i got mirena put in April 1st of 2008, considering removal. At fi...

OMG this has been great for me to read I thought I was going mad!!!
I have had the mirena in now for just over a year.
I have always had really awful cramps from day 1 but as every month comes and goes it's not getting any easier.
Alway had sleep problems but now just can not sleep at night always up until 3 or 4 in morning!!! Sex drive whats that defo gone!!! And as for the bloody headaches there a killer.
My periods I now have prolonged bleeding for up to 14 days then 14 days later it starts again.
Always feeling bloted and full of gas and the weight gain is really getting to me........I am at the end of my teather and concidering having it removed.

Thank god you posted something. I've been researching and researching like a mad women, its consumed my life :) I had my Mirena put in on October 4, 2008. All last month I was overwhelmed with depression symptoms and pregnancy feelings (nausea, vomiting, sore breasts). And I had my period for what seemed like forever, 3 weeks! I work at Gymboree and all my co-workers have asked if I was pregnant. So this month, December, my uterus feels like its contracting, like its trying to get the evil thing out! My boobs have been slightly leaking. I feel like im going insane. My husband and I haven't had sex since Nov. 1st (his birthday) and even that was something I had to force myself into doing. I couldn't possibly be pregnant. Going nuts. I'm just glad someone else is going through the same thing. (all my girlfriends are trying to get pregnant and i'm definitely trying to not have another for quite a few years)

Thanks for the post and the reassurance I'm not NUTS!