Thousands of women are finding each other in support groups based on the fact we all share similar symptoms from these IUD's. Mine was the Copper coil Paragard but many others have the Mirena, Skyla, Liletta and Kyleena. Dr's are ignoring our symptoms. They are telling us it's NOT the IUD.

EARLY REMOVAL STUDIES

February 5, 2020

“$231 … to pull a string!!!” American IUD users’ reasons for IUD self-removal: An analysis of internet forums

February 5, 2020

This study describes the reasons for IUD self-removal as documented in internet forums by IUD users discussing self-removal.

February 5, 2020

October 8, 2019

Access to IUD removal: Data from a mystery-caller study

October 8, 2019

In our current climate focused on improving access to IUDs, it is essential to address and reduce barriers to IUD removal when desired, in order to preserve reproductive autonomy.

October 8, 2019

August 1, 2019

Assessment of reasons of discontinuation of long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) among married women visiting at Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi. JSOGP 2016

August 1, 2019

Reasons for discontinuation of IUD:
Bleeding Pattern (27.5%), Pain (25%), Weight Gain (5%); Other Reasons (42.5%)

August 1, 2019

February 5, 2019

Pelvic pain and early IUD discontinuation: a prospective cohort study

February 5, 2019

Baseline generalized pelvic pain may not be a risk factor for IUD discontinuation within one year of placement.

February 5, 2019

October 16, 2017

Predictors of early discontinuation of contraceptive implants and intrauterine devices (IUDS) among young women: a prospective cohort study

October 16, 2017

LARC methods such as etonogestrel contraceptive implants and IUDs provide effective pregnancy prevention, but discontinuation rates are higher among adolescents and young women than among adults.

October 16, 2017

September 15, 2016

Provider Bias in Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Promotion and Removal: Perceptions of Young Adults

September 15, 2016

We encourage contraceptive counseling and removal protocols that directly address historical reproductive injustices and that honor patients' wishes.

September 15, 2016

April 12, 2016

“She just told me to leave it”: Women's Experiences Discussing Early Elective IUD Removal

April 12, 2016

Information Pages

"Since hormonal birth control has been connected to depression, anxiety, and other serious mood disorders, women who feel unlike themselves should take care not to dismiss mental-health symptoms as “in their heads.”"
-IUD Alert

"Although the copper IUD doesn’t release hormones, it does in fact alter biochemistry in the body....women on the copper IUD have experienced alarming psychiatric effects, including racing thoughts, suicidal ideation, and anxiety and depression."
-IUD Alert

GENERAL ONLINE INFO

Links Blog

IUD Help

IUD Discomfort & Complications

IUD Complications
Dr Houston Anderson

The IUD: Intrauterine Damage

IUD Damage
Dr. Gangemi

Warnings About Hormonal IUDs

Hormonal IUD Info
IUD Alert

Warnings About Copper IUDs

Copper IUD Page
IUD Alert

Is Copper Causing My Symptoms? (F.A.Q. by IUD Users)

Rick Fischer
Minerals and Health

Copper IUDs: What your doctor doesn’t know may be harming you

February 12, 2023
Samantha Gilbert

Can The Copper IUD Harm Your Health & Fertility?

October 15, 2021
Nicole Jardim

The Pros and Cons of the Hormonal IUD (Mirena, Kyleena, and Skyla)

May 19, 2021
Lara Briden

Recovering from the IUD Revisited

February 1, 2021
IUD Awareness Blog

Are Birth Control Side Effects Ruining Your Life?

November 10, 2020
Nicole Jardim

Why the Copper IUD Is Not the Natural Birth Control You’ve Been Looking For

March 10, 2020
Natural Womanhood

Cuidado con el DIU de cobre

Cuidado con el DIU
Info Website

Inner U Diagnosed Documentary Film Project

Kathryn Shasha
Inner U Diagnosed

Danger Hormonal IUD (Multi-Lingual)

February 20, 2016
Risiko Hormonspirale

NWHN Article on Policy Issues: Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARCs) — NWHN Article on **Policy Issues: Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARCs)**

NIRH & NWHN Resource

Sistersong & NWHN Statement

Medical device problems website has lots of information — **Medical device problems website** has lots of information

