Dizzy 
mrsbranbran
14 y
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MoreThis dizziness is about to drive me crazy. Constantly dizzy and nauseaus. It's difficult to ride in a car!- Re: Dizzy chilpep9304
14 y
3,420
This is a reply to # 1,604,059Have you gone to see a dr. regarding this? I had this last week for 2 days. It was really bad when I woke up and saw things spinning--like the spinning you see on a slot machine...and I don't even drink. I wished I could have used that as the reason why I felt so dizzy. I vomited 4 times the first day...the dizziness was so bad. I took Excederine Migraine; that did help me some. It made things a bit more bearable. I also treated it like a migraine. I'm not sure if this was brought on by the Mirena or not. I've had migraines in the past, but never with such bad vertigo. The second day, I woke up with the same spinning; I immediately took Excerine Migraine...again this helped. Both days, I snacked on crackers and sipped on Gatorade. I took it easy both days--luckily, this all happened over Spring Break. For me, it was difficult to even close my eyes because I couldn't stop the dizziness. My last alternative before going to the physician was to take Dramamine---not with the Excederine though--to see if this would also help. I didn't have to take the Dramamine because I was better by the third day. I woke up feeling fairly okay--with the exception of the side effects that I get from the Mirena almost on a daily basis--well at least for 10 to 14 days out of the month-- but heart palps everyday!!! I know the extra caffeine in the Excederine didn't help the heart palps, but I couldn't take the dizziness. At the time of vetigo, the heart palps were the lesser of the 2 evils. Feeling dizzy and/or car sick is definitely a weakness for me...I can't deal with that feeling.
I am not telling you to do what I did--you know your body and what you can tolerate. This is just what I did and it helped me. You may want to check your BP and make sure you are drinking enough water...and even check with your GP if possible. I hope you are feeling better soon. Hang in there---you are not alone!
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- Re: Dizzy Bass81
14 y
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This is a reply to # 1,604,059I also started experiencing dizziness about 5 months after removal. This was never anything I had while Mirena was in. I blamed it on the Progesterone cream I was using, and stopped, and the symptoms faded after about a month. However, the dizziness is BACK along with sore breasts, muscle aches, depression, and severe fatigue. What is going ON?!?!
Did you ladies experience dizziness with Mirena in, or only post-removal?- Re: Dizzy happyfamily6
14 y
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This is a reply to # 1,604,766I definitely had problems with dizziness while the Mirena was in. My autoimmune attack became very severe last fall (I'm 5 months post) about a month before I started to suspect the IUD. When the attack became became severe, my worst symptoms were neurological: vertigo for a couple weeks, and then dizziness, feeling of being off-balance, tingling and numbness on right side of body, jerky and uncoordinated movements, extreme muscle weakness in my right upper arm. After removal, the symptoms would come and go, but I never had vertigo again. I felt quite good during my 3rd month post with very little dizziness, and now I'm feeling worse again. The dizziness is back, my arm is weak and uncoordinated again (after almost getting better), and my head is spacey. I felt like this during my 4th month post, and thought it was a 4 month crash, but my 5th month is going along the same way, which is depressing. I now have new, burning pains in my wrists. Actually, my right wrist did have tendonitis while the Mirena was in, but then it went away right after removal. Now it's back, and my left wrist is having it for the first time!!!
Don't know it this helps. I go through cycles of feeling positive and like I'm healing, and then the symptoms come back, and the fear of having a disease that will never go away haunts me. My mind and fears play such tricks on me.
Diana- Re: Dizzy Bass81
14 y
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This is a reply to # 1,604,929I am so sorry to hear this HappyFamily :(
I am in the same boat with you -- the spacy head thing is the WORST since I feel like I am losing my personality, that along with the fatigue is killing me. Sigh . . . I was so hopeful of being better right now. I really think the progesterone cream screwed me up. Very worried that something else is going on, and am going to go in for another hormone/thyroid/adrenal function panel soon, and am thinking of getting tested for Lyme, worried about CFS.
I think that 90% of me is overreacting at this point, and I just need to give it time.
Other women have made it throught this and I am SURE that we will, I just wish it wasn't so hard and didn't take so long.
I'll have you ladies on my mind! Hugs!- Re: Dizzy happyfamily6
14 y
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This is a reply to # 1,605,265I agree, Bass81, that we need to give it time. But I can't understand why it's so hard for me to do that, even when I know it! I literally repeat to myself that many women take around a year to feel better. I'm not even half-way there yet, so I have no reason to be impatient. And yet I spend much of the day trying to calm myself down because I'm so worried about (fill in the blank) new disease I might have. I have to tell myself to get a grip a lot. I think it's actually worse for me to have a "good" week when my symptoms recede a bit, and then feel worse again. It plays with the mind!
So grateful to know we're not alone though!
- Re: Dizzy happyfamily6
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- Re: Dizzy Bass81
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- Re: Dizzy dontdodrugsmirena
14 y
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This is a reply to # 1,604,766I too experienced dizziness, but only post removal. I too thought of treating it like a migraine. It felt like bad car sickness. I found the only way of dealing when it was really bad was to not get out of bed, which is REALLY hard to do with kids and a full time job. The good news is that each month my dizziness got better. I have only had a approx 5-7 days/month the past 2 months of MILD dizziness. I could still totally function. I would take tylenol and zofran (prescription for nausea). Goodluck
- Re: Dizzy happyfamily6
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