depo provera?

Question

what do you think about that?

Answer 1

THE BEST STUFF OUT THERE!! You take one shot, and you're good for 3 months, and as far as I know, it's the most efective thing on the market right now, and it's the most conveinant. No more remembering pills or anything. The only bad things about it, is your period can be EXTREMELY abnormal, and unpredictable, you can get a little more emotional, and I've had bouts of extreme anger caused from the shot. I've been taking it for 9 months, and alreadly, my period has ceased, and that's almost the best part! They say it could take up for a year for it to stop completely though. I've been on the pill and it's just not as good, with the pill you pretty much get the same side effects, but you still have to remember it everyday. HAPPY HUNTING!

Answer 2

Depo Provera is akin to forcing your body into an early menopause state.

I've been off the Depo Provera since 2000 and my hair still hasn't grown all the way back. I lost about a 1/4 inch along most of my front hair line. The rest of my hair came back and is thick and strong, but the hairline is not the same compared to what it was. In addition to the severe hair loss, I gained over 40 pounds, 20 while taking Depo and 20 after coming off. I never had a migraine before Depo and during use and for the first year after being off it, I had severe migraines at least once a week. My skin itched like I wanted to rip it off and I was hot all the time. I would get extreme vertigo with no warning. Just try staggering at work or while in the pharmacy and not look like you had a drinking problem! My bones also ached a lot. Depo has been proven to cause osteoporosis. Over a year after coming off the Depo Provera, I developed two serious blood clots one after the other. The cause was never completely determined because I had not been on birth control of any kind for over a year and my blood tests were normal. I finally had a rib removed and the clots stopped, but I will contend to this day the Depo had at least a little something to do with it. About the same time as the blood clots, I started having severe cramping and a year into it, my doctor found pretty severe endometriosis. With the resulting depression and the lack of sex from Depo you may not have to worry about getting pregnant because you won't want to have sex anyway. I know some people do just fine with this birth control, but it's not worth the chance. It takes upwards of 6 to 8 months for the effects to wear off and sometimes longer. My hair has never grown completely back along the hairline and I am having a hair transplant at a tune of $5,000.00 to fix it. I am only 35! I can't wait until Depo is researched more deeply and to someday find out what else this drug did to screw up my system.

I got the (copper) IUD (since I can't use hormones anymore due to future clotting risks). My insurance paid for it. You still get your period, but it's worth it.

Our bodies are made to have periods unless we are pregnant. If you force your body into an unnatural state, it WILL fight back!

Answer 3

I was on it for 5 years (before the 2 year rule) and I loved it. Unlike some stories I have heard to me it was wonderful. I loved it, I had no side effects it didn't effect my drive at all I may have gained 2 to 5 pounds at the most and I came off it just fine and best of all NO kids! Some people get sick from it or worse but it depends on the individual. And despite all this yapping about calcium deficiency I had to go in for a bone density test and turns out 5 years and not a thing was hurt by it granted I take calcium everyday! I think it is something a person should consider. The 2 year law out now is because of the calcium thing, 2 years is a safe span! And one for the record NO PERIODS does it really get any better than that? If it wasn't for the law I would go back on it in a heart beat!

Answer 4

I was on it and didn't like it. I had a non stop period for 3 months. I only took the shot once. I try to stay away from birth control because of the long term side effects. I'd rather have a baby than a stroke.

Answer 5

it wil make you fat!!!! fo rreals...consider another one like Yasmen! that's a real good birth control!