IUD Non-hormonal Copper Coil Side Effects?

I found this thread after losing a week (the last week has been a blurr where someone else took control over my body and mind) and 3 years of IUD copper coil. This time I haven't been able to control the terrible anger and panick which got worse and worse since I inserted the coil.

When I put it on it was so painful I thought I was gonna die, I was 34 and because I never had any pregnancy I thought the pain was normal and I didn't make a fuss about it. The tricky thing is that I had just started my relationship with my actual partner and everything was new so I thought that all the symptoms were just me and my bad temper.

I feel I passed the last 3 years trying to control a wild lion and when I failed to do so the explosion of anger have been totally insane. In the last years I felt more and more overwhelmed by the littlest event, more and more tired, incontenibile anger most of the time? of the month with the peak in 10 days previous to my period,depression, uncontrollable crying and hopelessness, 7to 10 days of solid bleeding (the first few months of coil I'd wake up in a blood bath, until I learned to get up during night), my mind is always in disaster mode, the pain got worse to the point that in the last few months I have to have painkillers in my bag all the time (I can't even stand for the pain), and lately I can't even sleep which is why I'm not able to control overwhelming feeling and panick which resulted in my last blow of anger.

I thought I was getting completely crazy, unable to take any decisions anymore, not able to withstand any change and just thinking the only option is to go on medication or to kill myself because it felt I am just getting worse with time. The quality of my life changed dramatically because I stopped and closed the door to anything who could upset me and lately everything and everyone does. Me and my partner are deciding to live separately because the situation is unbearable, and I am thinking that I won't be able to move out without medication, I feel there is something really wrong with me...

...and yesterday I came along this thread...and I want to cry because I nearly destroyed everything in my life...

When I decided to put on the coil I researched it and I never found any side effects a part from "heavy periods " but hey! I am a big girl and I can stand it... I've always been full of energy, always had 2 jobs at same time, wake up at 4 in the morning and run 20k before getting into work, now I work 3days a week and I feel wasted...

I Called my GP this morning and I'll have the coil out on Tuesday and then I'll try to put back the pieces together or what is left...

Thanks for this thread. :-)

Just to give you some info from a husbands point of view. My wife had the copper coil fitted about 6 months ago and she just doesn’t seem like the same person. 

She has massive nodes swings and can’t see it so I never know how to approach her about anything as I don’t know what reaction I will get. 

We used to have sex a lot and now it has all but stopped and something that she never starts it is always me but I have given up trying as I can’t take the rejection if I’m honest. 

Her periods, which were always very light and short are now very heavy and last over 2 weeks. 

She has started to have really bad headaches over the past 6-8 weeks which she has been to the doctors about and there is nothing obvious. 

For me the main problems is the mood swings as I never know if I’m coming or going and I then effects everything in daily life so much. 

She is always tired and yes we have 3 kids but they all sleep pretty well. 

My question is how do I approach her about it as I really think it is the coil that is the problem? 

Thanks in advance. 

Hi there, I remember reading all these stories before I had gotten my copper non-hormonal IUD, and want to provide my 2 cents to help future readers out.

I got my NH Paragard inserted in August of 2016. The insertion was painful-- but not blindingly so. I had a friend told me she passed out, another say it was more painful than getting her tattoo. I was uncomfortable, but the worst was not over. Around 6 hours later that night I experienced some of the worst bloating and cramping known to the female body. I was nearly paralyzed. At one point the pain brought me to tears it was so unbearable. The bloating pain maybe lasted 8 hours throughout the night, and finally I was able to drift off to sleep at 5am.

After that, I was pain-free, waiting for what my next period would bring, however. Which was of course, a second bout of that bloating and cramping. Not as painful, but certainly lasted longer-- the course of my period, which had now extended to 15 days. This was expected according to my gynecologist, but then my period became more irregular, and even longer. I blend the entire 30 day month of November. The cramping came with every PMS but was getting less severe and manageable with Ibuprofen. I was so bloated so many days out of the month that I looked like I'd gained weight when I remained the same # lbs. Don't invest in a lot of new sheets or underwear if you're about to get this inserted. I decided I'd give it a year since symptoms like these were supposed to reside around 6 months according to my gyno. The periods became a little more regular around the beginning of 2017, but they were still averaging at about 12 day long periods. And HEAVY. Like 5 days out of that nearly 2 week period, I am using super and super-plus tampons. I felt so weak from losing that much blood. This never changed for the following 5 months, and sure enough August 2017 came around and I decided the length of periods was just not worth it. Despite the failure, I do not regret my experience. There's nothing like the peace of mind that I am not pregnant!! I am glad I gave it a go, because there is a fairly nice chance it might work for you. I have always had very long periods -- as soon as I got it taken out they resided back to my usual, which is 5-6 days of bleeding--which might have been a contributing factor to my symptoms. My sister had a similar experience the first year, but has short/average length periods (2 days without IUD, 4 days with IUD) and her symptoms of awful cramping resided around the year mark so she has kept hers in. I encourage every person worried about unwanted pregnancy to really look into it. From what I had gathered, it's about a 50/50 chance it'll be a success, and those odds are pretty good in today's world of s**t birth control options.

Depression.

Mood swings

Heavy periods.

Tiredness.

Ive just fot anitger one fitted 4 days ago as its the only thing i can have due to breastfeeding and pill not agreeing with me. And ive been suffering from cramps and massive bloating ever since the fitting.

Im goping this dies down as i was perfectly fine with the last one until the depression 2 years after i had it fitted so hoping that doesnt come back.

Omg I don't know why I didn't look for this earlier. Ive had my Parguard iud in for 2 1/2 years. I'm finally taking it out tomorrow. I had it put in after I had my son. I haven't been able to drop the weight after I had him even though I'm working out harder than I have in my whole life and the scale doesn't move. Almost a year ago my gp discovered I had an enlarged thryoid but all my blood work comes back normal. I've had increasing nodules at each appointment but they assure me they are stable. So I stared thinking what did I do differently after my pregnancy with my daughter. With her I went back on the pill and lost the weight no problem. So I'm going back to the pill to see if the hormones make me go back to my normal self and I can finally start losing weight. With the iud I've had heavy periods that last 7 days and then I spot for the next 7 days. After that I have excess secretions down there which make me feel like I wet myself at times. My husband has constantly pointed out that my stomach didn't look like this afterm my daughter. Im so forget full and have foggy brain all of the time and don't even get me started on the fatigue. I'm going to be so mad at myself if I've suffered for 2 1/2 years all because I thought it would be easier to not to have to remember a pill every night. Ill be so happy if everything changes back to normal after i get this thing out. Good luck everyone. Hoping we all get relief from this crap.