Depo Shot- body messed up b/c of birth control ? Posted: 11-18-07 13:17pm
i was on the depo for about a year. I
decided that it made me sick and i didn't
like how i was feeling from it so i was
off of it for a year. it's been almost 2
years since i have been off the shot in
dec. I started taking the pill to help
with my periods because i would have them
for a whole month and then a maybe if i
was lucky a week break. I just wanted to
know if my body is really messed up from
the shot and from me now taking the pill
b/c i have really bad cramps, always tired
and feel sick but i get my periods very
heavy and longer then a week. i just want
to know if it has something to do with
being on the shot or is there something
wrong with me? i also want to know that
when we are ready to get our family
started will i be able to or did the shot
do something to my body?
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princessscott
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I Was On the Depo For About 9 Months Posted: 11-18-07 18:05pm
I was on the depo for about 9 months
2005-2006 and didn't get periods until
almost a year later to this day they are
soo screwed! they also put me on pills but
i am ready to start a family so i got off
of them and the doc told me that my body
would just have to work its self out and
that there is noting wrong with me in the
conciving area but since my periods are
screwed so are my ovulation periods i am
fixing to try ovulex and have heard
wonderful things about it but also bad
things i guess it just depends on the
person.... i have also heard about the
depo making women infertal and also about
women who have gotten preg. right off of
the bat.. you might want to go to the doc
and get some tests run. the depo in my
personal opinion is awful awful awful i
went from a size 4 to size 17 in almost a
month! it was awful!! hope this helps..
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Tylanas
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Posted: 11-18-07 21:56pm
Your bodies are NOT screwed up from Depo.
The few cases of severe
reactions/infertility are just that: VERY
FEW.
It is common and safe to wait up
for a year for your period to return;
that's because Depo is a long-lasting
hormonal birth control and thus takes
longer to clear from your system. I don't
know why that bothers people so much.
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princessscott
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Yes It Did Screw Me Up! Posted: 11-19-07 10:51am
i used to have regular periods until
taking the depo then afterwards they were
no longer regular the doc. told me it was
because of the depo so yes it did screw up
my cylces and my body because that was
also told to me by the doctor and maybe
infertillity caused by the depo may be few
and far between but when the doctor said
that it screwed me up like it did i was so
scared that i would never be able to have
children and did all the research on the
internet that i could find and that is
part of what i found and i was just trying
to be helpful
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Tylanas
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Posted: 11-19-07 12:14pm
Temporarily, for a year or so. That's a
side effect you should have been informed
of before ever getting on the shot. It
causes temporary infertility after getting
off of it for about a year.
The actual cases of women becoming totally
infertile are extremely low, just like the
number of women dying from blood clots on
other birth controls is low. People just
like to freak out about depo for some
reason. It is no more risky than other
kinds of birth control.
Oh boy, the internetz! Please take
anything read online with a grain of salt;
it's a great source of information... and
MISinformation. You're most likely to hear
all the horror stories online and none of
the good ones. Conspiracy theories are
everywhere online.
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princessscott
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Posted: 11-19-07 19:23pm
ok lady just drop it like i said before
just trying to help... i know that the
internet can produce false information i
am not retarded! have you ever been on the
depo do you really know how it feels?! and
besides everyone is different what may
have been right for you or not concerning
for you does not mean it wasn't for
someone else. i did not come here to fight
i came here to find support and ideas and
to give my two sense to try and help
someone else and because something is
extreamly low doesn't mean it is
improbable. and besides you don't know all
the details of everyone before getting on
birthcontrol what if it wasn't a choice
what if it wasn't up to you what to get so
don't be so quick to judge!
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Posted: 11-19-07 19:46pm
Wow chill ladies. I was on the depo two
different times. I no troubles the first
time had to switch because of change in
ins. I ended up getting pregnant while on
another pill about 3 months later. The
second time I had nothing until the last
couple shots. I had to change and my body
was very screwed up my dr said it was from
changing off the depo not the shot its
self. Any bc can cause you to have screwed
up periods it's just how you react. To the
first who posted this you really should go
in to your dr. Monitor your peroids (write
them down) so you can show your dr and
monitor how you feel and all that. That is
what i did and he ended up doing some
other tests just to make sure there wasn't
anything else. I have now switched to a
pill Lo ovral and I'm having headaches (i
already have problems with headaches and
migrains) and acne problems. So we will
see. I havn't even been on for a month so
we'll see what happens later. Like Eiri
said it is a long acting bc so it can take
a little bit to get your body right again
it just depends on your body. Like I said
since its been awhile you need to talk to
your dr. You may just need a switch on
your bc!
