"i got paragard in february of 2015. it is now october of 2015 and the side effects have yet to subside or lessen at all. that is over 8 months, when the side effects are supposed to lessen after 6. honestly this would be a great birth control but it made my period much heavier and longer. i used to only get mine for 3-4 days and now it&#039;s almost 7 days with very heavy bleeding the first few days. my cramps are much worse, and the worst part is i get my period almost every 2-3 weeks. it sucks. i took this to avoid hormones but pmsing so much is essentially the same problem..... anyways, i plan to get it removed within the next couple weeks. i cannot say for sure if it was effective in i had high hopes for this, but it just wasn&#039;t for me."