For the Ladies

1. So if you have been reading my posts ive felt this way for a very very long time but ive never felt as down and as low as i have for the last 4-5 weeks. Luckily ive found an association…unfortunately not a cure. Anyone have mirena iud?!?! Anyone have mirena iud and pre existing suicidal depression? Recipe for disaster! Fyi…no doctors warned me of this. I was on regular birth control pills for 15 years and switched to an iud immediately. 6 weeks later i was a completely different person (aside from my normal depressed /suicidal state). Crying all day, hiding in my office at work, kicked my husband out of the house, stopped talking to everyone i knew for 5 weeks, couldnt “fake it” like i usually could, extremely suicidal. I knew it had to be hormonal. So i had it taken out a couple weeks ago and things are slowly improving. Closer to baseline for me.

Just want to warn anyone out there and want you to warn women you know about the IUD depression link. Doctors dont share it and dont look into your mental history past. I am on several psych meds and i wish that would have triggered a conversation!