Merina IUD and psychosis?

I don’t know if the Merina IUD is a cause of Emma’s condition.  The timing of it seems to coincide with her 2nd breakdown, but there was also her 7 stupid episodes of “rolling” on Ecstacy (MDMA) while on 5mg of Zyprexa.  Also the psychiatrist that supplied her with free Zyprexa ran out and substituted Saphris to Emma – who was not able to sleep for an entire week, and she checked herself into a hospital because of suicidal thoughts.

As you know, I am desperately looking for a cure, a reason.  While cleaning out her apartment, I came across some of her papers.  Once of them was a billing for the Mirena IUD, just about a year ago, when she first began her second phase of feeling like she was losing it.   Hmmm.  Needed to look that one up.

A Google search for Mirena IUD mercury (trying to figure out what cause Emma’s high mercury levels in her blood) pulled up some sites, and then I stumbled upon a site that started off with a young woman who had bad side effects from the Mirena IUD.  This blog site is lifeaftermirena.blogspot.com.  Other women chimed in, some with great testimonies about that type of IUD, and some with horror stories that they attributed to the strong hormones in the Mirena.

Most of the side effects reported were bloating and weight gain.  A few (very few) of these women reported depression, anxiety attacks, panic disorders, suicidal thoughts, visions of bad things happening to their family.

The Mirena IUD is manufactured by Bayer.  This IUD releases small amounts of the hormone levonorgestrel into the woman’s uterus to provide continuous birth control for up to 5 years.

Could the hormone levonorgestrel be causing Emma’s symptoms?  I couldn’t say, but it was not doing any good in her since Emma was home and going downhill with her anxiety/depression/thoughts/outlook.

I could not find any connection between that hormone and mercury.  However, I am glad that I stumbled across the negative side effects, even though it only affected a few women that way.  Emma does tend to react to most drugs, and the best course of action was to get this out of her body.

We saw a very nice young female ob/gyn who was sympathetic and understanding.  Merle was very apprehensive about it because it hurt quite a bit when she had it inserted, but the removal went quickly and painlessly.

Now, we wait and continue on with other methods and see other specialists.  I feel hopeful, and very glad that one potential toxic product is out of Emma’s system.  It may take time for the hormones to leave her system, but we have time.

Upcoming chelation sessions to remove mercury may also detox other drug traces.