I have a question regarding the Depo shot...has anyone had these similiar side effects?
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You are injecting artificial  hormones into your body and any sort of hormonal inbalancing or consequences can happen.  Hormone "imbalances" can cause sore, swolen, or leaking breaks (like it would if you were pregnant).  This may be just the beginning for you, so please watch carefully for other side affects.  \n\nDepo Provera is akin to forcing your body into an early menopause state.  If you ever heard what women say about their personalities while "going through the change".  Depo can produce the same thing!\n\nI've been off the Depo Provera since 2000 and my hair and my eyebrows still haven'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 had to have my eyebrows tattooed because they will not fill back in!   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 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!\n\nPlease be careful and watch for other side affects.   I would hate to see you have dire consequences for trying to make your body do something it should not.  Remember, people do die from the changes that hormones cause their bodies.
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They gave me head-aches, and I also get nauseous the first week. If the side effects are bothering you, ask your doc if you can try a different birth control.
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I am not sure but I have a friend in the same boat so I am posting a response so I can keep tabs on other answers..It could be birth control related, are you on the shot or were taken off the shot w/in the past year? Break through bleeding like that can happen when going off birth control...well I hope we both find an answer, its not looking too hopeful is it:(
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The shot!!!  I love the shot!  I only have to remember it every three months and after a year I was period and cramp free!!  It is extremely effective!  I can not take hormone based birth control so this really was the only option other than condoms.  Since my fiance does not like to wear condoms, this was my only option.  I was in your boat once upon a time.  My older is son is going to be 3 in March and my younger son is going to be 2 in June!
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Shouldn't be...I was on depo for almost 5 years, last shot November 2004, concieved April 2005, has a little girl January 2006!!!   Good luck!!!!
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I personally would try to stick it out a little longer with the Depo. After 6 months, my period stopped altogether and it was just nice knowing I didn't have to remember to take that damn pill everyday!!
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Yep, it can be.  I developed the same thing from taking lovenox and it was normal.  They said to avoid giving yourself the shot in that spot until it went away.  It look months and months to pass.  Call you doc though just in case.\n\nGood luck to you!
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2400 mg of ibuprofen can be dangerous if that dosage is taken regularly for years and years, but it is only dangerous to some people. It can cause, if I remember correctly, liver, kidney and stomach problems in some patients. However, I know several people who have been on that dosage for years. Their doctors monitor them closely for associated problems, and so far, nothing negative has turned up. (One of the women I know takes that dosage daily and has for at least 10 years to help treat her pain from arthritis, and she has not had any problems at all.)\n\nAs for bleeding on depo provera, I know  that it is pretty normal, but usually goes away. I found a website, and I provided a link so you can look at it yourself. One of my friends had bleeding, not just spotting, for about 9 months when she started getting the shots. Her doctor finally gave her small doses of another hormone to help with that, and the bleeding cleared up. My friend has two children, and both were conceived while she was taking birth control pills, so depo provera has definitely been the best birth control choice for her. If your doctor feels that it is appropriate for you, she is probably right.\n\nIf you feel uncomfortable with your doctor's advice, you can always seek a second opinion. Another doctor may tell you the same thing, or she may suggest alternate treatment for your bleeding. Either way, you may feel better just having input from a different source.
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I am by no means a professional but it sounds to me more like a period than implantation bleeds.  I have been pregnant 3 times and experience very little blood or cramping in the beginning.  But it took me a very long time to get pregnant after going off of depo.  My periods were very irregular for a couple of years.  My doctor told me depending how long you are on depo shots your hormones can be affected for up to 5 years!   I had no idea they would affect me that much.     If you are trying to get pregnant I wish you luck!   If not I wouldn't worry to much yet that you are pregnant.  I often have a more brownish discharge after a longer time (at least several months) between periods
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Go to the doctor and find out. I have heard of people gettting pregnant when they are on depo provera
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I was on that pill for awhile and I did gain a little weight. It wasnt a whole lot but it was like 5 to 10 pounds that fluctuated for awhile. Unfortunately, almost every pill out there has a side effect of weight gain. The shot is even worse. Every girl i know who has gone on the shot has gained like 15 pounds at least. I think the patch causes it too. So if you are on any of these things, just be careful about what you eat and be mindful of your weight and you should be fine.
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i had the IUD for about 9 years and recently had it removed. first of all, i was completely happy with the IUD. it is effective and i didn't have to worry about doing anything, except check for the string once a month. i can't remember any of the side effects (if any) when i first had it inserted (it's just been way too long) but during the 9 years, the only down side i experienced was heavy periods. now, i got used to this, so it was no big deal. except now, i'm anemic, so i had to get it removed. i plan on getting a new IUD in a couple of months because i was so happy with it, but i also plan on taking iron supplements when i get it. right now, i have other issues going on, so i have to wait to get a new one. but i totally recommend it. :)
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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!
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WELL...do I have a lot to say about this!\nWhen I got to college, I decided to get on birth control because I was sexually active.  I originally started on Depo Provera.  I went through three shots, then stopped them because I was concerned about the severe cramping and spotting I was having.  When I stopped taking them, I had a period for a straight month and then very irregular menstruation for a year thereafter.  :(  \n\nThen, a year later, when I was on serious boyfriend #2, I decided to go on the pill.  I kept forgetting them at inconvenient times - rushed trips across the state because of a relative in the hospital, etc.  This was not effective at all.  Plus, I had the worst loss of libido ever.  I was pretty moody.  My boyfriend said that it was how the BC worked...he couldn't get any!!   And I was rather disappointed about how the Pill *didn't* clear up my monthly acne breakouts.\n\nThen, I decided to go on the Ortho Evra patch.  I loved it...until I had a blood clot.  I had throbbing pain in my right arm one night for hours, then my whole right side went numb for a couple of days.  It passed, but I was advised not to go on hormonal BC for another year. \n\nI was recently cleared to take the progesterone-only pills (like Depo, but no shot), but my now-husband and I decided it wasn't worth the risk to my health.  Now, we always use condoms and we're very careful close to my fertile time...\n\nI think that only your doctor and you can really go through the pros and cons of hormonal BC.  Sometimes a woman's body chemistry handles the hormones differently.  Monitor your symptoms after going on the BC and then keep in touch with your MD.
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I've been on it for about 4 months and I love it.  No pain and best of all no PMS symptoms.  Side effects I've had included forgetfullness and diarrea.  Also, a few migraines, but I had those before as well.  I also love not having a period.\n\nI tried Lupron too, but it made me crazy.  Headaches every day and wicked mood swings.
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Not getting a period can be a side effect of the shot.  Read the pamphlet that the doctor gave you to get more info.
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dont take trial meds. especially birth control needs to be talked over with a doctor there are many side effect my friend was on the depro vera shot and she gained alot of weight and her hair thinned go to a doctor free clinic go to\nplanned parenthood someone will help you.go to the gyn and talk about this they will give you different choices of safe sex that wont hurt your body you weight issue will probably go away leave the patches alone stay away from the pills unless the doctor says there safe