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Posted at 10:12 AM on Jun 29, 2009 by rin, #42644
Hi everyone, like almost all of you I was so glad to stumble across this site. I had my mirena put in 4 months ago and when I was getting it put in my partner took the day off work and decided to tell his boss it was because he was coming with me to get the Mirena (I was horrified that he told him at the time!). But it turned out to be a blessing because my partner came home 3 days ago and told me that his boss asked him whether I had been getting deep pimples that never come 'to a head' and that his wife had them all over her face and couldn’t get rid of them and that she had put it down to the Mirena. I said to him, "Don’t be ridiculous, the Mirena does not give any side effects", and that was that. See I was told from my gyno that "The Mirena is perfect" and she said that the only people that go back to her to go off the Mirena "are people that are never satisfied with any contraception". And then over the past three days I realized that the bumps on my face that are deep under my skin have only appeared in the months after I got my Mirena and I have had worse pimples than ever before, and they have been untreatable with new ones appearing every day and I had never before had lumps that remain under my skins for months. It also wasn’t until I got onto this website that I realized the anxiety I have been feeling in the last couple months, weight gain and itchy skin have also all come about since the Mirena. I am tired all the time and never want to move or do anything and hate getting out of bed even with 14 hours sleep!!!!! Also - I have been pulling clumps of hair out of the shower drain and my comb over the past couple months - yet have had the same hairdresser and hair routine for the last 6 years.... I could not figure out why I was losing my hair and ended up having it cut from a mid-long length to above the shoulders 3 weeks ago, because there was just hardly any hair left. Also - about 2 weeks ago I told my partner (in an emotional uncontrollable episode which has become a frequent event since Mirena) that I had no reason to live anymore and just didn’t want to go on. First time I have ever felt like this, it was awful. I am normally the happy person at work who gets along with everyone and yet now I cant stand the look of any of them or even the sound of their voice makes me want to scream at them. WHOA, CRAZY!!!!!!! I have also lost any interest in self appearance and in the past few months have completely let myself go. I have also had sex twice since going on it. YES thats right - SEX TWICE IN FOUR MONTHS, aaaaaarrrrrgh. And to the most disgusting part of all - I have been getting an awful discharge that smells bad. I am a really clean person and was considering going to my gyno in the coming week to ask why it was happening….. I have been on many pills and the depot and whilst I experienced side affects with all of them, none of them were anything like this, I would get a side effect here and there on the others, nothing like this. Biggest waste of $800 ever. p.s. I wear panty liners every single day and night of the week.
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Reply 4 months ago on Jun 29, 2009 by samemoodyann040, #21020

rin..... sorry to hear you're having such a rough time with mirena.... I just want to comment on the smell discharge you're having..... from many of the post here I would suggest you contact your gyno to rule out or diagnosis bacteria vaginosis..... its a smelly (fishy) discharge that is not a STD from what most drs say..... it is totally treatable/curable.....

I only had mirena for 1wk (06/02/09).... I had it removed (6/10/09) after I discovered this site because I was not willing to gamble with ALL the horrible side effects that I read about here.....

Post mirena.... I got acne.... small bumps that appear each day.... only one had come to a head & I popped it quickly... the rest are just there....not red- not white ot black... just raised under my skin.... I've been using tea tree oil 2x daily hoping they will go away.....

I understand about the depression-anxiety & mood swings especially during the cycle.... & I know what your mean when you say... "I m normally an agreeable person at work who gets along with everyone and yet now I cant stand the look of any of them or even the sound of their voice makes me want to scream at them"... I felt that way about my bf too but for me after PMS that feeling passes--- go figure.... .

Listen to your body..... $800 dollars is a lot of money but it so not worth the suffering you are enduring..... I just got my bill 2 days ago and mines cost $650.... but I could care less, its out and I'm sure anyday now the bill will come for the removal... probably $200.... I must admit I have peace about having it out.... I expect some discomfort/ withdraw or side effects from removing the hormone from my body but I'm ready for whatever.....

Best of luck to you....maybe the cooper Paragard IUD might work for you.... it has no hormornes..... the side effects i had with that one was long (up to 7 days) - heavy periods with cramps the 1st few days....

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