Re: Heart issues/numbness/weight gain/depression

Thank you all for your responses.

Yesterday I phoned my gynecologist for an appointment to have it removed. At first, they told me it would be well into the New Year before she could see me to talk to me. I then began to list my symptoms and she said she'd see me next week to talk to me. I imagine she'll try, again, to talk me out of removing it. I won't leave the office with it. My husband has booked time off work to come with me so that she doesn't make me feel like I'm crazy. .

Ever since I began reading this forum I've gone over incidents in my mind and I am convinced that the IUD is to blame. When I first was hospitalized with the heart palpitations the internal medicine specialist said my issue was anxiety disorder and wanted to prescribe tranquilizers but I wouldn't accept them. He never had any explanation for the numbness and he was puzzled by the that coupled with the heart issues. I told him about the IUD but I know he hadn't a clue what I was talking about. I think because of the relative newness of the Mirena only our gynecologists are intimate with the details of them.

I am trying very hard not to allow everyone else's experience to colour my own personal observances. I hope we all do that so we can do as much as we're able to provide direct and helpful input to everyone. In the end, we may force some hard examination of the Mirena and it's inevitable future versions. I think in theory the Mirena is revolutionary. In practice, it seems almost criminal.

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