Class action lawsuit symptoms and conditions

Why is there not a class action lawsuit against the makers of generic Wellbutrin-bupropion xl??? I'm an RN who tried taking it after not wanting side effects of SSRIs I'd experienced in the past and so many of us are having the SAME severe allergic reactions! I quit taking it after 2 ER trips and swollen lips and made sure to document everything that happened. I have no food or drug allergies yet now have to carry around an epi-pen! This drug should be pulled, I know people who've taken the name brand Wellbutrin or generic Budeprion SR and didn't have these reactions. I'd stick with the name brand and if on the generic be alert for the first sign of hives. It's a week later and I'm still having to take antihistamines for severe headaches even though they gave me steroids for a week!

I have posted before on my experiences with Levaquin. Actually both elderly parents were given this drug for undiagnosed bronchial ailments. My father suffered severe side effects: ocular and ulnar nerve damage, loss of appetite and weight loss, depression, insomnia, hardly able to walk, pain in shoulders, edema, shortness of breath, etc. Taken to the hospital and used as an ATM machine for more drugs and procedures, he was suddenly diagnosed with a rare form of B-Cell Lymphoma after being there over two weeks. Tried to be an advocate despite discouragement from relatives and skeptical docs. Clueless oncologist treated dad with Retuxin. Passed away the next day. A fiasco.
Incredibly, mom took two courses of Levaquin over the same three month period, suddenly came down with rare Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer after finishing the second course, and passed away within a month.
There is an Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer message board on Yahoo. Have discovered that several posts concerning loved ones stricken by this rare cancer involved the taken of Levaquin before this disease suddenly appeared.
I have felt this stuff is cancer fertilizer. Some one needs to investigate this link between Levaquin and thyroid or other rare cancers. Fluoride molecule is anathema to the thyroid. Who knows what this does to the immune system especially of an elderly person. Both parents were 84 years old.
Docs continue to merrily dispense this crap to unsuspecting and trusting patients. We had no proof of tendon ruptures, so could not join the class action lawsuit. How do we get this stuff off of the market?
Who should be responsible for the misery it has created? Docs, the drug company that makes it, the
FDA? I am convinced of a link between Levaquin and rare forms of cancer.

***MINE FELL OUT - Dr. SAID THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED IN HIS 20+ YEARS OF PRACTICE*** CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING, READ ON: Well I have now officially been on this site ALL DAY, and will continue to read every post I can until my removal appointment a week from today. Prior to this morning, I knew NOTHING of any dangerous side effects of this IUD. I am already joined up in the pending class-action lawsuit that is just beginning. Did you know that a lawsuit is in the works ladies?! You can email the law firm at:
kris@ kjbattorney.com
Or call them for details at 214-828-2800.
Here you can request them to email you up-to-date info on the lawsuit as well as details on how to get involved, and I hope you ALL do! I damn sure am.

Let me tell you why I'm so fired up:
I have had Mirena for 5 years now. Or should I say I have had THREE Mirena's in five years. My first (like alot of women I read about here) did not give me noticeable problems. I loved the freedom, got no period what-so-ever, (if so, it was maybe a day or two of spotting once every 3-4 months) I would get cramps pretty bad, but blew it off because my previous medical history DID include sometimes severe cramps (and 16 different varieties of birth control pills/shots over the years - hence my decision to try an IUD). One night I was at work, went to pee, and got up to flush and HOLY EFF, my BIRTHCONTROL was laying at the bottom of the bowl, barely visible. By the grace of GOD I saw that thing, because I had just (accidentally) birthed two kids who are barely even a year apart in age, I couldn’t AFFORD to have another baby. The days after this happened, before I could be seen by my OBGYN I bled a sickening amount. I have had a previous miscarriage, and it was so similar I really questioned if I was pregnant. I guess I'll never know for sure.

