The copper coil and its effects on me

By Michelle W - A Liverpool Mum
Updated March 7, 2021
originally posted September 17, 2017

“UPDATED This January (2017) I had the copper coil removed after 4 years of the worst physical and mental health I have ever experienced and 8 months later I am finally becoming the person I once was. I count myself lucky to be living in the UK where contraception is completely free and my choice of having this removed was not questioned unlike a lot of my fellow sufferers who are subject to health insurance constraints and can often resort to self-removal when they feel desperate.

I am not by nature a share all blogger, but one of the ways I discovered that I really wasn’t losing my mind and the impact of the copper coil upon my health was through people sharing their thoughts and experiences across forums (most of which were mums / family related as no real support groups seemed to be about), which I often found late at night whilst googling and I really do want to return the favour and add my bit to those who are still searching out there. This isn’t an essay nor a medical blog – I couldn’t possibly go into the details of those 4 years as there is just too much to say – but this is, I hope, a post that will help those late night googlers out there, who are like me.”

Read the post for details of 5 mistakes.

“I want to use this post here to say thank you to all the members of the FB group IUD Side Effects: Paragard, Mirena, Liletta, Skyla, ect. (a closed group that you can request to join) who I have followed without ever really posting my thoughts back to them, for giving me the confidence to believe in ME again. They share many links to medical posts about copper and the effect on your hormones so you can search here for lots more information as well as hearing from women going through the problems with the coil and the post removal issues too (more below about that one!)”

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