Re: I feel Like Im losing my mind!!!!!!

i have some encouragement to offer. i am 32 mother of three. i am now 7 months post removal. my mind and body went to hell on mirena!!! i was an impatient, raving b**** and i felt like i was 80 all the time on mirena. i was bi-polar/schizophrenic and always in pain. i no longer feel that way!!!! i am now very patient, i talk to my children instead of yelling, my body is healthy, couldnt even imagine committing suicide anymore and couldnt care less if the roll of toilet paper is sitting on the back of the toilet instead of on the roll where it goes! lol. i enjoy my children and laugh at my husband's dumb jokes. life is no longer an annoyance. it took my body six months to have no side effects, even during pms. i have had post partum Depression with all my children when they turned four months old. kind of ironic that started within a month of me getting back on hormonal birth control each time. i figured out i am not crazy, i believe i allowed myself to be a victim of my side effects because i blindly believed my doctor "like a good little girl." i do not believe mirena caused all of my problems, but it exaggerated mine by about 90%. i had absolutely no support from my husband when i found this forum. he agreed with the doctor. now he feels like a fool. just a tidbit, my sex drive came back with a vengeance post removal!!!! my husband is ecstatic!!! lol. it took me about 11 days post removal to really seeing changes for the better. that 11th night i slept better than i have slept in years!!! good luck, please do not expect to magically be better post removal. it takes time. things i did to feel better post removal were: i am 215 lbs now, did i mention the 40 lbs weight loss in four months? i drank about a gallon of water a day, my theory is that water cleanses our system. i also took a liquid B vitamin, pills do not absorb into the body as well as liquid. i also worked out daily. i made sure i at least took a 10 minute walk a day to get the feel good endorphins going, especially if i was grouchy or feeling crappy. i did have a few times i "crashed" and thought i was never going to get better. Tweet