If I were you , I would have it removed ASAP. I had the Mirena f...

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Posted at 4:44 PM on Jun 10, 2009 by mrsbujol, #42179

If I were you , I would have it removed ASAP. I had the Mirena for 16 months and I had every symptom you can think of. Depression, mood swings, bloating, back aches, severe headaches, 20lb weight gain, and high blood pressure. It had gotten to the point where I even had to go to a neurologist to get cat scans. All test were negative and I took it upon myself to have the Mirena removed. Literally 2 weeks after I had it removed I lost 10lbs without exercise. I have lost 5 more lbs since then, that was March 17, 2009. All of the symptoms that I had have went away. I feel like a different person. I checked my pressure last night for the first time since I've had it removed and it was 117 over 70. this is a great blood pressure, this is without taking any medication. With the mirena it was running around 140 over 100.

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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 10, 2009 by lisa1221, #20519

I had my mirena removed today as well. It was for a few different reasons. I had it put in May 08 and had to have it trimmed 1 time as it was being felt by my husband. I complained to my doctor and she said it should get better after a few months. No...it did not, it only got worse he actually had been cut by it several times. Last night was all I could take becasue I was able to feel it(did not feel good so I can now understand what my husband was feeling) and once again we had to stop what we were doing as it was hurting both of us. Has anyone else had this happen? Also I had noticed my hair getting greasy...and I read that on the post. So now I am going to get the depro provera shots every 3 months. Anyone have any comments on that?

Thanks,
Lisa

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