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I am so happy to have found that many others are experiencing the same things...I have gone CRAZY!!!! I almost started anti-depressants and was scheduled to see a psychiatrist next week because I have totally changed emotionally and sexually. I had a great sex drive and was always happy go lucky....after some thought I starting researching this Mirena...and I think this may be the root of my unhappiness. Plus all these other side effects!....

~Tired all the time
~ Depression
~ Hungry all the time
~ leg cramps
~ hair loss
~ oily skin and bad breakouts
~ No period ..ever
~ Mood swings (huge...yelling fits at my husband and the kids)
~ light stomach & back cramps for weeks at a time

Best of Luck to all of you~I am getting this thing taken out ASAP!

How nice to find this site !!!

I am 28 with 2 kids, had the Mirena in for a little over 2 years. I have read through this and so many of the symptoms are ringing true to my experiences ....

~ Tired all the time
~ Depression
~ Heavy discharge w/odor
~ Hungry all the time
~ leg cramps
~ Left side of body cramps
~ No period ..ever
~ Mood swings
~ light stomach & back cramps for weeks at a time

Making an appt with the doctor to have it removed I think ! Wish me luck ~

My periods as I know them are gone. I spot usually 2-3 weeks out of a month. I keep getting yeast infections (once sometimes twice a month). I do get cramps in my abdomen which I never had until I got Mirena. I still get lower back cramps. My breasts are very swollen & tender like I'm pregnant even though I'm not. I've had Mirena about 4 months now. I guess I will wait to see if this situation gets better in the next few months before I make the decision to take it out. Overall I am not at all impressed with Mirena.

I experienced a lot of pain while I was on YAZ . I was taking it as a treatment for PCOS. I took it for 3 weeks. I was instructed be my GYN to take it on the first day of my period. The first week, I had no complaints. The second week, instead of it ending - my period became a lot heavier. I started experiencing constant headaches, and sever bloating. My wedding band is usually loose around my finger. One morning I woke up and my finger was red and I could not get it off my finger. The third week, I started experiencing a lot of pain. The pain first started in my lower back, it felt a lot like back cramps. Then it started to intensify. By this time I also had cramps in my abdomen and groin area, and my ovaries felt like they were going to burst. The pain I was in , was equivalent to being in labor. I was rushed to the ER where they gave me morphine. I was in so much pain that the first two batches of morphine did not work. On top of all that, I was so sick. I was not able to hold anything down the whole last two weeks prior to there ER visit. I had no idea that YAZ was causing the pain, until the ER Dr. explained that I was not reacting well with the Yaz , and that I should stop taking it immediately. Oh and let me mention - I experienced sever mood swings, sometimes accompanied with rage like feelings. I went back to my GYN and she put me on Femcon Fe. I will never recommend the birth control YAZ to anybody. It is a horrible birth control pill in my opinion. It did not help me in any way it just made it worse. I give YAZ a big fat zero.

I had Mirena inserted in 2006, and for a year and a half it was Great, I hadn't experienced any know side effects.

Then in late 2007 I began to notice my hair thinning tremendously, I had my thyroid tested and cholesterol thinking something severe was happening, cause I'd always had thick beautiful bouncy hair.

Well low and behold I tested negative for all illnesses and began to speak out about this problem to others and heard a few people said they had their Mirenas removed because it pulled all of their hair out and they were even balding on the sides like alopecia.

I then began to google mirena side effects and ran across sites like this one and saw that I had been experiencing a ton of Mirena's God Awful Side effects, such as severe acne, hair loss, moodiness, extreme fatigue,constant irritability, and sometimes weight imbalance, depression, low back cramps when time for my cycle.

I think there should be a class action lawsuit for this drug because I have suffered tremendously with side effects that I was never warned about, I advise you NEVER GET MIRENA IT"S NOT WORTH IT I'D RATHER HAVE A TON OF KIDS THEN LOSE MY HEALTH AND BEAUTY!!!!!!!! DON'T GET MIRENA PLEASE!!!!!!

I am sure like anything else (like pregnancy) some are lucky, some are not. After reading this, I cant say i consider myself super unlucky! But, I have had Mirena in for almost 2 years, and have an appt. to have it out in 3 days...

