Anyone using the Mirena IUD have a low sex drive?

Hey, Kara,

I completely understand!! The days sorrounding my inertion of the iud, my ex drive was very high, and then as the days passed, it got lower and lower. I have a great lover, and it's not the lack of desire. It's just i find it harder and hard to become turned on, and now it's to the point of forever for me to have an orgasm if one ever comes... i use to have multiple in a night, and now i find it'll take all night to me to even have barely one, and it's weak at that. It's not my husband, we've been together for 3 years before my daoughter was born. I'm just a little lost, so i hear ya.

Hope you can find the answers i couldn't, good luck <3

Well like a lot of the women who have posted here, I have absolutely no sex drive at all. I got my Mirena implant in April of last year, so it's been a little over a year. I could probably count on one hand how many times my boyfriend and I have had sex since then. I have no desire. I don't want to be touched. I don't want to cuddle, kiss, nothing. And I used to have an insane libido. I just thought it was going down because I was getting a little older (I'm 32 now) but I know it is not normal for a 32 year old to not be interested in sex at all. I'm not 90!!!! I then thought, maybe it was stress. I have a two year old son (whom I love dearly but to be honest, I did not want kids, so I struggled with that for a LONG time), I work full time and am going to school (I'm getting my computer science degree and am currently taking REALLY hard computer programming classes). But the really hard classes are over, I have grown into and accepted my role as a mother and my job, luckily, really isn't that stressful. I actually like my job. My and my boyfriends relationship has really dwindled. We are more like friends now instead of lovers. We don't fight about it very often, but I know it bothers him. He doesn't even try anymore. So I know he is probably at the point where he has given up on us. It's really sad because I love him a lot and he is the first decent guy I've ever had. I've had bad luck with relationships all of my life. I finally meet a good guy two years ago and now I have no interest in sex. This is just awful. It really isn't very encouraging to read the posts from others who have had the implant removed and still didn't get their libido back. I have an appointment Wednesday to talk to my doctor. I guess I will check other options but I'm running out of BC methods. I absolutely do NOT want another child! But I don't want to become an asexual monk either. The shot made me gain too much weight. I was ridiculously angry and frustrated about EVERYTHING on the pill (and I was even taking the low hormone Ortho Tri Cylene Lo, it's supposed to be the lowest dose hormone pill on the market) and now Mirena has killed my libido. I'm running out of options and don't know what to do. This is so frustrating and unfair. You would think in this day and age, women would have reliable BC options that don't ruin their lives. *sighs*

Well like a lot of the women who have posted here, I have absolutely no sex drive at all. I got my Mirena implant in April of last year, so it's been a little over a year. I could probably count on one hand how many times my boyfriend and I have had sex since then. I have no desire. I don't want to be touched. I don't want to cuddle, kiss, nothing. And I used to have an insane libido. I just thought it was going down because I was getting a little older (I'm 32 now) but I know it is not normal for a 32 year old to not be interested in sex at all. I'm not 90!!!! I then thought, maybe it was stress. I have a two year old son (whom I love dearly but to be honest, I did not want kids, so I struggled with that for a LONG time), I work full time and am going to school (I'm getting my computer science degree and am currently taking REALLY hard computer programming classes). But the really hard classes are over, I have grown into and accepted my role as a mother and my job, luckily, really isn't that stressful. I actually like my job. My and my boyfriends relationship has really dwindled. We are more like friends now instead of lovers. We don't fight about it very often, but I know it bothers him. He doesn't even try anymore. So I know he is probably at the point where he has given up on us. It's really sad because I love him a lot and he is the first decent guy I've ever had. I've had bad luck with relationships all of my life. I finally meet a good guy two years ago and now I have no interest in sex. This is just awful. It really isn't very encouraging to read the posts from others who have had the implant removed and still didn't get their libido back. I have an appointment Wednesday to talk to my doctor. I guess I will check other options but I'm running out of BC methods. I absolutely do NOT want another child! But I don't want to become an asexual monk either. The shot made me gain too much weight. I was ridiculously angry and frustrated about EVERYTHING on the pill (and I was even taking the low hormone Ortho Tri Cylene Lo, it's supposed to be the lowest dose hormone pill on the market) and now Mirena has killed my libido. I'm running out of options and don't know what to do. This is so frustrating and unfair. You would think in this day and age, women would have reliable BC options that don't ruin their lives. *sighs*

If anything, my sex drive got larger. Hmm.

I'm so relieved I finally looked this up. I've had NO sex drive since I got Mirena and I've noticed I've been really moody as well. Whether it's directly from Mirena, or just the lack of sex, I'm not sure. But either way. I did see that one women said her doctor is giving her estrogen pills to counteract, so i may try that. Has anyone else been getting headaches as well? Time to call the doctor..Thanks ladies for your imput! I thought I was alone!

OMG. Ladies, I have had this exact same problem, as well! Within the first WEEK of having the Mirena IUD inserted, my sex drive came to a complete halt... I had it in for over a year, thinking I was under stress, since my doctor did everything but blame the Mirena... He prescribed me zoloft anti depressant & referred me to a THERAPIST because he thought "the issue seemed to be mental"... well 6 months through that, and I decided to have the Mirena removed because the loss of sex drive side effect started to appear in a few places online... I thought having the mirena removed would fix EVERYTHING. well... apparently it did some sort of nerve damage because I have had it out for over 6 months, and STILL feel like I don't even want to be in the same room with my husband, of whom I am very attracted to and love beyond any doubt. We fight constantly and have only had sex ONCE this year. I'm off the zoloft, and everything but the sex drive NEVER came back and I feel like my whole adult life is RUINED & I don't want my marriage to end because I cannot get "in the mood" :((( someone please give us some hope or something! This is a miserable way to live :(