Copper IUD side effects

[skylee]

I had a copper iud put in a little over a year ago after my second child.  I experienced the side effects I was told could happen, worse cramps and heavier bleeding.  I am fine with these because my choice for birth control is very limited because I get blood clots and cannot take the pill.  

However, I am wondering if anyone has experienced a decrease in thier sex drive becasue of it.  I am only 29 years old, married to a very wonderful and attractive man, but honestly I could care less about sex.  I have been this way ever since I had my last child, which is also when i got the iud.  I just assumed it was because I had children and was so busy with them (I have a 2 1/2 year old and one that is almost 1 1/2).  I am starting to think it could also have something to do with the iud.  

I am considering getting it removed to see if this changes anything.  If anyone has experienced anything similiar to this I would appreciate any feedback.

Thanks

[sadman35]

could my wifes depression and anger be caused by her iud after 1 3/4 years

[marylatifa]

Hi, I had my iud inserted after forced abortion due to serious medical complications, that day I agreed to have the copper iud inserted. I have terrible mood swing, depression, constant spotting, heaviest 7 + day periods. I know now it was from the copper iud.
I want to sue the makers of the copper iud! I am so mad and upset. I have constant pain especially in my right ovary, it's been a month since my 18 day period and also a month after I had the iud removed. My period seems to be normal, I am not spotting anymore, my hair loss is less and less.
I feel violated and attacked.
Will I ever become pregnant again having the IUD inserted after such a horrible precedure?

Thank you and God Bless you all I hope a full recovery to each of you.

[Abouttowngirl]

I am 38, never had kids, not planning to, and currently have to Mirena in place, and about to hav it removed this Friday coming. I have tried varous types of the pill and am allergic to all. My body goes into an 'involuntary menopause', with some severe dysmenorrhea like side effects. It was scary. In 2000, I passed out at work in so much pain that the staff thought that I was miscarrying. In 2005, i had the Implanon - no side effects except continual bleeding, but having moved to HK last year, they don't have this method available. So I had the Mirena inserted. Since April, I have had not only decreased sex drive, weight gain ( I eat less , no fat, exercise by hiking everyday and still put it on!), my mood swings have almost killed my 4 yr marriage, extreme fatigue, abdominal pain ( which gets me worried that something may be wrong although my dr has done pelvic scans and all is ok). So I've decided to try the copper coil. My gynae dr has had a child and has the mirena  she says that it suits women who have had a child the best, but will swap the coils for me. I am now worried after reading about copper coil side effects, even if it does not contain hormones????!!!!

[Inkystarz]

as an afterthought...why is none of this information that the healthcare provider is aware of, or discussing with us as patients? The only place I am seeing any of this is on discussion boards. It makes you wonder what else they don't tell you.

[Inkystarz]

I am 34, have no children, and have had my IUD for about two years. I have had an intuitive felling that my body was not pleased with the foreign body in my uterus from day one, but I ignored that because of its convenience as birth control. This past spring I had a holistic chiropractor tell me that it was causing an auto-immune response, but even that I found a way to ignore. I am not ignoring anything anymore...I have been so fatigued and depressed that I have been trying to find a cause, it hit me like a ton of bricks when I started researching copper IUD and depression. It was around the time that I had it inserted that all of this began, and now it is just so extreme that I cant ignore it. I am exhausted all the time(I have been in bed for three days, just started menstruating), I am deeply depressed, have itchy skin, weak digestion, acne, and extremely painful cramping randomly, all month long. I have made an appointment to have this evil thing removed in a week, and that is not soon enough- I am excited to have my life back.

[splitsrealwife]

I have had the copper IUD for 6 years. I never paid much attention to the symptoms (e.g. heavier periods, blood clots, UTI) until I got with my husband.  But when you start to share your body and life with someone else, you are forced to pay attention.   I have noticed an increased level of depression and  PMS symptoms. I get increasingly angry a week before and really sad.  I cry about almost anything.  The symptoms surpass the "normal" PMS symptoms.  Now, I'm newly married to my husband going on two years.   I have noticed a decrease in my sex drive. We do not have any children together so I know its not the kids. In my heart, I want to sexually please my husband but I just can't get in the mood. I do not know if it is the IUD, but after reading these comments,  I am thinking about taking the copper IUD out.