Mirena Webmd, Joint Pain, Mood Swings, Flu, Urge
Posted over a year ago
I am getting mine removed FRIDAY!! And Friday can't come soon enough. I am kinda bummed tho for having to go back on the pill but I can't hack this ANY LONGER!!! One of my friends works for a GP and I went to him because of some of my side effects. The ... more »
I am getting mine removed FRIDAY!! And Friday can't come soon enough. I am kinda bummed tho for having to go back on the pill but I can't hack this ANY LONGER!!! One of my friends works for a GP and I went to him because of some of my side effects. The flu like symptoms minus having the flu (had it for at least 2 to 3 mos now) NO sex drive (causing trouble with my marriage. Hubby is taking it WAY to personal), swelling in my hands, feet, legs, and face. (my face will feel flush and BAM I'm swollen!!) VERY BAD MOOD SWINGS!!! Very Bad isn't the word for it!! There are no words to explain my moods!! ANYHOW..... I sent this to my friend to read and she pulled it up at work. Well the GP said that this isn't a reliable place to go for information on the side effects. "There are NO positive side effects to anything." Which is true BUT he seems to think going to Web MD or some sight like that is more reliable than here. And that this sight shouldn't scare me and he wouldn't urge me to have it removed after reading this. (OH YEAH I forgot to mention joint pain, I have HORRIBLE joint pain in my hands, wrists, elbows, knees, ankles, and feet. The worst of it is in my wrists and elbows) Back to what I was saying. To that (this sight not being reliable) I say go to Web MD and post there too! I pray that I can get back to me after this comes out!! I hope it don't take too long either! I MISS the old me and HATE the new me!! But FRIDAY HURRY UP AND GET HERE. And for anyone who has had it removed........ anything I should be repaired for??? Thanks for your time!
Fatrug - hello,i too had shocking side effects with mirena,i got mine taken out one week ago and i can promise you you will be back to how you was, i feel brilliant now i only had it in for 2 weeks and i suffered terribly with depression,insomnia,anxiety,heart palpitations,pins and needles in my arms,no appetite,i thought i was going crazy,i now have a copper iud and apart from heavier bleed its great,get that thing REMOVED and look forward to feeling good again,i wish you all the luck. mandy
Lauraanais - I had all the above symptoms to, as well as anxiety and depression to where i wanted to kill myself. I was ready to give my daughter to my sister cause i am a single mother and i didnt know why i was so depressed they had me an all kinds of med's for anxiety and depression then my friend googled mirena and anxiety and tons of stuff came up if it wasnt for her i would had probably went through with suicide. That is how bad i had it and my obgyn told me i was crazy and literally told me off cause i never allowed him to insert that IUD in me i was counseled for a paraguard one so when i told him how i felt he said i was nuts and literally kicked me out of his office. PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR BODY AND YOURSELF YOU KNOW HOW YOU FEEL AND IF YOU FEEL DIFFERENT THAN YOU ARE!!! Your body never lies to you. I thought i was going crazy i didnt know what was wrong with me, also thinning hair and acne as well. As soon as i took it out i had this sense of like i just felt free, it took a month or two to balance my hormones back to normal and i had the paraguart IUD inserted in me and i feel absolutely fine. Like a normal person again and love being with my daughter and never EVER feel the way i did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Angi13425 - I called my OB/GYN and inquired about the paragard. I talked to the nurse and she had to talk to my Dr. SOOOO in the mean time I called back my GP and instead of talking to Mr. Dr. I talked to Mrs. Dr. (his wife) and asked her to look in her book and tell me all the possible side effects of the Paragard. She looked in my chart and asked my why Mr. Dr. perscribed me (she said the name I can't remember, GO FIGURE) basically a water pill. I told her that he basically said the way I was feeling was PMS. And then I said Well I have been suffering from PMS then for 3 mos straight!! So she asked me again all the things I was feeling and she said yeah they are all contrubuated to the progesterone. And that the Paragard is non-hormonal and would probly be a better form for me. I then told her that 9 yrs ago I was on the Depo shot. And that basically drove me nuts too. And it wasn't till Mr. Dr. mentioned that the Depo. is pergestrone (which I knew but again go figure didn't put 2 and 2 together MY MIND IS GONE!!) Mrs. Dr. told my friend that Mr. Dr is a a$$ when it comes to women issues he isn't the one to go to and to tell me (it didn't come from her :OD) to ask to see her from now on. Men just don't understand these type of things. So my OB/GYN finaly called back and the nurse said that yes the Dr. said we could go ahead and change and that my ins. co. would pay so its a go only problem is they have to order it and it will take about a week to get in. BUT she will call as soon as it comes in to make an appt. So we cancled Fridays appt. and I will have this life wrecker taken out and the paragard put in next week. I was a bit upset cauze this can't happen soon enough and my husband said what is a few more days??? I just about punched him dead in his face!! I said that is what a few more days are!!! SOOO I'm praying that it will come in FRI and we can make an appt for Mon or Tues!! I wrote my hubby a letter cauze I can't seem to convey my feelings to him well actually I don't dare TALK to him cauze I can't remember words and I get real frustrated and then pi$$ed for my memory loss (I mean its BAD I forgot to go and pick up my 9 yr old from school yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH THAT BAD!! I had to have my husband leave work early cauze my van hadn't been touched sence last week and it had snow and ice caked to it!) and I get irate and makes matters worse so I wrote him a letter and TRIED to tell him what mentaly I'm going through. Well I guess writing my feelings didn't do too well either he really hasn't spoke to me and won't even come in my vacinity hes keeping his distance. So I must have offended him some how. And when he does talk I get my face snapped off! Or its just my perception. Depression is setting in bad and yeah the Anxiety is there too! And now my 1 yr old and 3 yr old are sick! SOOO At least I KNOW that I'm touchy and what is wrong and I keep telling myself OK RELAX! It's not as bad as it seems! You will make it through the moment. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THIS OUT!!!!!!!!!! But he did kiss me this morning when he left for work. I talked to his cousin on the phone lastnight and he was right there and I was telling her and I think he got the gist. So maybe me being able to talk to her with out having to guard my words for fear of offending like I do with him maybe he understood what I was trying to say. If that makes sence. I don't know but anyhow its comming out and I can't wait!!!
