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Posted at 2:40 PM on Feb 03, 2009 by tfj2009, #38625
Thanks to everyone's posts, I've realized I'm not going crazy after all. I recently opened up to my husband that I was considering doing something I thought I'd never do..and that was get prescription meds to help my depression and uncontrollable anger. This was almost a last resort for me. I have always been very strong headed but I came to a point when I admitted to myself that I was almost in a danger zone, mentally. I was constantly Dr. ***** with my 3 beautiful children and the poor dog wasn't safe either! I had about 10 different excuses for why I had changed but never considered Mirena to be a contributing factor until my husband brought it up. He said he realized I was different when he came back from deployment and that is when I had it put in! His comments led me to this website and I'm surprised to see how many others are dealing with the same thing I was. I now have an appointment to get it out and I'm looking forward to not having severe mood swings, depression, anxiety, terrible fatigue (after reading others comments about fatigue: I realized my desire, energy, and discipline to run/exercise went to "Zero" shortly after I had it inserted around May 2008) migraines, occ. heart palpitations, etc.
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Reply 9 months ago on Feb 03, 2009 by karla13, #16708

Dont worry I thought the same exact thing, that I was going crazy. My mood swings and anger come out of nowhere, then an hour later I can be totally fine. Im sure that it is the Mirena doing this to us! Im having mine out next week. Good luck to you.

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Reply 9 months ago on Feb 03, 2009 by msanonymous, #16718

I was also having all of those crazy side effects severe mood swings, depression, anxiety, no libido. I gained an insane amount of weight and my blood pressure was super high. The last straw was when my migraines which I have had under control for about 5 years now started to come back worse than before and being so swollen and bloated that I could not button up my jeans or wear my favorite pair of heels. I woke up this morning with terrible cramps and spotting which I have been having for about a month now. I have gone back and forth with my doctor for about a year now.She kept trying to convince me that it was not the IUD. I started taking antidepressants, seeing a therapist, and had my thyroid check. I just got married and my husband is threatening to leave me. I called my doctor this morning and had my Mirena removed after 3 years. I immediately had an overwhelming feeling of relief like I had just given birth. I will never get another IUD. For the first time in a very long time I mentally feel like myself. I am sure it will take awhile before the physical symptoms are gone but after a 3 year nightmare, I can wait.

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