I am so happy to have found that many others are experiencing the...

OMG you sound exactly like me!!! I had my mirena inserted in July 2008 and I regret ever getting this thing. I bled for a few weeks after getting it, had one a normal period about 3 weeks later, spotted a few weeks after that, and haven't had a period since. I don't feel normal without my periods. No one ever told me I'd lose them, I was only told they'd be shorter and lighter. Except today I finally started spotting and I have awful cramps, so now I'm confused??? I've suffered bad back pains, so bad that I couldn't bend over and thought something was seriously wrong. My GP ordered an X-Ray and there was nothing wrong with my back, nothing! I've had abdominal pain and my GP (he's so wonderful!) ordered a CAT scan which turned up an enlarged ovary. He ordered a follow up ultrasound and all it turned out to be was an ovarian cyst. I hate this thing. Every time I complain about it to my ob/gyn she dismisses it like I'm crazy, which is why I'm always turning to my GP. Now I have extreme forgetfulness and very very extreme depression. I have refused sex in almost a year now. I feel since I've been refused a tubal and my husband refuses to get the snip-snip, then he can suffer as much as me and sleep on the basement couch!!! I'm on Effexor XR 150 mg since the 75 mg wasn't helping. I need this thing out now!!
PS- You think YOUR mood swings are bad- Bet you couldn't guess how many dinner plates I've smashed on the kitchen floor!!! lol