Danielle123 - I had the Mirena put in about 5 weeks ago, and had it removed 8 days ago, I am sooooo glad you are getting it out! It is amazing how much trouble this iud can cause with your emotions and body, I ended up in the emergency room twice, the first time was for anxiety attack, heart paplitations, numbing in my hands and arms, nausea, depression the second time was for nausea, I was so sick I had to have a relative come over to watch my kids(I have an 8 month old and a 6 year old) My husband has been great about my emotions, one day I am good and the other I still feel the effects from the mirena, today has not been a very good day, I still have feelings of sadness thet overcome me during the day, they say it takes a month or two to get back to normal, I do not have heart palpitations anymore, the main thing I have now are some mental "fog" where I feel like I am outside of my body, nausea - to the point that I can't even eat a crumb, or think about eating a crumb, and some depression, they call this the "Mirena crash" they say you have the crash on and off for about 10 days and the you begin to feel better, I have had mine out like I said for 8 days and I do feel better, nothing can be worse than having the mirena stil in me, so you can expect to feel somewhat sick and tired but know that things do get better once the mirena is out. I am going through it too, I hope you feel better when it is out. I will keep everyone posted on how long it actually takes for me to feel like I am 100% back to normal. Danielle
Angi13425 - I had went back to my OB/GYN 2 times after getting this. Once for cramping! OMG I had pitocin for my 2nd child and the cramping was almost as bad as that!! 2nd time for Eczma. Well then to my GP also so thats 3 times. I'm aware of my moods and I'm depressed. Its getting bad. To the point to where I'm almost ready to go back to the Dr. to have some antidepressants. BUT I keep saying that it will get better when this comes out so I'm trying to hold on. I don't want to go on them and then wean off them and then who knows ya know?? I don't even like Tylenol or pain relievers like that. Well I should have thought this thing in me is secreting forign crap into my body. I have 4 boys (1 (just turned one on the 1st), 4 in March, 9 in Jan, and 15 in 2 weeks) and then of course we hav the biggest kid of all who is 37!! I'm a stay at home mom and useto love it! Now I'm not doing well. I can't deal with crap like normal. Chaos is normal here (I forgot to mention I also babysit for 4 girls too) and I have NEVER had a problem with kids screaming or running around. Lately I'm a basket of nurves!! I can't deal with my normalitys here anylonger. Its bad! I feel better being able to talk to people who actually understand and know what I'm talking about! I mean even Mrs. Dr. took a ton of weight off my shoulders when she actually seemed like she knew how I am feeling. And didn't bursh me off saying take this pill and you'll be better in the morning! I think I'm changing from Mr. Dr. to Mrs. Dr. He is good but she seems like she is more relatable. I just hope there aren't long lasting effects of this. I mean I can live with some of them but NO sexual interest, and the Depression, Nervousness, I CAN'T live with!!!! I know if this don't come out and I get basically back to normal my marriage will be over. My husband don't come near me. Which in a way I don't blame him I'm a royal bitch most of the time and when I'm not my moods change so quick he probly don't want to chance it! All I know is its comming out and I hope its not too late for my marriage!!
Lisasimmons - I had decided about 3 months ago that i wanted to remove my mirena because of the symptoms. I have done alot of research, my husband demanded that i be well informed before assuming that all my side effects were indeed from mirena. I concluded they were.
And along the way i discovered the way birth "control" really works. Mirena in no way stops ovulation. Therefore your body can continually be getting pregnant while on this product. Doesnt make sense you say? the mirena changes the lining in you uterus so the egg that has already been fertilized, now a living thing with all the dna it needs, your baby, is unable to implant to get nutriens from you uterus, thus starving all the while it can attempt to "implant" between 10-14 days, then it is flush out of your system, lifeless.
wonder why lots of mirena users report "i feel pregnant but the ept says no" its too early to detect, yet your body know. Extreme exhaustion, nausa, dizzyness, even tender breast....i am gonna say something bold....but obvious, THE DRUG COMPANIES ARE IN IT JUST FOR THE MONEY. they wont tell the truth.
the american medical association twisted the definetion of "life" as to be after implantation, however before that it was common knowledge that life begins at conception, that bundle of dna is your baby and is its own, not just a part of you.
