Honestly, I am not sure about Mirena because I have Paraguard, but I can tell you that I specifically got Paraguard because it did NOT have any hormones. I was on pills for a while and I would get VERY anxious. They tried giving me different pills and even lowering the dosage but I was still very depressed and anxious all the time. It was terrible. When I spoke to my doctor about an IUD I told her my experience with the pills and he said I should go with Paraguard because Mirena does have hormones, and although the hormones shouldn't enter your blood stream he told me I shouldn't risk it. If you have been off of it for a while though and you still feel like this it is probably something else and should probably seek counseling and see if it isn't something else. I know I DEFINITELY need counseling, dealing with SS and E.T. has started to make me depressed again. Just another wonderful side effect of marrying a man with a child :sick:

I never would have thought mirena would cause anything like that until I read your post! I had mine put in a month after my daughter was born. I thought it was wonderful. I went thru alot of anxiety but I have always had it. This was very different. I saw horrible things happen to my daughter to the point I was convinced they were actually happening to her. I was afraid to be alone with her because I was scared these things would happen then(like someone breaking into my home and killing her) I was afraid to take her in my car because I would be driving and then all the sudden have this vision of an accident.I was hurt and could not get to her to get her out of her car seat. I did end up going to talk to someone about it because I was so scared all the time. That helped alot.But two years ago we moved to my husbands hometown. my in-laws are all within walking distance. And let me tell you about his family-they are all so wonderful! They have all made me feel so comfortable and I think that has been what has helped me the most. My daughter will be four next month and my anxiety is much under control. Every now and then I still have an attack but nothing like what I used to experience. But I have had mine in longer then you and maybe the hormones are mostly gone. The pills I took for my anxiety did not make me sleepy and they did help me very much. I no longer take them unless I really need to which might be once every couple of months. Hoped this helps you and good luck.

I had Mirena put in after i had my daughter when i was 15 years old. Last October at the age of twenty I went to the hospital with a Server Panic Attack, i had never had a panic attack before and at the time i thought i was dieing, my heart rate was 143bpm i was totally freaking out shaking uncontrollably.. ect.. The worst feeling ever. My mirena was due for removal that Nov 15th so it was almost the 5 years, through out the years of having mirena i noticed i started having anxiety here and there but usually it wasnt about anything to bad, just that i didn't feel like doing certain things here and there, never thought of it much as a problem. But after the hospital when they had to give me 12mg of Valume to make me calm down some i was able to make it back home. after six hours of being in the hospital. For a couple days after i couldnt do anything i would wake up and start to freak out again. so i would take another valume and go back to sleep. after about 3 days I just stopped taking the valume they only had prescribed me 10 in the hospital and i knew i couldnt just keep taking them. the anxiety did not stop there, a week after going to the hospital i went to a therapist where she told me that it could be my mirena causing me to have the anxiety/panic attacks. so i scheduled an appt to get it taken out 2 days later. i got my mirena removed oct/28th/2011 but once it was removed my anxiety has not gone away.. it has calmed down.. but not gone away, around the times that my period comes now it is the worst! But I can say that it is getting better, i couldnt go anywhere yet alone go into a store when i first started it. now i can walk into the store and feel alright. It is a very tough thing to deal with anxiety when you have never had it before. THe therapist did prescribe me anti anxeity meds but i have not taken them because i am not a big medicine person. I never even take tylenol. when i first got mirena i was fine.... i never noticed the signs of getting anxiety, until it hit like a ton of bricks. I'm hoping for it to go away so i can be back to myself. but its been 4 months and i am still experiencing anxiety post mirena! There are alot of threads with women talking about mirena and anxiety so you are not alone!!!