these symptoms like me, please get it checked out before it's to late... Thanks ladies for sharing your stories I'm not alone and I wish I would've thought about reading this blog a while back so it I could've gotten it removed earlier in the year.

October will be a year since I took the IUV Mirela out of my body. It was y very strange course of action in this time. Soon after the removal nothing incredible have happened. In January I had some kind of psychological problems. My HB was convinced I was going out of my mind. Now I'm sure there it had something to do with the imbalance of hormones. I was just crying and crying and crying...and arguing and crying and so on. In February this crazy period has stopped. After that my mood improved a lot. First time after five years I felt like I'm alive. Not going crazy about every little thing. AND finally my sex libido improved. Ok we don't do it three times a day (like before children). But when we do it I don't feel disgust anymore. I don't feel it like "rape" and I actually enjoy make love with my HB. No more hormonal contraceptives in my body ever again! Thank you. This page actually saved my marriage and my life. :-)

Wow - I originally posted March 5 and have also posted updates a couple times since. It has been so interesting reading everyone's comments. At first, I wasn't convinced it was the Mirena at the root of my problems. But now, after having it out for the last 7.5 months and reading everyone else's identical complaints and feelings, I AM convinced. I have never felt so good! I'm so grateful for this blog and it's ability to inform all of the wonderful women that have posted. Would be nice if OB/GYN's could see it. I think they really have no idea a lot of times which is very unfortunate. Thanks to all of you for sharing your stories and spreading the word!

Wow. My sister just went for her yearly with her Dr and found out she was pregnant ( she has a copper IUD, not a Mirena. And has been pregnant before ) so I started to question my own desire to keep this one. In Feb I will have had my Mirena for 5 years. I had absoloutely no inkling that my dimished sex drive could be the cause of my IUD because it really kicked in about 2.5 years ago. Fortunately I am in a long term committed relationship and my now fiancee has been very understanding about it. I cannot wait to get this taken out tomorrow. I have spent the entire day reading these HUNDREDS of comments all pointing in the same direction I am. It's truly shocking. Thank you everybody for your honesty and I cannot wait to see "the real me" start coming back. I also used to be such an insanely bright light of happiness and while I am not depressed I am certainly not a happy person anymore.

DOWN WITH THE MIRENA!

I came to this site after looking up on the Internet if any other women were feeling the way I did with the Mirena IUD. I had the Mirena placed 6 weeks after the birth of my third child after hearing great comments from friends that they loved not having their period and worrying about taking a pill everyday. After placement, there was a little bit of cramping at first but nothing I couldn't handle... but then the spotting began. I spotted for the first 2 years on and off with no idea when it would happen which is worse than having a period once a month! But I continued with the IUD because I weighed the option of possibly getting pregnant if I missed a bc pill, etc.

Not long after I had it placed I noticed that my sex drive had decreased dramatically and also major mood swings. My husband even made comments like "something's changed" and "do you not like me anymore?" And this was very strange for us because we have a great relationship and sex life and I'm only 31! We talked about how we thought it all happened after the IUD was placed but made the decision to keep it while we decided if we wanted another child.

After 3 years of having the IUD I really started to notice that when my husband touched me I had no feeling whatsoever which bothered me so much because I've never felt that way. It was almost like I was numb and I also had a hard time with the big O:( I had finally had enough and googled my symptoms and found multiple sites with women with the same problems and that made me feel sooo much better! I called and made an appointment with my OB that week and had it taken out ASAP with hopes that it would help.

Well....after 2 months boy do I feel a difference!!! I never got the bleeding people have said they endured after removal (I actually went on vacation). It took a month to get my first period and about 6 weeks for my sex drive to come back but it's so BACK!! The feelings when I'm touched returned and no problems having the big O! I have also noticed my mood swings subsided...except when I'm about to start my period haha:) My husband and I made the decision for him to have a V...so that helped make the decision to get it removed. I do not usually write on these things online but it has made such a difference, I had to tell my story. I wish I had made the decision so much sooner!! I hope someone with the same symptom reads this and realizes how that thing is affecting them! Life is good!!!

Hello I'm not the blogger type of person, but when I say De JA VU I mean that exactly. I had this Mirena inserted 10 months ago after I had my third child and I tell you what I am experiencing everything everyone is going through and I am so relieved to know it isn’t just me. I have been getting that damn BV on a monthly basis, my sex drive decreased so bad it's causing an interruption within my household and I feel like my relationship is on a thin line because of it. I am always exhausted I mean wore out like I run a marathon every day. I work out every day and don't see any results. I feel stress, depressed because of the weight, I have no motivation to do anything no more and I am an outgoing person, and Mood swings man it's so bad sometimes that I feel myself apologizing to people more than anything. My iron level is low, I'm on Vitamins, I tried to take care of myself and I feel overwhelmed trying. I finally got my answer this has been the longest 10 months of my life and even though I'm not interested in another kid right now, I am going to get my life back by getting this Mirena removed ASAP. Thank you all and I wish the best for anybody who is going through what I am going through.