!!!!can Iud Cause Excess Hair And Weight Gane???? Posted: 03-18-06 11:37am
Hi my name is michelle and I am 21 years
old. I have a mirena iud for about 2/ 2
and a half years now and I am starting to
get concerned about a few thing now.
Ever since I git my iud I have gained
lot's of weight (like 15lbs)especially on
the top area of my body (shoulders and
belly) and it doesn;t seem to want to come
off iw ork out alot and my diet is pretty
much okay. And since a half year to a
year I have been getting some acne on my
forhead wich I never had before and my
skin is getting very oily and lot's of
blackheads on my nose. Besides this I
have been noticing that I have more and
darker hairs growing all over my body. I
have never had problems with this before.
About a year ago I moved form holland to
toronto where I am living now, could all
of this maybe be coming from stress??? I
also been having since the last few months
pretty bad stomach cramps once and a
while. I had it checked out but the
docter said everything was good. I
haven't been having any problems further
at all I don;t get my period at all so I
love it. But then again I read once that
not getting your period means not making
enough female hormones so that's why I can
be growing more hairs and getting man
shoulders. Can someone please help me
and give soem advice???? Thanks
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Carifairy
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Posted: 03-24-06 02:57am
Mirena is hormonal and can cause your
symptoms..But if your diet is only "okay"
than you could improve by calories
counting. And exercising an hour a day,
like I do helps dramatically.
If this bothers you you may switch to a
copper iud easily.
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freemom
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Posted: 04-06-06 21:07pm
I know exactly what you are talking about.
I've had mine in for 4 years, and not
only have I gained 15 pounds that I cannot
lose (and my diet is great, and I
excersize), but my ribcage has expanded.
I can no longer wear the same size shirts,
because the upper half of my body has
gotten thicker. Thank goodness i'm not
the only one, because I was starting to
worry. I wonder if this hormone affects a
very few of us in this extreme way. I
think i'm taking mine out, just to see
what happens. (is it possible to shrink?)
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!!!!!FOXY!!!!!
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Posted: 04-07-06 09:16am
Hi freemom,
thank you soooo much for responding! I'm
also so glad that I am not the only one
with these symptons and that it is not all
in my head. I the docter told me that my
weight gane wasn't because of the iud, but
I doubt that. I am 21 years old, I am
active and I probally eat better then any
other 21 year old I know. Where else is
it coming from? I have decided to get it
taken out and see what happens. I was
using the diana pil since I was 13 years
old and seem to be doing perfectly fine on
that. But before I think I am going to
let my body rest for a while before I
start using the pil again.
I sooo hope that after I take it out will
lose my 15 pound again and start looking
like my old self. ( my size 6 on top and
bottom and not 6 on bottom and 10 top!!!)
I hope there are other people that had
these symtons and get tell us a little
more about what happend after they got it
taken out. My appointment is in june and
can't wait actually. I hope you make a
good decision for yourself to. Thank you
so much for sharing your story and please
let me know again if you have any more
info or story's.
Michelle
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Posted: 04-08-06 14:18pm
I am 24
wiegh 118 I am 5'5 I eat 1600 calories a
day, only diet drinks, no bread or
processed food. And lots of fruit.
Have you considered switching to a non
hormonal iud? At least then you would
know if it was the iud, or if you needed
to lower your calories intake.
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!!!!!FOXY!!!!!
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Posted: 04-08-06 18:32pm
No, I haven't. I've decided to take it
out. And I know for sure it's not my
calorie intake, it can't be. I don;t
believe in not eating any calories like
bread and pasta. I've lived in holland my
whole life and there you do nothing else
then eating bread and pasta. That's just
some stupid north american thing. Just
compare the eating habits between
europeans and north americans and then
compare how they look. I really
appreciate your advice, but that's really
not it. I made my appointment and it's
coming out. So I will find out
adventually if it was the iud or not. I
never even had an idea it might be coming
from my iud until I started putting the
pieces together and reading other people
story's.
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Posted: 04-09-06 02:06am
Yeah have it taken out.. Consider a non
hormonal iud... It will offer great
protection without side effects.
