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Get it out please! You are too sensitive to the hormones in Mirena!

Oh my god. You are not crazy! I can't believe I have just stumbled upon all these women talking about the same problems. Feeling chronic fatigue, depression, listlessness, anxiety and insomnia, bloating and loss of a sex drive! I also experience aching muscles, headaches, and a brain fog that makes me feel like a fraction of my former self. All of these symptoms, among others, can describe Candida overgrowth.

I have had my Mirena for 2 1/2 years, and I never put together these symptoms and the IUD! Even though they started shortly after my insertion, I also had some serious life circumstances happen to me and assumed I felt crummy from that. Also, I loved not thinking about birth control and was convinced that the small progestin-only tips had to be the most gentel form of hormonal birth control out there. I also worked in the field of sexual health and trusted my doctor completely.

I called to make an appointment to have the Mirena removed shortly before finding this site, because since I have discovered I have candida overgrowth, I have learned it can be onset by hormonal birth control. Candidiasis Albicons is the same yeast that causes yeast infections, and when the healthy flora of the digestive tract are compromised, it can spread out of control, becoming systematic. That's what happened to me. If this sounds all to familiar, please check it out and see if you have it too. I am getting better already, after committing for the last two weeks to the candida diet, where my body is detoxifying and I am comming back to life. (Many western doctors know very little about this, so don't be surprised if they laugh you out of the room and perscribe prosac. Trust your gut, literally ;)

I don't believe the Mirena caused my candida overgrowth, only that its a factor in it, like taking antibiotics or heavy metal poisoning. I felt compelled to share my story, because I am starting to recover, and I can't tell you how good it feels to feel better after 2 1/2 foggy years. Don't give up on your health.

Also, I am writing because removing the IUD won't fix your problem completly, just like it didn't completly cause it, so if you have think you may have systemic candida, find out. You will need to continue treating it after you get the IUD removed, so you get the full recovery you deserve. Hoping for more healthy ladies!

I got it out yesterday, I am glad I got out of my laziness and went to the doc. I told her my problems and asked her if she thinks it was Mirena. She said it is higly possible and also it does make you feel pregnant. I also read in the Mirena booklet that 1 in 10 womed who has Mirena can develop a Cyst and migth require surgery to egt it out. Wow! that percentage scares me.

With the device gone, I feel more energetic, I actually cleaned my house :-), Feel the mental fog gone. No more joint pains. Waiting to see if everyhting else gets better.
If at all I go back to IUD , I would go with Paragard, becuase it is non harmonal, does not alter the mensustral cycle and has worked for me in the right way before

Im getting it out...oh the tiredness...I want to feel like havin sex again (hee Hee)I dont wanna be tired....I dont wanna be snapping at my kids.
Why has it taken me 4 years to realise it could be my birth control....

P.s thank god for google.....

I had the Copper T IUD for 3 years. It definatley got the job done, but I swear to you, my periods would last for 2 weeks at a time. The cramps would have me doubled over in pain at least every cycle, sometimes alot more. I went to the doc a few times even, sure that there was something wrong with it only to find out it was in perfect place, they even did an ultra sound once! I sucked it up for those 3 years because hormones scare the shit out of me! I took a chance with the nuvaring and have been using it for a year now. I've been experiencing that "fogginess" so bad lately, my boss has even sent me home from work, and I work at an animal hospital where u can't be out of focus. I've gained 20 pounds, and on me thats an obvious difference. I have an appt this Monday to get the mirena, but will it do the same thing with the hormones? I am so scared and running out of options. I think I've spent the last six hours looking up pros and cons and are even more freaked out. It'll cost me $524 to get mirena put in, which I'm more than happy to spend my tax refund on IF I can depend on it not to ruin me. I can't gain anymore weight, I'll lose my mind. My boyfriend of 5 years just asked me to marry him, and everything in my life seems to be in focus BUT ME. I hope I'm making sense. Any solutions, suggestions are more than welcome, Please.. the sooner the better. And why does it have to be such an expensive decision if something were to go wrong!!?