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Re: Back from the doc..... Now I want to know about anyone who has been on Depoprovera?
From: Amanda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon May 5 09:54:55 2003
As I said in a post last week I bled for 260 days following my first
Depo shot. It did take care of a lot of pain, but it also killed my sex
drive and my personal relationships (because of irratibility).
Amanda
At Sun, 4 May 2003, Sandi wrote:
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>I have just recently been diagnosed with endometriosis and am still
>recovering from my surgery but wanted to respond to your question. I
>suspect that DEPO would be benefitial as when I was using it (prior to
>any endo symptons, I completely stopped menestrating) and stayed on it
>for years. The only downfall (and the reason I quit) is that it
>completely depleted my sex drive and was killing my marriage. There
>must be a happy medium somewhere.
>
>Good Luck to you!
>
>At Sun, 4 May 2003, kim wrote:
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>>Hi Julie,
>>Ditto for me! I bled for six months following my first and last
>>injection.
>>
>>I now take oral Provera (10mg. once a day). This has worked much
>>better. I do not have a cycle and it helps to keep everything quite.
>>
>>Hope this helps,
>>Kim
>>
>>At Sun, 4 May 2003, julie wrote:
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>>>At Sat, 3 May 2003, pati wrote:
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>>>>At Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Carole wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>The doc is sending me to a gyn to discuss the endo further,
>>>>>but made a recommendation on Depoprovera. I didn't like the
>>>>>sound of what it does and told him I'd have to do some research into it
>>>>>and look at all options before I made a decision. Any one else here
>>>>>been on it? And what was your
>>>>>experience with it?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks a bunch.....
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Carole Ann
>>>>>
>>>>i went on the depo shat after having my daughter. I bled heavy and
>>>>abnormally for 3 months straight. I have never had any problems like
>>>>this before even while being on birth control. It was apain in the neck
>>>>and nerve wrecking because i ahd to go for all these pap smears to see
>>>>what was wrong. now im using the patch.
>>>
>>>I tried it too. One shot was enough for me to know it wasnt for me. I
>>>had severe mood swings, depression and I spotted for the whole time it
>>>was in my system.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Julie
>>>
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