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hi, i'm 22 and had mirena put in when i was 20 after giving birth to my 2year old daughter. i had a high risk pregnancy with her, meaning that i had too much estrogen in my body due to the pregnancy and it made my blood clot..it almost killed me, that is why after i had her i chose mirena because i did not have very many other options as far as birth control went. the doctor said that the side effects of the mirena were mild and hardly anyone experienced them for too long. so i chose the 5 year mirena with the non-estrogen hormone(my doctor also told me that the hormone in it might help to even out my mood swings since i am bi-polar). so i got it put in and it didn't hurt, there was no spotting and i never really had a period since it was put in. i was good until the beginning of last summer of 2010. i had noticed that everything i ate before the summer caused me extreme nausea/heartburn, and i vomited alot, so my doctor had a throat scope done and it showed nothing. shortly after i had this done my indigestion problems seemed to cease and i was happy and able to eat/sleep peacefully for a couple of months but then i started having the indigestion problems again but 10 times worse and accompanied with diarrehea. since the fall of 2010 i have vomited and had diarrehea at least once EVERY SINGLE DAY. i went back to my doctor and he diagnosed me with IBS. now it is january of 2011 and i still have these problems along with very extreme mood swings, stomach cramping/abdominal pain, pain when trying to urinate, i'm constantly shaky because i cannot eat anything other than white meat chicken or turkey...everything else makes me more sick...i am fearing for my life because of this, i have lost more than 30 pounds in 2 months and none of my doctors can seem to figure it out, i never thought it could be the mirena...this was supposed to help me, but i never had any of these problems before i had it put in. i am going to my gyno within the month and am having it removed in hopes that it will help me feel better. please give me your input, anything would help at this point....i am so scared.
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- Re: digestive hell nomirena
13 y
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This is a reply to # 1,761,087I had some indigestion before I had it removed but not to the extent that you did, more like basic pregnancy indigestion. It went away after removal. You are so young to be going through this, good luck to you.
- Re: digestive hell karita
13 y
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,761,087I had the mirena taken out when it started to feel like my throat was closing. I had had problems with diarrhea once a month for 6 months after changing from ortho tricyclen pills to the low dose ortho tri cyclen. At that time my obgyn told me that progesterone affects smooth muscle. Your esophagous and intestines are made of smooth muscle and he said this was probably causing the diarrhea. Had the mirena put in and was fine until a year later when my throat started to feel like it was closing. Had it out and lost 20 pounds in 5 weeks. Could eat barely anything. I have a blood clotting disorder and was also told Mirena is good birth control for this condition because it's not sysytemic. I now know this is not true. You should not have the mirena with this condition. It has been over 2 years now and my digestion is fine.
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- Re: digestive hell Bass81
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Oh you poor thing!
I also had severe digestive problems with the Mirena. I lost far too much weight, was vitamin deficient, and after being treated for stomach infections over and over again (which made my digestion worse, not better), was tested for allergies and put on an extremely limited diet. Nothing really helped. It took a very long time from the onset of stomach trouble (summer of 2008) for me to realize it had to be the mirena. After removal in June 2009 my stomach felt better, but I was still having loose stools for a long time after.
It's a little over 18 months since removal, and I am finally gaining weight and have had pretty normal digestion for the past couple months.
Beware, post-removal, I had pretty horrific heartburn for a couple of months. However, things have gotten better. And while it's taken a long time for me to start to have normal digestion, I can say that even with the heartburn, the days that I am comfortable and free from nausea, and have a good appetite far outnumber the days I feel bad. Now there's probably only one or two days a month where I have stomach issues. I am still on a special diet, but if I stray I usually don't have issues.
Good luck, and get it removed ASAP! Recovery can take awhile, but you will eventually get there! - Re: digestive hell 601beauty
13 y
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This is a reply to # 1,761,087Hi I'm 25 and I've had the Mirena for 3 years now. I started having digestive problems March 2010 (on the last day of my menstrual cycle). It started with intense abdominal pain,vomiting, diarrhea, and hyperventilating. I went to every ER in town. They first told me that it was food poisoning but I knew that wasn't true being that several of us had eaten the same thing that night. The second episode was a month later (again on the last day of my cycle) and then I was told it was stress (even though there were no new "stressors" in my life). So they also said it was gastritis. They gave me something for nausea and pain and sent me home each time. The symptoms only lasted a few days and I was back to normal. It happen again in August 2010. This time it was worst. It lasted for weeks... I lost 20lbs within two weeks. After going back and forth to the ER, they admitted me for about week and concluding that it was my gallbladder??? So I had that removed in September 2010. I had yet another episode in November 2010 the weekend after Thanksgiving...They said oh I ate something bad this time...I just recently had another episode last week. March 20th 2011. Never once did they mention the Mirena eventhough I made them aware each time that I had it. Now they are saying that I have ovarian cysts(typical with the Mirena)and that the symptoms are occurring when I ovulate... I went to my OBGYN and he says there's no reason to have it removed! WHATEVER! After reading your story and knowing that I am not the only one, I will rip it out myself! Digestive Hell is an understatement...
- Re: digestive hell #219515
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This is a reply to # 1,761,087Did removing the Mirena help your digestive issues? I'm having similar issues myself and I'm wondering if it's due to the Mirena.
- Re: digestive hell nomirena
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