Here's the Mirena Patient Information Leaflet (http://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/medicine/2796/PIL/mirena/) for UK users. To summarise:
(1) acne is in the "common" category of side effects, i.e. up to 10% of users will experience it (2) reduced sex drive is in the common cateogry of side effects (3) can't see any mention of this (4) depression and nervousness are common side effects, and "mood changes" are uncommon (less than 1% of patients)
And if you're thinking "well, but surely I won't get ALL of these common side effects from the same thing"... I experienced (1), (2) and (4) as well as weight gain, painful periods[1], pelvic pain, and tender breasts.
In your shoes I'd be strongly suspecting the Mirena as a culprit, yes. Three days after I'd had it removed (one year into its five-year stint) I was happy again and my sex drive was returning. I can't answer your question about switching back, unfortunately.
[1] This was especially a pity, because I'd started using the Mirena for endometriosis!
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Date: 2011-11-26 01:00 pm (UTC)(1) acne is in the "common" category of side effects, i.e. up to 10% of users will experience it
(2) reduced sex drive is in the common cateogry of side effects
(3) can't see any mention of this
(4) depression and nervousness are common side effects, and "mood changes" are uncommon (less than 1% of patients)
And if you're thinking "well, but surely I won't get ALL of these common side effects from the same thing"... I experienced (1), (2) and (4) as well as weight gain, painful periods[1], pelvic pain, and tender breasts.
In your shoes I'd be strongly suspecting the Mirena as a culprit, yes. Three days after I'd had it removed (one year into its five-year stint) I was happy again and my sex drive was returning. I can't answer your question about switching back, unfortunately.
[1] This was especially a pity, because I'd started using the Mirena for endometriosis!