I gave myself the depo injection?
958425
Well unless you are a nurse its pretty dim!  You could end up with an infection and be very ill.  Where did you inject, did you even consider the damage you could do by putting it in the wrong place and hitting a blood vessel or nerve?\nBut you wanna take chanches...go ahead.  I wouldnt DIY and I AM a nurse!
722894
depends on the last time you took your shot...You have to let it at least wear off from the 3 months when you took it last. Some people can get pregnant immediately after that, some it takes years. It depends on your body.
939057
i always have that for a few hours to 1 day before regular flow of my period but 6 days seems too much are you on birth control because i had that for 4 weeks once when i was on depo. it might be hormonal or it could be something serious so if it's not hormonal go to the clinic.
520044
I use Depo-Provera.  Ive been on it for almost 5 years.  Havent gained weight, no mood swings, no periods, just lots of sex.  It makes my hair shed a little but my nails grow beautifully now also.  It's every 13 weeks.  No pills to remember (or forget).  Wouldnt go any other way.
409719
DO NOT try the Depo-Provera shot, then. I used it & gained weight, had wierd mood-swings & periods that lasted 2 weeks at a time
751907
I suppose this could happen, but you should talk to your Doctor about it.\n\nDepo 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 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!
403382
depo provera, what i would NOT recommend it. I had all sorts of problems like weight gain, mood swings and it was not good. They offer a pill that slows it considerably. But that is about it.
956276
Please tell me your not taking Depo-provera.  If you are STOP. it is very dangerous.  It causes major bone loss and can make you infertal after 2 years of use.  I am 27 and already have osteoporosis.  Of course your Dr won't tell you this. He,She gets about $100 a shot.  Go to google and look it up.  They have a sight with thousands of horror stories on the net.  Be safe, good luck. \n      - Your question-\n It is according to how long you have taken the shot to how fast it is out of your system.  I was on it about two years and have been off 3 years and this is the first time I have gotten pregnant.  It took 2 years to have a regular period again.
182970
OMG I hate that shot!  Made me gain some pounds and it took me 5 months to have my period after I stopped the shot.
945858
Don't do it.  There are a lot of women even on here that you can verify are having a lot of problems with it.  You may be creating an irreverseible problem.\n\nDepo 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 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!
723164
Lots of rubbish answers here, sorry Mr/Mrs Asker.\n\nIf the answerers actually read the question - the asker isn't looking for what to do normally to keep his health in check - but wants to know what to do on the occasions it goes a bit AWOL, as happens to all of us now and again.\n\nI'm type 1, so can't help you here (it seems a lot easier to deal with short term probs like this when you're on injections), but it seems you'll be better off speaking to your doc as people don't seem to be able or willing to answer.
930303
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.
926643
The only time this happened to me was when I was on the Depo-Provera shot.  And it lasted for 8 months (which is not uncommon on the Depo shot).  You were smart in talking to your doctor about this.  Just hang in there for a couple of weeks and then you will know what is going on.
839293
You might bleed on and off until you get your next shot.  I know I did anyways.
1033450
Good grief, I just answered this about 4 minutes ago. Shots themselves do not damage the area of injection. It is the material that is being injected that causes the damage. Ordinary medications, innoculations, etc. given by a Doctor do not cause damage. Street drugs such as heroine, cause irreversible damage to the sight of injection. That is why IV drug users have track marks. Look at diabetics. They give themselves injections daily with no damage or signs that they have injected anything. If you are so worried and want such hard evidence perhaps you should talk to your doctor or some health care professional.
1049578
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.
481718
Well I was on depo for going on 8 years b4 the Dr. Said anything to me about bone loss.  That was in 2005. I was still taking the shot with a calcium supplement.  I just recently decided to stop my injections.  I just think 9 years is just to long for a drug that could damage my body in the long run.  I am now looking for a new birth control and being very careful...NOT HAVING SEX...Until then\n\nIf you are on the shot be sure to take Calcium Supplement.  More so after the age 25!!!!  Be sure to check with your Dr.