Age: 36–45 · Duration of use: 1–6 months · Current status: No longer taking
Symptoms: Seizures
Symptoms: Seizures
Shortly after starting the Mirena® (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system) IUD I started having seizures. At first it was just one, then I realized the seizures kept occurring every time I got my period, a condition called catamenial epilepsy.
I stopped the birth control but the seizures kept on. It took me 5 years to find a medication combo to stop them.
Seizures are a known side effect but because they aren’t statistically significant, that doesn’t have to be included on the warning.