Thousands of women are finding each other in support groups based on the fact we all share similar symptoms from these IUD's. Mine was the Copper coil Paragard but many others have the Mirena, Skyla, Liletta and Kyleena. Dr's are ignoring our symptoms. They are telling us it's NOT the IUD.

EARLY REMOVAL STUDIES

Feb 5, 2020

“$231 … to pull a string!!!” American IUD users’ reasons for IUD self-removal: An analysis of internet forums

Feb 5, 2020

Oct 8, 2019

Access to IUD removal: Data from a mystery-caller study

Oct 8, 2019

Aug 1, 2019

Assessment of reasons of discontinuation of long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) among married women visiting at Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi. JSOGP 2016

Aug 1, 2019

Feb 5, 2019

Pelvic pain and early IUD discontinuation: a prospective cohort study

Feb 5, 2019

Oct 16, 2017

Predictors of early discontinuation of contraceptive implants and intrauterine devices (IUDS) among young women: a prospective cohort study

Oct 16, 2017

Sep 15, 2016

Provider Bias in Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Promotion and Removal: Perceptions of Young Adults

Sep 15, 2016

Apr 12, 2016

“She just told me to leave it”: Women's Experiences Discussing Early Elective IUD Removal

Apr 12, 2016

Information Pages

"Since hormonal birth control has been connected to depression, anxiety, and other serious mood disorders, women who feel unlike themselves should take care not to dismiss mental-health symptoms as “in their heads.”"
-IUD Alert

"Although the copper IUD doesn’t release hormones, it does in fact alter biochemistry in the body....women on the copper IUD have experienced alarming psychiatric effects, including racing thoughts, suicidal ideation, and anxiety and depression."
-IUD Alert

GENERAL ONLINE INFO

Links Blog

IUD Help

IUD Complications
Dr Houston Anderson

IUD Damage
Dr. Gangemi

Hormonal IUD Info
IUD Alert

Copper IUD Page
IUD Alert

Is Copper Causing My Symptoms? (F.A.Q. by IUD Users)

Rick Fischer
Minerals and Health

Copper IUDs: What your doctor doesn’t know may be harming you

February 12, 2023
Samantha Gilbert

Can The Copper IUD Harm Your Health & Fertility?

October 15, 2021
Nicole Jardim

The Pros and Cons of the Hormonal IUD (Mirena, Kyleena, and Skyla)

May 19, 2021
Lara Briden

February 1, 2021
IUD Awareness Blog

Are Birth Control Side Effects Ruining Your Life?

November 10, 2020
Nicole Jardim

Why the Copper IUD Is Not the Natural Birth Control You’ve Been Looking For

March 10, 2020
Natural Womanhood

Cuidado con el DIU
Info Website

Inner U Diagnosed Documentary Film Project

Kathryn Shasha
Inner U Diagnosed

February 20, 2016
Risiko Hormonspirale

NWHN Article on Policy Issues: Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARCs) — NWHN Article on **Policy Issues: Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARCs)**

NIRH & NWHN Resource

Sistersong & NWHN Statement

Medical device problems website has lots of information — **Medical device problems website** has lots of information

FACEBOOK PAGES

Links Blog

IUD Help
Facebook Page

Cuidado con el DIU
Facebook Page

2012-2013
8 Blog Posts

MULTI-LINGUAL INFO

Links Blog

Cuidado con el DIU
Facebook Page

Cuidado con el DIU
Info Website

February 20, 2016
Risiko Hormonspirale

Vittime Dispositivi Medici Informazioni sulla tossicità dei metalli pesanti (italian) — **Vittime Dispositivi Medici**
Informazioni sulla tossicità dei metalli pesanti **(italian)**

Support Groups & Forums

GENERAL ONLINE FORUMS

Links Blog

Mirena Side Effect Support
Babycenter

IUD Problems Forum
MumsNet

Mirena Side Effects Forum
Medications.com

IUD Search
Steady Health Forum

Anxiety, IUDs & Copper Toxiciy
No More Panic Support Site

August 2, 2017
Topix Forum

The Copper IUD Forum
Women Against Stirrups

IUD Divas Forum
Live Journal

Copper IUD Detox
Yahoo! Groups

Adverse Reactions Forum
Cure Zone

Copper IUD Side Effects Forum
Mothering

FACEBOOK SUPPORT GROUPS

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Links Blog

Copper IUD & Toxicity Education and Support

Rick Fischer
Facebook Support Group

created August 27, 2019
Facebook Support Group

Support Group
Facebook

November 17, 2017
Facebook Group

IUD Efectos secundarios (Mirena / DIU de Cobre o ParaGard / Nova-T)

