Does hormonal IUD cause sweating more than usual?
How our community feel they have been impacted by sweating more than usual on hormonal IUD
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
None or not sure
79%
A bit
9%
A great deal
9%
Quite a bit
3%
Out of the 34 reviews for hormonal IUD, 0 people (0%) reported sweating more than usual.
Reviewers that reported sweating more than usual as a side effect
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
26 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 25th Mar 24
This caused pain/vomiting/inability to sleep for 3 months after insertion. I was promised it would improve, and told to just keep giving it time. Severe menstrual cramps continued the whole 2 years that I had this. Doctors promised many times over the 2 years that my symptoms were normal and/or not due to the IUD(both incorrect). Around the 9 month mark I began to develop progesterone hypersensitivity autoimmune disease. This continued to progress until I removed it. This new condition landed me in the ER multiple times due to anaphylaxis: asthma, heart palpitations, high BP, frequent fainting, extreme rashes etc. I had to quit my job because I was not functional on any level. Luckily I eventually figured it out.
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Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
24 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 12th Mar 24
It is nice to never be worried about pregnancy. The random bleeding, frequent cramping unrelated to bleeding, and breast shrinkage has not been great.. but all better than pregnancy i guess. I am definitely more emotional. I used to cry 1 day/month typically day before starting my period. I now cry ~70% of the month.
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Used for 12 - 18 mo
23 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 9th Jan 24
I’m sort of neutral about this birth control. I have had years of trying to find an oral hormonal contraceptive that both helped with my excruciating cramps and didn’t make my mood terrible most of the month. I will say, this has stopped my periods most months so I’m not getting cramping nearly as often, however I would say they’re actually worse than before the mirena when I do get them, so sort of win some lose some. It doesn’t affect my mood though, which is nice to not feel dreary all the time. I have gotten a lot of migraines, which is something I ran i to with a couple different pills I tried in the past, so I knew that was a risk of anything that was hormonal. Sometimes OTC pain killers do the trick, but I almost traded the cramps for headaches. I also have never been someone that sweats much, and I live in Arizona, but since getting this I have horrible night sweats and have phases each month where I’m running hot all day and sweating way more than usual. I’ve never had this side effect from a birth control, so that one was unexpected but definitely manageable. With the convenience of not having to take pills in mind, I would say I prefer the IUD to any birth control I have tried so far, but I’m not sure I love the mirena brand itself.
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Hormonal IUD common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Period like cramps
59% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported period like cramps
Lower back pain
44% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported lower back pain
Headaches
35% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported headaches
Tender breasts
32% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported tender breasts
Vaginal discharge
29% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported vaginal discharge