I have had Mirena for 18 months now. I love it. I have had no sid...

Nope, sorry...the literature does NOT state that this can cause dangerous dizziness, hot flashes, premature menopause, abnormal pap smears (although it has recently been updated to state "Class 2", which is the older categorization which is still used overseas...here in the US we call this ASCUS....too late for some of us...I have had 2 abnormal ones in the past 6 months after having totally normal ones for 28 years in a row), tingling in extremities, etc. As for the weight gain....125 lbs pre-Mirena, 142 lbs after only 5 months....2 months after Mirena removal, back to 125 lbs, and my pregnant-looking stomach is back to normal. I was 42 when I had this put in, not chasing little kids anymore! I am happy that it's worked for you and your friends....it just hasn't for me and many others here. All we ask for is TRUTH about the side effects and not to have our concerns DISMISSED by the makers of Mirena. Funny how the pap smear side effect wasn't listed in the pamphlet nor the DVD provided to me in 2007....yet now they have added that to their website....so it appears that enough women had this problem! Even my Dr (head of the local women's hospital in a large city) admitted that more and more of his patients were having problems with it and he is not so keen on it anymore.

Thank you so much for your wonderful words of wisdow on why everyone gains weight. I'm sure NO ONE would ever consider the food they are eating. (CANDY BARS CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN??? WHAT THE...)So what's your medical opion on the terrible acne? Must be poor hygiene!! Okay ladies, wash your face and you won't get acne. How about the hair loss?? Ladies, come on now, you must be brushing your hair too hard...How about bad cramps?? Ladies I'm sure there is something you must be doing to cause this....

DR. KNOW IT ALL PLEASE HELP US!!!! What else are we doing wrong?!?!?

Hormonal changes women experience in life are large contributions to all of the above.

Seriously when you were 13 and had acne what di you blame it on then, a medication or borth control method?

Stop looking for a excuse to all that ails you in life. If you want your body to be just the way it was meant to be, then don't use any sort of medication, or preventive, you will still have headaches, pimples, cramps when you get your period, and gain weight.

Signed,
Dr. Know it All....

dear doctor know it all.
I am 19 years old. I've had the Mirena for about a year and 2 months, and i'm realizing how miserable it is making me. I used to be a pleasant person to be around, and now many cannot stand me. I'm moody, and bitchy. i wash my face twice a day, and was on accutane as a teen. yet i'm still getting the acne, a problem i didn't face before pregnancy and mirena. i've practically resulted to eating nothing, yet i still cannot lose weight. i've had those excrutiating cramp attacks, i seriously thought i was going to give birth to a baby. maybe it worked out for you, but it's not working out for me.
quit accusing people of being lazy, it's not that, it's the bc.