FACEBOOK PAGES

Links Blog

IUD Help Facebook Page

IUD Help
Facebook Page

Cuidado con el DIU - Facebook Page

Cuidado con el DIU
Facebook Page

Learning to Walk Again Blog

2012-2013
8 Blog Posts

MULTI-LINGUAL INFO

Links Blog

Cuidado con el DIU - Facebook Page

Cuidado con el DIU
Facebook Page

Cuidado con el DIU de cobre

Cuidado con el DIU
Info Website

Danger Hormonal IUD (Multi-Lingual)

February 20, 2016
Risiko Hormonspirale

Vittime Dispositivi Medici Informazioni sulla tossicità dei metalli pesanti (italian) — **Vittime Dispositivi Medici**
Informazioni sulla tossicità dei metalli pesanti **(italian)**

Support Groups & Forums

GENERAL ONLINE FORUMS

Links Blog

Babycenter Mirena Side Effect Support

Mirena Side Effect Support
Babycenter

IUD Problems on Mumsnet

IUD Problems Forum
MumsNet

Mirena Side Effects Forum - Medications.com

Mirena Side Effects Forum
Medications.com

Steady Health Forum - IUDs

IUD Search
Steady Health Forum

Threads on IUDs & Copper Toxicity

Anxiety, IUDs & Copper Toxiciy
No More Panic Support Site

Topix - Birth Control Forum

August 2, 2017
Topix Forum

The Copper IUD, Not So Non-Hormonal

The Copper IUD Forum
Women Against Stirrups

IUD Divas Forum

IUD Divas Forum
Live Journal

Copper IUD Detox Yahoo Group

Copper IUD Detox
Yahoo! Groups

Cure Zone Forum

Adverse Reactions Forum
Cure Zone

Copper IUD Side Effects Forum - Mothering

Copper IUD Side Effects Forum
Mothering

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Links Blog

Copper IUD & Toxicity Education and Support

Rick Fischer
Facebook Support Group

Straight Talk About Birth Control

created August 27, 2019
Facebook Support Group

Copper IUD & Toxicity Support Group

Support Group
Facebook

Hair Loss and Hormonal Birth Control

November 17, 2017
Facebook Group

IUD Efectos secundarios (Mirena / DIU de Cobre o ParaGard / Nova-T)

IUD Efectos secundarios
Facebook Support Group

Mirena Support Group

Mirena Support Group
Facebook

IUD / IUC Awareness Group on Facebook

IUD/IUC Awareness
Facebook Group

Books

Links Blog

Copper Toxic Survival: A Healing Journey

E-Book - 2023
Kirby Amour

March Forth In Love - Audiobook

Audiobook - 2022
Chef Terri Rogers

Copper Toxicity: Helping Women Navigate Copper Imbalance

2021
Rick Fischer

Blackfishing the IUD

2019
Caren Beilin

In the Name of the Pill

2019
Mike Gaskins

The Mirena Detox Book

2014
Rose Vitalis

Doing Harm by Maya Dusenberry - 2018

What You Should Know.... by Maria Vu - 2017

Sweetening the Pill by Holly Grigg-Spall - 2013

Global Biopolitics... by Chikako Takeshita - 2011

Plastic, Copper.... by Michela Dai Zovi - 2015

Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy - 2005

Surviving Dalkon Shield by Karen Hicks - 1994

Bending the Law by Richard B. Sobol - 1992

Nightmare by Perry & Dawson - 1985

At Any Cost by Morton Mintz - 1985

Podcasts

Links Blog

Why the Copper IUD is Not a Safe Form of Birth Control

March 6, 2023
Eat for Life Podcast

Could it Be My IUD? 6 Month Explant Update

January 21, 2023
Breast Implant Illness Podcast

IUD Birth Control & the Dangers to Women

July 19, 2022
Gentleman Style Podcast

Spiralkampagnen (Coil Campaign in Greenland )

May 6, 2022
DK Podcast

Natural Treatment of Heavy Periods

Lara Briden Podcast
February 29, 2022

Copper Toxicity, Supplementation and Misconceptions

February 21, 2022
Mineral Minded Podcast

IUD Side Effects & How to Get Help If You Experience Them

February 7, 2022
Period Party Podcast

Post-Birth Control Syndrome: Fix Your Hormone and Digestive Health

July 5, 2021
Eat For Life Podcast

How to Test for Heavy Metals and Detox Them from Your Body

November 3, 2020
Period Party Podcast

Is the Copper IUD Safe?