IUD Efectos secundarios
Facebook Support Group

Mirena Support Group
Facebook

IUD/IUC Awareness
Facebook Group

MULTI-LINGUAL FACEBOOK GROUPS

Books

Links Blog

Copper Toxic Survival: A Healing Journey

E-Book - 2023
Kirby Amour

Audiobook - 2022
Chef Terri Rogers

Copper Toxicity: Helping Women Navigate Copper Imbalance

2021
Rick Fischer

2019
Caren Beilin

2019
Mike Gaskins

2014
Rose Vitalis

Doing Harm by Maya Dusenberry - 2018

What You Should Know.... by Maria Vu - 2017

Sweetening the Pill by Holly Grigg-Spall - 2013

Global Biopolitics... by Chikako Takeshita - 2011

Plastic, Copper.... by Michela Dai Zovi - 2015

Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy - 2005

Surviving Dalkon Shield by Karen Hicks - 1994

Bending the Law by Richard B. Sobol - 1992

Nightmare by Perry & Dawson - 1985

At Any Cost by Morton Mintz - 1985

Podcasts

Links Blog

Why the Copper IUD is Not a Safe Form of Birth Control

March 6, 2023
Eat for Life Podcast

Could it Be My IUD? 6 Month Explant Update

January 21, 2023
Breast Implant Illness Podcast

IUD Birth Control & the Dangers to Women

July 19, 2022
Gentleman Style Podcast

Spiralkampagnen (Coil Campaign in Greenland )

May 6, 2022
DK Podcast

Lara Briden Podcast
February 29, 2022

Copper Toxicity, Supplementation and Misconceptions

February 21, 2022
Mineral Minded Podcast

IUD Side Effects & How to Get Help If You Experience Them

February 7, 2022
Period Party Podcast

Post-Birth Control Syndrome: Fix Your Hormone and Digestive Health

July 5, 2021
Eat For Life Podcast

How to Test for Heavy Metals and Detox Them from Your Body

November 3, 2020
Period Party Podcast

September 8, 2020
Holistic Wellness Podcast

How Copper Toxicity Impacts Women with Dr. Judith Bowman

August 10, 2020
Eat For Life Podcast

Blackfishing Presents: Tight Lipped's "The Trust Gap"

May 29, 2020
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

April 14, 2020
Full Stop Podcast

Interview With Kathryn Shasha:Inner U Diagnosed: Health Risks of IUDs Documentary

March 11, 2020
Blog Talk Radio

Amy Berkowitz: Writing about Trauma, Medical Gaslighting and Chronic Illness

January 15, 2020
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

2020
Vicious Cycle Podcast

Tyrese L. Coleman: The Racist History of Gynecology and Navigating Care as a Black Woman

December 11, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

Maya Dusenbery: The Epidemic of Autoimmunity and the Dismissal of Women’s Symptoms

November 14, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

Florencia Kot Hansen: Reproductive Health Activism Across Language Barriers and National Borders

October 31, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

Claire Mullen: Getting Pregnant with the IUD

October 15, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

October 7, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

What Happens to your Period on Birth Control

2019
Vicious Cycle Podcast

November 7, 2018
Myers Detox

February 24, 2018
Radical Remembrance Podcast

October 6, 2017
Fertility Friday Podcast

CHOICE/LESS: The Backstory, Episode 2: Loretta Ross on the Dalkon Shield Disaster

June 7, 2017
Rewire News Group

Copper Toxicity, IUDs and the Birth Control Pill - FFP #73

April 15, 2016
Fertility Friday Podcast

Infrared Saunas In Depth with Nikki Moses

October 29, 2013
Myers Detox Podcast

Fertility Friday Podcast with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

Managing Severe PMDD - Fertility Friday Podcast

January 28, 2022
Fertility Friday Podcast

October 29, 2021
Fertility Friday Podcast

Copper IUD Side Effects - Fertility Friday Podcast

May 21, 2021
Fertility Friday Podcast

December 4, 2020
Fertility Friday Podcast

In The Name of The Pill with Mike Gaskins

June 12, 2020
Fertility Friday

The IUD, The Pill, and Important Side Effects You Should Know About

January 17, 2020
Fertility Friday

The Pill, The Hormonal IUD, and Pulmonary Embolisms

December 13, 2019
Fertility Friday

March 15, 2019
Fertility Friday

March 1, 2019
Fertility Friday

June 8, 2018
Fertility Friday Podcast

Anxiety, Depression & Low Libido The Truth About Hormonal Birth Control

July 7, 2017
Fertility Friday

October 6, 2017
Fertility Friday Podcast

September 22, 2017
Fertility Friday Podcast

April 15, 2016
Fertility Friday Podcast

Documentary Films

Links Blog

Inner U Diagnosed
Jan 1, 2024

When Bodies Talk - Cuando los cuerpos hablan

When Bodies Talk on YouTube
Documentary Film

When Bodies Talk on Vimeo
Documentary Film

September 18, 2018
Kathryn Shasha

June 14, 2018
Kathryn Shasha

Kathryn Shasha
Inner U Diagnosed

The Bleeding Edge trailer on YouTube

**watch the trailer** and/or **schedule of viewing** of the entire film

Sweetening the Pill
-Kickstarter Campaign

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