I'm 39 yrs old and I had the Mirena inserted in Sept.of 09. Sinc...

IAM A 27YR THAT IS ALSO WITH THAT MAN I LOVE AM ALWAYS TIRED I CANT SLEEP MOODY IS NOT THE WORD..... I GET MAD FOR EVERY THING I DONT KNOW WAT TO DO ANY MORE... I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS SINCE THE 8TH OF JUNE AND IT SINCE LIKE I HAVE BEEN ON MY PERIOD EVER SINCE....... AND I AM TIRED OF IT, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING I DONT WANT ANY MORE KIDS I HAVE A VERY PRETTY 3YR OLD AND ITS A VERY HARD JOB TO BE A SINGLE MOM FOR NOW I WANT NO MORE KIDS. IF I HAVE THIS REMOVED WHAT WOULD YOU THINK I SHOULD US ..............
SING: PIKACHU

I am planning on having my tubes tied. Every type of birth control seems to mess me up. I was on the lowest dose of birth control and had the same symptoms as the mireana gave but even worse. Not sure your feelings on more kids, if you decide that you don't want anymore I'd suggest getting your tubes tied. If you're not sure, isn't using a rubber better than dealing with the side effects of horomones!!

I am 39 yrs old, have been married for five years and have two children with my husbandand one from a previous marriage. I am finished having children and after my daughter was born, I decided to have the Mirena inserted (being and labor and delivery nurse, I had heard good things about the Mirena....especially the no periods!) I have had my Mirena since 2/08, didn't have a problem getting it put in, actually was fairly easy. Had bleeding on and off for 2 months after and eventually no periods. I was also breastfeeding at the time. Once I quit breastfeeding I had a period almost a month later and have some break through bleeding here and there (never know when so can't say for sure it is a true period).

Since having it inserted I have had NUMEROUS side effects: hair loss more then I would equate to normal post pregnancy loss and still loosing hair, no sex drive (poor husband, can count the number of times in the last two years on one hand), tired all the time, insomnia to the point I have to take benadryl or ambien to get to sleep, anger/ severe mood swings, weight gain and just over the past few months, my sense of smell is abnormal (almost smells like I have a cigarette/ rubber tire smell constantly and is driving me insane) almost to the point I have convinced myself that I have a brain tumor or something.

My mood swings are awful, almost to the point where I feel bi-polar at times. I was never this way before and was pretty much even tempered. I hate the person I have become, my family takes the brunt of my anger, which is totally not fair to them....I feel like a bad wife and mother. Thankfully my husband is a GREAT man and loves me no matter what. I mention all these things to my OB when I went for my yearly exam, she tried to pass it off to me having four children at home and being a working mom, etc... and prescribed me paxil. I debated back and forth about taking the medication, because I just have a thing about taking antidepressants...this is not me. I am a member of another website called babycenter.com and there is a Mirena side effect support group, so many women have similar complaints and I can't think that this is all just inside of my head. I swear I am going to go crazy or have a nervous break down. I think I will just take my chances and have this Mirena removed. I agree with a previous poster, I would take the symptoms from having a monthly period any day over this, cramps are nothing compaired to how I have felt the last 6-8 months.

Those of you that may think this is a bunch of crap, I am glad you are not experiencing the side effects, but I didn't at first, it took almost a good year for the major things to start coming to the surface. I would give anything to be my old self again.