My doc convinced me that he'd NEVER seen this happen in 20+ years of practice, and we both attributed it to my long history of "birth-control FAILS" and decided to keep a close eye and give it another go, being that it had stayed in place for nearly two years with my only symptom being cramping. Again, I was fine for a little while (after the pain of insertion subsided), a few months I'd say, and then the severe symptoms showed up, nearly all at once. WICKED abdominal pain, shooting up in to my back and down my legs, I became less and less able to get out of bed (rough on a single mom who's kids are both under the age of 5). I’m a tough girl though, so I did what I could to drag my butt to work and to do what the kids needed me to, but no more than that. Social life went out the window, exploring/hiking (a favorite of mine) GONE, relationship fell apart, all of the things you've heard here from the other women...and then some. I have become a horrible person, though I love my kids VERY much (live for them!!!) and my boyfriend too...I have even told them I hate them, I hate my life, I want to die...and have attempted suicide twice (ironically with pain and anxiety pills). I DONT hate anybody, or anything...and by definition have always prided myself on having a hippie-child mentality...peace, love, and hairgreeeazzze! I was so easy-going once, so fun, so loving. It’s gone. I recently told a close friend I just feel like I am a shell anymore. Nothing in me but anger, and I feel in a daze all the time. I even get dizzy when I stand, nearly every time, sometimes severely where I think for sure I am going to faint. It has happened while driving as well...not acceptable. I have quit driving (at age 28!!!) in the dark, I can’t see good enough to do it, more scary; I don’t trust my MIND to pay attention.

Ironically enough, my life came to a breaking point over the weekend, and my boyfriend gave me this ultimatum: I first remove the Mirena (I still was refusing) and then check in to a psych unit, in-patient style, for a LONG stay to get me straight. Or he leaves me and my children (who see him as their father figure) ...It would be devastating. I agreed to the psych-ward, but NOT the removal of the IUD. My pain has been crazy the last 5-6 days (cause my pain meds for the month ran out about a week ago)
I googled "pain woman with Mirena" I have never seen a blog site so full of posts, and the frequency of posts...amazing...did you notice they average one post every day or two!?! That's ALOT of women with problems out there! I wish they had a counter on this website so you knew exactly how many are here! Needless to say this has given me the shove I needed, my removal is scheduled for next week and I am looking forward to NOT visiting the psych-unit! I will keep you updated on my progress, or check me out on facebook - Brooklyn Butterfield, Green Bay, WI ***ALSO*** Join the group MIRENA IS EVIL on Facebook, good info there as well! Wish you all luck and LIFE! <3

I wanted to let you all know what happened to me recently. About 10 months ago, my world started to unravel and I didn't know why. I was thinking some of you may know someone who is going through what happened to me. I am just now getting myself back together day by day and want to help prevent someone you may know or love from going through the same thing. I will make my story short as possible. Here goes....

I had a series of tests starting in February of this year. They were ordered by my doctor because I had the following symptoms:hot flashes, feeling like I was going to faint, heart racing, blood pressure increasing, headaches, nausea, stomach pain. My Doctor tested me for a number of things. He started by checking my heart, then for cancer and so on... All tests and scans came back okay. We didn't know what the problem was. Then about the third month of still looking one night in May for some reason I started getting crazy thoughts, like I don’t want live like this, maybe I should go jump off a bridge, I was extremly emotional and hard to calm down.

I called my Doctor. And, I talked to my husband, who came home to sit with me - so I wasn't alone. The Doctor asked me to take some benadryl to make me sleepy and said he would call me in the morning. However, after an hour I was up again and fighting the urge to jump off the bridge. Instead I called the Doctor again and this time he wanted to see me right away. He told me he had done some research and was 100% sure it was the IUD Mirena. It had caused me to start having anxiety and panic attacks. I had it removed 2 weeks later. I have met numerous other women from all over the US, not just NC. Some women don’t have problems right away. Actually, it can take years for problems to develop; or, it can be removed and then later you may develop these symptoms. Some of the symptoms others complained about were weight gain, ance, anxeity,severe depression. On top of that, your OB-GYN will say that your symptoms will go away in a few days after removal but my Family doctor said it could take 6 months or longer to feel better. The Family Doctor was right. It has been 10 months now. Thankfully, every day gets better for me. It has been a long road. Thanks to God and my family for their unwavering support.

