I had the IUD inserted in September to help with heavy periods. ...

I had the IUD inserted in September to help with heavy periods. It worked awesome for that. I love it in that respect. However, I gained about 15 pounds in two months. I play soccer 2 times a week and was training for a marathon so it didn't make sense. I had sever back pain and joint pain that I blamed running for. I all of a sudden had ZERO focus; tons to do and all I could do is sit and stare at the pile of to-do's. Zero sex drive to the point that I wanted to hit my husband if he even asked. One night I yelled at him so meanly it didn't even sound like me and scared the heck out of him (and me). Super depressed and angry all the time. I try not to talk to people and I don't really know why. For some weird reaso I kinda chalked it all up to turning 40 until I saw this site. I had it removed today and was told that the hormones would be out of my body in around 48 hours-hopefully they take the weight with them!! My husband had a vasectomy so I just did it to help with periods. I wish I would have seen this site before. My doctor wasn't surprised at all at my symptoms and gladly removed it. She said that some women just react badly to the hormones and some are fine. I was NOT FINE!!