Mirena iuc symptoms and conditions

Had the Mirena IUC inserted January 2009. I have not had any children nor have I been pregnant so the insertion was a bit painful, but I sucked it up. About an hour after the insertion, I felt really faint, turned pale, my bp and heartheart dropped, and the cramps were excruciating so I slept and took some tylenol which helped. After the first day though... I felt completely fine. Since then I've had slight cramps on and off. I exercise alot and it doesn't seem to bother me. I have noticed I go to the bathroom more often but not sure why?! I have had NO problems with weight gain, mood swings, or a low sex drive at all. As far as my period goes, I got it the following month and it is pretty light but has lasted longer than usual. I hear this is common for the first few months, cause my body still has to adjust. My hope is that I will quit having periods all together and my partner will not be aware that the Mirena is in! It is sad to hear all the negative side effects others posted about the Mirena. My biggest disappointment with it so far are ACNE (which I never really had) and the horrible pain following the insertion.

How much you wanna bet that if a commercial came on National TV that said: "If you have had or now have the Mirena IUC and are experiencing the following symptoms:...etc etc etc....please have it removed immediately", women by the hundreds of thousands would suddenly come out from under rocks and having been alerted to what was causing their problems, would have it removed and boy would there be a HUGE class action law suit. (I know there is supposedly one going on or was one but i cant seem to get a response from them.). I just know there are many many more of us but they just have no idea! I emailed everyone, I mean EVERYONE I know to pass along my story and you wouldn't believe how many people wrote back to me and said that they KNEW someone who had the Mirena and was having all those symptoms!! so ladies....put out an email bulletin to all your friends and family so people can be aware. Even if you saved one women, thats more than none!

Hi! I am 23 with two kids. I got pregnant with both of them b/c we were just using condoms and slipped up a couple of times. I chose the Mirena IUC because i didn't want anymore surprises! I have had it for about 14 months, since Aug. of 2007. I had it inserted 7 weeks pp. I was informed by my doc that there would be some cramping that would minimize and probably be gone over time. I knew that there were some serious side effects also, but i was lead to believe that they were very very rare. So, ive had many things going on in my body that, as most of you did, i contributed it to being older and my body changing after having two kids (16m apart!). Some of my symptoms have been, sharp, piercing pains on either side of my pelvic region (i assume thats my ovaries), and also dull, cramping that comes on slowly and intensifies and radiates to my lower back. Almost as bad as labor pains. My stomach is always bloated, i too look like i am about 4 months pregnant. I am extremely fatigued all the time. I can't sleep at night. I wake up with night sweats and even when i do sleep i am still tired. I haven't gained any weight, but i haven't lost any, seeing as how i was only 7 weeks pp when i had it inserted i am still not back to my normal weight. I have gone to the gym every day for months and took up running which i hate, only to see no results! My hair is falling out in the shower and when i brush my hair. I thought this happened because i stopped my prenatal vitamin because it happened with my first son, but i'm still losing hair. I have terrible headaches. I probably get one or two a month. I use to have maybe one or two a year. I am very anxious and nervous all the time. Sometimes more than others. I have always been worried about germs but now i tend to go overboard. I know i'm doing it but i can't help myself. I have really bad mood swings and i realize it when they're coming too but its so overwhelming i just have outbursts! I have very frequent yeast infections and i had never had one before. For a long time i didn't know what was going on. I have a lot of discharge also very irritating! I have absolutely no libido. My poor husband begs me and then i cringe the whole time. I've never been like that before. Anyway, when i came across the website and read all of these posts that were exactly what i was going through i knew it was the Mirena! I called my doc. and i'm having it removed on the 26th! I cannot wait! I am so excited that i can look forward to feeling myself once again after thinking this was the way it was for so long. I am just sad that for 14 months i've lived my life in a fog, and not been as excited about life as i could have been. By the way, i know a lot of you guys are going to be looking for other birth control whenever you get this one taken out, but make sure you read some reviews on it too because i thought about yaz and nuvaring, but they seem to have reviews that are almost as bad. I want to be me! The way i felt when i was 19 before i ever had kids. I want to have fun! I say NO to any extra hormone running through my body. The condom will have to do for me, and my husband and i have vowed to use it the way we were suppose to be the other times we got pregnant. If i do get pregnant, its is what the Lord had planned for me and my family and i'll look at it as a blessing. Besides being pregnant is way better than feeling like this.