This situation is hard for me to talk about; however, I wanted to share my story in case it could help someone else avoid the problems I had with diagnosing the symptoms. I don’t think writing this down really does justice to what really happened to me. Just know, the IUD Mirena can have harmful effects on the body. If this is happening to someone you know you have to report it to the FDA, they will not remove a drug if you blog about it, to many women are blogging about what has happened to them but you can’t just blog you have to do something

join the class action!!

Kris@kjbattorney.com
Victora@kjbattorney.com
its not local but as long as you live in america you can join the class action law suit!!

Phone: 214-828-2800
Fax: 214-827-9671

also go on facebook and search Mirena is evil
and join the group.

also please go to

FDA.gov
search Medwatch, download a form and fax it or mail it to them
they wont know side effects unlesss you tell them.
or call
800--332-1088 its for FDA. tell them you want to report side effects. there are many unkown side effects and they cant list them unless you let them know wat they are!!!
report your side effects.
dont let this drug destroy your body, i hope my damage wont be permanent!!!

another lawyer is
TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN. JUSTIN WIKIN IS DOING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST MIRENA, BECAUSE I CALLED THEM TODAY AND THEY GOT ALL MY INFO. THE NUMBER IS 850-916-7450.

I got the mirena 4 years ago... The first 2 1/2 years, I was working out and losing weight...It all started into the 3rd year.. Back pain was constant I felt weak tired & easily fatigued my hair was falling out.. I could not work out anymore I felt like I was a 90 year old..I asked my OB they did blood work. It was negative for thyroid and I was no longer suffering from anemia..They said I should go to my primary doctor...They ran more tests I am starting to believe that the mirena was set in place to boost up unesessary tests to rape us out of money...Because test after test come up negative. I'm not making up my symptoms...

Meanwhile I told them about similar stories...They nodded,, I know my pain is real. I feel it day in day out...I am calling first thing in the a.m to get it removed..I dont care how many times they advise me it is not the mirena....I will keep you all updated on my progress. Good luck to you all..... We are not alone and if a doctor or nurse really cared about our well being they wouldnt make us feel as if we are making this all up.

I have had the mirena in for 16 months and I have rung the doctor today to have it removed, I have experienced alot of the symptoms listed by many of you above but it is the constant depression and tiredness, the anxiety and the back pain are my main problems..but it is the depression that is the reason I am having it removed. Also I am tired of feeling like my body is battling itself to have a period, as I am 49 this year and it was inserted to help with constant bleeding I think I would prefer to try something natural and to just deal with the bleeding

Thanks everyone for posting. I just checked out this site after thinking that the excruciating back pain I've been having for 2 weeks may have something to do with Mirena. I've had it in for 4 months, and I'm about done with it. It seemed like a good idea for me because after having a Paragard IUD, my periods were reliably every two weeks and lasted two weeks. The latter half of my twenties.........having my period for 6 months a year, really!? So, the first 3 months I spotted or had a period that required a tampon for every day except maybe 3 days. Huge weight gain right after insertion. I've bought a scale. I'm a recovered anorexic. I haven't owned a scale in 10 years. So, my concern was off the charts. Luckily, I only gained 5-10lbs. But, I felt like a cow, and my boobs had their own zip code! And I agree, the new chub is very low abdomen, which feels and looks out of proportion with my other curves. Had I gained any more weight, I would have taken it out by now, and wouldn't be experiencing all these side affects. After 3 weeks or so without any bleeding, I've now been bleeding for 2 weeks. I've had terrible back pain! It's strange all the other things I was trying to come up with to explain this new pain. I'm a very active person and do a lot of yoga, my back almost never hurts, so you can understand the confusion. Then, after reading other posts, I'm realizing other side affects may be because of the Mirena. My acne is off the hook. I don't have the best skin anyway, but this acne is painful and cyst like. Very deep pimples on my back, shoulders, neck. It's ridiculous. And, my hair has been falling out at a much heavier rate than normal shedding. I had contributed that to my hair getting longer (I'm growing out my short hair). And the acne I was blaming on the holidays. So all in all, the Mirena might, in fact, suck the big one. It's really the constant bleeding I can't tolerate. I'm in my sexual prime, people!!! I really need this to end!!! So, I'm going to strongly consider getting it removed, stat. My doctor told me that this reaction was so unlikely. I just want birth control that I don't have to think about.

