LouLou
Most of us have had close to suicide from what the side effects have given us. I myself have had severe problems and thought it was everything else but the IUD. I thought it was cancer and I felt like I was going to die very soon or even thought of dying the way I felt. I have 3 boys the oldest just turned 9 today and they are at their fathers visiting. Thank god for the timing. I thought my kids were tring to make me crazy when they were around and I was wanting to hand them over to their father even though he isn't stable to take care of them himself due to he has his own physical and mental problems really (he was shot in the head) and he is still living. That is how crazy I felt inside myself. I lost my best friend and partner due to the way I was and I don't blame him for leaving me he was with me for two years and 3 months. We are friends after a time period of not hearing from him. I felt like the whole world was ending for me and no one new why. I got the blood test back and it was normal. My mom was the one who suggested I look up side effects on my BC method IUD and that is how I came accross this site. I went under IUDsideaffects.com and here I am talking to you and letting you know we have felt the same or worse depending on how people can handle the degree of pain. And they say giving birth is the most pain us women go through. Women have the crappy end of the stick I think, tring to make sure we don't have to many kids we can't handle and we try to protect ourselves and we still go through pain from our protection. UGH! When will womens suffering ever end. Joking! Please take care of yourself and let us know how you are doing. God Bless to you. Oh even after the IUD is out for me I am still having after effects; not as bad but wish the bathroom and the sudden wanting to faint due to light headedness will stop very soon. My breathing and back pain went away the next day, I still get upset stomach problems and I still have lots of hair coming out of my head in clumps and I am only 32. Hope to hear from you soon.

hi, i had numbness all down my left side, also tingling. migraines, acne, energy loss and memory loss, to name the main side effects on mirena. my neuro (top specialist from london) has said that it is impossible that migraines etc can be caused by mirena - even though the official literature on mirena lists migraines as a side effect on mirena!!! so how is that for denial??:)- even my doctor had said that progesterone products do cause migraines in many women!! anyway, as soon as i had mirena out, the numbness started to go and i was left with tingling in the toes that lasted just a day or so.. then other symptoms appeared as my system tried to right itself...hot flushes etc...i am 2 months mirena free now and apart from constant bleeding (which was the reason i had mirena in the first place), i am fine, no more numbness, no headaches (just a slight pressure in the side of my head, which is gradually lessening) and tingling all gone. energy is also up. oh by the way, mirena is known to affect your Sugar levels, which is why diabetics shouldnt have it, or if they do have it, they should be monitored closely, so that explains the highs and lows that many people get - their Sugar levels are all over the place lol...the neuro told me i was fine - but he saw me AFTER mirena was taken out. no doubt if he had tested me while i had the numbness he would have said i had MS too - after all the tests are pretty basic - pricking you with a sharp object, testing reflexes and running cotton wool up and down your legs..oh and seeing if you can walk in a straight line...:) they were the tests i had anyway lol...
if you havent already, get the mirena out now, give yourself time to recover - it may take 3 or 4 months as you have had the mirena in you for so long. get on a good diet of lots of water, fresh fruit and veg, evening primrose oil, B vitamins and perhaps try milk thistle too (milk thistle is for short term use only, like a month - but is good at cleansing the liver and helps to reduce the effectiveness of mirena, which is why you are not supposed to have milk thisle while actively using mirena).
go to
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100001706.html

this gives all side effects etc. my doctor had not heard of numbness etc while on mirena before but i showed her the print out from that site, which said "if you notice numbness while on mirena, contact your doctor immediately" etc...that convinced her to take it out immediately, and i am so pleased she did!!
good luck to you, hope all works out well.
xx