I had it for about 11 months. I have struggled with numerous kinds of hormonal birth control options. With that in mind, my doctor at the time wanted to give it some time to settle, so to speak, and see if the side effects would work themselves out and lessen over time. I had bleeding (light to moderate) for the first 8-12 weeks, and then frequent breakthrough bleeding. Next came the fatigue, bloating, trouble losing weight, and acne. The pain didn’t improve enough over that time to make any of it worth it. I couldn’t take it anymore after almost a year and finally had it removed. With other forms of birth control it took several cycles to become symptomatic with terrible side effects, others, it was immediate.

The doctor started her on Visanne to try to help with the cramping . She said if the mirena pain settles then she can stop the Visanne but if it doesn’t then she’ll take out the mirena and continue the Visanne . From what I’m reading , the Visanne has horrible side effects so I’m crossing my fingers that the mirena pain will settle . Good luck to you .

No not settled yet😐I am still getting loads of spotting- this last month the spotting started at the time I thought my period was due, then 2 weeks later - last saturday- I started to bleed properly like a real period🤔it's back to spotting today and am feeling better but thru the month have still had loads of pelvic and lower back pain etc... Am wanting to stick it out to 6 months to give it a proper shot but Yeah!! Sounds like your daughter is feeling the same as Me... so Interesting to hear from you... lmk how she goes

MGF - have things settled ? . My daughter had her mirena put in in Feb and she still has bad cramping and bleeding ( not endo pain but uterine cramping ) . She has been very brave hoping it will settle but no luck yet !

Ok that's really interesting 🤗mine was put in beginning of Feb so am waiting to see how it will go