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I have had the mirena for four years now. I LOVE THE MIRENA! OR, so I thought! I have not had a period (only spotting at times) and it has been a very effective form of birth control! I am curious to know if this could be the cause to my LOW sex drive. I have never been a person who needs it everyday but now I could care less. I had the mirena put in after the birth of my only child, I do believe a low sex drive could have been one of the causes to my relationship ending of 6 years. I am absolutley making an appointment with a Dr. and possibly having this thing removed. I agree with everyone else - why have the birth control if you dont EVER want to be intimate?
January 2, 2012 - 7:30pmThis Comment
I had my removed about 3 months ago, due to the low sex drive side-effect and I am finally getting my mojo back (after 3 years). It is fantastic to WANT to have sex again. I had no idea how bad I really had gotten. I mean...I just about had to force myself to have sex with my fiancee. It was definitely causing a riff between us. He felt unwanted...and for good reason. I didn't want anyone else...I didn't want anyone at all. I urge you for the sake of your next relationship to remove it. I do not regret my decision and neither does my fiancee.
January 3, 2012 - 11:27amThis Comment
I have had the mirena for a year an a half and have had hell eversince. Before it i kept a clean house had energy, had a sex drive, and now i just feel so horrible it's unreal. I was suppose to get it removed this past Tuesday but chickened out. I am terrified of getting pregnant again because i am only 19 have one child & i'm trying to make it through college. But the strain of not having sex & not wanting my boyfriend to touch me is becoming to much to bear!!
November 3, 2011 - 9:49pmThis Comment
Well here it goes, I have a beautiful marriage, and great new baby OBGYN says Birth control is good and suggests mirena. 2 months after baby is born. So my wife lost all her sex drive, i though post pardum depression, she used to be very aggressive very sexual. fast forward 3 1/2 My marriage is ruined we on the verge of divorce my wife cant stand to be touched or kissed or anything. She said we are just friends now and wont even try to think about the possibility of it being mirena because she is sure its not. She said when we make love it feels like Rape. and Cant be touched. I have been married 5 years and Mirena has changed my life, My wife wont beleive or listen and i am loosing my Marriage. She thinks she just not attrackted to me because she is starting to like other Men. IE LONG TERM LACK OF SEX = Marriage destruction. I am praying i have an appointment to get Mirena out this Friday with her. I ask for it to be My last request before our divorce. PS i feel rejected but have always treated her like a queen she is and this is tragic.
November 15, 2011 - 3:44pmThis Comment
Heart palpitations? Anxiety attacks? Mine are gone since I removed the mirena (I removed it myself, just squatted down, pulled gently on the wires and out it came - not advocating that, but it wa easy enough for me - I had it in for two years).
I didn't even draw the connection between the mirena and the heart palpitations and anxiety (always at night when I was trying to go to sleep - my heart would pound, I would feel really anxious, plus my heart would make really weird noises during the day as well, like it was skipping a beat - it rarely does that now) until after I removed it.
It has been six months now since I removed it and I honestly feel a lot better mentally and physically - more energy and not feeling down all the time. That's my experience - take from it waht you will.
August 28, 2011 - 9:28amThis Comment
I have had the Mireya for a yr and a half and my sex drive has decreased! My husband tells me we never have sex. I feel bad bc I know it's true! I loved sex with him now I just don't want it. I don't even really think about sex much anymore I'm like whatever.... This is soooo unlike me.
August 10, 2011 - 7:58pmThis Comment
same problem here...i was researching this because i thought maybe it was just me but now after reading everyones experience i know its not me but the iud... i usted to love our sex life now i barely even want to have sex...so im definetly going to remove the iud...
August 18, 2011 - 5:41pmThis Comment
I have the mirena and have had no real side effects....sans a very pathetic want/need to have sex. I mean...it's there...I even dream about it...but I would rather watch t.v. when it comes down to having to go through with it. This has been extremely destructive to my relationship...so much that my fiance has talked about taking SSRI's to lower his libido. Before the mirena, even when I was pregnant I LOVED SEX. I have decided after reading your comments that my 2 year dry spell is over. I am going back to condoms!
July 8, 2011 - 8:59pmThis Comment
Well I had the implant taken out May 25th. OMG! What a difference. I am "anonymous" who posted 5/20/11 1:05PM.
I have my desire back. I feel sexy again (I didn't realize it at the time, but it was affected how I viewed myself as well). I actually ENJOY sex again. Taking that stupid thing out was the best decision EVER!!!!! I enjoy cuddling, kissing.....all of the things I was missing while having that THING inside me. The only problem is: My boyfriend signed a lease and moved out the very week I had the implant taken out. We are still trying to work things out, but now he is stuck in a year's lease and there is tension because he really didn't even talk to me about this. Grrrr.....
I would suggest to any woman who struggles with these symptoms and has the implant to GET IT OUT!!!!! Save your marriage/relationship, get your life back! That implant was horrible and it caused serious damage to my relationship. Get it out now before it ruins your life!
June 3, 2011 - 12:21pmThis Comment
Oh and I noticed another woman asked about headaches. Well I've always suffered with migraines and headaches my whole life, but they did get worse and more frequent in the last couple of years. I have only had it out for a little over a week now, so it's too early to tell if my headaches will get better. I hope they do.
If anyone is reading this and is curious about how quickly things come back: I noticed within about 2 days that I actually wanted to have sex. Which my boyfriend was moving out at that time, so I really didn't get the chance to test whether or not I would enjoy it. After about 6 days my boyfriend and I got together and I actually enjoyed it. I wasn't laying there thinking "Urgh! When will this be over?" I was genuienly enjoying it and he even said he could tell a huge difference (he said he could tell before that I wasn't into it). I still don't really have as much desire as I did before Mirena, but that could be because the hormones aren't completely gone or that actually could be from stress. I'm not sure. But I do feel a lot better now AND I actually do enjoy sex once we get started, so that is definitely a step in the right direction.
June 3, 2011 - 12:33pmThis Comment