Anyone else have increase in appetite while on the mirena?!?

Question

it like when i was prego, i eat, get full, and then i'm hungry like 5 minutes later.....i dont think its another baby, and i dont get a period, i just feel like i cant get enough food, and i'm not depressed or was ever an emotional eater, so i'm just guessing its my birth control

Answer 1

I am also on the mirena. I had a very large increase in appetite which while I've always been larger than a twig I have never been fat. Once I had my daughter I got the mirena thinking that I would just excersie and lose the weight and go back to my normal size. I have not lost but 10 lbs and when I told my doctor that I kept gaining weight back she then told me that mirena causes you to gain weight like the depoprovera shot. (This was not the doctor that put the mirena in) She said that it was a rarely discussed side effect.