I'm glad I went on this website! I had Mirena inserted a month ago and have noticed moodiness, depression, anxiety, extreme fatigue and have excrutiating back pain. The bleeding isn't too bad which I never had an issue with that anyways but the back pain in intolerable! I'm 28 and have 2 kids but I'd rather go on the pill or patch than deal with this. I made an appointment today to have it removed. I really thought there was something else wrong with me!

I had the mirena put in February of 09 after my 3rd child was born. I had originally thought I wanted to get my tubes tied, but after finding out that I had to be put under to have that done, my husband thought it better to have the mirena. For the first couple of months I bled pretty heavy and cramped pretty bad. I asked my doctor about the bleeding and was told it would stop in the 3 months. After the 3 months was up with continuous bleeding, my doctor put in a nuva ring to go with the mirena thinking I needed more estrogen. That worked for a month, then the bleeding returned. I started having back pain, but since I work a pretty physical job, I associated the pain with my job. Went to PT for my back with no relief and was still bleeding. My doctor then tried provera to go with the mirena to see if that would help the bleeding. It worked for 10days and the bleeding was back. I had an ultrasound done in November and was told everything was properly in place so wasn't sure what was causing the bleeding. Decided in December to have the mirena removed (after being told by my doctors nurse that I needed to decide on another birth control option first) I politely told her I would not use birth control until I figured out what was going on with my body! Well I went into the office and they could not find the mirena! They scheduled a surgery to have it removed and a D &C for the next week. I went in and they still couldn't locate my mirena! After coming out of surgery, they informed me they looked back through my medical records and found the mirena outside of my uterus on the left side. They found it via the x-rays for my back pain I had in august. So now I am scheduled for a more in depth surgery next week to hopefully finally have it removed. I not only have an issue with the mirena, but apparently several doctors have misread or misinformed me about what has been going on with my body. The x-ray technician should have noticed a the mirena wasn't in my uterus, the ultrasound tech should have noticed there was no mirena and the 2 seperate doctors that ordered these tests should have looked over them! Now I have to have a second surgery and by the way, the back pain I am experiencing is ruptured disks with nerve damage on my left side which is exactly where the mirena is.... I have to get several shots to repair the nerves and possibly have surgery to fix the disk problem. I have had headaches, depression (due to the pain I believe), stomach pains and weight loss. I know several people who have the mirena with no complications at all, but I do NOT recommend the mirena!!!

Hi Ladies...I've been thinking of getting a IUD and for 2 days now, Ive been looking at all the posts for the mirena as well as the cooper IUD. I heard pretty horrible stories with both IUD's. I've also heard very good outcomes. BOTTOM LINE IS; Because we are all different individuals, Our bodies WILL respond diffrently to drugs and etc..Despite what your doctor has told you, Mirena plainly states in its brochure that....."5% to 10% of its users MAY experience VAGINAL DISCHARGE, nausea, headache, nervousness, BACK PAIN, WEIGHT INCREASE, breast pain or tenderness, ACNE, DECREASED SEX DRIVE, DEPRESSED mood, pelvic pain, high blood pressure... Mirena also states, less than 5% MAY experience MIGRAINES, PAIN DURING INTERCOURSE, unusual hair growth or loss, skin irritations, swelling of hands and feet, feeling bloated, and....MOOD SWINGS." So, everyone here have legitimate concerns. The wonderful thing about Mirena is, I can be removed if your side effects are too unbearable for you.....As for me, I'm going with the cooper one.......

