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Posted at 6:31 PM on Mar 18, 2008 by drewjack, #28153
Hi All, Happy to find this site. I have had a mirena over a year and three weeks ago started experiencing constant nausea and headaches. It's really terrible. I feel like I am in the first trimester of pregnancy. I went to my primary doctor and she prescribed me medication for headache and nausea and did some blood tests. That was a week ago. I called her after I found this site and wondered if my nausea could be from the mirena; she said she wanted to treat it with stress reduction first. I am incredibly annoyed by this; I don't need any stress reduction, I'm doing just fine. Then, today I called my ob to see if the nausea could be caused by the mirena. She said that nausea usually occurs when it's first placed, that this is too long for it to be caused by it. I mentioned this site and she said she would research it again and get back to me. Now I just contacted my naturopath and hopefully I can get an appointment with her this week. I'm inclined to get the mirena removed but it cost so much to get inserted ($700, not covered by insurance) that I'm reluctant to get it removed until I know for sure what is causing this nausea. Please let me know what you all think. Thanks. Jackie
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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 20, 2008 by claudia1969, #5678

Jackie, the nausea may well be caused by Mirena. There's lots of women out here that have had the same, and it doesn't have to happen immediately. Some suddenly get it after a few years. The Mirena causes hormonal imbalance and this may happen gradually over time. If you are sure you are not pregnant, then the Mirena is the most likely cause.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 21, 2008 by red1964, #5722

I had nausea the entire time that I had the Mirena. One week post-removal, the nausea was gone. Good luck to you.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 22, 2008 by formula1babe, #5745

My advice is to get it removed now before it's too late, you may start seeing other symptoms soon.

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