I basically feel pregnant. Never have periods any longer, horrible cramping though I never had PMS, now have ovarian cysts on both sides, very tender breasts, smells make me sick, very picky about what I feel like eating or not and very tired. The lower back cramps get so bad they make me feel sick. I go through periods of random and constant spotting, then nothing. It is very disruptive in our sex life, though another problem I don't seem to have is diminished sex drive (but, pain, spotting etc has affected it).

I cant say I have had weight gain, though I am very active so that helps. But, I can say my body has changed - my breasts are larger though my body fat % is under 15, and my jeans feel much tighter in the hips and butt with no real weight gain. I feel like I have been moody as well, and almost felt depressed, but had some real stress so I didn't attribute that to Mirena.

The first six months was crap (discharge, cramps, spotting, irregular or no periods), but I really felt like it may take time. I hadn't had kids, so yes, for me it hurt very much getting it in, and I have a pretty high pain tolerance, though I am sure it varies for everyone.

I guess it is one of those things, maybe too good to be true. I am glad I tried it, because I do love the idea of it but I am done! Kind of is weird that they don't know 100% of how it works, different for everyone but I can tell you that until I got the cysts, I def. felt like I still ovulated.

The pain was so bad getting it in, I am nervous about getting it out! The "thread" or whatever is no longer beneath the cervix, though the sonos I had for the cysts show the placement is fine...if anyone has gone through this, let me know!

it comes dwn to what others say - if this seems to be the best alternative for you, try it, give it a bit of time, but LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. I wish I had it out months ago...

I had a gorgeous baby girl in April. My future husband and I spoke about our B.C. options after her birth and decided that the Mirena would work great for both of us. I spoke with my Dr. because I had been on the Depo in the past (progesterone based) and I had gained a ton of weight. She said that because of the low continuous dose of progesterone, weight wouldn't be an issue. At the end of June I had the Mirena put in. I went in for a recheck to make sure that it was in position in the beginning of August after my wedding (I know... The cart before the horse). At this time I weighed 132 lbs. It is now mid November and I have been having some pretty severe gastric problems. I went to my internal med Dr. a couple of weeks ago and I weighed in at a wopping 146 lbs. I know that it doesn't sound like a lot but to gain that much weight in a short time is nauseating. I am not pregnant anymore. Here is what my symptoms were and why I chose to go to internal medicine and not the gyn. I had TERRIBLE gas. Not only often but the smell. My new husband and baby looked at me like I was a monster. Not to mention the horrible side and back cramps. Bloating was now my best friend and not saved for "that time of the month". My internal med Dr. thought that my gall bladder might be failing because she said that she sees a lot of this in post natal women. I went through 2 weeks of tests from blood draws to scooping my stool into test vials for analysis to having radiographic dyes shot into me to make a movie of my gall bladder function. I couldn't hold my baby for a whole day because I was radioactive. The results turned up nothing. I sat at home on my couch that night (11/13/08) feeling defeated and not understanding what was happening to my body. I reflected on what was different about me, since the birth of my daughter, and all I could come up with was the Mirena. I decided that it was a shot in the dark, but I was going to check out the side effects online. Then I found all of you. OMG, I am a text book case of everything that you all are reporting. The following are my other symptoms that I have been dealing with. I hope it helps you when trying to find a B.C. that is right for you. My sex drive has gone out the bottom... Not to mention my new found skinniness. My headaches are dull and nagging and I am on the verge of massive panic/anxiety attacks on a weekly basis. I lost about half of my head of hair (it started falling out about 2 months after the Mirena was inserted). I go from massive, can't find a bathroom fast enough diarrhea to really soft obnoxious smelling stools. My husband has stated, on many occasions, that he is a man and can "appreciate a good, healthy fart" but what I have makes him want to throw up. Did I mention the bloating? My periods are lighter but last almost 2 weeks every month. I have night sweats and hot flashes. I am irritable and tired all of the time. Funny enough, my tolerance for alcohol has decreased dramatically and I go from having fun and drinking a cocktail to wasted, hammered drunk in seconds. I have acne all of the time and its everywhere... my face, back, chest. I have never suffered from acne. I hope that I covered all of my side effects but I may have missed a few because there are so many things that I am experiencing. Needless to say, I feel like a have a voice and a remedy to everything that I have been going through over the past 2 months. Today, at 30 years old, I going to take a stand for my body... I am having my Mirena taken out at 1:15 this afternoon. Hopefully life will smell and feel so much better... LOL

