Re: Bipolar and Mirena-Should I swtich to Paragard?

In Dec.'03 i tried to kill myself and ended up in the mental hospital where they diagnosed me with manic depression, which is pretty much the same thing as Bipolar Disorder. Anyways i found out i was pregnant and went on Prozac. Then in May'05 i had a miscarrage with my second kid and thats when i decided to go Mirena. Well since then things were fine for awhile. Then around Sept.'07 i started getting ovarian cysts due to the mirena. Well finally i got sick of this so April'08 (almost 5 weeks ago) i decided to pull it out and went to the hospital to make sure everything was ok and it is! Ive noticed that while it was in sometimes my disorder would get EXTREMELY bad, another reason i wanted it out! I didnt know it at the time but i read somewhere that if you already have a depression problem that mirena only makes it worse. Why the doc still put it idk!!!! Since i got it i went thru the crash and now i feel much better!!!! Im wondering if maybe you should go hormone free for awhile. Just use the rhythm method or something if you dont want to have another kid right now!! Anyways i hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions!!!