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Who has experiance with Bipolar disorder and Merena IUD?

Asked by josrific (2575points) July 26th, 2015

I have been bleeding for 16 months straight. At times it becomes very heavy with tissue coming out.

My OBGYN has run tests to see what could be happening. She put me on Provera but I’ve had daily migraines with it and am planning to stop it. If there isn’t cancer she said she wants to put an IUD (Merena) in me. I have bipolar type 1 disorder and in doing some research I have found that a majority of women with bipolar had to have the IUD removed because it causes the symptoms of their bipolar to greatly worsen.

Are there any women (or men who live with a bipolar woman) who have bipolar and had a Merena IUD? If so can you please tell me your experience. I’d rather have a hysterectomy than loose my fragile stability. Thank you.

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