Date:   6/23/2008 10:54:41 AM ( 17 y ago)
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I need all of your opinions, please help! I had the Mirena IUD inserted 4 months ago on February 1st. July 1st will be the beginning of the 5th month. I had decided to get the Mirena inserted because my doctor told me that it was a safe and easy form of contraception. She also told me that she would not prescribe the pill to me because of my mother's history with Breast Cancer and ovarian cancer. I was told by my doctor (one of the only side effects I was told by my doctor)was that there might be some irregular bleeding for the first 6 months. My actual experience is a little more extreme. I was bleeding fairly heavily for the first two months straight. It just never stopped. This wasn't spotting either, much heavier, like a normal period. Then after two weeks in the third month, I stopped, just to start again with heavy bleeding just before the first of the month. The next month I only had 5 days off and this month it hasn't stopped. I thought that it was getting better during the third month so I decided to wait it out a little longer. Since then, however, the side effects seem to be getting worse. Other side effects include increased Acne (my pimples weren't nearly this bad when I was a teenager), moodiness, weight loss, increased and extended menstrual pain (cramps, backache, headache, fatigue),etc. I also have noticed that emotionally, I always feel down. I wouldn't say that I am depressed but I just feel sad a lot for no reason at all. I never realized that this could also be a side effect of the Mirena. Now I don't want to sound superficial or anything like that, but my other issue with Mirena is this: My boyfriend and I aren't really into the whole have sex on your period thing. He is really squeamish arould blood. I went on birth control to protect myself from an unwanted pregnancy. I feel at this point I might as well be abstinate because we haven't had sex in months! Abstinence was not my idea of birth control! It defeats the whole purpose! My boyfriend and I have been dating for over 5 years now and are considereing marriage in the future so he has been understanding and with me through this whole crazy train wreck. I don't want to get rid of the Mirena for one reason only: I have invested hundreds of dollars into this thing. Suddenly, however, the money isn't so important to me. I feel like I want my normal life back before this Mirena IUD. I have pretty much spilled my heart out so if someone could give me some advice on this issue I would greatly appreciate it. I just don't know what to do and my doctor keeps telling me that all my feelings and symptoms are normal and just brushes me off. After reading some other comments on other posts, this stuff does not sound normal. Please help!
 

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