Side Effects of Stopping Depo-Provera

Depo provera Depo Provera injection / Photo: Ciell (cc)

By Rachel Walden — November 2, 2009

8.24.16: Check out I Wouldn’t Recommend It to Anyone: What We Can Learn from Women who have had Bad Experiences with Depo-Provera, a blog post by Laura Wershler of the Center for Menstrual Cycle Research.

3.29.12: Please see an update on this topic, Questions Remain about Effects of Stopping Depo-Provera. Also see Stopping Depo-Provera: Why and What To Do About Adverse Experiences, an excellent 2013 interview with endocrinologist and OBOS contributor Dr. Jerilynn Prior, who shares her advice for managing symptoms after stopping Depo.

ABC News has an interesting article on the withdrawal symptoms some women are reporting after stopping Depo-Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate), a progesterone-only contraceptive method that is injected quarterly.

An internet search on Depo withdrawal turns up multiple online postings, suggesting that some women are concerned about or report experiencing a number of symptoms, including nausea, breast tenderness and fatigue.

As the piece indicates, there is not currently a lot of understanding of these withdrawal symptoms; a quick search of the medical literature doesn’t turn up much on the topic. One woman in the article reported that her physicians “shrugged their shoulders” in response to her complaints, and there is uncertainty as to whether cessation of the drug itself causes the symptoms in some women, or if perhaps the drug had been masking some symptoms that return once the injections are stopped.

A physician interviewed for the article used one of my least favorite analogies — comparing women’s bodies to a car to be worked on. Dr. Louis Weinstein, head of obstetrics and gynecology at Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, said: “It’s like you don’t know why your car won’t start. Most of [the symptoms] have nothing to do with Depo-Provera. There may be a lot of other things going and to blame that on Depo-Provera is just not fair. We don’t know.”

While existing labeling for the drug does not address potential withdrawal symptoms, it does include (in addition to other side effects) a boxed warning on potential adverse effects on bone mineral density:

Women who use Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection may lose significant bone mineral density. Bone loss is greater with increasing duration of use and may not be completely reversible. It is unknown if use of Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection during adolescence or early adulthood, a critical period of bone accretion, will reduce peak bone mass and increase the risk for osteoporotic fracture in later life. Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection should be used as a long-term birth control method (e.g. longer than 2 years) only if other birth control methods are inadequate.

Have you taken Depo and then stopped? If you have, please let us know your experience in the comments.

3,249 responses to “Side Effects of Stopping Depo-Provera”

    • I got it very bad the 1st time and the only time i would ever do it again!
      I was bleeding for 3 month, lost all sex drive was moody ! Gosh now i’m off for almost a month, This month I had what i think is period 2 times in this month! On a bright side my friend used it, and she is fine !

      • Lol and I thought it was just me that depo shout drove me crazy with that bleeding than it took me 2 years to get pregnant

        • I received shot one time and one time only been bleeding for 4 months now non stop. I’m extremely tired to the point I thought I was pregnant. Took like 4 test throughout these months; not trying to get pregnant either. I had to use the restroom for a week straight due to diarrhea. Dizziness, headaches on and off. I just feel terrible and wish it’d stop. I want to feel normal again.

          • I also have only taken one dose and I felt like I was absolutely insane. I refused to get another dose and have been bleeding nonstop for three months and I’m so tired of it. It is so draining to be constantly bleeding. I’m looking around the internet for any information on why and if this is normal. To my surprise there is absolutely nothing about it.

          • I was on it for 10 years, no periods at all
            After my last shot ended, took 6 months to gain a period
            Then it was normal, then the next month arrived and had another then 5 days later went back on to full blown period again, then it stopped for a day and now 15 days later still on
            Fed up of this, it’s been nearly a year,

          • What a relief it is to be reading about this. For a whole month after my 1st shot I thought I was gonna need another blood transfusion soon. The bleeding was insane.

            Fortunately brufen reduces the bleeding then again the best way to control the bleeding and regulate ur hormones even during the 3 months phase of the shot is using a contraception pill.
            Best believe it, a day after taking the pill the flow stopped completely.

            I’m never taking Depo, that was my 1st and last injection.
            Took it 2 Nov 22 and was due 25 Jan 23

            Highly not recommended for teenagers and women delaying but still planning future pregnancy.

          • I’ve been on it for 7 months after the birth of my baby . I experienced a low six drive while on it I decided to using it never went back in December of last year iv been off it for 3 months then I started spotting end of March and I’m still spotting non stop I had the implant inserted and I’m still spotting. So frustrating 😫 i can not deal with this any longer . Iv been getting lower back pains since today . Just can’t deal with this

          • How many months did you bleed after you were due for the next shot? I took 1 shot of depo and I have been bleeding for 4 months now. I just want someone to tell me how long is it going to last?

          • I was on the depo shot for 3 1/2 years around 2 years i started experiencing heart problems, the cardiologists could never figure out what was wrong but after 1 and 1/2 years of being bed ridden because of it, the depo was the culprit i would NEVER recommend this to anyone. been bleeding for 6 months straight now that i’m off 😒

          • I would not recommend the depo to anyone, I thought it was the dream of birth control but after being on it for nearly 18 years, and deciding to come off because I’m nearly 40. My husband went and got the snip to I could get my body back to normal.

            But what is normal? I’m gaining weight, my breast get so extremely sore just walking and a slight bounce hurts just to help explain how sore they are, not to mention they are swollen 40% off the time, I’m also dealing feeling with feeling nauseous , high temps and don’t get me started on my emotions , constant rollercoaster , and the worst part, period has come back some what regularly but very heavy, changing tampon every hour, going to work is a must but I’m stressed having to deal with all of the above . I’m going to doctor tomorrow, but same doctor that I have been seeing for last 10 years that never told me take a break or stop it. Young ladies reading.. don’t do it !

          • I had stop depo shot its been 3 weeks..im suffering from itchiness…it really itch especially my private part…and my arm pits ..some parts of my body . Like its getting red ..and its like the feeling you had allergies
            Its really worst..been using it for 2 years and 4 months😔😔😔..what medicine should i put to stop the itcheness

          • I got my first injection in July on the 20th everything was going great until the 19th of August l started with my normal periods up until today l have been bleeding non stop….it has been 3 months and 3 weeks today and l truly need help from women who went through this and overcame it please help me l feel like l am leaving in someone else’s body l am tired at this point and that was just my first injection but it messed me up big time

          • My experience is very bad I don’t see my menstrual periods for months now and that’s makes me sick and having my tummy growing.

          • Mine expired last month and I started experiencing diarrhea and painful boobs thought I was pregnant but I got a negative test result
            What can I take so I can be free from this swollen boobs that comes with pains

          • I also have only received one shot. By the time I was due for my second one I decided against it because I had been non stop bleeding for a month and I felt exhausted. I stopped in hopes of feeling better, but it’s been almost 2 months off it with constant bleeding, cramps, gas, bloating, i’m moody and i’m so tired I want it to stop. They just told me if I stopped I wouldn’t have my period for a while, but it’s quite the opposite with a hand full of side effects I was not prepared for. It’s quite frustrating and I wish I never decided to get the shot.

          • I’m having severe nipple pain and swollen breasts after stopping. I even thought I was pregnant. Because I was ready to get pregnant, I never knew it would take this long to wear out. Please let it be written boldly on the pack so the midwives can tell us how long it takes to wear off so that nobody will make the kind of mistake I made. Seriously I’m stuck and I’m not happy because I was not prepared for the timing of the expiration )

          • I got my first shot October 11th 2023 never getting it again I was supposed to get it the 11th of January 2024 I didn’t go I have been bleeding for 3 months non stop I thought I was going crazy I’ don’t have a high sex drive anymore with my Boyfriend we haven’t been able to do “things” because of the bleeding not to mention my mental health I thought I was dying I just want the bleeding to stop so I can feel normal again who ever said depo is good lied you feel like absolute shit on it with the bleeding it takes a toll on you

        • Well I used to be in the birth control that go in your I was bleeding for 5 months straight so after I moved they removed mines look again I was pregnant now she is 6 years old so way later I got pregnant again soon I had my other baby I got back on the birth control the shots now she is 3 in a half years old just got back off the shots now I feel like I’m blooding breast sore feeling weird ever since I stopped taking a birth control shot it been a month since I got off I’ve been nauseated not eating a lot no my stomach been cramping all day been on birth control for 3 years to day

          • Hi I have been off depo 4 months due to osteoporosis I’ve been bleeding constantly and feelnsick and vomiting in a morning is this a side effect

          • I started taking the Depo in March 2023 I felt depressed I had no bleeding at first then June the bleeding started and didn’t stop my doctor tried to put me on a medication to make it stop and it did for a few days then it was back. I got my second shot in June I gained 15 pounds from March to June depression got worse bleeding got worse I told my doctor I would not be getting it anymore… I was supposed to get it this month September now I have the worse anxiety ever I have never had anxiety before I haven’t had any bleeding however for about a week or 2 now…

          • I stopped depo in september 23.after being on it for 7 years,never missed a shot. I have sore and tender breast, i was a little concern about this, but then realized this must be the withdrawal symptoms of depo. As it started after i stopped depo.
            I just hope it doesnt worsen.

          • I take depo twice a month for a a about a year, then i decided to stop the shot, and got my period irregular, just like spotting that comes and go, but this time after nine months from last shot, i’m bleeding for almost two weeks and it’s heavy, i don’t know if still normal or something wrong, did anyone have the same experience as mine? Can you share with us.

          • I was suppose to go get my birthcontrol yesterday but I said I’m not going back!!! I’m a little nervous on what my symptoms might be I been on it for 3 1/2 year now and I have experienced no periods, constantly eating , sometimes sore breast!! Before when I had my first kid I was taking it for about 2 years then stopped and I was experiencing nausea, bad menstrual cramps in the beginning, I wasn’t eating anything and I was cold all the time !!!!

          • Can anyone tell me if they had heart palpitations/ hard beating heart after coming off depo, I have chest pain but I think it’s mostly a really sore breast. It’s starting to scare me, I have tinnitus and now I can feel my heart beat in my ear, help

        • I feel a weird pressure by my uterus its been 2-3 weeks after i went off of depo i don’t think its possible that im pregnant because i havent had sex in a while (lets say a month or 2) im scared and confused could i be

          • I’m going thru the same feeling. I was on the depo for a long time..several years. I just stopped in November. I was fine for awhile. Had a very mild period in June. Now for the last 2 months I’m extremely bloated. Tired. My uterus feels heavy and aches. My cervix feels enlarged. Went to the doctor 8/15. Had a pap/pelvic exam. Still waiting for results. I go in September to have ultrasound done as well. I tell everyone do not ever go on the shot. This is horrible.

          • no im experiencing the same thing. i’ve been off of it for two weeks now and i’ve had nausea everyday and i can’t eat. i’ve lost 5 lbs in the span of that time. and i hadn’t had sex in a month so i knew i wasn’t pregnant. it just feels like “morning sickness” all day everyday

          • I just also stopped taking the depo shot a month ago. My breast are very sensitive, weight gain, and bad bloating. I never realized those were some of the side effects

          • I have been on depo almost one year and it haloed me but I have tried to stop stop for a month now and I Havnt seen my menses . Is there a reason for the menses keeping long . I do get slight abdominal cramps and slight breast pain

          • I have been taking the depo shot for almost 2 years.. I’ve been off it for 2 months now and I have been spotting for the past few days and my nipples were tender ( sore)

          • I finally decided to not get another depo shot after over 5 years and 4 months of being on it. I was due to get my shot the 3rd week of Jan this year. I have been bleeding 3-4 days a week since Feb 5th. It hasn’t been very heavy bleeding which is what i was expecting but still enough that i am now kind of getting concerned. they say its not recommended to be on depo for more than 2 years. i dont think there is anything seriously wrong but bleeding 3-4 days a week usually starting Tuesday-Friday is getting pretty annoying. one thing i will say is i have my sex drive back but i have also lost my appetite. i understand i was on depo for years but but bleeding 3-4 days a week, i just hope my period goes back to normal soon. i am also only 20 years old so i did get on bc pretty young.

        • omg, it took me two years to get pregnant too. I also bled for a little over a month straight one my period decided to return

          • How long were you on DEPO?. This month will make it the 10th month I stopped DEPO and have been trying to conceive.
            They said after 10 month

        • I had this injection done once because I thought it would help me deal with very bad natural periods I was having, I had pms and heavy periods and very very low mood. I thought as my sister takes it and has an underactive thyroid like me it would be the best thing for my terrible periods but I was very wrong. Within a few weeks I was unwell, it felt like vertigo and I was bleeding nob stop for around 4 months, my low mood turned to anger and irritability and I lost all sex drive completely. I was due another one in November last year and I didn’t book it I wanted it gone , I am now having the worst withdrawal symptoms I can describe them as a very bad period and pregnancy symptoms mixed into one and I feel dreadful, I have been to docs for lots of swabs and tests to see if anything else is going on but I truely believe the depo did this to me. I now have uncertainty of how long this will go on for and I have anxiety worried about anything else its done to me as I feel I may have inflammation in the uterus , it is only getting worse and I feel sick all the time. I am awaiting results from tests and I hope that the jab hasn’t done anything serious. Never ever get this jab. You will bleed and bleed until u can’t bleed anymore and then when period stops the horrible symptoms come along with it.

        • Does anyone know how long it will take for these symptoms to go ? I had depo in August last year was due mid Nov for another one and didn’t go.. its now Feb 2024 and I feel more and more unwell as the months go on.. After bleeding August Sept Oct Nov and then a regular period in dec I have no period and all these nasty symptoms that seem to be getting worse.

      • When I took my first shot I was bleeding and really moody like that too. But then I took my second shot and was just fine. Sometimes that happens because it’s your body trying to readjust. Depo is supposed to stop your menstol cycle, thicken your cervix so sperm can’t get through, and thin your uterus wall just incase it was to get through, the egg won’t be able to implant. You bled so much because it was your uterus wall shedding. The shot was really just doing it’s job. You probably bled so much the next month because of the fact that you didn’t take the shot and you confused your body and it was trying to jump start your cycle again.

        • I bled for 3 weeks after my first shot I always felt tired and nauseous. I was supposed to go back on the 4th January for my second shot but I didn’t ever since that I’ve been experiencing pregnancy symptoms movement in the stomach, constant headache and loss of appetite. I don’t recommend depo to anyone rather take pills

          • I’ve been on Depo for over 20 something years n I’m not on it now because my medicaid has stop so I can’t get the shot anymore my period been on for 2months now my body is in pain I’m tried all the time I’m sick barely want to get my body so drained my bones hurts my hands my legs I’ve on depo between three kids my oldest is 19 teen can so one please help me on what to do or point me n the right direction to get some help please

          • I got my first shot in march, started to spot a wk later, lasted for 2mths. got my 2nd in june, a couple wks later i started bleeding, now almost 4wks of having a period i’m so tired, gone through a ton of mydol that barely touches it. i wake everyday crying cause i’m still bleeding, i’m so scared to get the next shot.

          • Same here i rook i shot after stopping it am loosing appetite and getting thin someone help me

          • Really, that’s how am feeling too, just got off my first shot of depo and have been having unprotected sex but I felt like am pregnant, can I ?

          • I used depo for a year and i stop january this year and then after 10 months i got my mense but it was not heavy then this month with is my 12th month i have stoped depo i’m alway tired,feel dizzy, bloated and now i have started to bleed heavy….im scared 😪😪

          • Hello,
            How u feing now?do u still have symptoms?I goy my 1st shot too but decided not to get it since the symptoms were insame..Do u feel better after to stop the depo?Thanks in advance

          • I took DEPO on and off after I had my second child, my daughter. She turns 16yrs old this May. I had no problems over the years. Sometimes I would take a few months break sometimes even a year. My period only came back once when I took a long break from it.
            Now I’ve been off it about a year because I believe it caused me to develop gallstones. I researched and found that yes it’s a listed possible side effect, so I stopped.
            My period came back like 3 months after I stopped, mostly spotting for weeks. Then normal period flow like before I started it.
            Not sure if I’ll ever get pregnant again because I turn 40 this year. I lost all the excess weight it gave me, thank God. Only side effects I have now are the feeling of being pregnant each month like a week before my period- achy tender swollen breasts, morning sickness feeling, cravings and a low grade headache. Also I’ve had an awful lower back pain all these years now it seems to have gone since I came off it.

        • I have been on this shot for nearly a year worse thing that could have ever happened to me bloating , weight gain and no period. I’m always fatigued.

