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Depo shot/hormonal roller coaster HELP!From: Stephanie (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 30 May 2000 01:13:19 -0500 (CDT)
My doc gave me a Depo Provera shot on May 3rd, she told me that it would make my endometriosis better and lessen the cramping I was having, stop my periods etc... Shortly after I had the shot, I started bleeding heavily and bled for over two weeks. Also within a weeks time I started having horrific mood swings. I got an appt. with an ob/gyn that specializes in Endo., she told me that the Depo was doing nothing but making me worse, she prescribed Premarin 0.625mg once a day for 3 months until the Depo is out of my system. This was prescribed to combat the side effects I was experiencing from the Depo; the heavy bleeding and extreme mood swings. The bleeding stopped a little less than two weeks into the Premarin, however the mood swings have only gotten worse! I called the Spec. on Thurs. of this past week, and she told me to start taking o.625mg of the Premarin in the A.M. and again in the P.M for two weeks and see if that helps the mood swings any, she said if not, stop taking it and call her. I am TRYING to be patient here, but unfortunately the mood swings continue to get worse and worse. Just today for instance I had a 6 hour span where I went from crying to very very angry and hateful, to crying again and then angry again. This is so scary for me, I am normally a relatively calm person, easy to get along with etc... I keep finding myself wanting to "bite everyones heads off" for little or no reason at all. I am also crying alot out of no where! When I start feeling like this, I feel very very nervous and shaky. I have hotflashes and feel very faint. I have also been experiencing headaches and an upset stomach. Today I got so worked up during one of these "hormonal" episodes, that afterwards, my chest hurt and I felt very, very tired and lethargic. Is there ANYTHING that I can do to make this better between now and when the Depo shot is out of my system? I don't think I can handle alot more of this, nor can my family, they are getting so frustrated with me. I have four young children ages 12,10,8 and 5 and they cannot understand why I am behaving the way that I am, yet I feel like I have NO control over this what so ever, I can be fine one minute and a raging maniac the next, then crying five mins after that because I feel so bad about "losing it" with everyone. :0( I am so darned frustrated with this whole situation, especially with my original ob/gyn, I expressed my concern NUMEROUS times about the possible side effects of the Depo shot, as I have had alot of problems in the past with different types of birth control pills. My ob/gyn assured me that the side effects were minimal and that it shouldn't be a problem at all for me. Now, here I am on Premarin for the next 3 months and stuck with these awful side effects of this shot that I have NO way of getting out of my system. If any of you have any suggestions/advice/information for me, I would GREATLY appreciate it! I just want to feel like me again!!!
-- Stephanie Devine
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