Originally Posted by
daisysmom
This was the exact reason I kept it in for 4-5 years. I kept thinking that **this** was my new normal. And I think I do have PCOS (undiagnosed) and had been on the pill for so long, the shorter cycle and the MUCH heavier periods just seemed like textbook perimenapause (plus, my age... I am almost 43).
But I tell ya, like some of the PPs on here, when I had it taken out (3 months ago or so), ALL of those wacky symptoms went away. Now, my cycles are back to normal (28-30 days), I wear a super tampon for 1-2 days and change them about every 4 hours (versus every hour for 3 days) and I don't have any of the horrid cramping. Arguably, my PCOS is in better control now... but that is a pretty big coincidence. And I think I am heavier now than I was a year ago when I first lost a lot of weight, and my periods were far worse with it in then.
When I looked into getting it 4.5 years ago, I didn't read any negative reviews (not sure if I really researched it that well then, I had a new baby at home and had to do something). But honestly, I can't stay it strongly enough, I was miserable with it in. And now, reading the reviews now, it seems like a LOT of people had the same experience I did. Just something to consider. Funny, it was my DH who ended up really encouraging me to get it out. The morning after I spent a night sleeping on the bathroom floor b/c it was so heavy I was literally up every hour.