          • Hi. I am 30 years old. I was On depo shot the first time when I was 18. I stayed on for 2 years then got off. So when I got pregnant with my son I had been off the shot for 2 years. After I had Him I got Back on the shot. Was on it for a year. November 2022 was my last shot. I was supposed to go back in Feb 2023 for my shot and choose not too. From October 2022 to Feb 2023 I bleed nonstop. Then from March to June there was no periods. Now I’m in July and I have Been bleeding a week and half now. I’m fatigued . I’m loosing all weight I had Gained. I have Seen my doctor and all they want to do is add more birth control on top of the shot. I have Never in my life experienced this. Never in my life have I had Period problems but am experiencing a lot of issues currently.

          • Hello,
            How u feing now?do u still have symptoms?I goy my 1st shot too but decided not to get it since the symptoms were insame..Do u feel better after to stop the depo?Thanks in advance

        • Has anyone experienced bleeding every two weeks? Like an actual period?

          I got the shot in October and it was supposed to wear off in January. Or thats my 3 month mark when I was supposed to get it again. I’m almost two months coming off and I’ve had my period twice, once every two weeks. One after 30 days and then another one two weeks later, now I’m two more weeks and I just noticed bleeding again.

          • unfortunately that was me I would have periods every after two week damn I didn’t go for my next injection

          • I honestly wish that I never went on depo. I have gained at least 25 pounds off of it and it makes me wanna eat so much. But I am so glad that it wears off in a couple of weeks because i’m never taking this again.

          • I got a shot on March 2023 and supposed to end Last June. on April and May I spot and bLeeding the whole month of June. I never have a shot again because I work abroad and from the month of juLy my minstration doesn’t come till now I feel Like I’m pregnant though my Last sex was on May is this still a side effects of DEPO? can any one pls. Answer me

          • Iv been on it for years ,never got my period . Went off it ,got my period normal then all of a sudden started bleeding again and it’s been almost 2years now of bleeding and spotting. I’m so tired of buying pads . Would not recommend this contraceptive to anybody 🙁

        • Reading all these comments makes me so much better ! Been on the deli shot 6 months now haven’t stopped bleeding these last 6 months also it brought on fibermyalgia , weight gain, headaches , constantly itchy & sensitivity to everything. So awful DO NOT GET THIS SHOT please it will only do you harm I’ve learned my lesson it’s not worth feeling sick to the point where you can’t function. Again don’t take it .

          • Same here I just stopped mines my 2nd shot was in February I suppose to take my 3 one this Month May & now & I’ve been bleeding since I’ve gotten on and my mood swings has just been worse

          • I use depo for one year And I stop since that day eight years I can’t get pregnant 😭😭

        • I started depo when I was 16/17 years old and never got a period again in my life. I stopped it about 9 months sago and I will be 30 in 2 days. I was on depo for almost 14 years and so far all my cycles have been less then 20 days. I don’t believe I’ve had any other symptoms so far but now I’m curious if me being on it for so long may have effected my fertility. Won’t know for sure until I’ve been depo free for 2 years.

          • It’s not recommended to be on for longer than 2 years. I hope you don’t become infertile or get early menopause from using it so long. 🙁

          • Hi Tanya, I was in it for the same amount of time and got off in 2017. I never tried to get pregnant but I did in 2021. My periods were also short at 21 day cycles and I wondered too but when my boyfriend and I decided to try I was able to very quickly. I was 39 when I conceived. You should be fine.

          • Please have been on the shot for 2yrs ,but I stopped taking it June 24,2023 ,but have been sick, palpitations of h3art , vomiting,,fast forward I can’t move from here to der ,dizzy and dizzy dizzy is my major challenge, anyone experience this ,this my 5month of stopping but my dizziness is not going away ,am loosing my mind,I have 2 kids to take care of them,pls help I need help to stop dizziness

          • This will be my 4 moth getting off. The. Shot i took the shot right after i delivered my baby been bleeding straight for 4 months
            Now it stoped but still spotting and feeling dizzy i wish i never took this i hav2 under 2 to take care i dont feel like my self anymore😔😔😔

        • I was on the Depo for almost 3 years, it was azinf and I had no period, however, I decided in April to discontinue using it as I not longer had a partner, so didn’t need contraception. I started experiencing extra discharge and my underwear would become quite damp, and recently I’ve become sensitive and itchy and the discharged has thickened and feels like it’s almost constantly releasing, so I’ve started wearing period underwear or liners. Is this a morning side effect of withdrawal and hormones being our of whack?

          • I’m going threw the same thing as u and I have been off it for a month now I just started today getting nauseous and vomiting and I feel bloated

          • I have just worked out I have had my shot 7 months ago and I haven’t since, I have been having sore nipples/ tender breast and acid in my underwear creating hole, also hot and cold flushes. But still no bleeding I didn’t even Realize till now I haven’t been on anything thank God for the dry spell 🤣🤣

          • I’ve taken the depo o shot since my daughter was born and in November she will be 3. I have been off the depo for 5 months now. I just got my period it’s so heavy. My breast are always in so much pain. And the second day of being on my period I became so depressed out of no where. I was fine while on the depo shot I just stop because I finally did the research and noticed how bad it really was long term.

      • I do not recommend anyone to take depo. I have been in the hospital for my issues after ending it in oct of 2014 . Severe bloating, i looked like i was 8 months pregnant. My boobs doubled in size and were leaking milk. Nausea . Very sensitive. Then i finally got my period a couple days ago jan.6th? Ish and have had horrible bleeding and pain. Every hr changing my pad . 2 much pain to use tampon .

          • I used depo short medroprogetion for five years and stopped after a last shot on July twenty 2022 now I feel like I have flue and uti . I feel gastrointestinal problems, my back hurt so bad like I’m going to give birth but still thanks period or spotting but I feel good craving, breast becoming larger and painfull. I also have fever and frequent urination. How could I get better and when I’m worried

        • I am really surprised to see so many bad experiences with depo. I always had normal periods and around age 25 switched from the pill to the shot. No more periods. I’ve been on it now over 20 years. It has been amazing not having a period, I never planned on having children so it’s done it’s job. As far as I can tell I’ve never never had a side effects.

          • I’ve only been on Depo for two years and my last shot was in Feb. The withdrawal symptoms are bad. I get nauseous after eating every meal and I have too much phlegm. Has anyone experienced itchiness and rash in your inner thighs?

          • Same here i hav been taking it from 3 years wid no side effects nd now i hav stopped taling it 10 days back was my date for d shot but i decided to take a break from it .by gods grace no side effects till now nd m waiting for my periods to cum

          • Hi GLS,
            I’m really happy to hear that Depo worked out for you. Your story is the one I hoped to have. I was just wondering if you are doing bone density scans now? Osteoporosis runs in my family so it was going to be a requirement after my 2 year make if I had chosen to remain on Depo. I know I started significantly later in life than you did, but I was curious if you have experienced any decrease in bone density. I wish you the best on the rest of your journey!
            Eli

        • I’m grateful for this post. I started Depo last Dec and right before my 3rd injection my skin flared up. Went through with that shot and ever since my skin has been horrible. Never had acne on my cheeks and it is now an infestation. I just turned 46 and don’t know why this form of bc was recommended, but aside from my skin, I’m experiencing a crazy amount of growth in my facial ‘peach fuzz’ while shedding a great deal of hair on my head. I have zero sex drive and am fighting a crushing depression and lack of motivation. I’ve always struggled with self esteem but was finally getting to a place of happiness when all of this happened. Oh, and I’ve been spotting 3 weeks out of the month, the period tracker I use is very concerned about me. 🤨 I hope all of you are finding relief or comfort in some ways, everyone’s comments are reaffirming but still sad because we’re all just trying to live our lives! I will return to the mini pill when this injection is close to the 3 month mark and have started spironolactone in the hope that it will help calm my skin. This is so disheartening.

          • I got my shot in January 2023 and it was a 3 months shot, this is November am still feeling the effects of course I never saw my periods during those three months but the consiquences are painful pimples, swollen feet, big belly having menses twice in a month body pains fatigue. My vagina itches so bad after my menses I develop sores from scratching. Not recommending it

          • I got the depo Shot and only started my period for 1 month, Than been off for 3 months. So I Decided to Not Continue on with Depo When My Next Shot was Due , I Don’t like the feeling of Being off my Period For Months… So a week Later I begin my Period Finally , But it lasted for 32 Days ….. Now I’m off and I Keep Constantly Spotting I come off for a day and come back on The Next Day or Sometimes 2 days Constantly throughout the months So I 100% Don’t Recommend The Depo or any Birth Control for Nobody But it’s different for Everyone 🤷🏾.

        • Reading these comments are making me feel better, I felt alone. I been bleeding for these past 3 months, 20 out of the 30 days each month! I took my first dose in July and second in September and I decided not to take it in December because of the excessive bleeding. Now I am experiencing fatigue , nausea, hot flashes , chills. Do not take the Depo shot! I am praying it does not affect my fertility

          • I just got off depo in October of 2023 & on December 1st I started spotting on and off up until the 2nd week and now I’ve been bleeding heavy with huge blood clots for the last month .. went to the er and they told me I had some type of body infection gave me pills and the bleeding stopped for maybe 3-4 days now I’m back bleeding badly going thru 6-7 pads a day. Going back to the er tomorrow.

      • Omg thanks for the reassurance…I took it in November the 3 months shot and I didn’t take it again because of the constant bleeding even 2 months after not taking it I’m still having bleeding. ..I will never ever take that shot again

          • Good to see an updated post on here. I’m struggling with nausea and headaches. I missed my last shot two weeks ago but have about 10 positive pregnancy tests and 1 negative. Think I somehow got pregnant on the depo. Ultrasounds been organised for tomorrow to see if u definitely am and if baby is okay. These withdrawals are horrible tho. Feel breathless too

            Have u experienced chest pains with this drug?

          • Yes I had my last shot mid November was due the next in Feb, I was on it for a year exactly. Since coming off I’ve been extremely tired, got back pain, chest pain, dizziness, bloating my right nipple is soreee, nausea & vomiting even got a uti. These are all unusual for me regardless of my hormones. It hasn’t been a nightmare but it’s been unpleasant!

          • I was on Depo for about 20 years and it was pure bliss, my doctor will no longer prescribe since I recently developed osteoporosis. I had my last injection in November 2022 and I now live with constant nausea, rarely eat but put on 15lbs, and am constantly sad and have crying spells out of nowhere and for no good reason. I wish I or my doctor had an answer for this; I sympathize with you and hope you are feeling better!

          • anybody have extreme crying spells? like i can go hours and hour of crying and nothing will stop it. or anxiety that has gotten much worse? i was on it the same time last year and remember there side effects but never met anyone who’s had the same.

          • am so glad am not alone on thid.. its horrible i just want to feel normal again… my head hurte i feel week… feeling trembling inside/ anxiety… i took it the whole year of 2022. untill oct i decided no more n its just been soo bad.. to times i cry. i got my period january 1,2023 and every other week i will bleed.. now its the second month its been i guess regular.. i just want my other symptoms to be done

      • I’ve experienced something very similar. While on the shot I was very moody and never wanted to have sex. I actually would be very annoyed with my boyfriend for wanting to all the time, and when we did I would just want it to be over (poor guy lol). I’ve been off of it for a couple months now and still don’t really have a sex drive. And about 3 days ago I started bleeding. It started out light and over the course of a couple days it’s gotten heavier and heavier. I’m having a little bit of cramping too. I just hope this is all normal and that I can be back to my old self soon!

        • I’ve been using depo for the past 5years my last shot was in June 2022 in January 2023 I started my periods at first I was excited but now I’m woried it a third week and I’m still spotting though they not as heavy as they were but it like im on my periods one way… I’m now uncomfortable cause I’m always woried… Is it normal for periods to last this long

          • Same here was on depo for two years after stopping been on my periods for whole months im even scared is it normal?

      • I experienced he same thing. I only had the shot 3 times my last shot was about 8 months by my period was still abnormal and last month I came on twice and none this month so far

        • I am going through the exact same thing! I was on it for 10 yrs though. Missed my last shot 2 months ago been bleeding ever since. If found ibuprofen slows the bleeding.

          • So Ive Been On It Since I Was 17 Or So , Had a Kid On Depo in Sept 2016 due to a surgery, Got right back on it , I Missed My Last Shot On March 3rd 2023 .. Its The Middle Of May , I Can Feel That my sex Drive has risen , but my boobs Are so sore . Also I’ve Never had an issue on the depo , Never Got My Period , got the headaches , moody Like A NormAl female Gets . Never Gained Weight , Its Been Great! What else should i be on the lookout for ?

        • Hiya I’m new here
          Just curious to know if anyone’s heard of this before,
          Depo injection in October, 2nd shot was due start of January, so talking 6 weeks later… random spotting now heavy bleeding has started?

          • Hi Jane,
            I just found this community and I hope that you are experiencing less symptoms and adverse effects now. I definitely went through the same thing you just described. I kept on with the injections thinking things would improve but they definitely did not. I had 3 injections and will not continue. I’m counting the days that I have left on my hormone roller coaster.
            Fingers crossed that you are feeling better now!
            Eli

          • I got the depo Shot and only started my period for 1 month, Than been off for 3 months. So I Decided to Not Continue on with Depo When My Next Shot was Due , I Don’t like the feeling of Being off my Period For Months… So a week Later I begin my Period Finally , But it lasted for 32 Days ….. Now I’m off and I Keep Constantly Spotting I come off for a day and come back on The Next Day or Sometimes 2 days Constantly throughout the months But it’s different for Everyone 🤷🏾.

        • I took the shot just once in May. I experienced night sweats during the time. Also experiencing muscle ache, my spine feels like it’s been broken into two pieces, I place heated bean bags to ease the pain. It feels terrible. Never again!

        • This the 5th month of stopping noristerat injection,am still feeling dizzy, light headed and I can’t stand I feel like falling down.pls help me I feel like am dieing.

        • I only had one shot and then stopped getting it but my period is not back yet? It been 56 days since my last one, after I got the shot I bleed for 9 days then didn’t bleed again? I’m really confused on what’s going on, I’m not pregnant I have taken alot of tests

      • I took depo shot in February and ever since from that day I had the worst day of my life . I have my periods twice in a month, breast tenderness for the whole 3 month’s and spotting through out. It’s actually for the first time, I was supposed to take my next shot in May
        But I will never use depo again nor recommend it to anyone

      • I took the depo just 3 shots and my experience= a nightmare, while I was into the shot I gained weight and a lot of mood changes I actually thought I was crazy as all the time I was crying, feeling lonely with a sensation of emptiness also at the same time I was so irritated of everything, sex no thanks I simply did not wanted and also that was something else added to my depression. My last shot was on Nov. I haven’t had my period yet, well not formally as 3 weeks ago I had something for 3 days a light bleeding which I was so happy as I think it means something (during the depo I was happy of not having my period) but now I pray to God to having it back. Right now that I’m off since November that was the last shot I noticed a breast augmentation which I haven’t noticed when I was into the shot which is good I like it also the sexual desire is back but this time is like I want it all the time LoL but also I noticed that my belly increased I’m so sad, it looks like I recently had a baby, right now I’m working out so hard hoping to have my body back. About the Nexplanon I had it before the depo shot and I was normal did not gain weight nor mood changes but unfortunately my periods were extremely long they could last a week or 2 and with a heavy bleeding. So after this I’m not taking any other contraceptive stuff back to the basics condom and counting days..

        • When I was on the depo, it was like a total nightmare too. i only took the 2 shots, because i kept spotting for the past 4-5 months. i gained crazy headaches, chest pain, felt crazy mood changes i would always be so angry or sad. and in fact i lost 7 pounds. when i first took the shot, my spotting didnt happen till a month later. the depo made me feel so disgusted and weird. and ig im on the side effects of not having the depo anymore. having shortness of breath, feeling a lil nausea, fatigue, etc. but good thing ever since I’ve stopped i haven’t seen blood. but i do plan on switching to the pill after when i find a new doctor!

          • May I ask what do u mean chest pain? I’m on the depo and I have been having chest pain headaches dizziness and just generally feeling so so weird. I have had heart tests done also that are normal. Can’t wait till it wears off in a few weeks

          • i’m having all the same symptoms too, except it’s raised my blood pressure, heart rate, severe chest pains, fainting, vomiting etc. been going back and forth to the cardiologist for 9 months even had surgery done and they couldn’t find the reason behind it until they mentioned i should get off the depo to see if it helped and what do you know i’m fine now, i wouldn’t recommend anyone depo because i cannot tell you how many times i was in the ER for heart attacks for “unknown causes”

          • I’m very concerned as well with the shot.. I’ve been bleeding for so long I don’t remember a time when I haven’t been bleeding after taking 6 months of depo.. now as it’s my last month before it should wear off and I’m due for another I’m still bleeding yes but also I’m so dry.. my body isn’t producing any lubricant and sex is painful.. I don’t know if anyone has experienced this but if so PLEASE tell me it’s not just me .. it’s making both me and my partner very insecure about our sex life and has been pulling us away from each other and tearing us apart.. I hope I’m not alone and I can understand what is causing my vaginal dry spell..

