Working mom symptoms and conditions

I'm 39 yrs old and I had the Mirena inserted in Sept.of 09. Since I've had this put in, I have a period every 2 weeks and it last for 2 weeks if not longer!!!!! Very annoying....... It seems like I'm always bleeding or discharging and I can't stand it anymore. I've also experienced hair loss, I have always had thick hair and now my hair is getting thin and it hasn't been growing. I'm also experiencing insomnia, my sleep has progressively declined since this was inserted. Now I'm on my second medication to try and get some sleep. I'm tired all the time, extremely moody. I get pissed off all the time over nothing. It is affecting my relationship with a man I'm totally in love with and if something doesn't change I'll end up losing him. Before the Mirena things were great and now they're getting worse and worse. I don't do things with my friends anymore cuz I'm tired all the time and moody and my boyfriend gets the grunt of it all. He has a 5 yr old and I have no patience with her and I've always been really good with kids and I never had such a lack of patience before the Mirena was put in. Needless to say I have an appointment on July 7th to get it out. Oh and did I mention the 15lbs I've gained since I've had it put in. I've never been overweight or had weight issues in my life. Since this has been put in, it seems like I keep gaining weight and it doesn't seem to stop. I go to the gym and do weights and I do a lot of cardio and nothing seems to stop the weight gain. I'm praying that after this evil thing is taken out, I can get back to being my happy self and treat the people around me the way they deserve to be treated. I know some people haven't had any problems with the Mirena, but for me its been a living hell!! No birth control is worth all these side effects. I'm thankful I found this site because I didn't know what the hell was wrong with me until I started reading all the things that other women have experienced that are similar to what I've been going through!

I am a mom of three, the youngest is only 5 months and have always thought that the IUD was not a method for me. After much reading, discussing with my friends that tried Mirena or Paraguard, and trying to take birth control pills after 7 years of using natural family planning, I decided that Mirena was probably the best option for someone as busy and preoccupied as me. I only had mirena inserted yesterday and have already made an appointment to have it taken out tomorrow. The insertion was painful but the cramping and discomfort the hour immediately after the insertion approached labor pains. Today I have peritoneal pain, and I feel pressure upon sitting or moving. The bleeding has stopped but I have a weird mucus like discharge unlike anything I have ever seen before. I did experience nausea today but I can not definitively attribute it to Mirena. I really hope that it has not perforated my uterus, which I have now learned is more likely among lactating women. I also only just saw that depression was a possible side effect and being the working mom of 3 children under 4 already have enough tiredness and mood swings to pass around.

Most of us that use this seem to have it inserted soon after delivering our babies. Therefore it makes us wonder if it is postpartum depression or the IUD.
I had mind inserted on Aug 1 2008. I started back to work on Aug 4, 12 weeks postpartum. I kept thinking I was feeling so tired, depressed, tons of anxiety, basically not like myself at all, because of my new schedule of being a working mom. Well it has been only about 3 weeks and everyday I feel dizzy and tired at work. I have ridiculous anxiety that people are going to try to turn my baby against me. I have constant anxiety about my mother in law, when before she never really bothered me. I would consider myself severely depressed a lot of the time. We all have so many changes going on with having children but it does seem that it might be the IUD. I'll probably have it removed because I would rather have more children than be worthless to my family. I wanted to wait 5 years before having number 2... but do I want to be depressed and anxious all the time during my sons baby years? No thanks!

I had my Mirena for several years and loved it. I did not have any periods and I thought no side effects. I did gain a lot of weight. I started working out 4 days a week (hard workouts) and eating right for 2 months. Not only did I not lose any weight, I gained some more. This is when I figured out the Mirena had something to do with it. .

So I had the Mirena removed about 2 weeks ago. I had slight cramping and bleeding when it was removed. The next few days I had flu symptoms. After reading other posts, I realized that other women had flu symptoms too after removal (very interesting). Anyway, I lost 4 pounds in the first two weeks. This is without working out or watching my eating...at all. My appetite has shrunk dramatically. I am going to get back into hard workouts and eating right. Now I should start seeing results from my efforts to lose the weight. I will update my post.

I also noticed my sex drive is better now. I always thought my lack of sex drive was due to being tired as a working mom. But I am noticing improvements already.

I got sick after a business trip and my doctor (not my regular) prescribed Levaquin for 10 days. I only took it for six before throwing the rest out. I had a three-day long migraine (I have never had a migraine before), insomnia, and horrible nightmares, none of which I had ever experienced before. The worst part of it is, it is now more than a month later, and although the migraine subsided, I'm stuck with the insomnia and nightmares when I do fall asleep...resulting in extreme fatigue, memory loss, and practically falling asleep at work! Needless to say, I am scared to drive, though I have to get to and from work. I am a non-smoker, non-drinker, 37-year-old working mom. I'm just hoping that these side effects end soon.

Wow! I am also pleased to have found this site! I am a 41 yr old woman with MVP, diagnosed about 2 years ago. I was put on 25 mg of Toprol, and almost immediately began experiencing fatigue and apathy. It did, however, reduce my syptoms of MVP.

After awhile, I questioned the fatigue and modest weight gain and my MD allowed me to cut my rx in half. I was still feeling all day fatigue, which I cannt afford as a full time working Mom. (Who can, really!?) I was really over people telling me "you look tired", even on days I felt fine. I would wake up sometimes and be shocked at how exhausted my face looked. Had I really aged that much in two years!?

My MD finally told me that if my next heart scan looked OK I could try going off the drug. I cant wait! The cure IS really worse than the disease, for me at least! I would rather deal with palpitations and occasional twinges than this fatigue anyday, as long as I feel confident there is not blockage, which there is not, so far.