"i had decided to get mirena as i am horrible at remembering to take pills. i have never had children and they aren&#039;t in my plans. at age 34 i had it inserted and it hurt more than i thought it would. it reduced my period frequency &amp; the amount, but it completely killed my sex drive, which now, 2 years later is still non existent. i felt depressed soon afterwards and it never went away. i gained 20  pounds, which is odd as i eat well most of the time &amp; go jogging with my boyfriend. even he is now convinced that my lack of a sex drive, weight gain &amp; inability to loose weight is a side effect of the mirena. i just made an appointment to have it removed &amp; plan to next just get my tubes tied."