          • i’ve also been having horrible chest pain and tightness and i’ve felt so out of it i was on the depo for 2 years and i’m 17 my doctor just kept canceling my appointment so i just decided to stop it and i’m having horrible withdrawal symptoms i just want it to be over i can’t do anything with out my heart racing and feeling faint and i went to the doctors and they did a ekg on me and everything was normal does anyone know how long this will last it’s absolutely torture and i also haven’t been able to eat anything.

          • Yes! I have had such a horrible experience within the three months I was on depo, I knew my symptoms were from depo, given I’ve never gotten the shot before. Chest pains, shortness of breath, extreme panic attacks that lead to numerous hospital visits, fatigue, anxiety, tremors, body aches, headaches, nausea, I have not felt the same since. It’s been 4 months since the shot and I am experiencing the withdrawal symptoms. I literally thought my heart was failing me. I do not recommend ever getting on Depo Provera or any contraceptive for that matter. I just pray that my body heals from this and I can get back to my life as it was before Depo!

        • I am coming off right now and have been experiencing hot flashes breast tenderness nausea panic attacks light headedness and dizziness. I

      • I have a question when do I get my period back? It’s been 2 months without my spotting or period

        • I.aksed the same question ahit and when it came back did it come. After being off of Depo alot of everything’s been going on. I didn’t want a period ,”No” but yet it came and boy was he up set after years without one then Boom…..it was very very heavy and lasted the entire 7days I thought I was gonna die. Then it went away. But shit a week and a half it was spotting and some lite mucus.yes I took a test just trying to figure out right after stopping Depo how would your periods be.

        • So after you take the shot, depending on how long you took it, it may be at least 10 months to a year until spotting and periods come back. I’ve taken it for 2 years when I was younger and it took a while since I had some irregular bleeding and it caused me to be severely anemic. It took those 2 years to gain back the iron and hemoglobin.

        • I have been using it for 9 months since last year
          I stopped this year in April.
          They are now two months when after the last shot.
          But I git6my first period after stopping it.then I mither second period.
          Am now experiencing breast pain and tenderness.
          Swollen breasts. Am only worried whether the breast pain is not caused by pregnancy.
          Coz I don’t wish yet to get pregnant.8

        • Hey I’m on depo only had 3 shot I suppose to got my shot July 5th I didn’t my side effects are bad headache anxiety I’m scared to drive , dizzy, tired all the time when does it wear off once I Stop taking the shot ????

        • Started first round in October ended January got my period month later seemed normal then came back couple day late and then week on 2 or 3 days. Past 2 months I’ve been bleeding nonstop sand I’ve been very bloated and very tired short and breath and lower back pain. Very heavy bleeding which I can’t be good for my health considering I work a very labor intensive job… how long does this last?

      • While you were one depot did u loose all sex drive??? Because I’m actually quitting it after five years because I think it’s ruining my relationship because I have zero sex drive.

        • My next shot had to be between march 21-April 4 and I never got my next shot after just being on it for 3 months. Is it safe for me to take fertility pills even if the birth control isn’t fully out of my body?

          • I started depo when I was like 16-17, for the first 9 months I had to wear pantyliners because of spotting but after that I haven’t had a period since now. I gained probably about 10lbs per year of being on it, lost my sex drive completely and despise the thought of sex. My last shot was in May and I had the Paraguard IUD put in (no hormones). Since coming off the depo, my boobs hurt so bad that when I roll over in my sleep I wake up because I’m so painful. I really liked depo besides the weight gain I experienced. But I wonder how long my boob pain is going to last

      • I got the shot back in March I’ve been bleeding everyday since. It’s now the beginning of August and the bleeding hasn’t stopped. Throughout the three first months I was nauseous and irritable. I’m not sure if it’s normal to have this kind of “withdrawal”,because I only took the shot once and I just wish I hadn’t.a

      • I got on the depo needle back in January. Thought it was great because I never had periods and felt good on it besides some mood swings and low sex drive. Decided to get off it only a couple weeks ago because I’ve been on birth control for almost 9 years and simply didnt wanna be on it anymore and don’t really know what I’m like anymore not being on it. Over the past couple weeks I’ve been feeling depressed, bloated, stomach sick and mood swings like you wouldn’t believe!!! After getting off depo I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. My doctor also “shrugged their shoulders” about my symptoms.

          • I had only one shot of depo…I can say that I bled for about three weeks straight and then the bleeding stopped. I didn’t have sex for about two months into the shot but was very happy that my bleeding had stopped.
            I didn’t notice much symptoms but had mild headaches and mood swings.

            Then I decided not to take the second shot because I changed my mind about trying to conceive. Then I noticed that I bleed every time I have sex and I’ve been having serious pregnancy like symptoms. Had to run several pregnancy tests that came out negative.

            Back aches, cramps and leg pain have been a roller coaster and I lost all the weight I gained on the shot too, low appetite. My sex drive increased after I came off the shot too.

            My doctor told me to start using folic acid to help with my cervical mucus to aid conception… I hope that works.

      • I have been taking the deposit for a few years as many other contraception’s are a no go due to high hormone levels
        Since taking these shots I have experienced some of the severe side effects such as dizziness no sex drive leg cramps and chest pains I have not been sleeping waking in sweats and flushes as a single mom I have been overly stressed because of this and had repeated appointments at doctors non of which mentioned the side effects I actually had to look it up online which angered me to know that these professionals never once thought that all these symptoms were hecause of the injection

      • I’ve also only had the shot once and next shot date is September 12, which I won’t be taking because I’ve been bleeding everyday since I got on it ! My sex drive slightly disappeared, I was constantly tired on the shot could sleep for hours , hungry all the Fucking time . And I guess since my next shot day is approaching soon I keep getting these bad ass headaches, cramping, extremely moodiness and when I was at work I got so dizzy that I thought I was gonna pass out . I will never take this again , I will never recommend it . Who ever invented this needs to go to jail , period .

        • I took one shot and have been bleeding for three months after the three months of it being effective. I’m going crazy with this continuous bleeding.

          • i don’t know where else to look so hopefully i get some answers here!! but i only had 1 injection of depo july and the 15 weeks of it wearing off were up on Halloween of this year and ever since then ive been feeling so nauseated until after i eat or drink something then im okay. is this a withdrawal symptom??? also 6 months prior i was on Nexplanon and got it removed in June. only had one period on the injection which was in september. confused and worried someone please reply.

        • I had two shots, and bled for 6 months the whole time. Been off it for about a month and I’ve stopped heavy bleeding but still have remains of old blood/brown discharge present. It feels never-ending I really wouldn’t recommend this shot 😕

      • The very same for me.. I’m always steaming hot constantly tho ams my husband has to freeze.. Alot more than this but I need answers aswell

        • I wouldn’t recommend depo to anybody. I was on it for a 3 years during my teenage year and it took me over a year to get pregnant during those times I was extremely moody to be Frank a not so nice person to be around and once I got off of it it took me almost a year to even get my period back. I had my second son back in November of 2021 and got back on it due to being terrified to get pregnant again because I had a C section so I got the shot 3x and my last shot was back in October and I have yet to get my period again. Now I’m having horrible back pain my stomach will hurt randomly I’ve also been bloated as well along with having a hard time going to the bath room an chest pain. 10/10 do not recommend anyone to get depo especially young teenagers!

          • I’ve been on mine a similar amount of time and recently came off it. I’m worrying as to if my insane levels of tiredness are because I’ve came off, not had a period yet but I feel like I might be better on it! I didn’t ever have an issue other than weight gain but I wonder if there are side effects to coming off the injection

          • Had my son January last yr was on it till April and i stopped cuz i had low sex drive chest pain back pain is jus wasn’t myself. Wen i stop i got chest pain cold feet like it was actually a fridge my Dr say it’s the shot that causes these things the sad part is some of these Dr don’t even tell u the.dangers of it that got me furious. I’m off it since May and I’m still haven’t seen my period and still getting lower back pain and abdominal pain is jus wanna feel like myself again

        • my last shot was supposed to be June 22,2023 but I have discontinued. have been feeling tired and my shoulder been paining

      • I have been on the depo shot for 7 years so in sep 2019 I decided to come off depo ever since I havent stop bleeding I’m moody and I feel depressed I would not recommend this shot to no one.

      • I’ve started the injection February 2019 and I took it January 2020 and I haven’t taken it since but I’ve been feeling nauseous but I don’t vomit and sometimes get cramps does anyone know what this means

        • Omg !! I’m going through the exact same thing at the moment . I was on the depo for 5 years straight. I have been off it for 5 months now and out of no where i have started feeling so sad and depressed over thinking constantly , crying all the time . I haven’t started my period as yet no bleeding just discharge like my body is ovulating . I’m not sure what to do ?

      • I started using the depo about a year ago. the first 3 months I had constant spotting, which was annoying, but no other symptoms. the following 3 months on the shot were amazing, no bad symptoms what so ever. around the 6 month mark of being on the shot I started experiencing extreme dizziness and weakness and nausea 24/7 and this lasted until I stopped getting the shot. the final 3 months of being on the shot, I was experiencing extreme change in my digestive health. everything I ate made me feel like I had food poisoning. i’ve officially been off it and on the pill for 3 weeks. ever since then, the dizziness and nausea completely stopped, which is lovely, but in turn i’ve been experiencing very bad cramps for the past 3 weeks, something i’ve never experienced, even before starting birth control. i’ve also been extremely bloated for the past week. in the past two days i’ve been more bloated than i’ve ever been in my whole life. I look 6 months pregnant all of a sudden. not sure if the cramping and bloating is due to me stopping the shot, i’ve just been proper suffering. overall, I wish I could go back in time to before i’d ever started the shot so that I could have avoided all these terrible effects.

      • i was only on birth control for 6 months which mean i only got two shots i’ve been bleeding non stop until this days since after the second week of the shot in january until now i was suppose to get my shot on june 12th cause i wanted to stop the shot but i am still. bleeding when will the bleeding stop i have pain as well too and always moody i have a migraine typing this hell how long will it take to get back normal after you quit taking it ?

        • Hy Tia when did the bleeding stopped from Depo cz I’m bleeding as well and it’s been 2months now I’m so stressed

      • What can I do to get pregnant I have pcos an I had two shot of depo I stop getting it because I was feeling sick ?

      • I’ve been on depo for years and recently (about 6 months ago) stopped taking it. I never had a period while on it and still waiting to have one. I had no real known side effects while on it but now that I’m off it seems like I have lost my spark or interest in life I have no emotion I’m not sad life is pretty perfect but I can’t find my happy either. If anyone has any natural suggestions to boost my endorphins or serotonin what ever that happy hormone is please let me know

        • I feel the exact same!! I just got off of it two weeks ago and am having mood swings and boughts of depression. I’m having a great life but I feel the spark going. Also my breasts are tender.

      • Am feeling sleepy all the time
        My breast and nipples are very sore
        My stomach is painful most times
        Feeling dizzy everyday
        Always want to vommit every day
        Feeling like am pregnant

        • I am so glad i am not the only one. I was on the depo consistently for about six years. I got off of it in October of 2021. While on the depo I had zero side effects, many women had complained of weight gain while on it. But lucky for me once I got off the shot I call it phantom pregnancy, breast tenderness, nausea, serious weight gain, bloating and I didn’t get my period back until July. 10 months later and my symptoms finally feel like they are going away slowly. When I asked my doctor about it she had no clue and told me to wait it out. I have gained close to 60 lbs in the past 10 months From this

        • Yes! Same here def feel pregnant. Very dizzy, headache, nausea and stomach pain, slight breast sensitivity. Extremely tired.

        • this is literally me i took it only once and didnt get the shoot again,in 2 months i was bleeding heavily after that had my periods for one day and since then no periods i have all thev pregnancy symptoms including the hyperemesis ones that i getr when pregnant

        • Omg same here I have 7/8 weeks off the shot I feel nauseous, cramping all the time, tired, my boobs are hurting omg. Idk if I could be pregnant tho.

      • Too much bleeding after you stop. You look pregnant after moody. I enjoyed not having a flow but aftermath is ridiculous.

        • Am never taking depo again after I took my first shot of 3 months I started bleeding even if it stops during sex it will come back..I decided to stop the shot but I am experiencing a whole lot of depression, nausea, mood swings loss of appetite a whole lot of pregnancy symptoms my stomach is big and am experiencing a serious weight gain all at once it is way too much to take and bcos I don’t want another baby now this is causing me alot of depression and unsureness

          • this is happening to me too. i only had one shot and am barely coming off the 3 months a few days ago and have had nausea.

      • I’m just getting off the deep I had it for three month headaches tiredness dizziness not sleeping very tired now I’m having stomach cramps coming off the shot I’m not getting a second one and I gained lots of weight when I had Nexplanon in 2018 I felt the same way with all the same symptoms how long does Depot get out of your system?

      • Yes use it you can be fine but when to get off that’s when all he’ll break loose smh not even animal must not get this thing it’s horrible me stop take it from last year and was on it over 14 years my period comes like every other month my breast is swollen am literally sick every where kmt

      • Everyone I recommend drinking aloe vera to detox your body to normal and it’ll heal every pain you have and also have a a baby. That’s what I did and I got pregnant after 5 years of depo. You can email me about it halaevalu_tuipulotu@hotmail.com

      • Hi after my daughter Ga e birth they had put a 3 year loop in she suffer hear los and uppertite then they removed it from there they puher on the 3month injection now everytim after the injection she commits what’s the problem any advice please

      • I have been off Depot since March of last year and I just now am Having my period and boy oh boy it has been on going for last 3 weeks! some days it’s heavy and have to double up using a pad and a tampon other days its light and I think yeah it’s going to stop and then it comes back heavy again! I have asked my OBGYN and she says it’s normal coming off of the shot but man this sucks!! I am ready to just have a day where I am not play bloody roulette am I going to have to pack everything or just a pantyliner.

        • I’m so glad I’m not the only one. I was on depo for 6 years straight the only issue I noticed was low sex drive/mood swings which made me get off in Jan 2021. I then decided to get back on it Jan 2022 and stopped again March 2023 and this go round is completely different. I was on my cycle for 2 1/2 months straight, very heavy flow, painful cramps, headaches/backaches, nausea, mood swings, and fatigue. Just recently I’ve been experiencing painful breast it’s so uncomfortable I have to use my heating pad just to go to sleep. I regret getting back on it the second time but I’ve learned my lesson. My body is out of wack, I just want this to be over. I’m leaving all birth control alone

      • I had 3 shots off the depo I was meant to go but in March but didn’t now I’m suffering with bad abomal pains my breast feel like there on fire and hurt so much I’ve been hospital 4 times cause just feel genuinely unwell and in so.much pain in my stomach keep have a water infection that’s not clearing up so at to have a ct screen all these problems all cause off depo shot ill never have it again…

      • i’m 17 and was on the depo for 10 months. i would never recommend it for anyone! it does it’s job but i dont feel like it’s worth the emotional instability, weight gain, body dismorphia, depression, etc. it ruined me and i just hope i recover.

      • Just want to share my story… I was on depo for 25 years. I never had any problems or issues. And I feel for those that did. Guess I’m one of the lucky ones. I also have my daughter on it and again she has never had any problems. It was the best decision for me and my daughter. All I can say is if you are expecting problems talk to your doctor as it might not be the right thing for you.

        • Did you have any withdrawal from coming off? I been on it for 17 years, never had any problems from it. Just had a hysterectomy, so I don’t need it now, but worried about the withdrawals.