I got Mirena inserted June 07.Since then i have gained 30 pounds.Right after my baby was born i was 130ponds.I weigh myself once a week.Since Jan 08 i have been a whooping 160pounds till now.No addition or subtraction.Before Mirena all i needed to do to loose some weight was walk for about 30 minutes a day,but now,i can walk on the track for 30 minutes,do some crunches,walk on the treadmill for another 20 minutes and am still at 160pounds!!!! For all the people who have had the Mirena removed,did you shed some pounds?
Thanks you.

I was on the Nuvaring for a little over a year and am now on the Mirena IUC. The first six months of using the Nuvaring were great! I loved it and told all of my friends who were getting married to try it out. Then all of a sudden I started developing chest pain and sometimes my heart would feel like it was going to rip right out of my chest because it was beating so fast. I also had this milky white discharge ALL the time. This was so embarrassing because I would have to wear panty liners everyday and WHAT is sexy about that? I have always had pain with intercourse and then afterwards even using lubricant I felt a burning. I also noticed that while I had the ring in about week 2 or 3 I would start feeling an itching inside and then when I took it out it would clear up and then start all over again. I also would get so nauseous about once a month that I would throw up. I'm so glad that I went off it! My GYN told me that the Nuvaring couldn't be causing the chest pain after no symptoms for 6 months, but then when I removed it and started the IUC I am chest pain, icky discharge, and itching free. I didn't notice any mood changes while on Nuvaring and thank goodness, because as a newly wed I think my husband would have run screaming WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO?

I took paxil when I was around 24 years old. The stupid psychiatrist (who was so cold, and never smiled, and then asked me to tell her how I felt) at the time never warned me about NOT stopping it cold turkey. So one day I did stop and I experienced symptoms already described by other people: extreme relapse into depression and anxiety, felling like I "wasn't real", social phobia, agoraphobia and feeling suicidal. Now I am on Effexor and my doctor says "there are no withdrawal symptoms". I was put on Effexor due to a diagnosis of major depression last 6 months ago and I believe it was all precipitated by hormonal birth control. All the doctors and psychiatrists I spoke to about the possible link between hormonal birth control and depression and anxiety told me there was no link (or that it was very rare). I hate the attitude of the medical community:(

I am 28 and have had the Mirena IUC in for 10 months now. I though this would be a great contraception for me as I have one child that was not planned already and the pill has not had a stellar track record of working for the women my family. However, about 6 months ago I started getting cold sores on my face--which I have had before but very rarely. It has gotten completely out of control. I seem to get one every 3-4 weeks, just when the last one is almost completely gone I get another one! I have seen the dermatologist and even tried expensive meds. I was wondering if there is anyone else having problems similar to this before I get the IUC removed.

I just started nuvaring 6 days ago after having a mirena iuc for 3 years. This is the worst bc ever. I have put on 3 pounds, am extremely bloated and i get so tired i just can't do anything, and oh the mood swings. I will be taking it out today.

Hi all, I've been using the nuvaring for about 2 months now. I had twin boys in Feb, and DO NOT want to get preg for a long time. I originally wanted the Mirena IUC, but my dr ended up having a medical emergency and is no longer practicing. Anyway, for my 6 wk checkup I got a male dr who "doesn't do the Mirena thing." I was so mad. My mom has had a pulmonary embolism from estrogen therapy before and I shouldn't be taking estrogen because of that. This doctor said that isn't a problem for me and I believed him. Now I'm having the worst headaches I've EVER had in my life. I am so dizzy all the time, I almost dropped my son this morning and did drop him the other day. I am unable to focus on anything or remember anything that i need to do. I'm also experiencing vision problems which ****** states could be a bloodclot in my eye. YAY, at least I have an AWESOME family doctor and he is going to see me asap tomorrow morning. I hope these headaches go away soon, I took it out today after what is now the 6th day of barely being able to keep my eyes open. I'm wearing sunglasses now so I can look at the computer!! Hope everyone gets their situations with this resolved and we all find something BETTER.

