WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: [Birth Control] Mirena coil and depression

Re: [Birth Control] Mirena coil and depression

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:33:40 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Ringer wrote: >
>I hope someone can advise me. I have a history of depression but have
>been well for 3 years until recently. The only change in my life was
>that I had the Mirena coil fitted in December 2000. I am 43 and in a
>stable relationship. Since February I have suffered symptoms similar to
>depression ; extreme fatigue. severe muscle and joint pain (like a bad
>flu), mood swings, foggy thinking to point of having to take time off
>work. This has intensified lately and my doctor, after checking thyroid
>etc, has put me on fluaxnol, which has helped enormously. I have no
>reason to be depressed and to be honest it feels more like really severe
>PMS which I have always suffered from.
>Is this a possible side-effect of the progestogen in the coil?

it is a *possible* side effect (anything is possible, after all) but very unlikley, as blood levels of progesterone from the Mirena IUD are 1000 times less than the uterine levels

I have >come across references to this in other postings on other sites. Should
>I go back to my gynae doctor and ask for help?

let your gyn know -- your only option, however, would be to remove the IUD and see what happens

>Thank you.
>
>--
>Ringer
>

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA

author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide available in all major bookstores and on-line at amazon.com

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