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Posted at 10:39 AM on Feb 03, 2009 by jld2008, #38615
I am on Mirena and have been since Nov 2006. At first I didn't have any symptoms but the longer its been in the worse I have gotten. Before I had my son I could drink a couple drinks and not get sick at all, now I have a sip of alcohol and in an hour I have diarrhea and stomach cramping. At first I thought that I mixed it too harsh but it kept happening. I went to my doctor because I was getting married in 2 months and I would like to drink at my own wedding. She said it was because I was under so much stress of the wedding that it was making me stressed out, and the alcohol made it worse. First of all I wasn't under stress from the wedding. So I couldn't drink at my bachelorette party (even though I did and suffered later) and I didn't drink at the wedding. Does anyone else suffer from this? Please let me know! So before the wedding (maybe 3 weeks) I went in again and wanted it out. I made an appointment and went in. My friend is a surgical tech and said that she has had to assist in removing mirena before. So I asked my doctor how many times she has had to surgically remove mirena. SHe said she has never ever surgically removed it before. I joked around with her and said watch I will be your first and my doc said no no no that wont happen. WELLLL it did!!! My doc couldn't find the strings so I had an ultrasound in her office (done by her). Then she talked to a gyno (my doc is a family practice doc) and he said he wanted a real ultrasound and he would take a look.....got that all done and now I have an appt on Feb 17th for a pre op. I cant wait to take this out! Im sick of not having a sex life with my husband. I don't even want him to touch me at night, my back hurts all the time, I cant drink and im 23 years old, I cant lose wait from the pregnancy, Im very moody all the time, I just feel like I cant go out with my friends and have a couple. Someone said something about a Mirena crash? what is that?? I need to prepare myself for that! If you read this and don't have mirena yet...be very cautious! Im not saying not to get it because everyone is different but just be careful!
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Reply 10 months ago on Feb 03, 2009 by cw2bf, #16735

First, let me say, You are not crazy. Mirena does affect the body's oxidation of alcohol. When I had Mirena, I could have one drink and wouldn't know if I would be unaffected, buzzed or dead drunk. I embarrassed myself publicly at a friend's party after ONE drink. Everyone swore I had to have had at least 4 or 5.
Next let me tell you that I had Mirena removed two months ago (after two of them for 5 and 1/2 years) and MY WORST DAY WITHOUT MIRENA IS BETTER THAN ANY DAY I HAD WITH MIRENA. That is after two crashes and severe PMS before my periods. The crash is different for everyone, and even different for me each time. It's basically RE-experiencing the symptoms one had with Mirena, but not as bad. You just have to be prepared for it, especiallly for the emotional, mental ones--irritability, anger, depression, anxiety.
BEST OF HEALTH TO YOU. I am happy that you are getting it out and know you will feel better. Just remember, it may take some time.

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