Mirena Depression Anxiety, Manic Depression, Sleeping Disorder, Single Mom, Patient Person

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Okay WOW! So interestingly enough, I was out w/ a friend last night and when I mentoned to him that I have Mirena-he pleaded with me to google it and find out the troubles that ppl were having. He said He almost lost his wife because of it(and by lost- I mean death) That got my attention. I told him, I thought I didn't have any problems with my Mirena... I don't even have a period ever-its great! I am truly glad he told me to look, and I am glad I read the other problems women were having. I had symptoms, that I didn't even realize I had; basically blaming it on stress or other things. I have Narcolepsy which is a sleeping disorder, and recently I was diagnosed with Fibromaylgia (s/p?) Anyways I have had my Mirena for a lil over a year; I chose it because I absolutely suck at remembering to take the "pill" everyday and I am a single mom, and I told myself I will not be in this position again with another child. (I know- a lot of "ands"...lol) Well Here is my symptoms that I didn't realize could be related. I had a nervous breakdown at Christmas last year.... I called my dad and told him he needed to go get my daughter because I didn't think she was 'safe' with me, I was balling my eyes out... I was so stressed and full of anxiety and the littlest thing would set me off-AND I knew it wasn't my babys fault, I didn't want her anywhere near me! I went to the doctor and got treated for - you guessed it manic depression/anxiety ( I have had a history of it- but NEVER this bad) She came home after a few days. However, I still get easily irritated, more easily then I should- normally I am a very patient person. I sleep all the time....ALL THE TIME, I suffer from eccessive Fatigue, and nothing I take seems to help. weight gain-yep I got that too... I am the heaviest I have ever been in my life! I weigh more now then I did when I was nine months preg. with my daughter. Bloating.... yep I got Bloating, I don't feel comfortable in any of my clothes- I absolutely hate to wear Jeans anymore, and Yes I do suffer the 'gas' problem too. I was completely embarrassed and thought I was all alone on the fear of making it to the bathroom on time... I am a grown woman of 30 (so I am still kinda young to have any problems like that!) Oh yeah...I do have the Hot flashes, people would tease me and tell me I was too young for that-DUH! I want to enjoy my daughter, she will be 4 years old in march, I want energy to do the simple things, to enjoy life again, I want to feel attractive again.... honestly right now I feel kinda hideous.... So I have two major positive I am facing... no pill to take everyday, and no period!!!! If I go have it removed; what will my cycle be like? will I bleed all the time, will it just last a long time at first and then regulate, I guess I would like to have a heads up on what to expect. then there is one more question... If I remove the Mirena and choose a different IUD; will it have the same side effects? I need a B.C. option that doesn't require me taking a pill everyday, and I already tried the depo-shot that was a bad one for me.... that was like one long, on-going period that never stopped(don't want that-lol) So if Anyone out there has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you so much!

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Nickilockard - I had the same and immediately gained weight. I had night sweats, insomnia, acne and mood swings. Libido? What Libido? I went to a wellness dr, not my Obgyn, and she told me it was putting me into pre menopause. Ok, I'm only 33. That just won't work. I had it take out immediately and within 3 days, I was a new person. No more sweats, insomnia and the rest was getting getter. Further to the damage caused, we did blood work to see where all my hormones were at. My progesterone was 1/2 what it should be. This is the mean sucker that caused all of the problems, including the weight gain! I am now on a NATURAL suppliment to replace the progesterone and on day 2 I couldn't believe how great I felt. I had been feeling so bad for so long that I forgot what feeling good was like. I will never go back to the Mirena. All birth controls have side effects because they are putting unnatural hormones into your body. This is why the disclaimers on the commercials are so fast and long. It's because these things really have happened to people! The only safe birth control, other than abstainance of course, is the copper non hormone IUD. Doctor's generally don't like to do those because the other companies like Mirena pay them to give them to people. They don't make as much money with the old school.

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Nickilockard - Sorry, I forgot to tell you that once I had it removed, I had a period that week that was kind of heavy, then only once per month after that but they were a little spread out. They are normal now. I'll take that any day!

