So I had the copper IUD put in last November. And since then I haven't been myself. I've been sad. I missed a period completely in December. Than on the first of January I started getting horrible abdominal pain that lasted for 22 days. bloating, fatigue, severe pms cramps and pain on the left side of my stomach (which I believe could be an ulcer) But the pain has since stopped since my period started on the 22nd. But this period is crappy. The bleeding has doubled and cramps hurt worse than ever and fatigue, omg..I felt so crappy yesterday I slept for 17.5 hours. I've taken aleve to help the cramping, didn't work! So I took a muscle relaxer the other night, which had me pass out before I could tell the pain was actually gone.

Anyway, my period was 45 days late and I don't want to go through another 22 days of abdominal pain before I have the period. And would love to have my period every month. I was so stressed out and worried that something was wrong that it through my body for a loop. Oh and not to mention I developed a cyst on my right ovary, which I'm not sure I passed but had some knife stabbing pain on that side since before my period started. The doctor told me the cyst wasn't big enough to be causing me pain, but it was.

I don't want to go onto hormonal birth control, that's why I thought this was a good option, but now i'm wondering what more problems will it cause me before each period????