Mirena IUD side effects and law suit 
malpan
18 y
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I spent all night last night awake in bed, thinking I should file a class action law suit against Berlex, the maker of the Mirena IUD. I was wondering if anyone else was having these thoughts too.
I had the MIUD inserted 4 mos after delivering my first baby at age 33. After about the first year of having it in, I started noticing a whole host of weird symptoms in my body, but I couldn't relate them to any one cause - terrible mood swings, low grade depression, pain in my joints, fogginess - a real inability to think straight, my hair thinning, my energy real low, my temper real high, no enthusiasm for anything and no desire to have sex, the list goes on and on.
Finally in Nov 2005 I thought to myself, "Maybe it's the hormones in the IUD that are causing all this," and I had it removed. Then the real nightmare started. I haven't slept now since Novembe and every other wierd symptom I was experiencing was exacerbated when it was taken out.
I finally got with two doctors, one in Houston and one here in Jacksonville, FL that are helping me to sort out all of my medical conditions which at this point include - low thyroid, estrogen dominance, adrenal fatigue, chronic yeast infections, and horrible insomnia. The point is that the MIUS threw me right into perimenapause at age 35. And the worst of it is the insomnia. I am now on bio-identical progesterone, armour thyroid meds, hyponystatin to kill the yeast in my gut, vitamins and minerals to replenish my system, a strict diet, and every homeopathic sleep remedy on the market - although nothing seems to be working for the sleep.
It's not an exact science-this perimenapause thing- they are still trying to figure out what dosage of progesterone I need in order to sleep well. The MIUD with it's constant release of artificial progesterone, did something to mess up my entire endocrine system.
I have spent thousands of dollars seeking treatment and on meds. I have lost time at work. I spend most of my days just trying to heal myself while raising three girls, a husband, and my own successful business.
I would be very interested in hearing what you think is the possibility of filing a class action law suit against the manufacturer, and well as the two gynecologists who told me there were no risks associated with this thing, even after I informed them that I never did real well on hormonal birth control.
By the way, get that thing out of you immediately!- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... mirenahater
18 y
26,100
This is a reply to # 106,728I had mirena put in a few weeks ago. It is now 4/5/06. About two weeks after i had it put in I started to experience depression, severe axiety and panic attacks and crazy uncontrolable thoughts. I had it removed 4 days later, and am no better now and its been out for over a week. I printed out all this information I found on the net from other people and their similar experiences and took it to my doctor today. He told me that there is no way that the hormone could still be in my system after a week. He treated me like I was an idiot and just breezed through the information that I brought and and laughed. I have had similar experiences when my hormones were messed with and I know this caused it. I just want to be myself and I hope Im not messed up forever.
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... stone4
18 y
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This is a reply to # 106,729I had Mirena put in 2 and half weeks ago because of bleeding problems. I was on many different hormones before it was placed in. Now I am experiencing numbing, and confusion, tiredness and anxiety. My question is were any of you taking hormones before you had the Mirena inserted? I was hopeful that Mirena would be less hormones thus less effects.
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... stone4
18 y
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- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... knellapat
18 y
25,256
This is a reply to # 106,728I had Mirena inserted in Sept 2005 and have experienced severe Depression and anxiety attacks which I am now going to a shrink for. I also have had NO sex drive and my hair is falling out in abundance. Please help! Should I get it removed?? Will it make things worse?? Does anyone have any other info regarding this IUD??
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... Ev
18 y
25,104
This is a reply to # 106,732Get it removed. If you know for a fact that these problems started only after you got the IUD inserted that you can be pretty sure that the symptoms and IUD are related.
What do you have to lose if you get it removed? You only have your health to gain back. - Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... angellinn
17 y
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MoreThis is a reply to # 106,732You should definitly get the IUD removed....that thing made my life a nightmare...it will take a bit for the symptoms to go away though...I had mine taken out 2 days ago and I can at least fall asleep now. That manufacture of this IUD is lying about the syumptoms and this is why the doctors will not believe women when they come in and complain about this thing....do not listen to your doctor...take it out and see how you feel. Trust me on this one you will not regret it.
