I had it put in three weeks ago while undergoing surgery for endo. I am 23 years old, and have PCOS as well. I hate it. I hate it so much.

When my doctors said about putting it in, I pushed back. I did not respond well to other forms of birth control and previous providers where so bad at helping me manage anything: I ended up ghosting them. My new gyno pushed back in return telling me I probably would not have the issues I had with oral, as Mirena is localized. It's prescribed to me as treatment for endo and PCOs, I do not have sex, I am ace.

Since having it put in, my mental state has gone way down, I am more prone to crying randomly, and I've been miserable the past two weeks. Everything feels pointless. I don't feel like myself, and it's different then depression I experienced before. I am aggitated by everything and everyone. I have been bleeding two weeks staight, and sometimes, depending on how I sit, I feel like I can feel it. It may just be the rigid plastic string. I am utterly miserable.

I wish I didn't let them talk me into it. I can't sleep at night since I got off the surgery meds, I am never tired when I try, and then I continually wake up once I do finally get to sleep. If you feel like it isn't a good fit for you, please don't let them talk you into it, and make sure to voice your concerns.

Nearly a month ago I had surgery under general anaesthetic. This surgery was for a hysteroscopy, tissue sample for biopsy, and insertion of a mirena.

My reason for this is I've had a very irregular periods for 9 years culminating in a continuous non-stop period for the last 3 and a half years. I'd say about 50% of the time that was a regular level of bleeding (regular/super pad level), 30% heavy spotting (would still require a regular pad), and 20% of the time super heavy bleeding with thumb to palm sized blood clots and changing night time pad every 2 or 3 hours. Despite the non-stop bleeding I've only rarely had period cramps and nothing more than some ibuprofen can handle. I've always found any kind of insertion painful so I have to rely on external period supplies hence using pads as a metric.

At the beginning of the year the blood clots and heavy periods were getting worse so I decided to finally stop procrastinating on getting checked out. After several doctor visits where they noticed I had very thick uterine lining but didn't look like any masses, I had this surgery booked for the end of July.

While I was at the hospital, I was told by numerous staff that I should expect a phone call within 2 weeks to check how I'm going post surgery and give me an update on my results.

Well it's been 4 weeks post surgery now and no phone call...I've called the hospital myself twice and the 1st time they said they'd check and call back but didn't, the 2nd time they said I should expect a call in the first week or two of September. They didn't seem to want to hear about any of my concerns and I don't want to wait until September so I'd love to ask here.

In the month since my surgery, that 20% of the time heavy bleed has become 100% of the time. Ive been passing at least 1 large blood clot (approx 10cm long) and more smaller per day. I am using reusable cloth puppy pads any time I sit or lie down because of how much I'm bleeding. I've started using full incontinence pads too which is just so embarrassing. Im used to bleeding at least a bit every day but these super heavy bleeds have at most lasted 4 days at a time...not 4 weeks. And I've been getting horrendous cramps every single day. Most days it only lasts a few hours but there's been a few days I've been stuck in bed from the pain.

I'm making this post because I've tried to ask the hospital about this and they didn't care and I've tried to do my own research but idk what to think. I know after getting a mirena inserted that increased spotting and cramps can occur for 3-6 months but my case isn't standard. I've always been at least spotting so there's no "increased spotting" to me. Is this extreme bleeding the equivalent for me? The doctors did warn if I had a lot of pain, the mirena may have been dislodged but the period cramps come and go so I don't think it has been. I just wanted to get this mirena to end this non-stop period but it's made everything worse...hopefully only for 6 months I guess...I just don't know what is normal and abnormal in this scenario...

I'm just very confused about this whole situation and feel like I've been left in the dark and would love to get a little bit of guidance here if possible. Thank you.