Mirena and antibiotic

I had Mirena inserted 8 months ago. I am 30 years old and have no children. My husband and I are still undecided about children but know we don't want any oops happening any time soon. I stopped having periods every month. I lost 10 lbs it could be because of working out and healthy eating. I no longer have mood swings like I did on Yaz or heavy cramping. However my chin breaks out and the pimples are never whiteheads, they feel almost like hard mosquito bumps. I love that when I need to take an antibiotic it doesn't conflict with the birth control from Mirena. After reading all the posts I will say I am a little frightened long term I could face some difficult side effects. Does anyone have any suggestions on the acne? My dermatologist prescribed a scrub but the break out s still appear on my chin.

Hi all! Well I got my mirena taken out on Wednesday. The Dr. was very sweet I told her my symptoms and she said lets take this out then! While she was down there she said " Hmm I'm going to look at a swab under the scope." She came back in and said that the mirena gave me a bad infection! I had to take some strong one time antibiotic that killed my stomach! I can't wait to start to feel better. I did notice I can see a lot better then I did, no more blurry eyes. The last 3 1/2 years have been utter hell for me. I've been in and out of different Dr. offices not finding anything. I was dizzy all the time, I started out small after I delivered my baby and gained 60 lbs since it was put in. I had a shooting pain on my right side, horrible anxiety attacks, blurred vision, fuzzy mind, head aches, ovarian cysts, lower back pain and bloated belly. I am so relieved I got this disgusting thing out of my body!!! I hope my life will go back to normal now.

I got the Mirena in August 2008 after having our second child. We thought it was a great idea b/c I wasn't ready for my husband to have a vasectomy in case we ever did change our mind about having more children. Although, we definitely have decided that we won't have anymore. Anyways, I have had spotting ever since and the three months of spotting is a joke because it has been way longer than that! The last two days I have had SEVERE lower back pain through the tops of my legs aching. Reminded me of having back labor it was so terrible. I couldn't sleep at night good because it was awful. I called my doc today and I am having it removed tomorrow. Can't wait!!!! I just wished I had read this website before I had decided on Mirena. And the comment I read about the hurt you experience having it inserted is the darn truth! If I had knew that I wouldn't have gotten it either. Besides that, my doc had to clamp my cervix while trying to insert it...so needless to say it was horrible!!!!!!!

okay ladies, i posted about 6 months ago regarding my acne and moodiness. I went to my doctor and consulted about having the Mirena removed. She said the acne would subside in 3 months due to a decrease in the hormone. I was prescribed an antibiotic and some some results however, I am now having the Mirena removed next week. My ACNE is horrible and embarrassing. I feel like a teenager and feel self conscious at work or socializing. Just like when I was a teen. I hate it and am fed up. I get a new zit everyday. I am broken out on my face, back, neck, and arms. how gross. I do not feel attractive and can't wait to have it out. I called Planned Parenthood today just to see if I could get it out NOW. But it will have to wait until next week. I am going to look into the Nuvaring and see if that is any different. I will say the only thing I liked about Mirena was not having to worry about popping a pill everyday. Anyway, if you had acne problems before I would not recommend getting this. Sorry for the spelling but I am so frustrated right now.

I got my Mirena IUD inserted at the end October 2008. I had a tubal ligation with the birth of my fourth child so my IUD was supposed to combat my battle with endometriosis. Needless to say, I am not pleased. After insertion I spotted for about a month. Finally that ended and I was blood free for about one month and as of January 1st, I am bleeding again. Happy New Year!!!! At first, I didn't know where to attribute my horrible depression, severe acne, and migraine headaches but now I have an idea since discovering this website. I am 31 and have NEVER suffered from acne not even during those adolescent years. The spotting is the worst. It is this horrible dark brown color with a horrific smell!!! I was starting to wonder whether or not it was actually blood. I contacted my doctor's office and was told that this was normal. I was given an antibiotic because they assumed the smell was from some type of infection. Well that didn't work. My doctor didn't want to remove it thinking that eventually my periods and bleeding will stop permanently. That day has not come yet, and I don't know how long I can endure. I really just want it out. I am tempted to contact my family practitioner and have him to remove it. I just know, I want it out!!!!!! I am just grateful for finding this site and finally realizing that it is not just me. I am looking into some herbal treatments to try to ease my discomforts with my endometriosis. I don't think I want to risk dealing with any more IUDs, birth control pills, or shots anymore. It just seems like to much to loose at this point.

