Mirena Merina Coil, Heavy Periods, Pain Killers, Iron Level, Mood Swings
Posted over a year ago
Having read all the other peoples comments, am feeling a little less like I am going mad! I am 33 and have no children and had the Mirena coil fitted 18 months ago to combat VERY heavy periods and a dangerously low iron level (i suffer from PCOS). All ... more »
Having read all the other peoples comments, am feeling a little less like I am going mad! I am 33 and have no children and had the Mirena coil fitted 18 months ago to combat VERY heavy periods and a dangerously low iron level (i suffer from PCOS). All seemed to be going well for the first 6 months or so- still bleeding but less heavily and a little bit of weight gain, but nothing too scary. Then 9 months in I got what seemed to be a very bad case of herpes the doctor didn't do a blood test, but did give me medication and pain killers.....I have been with my partner for 4 years, we are both faithful and I have never even had a cold sore before!
In the past 9 months my period have been getting more frequent again (one every couple of weeks for about 5 days) but not as heavy as before AND I am getting a very swollen every month with dry itchy areas and sometimes a blister! Does anyone know if it can cause a dormant herpes infection to become active? I am also putting on weight more and the mood swings are getting more pronounced....lots of uncontrollable for no reason and my sex drive is either very high or not there.
I think I will get it removed, but I am scared of the effect this will have on my periods........can anyone help!
Lishthemom - i am going through the same thing with sores, i thought came from the itchyness. my husband and i have been faithful to each other for 5 years. i see my doctor on the 20th to have the mirena removed. i am so worried. i wonder the same thing about this as you are. can this thing make a dormant case come out, or could it be another type of infection? whatever it is, we are not alone in this case. this was the worst thing i put in my body. all the ads seemed promising. it all started after about 18 months of having this thing. i just want everything that has come from this mirena to go away. i can't believe something was so great for the first year, turned out to be one of the worst things i can imagine. i am printing off a few pages of these side effects and taking them to my doctor when i go so he knows it is not just me.
Thomasjoseph - Well I was just educated on herpes today I'm not really gonna explain the background but I was at the doctors when my girl friend was diagnosed and I asked the doctor if it was possible I had herpes and had no signs she said yes and that she had herpes for 20 years before her first out break and that she had gotten it from her mother at birth
I figure if you can go for twenty years without an out break than its possible that you or your partner had it for some time and never knew I think the mirena was just a coincidence especially if the out break occurred 18 weeks later
basically what I'm trying to say is herpes is almost untraceable you may have caught it from any sexual partner at any time and it just lay dormant till now and that sexual partner may live there whole life with out an out break and will never know they had it has nothing to do with faithfulness and don't bother with the blame game cause just because you broke out and your partner didn't doesn't mean you don't have it
something you may want to consider is the effect of herpes meds on your birth control just a thought cause it can decrease the effectiveness
Marble83 - Marble- Well I am not sure if thats true for everyone as far as having herpes for 20 years no outbreak then later coincidently having an outbreak after the Mirena. I have always gotten my "Full" std screening even when I was married since you never know what your partner is doing and my test for HIV, HepC, Herpes , etc., always came out negative. Never had a cold sore growing up at all! Now all of a sudden Months after I get Mirena I get Bacteria infection frequently, Cold Sores during or after my menstrual....I go to my OB and MD everyone looks at me like I am crazy, I know my body better than anyone with a degree or Microscope! How is it that my test have always been negative for Herpes but I still get these silly cold sore during menstruation since the Mirena? I am so frustrated and wish I would have never gotten this Mirena!!!!
Notalone80 - I am having the same problem, I am 31 years old and since a baby every year I go to get tested. Last year, I was tested for Herpes and my test was negative, I went to two different doctors, both negative. I had Mirena inserted about 8 months ago and had it taken out last month, due to recurring infections. I went last week for blood work and it came back positive for Herpes (HSV2). I am confused, and I do believe Mirena has some connection with it. But, how do we prove it? I just want to know more information on this Mirena and what it is really doing to our health. Something is wrong. Has anyone else experienced a similar case?
Kw65 - I had mirena fitted 4 months ago for constant bleeding. I am still bleeding with abdominal pains, brown discharge and pmt. I contracted herpes 20 years ago and havent seen it since, in the last 4 months i have had it 3 times!!! I am going back to the gyno next month, i want the coil removed and hopefully a hystorectamy. Im 45 with 1 child age 9............. I had pinned my hopes on this working but it has made the last months hell, if im not crying or sore im bleeding
Notalone80 - I have heavy bleeding too, and I believe after years of trying this and that birth control, it has gotten worse. Not to mention, with aging hormones change and free radicals build up. A immune booster is good to allow the body to fight off viruses, bacteria, infections and parasites..etc. Change your diet and exercise more, this will help. Don't get a hysterectomy just yet. Go to see a Nutritionist, your Vitamin K levels maybe low, and the Mirena makes your body stop producing progesterone. Try a progesterone cream over 100mg, you can ask your doctor or visit a healthcare store specialist. The body needs time, rest and cleansing to restore back to a natural balance. Do you agree?
Kw65 - I have my doubts but do feel that my body does not want to accept the mirena. I was no good on the pill and feel its time to get it removed and see when my heavy periods come back and constant bleeding there may be something else on the market that would work
Jenb - Marble83, I'm having the same issue. I've to this day never tested positive for anything. But ever since the mirena I get cold sores every month. I've gone to the doctors about them. One said its not herpes, the other said it doesn't look like it but if it is that hsv1 is common and "no big deal"! I freaked. Everytime I get a sore now, I'm afraid to kiss my husband and I certainly have cut oral sex out of our life because I'm afraid of getting sores on my genitals or his! He's never had a sores, but I end up being a nutcase like "omg, what is that on your lip" and it will end up just being a zit. I'm afraid to share drinks with my family... I know it is related to the mirena because this is my second mirena, happened with both but not at all during the four months in between having the first taken out and the second put in. I wish doctors would stop looking at me like I'm crazy, or acting as if herpes is no big deal. I mean with its link to dementia, how can they be so cavalier?
Kw65 - Mirena is out and my mind, skin and body is all back to normal. No more herpes!!!!! I have just had a uterine ablation ( take lining of womb away) it was an easy op and i have not had a period since.....................I fully recommend uterine ablation for women with heavy periods who do not want any more children. Mirena was the worst thing I have ever experienced. I was very down in the dumps for 5 months and bled all the way through until it was removed. Any woman with heavy periods who do not wish to have children or any more children, go for a uterine ablation. Doctors do not want to hear the bad side of the mirena and i think that is very unfair................
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