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I had the Mirena placed in Oct 2004 after the birth of my second child. I have since suffered with depression (I suffered periodically from depression anyway, so this didn't seem too unusual), bloating, weight gain, severe headaches, and - now that you mention it - strange unexplained rashes! I never would have associated the Mirena with the rashes, but there you go! The rash has been mostly on my upper back and chest, but I will itch all over my body. No one can seem to give me a reason for it other than an allergic reaction to something I have not been able to identify. I have also had itchy scalp which nothing seems to soothe. I've never had headaches in my life before, but now about once or twice a month I will suffer a severe, debilitating headache that will last about a day. Anyone else have new-onset headaches?

My husband just had a vasectomy, and I told my doctor I want to have the Mirena removed in three months when his doctor clears him. My doctor kept asking me "are you sure you're ready to have periods again?" If it will stop or lessen some of the other symptoms I'm having - YES! I no longer have periods with the Mirena, but for some reason that kind of bothers me, too. Thanks for sharing your experience. It just confirms my decision!

I too have had severe sideeffects from the mirena. I just had it removed today because my doctor said it caused me to have endometrititis not (endometriosis). This causes swelling of the uterus, abdominal pain,cramping,and bleeding. I not only had to pay for this mirena to be removed but for the antibiotics and pain killers to get rid of this infection. The mirena also caused me to have hives that the doctors told me was from stress and they prescribed me lexapro and zantex too. If you know how to get in on a class action lawsuit please let me know. My email is promos907@yahoo.com thanks!

I had my iud in for a week, when i started getting a rash on my body that i first thought was poison ivy, but after a steroid shot and a week of steroid pills, it just got worse and became more hive like. It was horrible. I couldn't figure out what i could be allergic to, then i asked my doctor if it could be my iud. He said there was like a 1 in 10000 chance! I got it removed the other day and my rash is already improving! im not happy about it because i had it in for less then two monthes, and spent all that money! I even had to go to the emergency room one night, my hives got so bad.