I have been on it for years and love it. i am going to have to stop taking soon because of the calcium concern though.
2006-08-13 05:56:59 · 18 answers · asked by Crystal 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
They made me gain weight but I didn't get pregnant so they worked. As for calcium though, I don't think any birth control is really safe to be for an extended period of time, say ten years with no breaks. Where it's unnatural hormones being introduced to your body the side effects can take years to be realized. Of course life without birth control wouldn't be good either. :) It took me 21 months after I went off it just to get my period back and then conceive a child. No long term effects that I know of for me yet.
2006-08-13 06:00:34 · answer #1 · answered by zara01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was on it for 8 months and loved it! and then in the ninth month of being on it I started gaining weight.... ended up putting on 25 pounds so I went off of it and lost the weight.
if its a calcium concern (i havent heard this one) get on a suppliment for calcuim if you love the birth control
i myself am getting and IUD I get it placed once and wont have to mess with it for the next 5 years!
2006-08-13 06:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by wantme_comegetme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I loved it. I didn't have my period for like 2 years...it was great. And I believe my sex life was better on it than on the pill, but not sure why? I never gained weight, actually the pill has made me gain weight more than the shot did. I had to switch over because it wasn't helping my skin (made me break out).
2006-08-13 08:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by carriethatgirl1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was on it for about 8 years and loved it. I gained a little weight while I was on it but that was really it. I quit taking it in May of 2005 because I was just tired of being on anything and me and my husband decided to use condoms. I didn't have a period while I was on it and it didn't start again for 8 months after being off of it. I have since decided to try to have a baby. It hasn't happed yet but we are still trying.
2006-08-13 06:06:38 · answer #4 · answered by KatC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was on for four years. I gained aprox 25 pounds. i went off of it to have a baby and I still have not been able to get pregnangt and that was 2 1/2 years ago. I ruins your reproductive system
2006-08-13 06:00:29 · answer #5 · answered by lunestra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hate it.
I had one shot, never bothered with the second. I gained weight, turned completely psycho, and bled for 6 months, well after it was supposed to be out of my system. I had to go on The Pill to straighten my cycles out.
2006-08-13 06:04:45 · answer #6 · answered by CCTCC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I in hassle-free terms took of when I won 40 pounds!!! Made me greater advantageous Moody my sexchronic thoroughly disappeared my face broke out way worse than it had ever... it took me 4 years to get the burden off and it wasn't loss of attempting!!!
2016-09-29 05:36:05 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They had me on it for harmones, I was already fixed, then it made me a double fixed bi*tch. PMS was like a puppy compared to what that shot did to me. Try having an attitude of the Mother of All Mothers with Rabies. Yep it was ugly.
2006-08-13 06:01:23 · answer #8 · answered by spiritwalker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What calcium concern? Do you mean osteoporosis? Far more danger of blood clots, strokes and heart attacks. In fact, it should prevent osteoporosis.
2006-08-13 06:03:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I liked it because there is NO possible way to get pregnant, and you dont have your period!! I think that its ok for a short amount of time. It did make me extra moody and I only gained like 10 lbs. Its not that bad.
2006-08-13 06:01:07 · answer #10 · answered by phokissed1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