Mirena coil and pelvic infection

I liked that it was minimal effort once inserted. My periods were far lighter and less frequently occurring. Because of the thickening of vaginal fluids being part of the mechanism; I found I because much more prone to UTIs after sex and also had lower sexual drive. I came off the Mirena because I wanted to track my cycle accurately to see if my hormones and cycle were affecting/triggering my seizures (I have drug resistant epilepsy). When I came off the Mirena I found I was less anxious over the months following swapping to the copper coil I.e. non hormonal. This had not been a concern of mine when on it.

I had my first Mirena fitted after the birth of my second child. It seemed to work well although my periods became even more irregular than then they were before and I had weeks of spotting at a time especially as I was approaching the 5 year mark. However overall I was satisfied and opted to have it replaced when it expired. This was quite traumatic and took a very long time as the strings had moved making it hard to access. However, the GP was able to remove it and I had a second one fitted which worked much like the first one. However, when it came time to have that one removed and a third one fitted my cervix went into spasm at the point of fitting the new one which was extremely painful and after what felt like forever the GP told me they were unable to fit a new coil that day and to come back. I went back and tried again a month later and the same thing happened. A month after that I was admitted to hospital with an abscess in my fallopian tube caused by repeated failed attempts to insert the coil. I was in hospital for 4 days and off work for over 3 weeks due to the pain/side effects of the antibiotics I had to take.

Its was ok until I started getting depression / low mood 10 months in, along with cystic acne (getting a prescription retinoid & taking skin supplents fixed te skin, but the low mood continues). I had cramping / bleeding most days for the first 6 months that gradually got lesser up until 12 months - but it is still there and I can get 10 day long cramping bleeding periods. I also now get rectum pain / aching which is annoying but not unbearable I did get weight gain at first, but that went away (which doesnt usually happen for me), so that was really good. Initially my boobs were larger / I would get tender breasts, but that has also now gone Ultimately these symptoms were OK for me, as I was using this to avoid really bad PMS / endometriosis pain - but the depression is now getting too much for me, so I have done an online colsult with The Lowdown & am taking steps to try something to fix this (would highly recommend this)