For all of the poor girls who are searching "mirena experiences" ...

Yep, I thought the mirena was great the first two months.....not a side-effect one other than my breasts increased. Insertion was not that big of a deal either. Didn't have the problems with bleeding like a lot of women have. But then the nasty side-effects started happening. I've lost well over half my hair, muscle weakness/tingling in my arms and legs, joint pain (feels like my hip pops out of socket once in a while), horrendous headaches that last for days that pain pills won't even ease, insomnia, brain fog, nausea to the point I wasn't eating much, occasional dizzyness, but worst of all heart palpatations, anxiety, and depression like I've never experienced in my life. I'm 7 weeks post removal and still dealing with some of the side-effects....particularly during that time of the month (which is still abnormal.....odd, my period never went away on the mirena but now that it is gone it is very minimal.....this tells me that the synthetic hormone is still very much in my system). I really wish the mirena would have worked for me. I was very hopeful. Please just monitor your body and be aware of the possible things that could go wrong. I just thank God for sites like this because had I not realized it was the mirena.......the depression/anxiety had me thinking my life was horrible and not worth living. Again, I thank God I had the presence of mind to know it was the mirena side effects causing this thinking. I am back to using the paragard again. I just don't feel like my body can handle synthetic hormones. Good luck to you and all the other mirena users.

so it was 2 months after insertion? yikes. what was wrong with the paraguard in the first place? the whole reason for this post was i didn't want everyone to think that the mirena is not for them period. i had problems with bc pills. like i said, everyone's body is different and will respond to things differently. i do understand all (well, most) of the side effects that can occur, which is helpful in detecting what is wrong if it were to happen; i just want people to know that it might work for you, it might not; you need both sides of the story to make an informed decision. pretty much like anything else in life. i had read SO many bad things about painful insertion that even going to the doctor to have it put in gave me bad anxiety! and nothing. so yeah.

i am sorry it didn't work for you, but i am glad that the paraguard does. remembering to take a pill every day, changing a patch every week, or even removing the ring monthly isn't something i want to throw in my routine if i don't have to on top of the probability rate of not getting pregnant is much higher.

I had the paragard for ten years prior to the mirena. When it came time to change it out (so to speak), my gyno suggested the mirena because I have heavy periods. I hadn't been on any type of hormonal birth control for well over 14 years (had only used bc pills and depo shot prior to my pregnancies - no problems with bc pills other than some nausea but had non-stop bleeding with depo and overall crappy mood for the most part). I really was hopefull that the mirena would work because I've always had heavy, long periods and the paragard made them a little worse (I assume....can't really remember how bad they were before the paragard as that's been about 14 years since I had children back to back and nursed.....so never really had a period for a couple of years before the first paragard due to being pregnant/nursing my two children). I can't deal with remembering to take a pill or change a patch, etc. either.....that's why an IUD is a good option for me. But after what my body went through with the mirena (and still is)......I just think it is in my best interest to stick with non-hormonal method. Aside from the heavy periods, didn't have any other side-effects with the paragard. Again, good luck to you and the others.

All women should be very very careful with this Mirena. This drug has not been evaluated long enough to know the long term effects. Side effects occur in more than 3% of the population. When the drug companies say 3%, they are using skewed statistics.

3 % my god where oh where do u get the info from. ive started my own research. most people reel off statistics like its a game. its not big and clever to preech its fantastic or bad. i am saying quiite simply if theres so many people affected by it. bet most people who are affected dont even realise what it is that made them so ill . one persons suffering is enough to investigate this so called birth control. i find that the same drug used by this comany was removed by our government as it was on the danger list. so you tell me why in gods name they would use the same drug and put it straight into a womans cervix. look it up. took me 5 minutes to find the information. i think its time that someone became the voice in saying they are wrong. microgynon is the pill removed. isnt it bizarre i was given this once and i reacted to it. so surely this should have been noted and i should never have received the contraption from hell. same company same drug. just a different form of how to get us to have the drug. hidden in a coil. how very efficient of them