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I got my Decadron injection on Oct 17th. My period came 4 days late on the 25th and it never left. It has now been 3 weeks of bleeding. Has anyone else had similar experience? The side effects list menstrual irregularity, but 3 weeks? It is not showing any sign of slowing down either.

I've seen alot of info on Kenalog and bleeding long and that is a steroid as well.

I have had my Mirena since 6/5/06, three weeks after giving birth to my third child. I only opted for it because a paperwork fiasco at the hospital did not get my authorization for the tubal ligation after delivery in time, then went I went for the pre-surgery consult, the doctor highly recommended the Mirena instead of a tubal and even though I told her that I had horrible problems tolerating the pill, I was told that the hormone level was low, and localized, and not to worry about any side effects.

I didn't have pain or cramping initally like a lot of the other posters, and had very light spotting for the first few months, to the point that I couldn't really tell "Is THIS my period, or am I still just spotting?". I thought that would subside, but here, 15 months later, I still "spot" up to 20 days a month. I have tender/swollen breasts almost every day of the month (to the point where even an accidental brush against them is painful and I have to wear my bra even to bed, something I never did before). FORGET about my husband even wanting to touch them! More on that later....

I go to my PCP tomorrow and am asking to have it removed. To help her, I made a list of my symptoms, and have divided them into Physical and Emotional Categories. I am hoping she does not give me a referral to a mental health specialist when she reads it, cause its quite extensive. I am NOT a hypochondriac by any means, just someone who knows my body and knows these are not normal: bloated stomach (still look 6 mos pregnant), weight gain (I am 7 lbs over my weight when discharged from the hospital after delivery. 7 lbs is not alot, but consider that is on top of a considerable pregnancy weight gain that has not come off, add another 7lbs to it despite a rigorous exercise and diet plan, including Alli (orlistat) that resulted in a 2lb. gain). Headaches, blurry vision, acute insomnia in spite of prescribed sleep aids, fatigue, achey muscles, joint pain esp. in wrists and hands, acne, cramping, night sweats, pain during intercourse (when I'm coaxed into having it), a worsening in my hearing and ringing in ears, sometimes a burning sensation in the top of my right foot.

The worst part is the emotional effects. Depression and dispair beyond anything I could have ever imagined. Wild mood swings. I thought "maybe I'm bi-polar?" but no, I don't have manic episodes, I'd say I have two moods: Despair & Self-Loathing and RAGE. I have destroyed almost every relationship I have. I have lost friends, family members that I have alientated with my wild temper, and last week, my husband walked out on me, saying "I just can't take this anymore, what is WRONG with you, you aren't the woman I married". My rage is 99% of the time directed towards him. It can be over something as simple as he didn't push his chair in after leaving the dinner table. I have anxiety attacks, severe daily crying spells, and the thought or suggestion of sex sends me into severe panic attacks. A sexual encounter, formerly a much enjoyed and daily event, has become a MAYBE twice monthly event that ends with me in tears and my husband frustrated and angry beyond belief.

I just hope and pray I am not met with "It's not the IUD" when I see my doctor (not the doctor that put it in, as we have moved across the state). All I can say is NONE of these symptoms were present before Mirena, it just took my husband walking out on me to sit and think and make the connection that maybe there is a coincidence. I started to see a connection to wild behavior while pregnant and years ago being on the pill and then, duh, light bulbs went off in my head. "This is hormonal". Sorry it took me so long and cost me so much pain to figure it out.

I am so glad that I found this site! I feel like I could have written most of these posts. I had the Mirena inserted a year ago this month (when my daughter was 2 1/2 months old), and all was great the first six months (after the initial bleeding had stopped, anyway). These last six months have been SO hard. My mood swings have been HORRIBLE. I am constantly yelling at my 3 older kids and husband, over nothing. Things that would never have bothered me before, drive me crazy now. I hate the way this has affected me. I feel like I am such a mean person sometimes, not the good mom I want to be. It has caused me terrible anxiety problems, I have panic attacks, skin breakouts, loss of sex drive, I am constantly tired, the list goes on and on...Reading through all of these posts today has convinced me to call my midwive's office to make an appointment to have this thing removed. I can't wait.

Ok, I have read EVERY ONE of these! and I am beyond angry for EVERY person that I have read up on. My Husband was put on Lisinopril from his VA Doctor about two months ago. I have watched him like a hawk on this medicine and I have cried myself to sleep because of the pain from the caughing. He has had sweats like you would'nt believe!!. We took a weekend get away down to the Beach, IT WAS 69 DEGREES with a GOOD BREEZE on the PIER!! and I watched my husband sweat to the point where it was dripping off of his nose!!. In our hotel room (on the BEACH) the windows were OPEN, the FANs were ON, and he was sitting in a chair DOING NOTHING!!!! BUT, SWEATING!!! and complaining how his back was hurting. (MY HUSBAND DOES NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING!!!) (when it comes to pain). I am a licensed CNA and have worked in State Hospitals so I've seen ALOT!! & dealt with ALOT! I do not over react, I'm trained not to!. But these SO CALLED DOCTORS ARE A JOKE! I can't get ANY of them to take this SERIOUSLY!!. I took hin back to the URGENT CARE at the VA and they said I was "FISHING"!. I have been with my HUSBAND for 12yrs. I think I would have a CLUE or NOT if something was wrong with him. His eyes are "blood shot" says the Dr. @ VA, (I say YELLOW), his mid back (kidney area) hurts, has head aches, no engery (hes a truck driver) who workes out, sex life is basically -0-, (not my husband), and the caughing is BEYOND WORDS!!!!!, heavyness in his chest, tingeling down his right arm into his fingers( I manipulate the nerve in between his elbow to get the feeling back). Again please understand my husband is not a complainer!!(jokingly to apease me he says"don't worrie I'm an ex-Marine). The other night while we were on our weekend get away(HONEYMOON after two years) he ased me if I had thought about what I would do if anything were to happen to him "where would I go/live/do? Thats how BAD he felt. He wasn't trying to scare me he just wanted to talk through what was in his head cause of hoe he was feeling from all of these things that were happening to him and his body(seriously WORRIED) he had never felt these things before. I took him OFF OF this HORRIBLE STUFF that night!!!!. He has been off this stuff now for a week and two days! The sweats have stopped, the head aches have lessened, the back pain is still some what there, I haven't manipulated the nerve in his elbow, in time we'll work on the fun stuff (intamacy), AND~~~~THE CAUGHING HAS become WAY WAY WAY LESS!!!, he sleeps a little better now too. My husband is a type 2 Diabetic (within the last year), has high blood pressure(not bad though), and a Prostrate problem(up every 1/2-1hr. urinating) DRIVES HIM NUTS!!! not real good when you have to be up at 3;30 every morning to go to work. His Med's are: Metformin (diabetes), Lisinopril (high blood pressure), Finasteride (prostate), Naproxen (pain). He WAS on Atenolol before changing to Lisinopril. That is also another DANGEROUSE Medication!!!! Bad sied effects: swelling!!.

I want to thank ALL who shared there stories here!!!you ALL have helped me in showing my husband that this is NOT a temporary situation. He can be STUBBORN when it comes to things of this matter!!. Now he's starting to listen to what i'm trying to tell him & show him. Now he believes me when i tell him "this is not a joke"!! and Doctors are not GOD!! God is God!