I had my mirena inserted in March of 2008, after talking to two d...

Of course the majority of posts here are from women who have had bad experiences. That's why the forum is entitled "Mirena Side Effects." LOL. Good luck to you and I'm glad the Mirena is treating you well. If I may ask though, what brought you to this forum if you are not having any problems with the Mirena? Just curious.....

I am thinking about getting Mirena inserted in Dec, I've been on pills for 4 years now. I am 23 years old and don't intend to have kids right now, so I am thinking that Mirena could be a good choice. However after reading all the feedback I am a little concern with all the side effects. I am soo sick of pills and the cost/benefits of Mirena are way better than buying BC pills every month. I'll be seing a Doctor to help me make the decision, because I am very concern about the weight gain, I can't not gain more weight, I am actually trying to get out of pills to try to lose weight easier. I am so confused now.

I had Mireana placed Nov. 2007, and I like you was happy with it. It was maybe about 8 months after that I began to gain weight. Now I am having upper respitory problems, joint pain in my hips and knees, and sensitive teeth. I am not saying that it is all bad, because my insertion went well and I only spotted for a couple of days after and maybe about 3 months into this thing my periods completely went away. It was not until I began to tell everyone how tired I was and how I have gained 30 pounds in the last 4 or 5 months that I began to think why could this be. I have been so tired at time that the thought of raising my arms above my head exhaust me. I would like to think of myself as an active person I mean I just graduated from the police academy in Feb of this year, so I now I use to have energy somewhere. Anyway to make a long story short, I have an appointment on 12/17 to have it removed and I can not wait. I am upset with myself that I did not dig deeper before I put this foriegn piece of plastic in my body that is suppose to last for 5 yrs????