This is just so crazy, I initially got the mirena to see if it would stop my heavy periods which caused me to have chronic anemia (i was going in every 7 months for iron treatments) after years of having to deal with this it got tiring. The only other option Dr's were coming up with was a hysterectomy, after hearing about the mirena it sounded like a much better option than what i would have had to face having a hysterectomy. however i have had it in for nearly 3 months and i already want it out! my periods are lighter, but they last 12-14 days and i'm spotting the rest of the time, if i'm lucky i get 2 or 3 days with no spotting at all, the cramps and back pain i get during my period are horrible! 600mgs. of Ibuprofen don't even relieve any of the pain (I even get cramps throughout the month, Just not as bad), and the thick, smelly discharge is just eww, i never feel clean! I can't have sex without spotting afterwards, and i even get nauseous during sex sometimes. Not to mention i spend more on tampons and pads now that i have the mirena than i did with my heavy periods!...i feel like its causing me an abundance of emotional stress and i have had unexplained weight gain over the past weeks ( i don't know if that is due to the mirena, but it never came on like this before)...i don't know what to think except that i am an emotional wreck!!