I'm glad that i have found this site as well. I want to say though i only have had mirena for three days now. So far the only problem I had was some cramping. It was not rally painful to have inserted just more cramping than I expected it does seems to be subsiding already. Umm so I guess im just holding out to see how it goes. I just wanted to post to remind everyone that women react differently to birth control. I personally am 21 and I was put on birth control by my father when I was 12 I hadn't even really started to have periods yet but I will tell you I have used many different forms of Birth control some have agreed with me and some have not. First I think I tried the shot depo it made me bleed for too long so i stopped using it. Then I had lunelle i was fine but even though I was not sexually active I had to stop taking it because apparently they found out there wasn't enough medicine in it to keep people from getting pregnant. Next there was a time where I got seriously sick ( from an antibiotic I had Stevens Johonson Syndrome at 14 yrs old) I was hospitalized for three months at this time I didn't have periods and was on no birth control for about a 1 1/2 yrs- 2 yrs. during this time when my periods returned my periods were horrible i couldn't handle them so I went back on birth control I figured because I never established my own cycle without birth control that it would be hard for me to do so. I also treid the patch which was Awful i had really bad breast symptoms they were always very sore and tender and i started to form lumps in my breasts so I stopped using the patch and then the breast symptoms went away. So i went to different pill forms the best one that worked for me was Seaonale it was wonderful and great! I had no problems on my period and no side effects unfortunately my health insurance decided to stop paying for Seasonale. So i was put on another pill that was similar to Seasonale make up and although it was a once a month i was taken it for 3 months and then having a period somewhere along the line here there was a switch in my script to where I was getting a generic version and since then I started to have symptoms. I was having more PMs symptoms during my period, my sex drive went out the window, I gained almost 40 -50 pounds, and I experienced really bad vaginal dryness. Well due to these annoying symptoms and the fact that i had been recently diagnosed with High blood pressure i talked with my doctor about different birth control options and i was told I was better off using a non estrogen birth control so my last few options that I had not already tried was the IUD or the Nuva ring. So for now I have choose mirena and Im hoping that I have made the right choice after reading horror stories on the internet Im happy to say Im not going to get it removed unless it starts to cause problems for me. i posted this because like others i wanted to stress that every women reacts differently to each birth control so if you have negative side effects on one then that just wasn't the one for you I don't think this means that women should not try mirena or other forms of birth control so just know you have to find the right one for your body. So heres to praying and hoping that mirena works out for me.

I am so glad I found this website. I had my IUD put in January of this year. I have had cramping that feels like sharp pain shooting through my lower abdomen down to the top of my thighs. The discharge is my main problem. I figured it was related to the IUD because I haven't had any more problems "down there" in quite a while. The discharge I have completely fills up a pantiliner. For some reason, it gets worse the latter part of the day. The odor is embarrassing. I have been to the doctor twice. Nothing was found. No infections of any kind. My doctor did give me on the second visit some sort of antibiotic because he said the discharge was "old blood". Well, it helped for about two weeks, and not it's back. I have visited other sites and have read similar complaints. I really believe that I should have this thing taken out. I miss being normal.

