I had the Mirena put in about 12 weeks ago and had it taken out again about 2 weeks ago. With it in, I got very depressed, no sex drive, developed a rash on my stomach
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ive had mine in since the 19th June this year (2010) and i've had nothing but trouble with it, at first i was in constant pain and bled all the time, then the pain subsided and it was just the bleeding and now its not so much bleeding but i have to wear something to protect me, my daughter is 8months i can't even take her swiming cos i'm not bleeding enough to use a tampon but yet still need a pad, along with that over the last couple of months i've been feeling really stress and emotional and will cry for no reason and my energy levels well lets put it this way..... what energy levels, i've been feeling depressed a little and even though i'm trying to loose weight its not shifting and i feel like i'm putting it on, at first like the other lady said, i thought it was my job cos i work 7am to 7pm and i work with children which we all know can be challenging andthen i have to see to my daughter and partner, i just don't seem to have time to myself, but have figured out it the IUD and THANK GOODNESS i'm having it removed tomorrow morning at 9.30 it will be the best docs app ever and i'm hoping all will sort itself out in the coming weeks and i can get on with my life and have energy and learn how to live and laugh AGAIN, never again will i have the Mirena no matter how much someone pays me
sorry forgot to mention, with the mirena i also lost my sex drive, havent had intercourse for over a year and that makes me feel bad cos my poor partner bless him is being so patient and i've come out with really bad acne and nothing i do will get rid of the spots, i've also realised that i'm sweating more and its hard extremely hard to control the BO and no matter how much i was i smell down below, not sure if any one else has noticed this but its a horrid and sickly smell as if i havent washed for days, OH hasn't mentioned anything so don't know if he is being polite or if its only me who smells it.
I am suprised to see all the complaints about Mirena! I have had it in for four years now and not one problem.... I love it - I feel great, and I only spot once in a while. I will certinly be more aware of my body after reading this but I really felt a need to post something good about this IUD that has been so wonderful to me.
Sorry if I am not a help to others who are having issues.
Sorry if I am not a help to others who are having issues.
I got the Mirena inserted in March of this year...Had it removed in August after experiencing just about every side effect listed here, Hair Loss, Constant Bleeding for five months, Headaches...but the worst was the overwhelming sadness for no reason. I have a wonderful man that i am so happy to be with and all I could do is sit and cry! Thank God he is so understanding. Scince removal I have had alot of backpain and cramps even when i am not bleedin, I am now scheduled for a hysterectomy, now have cyst on my overies that wern't there before thanks to Mirena. I originaly got it because of annemia due to heavy menstural cycle and Mirena just made that worse,too.
I am just figuring out the side effects of the Mirena. I have had mine for over 2 years now... it has slipped twice. At first, I LOVED it! Barely any pain inserting, bleeding didn't last long, periods had almost stopped completely!(they're back now).
Now I have discovered the ugly side of it. I have horrible anxieties, mood swings, and severe depression. It just so happens that it comes a few days before my period, and goes away right after. I'm so glad to see I'm not the only woman out there experiencing these things! To be honest, these are not new feelings for me, but the intensity is unbearable now! Where it used to be a passing sad thought, now I sit and cry for hours on end. I can't seem to stop. I used to worry if my husband still found me attractive and shrug my shoulders about it. Now I get so anxious I hyperventilate. I used to dread getting up for work on Mondays after a fun weekend. Now I dread walking in the door & my stomach literally hurts when I think about it. BUT ONLY IN THE PRE-MENSTRUAL PART OF MY CYCLE! Otherwise life is as usual... Until I found these postings and spoke to a doctor about it, I was worried I was bi-polar or something!!!
My doctor had even put me on Prozac before, and it didn't help. They are classic sypmtoms of PMDD. Apparently, having the constant release of hormone can make it worse, instead of giving your body a break as you would during the placebo stage of the pill. I'm having mine removed a.s.a.p.
