2 1/2 years ago I had my Mirena IUD place. I had the normal weigh...

funny that you mention "fight or flight" because I've been feeling like that alot lately too!

good luck with getting it out and getting back to normal!

FINALLY I feel a little HOPE!
After having my second child I had the Mirena IUD inserted. I'd had the copper one prior but was not to fussed with the heavy periods and pain associated, so following a friend’s suggestion I decided on the Mirena. It took about 5 months for my period and spotting to stop. This was great as I was prone to heavy periods, however approximately 7 months after insertion I started feeling nausea, chronic nausea, to the point that I actually thought I could be pregnant again, I then started spotting for a few days. From what I read, it is apparently normal to have spotting when a normal period is due so I just dismissed the nausea to a virus. A couple of months later the same thing occurred, a few days of nausea then spotting, only this time it didn't stop. The nausea got worse, diarrhea and projectile vomiting. This hit me so hard that I was sent to emergency and hospitalized for 4 days. According to my blood tests I should have been a 70-year-old alcoholic.. Bear in mind I hadn't touched alcohol in 1 1/2 years and was still breast-feeding! My surgeon believed that I had gallstones or pancreatitis although numerous scans could not depict anything!

It has been just over a year since my hospitalization and I HAVE NEVER been the same! I have been tested for everything under the sun.. I've been poked, prodded, scanned and operated on and they still have no idea what is going on. My nausea comes and goes and I have developed anxiety. I am - was a very fit healthy young woman, educated and full of bounce but this condition has put me on the back foot. I truly feel for terminally ill people because whilst I don't think what is wrong with me is life threatening.. it certainly is life changing. I am half the woman I was 1 year ago.

It wasn’t till yesterday I started spotting (after another week of chronic nausea and MORE doctors tests) that I realized, at least I think/ hope it could be related to the Mirena. I've always known that the spotting normally occurs after my attacks of nausea etc but I've never linked it back to the Mirena. I was lying in bed last night recalling my year of crap when it occurred that this all started AFTER the Mirena was inserted. I thought the anxiety was a result of feeling like S**t for so long and that I was beginning to lose it but after reading the various posts I now believe that the Mirena could be the cause, I pray it is because my beautiful boys and husband deserve better than the flake I've been. I WANT my OOMF back. Tomorrow is Monday morning and I will make my appointment to get my IUD removed!

BRING IT ON! Stay tuned, I'll post my condition in a few weeks.

I'm two weeks post my removal and i think maybe i'm a little bit better. My tremors have lessoned as has my chest pain and choking feeling. Although not completely. I still don't feel back to my old self but at least my condition isn't worsening.

Still don't feel like my doctor gives any credit to the Mirena connection. I'm off to see a specialist soon and I will report back if he feels there is any possible link. I know there is a corrilation, I just want confirmation so that other women can be warned.

All the best!