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Hi!
I’m 19F and have had the mirena for just over 2 months. Since then i’ve had a lot of issues and would appreciate hearing if anyone else has had similar experiences.

CRAMPING -
Okay so to start, when i got the mirena inserted I had INSANE cramps like literally pain worse than anything ive ever felt (and i have endo) and was throwing up heaps and no meds helped at all.
Within a few days the cramps got a bit better but were definitely still there and almost as bad as my usual period cramps. I had this for over a month. Went back to my gyno to have it all checked out and was told there was nothing wrong and it would settle. Now, 2 months in, I don’t have daily cramps but when I get my period (which i’ve had 4 times since insertion) I get an intense stabbing cramp that stays constant for a day or 2 like it doesn’t come and go in waves like my usual period cramps would.

BRAIN FOG/DIZZINESS-
Sooo i waited and yes the daily cramps went away but almost as soon as they did I started getting a whole heap of new issues. Starting off I suddenly woke up one day with the WORST brain fog ever and like almost foggy vision i suppose. I originally thought I was maybe just tired or needed to eat something but this has still not gone away. I also would get a feeling that I was going to faint or black out and would immediately be sent into a panic from this.

ANXIETY/PANIC -
I have had anxiety for years but it’s always been something I can control like I would get hit with a little wave of it and use my own methods to calm myself and then everything would be okay and I could move on with my day. Now with the mirena tho, i have been in a CONSTANT state of severe anxiety that i cannot get rid of. I always have a feeling that something is wrong and im scared to leave my house or drive anywhere ‘incase something happens to me’. Another thing is the panic attacks, i’ve had them before the mirena and always managed to calm myself through them. However now I get them so much worse and almost daily and they literally make my heart race so badly.

FATIGUE -
I’ve been so extremely fatigued but also unable to sleep properly. I feel constantly so tired and i try to nap but can’t and i always wake up through the night. It’s so draining because I want to be able to go out with my friends and live my life but I literally can’t function past like 3pm.

Also i’ve had 0 appetite since having the mirena which is something i’ve never experienced on any pills or anything i’ve tried before.

Soo basically I just want to know if anyone else has experienced anything like this? And if you got your mirena removed, did these symptoms go away? And how quickly did they go away?

ALSO does anyone recommend going straight back onto birth control pills after removing it? I was on different pills for 7 years before getting the mirena and never had any of these problems on any of them.