More about depo-provera

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Well, I read the memories about depo-provera and they aren't very comforting! I mean, my doctor told me about all the side-effects including depression, so I shouldn't really be so freaked out by other people who experienced the possibilities she outlined. But now I am. Anyway, that's beside the point of this post.

I got my first depo-provera injection a little under two weeks ago, and I've been bleeding ever since. Which I know was a side effect, I once bled for a month when starting a pill, which is okay. But the pharmacist told me it may last for up to six months??? Did he mean straight? (Yes, I should have asked HIM this at the time). How long did you girls who are on the shot bleed for after starting it. Does anyone have any GOOD experiences? How soon did the depressive effects start to kick in?

Thanks so much for your help,
Shannon

Comments

[xantha.livejournal.com]

I bled for four weeks straight (but not heavily) when I had my first shot. After a year's worth of injections, I went off of depo and then I bled for about 6 months to a year -- not straight, but I would bleed for two weeks straight, then have one or two weeks of nothing, then bleed for another two weeks.

I can't help you on the good experiences. I don't recall much in the way of directly depressive effects, but I gained 5 pounds a month after I went on depo despite not eating a lot (or eating unhealthily) and working out regularly. Now it looks like the mass amounts of hormone in the shot messed up my thyroid, so I am hypothyroid.

I hope you suffer none or few of the side effects! I did like some aspects of depo, just wasn't right for me.

[shaltseeksolace.livejournal.com]

I never got my period again after my 1st depo shot. Woop :)

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*clings desperately to positivity* Yay!