Mirena Caused High Blood Pressure and Panic Attacks

Posted over a year ago

I had my IUD placed 6 months ago after birth of 3rd baby. About 2 months ago started noticing a heart flutter every now and then.. thought nothing of it.. then earlier in march went to see doc because short of breath.. gave me inhaler.. when short of breath came again(that weekend) inhaler did not work. went into full anxiety attack. went back to family doc and she diagnosed me with anxiety. Gave me xanax and celexa... Then started having daily heart palpitations and high bp and dizziness and feeling like my I was on speed or something. always jittery and scared to death.. Had I not searched the internet for more info on Mirena I would not have connected the two. Had it taken out this morning and I am so thrilled. I believe my body was in the "fight or flight" mode trying to get rid of this evil object placed in my organ.. Never again and I promise I will be contacting the FDA about this one!

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Rcowgill - I am in the same boat. I had Mirena put in after my 4th child about 5 months ago. I first started with the heart palpitations and headaches. Went to the doctor and she said just to give it some time for my body to get used to it so I did. a couple months later I feel worse and my mind is cloudy and can't even think straight every single day. Then then the past few weeks I have been having pain in my heart like someone is squeezing it and last night it got worse and the left side of my face got numb I swore I was having a heart attack. I went to the ER and they ran a bunch of tests and still they came out normal but I sure didn't feel normal. The Dr. said it could be related to anxiety which I NEVER experience in the past and was always able to handle my stress levels. I have an appointment this week to have it removed along with going over my ultra sound for pelvic pain I was having which I also believe was due to the Mirena. I hope you are feeling relief now and so much better after having it out.

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Robnat420 - I had mine removed 3 days ago and I can tell you it was SUCH a relief! The heart papitations are slowly subsiding. (when the mirena was in I would experience them at least 10+ times a day) now it is just a 3-5 and they are less pronounced. I still have some tingling in my left hand and I get these pains in my head that come for about 5 minutes and then go, but I think it is just my body trying to get back to normal. This past weekend when I finally figured out what the culprit was I did so much research on the internet. From what I found, I believe the hormone were affecting the adrenal gland. This causes your body to going into the "fight or flight" mode which in turn raises your bp and makes you have increased anxiety, chest pains, etc... This makes you stressed and can cause the brain "fogginess" etc.. I went to the website womentowomen.com and found a lot of useful info about what was probably happening to my body. I am like you.. have never had problems with anxiety before and have always been able to handle my stress. It was getting to the point that I could barely function thru the day because I would just lie on the couch d/t not feeling right and all the anxiety. I didnt write it in my post, but I had bloodwork done and and EKG and of course everything was fine. I am sure that after you have it removed many, if not all the symptoms will subside. I was so thankful to read others posts because in the pamphlet I had gotten on mirena in the side effects it only listed "nervousness" and "high bp" it never said panic attacks 24/7 or chest pain, or heart palpitations!!! you just need to get that thing out asap and let your body start to heal itself.. Goodluck to you!

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Acirfa - OMG...I am so pleased I have read this, I thought I was suffering from angina or something but now realise it is probably the merina! I sometimes feel my heart is going to leap out of my chest and get numbness in my hand and arm, I almost called an ambulance at one time but felt I wasn't sure enough to do so. I have gained so much weight as well which is crazy as I am very health conscious and exercise daily as I have done all my life now suddenly I am a dress and bra size larger than I have ever been. What to do then is my dilemma as I suffer from heavy bleeding!

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