Pain in the abdomen symptoms and conditions

I hate Mirena. I am on Lexapro and hate that too. (Not a negative person, I promise...just trying to be brief). Have gained about 20 lbs and I was already about 20 lbs overweight to begin with...

That said, I want to be drug free - no lexapro, no mirena and those hormones! Am trying to wean from lexapro right now. YUCK. This is a nightmare. DIZZY and NAUSEOUS.

Also, just wondering if anyone else had severe pain in the abdomen after getting Mirena inserted? I experienced a sharp pain in my abdomen for quite some time and assumed it had to do with the foreign object in me. I asked my doctor, but he didn't think one had anything to do wtih the other. When I say sharp pain, I mean, it felt like someone was taking a sharp object and cutting me from the inside out...

That eventually subsided, but the weight gain, the depression, and ALL of the other stuff mentioned happened to me too. I just want my life back!!! I'm SO tired...

Sigh....

Let me just start out by saying that I am so glad that I found this website!!!

I am 22 years old and have a 3 year old daughter. After giving birth to my daughter, I opted for the Mirena as my choice of birth control because of how convenient it was. I have never been good with remembering to take a pill everyday, so this seemed like the perfect option for me.

When I went in to get the IUD inserted it hurt like hell.The months to follow were not very pretty either. I experienced cramping, general pain in the abdomen and irregular bleeding. My doctor assured me that many women experience the same side effects the first few months, and that the pain and bleeding would eventually get better. It did...but the other side effects didn't.

For the past three years, I have attributed the following side effects to the changing lifestyle of becoming a mommy and a very hectic and stressful career. I have experienced severe lethargy and fatigue(even after getting a good night's sleep and sometimes a nap), decreased lebido(again, I am only 22 years old!), nausea after intercourse, feelings of being constantly bloated, 20 lb weight gain(after the baby was born!), irritability, feelings of being angry for no reason at all, measurable hair loss, extremely dry skin, facial and all over body acne(I have NEVER had a problem with acne until the past year). Honestly for the the past 3 years and especially int he past year, I just feel like crap. Almost like I felt when I was pregnant! I can't tell you how much money I have wasted on pregnancy tests in the last 3 years, because I have not had a period and I know that at 22 years old I should not feel like I am 60!

My husband told me not to have the IUD inserted, and he has been begging me to have it removed ever since then. After reading the blogs on this website I realize that my husband is right(darn!).
I am making an appointment immediately to have this thing removed. I am hoping that I will soon be feeling like my old self again. Good luck to everyone who has had this damn thing inserted. It is definitely not for everybody!!

Has anyone experienced pain in the abdomen on the right side? Seems to have started when I started this birth control...sometimes it's under my last rib, and then there are days it hurts all the way down to my hip.