February 24th
2009
9:39 AM
I am thinking of calling my doctor today to schedule an appointment to have my Mirena IUD removed. I had it inserted about 1 year ago. In August of 2008 I turned 37. My original thought was I was getting older and although I had been in perfect health up to this point, I figured my age was catching up to me. Now I am starting to think differently. Here's my story:
The day of my birthday party an overwhelming wave of vertigo swept over me and I ended up on the floor (and no, I wasn't drinking, it was a family party!). I was so dizzy and so sick I had to go straight to bed. I went to the doctor the next Monday and saw the PA. She thought I had an inner ear imbalance and gave me some Meclizine for the dizziness. That wave of dizziness ended before I had to take the medication but I held on to it in case I needed it in the future.
End of August nagging pain in my foot sent me to the doctor's office again. I had been ignoring it because I had no injury to my foot. Come to find out my foot was broken and I had a severe Vitamin D deficiency. I have no idea if this is related to the Mirena but I am adding it in for the consistency of my story.
Since my Mirena I have also had to get new glasses. My contacts drive me nuts and I can't seem to see out of them. This also happened when I was pregnant and my doctor told me it was the hormones from pregnancy causing the visual changes. I think this time it's the hormones in the Mirena causing me to walk around like Mr Magoo when I am wearing my contacts.
My brain is in a fog. I can't think clearly. As soon as I see a bed or a couch I am planted. I have no desire to do anything. If I could stay in bed all day I would. I really have no idea how I manage to get out of bed each morning and me a productive member of society. I am on Zoloft for depression. I have had to have my dose increased due to it not being as effective as it was when I first when on it. I have no patience when it comes to my kids and that kills me. I don't want to be a grumpy mom.
I have headaches everyday. Throbbing headaches where I swear I can feel the blood vessels in my brain pulse. Somedays it feels like I am about to have an anorysm. Other days my headache is confined to behind my eyes and I was contributing that to my contacts and vision changes.
This past month I have been to the doctor due to horrid jaw pain. My jaw actually locked up on me and I couldn't open my mouth. I have been fitted with a mouth guard for sleeping and was given a prescription for a muscle relaxer to help me not clench when I sleep.
And again this weekend greated me with the horrible experience of vertigo. I was grocery shopping last night and thought I was going to pass out in the middle of the frozen food aisle. My dizziness didn't go away with sleep. I woke up at 2am this morning still dizzy and unable to fall back asleep. I am trying not to move my head or my body for that matter too much today. The medication was brought out of the cabinet and I took one last night and one this morning. It isn't helping very much.
So, between the anti-depressant, the muscle relaxer, the dizziness medicine, and the constant supply of Advil I am consuming I am thinking now is the time to call my doctor. It was until my sister mentioned that all my problems seemed to have started when I got this monster implanted that I realized that yes, this was true. I want my health back. I want to enjoy my kids again.
-- By cbneary | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message me
November 14th
2008
2:32 PM
I am a 56 year old man who has been on zocor for a few months. A few weeks ago after going out to a party, the next day I was ok in the AM, but then became increasingly dizzy to the point of having to stay in bed.
Last Saturday, I had a two hour drive and felt dizzy driving and got worse as the drive went on. I had several anxiety attacks and had to stop several times. On the way back Sunday, I was so dizzy and disoriented, I had more anxiety attacks and had to stop several times again. That night, I went to a birthday party and had several glasses of white wine, which made me feel a little better.
Ever since then, I have had severe dizziness and numbness almost sending me to the emergency room. This site keeps me out.
After 5 days of no zocor, and limited alcohol and caffeine intake, I am feeling much better.
Also, over the last few months, I have been getting weird flaking of skin on my face.
Don't take zocor. If you do, don't drink, and limit the caffeine.
-- By wilsondg | Reply | Private Message me
March 16th
2008
12:37 AM
I am very thankful that I followed my instincts to go to this website. I have had so many different side effects from the Mirena but, I did not put them all together until today. I am a mother of four children and was at a birthday party when another mother asked me what was I using for birth control. I responded to her and told her that I was using the "Mirena". She went on to tell me that she herself was once using "Mirena" but after losing almost all her hair she got off of it.
