I was a very healthy 27 year old (I say this as past tense because of what the mirena has done to me) who had the mirena inserted Feb 2013 and then 4 months later, I rushed to the emergency room with what felt like I was about to die. My left arm went numb and my heart started beating out of my chest. They hooked me up to a heart monitor and kept me under close watch for an hour. I was diagnosed with severe anxiety and was sent home. I told the doctor that I just had this mirena inserted and asked if this could be causing my anxiety because i've never had that before and I was told "No, that wouldn't cause that". A year went by and I was still having anxiety off and on. I started to have severe mood swings. My moods got so bad at times that I would literly feel my blood pressure raise, I'd feel so hot inside and then i'd start with palpatations. This continued for a year after my first emergency room visit. Then one day I went to lunch with my boss and some customers and I started to feel severe anxiety again. By the time we left the restaurant, I started to feel kinda like I was not in my own skin walking out of the restaurant. We sat in the truck to head back to work and when I went to speak, I couldn't say anything. When I finally could speak, I sounded like I was handicap. It lasted for about 5 minutes. When I finally came to, I called my female doctor and asked her if she thinks that it could be the mirena causing my problem, she also said it wouldn't cause that to happen. I went to the hospital and was hospitalized and diagnosed with a TIA stroke. I asked my primary care physician if it could possibly be this new thing I had inserted and he said "No, it wouldn't cause that to happen" But he couldn't understand how someone with perfect vitals and blood work was having a stroke at such an early age. Sent me home on an aspirin a day regiment which I only took for about 2 weeks and then stopped because I didn't want to be on that everyday. If my vitals were fine and my blood work was fine, maybe it was just a flop, right? That was my thinking. Well, over the next year the anxiety got worse, the mood swimgs got worse, and the palpatations got worse. A year later, BAM another TIA which affected my vision. Couldn't see anything for about 10 minutes this time. Didn't even go to the hospital because I knew it was another TIA and figured just like the last time they wouldn't do anything. Well 2 weeks went by and I was in the kitchen at work eating breakfast and again, something came over me and I couldn't see, then my speech got really slurred, I tried to walk to my desk and was falling into the walls. Someone assisted me to my chair and the parametic came over. He asked me to repeat a simple sentence after him and by this point, I couldn't say hardly anything right. He asked me to smile and when I did, one side of my face drooped so he told my friend to take me to the emergency room ASAP. I was surrounded by a team of about 10 people taking vials of blood then I was rushed to cat scan. I was so limp and out of it. I was diagnosed with a major stroke which lasted about an hour. They ran more test and found I have a grade 5 hole in my heart which they believed was causing my stokes. I was sent home on a very strong blood thinner along with an aspirin a day regimen. I was asked to follow up with the cardiologist that week. I went to see my cardiologist who scheduled me to have surgery 2 weeks later. Had the surgery and everything went good, but when I went for my 6 month checkup, the hole was still open. I was still have severe anxiety, mood swings, palpatations, and felt like I didn't have much energy, also felt out of breath with the smallest of activities. The doctor wasn't concerned with the hole being open still because it was a BIG hole and will take longer for the tissue to grow over the device to close. Well about 6 months goes by and I have what they believe was absence seizures which don't usually develop. Ran numerous test including MRI, EKG, EEG, Bubble echo, and I had to wear a monitor for a month. So here we are. I just mailed back my monitor and have again asked if the IUD could be causing my problems. I was told by Neuro that its a possibility because everything affects everyone differently. My cardiologist has also agreed that it could be causing my problem, but asked that I wait to get all my results back to make sure that its nothing else. I waited for about a week and had to leave work due to severe palpations, anxiety, dizzy spells, and feeling like I was gonna pass out or vomit. Went to the heart doctor and I have been diagnosed with AFIB and put on more medication to control my irregular rhythm. Still having anxiety and palpations every other day. Finally I made an appt to have mirena taken out. The first night I woke up in the middle of the night with severe bloating. I took a teaspoon full of baking soda mixed with water and drank that. I felt some relief but wasn't completely gone. That lasted for about 3 days and I started my cycle which lasted for about 5 days. I was scared because I started passing clots the lenght of my pinky finger and as round as 2 fingers together. But I feel much better already. I don't feel foggy brained, have not had anymore palpatations, don't feel like my blood pressure shoots up immedetly after eating anything, I feel so calm. I will continue to see how I feel, but that mirena has caused me so many problems that may have never evolved had I not ever had that inserted. It has been a very long 2 1/2 years for me and i'm glad that I finally took control of my own body and had that mirena taken out. Even the day of delivery, my doctor looked at me strangely when I once again told her I thought the mirena was what was causing my problem
