Are you sick of people telling us we are too emotional, too moody, too sensitive, bi-polar, and just plain psycho?GET OFF the DEPO! Holy crap. I was only on it for a year and half. I gained 20plus pounds. They told me I was depressed and put me on more pills. My back hurt so I was on pain pills. Then I had panic attacks so there was a pill for that. I cried like all the time and they told me it was stress and I should relax! I went to a massage therapist every week and a chiropractor. I finally found a new doctor cause I am 40 and thought I could not live my life like this anymore! First thing she said...get off Depo! I have gone cold turkey on all the meds and flushed them. I am working with a dietician to help me detox and get all these chemicals out of my system! I am 2 weeks past when I should have had my next quarterly shot. New Doc says its gonna take a while and be a rough road. Now I have gained a few more pounds as all the hormones are regulating. I hope my normal upbeat personality comes back. I lost my boyfriend due to the mood swings. I'm surprised i haven't lost my job to all the stuff I have forgotten. And I am soooo pissed that the medical professionals we pay to help take care of us, have been destroying our insides and emotional well being. At 40 I am using condoms and got a sex lecture from the Dr about remembering his erect membrane leaks, and don't let him in without his raincoat! I hope and pray this process will not last long and I can go back to feeling normal again. I have been telling all the women I know. Take back our health and well being. Lesson learned on being involved in our own healthcare.
Hmmm, I've been on Depo (or devils drug) for 20 years - yes I missed the tdon't stay on it for long memo as well. Mine is for endometriosis that I've had 5 ops for and up to 40 cyst layered each time.
I have mine every 11 weeks as the depression, pain , anxiety and paranoia at 11 weeks is to difficult at work. I've suffered 3 lots of pneumonia, a flu every year, irritable bowl, night leg cramps, several fractures, my bones are a jagered mess, I've osteo in hips and knees and waiting to see an Endo for a RA diagnosis I also have random full blown anaphylaxis to random drugs and foods!
I've been told I'm to switch to marina implant and have decided to come off Depo - it's week 13 since my last injection and wow I've not missed the pelvic pain of Endo!
I've been prepping for a year, lost 18kg, only eat whole foods and now take Spirulina and brewers yeast, I'm hoping this gets me through the other side affects!
I just started doing research on this and came to your post. I see it was back in 2011 and its 2014, wondering how you made out? I have been on the depo shot for 14 years, it was to treat endodemtreous. I too was having tremendous pian and pressure. I just had surgery on Wednesday to remove cysts and to ( after 14 years) make sure it is endodemtreous. Well long story short it is not endodemtreous! I had " an infection in my tube for very long time, also numerous dried blood clots( that they thought was tumors and cysts). Needless to say they removed 1 ovary and tube on right side along with a cyst, did a dnc to clean blood clots. Everything was sent for biopsy, I will not get results until the 29th. Please let me know what you went through, as I had the same symptoms.
I just started doing research on this and came to your post. I see it was back in 2011 and its 2014, wondering how you made out? I have been on the depo shot for 14 years, it was to treat endodemtreous. I too was having tremendous pian and pressure. I just had surgery on Wednesday to remove cysts and to ( after 14 years) make sure it is endodemtreous. Well long story short it is not endodemtreous! I had " an infection in my tube for very long time, also numerous dried blood clots( that they thought was tumors and cysts). Needless to say they removed 1 ovary and tube on right side along with a cyst, did a dnc to clean blood clots. Everything was sent for biopsy, I will not get results until the 29th. Please let me know what you went through, as I had the same symptoms.
Hi ive bein on the depo snice 14 im now 24 I have had all the symptoms and bad lows . my mum and sisters have big boobs and I don't im like an A could this be from going on depo at early age ? im comeing off the depo do you think my boobs may get bigger?
My name is Mary. I recently turned 27 & decided to get off the depo shot after 10 years. I'm curious on what to expect next. Do I need to be worried about anything? Brace myself for something? I'm just very clueless and just want to prepare myself for the worse if I need to.