We the people need to start a class action suite against these
people that have poisoned us.with LISINOPRIL
reply and i will handle the leg work.I want to stop this medical

DISASTER

I also experienced many of the same side effects, very emotional, weight gain, no libido, fatigue, cravings, migraines, back pain, left leg and hip pain, joint pain, no energy.. I can't believe they are still marketing this product, I have a 7 month old and I want to enjoy him being a baby, instead of being moody, depressed, and in pain all the time. Never again will I get a MIRENA. A friend of mine got one and she told me about it while I was pregnant, she had complications with it and had to get it removed. My mother in law told her not to tell me because I wouldn't get one, well I went to my appointment and the insertion was the most horrible pain ever, I labored 10 hours without medication and this was worse. Anyways my Mirena string was showing so I barely pulled it and it came right out, NO PAIN, I feel great. I was going to go get it removed, I will definitely not suggest MIRENA.

I've had the Mirena inserted about a month & a half ago. This was the most painful experience I have ever had in my life. I first agreed to the Mirena because I have had reoccurring cysts and most recently I found out that I have thick lining in my uterus. I have tried everything known to woman and nothing seems to work. My doctor convinced about Mirena because she said that it would be inserted in my uterus and would not release any of the hormones into my blood stream and that I would not experience any of the side effects like being on birth control. Did I mention that the insertion process was painful? About 3 days after that day I started to feel symptoms. The 1st was tender & sore breast. Then the migraine headaches started, then I noticed when I would comb my hair gobs of it would come out so I now have a small bald spot on the top of my head. I have been on my period since the day after the insertion. On Thanksgiving the bleeding got really heavy and stayed heavy. It just started to slow down yesterday. I've been nauseous, dizziness, pain in my left arm, heart palpitations, back pain, sleepiness, drowsy, lazy, no energy. I feel depressed all of a sudden and cry for stupid things. The one thing that I haven't lost is my sex drive but I've been bleeding for the last month & a half. I have not heard anything positive about Mirena. It seems like there is more bad than good. My doctor will not perform a partial hysterectomy because I am considered too young. Is there anyone out there that has similar issues like me with the reoccurring cysts & thick lining of the uterus? If so have you tried anything that actually works that doesn't have to do with making you fat hormones? Please chime in ladies!!

I'm so glad I found this. I got mirena a year and a half ago after my son was born. My OB told me it was my only option, other than tons of condoms, due to a rare blood disorder I have. Obviously my husband and I were all for being able to have spontaneous sex. Unfortunately that has never really happened. The first 7 months I bled non stop. Literally only having 2-3 days in between. After that I started with the bloating, migraines, no sex drive, and began noticing some serious mood swings. I felt horrible because I would get mad at my little boy for things I knew weren't really his fault. I recently noticed my bloating was getting worse and it was accompanied with severe lower abdominal/back pain, and fatigue. And to make matters worse I developed horrible acne on my face, chest and even my scalp (at least my hair hides that). I've been in and out of the doctors and hospitals for the past 3 months and haven't gotten anywhere with all the pain and whatnot. I go to see the OB on the 22nd for my well-woman, I think I may call in advance and make sure he can remove this on that day. Lets hope all these symptoms go away and not to mention I hope I can lose the rest of the weight I gained during my pregnancy.

I have had Mirena twice. My first insertion was 6 weeks after my daughter was born in 2006. I did not notice any side effects with the one. I breastfed the entire time so anything I was experiencing was linked to that or postpardom. I got it removed 7 months later and got pregnant the same month with no problem. I had my second daughter in 2008 and was excited to get it again... who wouldn't want to miss a period!

