Re: anyone take out their own IUD?

Well...I have wanted this iud out. I did a lot of research and couldn't bring myself to take it out myself UNTIL I read this forum. I literally went straight from this forum, washed my hands thoroughly, grabbed the strings, and pulled. Out it came.....didn't hurt at all coming out. I have slight cramping, but I had that before I took it out. I am so relieved that it is gone and happy that it went well. I wasn't overly concerned about the iud being embedded or anything like that, because I have only had it for 6 months. The side effects of it for me were just not worth it. Severe cramping, headaches, irritability, and just not feeling like myself was more than I could handle. My family noticed a difference in me over the past 6 months as well. The crazy part about this is that I didn't realize that Mirena was medicated. I thought that it was non-hormal when I got it put in (misunderstood the Dr. or the Dr. misinformed me); therefore, I did not realize up until recently that me feeling out of control was because of this iud. About 5 months ago, I went to my family Dr., because I felt depressed, like I completely went from 100% to 25%. All this time, I have been taking an antidepressant which I now feel like has not been needed. It was the IUD! It is a relief to have it out. Thanks to the posts in this forum.