October 6th
2008
12:00 AM
Thank goodness it is not all in my head. For the past year, I have been feeling as strange as the comments I have just read. Life is hard in the first place, but since having this IUD, life has been hard and very overwhelming. I have had constant mood swings, at least 3-4 days out of the week. Not only do I feel extremely nauseated 10 days before my period, even after it has come and gone, I feel nauseated again a week later. I had hoped that this new method of birth control would give me new freedom to have relations with my husband without being overly concerned about getting pregnant due to the less likelihood of the device failing. Boy was I wrong. I don't even think about sex. Nothing for the most part that he does turns me on. I can't even concentrate on feeling sexual when we are having sex. I just want to hit him or flip out on everyone. I feel a flush of anger go through my body that makes me think of very dangerous ideas, such as harming myself or others that are not really doing anything to deserve my anger. I have been very paranoid about everything and feel that I can not trust anyone, especially when I am telling them how I feel. I think that they just think that I am crazy. I have had extreme pain in my back near my spine, which I had thought before reading your comments was perhaps a side effect from the epidural I received during my child birth. I also have extreme pain in my sacral and hip areas that I never had before. My stomach is bloated with more stretch marks than I had when I was pregnant, my feet hurt. And I have an uncontrollable hunger at times. My short term memory is passe'. In fact, I took off my engagement and wedding rings in the house and can not for the life of me remember where I might have put my engagement ring. I am going to have this thing removed as soon as I get on my husband's insurance, before I go completely mad and hurt myself or my family. In closing, who cares if our doctor doesn't believe these things are not side effects. The truth is that God created all of us with common sense to know if something is blatantly wrong with us. We need to be wise and take care of our bodies and minds. This is something that God expects us to do. We have to live up to our obligations and commitments to our families like we promised we would when we got married.zfcII.
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August 5th
2005
1:06 PM
I've had extreme swelling in my hands. Every morning when I wake up my hands are so swollen I can't bend my fingers. I've gotten to the point that before I go to bed, I take my wedding rings off. I have to. It's getting better. Ivygirl, it will take some time but it will go away, don't panic if the acne doesn't go away when you want it to. It will go away, just wait it out. Good luck : )
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May 18th
2009
6:22 AM
I had the Mirena inserted over a year ago. When my ob inserted it, he cut my cervix. I suppose that should have been my first warning that this was going to be a nightmare. I have since been miserable. I have had headaches, nausea, dizziness, weight gain, swelling so bad I cant ever wear my wedding rings. I bled for the first six weeks and haven't had a period since, this seems unnatural to me. My weight fluctuates so badly i have to keep three different pant sizes in my closet-due to water retention. one day i'm a size 10 the next a 14. I have gained 15 permanent pounds. And my eating habits haven't changed a bit. I weigh more right now than i did the day i delivered my THIRD child. I am also on antidepressants, which started 8 weeks after the mirena. I am having it removed tomorrow. my husband had a vasectomy so i wouldn't have to deal with this anymore. If you are looking before insertion. . . . .RUN. . . RUN SCREAMING. The mirena is an awful form of birth control. I wish I had never had it inserted.
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