Within a month of the second time getting it, I developed a pain in my ovary so bad that I could not stand up straight. It turned out to be an ovarian cyst. I also have been unable to lose weight since I had my daughter despite working out 4 days a week and eating on the weight watchers plan i have only lost 10 pounds after 2 years. I have also felt anxious and depressed much like you would in your first trimester of pregnancy. My stomach is still rounded out like I am pregnant and have actually been asked when I am due several times. I have never had a problem with acne, but it has been an issue since my second insertion. I have constant back pain, which I always illuded to the fact that I am carrying around extra weight but now I wonder.

I will be having it removed within the month. I really thought Mirena was a blessing, but now I am thinking it has been a huge curse. I would not have assumed all of my issues over the past 2 years had to do with the BC I once praised but now I really wonder!

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I got the mirena put in Jan 09 and had no problems whatsoever! I had reg periods every month and then about a month 2 and half months ago started feeling like maybe I was pregnant! I have 2 other children and was done! I had read how reliable this method was and had to pay 500.00 out of pocket due to insurance not covering this!
I had a reg period july aug sept and then nothing as of nov 20th. Went in for a physical and took a pregnancy test and was positive. Had called the ob three weeks prior and was told not to worry since periods stop with mirena!
When I went to my ob the next day I was told I was 16 weeks pregnant and that they did not see the device! It is not considered high risk (supposedly) but I am very upset I was told this was so reliable and in their booklet they rated this above a vasectomy in effectiveness!
Although I did not have the horrible pain others experienced this is very disturbing to me and also that the device is nowhere in sight?? WOuld love to go in on a class action lawsuit!

Thank you Thanks you Thank you!
I am literally crying - tears - reading all of your posts because I have been totally stressed this week trying to figure out what is wrong with me... I am 33 and mother of 3 so I just thought it was normal to be tired constantly. I had Mirena put in Dec of 2008 so almost a year now. At first not a big deal, slight spotting here and there. Now I am headed to the doctor with 100 symptoms. I have felt ALL the things you all are saying, the mood swings, random crampiness, feeling like a period is coming, but nothing happens. Cramping after sex and almost always spotting the following day. Low back pain, hip/groin pain too. Feeling bloated/ full/swollen in my low abdomen. I've had a headache just about everyday for the last 2 weeks and I have been nauseous (feeling like I'm preggo again) since I got the Mirena. Anxiety, dizziness, etc etc etc. Finally called the Dr because after 10 months of no periods, I have now been actually bleeding for a week. It has scared me to death thinking I have cysts, or worse!! It has helped tremendously hearing your stories although I am sorry that so many of us are going through this.
Of course my doctor won't get me in for another 6 days - but at least I am going. The nurse made it sound like the IUD may be out of place! I have felt uncomfortable all along knowing that there was this foreign object lodged in my body so I am sure I will be getting it removed no matter what they tell me. I just have to figure out what my next step is.... I am not prepared to have any more children!
3 is amazing, but just about all I can handle right now! : )
Thanks for your posts, they have calmed my fears tremendously.

I have had Mirena for about more than a year now. I can relate to many of these symptoms. I have 2 girls and with my first daughter I've never had any problems until i got the IUD inserted in me. Worst side effects are constant back pain everyday, weight loss, the WORST bladder problem which i've never had before (just found out yesterday I have a Cyst on my ovary) , the worst mood swings ever. I've been to the emergency room time for feeling so weak and being so pale because of stomach pains (not knowing if its from the IUD, but was really scary for me) NO Sex Drive at all since the IUD. I am 21 and married, I believe i should have enough to want to be with my husband. To please him.. Right?? And when i do it is so painful.