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I was a very healthy 27 year old (I say this as past tense because of what the mirena has done to me) who had the mirena inserted Feb 2013 and then 4 months later, I rushed to the emergency room with what felt like I was about to die. My left arm went numb and my heart started beating out of my chest. They hooked me up to a heart monitor and kept me under close watch for an hour. I was diagnosed with severe anxiety and was sent home. I told the doctor that I just had this mirena inserted and asked if this could be causing my anxiety because i've never had that before and I was told "No, that wouldn't cause that". A year went by and I was still having anxiety off and on. I started to have severe mood swings. My moods got so bad at times that I would literly feel my blood pressure raise, I'd feel so hot inside and then i'd start with palpatations. This continued for a year after my first emergency room visit. Then one day I went to lunch with my boss and some customers and I started to feel severe anxiety again. By the time we left the restaurant, I started to feel kinda like I was not in my own skin walking out of the restaurant. We sat in the truck to head back to work and when I went to speak, I couldn't say anything. When I finally could speak, I sounded like I was handicap. It lasted for about 5 minutes. When I finally came to, I called my female doctor and asked her if she thinks that it could be the mirena causing my problem, she also said it wouldn't cause that to happen. I went to the hospital and was hospitalized and diagnosed with a TIA stroke. I asked my primary care physician if it could possibly be this new thing I had inserted and he said "No, it wouldn't cause that to happen" But he couldn't understand how someone with perfect vitals and blood work was having a stroke at such an early age. Sent me home on an aspirin a day regiment which I only took for about 2 weeks and then stopped because I didn't want to be on that everyday. If my vitals were fine and my blood work was fine, maybe it was just a flop, right? That was my thinking. Well, over the next year the anxiety got worse, the mood swimgs got worse, and the palpatations got worse. A year later, BAM another TIA which affected my vision. Couldn't see anything for about 10 minutes this time. Didn't even go to the hospital because I knew it was another TIA and figured just like the last time they wouldn't do anything. Well 2 weeks went by and I was in the kitchen at work eating breakfast and again, something came over me and I couldn't see, then my speech got really slurred, I tried to walk to my desk and was falling into the walls. Someone assisted me to my chair and the parametic came over. He asked me to repeat a simple sentence after him and by this point, I couldn't say hardly anything right. He asked me to smile and when I did, one side of my face drooped so he told my friend to take me to the emergency room ASAP. I was surrounded by a team of about 10 people taking vials of blood then I was rushed to cat scan. I was so limp and out of it. I was diagnosed with a major stroke which lasted about an hour. They ran more test and found I have a grade 5 hole in my heart which they believed was causing my stokes. I was sent home on a very strong blood thinner along with an aspirin a day regimen. I was asked to follow up with the cardiologist that week. I went to see my cardiologist who scheduled me to have surgery 2 weeks later. Had the surgery and everything went good, but when I went for my 6 month checkup, the hole was still open. I was still have severe anxiety, mood swings, palpatations, and felt like I didn't have much energy, also felt out of breath with the smallest of activities. The doctor wasn't concerned with the hole being open still because it was a BIG hole and will take longer for the tissue to grow over the device to close. Well about 6 months goes by and I have what they believe was absence seizures which don't usually develop. Ran numerous test including MRI, EKG, EEG, Bubble echo, and I had to wear a monitor for a month. So here we are. I just mailed back my monitor and have again asked if the IUD could be causing my problems. I was told by Neuro that its a possibility because everything affects everyone differently. My cardiologist has also agreed that it could be causing my problem, but asked that I wait to get all my results back to make sure that its nothing else. I waited for about a week and had to leave work due to severe palpations, anxiety, dizzy spells, and feeling like I was gonna pass out or vomit. Went to the heart doctor and I have been diagnosed with AFIB and put on more medication to control my irregular rhythm. Still having anxiety and palpations every other day. Finally I made an appt to have mirena taken out. The first night I woke up in the middle of the night with severe bloating. I took a teaspoon full of baking soda mixed with water and drank that. I felt some relief but wasn't completely gone. That lasted for about 3 days and I started my cycle which lasted for about 5 days. I was scared because I started passing clots the lenght of my pinky finger and as round as 2 fingers together. But I feel much better already. I don't feel foggy brained, have not had anymore palpatations, don't feel like my blood pressure shoots up immedetly after eating anything, I feel so calm. I will continue to see how I feel, but that mirena has caused me so many problems that may have never evolved had I not ever had that inserted. It has been a very long 2 1/2 years for me and i'm glad that I finally took control of my own body and had that mirena taken out. Even the day of delivery, my doctor looked at me strangely when I once again told her I thought the mirena was what was causing my problem
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