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N2hawaii - God bless these posts. I've been having problems too, to the point that one doctor told me he thinks I'm bipolar (talk about bite me)! Excessive sweating like crazy, weight gain, massive irritability, acne (I'm 39 and also had crystal clear complexion at 16, why I have acne now is beyond me). I started thinking back to when all of these problems started and what I've changed in my life (I've had the Mirena in for 3 years -- the weight gain doesn't stop)... it's been a steady progression since I had the mirena inserted. Dont forget to look up Estrogen Dominance. Be prepared in the event this happens to you so you can get the help you need. I landed on this site because I started doing research on toxicity because I have also developed an auto-immune illness, of which more and more studies are pointing toward the cause being due to our environment (70% environment, 30% genetics). Basically if you have a predisposition for an auto-immune illness (which I do; estimates that 1 in 4 people are) then you really need to watch what type of chemicals you expose yourself to. Simply put, chemical "overloads" may precipitate (possibly even cause) autoimmune illnesses. So if you have narcolepsy and fibromyalgia, then please I urge you to read the books I list below. Those "crazy people" that post and read articles like "aspartame causes seizures" and all that holistic kind of stuff? Well, for a person not predispositioned for an auto-immune illness it may not apply. But for those of us who are, the more chemicals, carcinogens and antigens we expose ourselves to, the higher our risk of bringing on more auto-immune illnesses. Some people that are easily susceptible to them may not because their "chemical bucket" isn't full yet. So there probably wont be one in four people w/an auto-immune disease but there very well may be if America doesn't wake up!! Having a foreign thing in my body is definitely not a good thing. I am calling tomorrow for an appointment to get it removed!! Thank you posting, GOD BLESS THIS POST! Oh, and if you want more information about auto immune diseases or illness and toxicity in general, or especially even for neurological / neurodegenerative type illness, disease, or disorder like narcolepsy, alzheimer's, seizure, hypoglycemia, anoxia, even ADHD, check out these three books (in this order), they may change (or save) your life! These were written by 1. A person with an autoimmune illness (and an amazing book with awesome research; this book should be required reading in all high schools), 2. A Medical Doctor, and 3. A Nutritionist with an interest in science. For those of us with susceptible to an autoimmune illness, I believe it totally and it's all true. There is even PROOF in the first book of people that have a different gene that doesn't allow them to withstand a specific type of chemical that they are exposed to every single day!! My life is changed for ever, for the better. Because I will not be getting another auto-immune illness if I can help it. 1. The Autoimmune Epidemic: Bodies Gone Wrong in a World Out of Balance -- and the Cutting Edge Science That Promises Hope by Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2. Excitotoxins The Taste that Kills by Russell L. Blaylock, M.D. 3. Raw Food Life Force Energy Here is a list of other auto-immune illnesses. More info on them (and hundreds more of them) can be gotten from the American Autoimmune Related Disease Association (AARDA), current site is: aarda.org Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (Hurst's disease) Agammaglobulinemia, primary Alopecia areata Ankylosing spondylitis Anti-GBM/anti-TBM disease Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) Autoimmune Addison's disease Autoimmune aplastic anemia Autoimmune dysautonomia Autoimmune hemolytic anemia Autoimmune hepatitis Autoimmune hyperlipidemia Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) Autoimmune interstitial cystitis Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) Autoimmune myocarditis Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes, Types I, II, & III Balo disease Behcet's disease Bullous pemphigoid Celiac disease sprue Chronic Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) Churg-Straus syndrome Cicatricial pemphigoid Cogan's syndrome Cold agglutinin disease CREST syndrome Crohn's disease Dermamyositis Devic's (neuromyelitis optica) Diabetes, type 1 Lupus (both kinds) Dressler's syndrome Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia Evans syndrome Glomerulonephritis Goodpasture's syndrome Graves' Guillain-Barre Hashimoto's thyroiditis Henoch-Schonlein purpura IGA nephropathy Juvenile arthritis Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Lichen planus linear iga (LAD) Lupus nephritis menier's disease mircroscopic polyangiitis polyangitis mixed connective tissue (MCTD) multiple sclerosis (MS) myasthenia gravis non-length-dependent small fiber sensory neuropathy ocular cicatricial pemphigoid palindromic rheumatism paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) Parsonnage-Turner syndrome Pemphigus vulgaris Pernicious anemia POEMS syndrome Polyarteritis nodosa Polymyositis Primary biliary cirrhosis Psoriasis Psoriatic arthritis Pulmonary fibrosis, idiopathic Pure red cell aplasia Raynaud's Reiter's Relapsing polychondritis Rheumatic fever Rheumatoid arthritis Sarcoidosis Schmidt syndrome (autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome) Scleritis Scleroderma System Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) (also Discoid Lupus) Testicular autoimmunity Transverse myelitis Ulcerative colitis Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) Uveitis Vasculitis Vitiligo Wegener's granulomatosis And there are plenty more illnesses that have a suspected autoimmune component, to name a FEW: arteriosclerosis autism castleman disease chagas disease chronic fatigue syndrome erythema nodosum fibrosing alveolitis herpes gestationis hypogammaglobulinemia kawasaki syndrome leukocytoclastic vasculitis lichen sclerosus ligneous conjunctivitis lyme disease mooren's ulcer mucha-habermann disease narcolepsy pars planitis (peripheral uveitis) postmyocardial infarction syndrome postpericardiotomy dermatitis pyoderma gangrenosum reflex sympathetic dystrophy restless leg syndrome stiff person syndrome (in some cases) subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) sympathetic ophthalmia takayasu's arteritis temporal arteritis/giant cell arteritis tolosa-hunt syndrome and then the following allergic disorders involve a hypersensitive reaction of the immune system against the body itself: allergic asthma allergic eczema allergic rhinitis food allergies I recommend ANYBODY WITH ANY OF THESE LISTED (or any autoimmune illness) to, at minimum, read the book listed as number 1. It LITERALLY could change your life (or your child's/loved one's), SAVE a life, and most definitely could arm you with information so you can prevent your illness from getting worse, and possibly even from getting another one (if you have one autoimmune illness you're susceptible to more). I know this is long and partially off topic but I am passionate about it because I am one of the "one in four". Blessed Be

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