Okay ladies.....I need your help. I had the merina iud inserted on May 10th. About 3 weeks later, I noticed that I was shedding tons and tons of hair. At my follow up appt. I asked my ob/gyn about it and she said that it was either my hormones shifting and once they balanced themselves out it should subside (I had not been on hormonal birth control for over 14 years.....had the paragard) or I was sensitive to the synthetic hormones in the Merina. At that time, I was not experiencing any other side effects really. The hair loss did lessen and was probably within the normal range of average hair loss and I had tons of new growth (I also started taking vitamins/supplements for this). However, more side effects started to occur. I was tired, more irritable (I'm an extremely laid back person), unmotivated, constant headaches, and worst of all......depression. Tears would roll down my face for no reason whatsoever. I felt detached........I just wanted to be left alone. As far as weight gain.....I'm 5'5" and weigh 110 lbs. My weight stayed exactly the same but I NEVER ate......I had no appetite and felt nauseous/icky most of the time. However, my mid-section in general was much fuller...like I had a spare tire starting. Anyways, had it removed a week ago due to these symptoms and the paragard put back in. Appetite has not returned......headaches are going away though. The big plus........depression/mental fog is lifting and I'm not irritable at all. I've gotten more done in the past week than I have all summer. The problem is.....my hair is falling out in large quantities though. I half way expected this as my hormones are probably trying to balance out again. It's just so disheartening.....particularly since I've already lost so much hair due to insertion.....I just don't have as much to lose. Has anyone tried progesterone cream with success? I'm still taking all the vitamins/supplements. I just can't imagine 6 more weeks or longer (how long it took before for the loss to slow down)of losing hair at this rate. Plus my scalp stings (like before) so that is a sure sign that more hair is going to fallout. I can't believe the horrific effects this thing has on people's lives (shaking my head). Unbelievable. :(