      • I’ve been on birth control since i was 15 years old was on the pill for maybe 6 months, it made me really sick so i was then put on depo right after and on it until i was 19 around 4 total years then i finally decided i felt as if i didnt know myself off it i did not have a period i felt sick all the time bad mood swings, unmotivated, irritable basically pregnancy symptoms i would also get dizzy from time to time nd nauseous ended up getting worse toward around the last year i took it which led me to finally decide to take a needed break from depo. the break wasnt long due to a new relationship i was off for about 9 months and i definitely felt a change in myself and my mood. once i got back on depo my period was really bad which i figured could happen but never seemed to get better so i just got back off it here august 8 2023 ever since ive had a very heavy period heavier and more painful cramps and they come in waves as if they were contractions, very painful for about a minute straight and it will be in around 5-10 minute increments for about 30-45 minutes at a time. my bloating is also the worst i have ever had. i eat regularly as i always have but i could literally go for 3 months pregnant when im bloated now. some advice would be greatly appreciated and i hope sharing this may find some other women having similar problems. depo provera was banned in the u.s once before . they need to stop giving us these slim options that is not healthy and un natural just so that we can prevent unwanted pregnancys. woman are suffering from permanent lower back pain, fertility issues, tumors, and who knows what it could really be doing. i just want to show awareness to woman. the after effects of what depo does to us is un spoken of and commonly pushed out the way.

      • Been off it since January, it’s September and I got my first first two periods this month. Two in one month and I’ve experienced weight gain and definitely breast increase and tenderness since I’ve quit . Happy to be be off

      • I am almost 8 months off the shot after being on it for a little over 3 years. I have the scariest blood clots and just had one that was really long. It’s pretty consent, sometimes I get 3 or 4 days with out anything and rarely is it ever bright red. It’s always dark and comes out in cuncks. If anyone has had anything like this please 🙏 I’m at a loss of what to do.

      • I have been on the depo for over 10 year without a break. I am currently 2 weeks late for my depo as I couldn’t get an appointment and the withdrawals are terrible! My breasts are so sore, and I mean they both feel badly bruised…I can’t even wear a bra as they hurt so much. I have terrible lower back pain, and horrendous tummy cramps. I have achy muscles and I literally feel so tired. This has happened previously, always when I am late in getting my depo.

      • I’ve been using the depo for over 11 years.during this time I didn’t really get periods. If I did wasn’t for long and it was light. I stopped using depo.I’ve been off it for over a year and a half and my periods did take a while to regulate. The dates are still off now (give or take a week), I’ve never suffered with period pains hardly ever before but since coming off the depo the pain is insane cramping so bad and not being able to stand for long on the first day or 2 of my period. I don’t plan to have kids so I’m considering going back on something. I had to come off the depo as I was warned by nhs about bone density ect. Just fort I’d share my story incase anyone else has had similar. Is this normal? Any advice welcome.

      • i went off depro provera in around october of 2023, as of december 2023 ive gotten my period 7 times in 2 months. my doctor didnt even discuss these side effects to me and let it be known that i was 16 when i went for my injection

      • I’ve been on the shot for five years since I was 16 years old all because I was getting my cycle irregularly. Currently, I’ve been off of the shot for a month and that’s due to because I’ve had two miscarriages, one recent and another a year and a half ago, due to it being because of the birth control, it was wearing out of my system way too soon before my next shot but now I am going through the withdrawals I do have nausea, tender breasts, and irregular bleeding there’s times where I’ll bleed for maybe a day or two or I’ll bleed for 4 to 7 days but on and off every other hour and I have other health conditions to where i deal with bodyaches on a daily and after getting off the shot it definitely does not make matters better.

    • So I was on the depo shot for roughly ten years and my last shot was Nov 2013. I didn’t start my period again until June 2014 but it has been constant since then 3 months of non stop bleeding! I see my doctor next week to talk about it hopefully she will have some help for me. most of my other withdrawal symptoms are positive such as i’m noticing a return of my sex drive and i’m losing weight since I now have a normal appetite. I’m looking into taking a new form of birth control at this point so hopefully it goes well.

      • I have been on the depo for about 2 and half years and I recently decided to go off it. The ladies at family planning put me on the pill to help get my period back but I stopped taking them after a week because I’ve been dealing with depression and I felt like it would make everything worse. My last two shots were late and each time my breasts would swell up and hurt. Now that I’m off of it I’m depressed, a little anxious and things that usually wouldn’t bother me do. I sleep a lot and still wake up tired. Most days I have little to no energy. I’ve started a weight loss routine and am taking a vitamin supplement and it seems to be helping with the energy and moods. I’ve been off it for almost 2 months and no period yet but I wasn’t expecting one for at least 3 months. I’m just hoping when I get my period back its not gross or rlly painful, which I’ve heard it can be. I hope maybe this helps some one.

        • Was on this for 10 years. Do not do it!!! I now have severe neck and back pain and all started with nerve pain. Went to ER twice while off 3 months off depo and now have heart issues. Constantly has PVCs (skipped heart beats) in twos and threes. Anxiety through the roof, never had anxiety before. My teeth falling out literally falling out while i suck a popsicle. Hair falling out, severe anemia. I can go on. I gain 20 pounds. I look like a completely different person. I feel like a different person. I have a huge lump in right breast dr concerned going for more testing again. Please do not do it. I was 100%healthy before stopping Depo i just wanna cry

      • I’ve been on depo for 10 years also my last injetction was July 17 I missed my October injection and now I’m having sideeffects i was wondering other than breast tenderness and missed periods.Did you have any discharge because I have a lot of discharge if so when did it stop.

      • Steph. Out of curiosity. What did your doctor tell you about the non stop bleeding? I got off the shot a couple of months ago and am also experiencing non stop bleeding

      • Relieved to hear that my symptoms are normal I guess. But they still suck. Was on the shot for 15 years & quit last year because wanting to try to get pregnant. Been bleeding for over a month now, super moody, weight gain, & up another cup size. So frustrating!!! I never had any issues or symptoms while on the shot, I loved it. This pain & crap sux. Any advice?

      • you are only supposed to take it for like two to three years at a time, this could be connected to your issues.

      • i started my period december 9th of 2015 and just stopped on the 23rd of december 2016 i havent had a depo shot since june, now im breaking out i hives and its just a week since i stopped bleeding and my hands have been broken out in hives ever since also,

      • I’m on my first shot..take it oct 31..and due date is jan 31..i gaind alot of weight,i always want food..and for a week an 2 days now im bleeding..started light and now its heavy..I won’t be taking anymore shots ever again!! I just want it to be over with..just want to get back to normal and continue with my self control..don’t know why I take the shot in the first place..I have how it makes me feel and look..it’s a no no for me!!

      • If you are able to see this reply id really like to talk to you. I was on depo for 12 years. It has stopped working and so I’m getting my tubes snipped asap. But I stayed on depo for so long because it helped my migraines. But I’ve been bleeding for several weeks and am becoming anemic. I just wanna know how things turned out for you

      • Hope the bleeding is sorted for you soon. I’m fearful how I’m going to be affected as I stopped my injections recently after four years. Ive had no sex drive in those four years! And gained weight.

      • Steph. How long did your period last? If u don’t mind me asking. I was on depo from October 2015-April or may 2016 I got my last shot. I bled the ENTIRE time I was on the deposit so I stopped taking it.. Then my period went away in June or July of 2016 for a few months.. now we are in 2017 and I got my period back in march? And STILL HAVE IT In June!! Just wondering if u had found some answers when u went to the dr? (Oh yea and I got married in October had a good sex drive n now it’s GONE AGAIN!)

      • I had only one Depo shot, five months ago. Immediately I lost all interest in sex: no drive, no natural lubrication, no thanks. I missed two periods and thought, “maybe it’s worth it!” But then, two months after the shot, I started bleeding every day. Little bit of cramping, little bit of bloating, little bit of bleeding, every single day until mid-March (three months of this, just enough to ruin my underwear if I tried to ignore it). That’s finally stopped, and now it’s three weeks later. Yesterday I had serious cramps and started bleeding and thought it was the return of my normal periods, but the bleeding turned out to be almost nothing. For about a week now: super tender, swollen breasts. Also – back In December, I had serious, uncharacteristic bouts of intense sadness and sobbing…could have been related to the shot or it could have been something else. Whatever that was, it lasted only a few weeks. All in all I’d say: no Depo, ever again.

      • I’ve also been on it for about 9 years and missed my shit last month.im having alit of sweating, headaches, nausea, and dizziness.did you ha e any of these withdrawal symptoms?

      • I got the depo shot back in dec 2016 after I had my little girl now she’s almost 3 years old I’ve been off of depo for a little over a year and I still haven’t had a period since I’ve been off the shot I never had a period when I was on the shot either and I have really bad pain in my stomach i throw up a lot and I have back pain and I don’t know what’s going on can anybody please give me some answers

      • I’ve been off depo for a few months and i have had my period for about 8 weeks. ITs pretty light but frightening. I talked to my doctor and she said it’s normal because I’m so young but it’s so annoying! I’ve a also had some cramping. Anyone else?

      • I’m not sure ignoring you’ll ever see this but my last shot was in April , I started bleeding then beginning of August and haven’t stopped to this day it’s September 7th , do you remember what advice you we’re given or how you stopped this shot ? I really do need advice if you have any ! Thank you

      • I have been off the depo shot for about a year now and I got my regular periods back. I just want to know if it causes a miscarriage…..

      • Hi guys, I went through the same stuff u all are facing if u have taken depo shots…. I’ve been on depo shots for the past 4 years n my gosh my body and my hormones levels was so unbalanced n unbearable… I was so moody all the time and sex drive was so low. Didn’t have my period at all when I started.I drop sick with high fever, flu and high blood pressure so my nurse recommend me to stop taking the shots, so I did. And I wanted to start a family too, so why not. I stop taking the shot since in late December 2019. A new year was coming; as the months goes by my was body was…..dammmnn fxxx up.. I have headache, mood swings, I was overweight, have lower back pain, my stomach was upset… couldn’t really eat. I have light spotting like 4 months straight. I was scared didn’t know what to do…the year was ending n I still didn’t have my period n not pregnant. Was so upset with what my body was going through really wanted to start a family. After a year and 2 months I finally got my period which lasted a month and a day. Was happy when I see I got my period. My body is still recovering n trying to conceive. Will never go on depo shots again.

      • I received Depo shots every 3 months for 26 years, I never had any issues. I decided to quit to see where my body was with menopause. I had my last shot in January, so far no withdrawal symptoms. Btw, I got pregnant twice while on the pill so depo was very effective for me.

        • Kelly
          Thank you for some positive feedback I’ve been on depo 20 years and plan to be on it another one or two to get me through menopause , reading these was scaring me alittle. I have gone off in the past twice when I chose to have children and the only side effect I remember was my period not coming back instantly.

      • Istarted depo in august. I missed ma periods Up to may….. After leaving dep nw I had un protected sex after leaving depo and am confirming dis signs back pain en chest pain idont knw weather am pregnant

      • I have been using depo for 3 years roughly,ever since i had no appetite and lost weights now i just stopped taking it it been almost 5 months but no period all im noticing is my boobs size and tenderness.i am trying to conceive now but no luck😭😭pls help

      • Taut I was alone in this. it’s going to 2years now, haven’t seen my flow. Have been told my doc that it will come, buto it’s not fourth coming and I’m worried. To think I took this injection once and it was my first time. Pls if u get a clue on what to do to make my flow start again Pls share

        • Everyone is different.. I was on depo for 9-10yrs after having my daughter in 2002 . I came off it April 2012 .. period return August 2011 and got pregnant November 2011.. my son was born August 2012 been on and off.. tired different methods but did not work. I was meant to get my depo December 2022 because I think it’s time for another child.. just started spotting now so hopefully my period will start soon.

      • Iv been on the depo for 5 yers aswell and have been off it for 10 months April 25 I hade one 3 week period jan.2 tell the end of that month and it was a real heavy and un happy one but havint hade one sence and am VERY Very curious if ANYONE eles has had this or CAN help me with advice im driving myself crazy wandering All the time what’s wrong with me and why my body won’t allow me to have a period. (( the Hole time ON depo I Never Ever once had a period the hole 5 yrs )) and trying to let my body relive it finely .. And it still won’t PLZ !!!! Sumone help!?

      • So I am not the only one who hasn’t gotten their period yet ? I been off of it for almost a month now. I haven’t gotten my.period, but symptoms of my period. I take pregnancy test, went to the doctor. Final result not pregnant, but still no period. Very conerned why? Did your doctor say anything ? I I didn’t even think of talking about the shot and it could have been that.

      • I am having the same issues as Kim. My last injection was jsn 2016. I’ve had increased discharge that looks like egg yolk. Anyone know what’s that about our is that me ovaluting

        • I was on depo for 5 years my last shot was in june 2022 i was suppost to go for my next one in september but didn’t throughout the time i been on depo i was fine i only gain a little be of weight and sex drive was a no other then that i was happy with depo i did see my periods while on depo it would come every few months so in September before going for my next shot i had a light period for 4 days then had my period again in October seen i want to get pregnant i started tracking ovulation with digital ones suprise i had a smile november skipped a period didn’t track ovulation then it came back again in dezember track ovulation again had a positive now in January 2023 i got another period witch im happy about because atleast iknow my body is doing what it suppost to because i search it can take up to 10-12 months to get your period or started ovulating but everyones body is different im just glad my cycle came back right after i stop now my focus is to get pregnant but overall depo was good to me no

      • I was on depo shot from November 2018-may 2019. And I completely lost my sex drive, gained a lot of weight and had terrible mood swings. I decided to stay on it the length of time I did because as long as my periods were gone my migraines were gone ..but I’m wondering now how long it will take me to feel normal again? I’m scared of finally starting my period because of hearing about bleeding for months on end. I’m trying to lose the weight I gained, and sex drive is coming back slowly..but I feel very bloated at times. I’ll never take depo shot again and all these stories about it, they should take it off the market!

      • I’ve been off the shot for three months. I couldn’t afford it so I just started using condoms again. Well. I got my period last week it last two days and stopped. I am constantly nauseous. Bloated. Irritated. I feel like I’m pregnant but I’m not. Non stop migraines. And I feel so tired all the time. How is depo even approved by the drug administration? I’ve seen nothing but horror stories about it. My friend has been off the shot for 4 years and still can’t get pregnant. I hope I’m not infertile because of this.

      • I first had the shot back in 2014 (in my early 20s) and my periods initially after having the shot were horrendous I think I had my period for 6 months straight! After that they stopped completely which was great as I hate them. I then came out of my relationship after about 1.5 years on it decided I would give my body a break plus wasn’t any need for me to be ok it anymore but my periods didn’t come back for a full year. I got back into a relationship after 4 years and restarted the depo again I had a long spell of constant periods before they stopped completely again but I felt that my anxiety got worse so I decided to stop again and had my last shot back In December 2019 since stopping my period came back within a month but I have extreme breast tenderness and heavy periods also feel like I have no energy and constantly hungry and never feeling full up ! I’m so scared as I am going to gain loads of weight due to this. I would not go on this again and currently not on anything as my partner is working away.

      • Have your period came back yet smh I’m still waiting on mines to return been off for 2 years now and no return been back n forth to drs 😑😔

      • When i had my frist shit within a few hour i become streamly moody and depressed i couldnt eat then i started having a appetite and liking thing i normally wouldn’t eat. At the time i had unprected sex two day before my shot . And i remembered being told to wait 15 day until i could have sex. I thought i was pregnant for the longest time. In total i been on it for a year and 8 month. I really didnt want to continue after my fisrt shot the 3 month was good enough but wasnt a option for my mom.

      • ive been on the depo for just over a year now and ive had my period everyday since the day i started using the depo

      • Used it once and wanna get pregnant now this shot can ruin someone’s relationship I don’t wanna hear about it again

      • I get sore swollen breasts, bloating & a lot of swelling if I am even a week late for my shot. Has anyone else experienced this?

      • I have been on the depo for about 2 years. I was suppose to get my shot 3 weeks ago, in April 2016, but didn’t. I haven’t had a period since around Christmas of 2015. In the past 3 weeks of coming off of the depo I have had terrible cramps, with no bleeding. I’m very bloated, I am 5’3 and weigh 115 so I practically look like I’m 5 months pregnant all the time! My nipples are VERY sensitive to the touch, it’s worse when I take my bra off and my shirt rubs against them. I have what you would call “milk bumps” around my areolas and the clear colostrum (what comes before the milk) leaking from my nipples. My boobs don’t seem swollen, but are tender, also my nipples are very puffy and have gotten bigger and darker as if I’m pregnant, which I can’t possibly be because my boyfriend had a vasectomy 2 and a half years ago. Nausea is at an all time high. I am tired ALL THE TIME. I swear I could sleep 12hrs and wake up and go right back to sleep… I am moody, and irritable. I can go from high to low in 2.3 seconds, flat. I have 3 children and didn’t even have this many symptoms when I was actually pregnant!! Ugh!!!!

      • I’ve been on the shot for exactly one year. I suppose to take it this June, But i decided not to take it no more. My breasts are very sensitive amd sore that i can’t stand the bra and I’ve been habing discharge. Is this normal for stop using it?

