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coincidentally, i have had two mirena put in, one five years ago ...

Posted at 7:45 PM on Feb 02, 2009 by sspage77, #38605
coincidentally, i have had two mirena put in, one five years ago then had it removed three years later, then another in august 2007. and within twelve months ended up on antidepressants. with severe depression. i have the hair loss, bloating, cramping, sooo tired all the time, i thought i had glandular fever again as i had it in highschool. but was tested and result was negative. anxiety,heart palpitations, weight gain, (lots) previously ii have never had problems with my weight. i just attributed it to body changes after having children? antidepressants helped with the depression and the moodiness, but not the heart palpitations. have worn a heart monitor several times with inconclusive results, no explanation. my friend was talking to her friend and she is a pediatric nurse, she was describing the same symptoms as me. and put me onto this forum and also a website showing all the side effects from mirena. if this info is correct, it attributes all of my symptoms to the mirena. i had it removed on December 12 2008. no significant changes yet but am hoping for some changes shortly! i know everyone reacts differently to things, but we all have very similar things,in common. so this has to show something if anyone has any suggestions on what we may be able to do about this, let me know. i would be interested in helping others withe same situation. the link on this page about side effects , rates them from very common, to rare. and most of these symptoms we are describing are common. so how safe can this devise really be??? anyway thats my story hope it helps someone, even just for the realization of "it's not me!!"
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Reply 10 months ago on Feb 02, 2009 by tampamom, #16680

I had my Mirena put in in May of last year to resolve heavy periods caused by firbroids. I spotted for a couple of months - but I've gained 15lbs and my stomach is rock hard like it was when I was pregnant. I spent four days in bed with severe aches and pains which I attributed to a flu or virus but I crave sleep the way I did when I was pregnant. I also have some slight nausea and dizzyness - which is funny because I didn't have any when I was pregnant. The final tipping point was the severe depression - I never suffered with PMS really - but I was crying all the time and was so severely depressed I couldn't think straight. I'm having mine removed on Wednesday and I can't wait!

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