How do you feel about the Depo Provera shot?
820051
I have heard many bad things about depo....I've also heard of many women getting pregnant while on it.....I know that mircette is a good birth control. Ortho tricyclen lo isn't too bad either, but it depends on your body chemistry. Some pills will give you horrible side effects and some won't give you any. You just have to try a few bc pills until you find the right one. Again, I recommend mircette.
519703
Yeah, my period was heavier when I was on Provera.  I hated it!  I stopped getting it, I'm now on Mirena.  It's so great!  : )
1050225
Everybody's body is different. I start spotting/period a few weeks before it's time for my shot and within a few days of the shot it stops.  The weight thing, it took them a while to put weight on me I didn't gain right away.  I think I weighed in around 112 and I finally reached 120 in about 1 1/2 now I down to 117 usually.  I did bleed once non stop for about a week it was really scary but that hasn't happened in a while (knock on wood).  Good luck and take care of yourself.
14628
I was on depo before and there is a good reason why I am not anymore.\nI got alot of side effects: weight gain, facial blemishes, always feeling tired.\nThe only pro to it all is that you didn't get your period- frankly I'd rather get my period than have all that continue to happen.\nAlthough depo is one of the most effective birth controls out there for some people it's not for them.\nIf you have any doubts- go see a doctor.
863427
Most of them don't really make you gain weight. Avoid the Depo shot if you're really worried about it, and go for the pills instead, because those have shown lower incidence of weight gain. But with most of them you really don't need to worry about it. It's one of those things that people blow out of proportion a lot.
835569
I was once really a man and now I am a women. My husband doesn't know and I have been married for 3 years. I had reconstructive surgery and everything came out so perfect. I never plan to tell him and what helps is that he doesn't want kids, just like me. I told him that I don't get my period, because I got the depo shot. He doesn't really care.\n\nI hope he never finds out.
762066
I got massive headaches when I was on the pill. When I started taking depo within a few months my periods stopped altogether. I might have two or three very light days a year. I've been on it for three years and haven't had any issues. I'm sorry to hear that other people have had problems, but for me it has worked really well.
289722
I got an IUD 3 years ago after my second child since we weren't sure if we wanted to expand our family further.  I chose the Mirena over the copper after reading the side effects, etc and because I like that it was a 5 year IUD and that would be about the time for me to have more kids.  I LOVE it.  I've tried the pill and Depo Provera as well, but love this.  I don't forget to take anything and can be spontaneous.  My best friend and sister in law got them too after hearing about it from me.  I haven't noticed any real side effects (except no period...bummer-not!) and cannot feel it at all, although the doctor did recommend occasionally checking to make sure I can still feel the strings.
1000541
Hey, I put your question on my watch list because my son is not too excited about the shots, either. Thanks for coming up with a great question - I never thought to ask it! I'm waiting to see what everybody has to say...\n\nMy advice? Remember the last time you fell on the sidewalk and skinned your knee? Or got a little sunburned? Or bumped your head hard on something? Well, getting shots hurts less and lasts for a shorter time than all of those things.  Good luck!
1042179
NO NO NO NO\nI had one shot  once and that was enough.  The upside: it is a shot once every 3 months and you don't get your period.  Sounds great.\nThe downside: Depo is what they give sex offenders to reduce their sex drive.  Also one of the side effects is hair loss and my hair came out in clumps when I was on it.  When you stop taking it, you bleed for about  3 weeks.  There is something unnatural about restricting your cycle like that.\nRead these, then make your decision.  Good luck\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depo_Provera\nhttp://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/sexual_health/ssc/depo.htm\nhttp://www.abcinternetmarketing.com/depo-provera/\nhttp://pub12.ezboard.com/fdepoproverainformationsitesideeffectsofdepoprovera
807052
This stupid shot should be outlawed.\n\nDo a search online for Depo Horror Stories. There are dozens of websites that exist for the sole purpose of women telling about what happened to them as a result of taking it.\n\nI agree - get off the shot immediately!!!
303474
They should ban that Depo shot, it messed me up hormones raging, lunatic behavior. I highly recommend no woman take that!! It takes a few years to get that junk out of your system, I personally think. I've been told that when you stress about wanted a baby that it doesn't happen. Just you wait, relax about it and it'll happen! Take the time to enjoy your daughter and your husband. Sometimes spicing up the love life fills the time in between, because if you remember when the baby comes you are never in the mood becuase your're so tired, ha ha! Good luck!