So tonight I can relate to many of you with the symptoms of Mood Changes, Tiredness, ******Hair Loss*****, Stomach Bloating, Heart Palpatations, Weight Loss, Headaches, depression, acne, *****Memory Loss*****. And, of course these symptoms are not symptoms that you will see if you do research on the Mireana as I myself have done. This week I am calling my Doctor to have this removed. One positive did come from this (I HAVE NOT GOTTEN PREGNANT) but I am ready to be back to normal with my body again. As another mom stated my husband needs his wife back and my children need their mommy back.
Thank You
-- By smileydas | Reply | Private Message me
June 13th
2005
8:15 PM
Don't know if completely related but daughter (9) was put on gabitril 10mos ago for PTSD... she seemed to be fine on medication, sleeping through the night finally. But she is homeschooled and I noticed that some days she would forget everything she had been taught the day before. Last week of May this yr she was playing at a birthday party and got overheated, she started having tremors, trouble paying attention, and very clumsy...Thought was related to Risperdal that she is also taking so we got her cooled off as fast as we could. Tremors lasted two days. Doctor said was unaware what would cause symptoms I was describing. A week later we took her for yearly dental x-ray and 6mo cleaning. Dentist found two teeth with internal root resourption (not common in 9yr olds) lucky for us they are baby teeth, but are not to come out for two years, they will have to be pulled and spacers put in to make room for perm teeth. Started asking questions about medication and dental problems, found that med can cause tooth decay and other problems. Don't know if that is what caused her teeth problems but x-ray last yr showed two healthy teeth. Has any one else had dental problems taking this one? Think we are going to give up a good night sleep to keep the teeth.
-- By taraoneill69 | Reply | Private Message me
May 7th
2009
9:38 PM
Help me figure out what im doing wrong?
I'm 21, i exercise constantly, I have never had children. i have what I'd like to think of as "a very healthy normally functioning uterus". extremely regular periods, barely get any cramps. I'm in great health, except i drink and recently picked up smoking . I got my Mirena inserted 3weeks ago exactly.
this is my mini journal:
1st day:(3/16/09) got it inserted and they gave me antibiotics to prevent infections. i had very light spotting and mild cramping. Advil did the trick
2nd& 3rd day:
like nothing ever happened. i was feeling great.
4th day:
I finished taking my antibiotics.I bicycled for about 2hours. i got home and i had cramps more painful than usual. spotting got darker
5thday: (4/20/09)
i had a very sharp pain from the bottom my ribs cage to my belly button felt like my organs in that area where gonna pop or like someone punched me really hard. i had a drink that night and it really didn't help. it would come and go all day. spotting was heavier but not dark
6thday: (4/21/09)
it was my 21st birthday so naturally i had to drink but i was really hesitant because i still had the same pain. i had a couple drinks smoke a couple cigarettes and the pain went away and never felt it again. spotting faded and was pinkish color
(4/22/09)-(05/02/09)
to pain no nothing spotting was becoming clearer over these days
05/03/09:
was my friends birthday party I walked around town everywhere. i had no car and no bike and i had to run errands for the party... grocery store, bank,...everywhere! my legs were so sore when i finally got home.
at the party and had maybe 3 drinks and smoked a lot of cigarettes. the next morning i was woken up by in the worst pain ever (i wasn't hungover) its felt like someone was sticking a knife up my vagina into my uterus. i was bleeding a lot and it was really dark i was in tears. i didn't have ANY type of aspirin or anything at the time. it would come and go for about 3-4 hours. finally i got some Tylenol and the pain went away haven't felt it since.
05/04-today: drank,smoked, no exercise, no pain, since then spotting is almost clear
now im wondering if the pains or cramps were from really from excessive exercise?
-- By melobello | Reply | Private Message medoes that mean i cant exercise now or ride my bike? :(