Hi....I had the Mirena IUD placed in May of last year. I am not on any medications and not seeing a psychiatrist due to not having insurance or enough money to see a psychiatrist. I am going for my first cognitive therapy session on April 8th though.

Since around the middle of last summer my moods have moods swings have been getting out of control. I can be extremely depressed one minute and a minute later I will be hysterically laughing and extremely hyper. But most of the time I am just irritated and snap very easily.

I have also been VERY insecure. It has been getting so bad that I most of the time refuse to go anywhere because I find myself hideous. I even refused to go out for my boyfriend and my 4 year anniversary yesterday due to fear of people judging me.

This morning I was in the worst mood. I was extremely depressed. My boyfriend said something and I lost it, I have been so stressed lately. Not over small stuff either, over huge things. I snapped when he wasn't giving me support and in the heat of the moment I tried to hang myself. I snapped out of it and thought "what the hell am I doing!?" My neck hurts really bad still...I feel like no one cares. Probably because no one does.

I have never EVER actually attempted to kill myself. I have had suicidal thoughts before and have cut but this was the worst. I feel myself changing for the worse and my hormones are out of whack. I'm always on my period or never on it. I am going crazy. I found out a few months that I also have a mass on my ovary and need to checked out but I don't have insurance so I refuse to go to a doctor. Can an IUD cause mood swings this bad in people who have mental illnesses? I honestly do not know which illness I even have since I was diagnosed when I was 16 and now am 29 and all doctors I DID see after the age 18 refused to re evaluate me. Sorry for the long post....