Mirena and anxiety sleeplessness

I got the mirena put in 4 months ago.My symptoms stated right away,but since I had just had a miscarriage and lost alot of blood a month prior to getting it ,I contributed my fatigue to it...until it didn't go away even though my blood count is great again. I also have had bouts of sweating,migraines,sinus infections,terrible acne,anxiety,depression,serious cramping,weight gain,pain in my back,legs and feet,weird tingling in my heels,numb toes,heart palpitations,and now my circulation in my feet is bad,so bad that my feet sometimes turn blue! i have had all the blood work done and am found to be perfectly healthy ,yet I feel like I'm 80 and falling apart rapidly! I'm 37 and have 5 kids,but I've never experienced anything like this! I was talked into this thing by my obgyn on the terms of "I've lost so much blood that this will be good for me,so I can rebuild" but I have just now stopped bleeding every single day.And I too have a bad odor now,which I never had before,sore breasts and have to wear a liner all the time for the nasty discharge I am now experiencing! I go in the morning to have mine removed. I hope I don't bleed a lot again!!! I'm worried about that but am looking forward to getting my life back.This has been a nightmare! THIS IS THE WORST METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROLs life and help them.This is not in your head....it is the Mirena in your body!

I've been hearing my wife make comments about having a lot of these symptoms these last 5-6 months after having it put in last November. Both of us had discussed her new gradually acquired symptoms as needing to change our eating habits and start living healthier. Dropped the coffee and alcohol, Increased the vitamins.....all to no avail. It went from there straight to marriage counseling and me thinking that I married a freaking lunatic. She gained no weight but rather became more aggressive and snappy over nothing and everything. Emotional up swings with the seldom down. Anxiety, sleeplessness, nausea, periodic 'fluttering' feeling in her uterus and for the first time in 4 years I heard her complain of severe cramping to the point I became very concerned medically speaking. Whelp, we got into it this morning over absolutely nothing and again ten minutes later she found herself emotional, crying and apologetic. That was when she knew something wasn't right and luckily thought to check for possible side effects her birth control. (Mirena) This CRAP is coming out tomorrow! What a freaking NIGHTMARE for not only the love of my life but for me! These side effects are REAL and should be dealt with with REAL concern. I wish you ladies the best of luck in any decision that you may choose.

I had the Mirena put in July 3rd 08 at my 6 week check up after I had my second child. I did not have much pain during insertion. However now (about a year later) is a different story. I am glad that I found this page, and I am not alone. I have the common side effects that others list on here like weight gain, mood swings, irregular periods that are different consistency (clots, stringing, heavy flow, light flow), extreme fatigue but unable to sleep, lack of interest in normal activities, and breast tenderness. I know I expected the mood swings, weight gain (but did not think it would be the 18lbs i gained while i was eating healthy and working out) and cramping for a few months after insertion. However the past 2 months I have had a lot of pain in my pelvis. Cramping is not the right word for it, it feels like pressure on my pelvis. Like someone is standing on what feels like my ovary. This is also with the occasional flutter in my stomach that feels like a baby kicking. I have gotten what I believe is my period and took a pregnancy test that was negative. The pain is mainly on the right side which goes around to my hip and sometimes up to my shoulder. It has now turned into a stabbing pain in my lower middle abdomen (this is all with no other bleeding other than my 3 day period). I am calling to doctor tomorrow to get myself checked out. I feel the strings in the same place I always have but the pain is something I can no longer take. I am not sure that this is worth it anymore, I think its time to talk to the husband about a vasectomy!