768268
Rikki - I wouldn't touch it!\n\nDoctors are wrong about this one. Depo provera is not safe!\n\nUnbeknownst to many women on birth control, Depo-Provera has been on the radar for the FDA and other research-based health organizations for several years. Last year, the FDA ordered the maker of Depo-Provera to revise the packaging and promotional materials to contain the new "black box" warning which states, "Use of Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection may cause you to lose calcium stored in your bones. The longer you use Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection the more calcium you are likely to lose. Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection contains a powerful variant of the hormone progestosterone which is released through a hypodermic shot given every few months. \n\nSeveral studies have indicated that this hormone can increase the loss of bone density in women of all ages, including teen and young adult women who are in critical stages of natural bone growth. Osteoporosis and the loss of bone density typically effect women later in life making them susceptible to fractures throughout the skeletal system. Health care professionals advise those taking Depo-Provera to discuss a bone density test with their physician and advise using Depo-Provera for no more than 2 years or using a birth control alternative.\n\nHere is one young lady's experience:\n50lb weight gain (half off most of it now years later) \nExtreme Excitability, Nervousness (first two years terrible) \nPanic Attacks, Paranoia (first two years) \nShortness of Breath (horrible first two years - still with me today) \nGreat loss of libido (first two years, getting better every year) \nPainful intercourse (for about two years) \nSevere lack of lubrication (at least 2 yrs., getting better) \nLowered immune system (still suffering but not as severe) \nLoss of hair (the first year with shot, then subsided) \nNow (current) unwanted hair on breasts, toes, face \nViolent headaches (coming from pain at base of skull) \nExtremely sore, stiff, crippled muscles all over body (still today but MUCH better than 97,98,99) \nBlurry vision - trouble getting my eyes to focus on objects \nDizziness (still today - but MUCH improved) \nInability to bend over (feel like I will pass out) \nSevere neck and shoulder pain (still today) \nJaw pain.. facial pain (like TMJ symptoms) 5+ years \nBreast Tenderness & Pains - Fibrocystic breasts (still today) \nHeart palpitations - irregular heart beat (still today) \nChronic sinus and yeast infections (still today) \nConcentration and memory problems (still today) \nAcne - not (teenager type acne - large boil/cyst like acne) \nSuicidal thoughts because daily debilitating pain was too much
865691
Um yes anytime you get a needle put into your body it hurts!!!  I hope that after your shot that you got to do something fun for your self.  =-) I usually go shopping or eat some good food =-) \n\nFEEL BETTER SOON !
708486
Depo Provera is akin to forcing your body into an early menopause state.\n\nI've been off the Depo Provera since 2000 and my hair still hasn't grown all the way back. I lost about a 1/4 inch along most of my front hair line. The rest of my hair came back and is thick and strong, but the hairline is not the same compared to what it was. In addition to the severe hair loss, I gained over 40 pounds, 20 while taking Depo and 20 after coming off. I never had a migraine before Depo and during use and for the first year after being off it, I had severe migraines at least once a week. My skin itched like I wanted to rip it off and I was hot all the time. I would get extreme vertigo with no warning. Just try staggering at work or while in the pharmacy and not look like you had a drinking problem! My bones also ached a lot. Depo has been proven to cause osteoporosis. Over a year after coming off the Depo Provera, I developed two serious blood clots one after the other. The cause was never completely determined because I had not been on birth control of any kind for over a year and my blood tests were normal. I finally had a rib removed and the clots stopped, but I will contend to this day the Depo had at least a little something to do with it. About the same time as the blood clots, I started having severe cramping and a year into it, my doctor found pretty severe endometriosis. With the resulting depression and the lack of sex from Depo you may not have to worry about getting pregnant because you won't want to have sex anyway. I know some people do just fine with this birth control, but it's not worth the chance. It takes upwards of 6 to 8 months for the effects to wear off and sometimes longer. My hair has never grown completely back along the hairline and I am having a hair transplant at a tune of $5,000.00 to fix it. I am only 35! I can't wait until Depo is researched more deeply and to someday find out what else this drug did to screw up my system. \n\nI got the (copper) IUD (since I can't use hormones anymore due to future clotting risks). My insurance paid for it. You still get your period, but I think it's worth it.  \n\nOur bodies are made to have periods unless we are pregnant. If you force your body into an unnatural state, it WILL fight back!
1041881
I've been on it for about a year and a half. The first three months were kind of rough with break-through bleeding and the like. After that it's been smooth sailing. I admit I did gain a little weight when I started on it. I have also noticed the PMS symptoms when I take the white filler pills are pretty harsh and I bleed a lot more than I did when I was not on Seasonale. There are both positives and negatives and I'm sure everyone is different. For me, the three months sans period is worth the couple days of discomfort and the minimal weight gain.
1055227
I hate to get shots to. When I found out that I was going to have my 6th grade shots, I freaked out. When I have to get any kind of shots, I think about different things. I don't think about the needle or the shot. So, just don't think about it. It will be over with before you know it.