"i&#039;ve had mine in for 4 months and i am getting it removed next month. i&#039;m really bummed this didn&#039;t work for me as i have tried many of the hormonal types of birth control and discontinued because i always endured terrible side effects. i decided to discontinue this because the cramping i have is becoming unbearable. i have cramping 3 out of 4 weeks and i have to take 4x 800mg ibuprofen. before i had my period for 3-4 days and would have bad cramping for one day that could be fixed by taking 1-2 500mg tylnenol tablets."