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Getting off Depo-Provera because of weight gain

I have been on depo for years now and just recently have gained lot of weight quickly. I'd say at LEAST 20 pounds in about 3 months. I have made the decision to stop the depo recently too, in the hopes my weight will go back down. Nothing has happened yet, but it is still in my system. I am just not going to take another shot. I have talked to so many people who gained weight on the shot and had it go back to normal once they got off it. Anybody else had this experience?
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1065334 tn?1328527983
You can loose the weight with diet-ZERO CARB DIET
and cleanses (liver, intestinal)
and weight training at the gym.
Your metabolism and hormones are changed but you can loose it once you stop the shot and diet,cleanse, lift weights.
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1065334 tn?1328527983
Yes,The docs do tell you of weight gain.
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I have decided to come off the injection after 2years due to very bad weight gain of 4stone!!
I havnt changed my diet or my fitness routines so it cant be that. does anyone have any ideas how to lose the weight :(.
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Hey did they ever tell you anything about the weight gain, I have been on the shot now for 6 months and i havent gained anything but i havent lost anything.. and i have been going to the gym everyday and eating really good and nothing, at first i was getting discuraged but then i realized it was all that stupid shot.
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1065334 tn?1328527983
Weight gain is the same kids or not.

A 17 yr. old, no kids,  had to be told by her doctor she HAD to go OFF Depo because she gained over a hundred pounds on the shot. She refused because it's such an easy birth control method and she hated getting a period.
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After reading these comments I realized most people who get this shot get it after kids. I got on the deop shot about a year ago. I haven't had kids, I'm young and I'm pretty active. Since I got the shot I have gained about 20 pounds. Is there anything to be said about the weight gain for women like me who haven't had kids, or is it pretty much the same kids or not?
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