Mirena tingling in arms and legs, sore stomach, depression anxiety, bladder infection, tingling in arms
I had my Mirena inserted about 4 months ago and I have felt like I'm falling apart ever since. I have experienced the following symptoms: numbness/tingling in arms and legs, EXTREME fatigue, depression, anxiety, acne on back, my hair is thinner, bloa - 76% more...
Mirena Side Effects
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I had the mirena for 5 months and I have had nothing but trouble and my gyno says all these problems in having are not from the IUD I have severe hair loss and vaginal odor and sharp pains throughout my body every once in awhile so I decided to get i - 65% more...
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Long-term Side Effects Despite Removal
Like many here, I had the Mirena, developed many neurological side effects (migraines, numbness/weakness, tingling, dizziness, fatigue, low libido, back pain, and depression). I had every test done to rule out MS, Guillaine Barre, etc. I was also tol - 76% more... -
Please HELP-I've had the Mirena in for almost a month and a half. Dr is insistent that the hair loss is not from Mirena. Or the mood swings. Or the backpain. Or the bouts of depression. Or the INSANE acne. I want to cry every time I shower and I cant - 61% more...
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help me please
ive had the mirena fiited a year ago n past two days ive flodded constantly headache n weakness n dissiness could it b the mirena as ive only had spotting over the year n never had a period as bad until now? xxx worried should i go docs? -
Definitely listen to your body, don't try to "hang in there"..it may set you up for long-term damage. You know yourself best. Documentation is the key. Keep track of blood pressure, heart rate, weight, and Dr results like thyroid levels (TS - 74% more...
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Mirena has destroyed my daughter's life!
My 22 year old daughter had the Mirena IUD put in 2 years ago. In the last six months her health, which has always been very good, is now so bad she can barely function. The extreme leg/foot pain (breaking/burning sensations), numbness/tingling in ar - 83% more... -
I wanted to post an update on my daughter, after having the Mirena for 2 years, her health had deteriorated to the point she could not function, and her pain was severe. At 7 weeks post Mirena removal, she is almost back to normal. All symptoms have - 78% more...
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Mirena mood swings, excruciating pain, wedding dress, fiance, fibromyalgia
I am a 19 year old with fibromyalgia that makes it deadly for me to get pregnant; carry past three months. My periods were irregular(I started at 6) and would bleed heavily for weeks. So I got Mirena in August 2009, and it has been hell. When I got M - 78% more... -
Well, I can't believe such harshness for a young girl who feels like crap. First, garbage mouth? Really? She's hurt, depressed and scared, as she should be. Second "Fibro" as you call it (Idiot) IS real, your the fack one, so get off your h - 65% more...
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Mirena iud, numbness, ob gyn, blood tests, ekg
I had my Mirena inserted in June 2009 and a few days ago and I started to feel numbness and tingling in my right arm,hand and fingers. Then it spread to my left arm, right side of my face and right leg and both feet. I called the OB/GYN to see if thi - 67% more... -
To all that are considering the mirena IUD. Please be very careful in choosing this for contraception. My OB talked me into after I had my second child and she said after 8 years of placing them she had a wonderful success rate with them. So I agreed - 81% more...
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Mirena long term solution, angiodema, urticaria, joint pain, anaphalaxis
I have been on mirena now for 10 months. I was on the depo for 10 years prior. I loved my depo adn only went off of it after Kaiser said I could not do it any longer. I was told that mirena was a god send and a lot like my depo. I can say that the co - 89% more... -
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Holy Cow batman! I had mine inserted 2 days ago and am freaking out..I have Fibromyalgia and in pain already but since it was was inserted my hips, knees, leg and well just every whre is way worse...calling my MD and having it removed Monday morning. - 79% more...
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Several years before having the Mirena inserted, I tried the Depo shot. Soon after, welts formed all over my body and I took on a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality. It was awful! I went back on a combination birth control pill. I decided to take th - 88% more...
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Hair loss & Depression Help
Hi, can someone give me some advice I have endomentriosis I am 32 and do want children just havent found myself in the right circumstance yet. I have the Mirena put in when I had my last laproscopy because I refused to go on the pill anymore after 10 - 72% more... -
mirena has been the birthcontrol from h*ll
I have had the mirena fall out after 2 months n put back in.. I went crazy I fought with everyone was not my self my family thought I went crazy. I've had head achs loss of hair gained n lost weight. Been very sick so after a year of hell I pulled it - 32% more... -
Hypothyroidism, Mirena, but now want to have a baby.
I had my first baby in Feb 2010 after trying for years (7 to be exact). 4 weeks after I delivered, I decided to go with the Mirena IUD. Of course, I had mood swings, no period (but i never really had a period to begin with anyway), hair loss, crazy h - 74% more... -
Are you still experiencing all those symptoms???? mood swings, no period (but i never really had a period to begin with anyway), hair loss, crazy hormone levels as of 3/29/2011 my TSH was at 28.71, low sex drive, fatigueness, random headaches, hot an - 20% more...
