Depo-Provera freak-out--H'EP!

[evilqueen]

I'm sorry if this post is not relevant--it doesn't pertain to BB--but I really have no where else to turn. I need a wide audience to respond to my question--there just isn't any information on this.

Which is:

Have you experienced Depo-Provera weirdness?

I'd appreciate hearing from women who have been on Depo-Provera and had major weird symptoms AFTER discontinuing it. Not WHILE you were taking it--AFTER. (Men, if your girlfriend or wife has had the problems I describe below, please do write and let me know...)

It's been about three weeks since I should have gotten my last shot (March 11) and chose not to. Damn!!!!!

My breasts are extremely painful, I'm taking on water like the fucking Titanic, and my mood--well, let's be kind and say I'm just a tad irritable. It's like I'm pregnant, but I've taken two pregnancy tests and they came up negative.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Public service announcement: If you are considering taking Depo-Provera, DON'T.

 

[Temple]

Honey, it has been a long time since I took one of those shots but if memory serves it was pure EVIL. I went off the pill a little over a year ago and almost went back on it as the aftermath was so severe. Hang in there - it will get better, can't tell you when but it will. Are you on BC pills now or did you go with something else?

 

[evilqueen]

I am supposed to go on The Pill on April 19th. The ob/gyn wouldn't give it to me sooner because I had just stopped smoking and he didn't want me on pills until I'd been nicotine-free for 90 days.

Happy to say I've made it--I'm a non-smoker! And no weight gain.

So, Temple, you would advise me not to go on The Pill either? I thought there were a few newer ones, like Yasmin and cyclessa, that were supposed to be a lot better.

I hate this. I hate this. I hate this. What do the fitness girls do? How can they stay 110 pounds and 10 percent bodyfat and still be on the pill? (Or maybe they don't use it?)

I know there is a thread on BC pills, but it wasn't a very long one. Maybe we could get a longer one going--this might be very helpful to any new members with the same Depo dilemma or BC questions.

 

[BronzedGoddess]

I bled EVERY SINGLE DAY and I could not loose the post partum weight to save my life. I hated it!

 

[Temple]

I don't know what they do - we were done having children so my husband did the vasectomy. I also don't know much about the newer pills. My ob/gyn who I trust implicitly felt that an IUD would be a very good option for me if we didn't go the permanent route.

 

[evilqueen]

I never bled on Depo, but I understand most women who've used Depo complain most about that. I guess I'm lucky. Still, my own symptoms are driving me nuts.

I am following Crum's diet to the LETTER--I even bought flaxseed oil! --but no weight loss. I'm continuing the diet--what the hell--but it's pretty discouraging to eat little but cottage cheese and chicken breast and not see the needle budge.

Plus, my breasts HURT SO BAD...

wahhh...

 

[BronzedGoddess]

It's the progesterone in the depo thats keeping the weight on you. I worked my a** off after I had my son but I could not loose the weight, I didnt get my next shot and as the hormones started to wear off my weight started to come off. I cant really give you any advice as far as what to use, because I don't use any birth control It makes me feel so weird and I get very depressed, its not worth it to me. If you dont have an std you can get an IUD. just a thought

 

[evilqueen]

The thing is, I may want to have another child. I'm 39, so I'll need to do it soon, if I decide to. So an IUD is out. I'm now reconsidering the Pill, too...I'm SO SICK of putting hormones in my body.

[not that there's anything wrong with that]

 

[Temple]

EQ - check with your gym, the reason mine recommended the IUD was because at the time I was still on the fence about having another baby.

 

[KEL]

The thing is, I may want to have another child. I'm 39, so I'll need to do it soon, if I decide to. So an IUD is out.

You can take the IUD out at any time! I cannot imagine taking the pill again! I gained 20 pounds last summer when I went back on the pill- The weight is not coming off as easily as it went on! But I'm working on it.
There is a thread by: thebabydoc and contraception 101 (or something like that) great information in there!

found the thread!
http://209.11.101.244/forum/showthread.php?threadid=28302

 

[evilqueen]

I'll do that. Thanks!

By the way, I know it's late, just wanted to reiterate that I'd love to hear from any women who've had bothersome symptoms AFTER quitting Depo.

Just TRY and find information on this. It's damn near impossible, unless you go to the few women-run Depo-sucks links, which are good but provide mostly anecdotal evidence against the drug.

I'm a health reporter, so I know how to research...and there just isn't anything, even though I know the doctors AND the drug company probably know more than they are willing to admit.

 

[BronzedGoddess]

I wish i could give you a honest account of post depo side effects but I was post partum so a lot of the freaky stuff that happened to me could have been from my hormone levels being outta whack. I suffered from some pretty bad depression. ofcourse weight gain, I just didn't feel like myself, but that was my first child so I have nothing to gauge it against. i wish i could be more help.

 

[evilqueen]

Actually, it's really helpful just to have your empathy. I nearly bit off my boyfriend's head this morning for no reason. It helps to talk (whine) about it. (I'm done whining about it--for now, at least.)

Man, 20 pounds?!!! That's awful. I sympathize. I didn't really have any symptyoms when I was on the Depo, but what with what's going on right now with me, I'm thinking I'm not gonna chance the pill.

The drug companies just GOTTA find a way to make a male contraceptive that men will actually take. If they could just make it taste like beer....