      • hello. I have been off the injection for 2 months now after using depo for the past 2 years. I have experienced weight gain (60 lbs) EXTREME bloating as if I’m 6 months pregnant. constipation. mood swings, psoriasis, hair loss, nausea. Its just like being pregnant.
        I never thought birth control would cause withdrawal symptoms after stopping use.

        Do you have any of these symptoms?

      • When I start using Depo I get my periods for 2 months full without stoping n heavy 1, I use Depo for 1 year 7 months n I stop it Feb 2016 till now I didn’t get my period back, other lady advise to use flagiles two 3 times a day for 2 weeks I did do that no periods, I read on the Internet suggestions to bring back jo periods that u use a parsley tea 3 times a day, I did do that for 2 days I notice some sports for 2 days then stop, since then I feel pregnant signs, tender big breast, itching tits, something like moving on my abdorinal, moods, sometimes been nausea I do preg test results negative, n I went to the clinic to report the matter they told me maybe my periods r coming back is the hormones that’s make me feel like that, bt still now no periods normal n signs came strong now, n m tired to do preg test anymore n get disappointments that negative results, Depo is good to someone maybe stopping at all to have kids if u still think that u’ll need a child sometime again plz dnt use Depo is not good for u, cz u won’t get pregnant as soon as possible, m 8 months now stopping Depo no periods, instead pains pregnant symptoms

      • Hey ruby I am having the same problem too my breast is so sore on swollen I have being on the depo for ten years this shit is not good when stop it all I know it messes you up but the greatest thing I stop it December 2016 on my period come backs February 2017 on am 43 this year

      • I have been on depo for 8 years and have stopped, I bled for a few days after I stopped 2 weeks later sore breast, nauseous for about a week in the mornings, now xtra discharged, loss of sex drive, tiredness, emotional. Hopefully this all stops soon been 4 weeks now still no period

      • Nausea . bloating . and my breast are so sore and swollen and I’ve been off the shot for 2 weeks now

      • Your not the only one, I only had 2 Depo shots and i stopped it cause I didn’t like the way I felt! I haven’t gotten my period yet and it’s been months I been taking pregnancy test bc my boobs are tender I feel nausea all the time! I just thought once I stopped the shot the symptoms will go away. But they haven’t!

      • Hi I had my last shot July 24th 2018, I have not had a period since I started the shots in 2011, I am now having symptoms of nausea, sore breasts and peeing alot! I thought I was pregnant, took a test and came back negative. Thankfully as I’m not looking to fall pregnant, is there a chance that the depo could give a false pregnancy test reading. Or are these symptoms of my body adjusting to not having the depo.

      • I was on depo for two years. My last shot was in December and withdrawal symptoms are horrendous. Ive had my period 3 times this month, super heavy and super painful. Migraines and breast tenderness. And I am sooo tired all the time. Wish I would have never taken it!

      • Hi, I’ve been been on depo for 7 years – having hot flushes and mood swings – I have low Estrogen levels so coming off depo And going’s onto mini pill with Estrogen to help boost the level. Has anyone come off depo and gone onto pill?

      • I was on the shot for nearly two years and stopped because I gained 35 pounds, lost sex drive, and was getting random cramping. Now getting off of the shot I’m experiencing depression, my sex drive is coming back, and my period has yet to come or show signs of coming. I’ve been off of the shot for 2 months now

      • Who ever approved depo, am not happy with this contraceptives, depo is totally a very dengerous drug. I was using depo for 3month started in October last year ended in 06 January 2020. Until today didn’t get my period. Am experiencing leg cramps, nausea, bloating, breast tender lower back pain and abdomen pain. Depression, feeling so lonely, migraines. I even came to a point were am diagnosed with gastric. Depo is hell, am not gonna take depo ever again. Over my dead body. I experienced worse. Only if I could knew it’s like that. Am every day checking on my pant incase if am little wet I quickly have to check if it’s my period maybe. Am so tired of this whole situation. I can’t wait to get my period back and my body get back to normal, oh lord Jesus Christ help me get my period.

      • Hello I came off the horrible depo injection in August 2020 to get pregnant and I’m still trying. Periods are still a little crazy but this month iv basically been on since the beginning on January!! Im so fed up and shattered constantly I can’t stress enough how much people need to avoid the injection. Has anyone else experienced the same?

        • I have experienced horrible side effects on the depo shot for 4 years.
          I have been off of the shot for a few months and the side effects are lingering. I have no period. But I am not planning on getting pregnant.

    • I’ve been off the shot for nearly a month now… For the last 2 days I’ve been for irritable and nauseous. Do u this is normal with coming off… I’ve been on for 4 years…

      • I got 1 shot back in November and it regulated my periods now I am not getting any after being off for almost 3 months

      • I am coming off the depot next week after being on it for 10+ years the nurse at my GP surgery said I can’t take it anymore once I hit 50 I am dreading it and all the side-effects that will come will keep you posted

      • I’ve been on depo for 3 years 5 months, lately I am feeling nausea , my belly looks like I am 5 months pregnant. If I pump my breast I see clear liquid,, 3 test came nagative, 1 was positive, could I be pregnant??

      • I was on Depo shot for 10 years with no issues. However ever since I stopped, about a year ago, I am so bloated, tired and recently have cramps all the time. My periods came back almost immediately but cramping gets worse with each one. My doctor has no answers for me. So frustrating.

      • I have been on Depo for a little over two years. I was supposed to get my next shot last Monday but skipped it because I haven’t been in a relationship in over a year. So far I feel very nauseous like I’m going to throw up but can’t. Also I have been on my period since November. I would not recommend anyone to take the shot. I’ve been having lower abdomen pain and thought that I had a cyst in my ovaries. I’m going to urgent care Monday when I don’t have work. I’m not sure if it’s that or just side effects from the shot. Every day I just feel like sleeping and not doing anything. This nausea isn’t helping either now I really don’t feel like doing anything.

    • Was on depo for 2half years no bleeding when was on it and decided to try for a baby im on 7months from last injection had brown spotting for 3 days thats it but put weight on sore boobs and tired all time

      • Hi all need some advise my injection ended on 27th August I didn’t go back for the shot due to it being a nightmare
        So I had what I think was a period towards the end of last month come off last week but have come on again this week is this normal when coming of injection

      • I just got off the depo shot and switched to the birth control patch. lately I’ve had sore nipples, and tired 24/7. I was on it for 4 years!

    • I was on the depo shot for 4 yrs and for me it was the best and most convenient form of birthcontrol I had used in the past I had those horrible periods the first time I used it my second time experience was pleasant didn’t have no side effects I felt great but as the years went by I keep injecting it I felt hot flashes alot of nervousness anxiety was at it’s worst I felt alot of depression u just feel like your not yourself at all besides the fact that my sexual life was nearly ruined because the lack of sexual thrive no matter how much I tried I couldn’t find the way to get aroused I couldn’t function I was a prisoner of myself. it help me by not getting pregnant but the side effects are horrible. It was like do I wanna feel depressed or pregnant ? It was a horrible experience now it’s been a month I’m off it and I’m starting to feel like myself withdrawals aren’t fun but it’s getting there would I give this another try? I don’t think so

      • Are you withdraws getting better?i been having anxiety and depression, I stopped depo about 6 months ago and have not got my period, the doctor whats me to start birth control pills to regulate my period,

      • Hello Sandra I’m the same. Not much side effects on it except weight gain but coming off was another story… a nightmare. I’m 8 months off and my anxiety is awful sometimes panic. Tremors, shortness of breath, headaches , insomnia, muscle pain, its a long list. It would be nice to hear how you are doing today.( 5-1-22 ) As I don’t hear of people speaking of full recovery. I joined a couple of depo withdrawl Facebook groups to get support from people I can relate too. But I’d love to hear on how you are doing. I need hope.

        • I got my last shot April 2022, I have been bleeding ever since. My doctors don’t seem to be concerned but I am. Does anyone know why this might happen? When will it stop? Will my menstral cycle regulate itself or do I need to be on medication? It’s been a long time and its really effecting me and my relationship. Its been 6 months of consitant spotting, uterine lining shedding, etc. 3 months since I stopped getting the shot. Should I be more or less concerned than I am?

        • Hi Jessica, just seen your post and would like to hear after all this time how your sypmtoms were and how there are now?
          I have been on this injection for almost 20 years and want to come off it but hearing all these comments is making me scared. However, I know its just something you have to get through.
          So my question is, as you asked in your post – there is no actual recovery stories on here and just wondered if your body now feels back to normal?
          Thanks
          Katie

      • Hi, firstly I have pcos, so I never had a regular period. I started depo in February 2022, and stopped in April 2022. During those two months I had spotting, cramps, excessive crying, and breast pain. Now being off depo for 2 months, said symptoms still continue. My period hasn’t come since, I also been feeling fatigued and bloated.

        I honestly regret taking the shot and I won’t recommend, I should of known it was too good to be true.

      • I stopped depo back in May , and I’am having so much anxiety, nervousness, restlessness, and trouble sleeping, hot flashes 🙁 don’t feel like myself, and for the first in 4 years I just started getting cramps

    • I was on depo for about 11 years, & just got off in March of this year. About a month ago I started breaking out really bad on my chin & all around the corners of my mouth up to my nose, on both sides. I’ve never experienced anything like this & I’m 30yrs old. I’ve always had clear skin. I’ve stopped wearing any makeup in hope of it clearing up, but no luck. Has anyone else had this problem after stopping depo?

      • Hey! Just following up to see how you are doing. I am getting off the depo after 20 years (yikes) and am worried. Never hadn’t a problem with it but am terrified of withdraws.

      • Yes my skin broke out too.

        I have been on depo for 9 monthes and been off it for 2 monthes. I got my period 2 weeks after and had it for 8 weeks heavy to light, light to heavy. My skin breaks out in whiteheads and have no sex drive, also was gassed up well bloated. I’m done period now and have cramps but no period, im tired alot and just want to get back to normal. This is so unnatural 🙄

      • Yeah..same…i had the shop 20 january 2020…which wear-off on April 20..in March..my face was full of fatty skin surface and very oil…was breaking out so much…No period for the first 2mths…and period came twice in April….but in May no period…with so much cramping on both side of my pelvics…and down to my right leg…too much back pains.for 2weeks now…recently another new pregnacy syptoms; headache,low appetite,depression,tiredness.
        So scared i was pregnant…but reading everyone’s review..has taught me…that am not the onky one going thrugh this…..thank God!!!
        I hope…this syptoms..come off sooner…cos..am so feeling sick of it…cant get control of myself..anylonger…
        Am not gonna take the shots..anymore…until am done having my babies..

      • I started using depo this year Soo I have loss weight Soo I did it only three month..but I have loss weight,it’s possible for me to gain?

      • You get your sex drive back, because it won’t be messing with your fertility. The only good withdrawal symptom about it. Stomach cramps. You get your old self back [another good thing]. Nausea. Migraines. There might be a few more symptoms, but I can’t really remember.

      • I just stopped the Depo shot Monday and wasn’t really having any side effects but right now I feel extremely nauseous like I’m gonna throw up but I can’t. It’s honestly the worst thing ever. I’ve also been very tired and not really wanting to do anything. I was on the shot for two years and have been on my period since November.

    • It has kept me from having a baby after I had my son 4 years ago, but the downside is that it made me feel sick for a whole 10 or more months when I stopped using it. It made me feel like I was pregnant, but only I wasn’t pregnant. Please be sure to find out the side effects before you choose to be on the depo 3 month injectable contraceptive. It also interfered alot with my sex life. Vagina is always dry, always tired and never in the mood for sex.

      • Planning on getting off the shot next month that is due been on it for 6 years wondering what to expect after I stop it

      • I’m finally getting off the Depo shot I had it for three months the side effects I’m always tired and sleepy headaches and dizzy and gain lots of weight it’s the same thing when I had the Nexplanon two years ago The same symptoms I was wondering how long it takes to get out of your system

    • I’ve only gotten one shot of the depo shot. I’m due for another shot in about a week. My body feels how it felt when I first got the shot. Nauseous, dizzy,gassy, no appetite, these are all side effects I had when I first got the shot. I’m wondering why did it come back is it. Because I’m due for another shot?

    • I’ve been on depo for the past 14 years. Finally decided to call it quits. Went through a deep depression for years and could never figure out why, but looking back now now I know it is the shot. Since I stopped I have lost about 10 pounds, have experienced severe bloating and nausea and headaches. Side effects have continued without a period.

      • I was on it for 10 years. Finally decided to stop 4 months ago. I was having chest pains, cramping, headaches and anxiety attacks. This is the worse contraceptive and should be band. i have been to so many doctors and then seeing others experience here. I makes me wonder why we are not told the truth. I have put all my trust and faith in God and claiming his continued healing. I wish you ladies all the best as well.

      • I am glad I have sat here reading all these responses. I had myself dying with cancer in my head lol. I had been on depo for over 20 years and came off of it January I had two very heavy periods, one lighter one, all at the exact time of the month. Now this month I am bloated and have nausea but no period. Did t even realize there would be side effects. I just stopped taking it but didn’t talk to my doctor about it.

      • Me too as well I was on it for almost 10 years got off of it 2 years ago and still no period my dr said I might have perimenopause due from not having a period all this time and they said it might not come back 😢 so stressful

      • I was on it too for 14 years on decided to stop December 2020 now I see back my period January haven’t seeing none since on my breast is swollen on painful my skin is itching me so bad my stomach feeling sick like acid reflux I wouldn’t recommend it to no body smh when to stop it too mush side effects

      • Hi Ashley, did any thing you take help the withdrawal symptoms? I have been on depo for 20 years. Off it now for 1 year I get nauseous, sore breasts, headaches and itching skin But it comes and goes. Any I advice? I now take hormone harmony and I think it helps with the s withdrawal symptoms.

    • I started taking depo shot February of 2015, my period stop would bleed a little when my shot is almost due I started feeling tired all the time having shortness of breath low sex drive so I discontinued the shot few months later.. went back on it June of 2019 then I started experiencing some spots on my skin sometimes red sometimes takes the colour of my skin went to my doctor he treated me for allergies but those spots will keep going and coming I had vaginal dryness vulva pain my doctor couldn’t find whats wrong with me shortness of breath came back chest pain abdominal pain nausea leg cramps joint pain and so many more plus this time my period stop completely each month I’ll have cramps like my period cramps but I’ll only pass a little brown discharge or clot so I decided to Google the side effects and there was this long list of things I had no idea this injection couldve put me through so many things i went to my health care and all they said was they don’t know of those symptoms so I stop taking the injection April 2020 I had me period twice in May and once in June so far still feeling depressed alot spots still comes and goes on my skin still have shortness of breath im just here praying for my body to back to normal I definitely wouldn’t recommend depo shot to anyone.

      • I am experiencing same symptoms,my skin is very clean but since I was on the injection I experience some pumpils and lighter completion,instead of my periods I experience some brown discharge,I took a lot of pregnancy test and even went to a doc but results came back negative..stomach cramps,feeling tired,breast and nimple pains are some of symptoms I experience

    • Been on it for a year (dec’18 – dec’19), didn’t get my period for the whole year, 6 months after stopping had some spotting and finally had my period a month ago but the bleeding is almost constant, just a few days without bleeding. Noticed breast swelling and sensitivity, as well as nausea a couple of times.

      • Wow. I was on depo for about 5 years on and off and didn’t go back for my last shot which was May 2021. I was having normal periods as of July and then randomly in October 2021, I started bleeding nonstop. I feel tired all the time and have mood swings. My breasts were also sore to the touch throughout October. I’ve been so scared to share this but reading your comment and all the others has been helpful. Hopefully we all heal from this and figure out whatever is going on with our bodies.

    • I started depo 3-4 years ago.i was having a constant menstrual cycle for 16 years.my gyn would never really address the issue and just prescribe different forms of birth control.none of which worked.i had a menstrual hemorrhage and blood clots so they prescribed progesterone to try and help.it did not.the next suggestion was the depo shot to try and stop it all together.while on the depo I experienced headaches,pelvic pain,mood swings,fatigue,no sex drive what so ever,and weight gain.i learned of the health risks of prolonged use so I stopped the shot.after stopping it I experienced debilitating muscle pain for 3 days,severely tender breasts,pelvic pain,cramping, nausea/vomiting and mood swings.it has been 2 months since my last injection and my period has returned in full swing including cramping which I never had before recieving the shot.