There are links to birth "control" methods and cancers and such....doesnt that tell us something, its not good.
Go get a tubal, or use condoms until you can make that decision soundly, i am done with hormons and strange things just chilling inside me.
this link to a discussion is very informative:
http://www.vitalsignsministries.org/The%20New%20Abortionists.htm
facts about the pill and other birthcontrol your doctor doesnt tell you:
http://www.prolife.com/BIRTHCNT.html
Dustiandjoey - I had my baby in April 2009 and after my six weeks I was already back down to my desired weight a week later I got the mirena and started to gain it all back At my 3mth follow up I complained to my doctor that something was poking me and also my boyfriend during intercourse, it ended up being that the strings were too long and had to be trimmed I asked the doctor at my 3mth follow up and he said weight gain was not a side effect I have just continued to gain weight to where evryone says are you pregnant it seems to just be in my abdominal area. Also I beleive that I am losing alot of hair from this medication, when I take a shower my drain gets clogged and when I brush my hair I have to clean it every time because I have lost so much. I don't know if memory loss is a symptom but I have alot of that and I am tired all the time I feel so lazy.I have severe back pain that shoots through my back to the front of my abdomen. I have experienced pain during sex.
I've had is the massive mood swings I go from 0 to 10 in .01 seconds and cannot control it. My life is a wreck I am on a roller coaster with my boyfriend of 8 yrs. We have gotten along really well and ever since I have been on the Mirena I have acted so crazy. I never want to leave my house I flip oy on him for things that have no validity. I can't go in the store shopping for anything groceries cloths nothing I have anxiety like no other I start sweating and feel like I need to get out of there I feel like I have been there for hours and have to go fast.
About 3 weeks ago I reached my breaking point. I was cramping really bad and I never have had cramps then I went to bed the next day I woke up and could not move I felt as if I had the most severe flu like symptoms ever. I had 104 temp chills low blood pressure. I was freezing cold but sweating like no other. I tried to stick it out took some aleve and theraflu they did not help. I was shaking like I was in a freezer but my body was burning up. My head felt like it was going to explode. I was vomiting but I could not eat so I had nothing to throw up. So the next morning I woke up after not really getting any sleep I felt misriable I had my boyfriend take me to the emergency room I felt so bad I could not even get myself dressed my boyfriend had to even put my shoes and socks on. At the emergency room they took my vitals my blood pressue was 54/92 and even got lower than that. My pulse was 140 my temp was 103.9 ..basically they said if I had not come in I would be dead. They took some urine and blood and there was an infection in my urine so they started me on antibiotics then they told me something was abnormal in my liver, I do not drink but maybe once a month if that usually just on occasions so I did not understand what was wrong with my liver they said I had to be admitted for 2 days to do some blood tests and keep an eye on my liver issues. After 30 tubes of blood they said I had bateria in my blood which most likely inflammed my liver, they think the bacteria was from a uti I had developed.All the tests came back negative for the liver problems it was just inflammed. So my fever stayed and my blood pressure had gotten as low as 54/86 my blood sugar was 161 they even had to give me insulin.I ended up being in the hospital for SIX days. I am a ver7y healthy person I have never even been sick a day in my life beside the morning sickness from being pregnant with my first child, so I knew something was out of the normal. Then when I got out I researched the side effects of Mirena and I feel like I have been under adviced there are so many more side effects than I was informed of. While the whole reason for me sharing my life-threatening hospital stay was because one of the side effects is Sepsis this is a severe illness in which the bloodstream is overwhelmed by bacteria.Which symptoms are Chills
Confusion or delirium
Decreased urine output
Fever or low body temperature (hypothermia)
Hyperventilation
Lightheadedness
Rapid heart beat
Shaking
Skin rash
Warm skin
Sepsis is caused by a bacterial infection that can begin anywhere in the body. Common places where an infection might start include:
The bowel (usually seen with peritonitis)
The kidneys (upper urinary tract infection)
The LIVER or the gall bladder
The lungs (bacterial pneumonia)
The skin (cellulitis)
The infection is often confirmed by a blood test. But, a blood test may not reveal infection in people who have been receiving antibiotics.
In sepsis, blood pressure drops, resulting in shock. Major organs and systems, including the kidneys, liver, lungs, and central nervous system, stop functioning normally.
The death rate can be as high as 60% for people with underlying medical problems. The death rate is somewhat lower in those without other medical problems.
These are all the symptoms I was having and I did have bacteria in my blood I believe the mirena did this to me.
So I dont know if anyone else has experienced this but THIS IS NOT WORTH MY LIFE I have an appointment Dec 3 to get the Mirena removed but I would like to take legal action because this is unexceptable and I BELIEVE MIRENA ALMOST TOOK MY LIFE.
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