I got mirena 5 years ago as of last August. I just had my first child, I was married, and my doctor suggested mirena. All I was told was it's great! No daily routine to remember, low dosages of horomones, no weight gain, no other issues thanks to the low doses of horomones. I can't really recall when my issues started.... I took up smoking not long after giving birth-I said due to stress of being a young mom. I gained weight significantly-I'm hypothyroid and I'd had a baby recently. I had issues sleeping-normal stress, or maybe too much cafeine. I had mood swings/anxiety/irritibity-again stress from my job in customer service then, having marriage issues, etc. Later on I noticed the decreased sex drive, but I just thought we were in a little rut, we had been married nearly 4 years then.
Then a few weeks ago, my roommate and I saw one of those "call if you've had..." legal commercials for mirena! I was shocked. No. Not my wonderful birth control. Then I got online and completely HORRIFIED myself by what I read! So I made an appointment to see my new gyno. She could not find the strings to pull it out-now I'm flipping out about embedding in my uterus, infertility etc! I'm 25! She scheduled an ultrasound, which didn't help much, then I had a hysteroscopy (sorry if it's spelled wrong!) which was successful.
The surgery was on the 14th of January 2013. On the drive home, I looked at my sister and said, "Would it be weird if I said that I'm feeling better already?" And I was feeling better. I was happy and felt "lighter," I saw my mom a few days after the removal and she said I looked different. I asked what she meant and she couldn't put a finger on it exactly, but she said I looked like I was feeling much better. Day 10 after removal hit, and if I hadn't read online about the "mirena crash," I would have been terrified by what happened. I had incrediable mood swings, severe anger at the drop of a hat, blackouts (I seem to be hiding things from myself), dizzyness, blurred vision, ringing ears, anxiety from hell, a feeling of general unease, forgetfulness (tied into blacking out, because I'm losing things like Cell Phone , cigarettes, keys, etc. things you usually keep with you or know where they are). And to top it off, I still haven't had an actual period, just some light spotting. My doctor prescribed birth control pills, but I want my body to get back on it's own. I want to know I'm not too "damaged." I'm getting more and more scared about this. Any words of advice or similar stories?