Wow ladies!! First off, thank you, all of you, for taking the tim...

I didn't have any of that spotting or cramping. I don't THINK I have vision problems other than whats caused by the annoyance that are contact lenses.

My side effects:

-NO sex drive..

-Spacey to where I constantly would walk into a room and forget what I needed.

-The "paranoia" you refer to is what I call 'Moodiness'... I would get just very depressed.. feel like I'm a horrible person, everyone hates me... why does anyone love such a piece of scum like me.. blahblahblah. And I'd try to figure out why I felt that way, and there were no explanations.. usually, when you feel that way, it's because you've done something or something happened! It was totally bizarre... to where I could not get out of bed for 2 days.

-Lazy, yep. There's just no other word for it. Lethargic, maybe. Don't care about anything. Nothing sounds fun.. even stuff I used to get really excited about was just moderately better than laying in bed. Kinda goes along with the depression.

-Nausea, but that could also have been from the Prozac I was prescribed due to the depression.

-Weight gain. I've gained 15-20 lbs in the last 18 months... not HORRIBLE but very irritating. It's not enough to matter but it's enough to not be able to wear ANY of my old clothes. And it's all in my GUT like I was totally BLOATED all the time, like I was about to start my period 24/7. I looked PREGNANT. And I couldn't lose a pound no matter how hard I tried.. and trust me, I always have a handle on dieting/losing weight. Never been tough for me.

-Sweating. I would sweat constantly. Even while sitting here typing, my armpits would be drenched... I had constant B.O (also noticable in my private "area" lol).

I think those are the big ones. It's been 3 weeks since I've had my Mirena out. I stopped sweating and stinking about 10 days after. My gut de-bloated extremely fast, the first night... I was so excited I haven't really bothered to try to lose weight but at least I look normal again. I'm not sure if the depression has eased because I'm still on the Prozac, you have to wean off and I haven't bothered yet. Sex drive is slowly coming back.... but the Prozac might be standing in the way of that somewhat. The laziness was also nixed by the Prozac, it makes me hyper and happy. LOL... So until I'm off this medication, I'm not sure how to guage the lazy/depression part of it.

i have had my mirena in for 3 years now and finally got enough nerve to face what was wrong with me. ive had constant brown blood pain and very tired MOODSWINGS and ive gained 35lbs in the past 6 months when ive always been in shape. i thought it was a std i never guessed it was my iud. thanks to all these sites about similar problems i can stop worring and just get this stupid thing taken out

The vision problems are also caused by Mirena. You may look it up on the following site:
http://nerdnuggets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/mirenaen.pdf
It's Bayer's own product monograph for the Canadian market with all side effects that were known at the time. Including visual problems.

Hey ladies, I have been doing some research. I have had the mirena for a month also. So you know I had to research why I am having some 'interesting' symptoms as some of you ladies are also. Well I changed from the 10 year to the 5 year and have noticed a difference. What we are all experiencing is an increase of estrogen so what do we do about it? Well again I looked up what helps with estrogen levels naturally. (I don't think we need anymore medications). In addition, to prayer I am going to take a liver cleanse. Yes, liver cleanse. I remember from health class certain things the liver assists with and yes it is a filter. So I found this site of valuable information. http://www.renuherbs.com/mspl/products/liver-cleanse/. I hope this helps someone else also. Alright ladies lets go get our sexy back.