Mirena

Mirena

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Adventures in hormoneland.
Written On
Jun 15, 2025
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Over the last few months, I’ve had a medical mystery surface, and I’ve come to the conclusion that all of the miscellaneous symptoms are linked to a hormonal IUD running out of juice earlier than expected at just 4 years old. Instead of staying on a sinking ship, I’m jumping to the next IUD immediately.
As all my hormonal symptoms pre-IUD came crawling back, and increased in severity every month, I have started to make connections between a smattering of seemingly unrelated symptoms that all mysteriously disappeared since I got my first Mirena back in 2016.
Here I will track when the symptoms disappear, and how long they take to do so, if my theory is right.

Updates

Date
Day
Notes
07/02/25
26
Waterfall (as expected).
07/01/25
25
So bloated I looked like a balloon. Mood BAD.
06/27/25
21
Left boob hurting. Bloating and constipation.
06/26/25
20
Slight bleeding, bloated and water retention.
06/23/25
17
Spotty bleeding, more physical and mental energy.
06/21/25
15
Boobs stopped hurting, more energy in general, Solen said I’m less miserable looking.
06/20/25
14
IUD Swap day. Got numbing and cramps were minimal.
Symptom Tracker
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Notes (06/14)
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07/02
Gained at least ~20lbs
07/02
Increase in cup size midcycle
07/02
Overall too big for my normal bras
07/02
11:30pm sharp midcycle
07/02
Tempered with magnesium biglycinate sometimes
07/02
Last cycle was severe
07/02
2-3 days light
07/02
Occasional on 1st day of period
07/02
Yes, increasing
07/02
Low buzzing
07/02
Requires frequent hair washing
07/02
Present at least 2 cycles
07/02
All in the mid section
07/02