Good luck! I've had mine out for a couple months now and I was lucky enough to start feeling better within a week after removal, and it probably was a month before my hands and wrists were back to normal and I felt completely myself again. Hang in there...you're not alone! From this site alone it looks like there are a lot of us who have gone through it. They may not be a common side effects but they are real. LOL re your comment on it being a good form of BC since you never feel like having sex...that was so true! And just for the record, that will return to normal too after removal :-) Keep me posted on how it goes after you have it removed.