I am so upset about this product and feel that I have been lied to and I want to join others about a class action suit. Contact me if you feel the same way
angelmcmahan@gmail.com
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... Ev
18 y
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- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... mrs. labatts
18 y
25,231
This is a reply to # 106,728Just wanted to let you all know, I just had to have my Mirena IUD removed from a fat pad around my ascending colon. Yes, it had perforated my uterus soon after insertion over a year ago and had grown into that pad for the past year. I had surgery last monday and have since contacted an attorney. I'm not sure that I'm going with a class action suit or more on my own against Berlex and the Dr. for his negligence in not following protocol for the one month follow up to check placement after insertion. I contacted Berlex and they stated that it is not a first choice contraception for a nursing mother because of the high risk of uterine perforation, yet I was not told this by the Dr., who still claims this is safe, not did I see it in the pamphlet in the waiting room. I am not at all happy with the whole ordeal, of course, it's been very painful and stressful. I wanted to share this with other women who are having the same problems and for anyone who is considering getting it.
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... olivertwist
18 y
24,543
This is a reply to # 106,737Hi mrs. labatts-I too am having to have my Mirena IUD removed because it is in the fatty tissue of my abdominal cavity. I only had my inserted in May 06 and I too am a nursing mother and was assured that this is a wise and safe choice by the mid-wife that did the insertion. I did not feel the strings after about a week, but I was told initially that they may wrap around the uterus. I did go back for my 6 week checkup but she could not find the strings, so the office scheduled an ultrasound 2 weeks later. I took it upon myself to go to a diagnostic clinic. I went through the vaginal ultrasound, X-ray, systology histrograom and CT scan. The CT scan showed the IUD not in my uterus. The dr's office now thinks that I need to come in as soon as possible to get it removed with laproscopy, because it can cause scar tissue damage the bowel and such. I am also not happy with the ordeal-there is very little information about not haveing one while breastfeeding. I am sorry that you had the problems that you did, but I wanted you to know that you are not in this alone. Thank you for sharing with others. I am now stressed about having this thing removed. Take care.
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... olivertwist
18 y
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- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... Krisbalekian
18 y
24,942
This is a reply to # 106,728Lets chat, shall we? I would love to talk about the class action. My email is Kris@kjbattorney.com. Please write at any time.
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... Kerrmit
18 y
24,783
This is a reply to # 106,742I have had the IUD for four years now. I have had terrible moods swings and have been in a severe depressive state. I thought it may have been to do with my past, but I now am believing this IUD is what pushed me over the edge into maybe irreversable damage. My long time boyfriend of five years has just told me he would like to seperate. I have no job and no money I have basicaly become very dependent on him. My only hope is to show this to him to show him that these last few years have not been me that it's been the IUD. I initially took it because I get migranes and heavy periods. I was on a three month birth control pill cycle and would get terrible migranes after three months. This just horrible to think I am loosing the love of my life because of this Mirena IUD. I am 28 and haven't had kids, and this thing may have pushed me away from my dreams.
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... sachabarson
18 y
24,659
This is a reply to # 106,742Hi Kris
I think that there is a hell of a lot of people that would love to take on this company, but without cold hard fact we will be walking into a already lost battle. Most women that come to this site don't have that much money. I have the mirena in and doing test with it in and then after. I am horrified with what I am reading.
I am suffering from terrible mood swings, black outs, terrible temper and suicidal thoughts. I have 2 kids and I get so angry sometimes I am scared I do something to them. I am lucky I live in the same complex as my mom so she helps me with them. I have never in my live has such a temper as I have now. I have had it in for 2 years now. For the first time in my live I have acne, not even as a teenager did I have one pimple. I got the Mirena because I fall pregnant on every thing else. I would love to take these people on. Every gynecologist I have gone to says I am mad. So I am going to a normal GP to do all my blood test etc. We would have to find some one who is willing to be a Ginny pig, have test done before the mirena, during and after.
