i've been on depo shots after my first
baby was born, got only 3 shots and
stopped getting shots in july, 2002. I
got my period back immediately after
getting off of depo. We've been trying to
conceive the second baby since then and I
had a miscarriage and a tubal pregnancy.
If you go to depo users forum online
you'll see how terrible thing depo is.
It's a poison for woman's body. I don't
know how old you are and if you would like
to get the babies soon but please stop
depo shots, it's the worst thing the woman
could do to her body. It has lots of side
effects and it's very hard to get pregnant
after that. Some women get pregnant but
some don't get pregnant at all. It messes
up your system, causes hormonal imbalance,
osteoporosis, depression... Ladies, let
the nature take its own course. When
being on depo we don't have periods. It's
not normal, our body needs to function the
way it was programmed by nature. My
stupid gyn offered it to me and I didn't
know anything about that and read just the
pamphlet I was given. I started doing
some research online about depo and there
are terrible stories about that bc. We're
still trying to conceive, no success yet.
I got my first baby easily from the first
attempt. Depo messed up my system. I got
a new gyn. I don't trust doctors
instructions untill I find some
information about that, about pills or
shots. Just think about what I said.
Some doctors do what the drug companies
tell them and they don't care about your
health. Read more about depo provera
shots online and you'll see how the women
(especially who want to get pregnant)
suffer from that.
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Cassy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 103
Posted: 07-27-04 17:40pm
I can't help but agree with you. But depo
normally causes what I and many other
people I know got-constant bleeding. If
there's anything not healthy about not
getting a period it's even less healthy to
get one all the time. Luckily, I was
scared the hell enough after the first
shot to stop and I know take the pill.
Anyway, i've heard a lot of talk from the
medical professions that depo may be taken
off the market soon, just like norplant
was.
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KissyBai912
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003 Posts: 1762 Location: Venice, Florida
Posted: 07-27-04 17:51pm
I wanted to get on the shot after my son
was born but luckily, my ob/gyn didn't
want to put me on it because I have a
history of depression and she said it was
a commone side effect. Doing this let me
know that she cared about my well-being.
And since then I have read more about the
shot and I am scared of it! Lol!
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linuxChique
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 4535
Posted: 07-28-04 13:09pm
I've never been on it but it sounds like
the devil!
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DBabys
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 43 Location: Kentucky
Posted: 07-30-04 22:01pm
I just got off depo this week and got on
the pill I bleed for 6 moths all way
through 2 shots and the pills stopped my
period in 2 days I still use like pads
just because I got use to the period it
fees so so soooooo weird not to be on a
period. I want childern so bad and even
though my fiance and I want to use a form
of birth control so we dont have a child
quite yet but depo was wrong the doctor
didnt even give me a pamplet or any thing
the nurse that gave me my first shot said
yeah you wont have a period and thats
normal and then went home and started a 6
month long period.
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bd1012
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 1998
Posted: 07-30-04 23:06pm
Nonsense, if it werent' for depo we'd
still be using the stupid pull out method
and so far I have no side effects. I
just got a shot today actually.
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DBabys
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 43 Location: Kentucky
Posted: 07-30-04 23:10pm
Is this your first shot?
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Cassy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 103
Posted: 07-30-04 23:25pm
Bd, you have to remember every woman
reacts differentally to things. Some
woman are lucky and get no period and the
experience is great. But for the majority
of people I know who are on it (and I do
know people on it and love it) they have
had the worst side effects from it. Lots
of bleeding, hair loss, weight gain,
arthritis, decline is sight, depression,
you name it. I cried everyday for 6 weeks
on it. So much I had to go home, I
couldn't even talk to anyone without
freaking out. Which led everyone around
me, esp. My boyfriend because it was
partly his idea, to feel horrible as well.
Thank god he told me never to get another
shot or else i'd probably still be on it
out of my own stupidity. My body didn't
like it. Some people's do.
There's a reason norplant was taken off
the market. And this is basically the
same as norplant was.
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bd1012
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 1998
Posted: 07-31-04 13:51pm
I was originally going to get on norplant
when I got on depo because they told me I
had to have 3 depo shots before norplant
but I decided to stay on depo.
They say hypothyroid might affect it but I
have it and the only problems I am having
may be stemming from my hypothyroid. So
I wouldn't know if I had symptoms but
should they be from the depo, pregnancy
has alot more side effects and costs alot
more too.
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wakkochic17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 494 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 08-01-04 11:08am
I've been on the depo shot for over 7
months now and my body has adjusted ok...
The first 4 months were not fun (lots of
bleeding), but now I haven't had my period
in 2 months..
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 08-05-04 04:47am
Norplant was taken off of the market
because the "inserts" (for lack of a
better term) were disappearing in women.
This is obviously a problem for various
reasons.
Depo provera is used in rapists and child
molesters to control their "impulses".
Kind of strange if you ask me, but maybe
it is different doses or something.
If it works for you, go for it. But if
you are one of those unlucky people who
bleed the whole time, then it is obviously
not worth it. I know people who have
gotten pregnant on depo and ones who have
gotten pregnant right after stopping use.
Everyone is different and you have to
weight the pros and cons for your
individual situation.
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rachael909
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Sep 2004 Posts: 22 Location: san jose, ca
Posted: 09-24-04 16:52pm
I had one friend who got the depo shot and
she gained 3 pounds in the first day, 20
in the first 5 and couldn't keep anything
but liquids down for 4-5 days. Another
was throwing up all the time and gained 25
pounds in a month, plus she had extremely
weird bleeding patterns for that month and
felt like crap all the time. Needless to
say, the shot make be a "get it and forget
it" method, but those 2 side effects alone
are enough to keep me away from it!
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