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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
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Depo-provera problems
I was on the shot depo-provera a few years ago. I got off of it about 2 years ago and have been trying to get pregnant, but my body is all messed up. I'm extremely sensitive during sex, my body won't produce its own menstral flow any more (I have to take pills to bring it on). I am worried that the shot might have caused problems with my body. I also worry that the shot may have messed with my reproductive organs or caused problems with my ability to get pregnant. Help. If there is anyone else who has suffered some of the same issues or other issues while taking or after getting off of the Depo shot, please talk to me. I am worried, especially about my sensitivity right now. If anyone can help, I am asking, no pleading for help.
Re: Depo-provera problems
Hi there,
I cant really help you as I have only been on depo a month, but im loving the no period thing at the moment and I dont desire or plan to want children for a few years...I am nervous hearing horror stories but my doctor swears by depo and is prego with her second after using it...so i think you have hope! I will pray for you, wishing you the family you desire soon! I feel great but holy emotions the first couple weeks and i cry at everything now sad or happy haha otherwise im fine...
This is just awful.
To all who are considering any type of drug or meds: research the substance --- get all the info you can; make sure you read up on all side effects and their possible outcomes.
Based on that, make a decision.
Doctors aren't God; their word is not the final word...and it is your body, not theirs. You have full right to refuse that medication if you are having doubts of any kind.
Hi, I usually post on the starting over board. Thought I could offer some advice here.
PP is right, doctors don't know everything. I was on depo for a long time, 12 years, and my doctors consistently told me it was fine. Then I got a bone density scan that showed decreased bone density and they told me the depo was a problem. I went off it and started getting migraine headaches (once or twice a month). Of course the doctors never linked the depo to the migraines and had no idea what to do about the headaches.
I switched to the pill and had VERY irregular bleeding for several months. Finally I decided to go off all the hormones altogether. Best decision EVER. I went off the depo in 2004 and my cycles have finally returned to normal. I am menstruating and ovulating consistently in (roughly) 28 day cycles. I still get migraines, but only once every 3-4 months. During the last 6 years I tried many things to get my body back on track and the only thing that (finally!) worked was acupuncture and lots of herbs. None of the advice or treatments that I got from "regular" doctors helped me.
I guess what I'm saying is, if you're having troubles with it, then stop taking it. It's not worth it.
I had one depo shot and it was a nightmare. I got it back in 2003 and ended up having to take time off of school. I suffered from exhaustion and hypermenorrhea (constant bleeding). My normal 5 day-long periods turned into 28+ days, I I bled for nearly four months. Bleeding that much for so long takes a real toll on your body, and I would sleep 18+ hours some days.
For a few years after I stopped taking it, I experienced 8 or 9 day-long periods. Now I'm back down to 5. I still feel like an idiot for taking a birth control that's only been on the market for two decades. Never agree to be anyone's guineapig. I wish I'd researched more before getting stabbed in the bum. http://www.cwpe.org/node/185
For what it's worth, I now just take my temperature every morning to monitor my fertility as my primary method of birth control. I've been doing this for three years.
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