      • I was on Depo the injection shot for 5 years straight and quit it when I began to experience Acute Chronic lower back pain of Lumbar Sacral due to the injection site being performed on buttock all the time and nerve damage for the Depo Provera damaging nerve cells in the spinal cord and main Sciatica nerve. I gained 70 pounds using Depo and stayed hungry all the time . Brest size increased putting added pressure on damaged spine from Depo injection shots . I have not seen a period yet since stopping Depo of last year in October now it is September and I have seen no period yet but being hospitalized for Chronic Acute Sciatica of right 🦵 leg and lower back. Again, Depo Provera must removed pans banned in the US it permits awful weight gain and nerve damage to critical bones 🦴 of the human body .

    • I would highly recommend
      Depo-provera for women who suffer from Endometriosis. I have used it for 7 years and finally had my surgery I’ve been wanting for 10 years. I stopped the injection one month ago Post surgery. My libido had increased, whole body inflammation is down, sleep is getting better, although I fight with daily fatigue. After 15 years from my first surgery for Endometriosis the depot-provera did a miracle job and slowed the implant growths immensely. I went from an entire pelvis covered in implants to only a couple behind my uterus this time. Although there are effects of the shot, its totally worth it if it controls the pain, bleeding, and growth of Endometriosis.

      • I starting taking the DEPO shot around the age of 25. It was truly a miracle in treating my endometriosis. I was covered in uterine cysts which made my periods unbearably painful and heavy. Internal sonograms showed a huge decline in the amount and size of the cysts after being on the shot for 2 years. For most of my time with the shot I didn’t experience many side effects. I probably gained 10lbs (in 6 years) since I’ve been on it, however I think it could partly be due to getting older. Now after being on it for 6 years I am going to come off of it because I believe I am experiencing some adverse effects. I have been getting back to back yeast infections and believe the hormone fluctuations are the culprit. Additionally I bleed/spot for long durations of time. I will say this shot made my life livable with endometriosis and would recommend it to any female with this condition. It may not be the best option for just a general contraceptive though. I agree Soraya, I also had a lot of success with the shot treating my endometriosis.

    • Hi ,i stopped taking depo in October, got my period las month and now i am almost a week late is it normal to miss a period after getting off the shot . Nervous i might be pregnant as i did have unprotected sex .

    • I put my daughter on it when she was 16yrs old.I took it when I was 16 when I came off it took 2 years for me to have my daughter and I was 20 after that I have a total of 7children and I took her off of the shot Around 7monthes ago she has started to bleed and loosing weight but it’s heavy.So I told my daughter don’t take bath in hot water at least warm cold I know the best way.to those who what to have a baby God will let you know when it’s your time.if you are not on after 1year something is wrong.

    • Am saying No to Depo .not recommended to anyone. Bleeding as if you committed a crime ..am on my 8th month since off depo two periods in one month bleeding more than 9 days .l really wanna get back to my normal self so bad .and no more any contraceptive in my body. Juts gonna use condom.

    • See if for 3 years and I withdraw i and since I withdrew, it’s 2 years and I haven’t conceived yet. Menses irregular, sometimes sporting, bleeding and weight loss.

    • I took the shot right before I left the hospital back in November 2030. I had a 1 day cycle in July. It been months since I had a cycle but I’m constantly using the bathroom all my pregnancy tests are negative.I’m confused 😐 on what’s going on with my body .

    • I only had two shots and started on the pill as soon as my third shot was due, booked in for the mirena so only on the pill to cover me till then. I’ve had an on and off severe head ache for over a week now (I never have headaches) and such terrible cramps. Hope this is over soon.

    • Do not recommend depo. Worst mistake of my life!! I stopped depo in January and now it’s may and I’m struggling bad. I’m a mom of four kids and experiencing withdrawal symptoms. I feel so sick and I’m not sick. This sh*t is nuts. My heart rate is up, I was in the ER. Every single part of my body is messed up. When will I be normal again? No one told me this could happen. It’s like my life isn’t mine anymore.

      • Yes it’s having to me too every thing seems to gone crazy my skin itching like hell I have to be at the ER more than once I feel like am going crazy my face have on rash on it just scratch so bad my knees seems to can’t carry me no more this shit is crazy

      • You guys can find more support on Facebook Depo Provera Side Effect Support. Look for me “Jessica Huitron” I am going through this it’s the hardest thing ever. We need all the support we can get. My withdrawal symptoms are endless.

      • That’s make two of us it mess up your whole system every minute I have to be at the doctor yet still they can’t fine what’s wrong smh

      • same I started depo in June last year went for my last shot in December for the last few weeks I’ve been ane 4 times once with chest pains and 3 times with abomal pains I’ve had blood tests about 9 times and had ct scan and x Ray and everything coming back fine but my body feels feels like its been hit by a 🚚 pains in hips ribs chest I’ve got cysts on my overys which I wasn’t told about I feel miserable 😢 I don’t see no end to it I DONT recommend depo at all….

    • Everyone I recommend drinking aloe vera to detox your body to normal and it’ll heal every pain you have and also have a a baby. That’s what I did and I got pregnant after 5 years of depo. You can email me about it halaevalu_tuipulotu@hotmail.com

      • Aww I recommend drinking aloe vera. It heals our body by detoxing. It is the great silent healer and linking to the bible too. You should google what it does to your body. It heals any disease.

    • I received my last depot shot In March and was due for the next shot in mid may but I had decided I did not want to be on bc anymore, because of the constant headaches, weird menstrual cycles and the fatigue and mood swings had no energy ever, no sex drive ! I literally lived of coffee and Celsius to get me through everyday! We’ll mid June I suffered from severe anxiety, chest pains, diarrhea, loss of appetite, nervousness, and insomnia for 12 days straight ! I ended up at the E.R because I didn’t know what was wrong with it me , I didn’t feel myself ! All they diagnosed me with was anxiety. Now I know it’s the depo that has me feeling like this! I don’t wish this upon anyone, and I wish all you ladies start to feel better soon , sending you ladies a hugeeeee hug !

    • Only had one shot. Never been so emotional when I started it. Extreme depression and anxiety. Coming off it now and my anxiety and gloom is high again. I tell everyone to steer clear of this birth control.

      • I also only took one shot sept 2022. I have had bleeding almost every day. I will not get anymore. Have things returned to normal for you now?

        • i had one depo shot in september 2023 second was due december which i didnt have, i had a period startt of feb. 2024 and nothing at all since but my boobs are so sore. I have negative tests. has anybody else had similar symptoms.

    • I’ve been on the Depo shot for almost two years and theres pros and cons.
      Pro: It got rid of all my period pain and symptoms and I usually didn’t have a period at all. If I did it was like a week of spotting.
      Cons: Lost my sex drive completely, gained a ton of weight that I can’t get off, and definitely have some emotional/mood swings.

      I recently decided to get off of it and missed my last dose about a week ago, in hopes of losing weight and getting back to my old self. Im hoping this doesn’t go terrible for me and I can just flow back into a regular period within a month.

    • It made me have really bad mood swings and I stress more than I ever have in my life! My body is so mixed up. It doesn’t know whether it wants to bleed or not. I just recently got my last shot. Let’s say about a year ago and I haven’t had a menstrual since then. All of a sudden a year after my menstrual came back but it’s weird. It’s like only when I urine it is there but not in my underwear or not in my clothes like it doesn’t come out. So it’s really weird and my breasts are so swollen I can’t touch them. I cannot lay on them. It’s been over almost 2 weeks. I just can’t wait for my body to get back to normal so I know when my period is. This is ridiculous. I’m waiting for the time that it comes so I can know when my time of the month is but for some reason it’s just a spot. Still after a year of getting a shot the last shot I got! The reason that I got it is because I bled for 6 months straight. No break and it was tearing me apart!

    • I’ve been using Depo for a year and I decided to stop it without consulting my OB… I had a terrible side effect, episodes of spotting bleeding or no menstruation at all, lower back pain, now I have a dry cough for almost a month I have been consulting my doctor for some medicine but there’s no good effects, and because of this cough I have been experiencing moderate pain on my diaphragm area… 😔😔😔

    • I been on depo shot for 3 years since I was 17 I am now 19 about to be 20 my next shot is next week I’m trying to decide if I want to get off of it to get back to my normal self I haven’t had a period for 3 years and I gained ALOT of weight I’m scared to get off of it though I been on it so for so long but seeing all the side affects of getting off I’m very scared
      Any advice ?

    • Did anyone have a non horror story experience coming off DEPO? Cause this all scares the shit out of me as I sit here thinking about coming off it after o lt 3 shots. No reason other than it being a waste. No sex, no point. I’ve had literally no side effects. But I’m scared I will feel the withdrawal.

    • My experience with depo was pretty good, it just worked best for me. Now I decided I’d like to try for another baby, it’s been about 10 months since my last shot. Shortly after I should’ve gotten my next shot I was getting a lot of pregnancy type symptoms. Most noticeable was my boobs looking bigger and being sore. I read this is normal, but its been 7 months. There was like a 2 week break but now my nipples are 10x more sensitive and my boobs are hurting again. I’ve had some pain in my lower stomach when I flex it. I’m always so hungry and feel like I need to pee more often. Pregnancy tests have said negative since the start. I feel like it’s been awhile for me to still have “withdrawal” symptoms but no where talks about how long this would last. I just want the relief of knowing if this is normal.

    • I got Depo last year and I bled for 3 months straight with a lot of symptoms like nausea, headache, hot flashes, mood swings, hair loss, etc. It was my only one shot, it’s been a year & I’m experiencing headaches, breast tenderness & nausea. I guess it’s wearing off. Has anyone experienced anything similar during withdrawal?

    • this is the most horrible form off birth control I’ve had a few problems I’ve had 3 shots and was meant to do back in March seens then I’ve had chest pains abomal pains and now eye pain and headaches and mouth ulcers I’ve at to go to ane 4 times with pain in stomache and chest I’ve at to ho docs and had about 5 blood tests done I’ve had a ct chest xray and ultrasound but still feel now I’ve hot to do a stool simple it’s never ending so this depo shot needs banning…

    • I started depo back in September and i didn’t have a period at all until december. I went back in December and got my second dose and i literally just stopped bleeding for the first time 3 weeks ago. I lost every part of my secco drive, became moody and violent, tiredness, depression and anxiety flared up to an all time high. You name it I had it. i literally suffered to the point i just didn’t go back for my 3rd shot. I’m not experiencing breast tenderness, fatigue and headaches! Although the bleeding stopped I have been living a nightmare during and after this “depo from hell” shot! Please beware of Depo Ladies! It’s not good for our bodies! I’m literally a walking billboard full of symptoms at this point!

    • I started taking the depo shot in march and let me tell you worst decision ever. I was ALWAYS sad and depressed and just cried all the time . Me and my boyfriend are VERY safe we use a condom, pull out, and during the time the shot . But now I think my body inside confused and I’m having back to back periods not heavy just really early and I have heard many say that this could be a sign of pregnancy but mind is telling me “no way we are so safe” so if anyone can help me understand it will be appreciated. Thank you !

    • I’ve been on the depo for a good 6 years. I decided to come off it as I no longer want any type of drug in my system. I was told as a precautionary measure to have one more shot until my husband gets his vasectomy and I’ve been bleeding continuously for 4 months. This has never happened before I went to my doctor to put me on meds to stop the bleeding and even that didn’t work. I haven’t been able to find a single nurse or doctor who has given me an answer or solution: I guess I just need to wait.

    • I have been on depo provera for 3 1/2 years and at first experienced no adverse side effects. About a year into getting my shots I had issues with spotting that would last about two weeks, so my injection was moved to every 10 weeks rather than the normal 12. That helped for approximately a year but the continual spotting started happening again. It usually occurred near the date of my next shot but recently it has been happening weeks before my next injection. I also am experiencing what was severe to now mild pelvic pain (ultrasound and vaginal mucus tests came back clear) and a pretty much light period for the past two weeks. I want to discontinue my depo use but I am nervous about the withdrawal symptoms women report after doing so.

    • No F ing way I knew it!! I originally went bk on depo at about 35 to see if it’d help with my pmdd ( another thing drs ignore or pass off as pms) anyway I noticed half my hair fell out something they never mentioned as a side effect, I only found out after hooglung my concern so I stopped raking it for a year or so but I suffer with such bad period pains when I’m on and my pmdd before I’m on I decided for the sake alone of no bleeding ad my pain can be compares to being in labour.. I would take if but not reguarly just once and then again when it’d wear off 18months give a take few months later. Over the 2 years my backs had problems and other bones I stopped taking it about 2 years back. So alot of the fatigue is bk that I get round that time but my backs so weak.. I’ve been for body scan to have cortisone injections. But today I felt si poorly I can barely open my eyes my bodies so sore and just woke bk up and cat even move my backs stuck. It’s my birthday and I’m trapped on my bed.. I’ve often questioned if the Depo could’ve been what’s effected my spine.. my hands reguarly hurt knees creak and I’m now about 16stone at 5’4

    • I have been off depo for 2yrs now but am still having headache that is out of this world their is no medication I have not taken for headache but no improvement please is anyone going through the same cus am tired.

    • I am almost 8 months off the shot after being on it for a little over 3 years. I have the scariest blood clots and just had one that was really long. It’s pretty consent, sometimes I get 3 or 4 days with out anything and rarely is it ever bright red. It’s always dark and comes out in cuncks. If anyone has had anything like this please 🙏 I’m at a loss of what to do.

    • i’m 20 years old and took the depo shot for 6 months. It has been the absolute worst decision of my life. I’ve been bleeding from may to now (november), getting dark black heavy periods every 2 weeks. My skin has SUFFERED😭 I have terrible acne now that i never had before the depo. I am constantly fatigued with 0 sex drive.
      I noticed my hair falling out in April and did not go back for my next shot. My hair has continued to fall out and break off since. I have lost over half of my hair density and it has made me extremely insecure and depressed. I also have been experiencing a painful itchiness all over my back at times. Has anyone else experienced hair loss like this??
      I’ve been too my gyno, primary doc, and 2 dermatologist to see what there is to do and all of them told me I have to wait out the hormone imbalance until my body returns to normal. I was told it could take up to 24 months to balance out.
      Someone who’s been through depo withdrawals please tell me it gets better😞

    • I’m so glad that I found this article, because I swear I thought I was going crazy. I took one shot so far, just to stop my heavy bleeding during my regular periods. Thing of it is, I could count on my periods being right on time before…. Now it’s like I’m bleeding everyday. Not a lot, but enough…. Then I missed my appt for the next shot, because I hate how it makes me feel, and literally JUST had a gush of blood ruin my sheets. I’m scared, because now I’m cramping and feeling weak. I refuse to get another shot! And I’m thinking of seeing a new ObGyn. Fibroids has affected my closest female relatives, and I let him know that. Instead of doing an exam to rule anything out, as well as refusing a hysterectomy… he adamantly suggested the depo. Never tf again!!!!!

    • I started Depo in august 2021 and when November came around I bled for about 3.5 months straight. Once that stopped I would get spotting a few days before my next injection . In october 2022 I was experiencing light blood for a few days .. it stopped then i never bled again it is now November 2023. I did not go to my appointment for the injection last week because I do not want to get osteoporosis (no doctors ever told me about this risk i found out from the internet) , and maybe one day i will want to have a baby . So far i’m nauseous and really thirsty all the time. What else can I expect? it’s better to get advice from ladies who are experiencing this journey with Depo

    • I was on it for 8 years and have been off for 2 weeks now , so shot was due 2 weeks ago. I don’t feel any different other than being more hungry at random times through out the day. Was told people get bad headaches and breast pain/tenderness after being off it for months. We will see.

    • I was on the depo shot for two years before i decided to take a break. Lost a lot of weight once i was off it, got pregnant with my boy 6 months after. At my 6 week check up after having baby i decided to go back on the depo shot to prevent another pregnancy. 9 months on and decided to get off it again as i had zero sex drive, emotional all the time plus having no period is kind of scary. Now i’m 2 months off of depo and here are my side effects or withdrawal Whatever you want to call it. Abdominal cramps and aches, headaches, worst period cramps i’ve ever experienced, chronic joint pain, more and thicker facial hair and i’m retty sure i’ve developed an anger problem, might be my hormones trying to regroup but idk… whish i’d never gotten back on it again.

    • So unfortunately I was on this shot for more then 10
      Years off and on and I’ve been off for 2 years now and still no pms I’m so stressed and doctors can’t figure out why I never had a pms while on the shot either

    • I’ve been on it for 2 years and just finished it on Wednesday I’m having lower back pain, neck and jaw pain, arm pain, and hip pain is that normal for coming off the depo shot?