I went to the Dr. yesterday to remove it and the Dr. told me in these words" I am not going to remove it for you, I respect you and your decision but i would not remove it, You will HAVE to go to another Dr." and then he gave me my money back (i dont have insurance) But I thought that was really strange. It's my decision to want to remove it. Isn't that crazy. It's my choice. So since my Dr. doesn't want to remove it, i am now going to choose another Dr. to remove it from me. I just think their are so many problems with the Mirena IUD and knowing if you are having plenty of symptoms you should remove it, dont take any chance!! I know I'm not

OMG!!!!! I am a Registered Nurse and still didn't know so many women (including myself) had these extreme side effects from this awful thing. I had a miscarriage back in March and chose Mirena as my birth control afterwards. Every since then I have felt like I was going (or already gone) insane. Like the original poster, I have EVERY SINGLE SIGN AND SYMPTOM!!!!! I haven't slept more than 2 hours at a time since, My bra size before was a 36C, I am now back up to 40E. Which is larger than they got after I had my son and was breast feeding him. I have the pregnant belly, mood swings from hell, hot flashes, off and on cramping (especially after sex), acne that has scared my face, bouts of awful depression, unable to concentrate on anything, lower back pain, nausea, and I always have this feeling that I'm pregnant. I also gained a whooping 25 lbs which is impossible since I had gastric bypass surgery 6 yrs ago. Just like many of you I stepped up the exercise and modified my already limited diet. I truly wish that I had stayed on Depo-Prevera. I plan on having this thing taken out of me this week. This awful "demon" needs to be taken off the market. I guess all of us that have had these extreme side effects need to be on the look out for a class action lawsuit. No woman should have to go through what all of us have been through. To those of you that have already had it removed: Did you lose all the weight that was gained after the Mirena placement? If so, how long did it take??? I'm so ready to be normal again!!

I know that for every woman, the side effects or various medications and hormones are different. I personally had the Mirena IUD inserted a little over 3 years ago on the recommendation of a friend who, at the time, had nothing but positive things to say about it. I went on that recommendation alone, and now wish that I had done more research into the side effects before having one inserted.

The initial insertion was not horrible, but not great either- a pinch at insertion, severe cramping and pain within a few hours, and a dull aching feeling in my abdomen for about a week. After that, though, I couldn't feel the IUD at all.

It was not long after that when I began to experience side effects. Like many of you, I attributed my symptoms to stress and life changes. I figured that my migraines, back pain, fatigue, dizziness, increasing urinary tract infections, and weight gain were a result of a changing metabolism and high-stress job.

When I went to my family physician to have blood work done (because I was declared anemic when trying to give blood), I was told that I wasn't getting enough iron and I went on iron supplements. (The supplements then made me constipated- sorry if that is TMI, but that was a very unwelcome result!) When I took trip after trip to my ob/gyn for antibiotics to treat UTIs, I was told that the UTIs were unrelated to the IUD. When I saw a urologist to have three separate tests done (one for hormone levels, another for uterine function, and yet another to test kidney function), all tests came back within normal range. Even when I went to the ER one Saturday morning, when my back was spasming so badly that I could barely walk or stand, I was told that my back pain was stress-related.

All the while, my friend (the one who recommended the IUD in the first place) was dealing with similar problems- weekly severe migraines, back pain, etc. She was being told the same things by her ob/gyn- none of her symptoms were related to the IUD. Since she and I trusted our doctors completely, we went on about our lives, upped our workout regimens, tried to de-stress as much as possible, took OTC pain meds when it was all too much to bear- and yet for both of us, our symptoms continued.

Then, in July, my husband and I decided to begin trying for a baby. I made my appointment to have the IUD removed (which was a painless process), and it was only then that I began to research the Mirena IUD online. My former ob/gyn had moved, and my new one seemed ill-informed about what to expect once the IUD was removed. I wanted to know how soon I could conceive, and she knew very little about the process- heck, she didn't even know what the hormone was called that she had given me to jump-start my period (it was progestin, by the way- a very common prescription that my paramedic husband knew quite a bit about, but the ob/gyn didn't even know the name of!).

