birth control
"I was on Mirena for a little over 2 years, starting in 2014. After about 7 months on it my period stopped, and that (in many ways) was my favorite part of Mirena. Unfortunately, around this same time I started getting intensely painful (but benign) ovarian cysts. The day before Thanksgiving, 2015 I had a cyst so painful that I was convinced something had gone wrong with my appendix. All told I went to the ER three times due to these cysts (yes I've had the HPV vaccine). Finally I took it out, and in that time I've had no pain. I've also lost about 10 lbs of the weight I gained on Mirena. I loved the convenience, but some things weren't worth it."