    • I took my first shot at 19 after never having any sort of birth control. I’ve only had 2 shots and I’m coming up to the end of my window for the 3rd shot. I’m going to skip it. It sounds like no matter how long I try it, my bleeding problem is not going to get better. I gained 10 pounds over the last 6 months (granted it was over the holiday season and I’m in college), but I cannot keep gaining weight after being at a plateau for 2 years. I had heavy periods, but now they are anywhere between spotting and spilling out of my pads. I am going to quit now so I may hopefully return to my normal period. I will try to lose weight to see if such a large change to my body will spark my regular periods to come back (they used to be heavy and about an 8 on the pain scale for the first 2 days then a 6 then a 3). I am so sorry that we all have been having these problems and NO ONE IS HELPING US.

    • I don’t know where to start. I got my first injection in August 2024 of Depo Provera. My GP said it would help with my really heavy periods and awful cramping. I have had heavy bleeding every single day since. That is 26 weeks of bleeding, every, single, day. And like period heavy bleeding. My moods are making me feel insane and the pain can be unbearable. I feel very unsupported by my GP, a woman. I feel like my body is a failure. I told my gp a few weeks ago I would not be taking the injection when due this month and she almost shamed me. I am exhausted and weepy all the time. I have spent a crazy amount on sanitary products. My relationship with my boyfriend has been severely affected. We have not been intimate since last august. Work can be a nightmare as I can bleed through clothes very quickly and unexpectantly. I wish I could say something, anything, positive about Depo but I cannot. It has made me a shell of my former self and i feel so alone and unsupported in this. I am now anxious about the withdrawl side effects I have read about. I don’t know when I am ever going to stop bleeding.

    • Iv had one injection and it will be my last. My mood swings where all over the place and very spotty skin i had bleeding 2 months in and nothing since. After only having the injection a week id decided there was no way i was having another. It now past the 3 month window and since withdrawing iv had painful breats, tingling downstairs, what i can only describe as what menopause must feel like hot flushes night sweats feeling dizzy and nauseous constantlt but also hungry too. I thought i was preganant so took tests(negative) iv been really concerned about all my symptoms i thought there was something seriously wrong with me till iv read the comments. Avoid this drug like the plaugue

    • I just quit depo and I am experiencing extreme nausea, little extra anxiety, cramping of uterus and abdominal cramping, flank pain, little to no appetite, and bad bloating. It wasn’t my worst birth control experience but coming off of it definitely seems to be the worst.

    • I was on depo the first time for 7 years . When I got the very first shot I bled for 3 months straight then 7 years of nothing major maybe few spotting epiodes here a there then I got off . Period came back 6 months later cool , was regular 5 days then next months full blown murder scene for almost 2 months so I got back on it .no periods. Nowwww sept 2023 I got last shot, missed December shot . feb 17-22 got my period was 5 days exact fine. 12 days later ITS BACK FULL FORCE. Today make day 11 I’m bleeding n it’s heavy .. WHEN WILL THIS STOP!!!!

  1. Thinking back to when I stopped having the injections, I did feel a little jittery, but I cannot remember any other withdrawal-like symptoms.

    • I would love to know who said you are not supposed to be on he Depo shot more than 2 yrs. I’ve been on the nearly 17 yrs without issues, without my GYN even once asking or suggesting to take me off. I am 48 years old and fully capable of getting pregnant without it, though probably not likely since I’ve been on it so long and given my age. I am not willing to take that chance.

      • Just because you are lucky enough to not have side effects, doesn’t mean it hasn’t had horribly effected other people.

      • It’s says on the labeling it’s not recommended for use for more than 2 years unless other birth controls are not an option.

      • I was told all along only 2 yrs. However, I was for 13 yrs. Now off a few months, I am emotional and hungry for meat. One friend is about to put me down. Lol
        No period.
        Ulcer flare up
        So tired. Don’t want to do much.
        I’m clueless as to my mental and physical health…

      • That’s how I feel Stephanie…. I’ve been on it for 14years and no one has ever told me to stop taking it. I’m 38 and have no plans on having more children so I will continue to take it

      • I’ve been on depo for 25 years just stopped having it as I’m 50 now get backache swollen stomach signs of period I don’t know if had menopause so just taking that chance

      • I also have been on Depo for 17 years. I have never had a doctor tell me I should not be getting the injections. So now, 17 years later, my primary doctor retires and the new doctor “can not in good conscience” continue to let me have the Depo shot. Well I am feeling horrible, nausea, weight gain (rapid) and sensitive breasts,tired, the list goes on.. He will not change his mind. To me it is a little late to discover I have been on the medication for longer than 2 years. Small town doctors with small minds. Any bone damage has already been done. Suggestions?

      • I was on the shot for 7 years. They just recently came out with you could not be on the shot for longer than 2 years. I took the shot from 15-22. I am now 34 and still no children. Things have not really been normal since. When I first went off of it I got extremely moody, breast hurt like no other. After being off the shot now for years and not really knowing the side effects of this drug cause when I started taking it we were the test subjects. They had no idea what it would do. Since more years have past I have been diagnosed with depression (bipolar), anxiety, joint pain, osteoarthritis, degenerative disks in neck and back, fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, facial hair growth, my hips will not stay in place and acne as an adult that is far worse than when I was a teenager. There is nothing out there on long term side effects of this drug cause they have no idea what it will do to you. I had no side effects while on the drug and loved it as it was great birth control. However the long term effects of taking that drug has been brutal as I still deal with them every day.

      • I’ve been on depo for 27 years have been off for 2 1/2 years now I’m now 55 years old don’t know wether I’m going to get a period ever again wether I’m in the menapause or gone through it. It’s the not knowing that’s the problem

      • I have been on the injection for 21 years and no one has ever said anything negative about the time I have been on it. I recently stopped and the side effects are horrible.m

        • I been on the depo for a year. After my first dose in June of 2022 my periods stop August of 2022. No periods I was happy because I struggled with heavy flow and painful cramps since I was 14 and now I’m 34. I was extremely happy but like the implant I got 8 years ago I notice I gained weight. I became depressed and struggled with being tired all the time. My last shot was April 2023 and as of right now july 2023 I’m experiencing nipple tenderness massively, I pee often, diarrhea often, I’m so tired, and headaches all the time at least 3 to 4 times a week. No sex drive, no will power to be around people but I push through each day with my kids. I’m working on getting a hysterectomy in August. So do not get either the implant or shot if you have depression or anxiety. I thank God that I can manage my own depression but it maybe harder for others. Please if you feel worse or have thoughts contact your doctor immediately and seek other advice. I pray for all those who are suffering because of the shot and that you all get better. ❤️

      • I would get a bone density scan done, the reason it’s not recommended is that it affects the ability to absorb calcium I believe. It’s similar to why ballerinas often get osteoporosis, they keep their weight so low that they do not have periods. Some connections but it’s isn’t 100% causation. I would get checked out for that especially if you started in your teen years when there is a critical period to build up bone density.

      • Our GYNOs. Bet they didn’t tell you it’s not the same depo over the last decade either. I’ve been on it for four years and was told oops. We forgot to keep up with it. You aren’t supposed to exceed 2 years. And ive been through hell from it. I bled for 8 months when I tried to wean from it. Turned around and got right back on it. Periods stopped again. Had damn near bipolar anger issues over little stuff. Just angry all the time. Moody. Tired. Sore boobs and lactating etc. But yeah if they’ve never said it. They should have.

      • I know this is VERY old….but I have been on the depo shot for a year. I haven’t had any side effects. BUT i do have to get my shot 3 weeks early everytime I am due because I feel anxious, dizzy, nauseous, and uncomfortable. But once I get my shot I am all good. So now I worry about coming off of it. I want to go back to the copper iud. I hate hormonal birth control. I just got a shot a month ago and scared to death to come off of it. I have endometriosis that went undiagnosed for 15 years, and the depo has helped alot but I don’t want hormones like this anymore. I commened on yours because I too haven’t had any negative effects while on the depo.

      • I am now 40 and have been on Depo basically when it first was introduced. Took breaks here and there, but it has always worked for me.I was contemplating coming off of it since turning 40–but your comment keeps me going.

      • I was on depo for 19 years and LOVED it. no periods at all. I’m 44 now and was seeing a new dr last year who told me i needed to stop. I’ve had 2 bone density tests and they were fine. So they suggested Nexplanon instead. I’ve been depo free for a year now and have noticed an increase in cup size which is pretty awesome as i was barely a B. I just figured the anxiety was just me but now I’m starting to think it was due to the depo. I didn’t gain too much weight while on it either. Now I get stomach pains with my periods which are back to a normal cycle now. Figured payback for all the years of no periods haha. Anyone else who is a year later or more after becoming depo free? I’m curious what others who have been on it as long as I have are experiencing. I’m also tired all the time but i was like that while on depo. I don’t blame anyone for this, i just want to know more about the withdrawal symptoms. There just needs to be more research articles and information about getting off depo so the rest of us can relax a little. Pls feel free to reply to my comment. Would love to hear from anyone who’s been on it for longer than 15 years and is now off of the depo and on Nexplanon. I don’t know if it’s the depo withdrawal or the implant causing the anxiety, moodiness, and lack of sex drive. i def was fine with the depo. Thanks everyone!!

      • I also have been on Depo on and off for around 20yrs now. Started around age 20 and am now nearly 43. Never have had a doc tell me to stop (yet). I get a bone scan every 2 yrs. I AM getting concerned about what may happen next (when menopause hits) and I am concerned that my sex drive is lower but not sure if it’s the shot or my age!

    • I have been on depo for 5 years, was due to take the shot in June but didn’t for a break from it, I’ve started bleeding twice this month within 2 weeks and the cramps and boob pain are awful, did anyone else experience bleeding in such a short time frame in between after stopping this? Wish I never went on it I’m far worse after stopping never experienced any issues whilst on it!

      • I was on Depo for 1 year, it too just me 6 months to get my period back.. and I have been getting my period every 12-20 days… I have hadn’t about 8 periods in the last 3 months. I am wondering if anyone else is experiencing this? I have been taking ovulation tests and I am not ovulating! When will that return? Trying to get pregnant…

      • Omg I was on depo for about 5 years as well. My last shot was about 10 months ago and I have yet to have a period.. but have had a lot of pregnancy symptoms. Same for me, I had no issues while on it but since I’ve stopped it these pregnancy symptoms have not gone away. I’ve been taking pregnancy tests like once a month and they are all negative. So I’m lost.

    • Having hard time sleep. Eventually got cold sweat from hot flesh when sleeping. Made it harder to sleep at night. Is is my frist night not able to sleep

      • My boobs were an A cup and I have been off of it for a month and my boobs are now a C cup and hurt so much even at the slightest jiggle and I have been bleeding on and off since I’ve been off of it. I also get very mood and nausea.

      • I only got 2 shots… I got on it after having my kid and when I first got my shot it blew me up.. I had gained so much weight I was extra hungry and I bleed for 3 weeks straight but it was light , it was painful to have sexual intercourse… I get headaches that no pain killer could make it go away.
        Now that I’m off.. I have cramps and nauseous but my sex drive came back I spotted once.

      • I stopped m depot 2months but I still have no period!! I still weight gain and head aches, bloating moo swings and I like eating and eating always. Is it all symptoms of wearing off depo

    • I have nausea and cramps that have sent me to the E.R twice now. They did a CT scan, xrays, blood tests and a urine sample. I came out fine and overall healthy. Yet the pain in my stomach is consistent. They gave me tramadol to help sleep. I wasn’t sleeping, or at least i was having a very hard time. I was on depo for 6 years I’m 21 now and I feel like my hips are gonna break every time i stand. It’s excruciating at some points. I started depo at 15 and stopped October 2015. I’m scared cause I’ve never been in pain like this before. Don’t take depo EVER. It was great while it lasted but side effects after are no were close to worth it. I have barely eaten, barely slept and I’m jittery and unfocused. Hopefully this helps.

      • So, I to stopped October 2015, and I got my 1st period on Valentine’s Day, but lasted1 1/2 days. Last night was the first night I was woken up in so much pain, I was on the verge of tears. Thought maybe it was ovarian cysts that I had once before. But when you went to the ER they didn’t see anything? Just curious what the doc said when the pain would end?

      • Hi i hope mine doesn’t get any worse because sounds like my symptoms in the stomach and i have hip problems sometimes been on depo same time as you from 2011 to last year missed my lsst shot in july or August I believe didn’t really have a real period kinda on and off and nw didn’t have a period since September then cam February a little period then nothing now just cramps and sore breast but had mild to severe cramps and bloating since not really having a period

      • I just stopped my shot a few weeks ago since It hasn’t been working anymore. I have been on it since I was around 14 and now I’m almost 18. I am in so much pain with cramping and It hurts to move. What should I do??

      • Hello, I have been dealing almost the same issue u having, going on two months now, i stopped the shot in april 2016 and i have right side pain and was told it was gastritis! My family dr. Was concerned about my gallbladder, i have been to er and uurgent care many times, and they keep saying every is fine. I have had my cycle every month so hopefully it will be out of my system soon!

      • I have takin my daughter age 20 to the emergency room twice in the last year and a half for severe stomach cramps, they urine tested, cat scanned, X-rayed, ultra sounded, etc. With the same results both times. They could find nothing wrong. Now running over your story I’m here crying, at the thought that through my advice I got her started on the Depo shot when she was 16, because I had been on it after I had her for 12 years. I had side affects – no periods, depression, wierd colored discharge, weight gain, weight loss, jittery when it got close to next shot, etc But I always got told the same thing when questioning my obgyn….. Anything could be normal with the Depo shot. I had been on it the longest that my doctors knew of. She is now thinking of stopping the shot ….. Now I’m more worried if she’s already having these problems on it, how severe is the withdrawal going to be?

      • I was the same way. Went to the ER 11/12/2016 for pain in abdomen and nausea. They gave me the same shot for the pain. It helped for some days. I got my birth control shot 11/09/2016. I should have never did that. Loss of appetite, was gaining but not really now, dizzy, and etc. I’m getting off of this mess. Not for me. No one should suffers from this

      • I been on depo for 3 years and decided to stop in June and recently I’ve been diagnosed with anxiety, insomnia, acid reflux, migraine headache, and I’m extremely bloatedd as if I’m pregnant, loss of appetite, constipation, I had what seemed to be a period that lasted for 7 days and recently I’ve noticed some spotting but it has stopped I can’t sleep and when I do I wake up tired still my joints and muscles ache alot so does anyone know a way I can jump start my period to get back normal

      • I’ve only had one shot my next date is Feb 1st 2019 and I wanna get off of it cuz I feel very nervous and anxious I’ve had 2 anxiety attacks and I’m scared to get off it now cuz what I’m reading I just wanna know will it go away and will I go back to normal

      • You guys can find more support on Facebook Depo Provera Side Effect Support. Look for me “Jessica Huitron” I am going through this it’s the hardest thing ever. We need all the support we can get. My withdrawal symptoms are endless.

      • I feel the same I had 3 shots my last shot was in December I was meant to go bck in March but was told that depo was no good for my mental health I’ve come off it and I’m going throw the most nightmare of a time ever pain in side stomach chest which I’ve at to go ane for even been to ane for stomach had ct scans bloods ecg xray all OK but now got to have a stool simple done it’s never ending I don’t advice depo at all

    • yes im always nausea and jittery Ive only been off a month and i was on it a year. someone said it takes 6 months to a year to get pregnant ?

  2. i have a fiend that has been using the injection for about 6 years. just stopped using it in june 2009 but since then she has been having lots of pain in both breast.

    • My nipples were very very sensitive for a long time after I stopped and I was on it for 6 years. Been off for two months and still no period.

      • Hi ive been on Depo for 4years. Recently decided to get off it and i usually bled when late on my shot but before i stopped i was bleeding before my next shot, and it stopped the day I was suppose to get my shot. I got my last shot December 2014 and I started bleeding in the middle of January. My nipples are SUPER sensative nonstop, bleeding nonstop, nauseous, gaining weight. My mood got out of whack today and was wondering how other woman were dealing with this. I feel like crap.

      • I had depot for 7 years I stopped 8 months ago my breasts and nipples feel very bruised still. I’m not taking any contraception at the min still deciding I’m 44 think I will go on pill don’t fancy the coil ……I have been so worried thought I had Cancer so you think I should tell doctor and ask for a scan

      • I’ve been off the shot for 10 months because my husband and I are wanting a baby. I haven’t had a period but I am experiencing lower back and breast tenderness. O hope it don’t take me 2 years to become pregnant.

