If you do get Mirena, unless you have terrible symptoms (depression etc.) DO try to give it a go for at least a good few months. There were several occasions in the first year when i got so sick of the endless spotting i seriously considered getting it taken out, but in the absence of anything else that is as effective we ended up waiting it out and i'm SO SO glad i stuck with it. It might feel like a rip to spend a whole year with the annoying bleeding going on, but for me the following year of normality without ever having to worry about pregnancy made it more than worthwhile.

I have been on Microgynon (was fine, but i had high BP due to weight gain and came off it), the minipill (VERY irregular on it - first period was 27 days late and i was PETRIFIED i was PG - DD was only 5 months old!), depo (had two shots (so 6 months officially "on" it, bled constantly for nearly 9 months, terribly depressed, no sex drive, gained nearly 6kgs) and Mirena. I have gained weight since having it fitted but it is 6kg over 2 years and i KNOW that my diet and exercise of late has been far more of a factor because the first year i was training for a half marathon and only gained 1.8kg which was probably muscle. And i'm able to lose weight too, so it's not having a massive impact in that way.

Bx