February 7th
2008
10:12 PM
I had the Mirena placed in October of 2004 and had it removed October of 2005. I suffered from not only profuse acne, but raging mood swings that my GYN attributed to postpartum depression (I'd given birth in March 2004). I was put on three different anti-depressants. My husband-who's known me for over 20 years-didn't know who I was any more and our relationship suffered greatly. I didn't know what was going on, either. I was devastated as I watched myself crumble emotionally and physically. It wasn't until his even-keeled sister got the Mirena in 2006 and suddenly began biting people's heads off that my husband realized that he'd responded very badly to my unsolicited mood swings. He had believed that I'd just lost control after having our third child. I also gained 20+ pounds and had difficulty losing the weight. I suffered from extreme fatigue and had night sweats. I, too, was annoyed by the break-through bleeding and 10-12 day periods. How many pair of Hanes did I throw away because of all the brown spotting? Who knows! Oh, yes, the insertion: I was very angered that the doctor didn't tell me that I could experience EXTREME pain!!! I actually went into shock and was kept in the examination room for four hours because of my reaction! Yet another memory, my husband could feel the Mirena 'strings' when he penetrated deeply-as most of us like to experience during sex. He often complained of feeling a poking sensation and was actually discouraged from continuing sex on a couple of occasions.
If there was a class action suit brought against the Mirena producers, I'd take my thick gynecological file and march with the rest of its seemingly purposefully uninformed women that have suffered of this uterine parasite.
August 15th
2008
1:57 AM
Oh! And Furthermore, Lest I forget to register MY formal COMPLAINTS about Yasmin...
-- By deelite | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message mei was a healthy 160 pounds when i started taking Yasmin 6 years ago (about) I now weigh about 218. 60 pounds in 6 years for me =( I attribute some of that to Yasmin...
also~ signature heart palpitations, depression, moodiness. exhaustion crept up on me over time, worrying about everything, being tired but not being able to sleep, (these all contributed to my lask of ability to exercise overly much....palpitations during exertion are very scary....
horrible overall experience. Just got off, going back to condoms as a 31
year old woman! (tells you how bad the pills are) Will never take ANY pills ever again in my life and really think these pills should be taken off the market. in this site alone you will find over 4000 threads on the topic of bad Yasmin side effects....google it and Im sure you will find tons more, Get off this pill if you value your heart and your hair! and spread the word.... I wish you all the best and pray this isn't something even worse than we realize, or that the damage is not irreparable. =(