I had my mirena inserted in November 05 after the birth of my 3rd child, i have never suffered depression or anxiety in my life and have always been a very patient person...... until around the time i had this thing inserted into me. For the last two years i have been moody, grumpy, angry, irritable, depressed and borderline insane, not everyday, but when it starts it hangs around for at least a week at a time. i have thought for the last 2 and a half years that i was just a stressed out mum that couldn't deal with having 3 children.... well not anymore, i never really made the connection with the mirena until i started looking into the side effects last night and came upon this website. I thought the night sweats and hot flushes were premature menopause (I'm 32) and that the migraines were just stress, and the joint pain was arthritis, and the nausea and sore breasts meant that i might be pregnant ( i have taken about 8 home tests in the last 2 years). i thought that the extreme tiredness and extreme fatigue meant that i was anemic, so i take extra iron and am careful to eat well. My husband is miserable, i am a pain to live with, my kids yell at each other because i yell at them it's a never ending cycle...
last night we decided that i would have in removed, i am booked in on the 3rd of June and can't wait to get it out of me. I don't care if i don't lose weight i just want to feel happy again and not feel so bloody exhausted all the time! and gee it would be nice to actually feel like having sex again!!