Psoriasis and mirena coil?

Hi Doodles, this is Ali. Apologies if I come up differently but it is me (I couldn’t remember my password-welcome to menopause 🥴) So, update: I’ve been waiting a month to post again for you all, so thank you for promoting me! Firstly, I am feeling, overall, much better without the mirena. That’s the important bit. Now, curiously (& this could have been purely psychosomatic) the same day that the mirena was removed, my scalp calmed down, markedly. The psoriasis shrunk and lost its angry soreness within a week. My joints calmed down and my bp came down too. Yes, that could be coincidental and an effect of feeling happier at being more in control but- that’s a fact, it came down. I’m not a little over a month with No mirena and no estrogen patches. I am noticing subtle hormonal (or lack thereof) symptoms. My skin feels dryer. I’m hot & cold now & then, and a little acid reflux with some minor joint aches. But, that’s it. I did have, last weekend, a migraine (24hrs), it was horrid but less than I have had this last year. Nothing since and I certainly feel happier and more positive. The psoriasis on my scalp is still there BUT it isn’t anywhere near as bad & it’s improving … slowly. I feel, for the first time in years, that I can get on top of it. My body isn’t inflamed and I can definitely feel that. As to continuing with hrt (I’m told my estrogen levels are low): my symptoms aren’t bad, at present, so I don’t feel in a hurry to go back on it right now. But I have sp with GP and she has suggested different hrt (progesterone pill with estrogen cream) that I can control easier myself . I will try at some point but I think I’d rather give my body a chance to level out over Christmas hols, then see where I am. So, I’m conclusion, Doodles, for me, the mirena was a bad move for my psoriasis. Taking it out HAS helped, but it’s by no means a cure. It has helped to calm my body’s inflammation though… this is for certain. It needed to come out! My menopause journey is less certain but, I promise to update in another month. I think I will try again with different hrt because I suspect the drop in estrogen is going to affect the psoriasis, at some point, negatively, and that’s when I’ll try again. But, until that point, all I can tell you is that I feel I did the right thing. Mirena does cause issues for some of us- not all. My scalp is itchy, still, I scratch - constantly. But it isnt anywhere near as red and angry now and the dreaded flakes, are smaller, less noticeable. I actually wore a dark jumper recently- whoop whoop! it isnt perfect, but it is SO much better than before. That’s a win, in my book! I wish you good luck with yours, hon. I think, for us ladies, it’s always a fine balancing act with our hormones & psoriasis. They are connected & it can be a minefield. I hope you find your way 🤞 I’ll update again in a few weeks….