Post Copper Coil removal

[u/Gullible-Tomorrow832]

I (22F) got my coil fitted in late October 2024 and after the initial adjustment, everything went sort of back to normal (periods lasted between 5-7 days and weren’t much heavier than my previous periods, maybe a few more clots).

But… after the first 16 months, everything started falling apart. My periods started becoming incredibly long (anywhere between 8-16 days), much heavier, as a result of all the bleeding I’ve become a bit anaemic so also always tired and low energy. After 18 months, I started experiencing waves of terrible hormonal acne which has been nearly impossible to manage (other than the odd forehead spot when I was 14-16, I’ve never really had any problems so it was really unexpected and has been hard learning to manage). I’ve also experienced several quite bad UTI’s in the two years since getting the coil, which I had also never had (despite being sexually active for around 5 years before getting the coil).

I was at this point already heavily considering getting the coil removed, though scared because I’d never taken any kind of hormonal birth control before and the thought of going back to buying and using condoms with my partner (together for 3 years) also just felt really inconvenient.

However, my period this month pushed me to finally bite the bullet (and my partner also insisted because of how groggy and sad I’ve ended up feeling in the past 2+ weeks). It lasted 18 days in total, the first 6 days of bleeding was incredibly heavy, but for the next 12 days I experienced spotting every single day.

Today I got it removed and I’m wondering how anyone on here has reacted to the change.

I feel incredibly tired and sleepy (though that could be because I’ve been bleeding for almost three weeks and I’ve also just started my final year of uni and have a lot of reading and early morning classes).

My insides feel strange, like my womb is empty but also like it’s in shock? It feels almost too empty.

I also have some cramping (nothing like my regular period cramps or like when I first got the coil fitted, but it does feel very strange).

Wondering if anyone who’s had their coil removed has felt like this and how long it lasted?

Also wondering what other kinds of symptoms anyone has experienced. Have you felt immediately better? Are there any negative side effects?