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Posted: 11-19-07 23:00pm
princessscott
wrote:
ok lady just drop it like i
said before just trying to help... i know
that the internet can produce false
information i am not retarded! have you
ever been on the depo do you really know
how it feels?!
Yes. I am on Depo right now, so I really
do know how it feels. What's your point?
Quote:
and besides
everyone is different what may have been
right for you or not concerning for you
does not mean it wasn't for someone
else.
It is usable for most women, otherwise it
would not be legal. It does not cause
permanent infertility in most women,
otherwise it would not be legal. I am
sorry you are one of the small percents of
women who have had trouble with Depo, but
the hype about it is far worse than the
actual drug.
Quote:
i did not come
here to fight i came here to find support
and ideas and to give my two sense to try
and help someone else and because
something is extreamly low doesn't mean it
is
improbable.
Actually yes it does. If the chances of
something are low, it is unlikely and
improbable that it has happened. I know
you came here for support and I thought
dispelling frightening myths about a drug
was quite supportive, as it eases the
fears of many women who have sometimes
been outright lied to about their birth
control.
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and besides you
don't know all the details of everyone
before getting on birthcontrol what if it
wasn't a choice what if it wasn't up to
you what to get so don't be so quick to
judge!
I am not judging you; I don't know where
you're getting that from.
If you were forced into taking any
medicine, you can sue. You have freedoms
as an independent person and one of those
freedoms is to refuse any treatment for
non-lethal conditions. Heck, I think you
can even refuse treatment for lethal
conditions: Jehova Witnesses refuse any
blood transfusions. So if someone forced
you to take birth control, you need to
take action against them. They had no
right to violate your body!
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princessscott
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Posted: 11-20-07 09:37am
Look lady I said drop it! If something was
wrong that person needed to go to the
doctor. And we "supportive people" have
turned this poor womans question onto a
wresteling word match and so if a won
fight is what you want you got it lady I
don't care anymore.
Sorry Aly just go to the doctor and see if
anything is wrong.
And who beside Eiri like I said in the
above don't be so quick to judge why
someone took it or who made them take it
you don't have all the details so just
stop. And I was merely suddgesting that
complications do happen and that she might
need to go to the doctor. And as for you I
hope you have fin on your little miricle
shot and that it doesn't screw your body
up because yes it does once you get off it
and that you don't have any problems! Good
luck and good bye!
[edited by moderator: Please do not post
in all CAPS.]
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Tylanas
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Posted: 11-20-07 10:57am
Please do not post in all caps... If you
could edit your post that would be lovely.
Otherise I'll report it to a mod so that
they can remove the capital letters. It's
the equivalent of screaming at us, and I
do not appreciate being
screamed at.
The other poster had very good information
for you and she was not judging you in any
way shape or form. I really can't
understand where you're coming from with
that.
NO ONE is judging you. You're very
paranoid :/
Depo is not a "miracle shot". Most women
are informed and aware of the risks when
taking it.
Depo does NOT PERMANANTLY destroy women's
bodies or their fertility. Please stop
spreading that lie. If it caused that much
harm it would not be legal, period.
Norplant caused a lot of problems and was
quickly taken off the market. Depo has
been on the market much longer than
Norplant was. It is people like you
retelling horror stories like they are the
results every woman will get that gives
Depo its bad reputation. Please stop
ruining a perfectly good form of birth
control.
Plenty of women have "messed up" cycles
and trouble with fertility after getting
off of pills as well.
I am not judging you for taking Depo: I am
judging you for being ignorant about it.
YOU have turned this into an argument; you
are the one yelling and you are the one
being defensive. Do not blame us for your
faults. We are simply refuting your
uneducated "facts" with the real facts so
that women are not confused about Depo.
