"i have had mirena since march of 2009 (so a year and a month total). the insertion was a little painful even though i&#039;ve had 2 children. the first few months after that i thought it was great. i was getting shorter lighter periods, cramping was normal. but, over a year i started to realize my major mood swings. i went from a sweet person to raging. i started to get severe pains in my right hip and side, severe bleeding where i doubled up on the sanitaries and still bled through, no sex drive and i have had a few instances where i have lost feeling in my legs. i will have it removed. hopefully all of this will go away and i will be back to my peachy self."