Once I got online and found this site (among many others), I finally began to put two and two together. I am now firmly convinced that my symptoms were directly related to the Mirena IUD. Again, different women are affected in different ways, but I know that for me- nothing good came of messing with Mother Nature like that.

Now that I've had the IUD out for about four months, I feel like a different human being. I did experience the "Mirena Crash," but once that passed, I almost immediately began losing weight, my abdomen was no longer blown up like a balloon, my energy level and sex drive increased, my back pain is now gone, and I haven't had a migraine or UTI since.

I've since switched ob/gyns, but I now have a healthy distrust of anything medically new and experimental. I will never have the Mirena inserted again, and I will definitely research anything and everything regarding my body. Ladies, listen to your bodies- mine was screaming at me loud and clear for over three years, and even though I knew that something was very wrong, I didn't listen. I'm just happy that I "accidentally" figured it out. (Oh, and my friend will be having her IUD removed later this week. She and I now call ourselves the "sister skeptics!")

I had been on Depo for basically 14 years, I came off of it, got pregnant 3 months later and after the birth went back on it. I had gained a lot of weight with it and had all the side effects plus so when I saw mirena I thought finally something better for me. I had it inserted in aug 2008. Other than painful insertion, like labor delivery contractions the rest of that day and some the next everything was fine. I didn't get my periods back, the only thing I liked about depo, and my weight was coming off and I was actually wanting and enjoying sex again. . A year later, and 15 lbs less, thought I was still doing good. Well I thought maybe my teenage daughter had jinxed me because I was bragging about still not having a period and I started, well a week later I am still having some sort of a period. It's very light and spotty, just when you think it's gone away, well there it is again. I have been noticing vision issues, I figured it was from where I had lasic done several years ago was starting to go but after reading everyone else's posts I think that's not it now. Everything I was experiencing, the back pain, blurry eyes, feeling sad, lower abdominal pain, I made an excuse for until now. I have recently started to loose my sex drive again. I hadn't had any, or so I thought, problems until several weeks ago. My problem is I can't take the pill, I don't want the depo back because of the side effects, the patch won't work for me so I am not sure what is left for me to take, I saved up for this and put so much money into it and now after reading everyone else's post realize that this BC is not for me either.

SIX HOURS POST REMOVAL- I had my mirena removed today after 3 years and nearly 3 months. My side effects included headaches, sore breasts, weight gain, nausea, severe hair loss, depression, severe pitting edema of my right foot, cramping, hip pain, exhaustion, severe mood swings, and acne. During the first six months I had constant bleeding, which I had been told to expect. I took regular pills everyday and the bleeding stopped. Then the hair loss started. My hair came out in clumps and was EVERYWHERE. I lost about 15 inches of my hair in spots. I went to the salon and got a fantastic hair cut, I attributed my hair loss to stress. Now I'm not too sure. I also didn't feel like I was myself with the odor that I developed. No matter how many times I showered I felt not regular. Slowly but surely over the past three years I have gained 30 lbs. I worked out to try to get the weight off, I lost nothing and in fact gained weight! The pitting edema of my left foot started in July of 08. I have been tested for everything including diabetes, heart problems, clotting disorders, pregnancy, high blood pressure, kidney problems, and the list goes on to the tune of $6,000. I went to my OB back in the spring and was told if they could find nothing else then they would remove the IUD. In the interim I lost my job and subsequently my insurance. I luckily was able to get coverage again and immediately set an appointment for the removal. Insertion hurt like nothing I have ever experience, removal was quick and almost painless. I also ended up with BV (bacterial vaginosis). I feel and look as though I am about 6 or 7 months pregnant. My belly is actually the same size as it was when my son was born. I weight about 15 lbs more. My breasts were extremely swollen and sore.

I instantly felt better after removal. My hip immediately stopped tingling. I have no back pain. It felt almost like a lifting if that makes sense. I am curious to see what the next few weeks will bring and I will definitely keep you all posted.