I cant tell you for sure if Mirena is causing your panic attacks, but I have the same problem. Not too long after getting mine I started to suffer from anxiety, I came up with these irrational fears, such as.. I cant breathe other people's air because I am afraid I will catch a germ and get sick and die. Because of this I cant ride in elevators with other people, I have to hold my breath walking down an aisle at the grocery store, and sometimes it actually keeps me from leaving my house at all. I have also had some OCD symptoms start to arise. 2 months after getting my Mirena in I went into a deep depression. And just 3 months after getting my Mirena I was diagnosed Bipolar, which threw me for a loop. But like I said, none of this started to appear until after I got my Mirena. I feel that the hormones totally whacked out my system, including my brain.

It could be the iud and it could be something else. You won't really know unless you have it removed and stop having the attacks.

My personal experience hasn't been as severe, but I do have pretty bad anxiety. It started about a month after I had the iud inserted. I honestly thought I was just going through a funk, but my body is telling me something else. Accompanied with depression, jont pain, acne, heart flutters (which cause me more anxiety which cause more heart flutters) and a bunch of other stuff all rolled into one. I have no energy and have totally stopped taking care of myself, so I feel crappy. I HATE being around people now, can't stand to have to even talk on the phone, go through a drivethrough, go to the store, anything where I would have to be talked to. I quit school and barely speak to or see anyone except at work. I am a shut in. I just get really nervous and feel rotten about myself, specially in social situatons. Plus my temper is really bad now. Which is NOT like me at all and it all started very shortly after the iud was put into place. I do feel like it's hormonal, it feels like super bad PMS. You know where everything is irrational and blown out of proportion and you feel like crying all the time?? That's how I feel.

After finding this site a few days ago and reading all the emotional problems that these ladiee are having, I'm CONVINCED it's my hormones. I'm having my iud removed tomorrow. Good luck!

Well I know how you feel. I had my Mirena out 8 months ago, and I am now absolutely fine, but I was in a bad way before that. I had a Mirena for about two years before my first child - no problem. I had one for for 8 months between children - no problem. I had a third one after my second child, and then things went awry. I was very run down and tired, and I started to get a sensation that I could not take a deep breath. I also experienced heart palpitations and a feeling of anxiety. I had a lot of medical tests- lung function, ECG, and a barrage of blood tests including thyroid and hormone tests. Everything was normal! My anxiety got progressively worse. I got skin allergies to things I had never had before such as to sunscrean. I was constantly constipated. I got tingling in my arms and hands. My fingers went white when I got cold. I got stiffness in my wrists. More tests all came back normal. I decided to see a therapist to try to address the anxiety. I saw a physician who said these were all signs of auto-immune disease, but I had no markers in the blood tests he took. Then my hair started falling out, mainly on my hairline (like a man's receding hairline). I went to see a dermatologist who asked me what contraceptive I was on. When I said Mirena, she did not hesitate to tell me to take it out.
About ten days after I took it out, I felt so anxious that I could not function, but gradually I started to feel better, and about four weeks after I had the loop out, I was feeling completely better!
My hair has grown back, the anxiety has gone, I feel great, lots of energy again. I had one incident of breathlessness about four months after I took it out, but that is all.

I realise that this loop affects everyone differently, and for some people it is just not right.

Good luck, and remember to trust your instinct. My gynae did not think it could have caused all my problmes, but I stuck to my guns.

I am so sorry that this has happened to you. I will like start by saying that your doctor did the right thing by prescribing the antidepressants. The ssri's are also used to minimize the effects of a panic attack. This new found fear of death may be due to the hormones but even if you remove the Mirena, it doesn't necessarily mean that you will stop having panic attacks. See the problem is, now your brain has been trained to have this irrational fear and regardless of what the initial fear was, now you're afraid to have another panic attack. The great news is that there's hope! You can retrain your brain and get off the antidepressants. Continue with therapy,meds, and have Mirena removed. There are some great tools online to minimize your anxiety. You have to challenge yourself. This will not be easy. But I promise you won't regret it. I wish you much luck and peace. I hope this helps.

I have been miserable from when my 6 month started...and it still continues. Im always anxious...panic attacks all day...miserable...im going to have it removed...but of course im freaking out just to have it removed!! You are not alone...