i had the iud since sept 2006 and had it removed last week. i had felt it the entire time ive had it. id go thru hell with cramping and no bleeding. my weight would fluctuate from 135 to 150 in a matter of days, i haven't been able to get back down to my pregnancy weight of 117. i was so depressed that i tried to commit suicide. id cramp and bleed after sex, during i could feel it sometimes my husband could too. i had migraines that would last for days multiple times a week. my eyelashes, brows and hair has thinned out a lot. my skin is horrid with acne that would last for months with the same break out. i was bloated all the time. i was super moody, didn't have patients for anything or anyone. i am usually a pretty layed back person on mirena i was completely opposite, im surprised my husband hung in there! i was constantly constipated, frequent urges to pee, didn't want to out outside. when i was having it removed, my doctor couldn't find the strings, luckily she found them. my experience with mirena was horrible. i don't recommend it to anyone. after it was removed my stomach felt so much better. wasn't constipated, didn't feel a hard uterus, the pain that would shoot down to my feet stopped. my doctor did tell me i might have a mini period, which i am now. but im telling you i feel a lot better now that it is out of my body. if you knew me while i was using the IUD, you would think i am a different person now. i wish i had never gotten it in the first place...

hi i had the mirena fitted 4 weeks ago,not had any side effects since fitted but is it normal or not to smell a bit down below

i have had mirena for 3 months now. i went to the doctor about my acne and irritability. Other than that I haven't had any side effect to complain about. For the acne I started an Antibiotic (until my body gets used to the hormone) and for my irritability i started B12. I just don't want to jump the gun and have it removed if these two issues can be resolved.

has anyone NOT experienced complications with acne? And for those who have, how bad on a scale of 1-5? (I really should have asked these questions before I got this thing put in...)

Few days ago I posted how awful I felt ....an extreme tiredness and generally feeling rotton!Had a good cry too!Well today I have my period well brown smelly(sorry Girls)discharge.Im presuming its my period ...I don't really know as I get spotting on and off and don't make note of the dates.Im thinking its only been 3 weeks since my last though!!!Im in good form now although still feel bloated.Im presuming it was pmt I had??????
Ive never suffered with that before ,even when on the pill for 8 years.
I was 100% getting it removed earlier this week but now Im thinking Ill keep a diary and after a couple of months decide.....
Although...gut instinct ....get it out!!
Now Im thinking why has this discharge got an odour....I don't have symptoms of thrush...and I have only one sexual partner,my husband!Gee....im still confused...yes confusion might be another side effect....Oh NO!!!!

I got Mirena put in on July 5, 07...never had a child but Dr. said since I was 36 and not planning on having children, Mirena was a good alternative to the pill which I had been on since I was 19. On the pill I had very light 2-3 day periods and with diet and exercise, could lose weight. Now, almost a year on Mirena...the only good think that has gone away from when I was on the pill is the migrane headaches that I was starting to get on a monthly basis...but, in their place...I have gained weight, tired, have acne, cramps erratically throughout month, never know when my period will show up...some months it does not, some months it lasts 4 days (like last month), and I always feel bloated - esp. in the abdomen. I've even wondered on occasion...am I pregnant?? why do I feel so bloated?? One other weird thing, since I started running this year, I get this weird sensation that I have to go empty my bladder...this also occurs while doing intense stomach crunches...but it is not incontenance..nope never have bladder problems...it is just this funky feeling - sometimes almost a burning feeling around my uterous. Have not seen anyone post this - but it did not happen before Mirena when I ran or did sit ups...now it does - doubt this is coincidence.

Some of these symptoms truely could just be simply the result of ovulating again - that is what my Dr. told me...that on the pill I never released an egg...so now my body was getting used to ovulating again. Well...if that is the case, I just can not stand it anymore...I get it removed June 26th - next week so hopefully I'll be able to post back that these symptoms are gone or have removed. Going to go on the pill again...which has its own side effects...but I sure did not have as many when I was on it. Husband has offered to go under the knife to take care of him...but I'll see how the pill does again. Hoping to reclaim my life and actually lose weight as I've been dieting and exercising while on Mirena to no avail!

I had the Mirena inserted two weeks ago. It was very painful when it was inserted and I also had a few cramps the same day. It was inserted while I was on my period and the bleeding stopped the next day. My husband and I had sex two days after it was inserted and the next day I started bleeding again only it wasnt blood. It was light brown dischage and i dont know what this is but it stopped after a few days. I really didnt think anything else about it until my husband and i had sex again a few days ago and it was so painful i started crying and we had to stop. The very next day I started having the same light brown discharge. This morning I started really bleeding blood and I dont know why this is. Is this normal?