Hi I have severe lower-back cramps and ache going all he way up to my shoulder blades.
I guess its from the Euthyrox 25micro grams(Livothyroxine sodium) which I am taking now for over a week.
I was diagnosed for hypothyroidism and my T3, T4 levels were marginally high so my practitioner started me on the lowest dose.

But this side effect is quite disturbing and need to get rid of this to handle the work pressure in the office.

thanks
Abhishek

I have had Mirena since July. I went through a lot of life stress this past fall (moving to a new city after 10 years, being separated from my bf during this time for two months, etc) but I really think Mirena is not right for me.

I am bloated all the time, my periods are erratic, I am more moody than usual and I have NO sex drive. Worst of all, I think I'm pregnant ALL THE TIME. I just don't trust this thing and I literally drive my man nuts worrying about being pregnant. I also have developed some pimples (like on my back, upper arms, etc) that I never had a problem with before! I have gained a few pounds as well.

I feel like a putz spending all this money but I really want it out. I feel like I should "give it more time" but really, what is the point?

I had my Mirena IUD put in about February 2006 after I had my second daughter. A friend told me how nice it was to just put it in and forget it since I had a hard time remembering to take the pill, and the patch was awful for me. Not even a month after getting my IUD in I started experiencing a lot of problems. Stomach pains all of the time, extreme weight gain, above and beyond what I had gained and lost from the pregnancy. I visited my regular doctor many times in the search to find what was wrong, and also visited the ER a few times and after many tests, ultrasounds, and blood work, they couldn't find a thing wrong with me. The most they've ever found is a little low potassium, which I solved with a banana. Not too long after that, I started experiencing leg and back cramps and my legs, arms, feet all started going numb on a regular basis. Now, all this time later- I will wake up in the middle of the night with my arms and legs having no feeling at all, not even be able to move my body. I have again, seen my doctor over 100 hundred times since February 2006, complaining of pains and everything else that I've experienced- for check ups and tests, and have gotten nowhere. My doctor has claimed that my IUD would not be a cause. I have also seen my OB-GYN and had him check my IUD, but the first time I went to visit him about it, he couldn't find my IUD and I had to get an ultrasound done to find the IUD, after the ultrasound - they told me it was right inside my uterus and there were no problems. Both of my doctors have denied that the IUD could cause problems like this and I am sick of it. I decided to get my IUD out because my husband and I are going to try for our third child. I didn't think to look up anything on the IUD until I looked up information about removing it and what the process included. That is when I found this site. I am having my IUD out on Sept 5th and hope that my problems will stop and go away. I will keep you all posted as to whether or not I can actually have another baby, and whether or not my problems go away.

I am a 39 yr old man who is physically active. I was put on lisinopril 10mg, 2 months ago. Ive been coughing bad ever since. living on cough drops and cough medicine at night. NO HELP! Found this web site because lack of sex drive since I started using this drug, I was also on flexeril for an old back injury that came back around do to physical life style and hard work. I checked side effects on both meds and found out both had an influence on lack of sex drive and ED. After reading many comments about lisinopril, I also have back cramps, numbness in stomach and weakness in legs. Also realized I've been gaining weight like crazy. Also due to cough I alot of trouble sleeping. THIS DRUG IS A NIGHTMARE

I am SO relieved to hear of all of the side effects that people have mentioned here. I have only taken this stuff for a week and have had the "sticking toes", foot cramps, back cramps, and debilitating heartburn after I eat anything. Fortunately, I was given the advair temporarily for a bronchial issue, but will not be taking it any more....

i'm on 60mgs i get the shakes so bad that i look like a palm tree in a hurricane;i get the sweats,teary eyed,snot running from my nose like the niagra falls. along with an upset stomach,sore back,cramps in the legs, and as weak as anewborn puppywith distemper.this is due to acute kidney failure