Mirena Ambulance Ride, Heart Palpitations, Ct Scan, Ekg, Having a Heart Attack

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I'm so thankful all of my side effects happened within just a few days after having this damn thing inserted! I have a 2 yr. old and a 4 month old. Don't need any more kids! My 4 month old is a pill baby so I thought, and was told that mirena was PERFECT for me! WHAT A HUGE CROCK! I had it done March 11, 2010. In this past month I have had 3 ekg's in one day, an ambulance ride because I thought I was having a heart attack at 24, have had to save me pee in my fridge and had a ct scan. On top of all of that, they probably have tested a gallon of my blood! As well as thoughts of me being such a burden to my family, I wanted to kill myself! I LOVE my family and my life, but felt so low, and scared to be alone with my children in fear of having a seizure or stroke. Felt like I couldn't be the mom I should be. Not to mention, hair loss, every joint, muscle, even fat aches! Moodiness beyond belief! I also would get a flush feeling wave accompanied by extreme lightheadedness. Heart palpitations they can NEVER catch with massive anxiety! I thankfully am getting it out tomorrow at 3:45pm, and that time could not come sooner! I was told mirena had very few and rare side effects. The side effects I have been experiencing were definitely not on the list! I am so upset with my doctor and Bayer. In order for them to say "Hey, this is good for 5 yrs!" they had to of spent SEVERAL years of studying it and just not listed everything. If women knew about all the problems they could possibly have, I highly doubt it would be such a popular product. And definitely should not be represented as a "wonder drug" for birth control. It should be taken off the market and Bayer should be held responsible for all the hell there product has put so many women, including myself, through. I thought I was crazy! But I'm not, and neither are any of you! This is a very real issue, and a horrible one at that!

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Jennylynn07 - Physicians are well aware of ALL the potential side effects of Mirena whether adverse or not. They choose not to share them with us for some reason. I got this from this website... VERY GOOD READ! http://www.virginiahopkinstestkits.com/mirenareport.html But it's really a levonorgestrel uterine implant, the same old side-effect ridden progestin that was in Norplant, a tiny implant that is injected into women’s upper arms and then causes many of them months if not years of misery. ... Underinformed about Side Effects women will do fine with the Mirena, but I have two big beefs about it. One is that I believe women are grossly under-informed about the side effects of levonorgestrel. Some women will understand that the crampiness and nausea they may feel may be caused by the device and will decide it’s worth it in order to have relatively trouble-free contraception. However, it will just not occur to most women that their lower back pain, headache, stuffy nose, depression, weight gain and abnormal pap smear (to name a few) could be caused by the progestin in their Mirena. The health care professionals who insert them are unlikely to directly warn women about those symptoms or ask about them when they come in for a follow-up visit (if they even have one)... Marketed to Breastfeeding Women My other big beef is that these devices are being intentionally and consciously marketed to pregnant women for use postpartum. There is even an implication in the literature that it could be inserted during a C-section. There is very little research about the effects of progestins on nursing infants, and most of what there is was done for one year in third world countries such as Egypt, Bombay and Chile, which is always a red flag to me because it’s so easy to get away with shoddy research in those settings. (If you’ve ever been to a hospital in Egypt you know what I’m talking about—primitive would be a polite description of the one I visited.) A study done in Mexico with breastfeeding Norplant users found that their infants had significantly modified thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. The one six-year followup study I could find that followed breastfeeding infants exposed to levonorgestrel (Norplant) was done in Norway and found that they had higher incidence rates of respiratory infections, skin conditions and eye infections than the control group, and later were found to have a higher proportion of “neurological conditions.” To me it’s unthinkable to even consider exposing a nursing infant to any type of progestin. I would call this a form of corporate sociopathy—marketing without a conscience to unwitting, under-informed women who are just trying to responsibly avoid an unwanted pregnancy. Since the FDA is unlikely to take action against this practice it’s up to the rest of us to spread the word. Warnings for Mirena Include: Ectopic pregnancy (which can be life-threatening and result in infertility) Intrauterine pregnancy (birth defects are a possibility) Sepsis (an infection which can be fatal) Pelvic inflammatory disease (which can result in infertility) Irregular Bleeding and Amenorrhea (no periods) Embedment (in the uterine wall) Perforation (of the uterus or cervix) Ovarian cysts (can cause severe mid-cycle pain) Breast cancer Risk of Mortality (risk of dying is low) Possible Side Effects of Mirena Include: Lower abdominal pain Upper respiratory infection Leukorrhea (abnormal vaginal discharge) Nausea Headache Nervousness Vaginitis (irritation or inflammation of the vagina) Dysmenorrhea (cramps or painful periods) Back pain Weight increase Breast pain Skin disorder Acne Decreased libido Depression Abnormal Pap smear Hypertension Sinusitis I can't tell you how upset it makes me to think that I was breast feeding and my daughter could have been exposed to Progestin! She is 13 months old and weighs 16 pounds 11 ounces. She has a major weight problem since about 6 months old, and they are sending us to specialists regarding it. Since I stopped breast feeding, she has been slowly gaining it back. If Mirena had anything to do with her in-ability to gain weight I would be LIVID!

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Topcat67 - hi i had the coil fitted on 18th march since then i have suffered with really bad abdominal pain and for the past week feeling sick,headache ,dizziness shaky bleeding and just feeling absolutley crap,i am having it removed on 19th april via hysteroscopy(with a camera as they cant see the wires without it)i wasnt told any of the side effects

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Jessmyers420 - thanks jennylynn07 for all the great information. i can believe how many doctors i have seen over the last year and a half and none of them has even mentioned a possible link to the mirena iud i had in my body poisoning me from the inside. i too am pissed! i breast fed my daughter for 11 months with that thing inside of me. so far she has shown no side affects but i am so sorry to hear about your baby girl. i hope you find the help for her that she needs. there are a couple of sites if you google "mirena class action law suit" (or something close to that). i would love to sue the crap out of bayer (sp)!

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