Sounds like you and I are on the same emotional roller coaster. I feel so relieved that it is out. I went to the http://www.womentowomen.com web site prior to having it removed and I have been taking their vitamins and progesterone cream. The site is very very informative and helps us confused women follow the hormone trail, all of the investigating I have been doing makes me want to become a doctor for striclty women, we are very complex beautiful creatures that need to be monitored and taking good care of ourselves. I believe the iud put me into perimenopause. I also believe that all of the imbalances made me hypoglycemic which my pcp never tested me for so my anxiety got worse and worse and he just through me on Depression meds when that wasn't the problem. I went to a different Dr. yesterday for something unrelated (flu season) and I was giving the past few months history and was explaining all of my findings to her about the iud and hormone imbalances talking about this forum and she was vey impressed and really was supportive to what I was doing, and I asked her if there was something that I could do about the insomnia and she said that she would NOT put me on anything if I was going organic and I really respected that. I actually didn't want meds just wanted some ideas so I could get some zzz's. I got my period today (had it out Tues) first period in 4 1/2 years and the first time in my life that I am excited about it because I feel like it is the first step to normalizing my body . I am doing everything I can to balance my hormones again. I have started eating organic on day 3 and feel really really good. I have an appointment with a holistic healer on Tuesday to try and find more natural ways to get my body back. I too got divorced this year and because of that left the job I loved to make more money at a place where I was miserable,and now I have opened my own business. I'm a single mom now who has been trying to do everything I can so I can have a happy loving home for my daughter but I have been so moody that I haven't been able to give her 100%. I've found a man who I care very much about who cares about me as well and I had to tell him we needed to take a couple of steps back because I was an emotional basketcase. Luckily he is understanding and I found I had some sex drive left before he went away for holiday so that will keep him happy for a week! I can't wait for him to meet the real me who doesn't complain all the time or hurt all of the time. or just plain sad. Be good to your body, take each day as it comes don't dwell on the past look at each day as a day to heal do one thing to heal your mind body and soul. Last night I took a lavender bath and just focused on my breathing. keep in touch.

just do what ever makes u happy, havent u seen people on talk shows depressed about stupid stuff and u look at them and say just snap out of it? well i tried that and it doesn't work lol.... just let the people u gotta deal with know that u can trip and to just over look it. its not your fault. sometimes i'm happy sometimes i still rather be alone. its been 2 years since i had mine out, i still feel the same way. my happiest time was when i had it removed. so what did your pamphlet say about the merina... the lawyers say we should have known all the side effects b4 taking it and it should have been online somewhere.... well i have seen merina spelled 3 different ways marina mirina merina how could we find out what the doctor is bot telling us? anyway i'm trying to contact every womans magazine in the US and woman talk show host. this is connected to HPV so its very important. u know HPV just started having commercials. todd m beste is the doctor that inflicted injury when he assaulted me at the hostpital without asking my permission to touch me he walks in the room and started jabbing away in my uterus

You owe it to yourself to check out the Ask Barefoot Forum and post up a question. It will change you life!
The answers are all there....

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Zach

Sounds like a complex of issues.

Possible estrogenic imbalance, maybe adrenal exhaustion coupled with thyroid issues. Maybe liver issues too (oily skin), almost definite imbalance of nutrients, which would contribute to spasms, lack of periods, teeth grinding could be parasites or related to stress.

Can you have a basic metabolic panel of blood tests done and post the results?
Do you have an visible physical symptoms, tongue, eyes, bags under the eye, stretch marks, spider veins etc?

I would personally advise visiting here: http://askshelley.com/forum/index.php

Shelley used to have a section here, but moved on to pastures new.
She is someone that I have learnt a lot from and respect highly in the world of nutrition! Very balanced and has a good section of FAQs with information.

Obviously stay with Curezone and start doing some research, but repeating your above post on Shelleys forum would be a good way to have some other opinions on how to re-balance yourself as quickly and painlessly as possible.

If you want to speed up the healing process, I would heartily recommend oil pulling. I just posted about my female system normalizing on the OP forum here on CureZone.

WOW. It's amazing. I had my Mirena put in April 2004. Since having it, I have had all the sypmtoms you have listed. No sex drive, fatigue, moodiness, irritability, depression, weight gain, (20 pounds in 2 and a half years), what else? My doctor told me last year, that it was "Mommy Syndrome" and I was depressed. A year and a half later, I have the same sypmtoms and he again, tells me it's basically in my head and to seek counsiling and that it couldn't be the Mirena. I did have it removed yesterday and what a difference. I feel 20% better already! I am sending in a complaint to the NYS Medical Board. (I live in New York). I hate to think of all the other Mirena users who are suffering the same effects and are being told that it's them,- they are the ones losing their mind. I can't stand this! What can we do? My husband wants me to just move on, but I need to stand up and speak for those who won't. I have been thinking for too long that I have a problem. I know now I don't, that it was Mirena all along. Good luck to all of you.