Now I have discovered the ugly side of it. I have horrible anxieties, mood swings, and severe depression. It just so happens that it comes a few days before my period, and goes away right after. I'm so glad to see I'm not the only woman out there experiencing these things! To be honest, these are not new feelings for me, but the intensity is unbearable now! Where it used to be a passing sad thought, now I sit and cry for hours on end. I can't seem to stop. I used to worry if my husband still found me attractive and shrug my shoulders about it. Now I get so anxious I hyperventilate. I used to dread getting up for work on Mondays after a fun weekend. Now I dread walking in the door & my stomach literally hurts when I think about it. BUT ONLY IN THE PRE-MENSTRUAL PART OF MY CYCLE! Otherwise life is as usual... Until I found these postings and spoke to a doctor about it, I was worried I was bi-polar or something!!!
My doctor had even put me on Prozac before, and it didn't help. They are classic sypmtoms of PMDD. Apparently, having the constant release of hormone can make it worse, instead of giving your body a break as you would during the placebo stage of the pill. I'm having mine removed a.s.a.p.
I have had all of the above. Mood swings are ferocious. Never had them that bad before, even pre-menstrual. Loved it for the first year almost. Took a while to figure out what was wrong with me, I had been treated with anti=depressants but they didn't help. And I'm gonna say no to the mom who said having a baby does this to you... have had 2. Waited over a year before getting Mirena. No problems until the damn thing was in. Fishy smell? Hell ya. Terrible cramping and then period for only a day? Hell ya. Crying non stop? Hell ya. Skinny one week, bloated 2 sizes bigger the next? Hell ya. Lack of motivation? Hell ya. My brain was functioning and telling me to do things, then my body wasn't prepared to do it. I'm only 30. Took the damn thing out. Best thing I ever did. Ask your doctor to put you on the pill first before they remove it. It helps not to get the "mirena crash".
Thank god I stumbled accross this site, I thought I was crazy. I have had the mirena in for 2 years now, (this is my second time as I didn't realize the mirena was my problem). I was depressed, migraines, unexplained weight gain that I just couldn't shift, the tiredness, the foggy mind and memory problem, a discharge, the weird heart thing, and no sex drive, I have had so many tests and tried so many things, and I think coming into menopause all side effects are being amplified!!! I will make an appointment to have it taken out asap.
Thanks to all for sharing
Thanks to all for sharing
OMG!!! It all makes sense now... The anxiety, the hair loss, the acne...
I have been on the Mirena for over two years now and did not have a problem . I actually lost weight with ease. Something along the lines of 60 lbs. after my daughter was born.
I notice everything I used to love doing bore me and my relationships with my family, friends, even my child are suffering. I haven't experienced the palpitations but I have noticed a withdrawl from everything and everyone.
I started school in the end of August and thought I was just experiencing acute stress, until I read everyone's posts. I'm going to have it taken out of me asap!!! one question. How bad are the withdrawls? Are they as bad as what I'm experiencing now? Because I was half tempted to drop out of school and check into a psychiatric center.. Thanks for posting, it's helped me out a lot.
I have been on the Mirena for over two years now and did not have a problem . I actually lost weight with ease. Something along the lines of 60 lbs. after my daughter was born.
I notice everything I used to love doing bore me and my relationships with my family, friends, even my child are suffering. I haven't experienced the palpitations but I have noticed a withdrawl from everything and everyone.
I started school in the end of August and thought I was just experiencing acute stress, until I read everyone's posts. I'm going to have it taken out of me asap!!! one question. How bad are the withdrawls? Are they as bad as what I'm experiencing now? Because I was half tempted to drop out of school and check into a psychiatric center.. Thanks for posting, it's helped me out a lot.
Hey lady.
Let your doctor do tests for PCOS as well. Might be the main reason for the weight gain and hormonal imbalance.
Let your doctor do tests for PCOS as well. Might be the main reason for the weight gain and hormonal imbalance.
