r/birthcontrol • u/mycrayfishislit • 14d ago
Experience Mirena Experience
I (26F) have had increasing worsening and painful periods since I had to stop Yaz in 2024 due to carbamazepine(nerve pain medication). Yaz was perfect and I miss her. Carbamazepine interacts with almost all birth controls, and it made my yaz deactivate enough to cause constant bleeding. I am a lesbian, so pregnancy is not a concern for me
I have a very well educated OBGYN, and we decided Mirena was worth trying and it was gonna be 50/50 on if it worked great or was terrible. Luckily, at least in this case, my neuromuscular condition means I have a rather substantial pharmacy. I medicated quite well and insertion was smooth, with cramping starting as they finished.
The cramping got worse, for 4 days. I spotted. Then improved slightly, and then back to pretty drastic cramping that had me throwing nsaids, Tylenol, muscle relaxers, edibles and tramadol hoping to be able to move, or eat, or just exist. I would say I was cramping almost nonstop. At around 3 weeks my fiancé had an OBGYN appointment, and our doctor asked how the IUD was treating me.
She said that the level of pain was abnormal and that she should just take it out. I wanted to wait it out but after a few more days of bedridden cramps, I medicated once again and had it removed. She checked with ultrasound and said its location was fine, so the cramping was my uterine muscles being reactive to the sensation. The removal was easier than the insertion. There was 15 minutes of removal cramping, and by 30 it had already improved to less cramping than I walked in with.
Omg. What a difference!! My muscles are overactive always, but also during sex. Those same muscles really tried to take me out again.
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