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Mirena removal symptoms they don't tell you
Side effects during: I had it placed to resolve heavy periods. during it being fitted I almost passed out, pain and cramps and when I got home diarrheoh came that evening and feeling sick. Then the bleeding lasted so long that i thought I had anemia. - 90% more... -
post-Mirena removal symptoms they don't tell you
Side effects during: I had it placed to resolve heavy periods. during it being fitted I almost passed out, pain and cramps and when I got home diarrheoh came that evening and feeling sick. Then the bleeding lasted so long that i thought I had anemia. - 90% more... -
Insomnia, headaches, numbness, mood swings...
I am a healthy 31 year old female and never experienced medication side affects until the IUD. I had the Mirena inserted at the end of May 2010. I didn't notice anything much at first besides continually spotting, but throughout the summer I noticed - 93% more... -
I can't believe I am reading your experience, its sounds all too familiar to my situation. I am now 39 yrs old. I had the mirena inserted in 2008 and have been going downhill, healthwise since then. It wasnt until recently that I discovered it could - 83% more...
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Getting Married, Experiencing side effects, take it out?
I got the Mirena about three months ago. I have noticed I have mood swings, and a short temper. I have always been very easy going, and nonconfrontational. I feel like now I am irritable and picking fights with my fiance, I cry randomly (I never cry) - 66% more... -
I just recently had mine removed a little over a week ago..I tried to give it time..I give it 3 yrs..and I just finally had enough...!!..I feel so much better!!:)..and although my hormoes r still a little crazy.. I can't believe that something so sma - 64% more...
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I imagine your GP will suggest you give it more time for things to settle down, at least 6 months. I am in the position of having some unpleasant side effects. I am now approaching 6 months. I've decided to give it 8 months and, if nothing has improv - 38% more...
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Mirena depression mood swings, headaches and depression, thick hair, hair loss, births
Thank God for the internet or I would have thought I was as crazy everyone else. I too have experienced the horrid hair loss and no one can tell me it is due to pregnancies as I have had thick hair following both my children's births and now 4 years - 57% more... -
I too have lost my libido, I have gained weight, I was not always the nicest person to be around I had the mirena in for a year and a half and was on my period for 7 days every month at the end of it it got down to me having a period every two weeks - 39% more...
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Urgently need advice - Has anyone else experienced this?
I am 23 years old and I had my Mirena for about 8 months before I got it removed. In those 8 months I gained about 15kgs, I suffered from acne (which I did not suffer from as a teenager!!!!) and I started to lose my hair. My lower back was always ach - 73% more... -
I totally agree - it was the worst mistake I ever made to have it put in. My weight will not budge at all, in fact it just seems to be getting worse, because it seems like everything that goes into my mouth is turning straight to fat. I am about to g - 81% more...
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I had my mirena device removed after only 7 months. I gained 20-25lbs during that time, my hair and nails grew like crazy, no sex drive and I had horrible acne. I have had it out for 1.5 years. I have lost about 7lbs and I can't seem to get anymore o - 65% more...
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I'm so so glad I'm not alone in this. My friends and family don't believe me - even my doctor thinks I'm crazy. I totally agree that from now on I will stick to non-hormonal options. Do any of you ladies have any suggestions on how to stop my hair fr - 43% more...
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Hi, I am so glad to have found you guys. I've been going crazy since getting the Mirena coil fitted 8 months ago. I've been depressed, and have gained 1 and a half stone in weight. I don't look like myself, I don't feel like myself. I've been trying - 64% more...
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I loved it at first but now things have changed
OMG...I'm reading these posts and I have a doctors appointment tomorrow to have mines removed. I've been having problems from not knowing my period is on until I have sexual intercourse or urinate. I never realized that the mirena was causing these p - 70% more... -
I absolutely cannot believe this!!! I've also had the Mirena since 2008. I am overall very healthy, so when my hair stylist noticed small bald patches at the nape of my neck that have now spread, I got extremey worried! I've been reading some of the - 56% more...
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Mirena medication, confirmation, severe mood swings, pitting edema, bacterial vaginosis
SIX HOURS POST REMOVAL- I had my mirena removed today after 3 years and nearly 3 months. My side effects included headaches, sore breasts, weight gain, nausea, severe hair loss, depression, severe pitting edema of my right foot, cramping, hip pain, e - 88% more... -
I know it's been a while since this post, but I'm hoping I will get a reply. I had a lot of these symptoms, but the most concerning to me was the severe pitting edema in both legs. The edema is in both ankles, calves and sometimes behind my knees. It - 58% more...