September 8, 2020
Holistic Wellness Podcast

How Copper Toxicity Impacts Women with Dr. Judith Bowman

August 10, 2020
Eat For Life Podcast

Blackfishing Presents: Tight Lipped's "The Trust Gap"

May 29, 2020
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

Amina Cain & Caren Beilin - Podcast #6

April 14, 2020
Full Stop Podcast

Interview With Kathryn Shasha:Inner U Diagnosed: Health Risks of IUDs Documentary

March 11, 2020
Blog Talk Radio

Amy Berkowitz: Writing about Trauma, Medical Gaslighting and Chronic Illness

January 15, 2020
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

IUDs: Easy as 123

2020
Vicious Cycle Podcast

Tyrese L. Coleman: The Racist History of Gynecology and Navigating Care as a Black Woman

December 11, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

Maya Dusenbery: The Epidemic of Autoimmunity and the Dismissal of Women’s Symptoms

November 14, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

Florencia Kot Hansen: Reproductive Health Activism Across Language Barriers and National Borders

October 31, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

Claire Mullen: Getting Pregnant with the IUD

October 15, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

Blackfishing the IUD: Trailer

October 7, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

What Happens to your Period on Birth Control

2019
Vicious Cycle Podcast

Coffee Enemas

November 7, 2018
Myers Detox

Women's Wildness and IUD Awareness

February 24, 2018
Radical Remembrance Podcast

Are IUDs Safer Than The Pill?

October 6, 2017
Fertility Friday Podcast

CHOICE/LESS: The Backstory, Episode 2: Loretta Ross on the Dalkon Shield Disaster

June 7, 2017
Rewire News Group

Copper Toxicity, IUDs and the Birth Control Pill - FFP #73

April 15, 2016
Fertility Friday Podcast

Infrared Saunas In Depth with Nikki Moses

October 29, 2013
Myers Detox Podcast

Fertility Friday Podcast with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

Managing Severe PMDD - Fertility Friday Podcast

January 28, 2022
Fertility Friday Podcast

IUD Disaster - Fertility Friday Podcast

October 29, 2021
Fertility Friday Podcast

Copper IUD Side Effects - Fertility Friday Podcast

May 21, 2021
Fertility Friday Podcast

Copper IUD Benefits & Side Effects

December 4, 2020
Fertility Friday Podcast

In The Name of The Pill with Mike Gaskins

June 12, 2020
Fertility Friday

The IUD, The Pill, and Important Side Effects You Should Know About

January 17, 2020
Fertility Friday

The Pill, The Hormonal IUD, and Pulmonary Embolisms

December 13, 2019
Fertility Friday

The Copper IUD and Pregnancy

March 15, 2019
Fertility Friday

The Truth About Copper IUDs

March 1, 2019
Fertility Friday

Is Your IUD Messing with Your Mind?

June 8, 2018
Fertility Friday Podcast

Anxiety, Depression & Low Libido The Truth About Hormonal Birth Control

July 7, 2017
Fertility Friday

Are IUDs Safer Than The Pill?

October 6, 2017
Fertility Friday Podcast

Vulvodynia & Painful Sex

September 22, 2017
Fertility Friday Podcast

Copper Toxicity, IUDs and the Birth Control Pill - FFP #73

April 15, 2016
Fertility Friday Podcast

Documentary Films

Links Blog

Inner U Diagnosed Fundraiser

Inner U Diagnosed
Jan 1, 2024

When Bodies Talk - Cuando los cuerpos hablan

When Bodies Talk on YouTube
Documentary Film

When Bodies Talk - Trailer on Vimeo

When Bodies Talk on Vimeo
Documentary Film

Inner U Diagnosed Promo on Vimeo

September 18, 2018
Kathryn Shasha

Inner U Diagnosed Promo on YouTube

June 14, 2018
Kathryn Shasha

Inner U Diagnosed Documentary Film Project

Kathryn Shasha
Inner U Diagnosed

The Bleeding Edge trailer on YouTube

**watch the trailer** and/or **schedule of viewing** of the entire film

Sweetening the Pill
-Kickstarter Campaign

Resources

Welcome

We know it can be really hard to navigate the complex health struggles
that so many women experience in relation to IUD's.

You are not alone!

We've compiled these resources to help you on your healing journey.