Tell me your story
Sach
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... nykijo
18 y
24,470
This is a reply to # 106,750I know how you feel about the mood swings and such. I have had mine in for a little over a year and am going to get it removed on wednesday. i have decided that this is it. NO MORE HOMONES at all. I will have my tubes tied first. I have gained 35lbs in the last year - more than with my last pregnancy.
I also agree about the lawsuit. as much as i would like to stick it to them, there is just no proof.- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... dying4eternity
18 y
24,606
This is a reply to # 106,751I had mine in for 1 year (and a few months). I had went from 190lbs to 224lbs; before that I'd weighed 190 for a few years; 175 all through high school; 150 in 8th grade and 125 in 7th grade (and if I could go back and not listen to the girls who'd called me fat in 7th grade I probably wouldn't have given up and just started eating. Bitches. <--- still bitter, but they got older and uglier... haa haa; right.. point... on it.)
I took my IUD out May 19th; its now the 29th and I've had some SERIOUS mood drops. Severe depression, strong suicidal thoughts... and I don't know what to do about them. A lawsuit would be good, and would perhaps encourage somebody to do testing. You need to find a lawyer who is interested in money, and interested in tackeling a big company... and media attention, and you won't need to pay anything. The attention of the trial ought to be enough.
If somebody gets something going, email me! ericamoreau@gmail.com
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... dying4eternity
18 y
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- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... sickniece
18 y
28,756
This is a reply to # 106,750i am reading all these horrible stories. i would like to suggest to each and every one of you. get a msh test and a vcs test (if effecting your vision) the msh test if low can tell you if your messed up from the foreign objects in your bodies. it will tell you if there is something abnormal. the vcs test is more for people with blurred vision. these symptoms i am wondering is from infection that is not detected early on when inserted. it could also be from bio-toxins in your bodies, from the foreign object. if you have a foreign object in your body, some peoples bodies will reject. if you have auto immune illness symptoms, this is the answer. is there no specialist who help women with the iud's. my niece is sick from her iud and she has auto immune type illness symptoms. when your body has a foreign object your auto immune system attacks the object. messing up ones thyroid, thinking, etc. it also could be from infection that was never treated in the beginning. putting your bodies into a lot of trouble. if your msh is low then good chance you could have bio-toxin disease. i wonder if these products could grow fungi, mold or bacteria on them. there has to be a doctor to help women like you? the same thing with breast implants even saline ones. i myself had saline breast implants, have alot of the same symptoms as you all have. i had them taken out by a specialist, and found that i have bio-toxin disease from mold. my niece and i talked about our symptoms and we share alot of the same. i am now wondering three things could have went wrong. number 1 either infection when getting it inserted. number 2 rejection and over acting auto immune system. number 3 bio-toxin from mold or the product material itself. if there is any type of silicone this could happen with out the mold. if any of you have the iud still in you, when you have removed. write a letter to your doctor, stating you would like to keep it. put in fridge, do not freeze. find a lab to test it. lab corp would be a good place to start. this is a serious problem that no doctor is a specailist in this field and i will research for all of you to see if i can locate one. sorry about your illnesses, my heart goes out to you all. i am very sick from saline breast implants and know how it feels to be lied to and left for dead.
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... fiver5r
14 y
20,175
MoreThis is a reply to # 106,768oh my gosh.. I have a mirena and am having alot of these same issues! I was perfectly healthy until it was placed about 8 months, now I feel like hell all the time. I ache all over, I'm tired, cranky, my lymph nodes are enlarged etc etc.. I've been referred to an immunologist, a rheumatologist, internal medicine specialist and a dermatologist.. no one can figure out what's wrong with me... bloodwork is perfect. my primary care doctor thinks it's all in my head and has prescribed antidepressants, but I really feel like this all started when my mirena was put in.. I know this is dumb, but it was expensive.. am hesitant to have it removed, but I feel like there's really something wrong with me. What if I have it removed and don't feel any better? ugh.... does anyone know if there's been any real legal action against mirena yet?
