I posted last week about my side effects of Mirena. I had it rem...

I posted last week about my side effects of Mirena. I had it removed Tuesday and it is now Saturday. I don't care what anyone says, it is so much better since having it removed. My doctor said some of the symptoms I was having might be due to something else. She said if I gained weight on this then going back to the NuvaRing would do the same thing. It did actually occur to me that when I was off birth control entirely I did lose weight more easily and felt better, but even with NuvaRing I didn't feel like I did with Mirena. My weight hasn't always been stable but my stomach felt so much more bloated with the Mirena. With how awful I felt I had almost wondered if I could have been pregnant, as I read someone else thought as well. I spoke to the doctor first not completely set on removing it, but that it was very likely. She tried telling me the headaches might be from something else and the only thing that she could really attribute directly to Mirena was the cramping. She said she couldn't guarantee the cramping or bleeding would ever go away if I was still having it. So less than a week having it removed and I feel wonderful. WONDERFUL! So even if the hormones weren't a direct reason for the weight gain the pain - everyday - the feeling like you were PMSing the worst you've ever PMSed, every single day and everyday thinking it might get better and it doesn't and not wanting to move is enough to make you gain weight...the fact that in five minutes that was all relieved, that very day feeling so much better, is enough reason to get it out. ONE day of no tampons, no pads, no cramps, no headaches. I started getting a cold before getting it out and someone said, "Oh yeah and that awful headache..." No, no headaches. I don't get headaches unless it's for a damn good reason (as I mentioned before, wisdom teeth removal), but almost every day I was getting them. I ride quads and after riding and sometimes during I was getting cramps, after being on a trampoline I would cramp and be bleeding. I would have irritation, discharge. That alone is enough to make someone feel awful. Every day feeling gross and in pain, even if the hormones didn't give someone mood swings the feeling awful would make one moody. However, I fully believe that the hormones effect mood. When I decide to go back on birth control I'm going back to NuvaRing. I always liked it, I just though Mirena was a better option. I have the prescription but I've decided to take a natural approach for right now and am abstaining from intercourse right now. If I choose to have sex I will use condoms. I don't know if it's the hormones or just not feeling gross but I've already had a greater desire for sexual activities. The day I had it removed I spotted right afterwards and the rest of the day was fine. The next day nothing, I mean nothing. The day after it seemed like I got my period heavily but it was the closest thing to a period I've had since getting Mirena, not discharge, spotting, and huge clumps. Since then, nothing. You don't even realize all the little things that add up until afterwards. I drink a lot of water and thus have to urinate a little more often than some. I can't stand pads and would use the very light tampons. Well, I'd either have to end up ripping out a dry tampon if I wasn't spotting much and had to pee, trying to hold it longer, or using liners that bothered me. It's one thing to have to wear them sometimes but every single day. You never want to have sex if it's always, "Wait, I have to go take out this tampon or remove this pad." I'm eating less and less tired. I want to actually do things again that involve something other than sitting. I've found it helpful that I've got a cold right now and can barely breathe out my nost, thus making getting intimate difficult and less appealing because it's probably helping me abstain at the moment. If anyone is considering getting it out, if someone tells you it's in your head, trust your gut. Nobody knows your body, or your mental state, better than you. I am not kidding, less than a week and I feel 500% better even in spite of my Rudolph nose and tissue trail. Once I'm rid of this cold I can't even wait to get out and start enjoying activities like I used to. I had a bunch of things going on while on it that I'm starting to wonder if it had anything to do with it. I couldn't wear contacts because my eyes were irritated and got even worse headaches than I already had and I've already worn them this week no problems. That may be something else entirely, but whatever it was seems to be fine now; hair growing faster (noticed facial hair that was pointed out to me by more than one person as well as body hair growing rapidly; breaking out; mood swings - more like swings that went from bad attitude to worse attitude to just plain angry at the world. I could keep going but I'd rather go enjoy this nice weather and get out now. Please, trust your self and your body. As much as I liked the concept of Mirena, I couldn't stand the effect on my body. Get it removed and if you're considering getting it - don't.