Mirena IUD Side Effects

I had my Mirena IUD removed only yesterday and couldn't be happier without it (so far no Mirena crash). I wish I had known in advance what was awaiting me though... I knew a few ladies with Mirena, each very content. Unfortunately, I have experienced a wide range of side effects. It ended up being a nightmare and I wish I had never done it. I suffered from terrible fatigue (I'm talking here sleeping 12-15 hours a day, yet remaining exhausted), disturbing nightmares, bad acne, oily hair, lower back pain, lower abdominal pain, pain when making sudden movements or sneezing, breast tenderness and immensely frequent urination. Plus an ovarian cyst, which after having grown bigger within weeks, was recommended to be removed surgically.

Having spent A LOT of money on ultrasounds, cancer tests (the cyst), acne products etc. I decided to remove the IUD after 3 months. Unfortunately the strings went missing. It was very scary, but with a great gyn it went smoothly, and after having been on a pill for 2 weeks only, everything is back to normal, including disappearance of the cyst.

I'm glad you've been so blessed, but life's not like that for all women. Perhaps you could leave god stuff out of your advice and just provide the relevant info. I find the righteousness aspect fairly frustrating in your many posts. I am very happy that you are satisfied with the natural method and appreciate your providing other options, but faith alone doesn't always suffice as a remedy to reproductive functions.

"God" gave me endometriosis, severe reactions to all birth control methods, zero relief from laparoscopic surgeries, and an allergy to antiinflammatories... And if the creator wanted me to have children, then he probably shouldn't have given my husband an extremely rare fatal cancer. We would have been great parents, but that wasn't "His" plan I guess.

I'm currently trying Mirena as a last resort to help with the monthly bedridden for a week menstrual cycle "God" bestowed me with that provides cramps so severe I can't breathe. So far, I'm not as bad off as with other methods, but I'm only a week after insertion. The pain is moderate and the mood swings are apparent, but I'm hoping it will get better. Perhaps my reaction to your religiously skewed comments are a part of the side effects as I'm usually extremely tolerant... I'm just finding it frustrating that you are pushing your beliefs so strongly onto women in susceptible states on a forum as specific as this when you have no personal experience with this exact topic (using the Mirena). I mean you no ill will though and hope life continues to treat you so well moving forward.

Where can you register this? I have the same problem.

I don't know if anyone is still on this page, but I have to say reading others stories about the anxiety, fog and insomnia that seems to accompany the Mirena IUD has me feeling hopeful that I'm not bound to suffer forever.... I am a single mother of a 5 yo and 8 mo. I am going back to school. I figured it's just stress. Now, after researching, I am getting this removed asap. Seems like since I got the Mirena placed, I haven't slept more than 3 hours a night. It's hard to fall asleep, when I do finally fall asleep it's never for more than a few hours followed by 4 or more hours of insanity trying to get back to sleep....not to mention the months of bleeding I had after getting it. I realize it's convenient not having to worry about taking a pill every day for contraception but in a nutshell, the nausea with vomiting, severe daily head and back aches, memory problems and not feeling like myself has to be related to this devil device. I am wondering what the hormonal "crash" will be like...few sights said there's a famous Mirena removal crash. It can't be worse that what I've been dealing with for the past 6 months. I just want to say women, we know our body, we know when we aren't feeling right, OBs probably get commissioned for how many patients they get on the Mirena so they down play side effects (like many other doc/pharmaceutical relationships I'm sure). I should have done more research before however, we'll see what happens as I am getting this Mirena removed tomorrow as I conveniently have a pap tomorrow after discovering all this information. If this blog post is still active, I'll let you know how I'm feeling and if I'm sleeping again after I get this removed!!! There's hope again!!!

I've had my mirena since 2008. I'm on my second one, to which I have having SERIOUS side effects apparently. Mood swings, memory loss, head fog, dizziness, body aches (especially lower back!!), loss of sex drive, gushing feeling in the morning, arm and leg cramps, arm and hand numbness, weight gain (+50#). I have consulted my Dr many times. He says it is all sorts of other things and has me on 4 pain pills and and muscle relaxer. Nothing helps. Now the mood swings and memory loss are affecting my relationship and my ability to perform my job. This is the only thing I can figure it is causing this problem. I didn't have these problems with the first IUD. I gained about 10#. Everything else has hit me like a wrecking ball over the past year. I don't want to talk to anyone, don't want to be in public, I'm always depressed, and I just have no energy and don't seem to care about ANYTHING. This isn't me and I know it. I try to control it myself, to no avail. So, Monday I will call a Dr and get Satan removed from soul! Happy 2016 to me (and anyone around me! [Insert apology])

Oh yes, I also experience insomnia for days! I don't feel sick ever, but then again, the pain I feel typically overrides anything else I may feel. It's excruciating!

