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Re: DEPOPROVERA: effects on the body after discontinuing long-term use of Depo-Provera (not relating to bone density)From: anonymous@obgyn.netTue, 30 Oct 2007 03:12:59 -0500 (CDT)
At Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Amy wrote: > >I've been taking Depo-Provera since I was 22. I am now 37, and just >went OFF the shot August 2007. I really had no symptoms ever taking >this shot, which is why I've been on it so long. Never really felt any >different after starting the shot, and this is how I felt as I continued >use through the years. I did start dealing with mild/moderate >depression back in 2000, but also have a family history of it. Didn't >notice any weight gain until around this time, so I blamed it on both >the anti-depressants I had started taking, along with turning 30 >years-old. I gained about 25 lbs. within 2 months, and haven't been >able to lose it since. I did stop taking Depo when I was 27, just long >enough to get pregnant. I conceived within 6 months of stopping the >shot, and had a very healthy, uncomplicated pregnancy. I gave birth to >a healthy, normal, 7.5 lb. boy, and went back on Depo a month after the >birth. Sex drive has always been OK, but not major. Still no problems >with side effects even after going back on the shot after the birth. I >guess I've been very lucky, considering some of the horror stories I am >now reading on the Internet about Depo-Provera. Primary reason I >decided to stop taking it was concern about being on ANY birth control >for this long, in addition to some friends in the medical field >recommending I stop. Bone density tests show no severe bone loss, which >is very surprising. Doctor said I have the bones of an early-40 >year-old woman, which is something I feel I can live with considering >I'm 37. I'm taking supplemental calcium and Vit. D, just like anyone >should at my age. >However, I would certainly like to hear from some women out there who >have not had many or any problems with Depo after several years on the >shot, but are now having problems after being OFF of it. I stopped >taking the shot Aug. 2007, and now (10/26/07) feel HORRIBLE!! I'm >having extreme fatigue, back pain, bone pain, headaches, and all the >pains of a period each month (breast tenderness, heaviness in the >uterus, cramping, moodiness, thick, white discharge), but no actual >blood like in a normal period. I feel so phisically horrible that I >almost want to go back on the Depo so I can feel like I did before. I've >been assuming it's just my body naturally trying to get my reproductive >equipment started up again (like firing up an old furnace), but I am so >miserable!! > i have been on depo for over 7 years.i gain about 30 pounds in the first 6 months,experienced vaginal dryness at first,but never had a period.i was suppost to get my last shot 6 months ago and was not able due to lack of insurance.about 3 months ago i started having severe mood swings,my breast hurt very badly,and some mild cramping.1 week ago i started cramping alot.i now i have a little bit of oderless purply black stuff coming out of me.its not a period,i dont think?the pain is so bad im taking pain meds just to function.i also have had horriable mood swings still.i am also extremly tired.my family thought i was having a miscarridge but took a test and it was negative.so its got to be stopping the shot.
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