I got my Mirena fitted 5 weeks ago. After the 1st week I could fe...

I got my Mirena fitted 5 weeks ago. After the 1st week I could feel myself starting to become really low, my head began to get ‘foggy’, total lack of motivation and the headache from hell. This peeked at 3 weeks when I became very depressed, snappy, anxious, extreme tiredness, tearful, severe headache and an inability to concentrate – my brain felt it had no depth to focus or absorb anything. I also felt I was standing on the outside, looking in! I had a similar but far milder reaction to the POP so recognized the symptoms immediately. I went back to the doctor and tearfully explained how I was feeling and how I was convinced it was a reaction to the Mirena. She totally dismissed this and said she felt there was a lot more to it than that and started talking about PN depression. She also said that in the 16 years of fitting the Mirena she had never experienced anyone with these symptoms. I assured her I was not suffering from PND, but in my ‘fragile state’ wasn’t capable of arguing my point and began to wonder if she was actually right, so what a relief to discover this web-site! I also found a great document issued by the New Zealand Medicine and Medical Device Authority, a Government Agency (http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/Consumers/cmi/m/Mirena.htm ) acknowledging that all the side effects I was experiencing were all common occurrences in between 1 and 10 in every 100 patients – it also acknowledges virtually all the other symptoms everyone else is listing and states that ‘These side effects are more common during the first months after insertion’- so why wasn’t my doctor prepared to accept these symptoms when they are officially recognized in other countries? Are the drug company bonuses more important than patient health? Anyway, 5 weeks on and my mood has lifted, deep down I still feel low, but my normal self is sitting on top of it. I still want to snap at the kids, but I can control the urge to do so! My head is still foggy and I still feel detached from everything, the headache is still there and I still can’t concentrate / absorb anything! My fingers, knees and wrists now get really stiff / sore and the back of my neck aches when I wake every morning. Fortunately, I haven’t had any cramping or much spotting. I am due to get it checked in 1 weeks time, but have decided to get it out and hopefully get it replaced with a non-hormone coil. Heavy periods seem great compared with how I’m feeling right now!. I can’t wait to get back to my old self!.