Hope it helps you. I plan to call Monday!

Thanks! Good luck to you!

I am a 29 yesr old mother of 3. 1 have had the Mirena for almost 7 months. 2 weeks after getting it placed I gained 10 lbs. I had my period for about a month with pretty bad cramping. Then it was gone. I didn't have it for 3 months, then had it for 3 weeks.

Right after that period ended I started having very scary symptoms.. It started with my breathing and a tingling pain down my arm. I felt like I had been running up and down the stairs and could not slow my breathing down. All I did was walk from the porch to the couch to sit down. I then started having chest pains, got extremely dizzy, a terrible headache, and started having heart palpitations. My husband took me to the ER where they did am EKG, chest xrays and blood work. All of which came back normal.

4 days later, I was driving to the store when I suddenly blacked out. When I came to, I was about 100 feet from the last place I remember. I felt like I was cross eyed, my eyes would not focus, and I had a pounding headache. I managed to pull my car to the side of the road and wait for a friend to get there to take me home. When I got home she called an ambulance. My sugar levels when the EMT got here were 46(low) and I had just eaten lunch. I have never had any medical problems before all of these problems. I had more blood work and EKGs done on the way to the hospital and while I was there. All of which were normal except for I had an irregular heart beat. I was referred to a cardiologist for the following week.

I had an EKG done that came back normal as well except for an irregular heart beat. I am going on Wednesday for a stress test and more blood work done and go to the OBGYN that day too.

I haven't felt like myself at all. Yes, I have a stressful life, I have 3 kids(5, 2 and 9 months), but I am not the same person I was before I had this thing put in. My husband says my mood swings are horrific. I Just want to feel normal again. I am getting this out ASAP. Can anyone tell me what it's like getting it taken out and the after effects? TIA!

I got my June 2014 and 2 weeks ago I had pains in the chest and neck mostly on the left side like you do. I'm now having lower back pain and discomfort/ slight pains in the mid back ( now thinking from issues from a failed epidural). I have experienced some anxiety and nausea in the car before. I'm really starting to consider removal of the Mirena. I've read some scary stories. Seems a lot of women are having issues yet the doctors and Bayer only reports a small percentage of women experiencing issues. Where do we call/write to report our issues/concerns?

I am 17 never had any children or been on any birth control prior to getting a mirena about 3-4 months ago.. ever since I got it in I have been depressed. I use to be so happy and now all I do is sit in my room and cry and I have had panic attacks too. I didn't even realize until right now that it is probably the mirena. I've had suicidal thoughts too. This is the scariest thing I've experienced and im thankful for reading your story so now I have a better understand of what is happening to me. thank you so much

WOW! Reading these posts have been an eye opener! For the last 2 years I've been thinking that I'm losing my mind!!! My hair's falling off, I have this on-and-off acne (which has never been a problem, even in my teens), a constant dull headache in the front of my head (feels like someone's trying to push my brain out of my forehead), I'm listless, constantly tired, I cant string together even the simplest of thoughts, I have the worst goldfish memory...to the point that my career is taking a pummeling! I'm 38 years old, and I was convinced that I'm either pre-menopausal or getting Multiple Sclerosis! Ive even been toying with the possibility of seeing a shrink for depression. My son is now 27 months and I got it when he was 2 months. Unbelievable! This IUD has got to go!!!

I have iud now almost 7months now. I gained almost 40 ibs, memory loss, tiredness and body aches, abdominal pain odorless discharge and crappy all the time

Hey.... can you explain how it ruined your life please? I'm having awful chest pain and have had every test in the book.... all negative. This started 8 months after getting the mirena put in. I'm finally getting it removed in 4 days.... all the docs think I'm nuts for even thinking it could possibly be the mirena causing this but I guess we shall see.

Oh wow everything you said is what im been going threw for the past year and a half but i got it put it 08/2013 jus really i mean really bad cramps for a week n bleeding for two weeks they it stop didnt start having any problems until last year