Now that I have had mine removed and can think clearly again, I j...

The line from the manufacturer is that the hormone stays local...but if that were truly the case it wouldn't be affecting our BRAINS!! I, too, had extreme anxiety and brain fog for the first time in my life...really felt like I was losing it. It took about a week after removal to start seriously clearing the cobwebs....just because my body was so worn out...but literally while walking to the car after removal, I could start to feel the fog life. I keep hearing that all these female GYNs have the Mirena and love it...really?? And NONE of them have had this issue? I don't wish anyone this problem but if some doctors actually had this happen, maybe they would believe it! My OB/GYN didn't question it...he said he had been hearing the same complaint from many patients...but I feel bad for the women whose doctor tells her that the Mirena couldn't be the reason!

The line from the manufacturer is that the hormone stays local...but if that were truly the case it wouldn't be affecting our BRAINS!! I, too, had extreme anxiety and brain fog for the first time in my life...really felt like I was losing it. It took about a week after removal to start seriously clearing the cobwebs....just because my body was so worn out...but literally while walking to the car after removal, I could start to feel the fog life. I keep hearing that all these female GYNs have the Mirena and love it...really?? And NONE of them have had this issue? I don't wish anyone this problem but if some doctors actually had this happen, maybe they would believe it! My OB/GYN didn't question it...he said he had been hearing the same complaint from many patients...but I feel bad for the women whose doctor tells her that the Mirena couldn't be the reason!

Someone help me please... I had just had my mirena put in on Nov.7 2008. I had it put it with a light sedation and then the doctor went to general anesthesia. Soon after waking up from it and being released from the hospital, I felt overwhelmed with anxiety. I went home try to deal with it thinking it was from the anesthesia. I couldnt sleep so I took some benadryl. It worked, I was able to sleep. But I woke up the next day with the same anxiety only stronger. I felt like I was losing my mind. I was crying and I was scared. I called my gyn doctor and he felt i was having a reaction to the anesthesia not the IUD Mirena. But as a precaution he told me to go to the emergency room and get checked out. The er dr. believes its from the anesthesia as well, so he gave me ativan IV so it could work faster, seeing how aggitated I was and 1mg to take home for when the iv dose wheres off. I was fine for the day it took the edge off. I felt a little better. I slept, I ate with no worries. Just a lil groggy from the med. But I felt ok. I went to bed with no problem, woke up feeling ok. Except I had some diarreah, a little nausea and a headache... Had some breakfast, soon after that the anxiety came back. I cant tell you how many times I've paced the floor. My legs hurt, I'm light headed. I have never suffered from anxiety before. I know that it can always come on. But my gutt feeling is telling me that it is from the Mirena IUD. Because if i was suffering from anxiety attacks that would come and go... This is a constant feeling that I can't shake... I am extremely nervous, lightheaded, nauseas, mild headache, for which I took motrin and it didnt help, ironically i'm not feeling too much discomfort from the insertion, mild cramping and mild bleeding... Please has anyone else experience what I am... Am I going crazy, cause I feel like I am... I wanted to give the mirena a chance to work, I'm using it for bleeding not for unwanted pregnancy. I had a tubal ligation done and also a endometrial ablation... Any ideas, suggestions please help.... So I get this taken out....

Same here!! All summer long, i had anxiety attacks where i didn't want to come to work. i almost quit my job TWICE! i'm having mine removed tomorrow and i can't wait!

Me too. I'm currently off work for my anxiety and not even sure when i'll be able to go back. I've been off for three weeks and I had the Mirena taken out two weeks ago. I think just maybe I might be getting a bit better, but i am also on strong meds for anxiety, and have been for 9 or 10 weeks. Which I progressively got worse until the Mirena came out, only then did my symptoms stop progressing. It will be hard to prove what has actually helped: the removal or the meds?

It blows my mind that all these doctors refuse to accept that the Mirena can cause these issues with anxiety. I mean, if they give you penicillin and you break out in big green spots -- and you didn't have big green spots BEFORE the penicillin -- then it's the penicillin that caused it! If you had no anxiety BEFORE the insertion of the Mirena and then developed it after insertiong, then it's the Mirena, plain and simple! They may not understand WHY but to say that it's not related is to do a diservice to their patients. What it tells me is that the progestin in this thing, or the device itself (the plastic it's made of) is having this effect...it is NOT staying local....our uteruses do not experience anxiety that I know of!

Please ladies, don't let this thing cost your your relationships, your jobs....it's not worth it. Listen to your gut. If it needs to come out, it needs to come out!