My Mirena Removal....
So i posted here a few weeks ago after I found this site. I had EVERY side effect listed and was so freaked out that i immediately made an appointment for removal.
For those of you reading and wondering what the removal is like..
Well, NOTHING like the insertion. I was so so nervous and it was over before we actually started. The DR was surprised that i was back in his office to have this removed. He then proceeded to do an ultrasound to be sure it was placed properly before removal. And yes, all was OK on the position of it. I explained to him my reasons and he looked at me like he had never heard this before. I honestly can not imagine with all the women he sees that NONE of them have complained. But...as I was getting dressed afterwards, I took a good look in his office. There was Mirena literature ALL over the place. In fact, that was the ONLY thing he was advertising. Not to mention...they made me pay up front with the insertion back in Nivember...billed my insurance and I still have yet to receive my reimbursement. Oh yeah, and that...they charge more than the actual Mirena costs, then they bill your insurance for the price they know they will pay and the DR then makes about $150 profit. Nice.
Ok, back to my side effects post Mirena. The removal was not painful at all. I did spot for about a week- nothing too heavy but it was clotty and def there.
A couple of days after the removal it felt like I was coming out of my skin something terrible. I figured this was my body adjusting to the lack of hormones. I also had some headaches.
It has now been 2 weeks and the spotting has disappeared. I also can see the bloating of my stomach is starting to go away. It looked like I was about 4 mos preggo while I was on it. I also have an increased sex drive. And sleep-- well let me tell you, I have not slept this good in a very long time. I am actually sleeping more than 6 hours now and the night sweats have also discontinued.
I can't believe EVERY time I come to this site and look up Mirena ALL the people that have posted their experience as being negative. Yet, the DR looks at me like I am crazy! I have been seeing him for years and I have never complained about something like this. I really am so happy that I have it out and wish I would have done my research on this prior to insertion (which was one of the most painful things ever!)
So..for those of you out there that are either contemplating having it inserted...I say NO WAY. And for those of you out there that are nervous about the removal or not sure..I SAY YES, DO IT! For our bodies to be reacting this way, it is clear to me that it should not be inside of us. Listen to your bodies...they really do speak to you and let you know when something is not right. Forget about the DR saying it is safe or he has not heard of any of these side effects...YOU be the judge.
Good luck! And I promise it gets better once you get that lil' demon out!
Mona

As a follow-up to my posting of 10/10/07, I have had my Mirena IUC removed and went immediately on Errin Tabs (mini-pill). All of my previous side effects have gone away - meaning I was right on the money thinking the Mirena was causing them even though my Dr. and the NP both said these were not side effects: weight gain, hair loss, fatigue, dizziness, and the horrible joint/bone pain. I haven't bled since I started the mini-pill which was great since the non-stop bleeding with Mirena. I feel like my old self with that thing out! Best of luck to all.

My Mirena IUC has been in for 3 months and I'm having it taken out tomorrow. There was a lot of irregular bleeding from spotting to period-type, but the worst side effects have been the acne, fatigue, and bone pain. My hands have even been swelling. I also seem to have intermittent swelling of my lower abdomen. Last month, ongoing back pain and digestive problems had started. I've missed a few days of work. The convenience of Mirena is not worth the side effects for me. Also have had ongoing headaches and some dizziness. These are all side effects of the hormone in Mirena according to other websites, but by Gyn says they are not. Either way, it's just not for me. Mini-pill - here I come!