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Loss of Sex Drive On Mirena Coil Posted: 09-10-06 03:53am
My friend had a heart to heart with me and
told me that since she's has the mirena
coil fitted around 6 months ago she has no
sex drive anymore. They used to do it 3/4
times a week and not its once a fortnight
if that. She said she has no urges
anymore and its upsetting her boyfriend.
They have 2 young children but she swears
that she still had regular sex before the
coil was fitted.
Does the coil cause decrease in sex drive?
I'm worried cause I want to get it fitted
but I don't want that to happen
I had the exact same thing happen to me
when I was using the mirena. Pre-mirena I
had the sex drive of a 15 year old boy.
About 2 - 4 weeks after having it
inserted, I lost all interest in sex.
Also, sex became hideously painful and I
found it difficult to become aroused at
all.
I had my iud removed about 3 days ago, and
have seen a slight improvement already -
that I am actually interested in having
sex with my boyfriend!!
:) I wish your friend the best of luck!
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Becky
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Posted: 09-10-06 12:20pm
Thanks for that. How did sex become
painful? She did mention that she
sometimes gets a sharp pain during
sex....
I dunno how it got to be painfull... It
just kinda developed one day... It was as
if he was wearing a sand-paper condom.. I
dunno, kinda like I couldn't get
lubricated (naturally) anymore, but even
with using ky jelly didn't work. It would
also be uncomfortable for aaaages
afterwards, and randomly made me aware of
feeling as if I need to go to the toilet
all the time, also if I held it in for too
long... That was painfull too!
Personally, i'd advise you against getting
mirena... I'm going to my home country
soon, and they offer govornment-paid birth
control, so I am going to get the copper
iud put in then... Because I think the
hormones in mirena affected me badly.
Insertion hurts really badly, cramps get
worse, your period becomes irregular...
Some of the fun side-effects from mirena
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kellysparkle
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Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 5 Location: somerset
Posted: 01-31-07 09:35am
Hi there..
I dont have the mirena coil I have the one
you still have periods with as I didnt
fancy the one with the hormones in..
But iv had a coil for seven years now with
the exception of having it out to have my
second child 4 years ago, and I can
honestly say that with the one ive got I
have had no problems at all and it
definately hasnt decreased my sex
drive..
I think they are brilliant, no worrying
about if you have taken your pill, or if
the condom splits..
But my friend did have problems with the
mirena one so had it swapped for the one I
have got and has had no problems since
hope this is of some help to you..
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Kityoko
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Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 7
Posted: 02-03-07 17:34pm
I've never used the mirena, but birth
control pills have definitely affected my
sex drive. Even when I was really
mentally excited, my body wouldn't respond
- like papillion wrote, it was sort of
like he felt like sand paper, and sex
would hurt because I wasn't lubricating or
stretching. Often it would take forever
to get excited physically. I've read
online that this is a common side effect
in some people taking estrogen or
progesterone.
have you experienced this sort of change
while taking hormonal birth control? If
it is the hormones causing it, it would
make sense that if you didn't have that
problem with hormonals similar to the
mirena, like the pill, you probably
wouldn't have it with the mirena.
