Eventually the birth control was expelled from my body. But the heavy flow continued. About 1 year later I was diagnosed with mild anemia, and soon after, having so much pain went to the ER and found that I had a fibroid growth and sadly had to have a hysterectomy or live with constant pain.
I should add that I’m a yoga teacher and three times that excessive bleeding happened during classes. It was extremely traumatic and I really caution anyone against taking the doctors word for it as being a contraceptive solution.
I’ve been having restless legs every night to the point of not being able to sleep. Last time I had restless legs was during my pregnancies so I was freaking out that I could be pregnant, which I’m not. For it being a non-hormonal contraceptive, I am 99% sure that it’s the reason that I’ve had terrible(!!!) mood swings
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Recently I’ve suffered with extreme anxiety, chronic fatigue, and symptoms of anemia like (easy bruising, always cold) so I got my blood tested and they just said my vitamin D levels were low so they gave me a supplement but after months taking it I still felt the same that’s when I found out about copper toxicity so I’m definitely getting this taken out.
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