i had the mirena inserted in sept of 2007 after m son was born. ...

i had the mirena inserted in sept of 2007 after m son was born. this was a good option for me because i can't remember to take pills regularly, and my OB said that she's seen people gain a ridiculous amount of weight with the shot...but i needed something that was going to be easy for me (and as a plus sized woman already, weight gain isn't an option). THIS was easy,. i had no problems...insertion was easy, bleeding stopped after about 5-6 weeks, and i haven't had a period since a couple months after that! i was talking to my sitter (close friend of the family) and telling her how my hair has been falling out lately. i had chalked it up to stress at work, but she said her sister in law had the same problem, and that it was a side effect of the mirena. i started to think back, and i've always pulled a few hairs out after a shower, and it's gotten worse in the past year, but the last few months have been insane! i got out of the shower the other day and my hair had parted funny while i was drying it, so i was running my fingers through, and found about a quarter sized bald spot! after further inspection of my head, i found two smaller spots...very thin, but not completely smooth like this big one! i was horrified! and of course it's right on top of my head, just off the center...very difficult to hide unless i wear a ponytail...which then cracks the rest of my hair off! i can't win! so then searching for other side effects i was unaware of, i find this site and a whole bunch of other stuff i've been experiencing, not relating it to mirena. i have no sex drive, my arms tingle at night (which had me thinking i was becoming diabetic), lack of patience and mood swings (which i blamed on my husband being an idiot), headaches (blamed these on the high blood pressure. why was this prescribed if i have high blood pressure?), leg pains (blamed this on the new shoes)...everything had its own excuse. but putting it all together...it's likely because of mirena! i have my annual appt tomorrow, where i will be discussing this AT LENGTH with my OB/GYN.