Hey ladies! I am not shocked to hear all of this! I had the Mirena placed in me on July,10,2008. It is now October 27th, 2008. Almost 4 months with this in me and i feel like crap! I mean, i thought my headaches were from lack of sleep or something. Im cramping all the time, I have had sharp pains in either right or left side of my stomach but never both sides at the same time. I broke out with acne on my arms UGH and i have never had acne on my body. When i have a period, they are heavy, i fill the toilet up with blood, i fill up a pad in NO time, it lasts a lil over a week, and i have had meat like substances (looks like intestines, or chewed up hamburger *sorry*), and dime & nickle sized clots pass out of me! I have a picture of it and dated time of the passings. When i called a nurse about the passing of the meat and clots, all she had to tell me was "take a pregnancy test and if negative, then take Motrin tablets and see if that helps" WHAT?! I have noticed im a lot angrier now. Its not a pretty sight. =/ I have 1 child, my son (22mths old). I haven't noticed weight gain, maybe at the beginning but i figured it was bloating. When i talked to a different nurse about all of this a while ago, she had thought the mirena had fallen out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Uhm noone told me about this happening!!!!! All i heard was the best about it and not the worst! I havent taken a pregnancy test yet, im so scared to! I cant afford another little one right now! =/ I am going to weigh this out one more month, because they did tell me it takes 3 months to adjust. So after another month, by December, if its still the same. Im removing it.
Don't wait. Listen to your body. I have had this IUD for almost one year now and I have had anxiety, breast tenderness, fatigue ( I was tested this year for low iron and thyroid.....all test came back normal), dizziness, ovarian cysts (hence the horrible abdominal cramping) bleeding, spotting, pain during sex, heavy periods too and worst for me is that my hair is falling out en masse. It's wierd too because suddenly within the last month everything is going downhill very fast. I became severely anxious, got horrible chest pains (went to the ER and everything is normal......of course) and my hair fell out like crazy. It used to be so thick and now it is sooo thin.
From all the entries I have read from women all over the place is that it gets worse not better. Do yourself a favor and get it out. Don't wait for more symptoms like depression and hair loss to affect you too. Nothing says I feel like crap about myself like feeling bloated and going bald.