Anyone using the Mirena IUD have a low sex drive?

As many of you have said, I'm so glad to have found this page. I've had the mirena for going on 2 years and my sex drive is here one day and gone for months on end. I've never had a huge sex drive, I've always enjoyed sex don't get me wrong but I was nerve like an addict but since I've had my mirena it has been pretty nonexistent... My fiancé and I have had countless fights over this because he thinks the issue is him and how he looks and he think I'm not sexually attracted to him and I tell him over and over again it's not him but he just does not believe me., I never really took into consideration that it could be the mirena causing these issues until reading all these posts, so I will be making an appointment to my gyno to possibly have this thing removed! Thanks everyone for all of your insight.

My girlfriend has a mirena.. not sure how long she has had it but for atleast a year. When we first got together we had an amazing sex life and it slowly started to decline. and now its almost nonexistent and she never wants to talk about it and i feel like its my fault even though she assures me that its not. After reading just wondering if it is indeed the mirena and if there is a way of getting her sex drive back with the supplements from adam and eve or pricillas. (the stimulating creams, aphrodisiac stuff etc.) anyone have any tips? she hates needles, and says she would probably forget to take the pill. she doesn't do any research on the topic and hates when i bring it up. tried to explain my view on it and how it makes me feel but highly doubt it will do anything at all. i just want things to be back to normal....any tips on what i can tell her?

A few weeks ago, my boyfriend found out about all the lawsuits against Mirena and told me. It wasn't until an hour before my appointment to take it out, that I found this page. I went to the clinic with puffy eyes and newfound hope.

I apologize if any of this is TMI, but I want to let people know who may be having the same problems.

Four years ago, my gyno recommended Mirena to help my endometriosis. Getting it put in was excruciating. I was 22 , with no kids. Shortly after that, I started to gain weight. Fast. Within 6 months I went from a size 2-5, to to a size 12. No amount of diet or exercise made any difference. My self esteem plummeted. Alarmed, I asked my gyno. She urged me to "give it more time", and so I did. After the first year, my weight regulated and things went back to normal... almost. I used to be a borderline sex addict. It was all I thought about. I assumed that I lost all interest in sex because of my self esteem during my "heavy stage". But my libido never returned. Sex became my least favorite chore.

Then the pain started. I began having horrible, debilitating cramps every day. The only thing that helped was high doses of caffeine. Then the heart palpitations and anxiety started (from the caffeine I'm sure), but without it I couldn't even work. After that, sex became increasingly painful. Every thrust felt like he was punching me in the uterus. Then it began to feel as though I was being penetrated by razor blades. It was a living nightmare. The only thing to lend any relief was numbing lubricant. Even then, I would often have to sit on an ice pack after and cry.

I thought it was just my endometriosis getting worse. I saw doctor after doctor. Pills, shots, creams, dilators... provided mild temporary relief at best. And then the final straw began. If I dared to try and orgasm, without fail, I would be writhing in pain for hours, overcome by the worst cramping I had ever felt.

And that's when I gave up. At 24 years old, I gave up. I resigned myself to never be able to enjoy sex again. I would do it for my boyfriend of 6 years, but it felt like rape. I began to urge him to find surrogate partners.

When I heard about all of the symptoms related to Mirena, I was shocked. Never have I felt so angry and so overjoyed at the same time. I made an appointment at once. Then I found these posts, and I cried for hours. Hell, I'm crying now. To hear of so many women (and men) who have been devastated by this... it was such a comfort to know that there was hope for me yet.

Fast forward. It's been three days since I've had that horrible thing removed, and already I feel different. Things I didn't even realize were wrong are changing. I want to be affectionate again. It doesn't hurt to cough. The thought of sex has already become enticing again! Just two days after, sex caused only mild pain. I had two (!) orgasms and had only the slightest cramping for a few minutes.

For the love of all things good, if any of this sounds at all familiar, GET YOUR MIRENA REMOVED!

So glad i found this page... I have had my mirena goin on 5 years and the last 4 months i have no desire on for sex... Im always cranky and annoyed ... And before me and sex was best friends lol... I feel sorry for my husband.... Butim glad to see not the only one experience this horrified thing

Just wondering if anyone had problems having an orgasm? My sex drive is fine but just can't reach orgasm now. Have had the Mirena in for a year now.

OMG, I am so glad I found this page! I have had my Mirena in for just over 2 years (since I was able to get it put in after having my twins), and my lack of desire for sex is completely gone! My husband and I have gotten into really bad fights about it, I've tried taking natural products to help me, i've tried a lot....and nothing has helped. I am so glad its not me! I am going to schedule my next exam, and i will talk to my doctor about getting it OUT! Thank you to everyone who has posted their comments, especially those who wrote about getting their Mirena taken out...i hope it does the same for me!