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... fiver5r
14 y
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- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... pooh4bama
18 y
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This is a reply to # 106,750I wonder what test they would ahve to run, I still have mine in and I feel the same as you! I would be willing for them to pull my blood work and check my hormone levels but I'm not sure what eles they can test?? Let's see I have thought for the last 6 months that I was losing it, I thought I hhad a nervous break down, I am now wondering if it was thie darn IUD causing all my problem and for my "new hubby" to almost hate me, I feel so angry and hate for almost anyone I come in contact with....I feel like a ticking time bomb just waiting on the timer to click! I have been being treated for a depressed mood and they have me on Xanax .5mg 3 times a day. I bet as soon as I get the thing out of me with in no time I will feel so much better! Please anyone doing a lawsuit count me in.....Please contact me @ peeweenwendy@aol.com!!!
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... Ev
18 y
24,341
This is a reply to # 106,787I am almost sure that all your emotional and physical woes would be gone if you got the IUD removed. It's as easy as making an appointment - there are safer forms of birth control with less side effects.
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... Ev
18 y
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- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... nykijo
18 y
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- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... pmkmommy
18 y
23,846
This is a reply to # 106,742Hello, all!
I just found this forum today, DEC. 15, 2006.
I have been on CZ.com for a little over a week. I found myself here, at CZ, because I decided that I wanted try the MC...because I am having serious physical issues (for all of 2006). And have had just about enough of shrugged shoulders from my doctors, and being shoved pills--to see if this will work. So I thought I would fore go convention and try old fashioned homeopathy. Bought the "Master Cleanser" by Stanley Burroughs, and shortly after, discovered Curezone....
With all of my symptoms, I have gone through MANY many tests. CT scan, MRI's (2 of my brain & 1 of my spine), Colonoscopy, Ultrasounds, 24 hour Holter Monitor for my heart, EEG, EKG, biopsy of my Uterus, oh, and so MANY blood labs! All in about a 6 month period.
I am 33. I have a lovely 3 year old daughter.
None of this time I have spent with my crew of various doctors has given me a satisfied resolution. I have Primary Insomnia (for over a year), a Microadenoma (hormone producing tumor) on my Pituitary gland (that's in your brain), and Fibromyalgia Syndrome. And I would assume that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome would be logical at this point. =)
NOW, I had the MIUD inserted in Oct, of 2003- 6 weeks after my daughter was born. I nursed her for 13 months. I did not have my period until a month after I stopped nursing. And it was not regular at all, ever.
I had the IUD removed in October 2006, so as to have an internal ultrasound of my uterus to look at 2 growths....And have had to wait for some further testing before I can have it re-implanted.
Accidentally, I found this forum today...
Now, I am very interested in knowing if there is more information I can find about how this may have effected me for the last 3 years... And what my choices might be.
I am very eager to receive any information at all...
Please share with me anything at all!!
Hope you all are recovering well!!- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... Julianne0426
8 y
2,894
This is a reply to # 792,423Hi, i know this post is old but i am hoping to recieve feedback from your progress since you have been diagnosed with the pituitary tumor. I too have experienced all the things you explained here and was just told yesterday that I have amicroadenoma as well. I am heartbroken and have been fighting this depression. Please anyone respond.
- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... Julianne0426
8 y
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- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... Kerrmit
18 y
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- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... tex-ok
18 y
24,702
This is a reply to # 106,728I have had the MIUD in for two years and it has been nothing but trouble. swelling, moody, bleeding every week, hair lose, constant hurting in my belly,painfull sex at times, yeast infections, UTIs, memory fog, tired, no sleeping, i could go on and on after reading everyones letters. I am getting this thing out on the 16th of june and having my tubes tied will let everyone know how i feel after that. I will have blood work done and see what that says about my hormones. I have also been diagnosed with dysplagia not suposed to have this thing in. If a bunch of you ladies want to get together and talk about lawsuit let me in on it. I think it can happen look at the patch lawsuit. here is my e-mail shawnperez70@yahoo.com
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- Re: Mirena IUD side effects and law ... mirenahater
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