I thank God for this Forum

Hi all,
First of all, I would like to thank all of you for taking the time to write about your experiences with Mirena; before I found this site, I thought I had gone crazy.
Thanks to you, I realized after 10 months that the agony I was going through, was due to the Mirena. I had it removed 6 days ago, and I feel a lot better already.
I had the Mirena IUD since October of 2007. These last 10 months mi life has been (excuse my language) nothing but a "living hell".
I never stopped bleedling, I called my GI and she said to give it time. Within a month my hair started falling out in clumps, I became extremely depressed, exhausted, angry, sometimes I was in the car and I forgot where I was, I had to use my GPS even to go to places I already knew. I went to see my primary doctor, I told her I had the Mirena in, she did not link any of my symptons to it. I went for blood work for everything under the sky, no luck, everything was fine. I continued to loose my hair (once beautiful), within a couple of months, I had bald spots on the top and side of my head, saw a dermatogyst, nothing wrong with my scalp. Days and months went by, I had no desire to work or even to get out of bed. I would be angry to my 2 kids constantly, I cried and thought many times that my life had no purpose and ending my life started to look like a good alternative. I can't believe that I must have been to my doctor at least 8 times during these months, she knew I had the Mirena in, and never once, she thought my health was being jeopardized by this device. After I found this forum, I had the Mirena removed the next day, my GI was schocked when I told her I had read about hundreds of women experiencing the same side effects I was experiencing, and she said she never heard anyone complain about it. I was soooo mad to find out doctors are so uneducated on the products they sell.
Anyway, it is out. I pray to God I do not experience "the crash" symptons some of you talk about here, I don't think I could handle it. I look forward to having my life back (and my hair). This needs to be stopped, doctors need to be educated on the side effects and disclose them to their patients, if so, none of us would have had to suffer the way we did.
Good Luck to all of you, and again....thx for sharing.
Jessica Marino Tweet