my life since Mirena - who else feels like this?

Approximately five and a half years ago I needed a laparoscopy to see how bad the endometriosis was this time. My dr(?) suggested inserting a mirena device at the same time as it would help suppress the endo. (this was after his initial suggestion of a hysterectomy - I wasn't even 30) At first it seemed to be doing the job, I was very tired and run down but having three kids under 4 years old will do that to anyone and maybe i was just doing it tougher than other people. So I thought at the time. Then I began bleeding everyday which I put up with for nearly six months before having the mirena removed and began taking the pill continuously which I have only recently stopped. My side effects since having the mirena include anxiety to the point of vomiting everyday,nausea,extreme fatigue,insomnia,loss of appetite where I could not put food in my mouth at all, shaking uncontrollably, Depression (tried medication a couple of times under protest but just felt worse),back pain, weight gain and recent severe weight loss (probably as I couldn't eat),pancreatitis linked to gall bladder/liver function approx. once a month for the last 18 months, my immune system is basically gone so I catch anything contagious quickly and have a hard time recovering, numbness in my hands and fingers,loss of confidence - if I had to drive any longer than 5 minutes the sweat would run down my hands to my elbows I was so afraid, loss of pride in my appearance - I didn't have the energy to have a shower let alone worry about makeup, even doing the grocery shopping would be so stressful i would come home and vomit. Recently i have been seeing a naturopath and I am starting to feel better and I look back and wonder where I was all those years. The naturopath did some readings on me and told me (once I started recovering) that when i first went there I didn't have much longer live at all. I don't think it's a mind over matter thing that I am feeling better as I have become quite cynical over the years of seeing dr's that couldn't help but i felt i had nothing to lose by trying. I didn't expect to get better but I'm finally staring to feel okay again, even going back to work 3 days a week, the washing is only a load or two instead of 6 weeks worth,dinner is close to on time and the shaking is usually under control.Five years i have lost. My twins were just over a year old when I had the mirena put in and I have missed out on so much. My daughter has been more like my mum to me when I look back, holding my hair back with one hand while I vomited and rubbing my back with the other, saying good girl mummy, get it out. Now I make breakfast for them instead of my daughter doing it for me. My relationship with my husband is getting back on track (we separated for 9 months and got back together but it has been a struggle).Now we're doing good most of the time.Silly me never saw the connection to the mirena until I felt well enough to look back. Now I have found this forum i feel relieved that i'm not the only one and I sincerely hope you all start to feel better soon with heaps more good days then bad. Happy days! Tweet