I just want to share my mirena experience with everyone. i got mirena December of 09 at first it was heaven sent i felt lucky that me and my husband would have contraceptives for 5 years,within a few weeks it started the cramping the on again off again bleeding then out of nowhere 3 months in I was checked into the ER for heart palpitations which i never had a heart problem im only 25.Then I started gettin the most horrible pain in my knees and legs to the point where the doctor put me on percocets My knees would hurt every day all day then my hair fell out alll over my house you could find hair like I was shedding or something!!I became depressed I was always mad a t my husband for practically nothing and even worst i had no noooooo sexual desire at all, my husband would ask me for sex and I would cringe cuz I really wasnt interested in the least bit, I thought it was because of me having my first child and the changes your body go through but I know women who had babies and nobody has the same symptoms as I...after finding al these sites with women with symptoms just like mines i finally decided to get it removed today about an hour ago..no matter what the withdraw is it has to better than all Ive endured...I just want to be me again and hopefully i will be..to anyone with mirena whose not sure what to do trust me its the DEVIL get rid of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am surprised reading these blogs. I suffered all the symptoms mentioned here BEFORE getting the Mirena IUD implant....and all of the sympotms STOPPED when after I had the implant. So far - I'm loving it, feeling better, and period free, thank God!
WOW!I would like to say thank you to all of you for what you have put on here about the IUD. My
doctor almost had me talked into this Mirena IUD but after reading all these post there is no way I
am going to do it. I have heavy bleeding and I have to have a depo shot every month to keep it under control
and the doctor told me that the IUD would be better and that there are not all the side effects of the shot
(I don't have many side effects, maybe a little headaches, and a little moodiness when I would normally have
my period.) I don't want to have all the other stuff I read today, I think I will stick with the shot it sound easier
to stop if I have any problems. Thanks again for all the great info!
doctor almost had me talked into this Mirena IUD but after reading all these post there is no way I
am going to do it. I have heavy bleeding and I have to have a depo shot every month to keep it under control
and the doctor told me that the IUD would be better and that there are not all the side effects of the shot
(I don't have many side effects, maybe a little headaches, and a little moodiness when I would normally have
my period.) I don't want to have all the other stuff I read today, I think I will stick with the shot it sound easier
to stop if I have any problems. Thanks again for all the great info!
thank god!!! i thought i was going crazy!!! i have had the Mirena for about 5 months now. i am recently married, have a great boss, a new house, and what should be a happy life. My husband just returned from a tour in Iraq "the answer to my prayers" i should be happy. the old me waited for this day!!!! but all of a sudden i'm depressed, im not the person my husband fell in love with. i cant sleep, ive lost 20 pounds (not a good thing, i look like im dead) my husband has recently started asking me if im taking drugs! i don't want to do anything but lay on the couch, i don't even want to watch TV, i just want to lay in the dark. i work, and i lay around and i cant get out of this rutt im in. my husband thinks that i don't love him or that im unhappy. he doesn't understand that its not about him, its about me! he is wonderful, i love him!!!! but i cant be happy!!! and the paranoia! i cant tell you how many times ive made my husband get up and check the house because "there's someone in the house" at least twice a night! and the migraines. don't even get me started on the migraines! my husband just asked me if i needed help with my depression. i told him that i did. i was contemplating calling my doctor tomorrow to set up an appointment. i guess i will be calling my guyno.
Ok, so I have had this in for 8months have put on twenty pounds, boobs huge, belly weight , sleepless nites! I first had it implanted due to the fact that my cycles were so heavy and beacuse of my age other options were not good! I called my doctor and was told some weight gain was possible, but all othe things considered were not! I spot spontaneously as if i have my cycle every two weeks! So the pro's... bleed for 21 days lightly or bleed for 1o days heavy and miserable? I have never gianed weight like this in the areas i have had, and its not old age! What the hec is gong on?