      • I was on Depo for 2 years. My last shot was due November of 2014 but i didn’t take it because I was no longer wanting to be on the depo shot. I got my period back on February 14th 2015 and its been 5 months now and im still on my period, im tired all the time, all i want to do is lay around and sleep, ive gained 10 lbs., im constantly depressed and moody, and my breasts are sooo sore all the time! Can’t wait until my body finally decides to return to its normal self! but Mckenna I completely understand the “I feel like crap”. For now i’m just waiting it out.

      • Hi. Am on 4 days now getting off to depo, I had it for 4 years and no bleeding at all. But now looking forward to get back normal my body as I gained weight as well.at the moment I experienced stomach cramps, but no bleeding yet , was like a contractions feeelings. ..was gone after 2.days. but talking about boobies OMG! My breast was so sore and swollen and it’s very. Sensitive. Just wonder if there’s a remedy Or meds for. this…

      • same. except i was on it for almost two. im 19 years old. ive had sex when i was off of it but no period it was just two weeks in i was off. now its been two months but no sex now my nipples are tender

      • Was on my shot for 6 1/2 years and I just got off June 2016 didn’t have a period until December 2016 they last for 6 to 7 days and my breast be so sore and I also feel like I have to vomit all the time I eat more but try to go without food cause I know I will gain weight I don’t want it March 2017 been trying to get pregnant by my husband and nothing has happened oh also soon as I got off shot a cyst has formed on my right ovary

      • I’ve been off the depo for about a year. I feel the side effects from withdrawal from it was I was very nauseous all the time, anxiety, irritability, depression, loss of appetite, sore breasts, insomnia, lack of sex drive, and moodswings this whole year. Just generally feeling horrible. I started getting my period again the past 4 months. Now they stopped. Negative for pregnancy. I decided to get off of it from being on it for 13 years. Finally feeling better. I’m able to sleep and not nauseous. Just overall happier. I finally feel comfortable, hungry, and not as moody. Sex drive is way better. I felt okay being on the shot but these symptoms were when I was getting off it. Horrible. Not worth it.

      • I’ve been on the depo for 10 years. Came off august 2020, my period came almost immedialty and had one each month. Was due to have my period 14 December, still hasn’t came. I’m starting to worry that they will never return. I’m trying to get pregnant and the constant worry is taking over my mind.

      • I only took the shot 2ce, and don’t plan to continue. After the 1st shot, i experienced severe headaches for a few days, then skin on my hands and feet molted really bad. I was looking forward to a few months without the “crimson tide” but my period never really stopped, just got wacky. Also lost my sex drive. Took the second shot and every thing went crazy, started bleeding / spotting pretty much 5 days/ wk. My 2nd and last shot was october 2015, and yes i experienced weeks of super/tender boobs in dec / jan. Also some really bad cramps. All that is manageable. Whay scares me now is the fatigue and listlessness i am feeling for 3 wks now. I am 37, and never known what depression is. I pray thats not what this is.

    • I only ever had one shot of depo,I was due my 2nd on the 3rd of June 2016.iv bled ever since I had my 1st and last shot and I’m still bleeding to this day.very heavy and so painful.tiered,forgetful no sex drive and very moody.never again would I have this contraception

      • I decided to get the depo shot, so I had it done on the 5th June 2016, 5 days later I went on holiday for 3 weeks, in which time my period was due. No sign of a period all holiday, but a week after I returned back I started to get slight cramps & began to get a browny, bloody discharge appear. That lasted a week or so, then I bled for a day or two. Basically since about the 10th July I have been constantly bleeding, so it’s the 29th Sept today & yes I’m still bleeding. I never got my second shot of depo because I was worried what this was doing to me. I’m now constantly bloated all the time & cannot cope with bleeding anymore.
        I really don’t know what to do

        • I have been on Depo for one year, but I stoped, everything is normal but I started noticing weakness in my joints especially from my waist down to my feet, I can no longer stand on my feet for too long. Could this be one of the side effects? Because am confuse on what to do,
          pls help me🙏

      • I started the depo about 3 months ago, I started the shot a couple days before my scheduled period started and was have I having little bit of spotting. I had got off the pill for about 2 months before starting the shot. After receiving the shot i felt my self become annoyed with little things and crampy and having nausea. After a month in from taking the 3 month shot, I would get spotting before or after the week i would usually get my period and it would only be for a couple days. I was due for my second shot 2 weeks ago which is also when I should of got my period but I have been having spotting not every day but sometimes multiple days 2 weeks from when yhe first shot should of wore off. Not a lot of blood just most when I go to bathroom, there is blood when I wipe and I have bloating. It’s kind of annoying because I’m not sure if my period is coming or if I should just be expecting it next week. I decided not to continue the shot because I didn’t like the way I feel on it. I know it was only one dose but that was enough for to move on. For now I think I will let my body do it’s thing and hoping to possibly start a family soon.

    • My god my breast hurt so much I was on the shot for 11 years it was perfect. I stopped my last injection in march my breast hurt for 4 months and then it stopped for 2 months now it’s back even worse. My bone test was normal but my herniated disc has gotten worse and I didn’t know anxiety came with the injection I’m a reck in a car jump to everything. I just want my body back and I haven’t had a period yet since March 2016 the size affect are really bad don’t get the shot.

    • I have also been on this for 6 years, finally stop taking the shots it’s been 4 months now no period at all, and my breast both hurt bad, and have stomach pains, I was debating rather to go see a doctor about my symptoms but I see alott of us are having the same problem,

  3. I stopped the Depo injection 9 weeks ago (after 3 years) and have been suffering from nausea for about a week now. I was also on the injection for 8 years previously and stopped to have a baby. I conceived almost immediately, but suffered from terrible morning sickness. I am beginning to wonder if that sickness was a result of stopping the injection as opposed to being pregnant.

    • I was on the shot for 2 years . I missed my shot March 23, 2015 still no period. Lower back pains cramping in stomach. High fevers and frequent urinating. Could I be pregnant

      • What is d effect of depo on fibroid. I want my period stopped, it’s heavy. Please guide me on this.

      • i’m experiencing the exact same thing, i have had belly ache for the past 7 days and i have been off the depo for 1 month 2 days, it feels like i have the flu but i know its not, i have hot sweats and shiver when i wake up.. i think its my stomach returning back to normal and withdrawal symptoms from the hormones, however if mine carries on for any longer than 2 weeks i will probably take a pregnancy test then go to the doctor

      • I was on the depo for 2years, I stopped a month ago and I have had really heavy flow for 5days with blood clots. When will this bleeding stop?

      • Debbi, I was on Depo for 2 years too. Stopped taking it in nov. 2014, got my period back feb. 2015 and ive been on my period ever since. And its a constant heavy flow with blood clots. Seems like its never going to end..5 months and counting.

      • Oh My gosh !! same thing im starting to think that im pregnant same exact thing iv been off since march 30 2016 and my stomach (more so side and back ) hurt like hell sharp sharp cramps! help if you find out anything ?

      • Did anyone experience severe dizziness. I’m on my second week after receiving my depo shot, and I have experience horrible dizziness, anxiety and feeling sad. Ugh! I hope this subsides

      • I’ve been feeling extremely dizzy and horribly nauseous for the last couple of days. My last shot was 4 months ago and I’ve had breast tenderness, I feel bloated all the time, I’m gaining weight and have had headaches, anxiety, shortness of breath and it feels like my heart is racing all the time. I’ve also been experiencing diarrhea. Does anyone else have these symptoms? My husband had a vasectomy years ago, so I am not pregnant.

      • To all the women having issues on and getting off the depo,I have been on it for a year.my last shot Aug 11 2015 an all I did was spot and bleed,then for 6 weeks I bled so heavy wearing and going thru 2pads and the clots were the size of quarters,so I went to pph and I started birth control pills 2 a day it slowed it down and now I’m having dark spotting and having better results I highly recommend talking to ur doc about doing the same thing..good luck ladies!!!

      • Hi Tiffani,
        Was your period heavy before you started Depo?
        I know its late just discovered the site.. Anyway, I started Depo back in March 2013. I would bleed about every 60 days and then after about a year I only bleed when I needed the shot. I was due for my shot Nov 2015 and decided not to get it. My breast were super tender and my nipples were erect. I experienced bloating as well. I started my first period since my last depo injection yesterday ( 12/16/2015).. It seems to be pretty normal so far. I was wondering is there anyone whose cycle has returned to normal since their last injection?

      • I have only been on the depo injection since December 2020, so around 6 months now, I had a period for about 3 weeks straight at one point. I have now stopped it because I realised it wasn’t doing my body any good. Before I started the depo injection I was less than 7 stone, now I have stopped it I am 12 stone.

    • I know this is old post but were you pregnant I stopped deppo on 23 October had a mc on 27 October for 6 days now I think I’m pregnant sickness feel tired hot flushes bloated have to per all the time I’m not due my period till 8 days so to early to do a test but think I’m going mad all the sighs are there but don’t know it this it just the deppo

      • Hi I was wondering if u had any luck with whats going on with ur symptoms? I missed my shot in October and now two months later no period but weird cramping pregnancy symptoms feeling dizzy and nauseas and really tired no matter how much I sleep. Thought I might be preg but after reading online about this I think probably not. I don’t like this if I had known what the shot was going to do after stopping I would have just gone back on the pill. I was on the shot for four years and I’m scared I’m gonna feel like crap for the next year or so :/

    • Hi Ms. Claire,

      I know its been 9 years now since you posted this. Just wanted to know how soon is that when you said “conceived almost immediately?” You mean after 8 years of depo injection,then you stopped, after a month or two you did get pregnant immediately?
      Hope you can find time to answer my query.

      thanks.

      • Hi everyone,
        I was on depo for 6 years then I decided to get off and try a baby and I was pregnant immediately by the help of a lady who help women trying to get pregnant. Her advice was to boil aloe Vera plant and drink it for a month or so until I get pregnant together with her massaging my stomach as I gained weight from depo. And I did get pregnant after 1 month of her help. I am very blessed to have her as my guidance throughout the process. When I had my son i jumped on depo while I study and after 10 years of depo I just went off 5 months ago and now thinking of trying. Now I’m having bloated stomach and tiredness and all what everyone said here. I went hospital cause I had anxiety over my stomach bloated thinking it was from food poisoning but reading all your comments makes me feel better knowing I don’t have cancer or dieing. And makes me think back to how i got pregnant before. Now I will go back to the same lady for my healing so I can get pregnant. If anyone need advise just let me know. Lots of love and prayers from me to all women out there suffering from depo withdrawal symptoms.

  4. i was on the depo provera for almost 4 years and got off and since than i have been experincing migraines really bad and breast tenderness and i have been off of it for 2 months.

    • I have only took the depot one time and I just missed my shot a week ago.Iv been feeling sick and weak.with watery mouth.but mainly sick stomach.I dont kno if its from the depot shot or not but im worried of how long its gonna last.can anyone tell me if its from the depot or not.

      • I only took the shot once I’m having pregnant like symptoms my nipples are sore cramps but no period back hurts headaches hungry and bloating. I don’t know if I’m pregnat or these are side effects

      • Im having the same exact symptoms and its driving me nuts. I dont know how long to expect this to last.

      • Reading this has relieved my thoughts a little. I have been on the shot for 5 years. I stopped it 2 weeks ago and I have watery mouth stomach jitters and nausea. Afraid to take a pregnancy test but I have to.

      • I had 2 injections, and my last one was 5 weeks ago. It’s been at least that long since my last flow, as I seemed to have it more while on the shot than off. I, too, am experiencing pregnancy like symptoms: moodiness, cravings/some repulsion, bloating, headaches, backaches, cramping without bleeding, even dizziness and heightened sense of smell, but p-tests come back negative. Anybody else experiencing this?

      • the reason why you could think you are pregnant is because its normal to feel that way when coming off the depo

      • I came off my shot about two weeks ago and this week i have been having these symptoms. Im glad that other women have experienced this but im still worried. Im hoping it will go away soon and my life will return back to normal.

      • I also took the shot one time. Two days later I felt exactly like I was pregnant. My cervix feels swollen and sore. A very scary feeling

      • I only had 2 shots last one January 2015 period started back in June was regular until September I spotted for 2 days like literally a spot like the size of a nickel and this month no period at all breasts have been sore for 2 months..nauseous and more tired than I have ever been.. feeling really crappy every other day…negative pregnancy tests so I’m assuming it’s my body trying to recover from depo not really sure since I only had 2 shots

      • i am feeling the same and i went in fo two scans so far but no baby. the doctor told me yesteday that it might take up to 6 months for the depo to leave your system completely. well im on my knees. cant take the cramping and all anymore. i was on depo once only by the way

    • Crystal, I know you posted this a long time ago but I was wondering how long it took for the migraines to go away? I’m dizzy and have migraines like every two weeks. So tired of the nausea.

      • Hi ! I’ve been having the same symptoms! Just wondering if your still feeling the same I only had the shot once and a week before getting my 2nd dose I started feeling nauseous and having stomach cramps and now a month in I have horrible stomach cramping I get so bloated

      • I’m also wondering if the side effects I experienced from the first shot will be lessened if I get the second shot. I experienced anxiety, mood swings, depression. They have slowly gotten better. I am at the 3 month mark now and am leery about getting the second shot.

  5. I recently stopped taking the Depo injection after seven years. I am a very happy person, however I have been feeling depressed and tired. I am wondering if anyone else has had this experience. When I first started the shot, my periods immediately stopped. I was due for a shot four weeks ago and have already had a period! I am not upset about this – I am glad to have a period, but the feeling of being emotionally and physically depressed is difficult to deal with. I hope that it passes soon.

    • I’m having the same symptoms as Christine and Jazmine – starting to freak out about pregnancy -and gaining weight – full breasts, so sore and tender nipples! Yikes! I only took it for a year and a half

      • I’m having the same issues as you (Sarah), I did take 2 pregnancy tests a few weeks ago and both negative. Been on depo for about a year and half and was supposed to get another shot in March and now I’ve gained weight, had headaches, fatigue, just recently started bleeding again but the cramps that have come with it are the most awful ones I’ve ever had, my breasts and nips are always sore now and they’re fuller than before, and it’s just made me feel sick too… I’m really hoping all this stops soon because it’s pretty unbearable…

      • Im having the same problem as you Jesse and I did take pregnant tests and they both were negative and I still feel sick, the issues you having are like exactly mines and its been two weeks since I missed my shot and I hate feeling like this coz its like im pregnant wonder how long will I feel this awful.

      • I was on for 2 years and missed a shot. My doc said I would have to wait until my period came back on to get another. I am having hideous migraines, I am fatigued ALL the time, and even depressed! I have no reason to be sad at all. My life is fine. But I am constantly moody and sad. This sucks SO bad.

      • I chose to have the Depo shot as my birth control, but I gained massive amount of weight and was having mood swings along with very swollen breast. I switched to the pill, and this is my 3rd week on the pill. Everything is fine im loosing weight as well but my nipples seem to be very very sensitive to the point where I can’t touch them. Has anyone else gone through this lmk please.

      • I have had the same thing, did you ever lactate after stopping the shot? cause I am having the same symptoms and I am scared I am pregnant..

      • Im the same as sarah. Since stopping it iv put on weight, my breast can hardy be touched. Im not prego as iv taken a test. And still no bleeding. Im hoping it all passes soon as id like to full prego over the next few months.

      • I was on depo for 11 years. After stoping I have gained weight. My boobs are really sore, I can barely touch them. My nipple hurt as if I was pregnant. My boobs have also grown two cup sizes in the last 2 months. I have had severve cramps on and off. I’m eating very healthy and working out. I’m having alot of trouble trying to lose weight.

      • i see many people comment about the withdrawal symptoms of the birth control just wanted to know how long your symptoms lasted and whether you are pregnant? i have the same

    • My experience has been exactly the same.
      It’s good to know I’m not alone, as I was beginning to think I was a moody horrible person.

      • I was on the depo shot for a year, my last shot was in 2009. I’ve had all of those same ‘omg, I think I’m pregnant’ symptoms. They would sporadically kick in over about 3 years time, they did finally stop though. One of my other symptoms, which most women, who haven’t gone through what we here have, would think wonderful. It was almost 4 years after stopping depo before I started to get my periods back. Which you would think after that long, they would be the normal once a month however many days thing. Not the case with me. I would halfway start a period, spot for 2 days, nothing for a day, then have a light flow for maybe 2 or 3 days. As I write this now, I still have not returned to a normal menstruation cycle. I can’t correctly guess what part of the month it will be, because it could be at the end of the month, then the middle of the next, then be at the beginning of the month after I should have already started. I do not recommend taking the Depo Provera birth control shot. The side effects for during and most definitely afterwards are just not worth it. I feel for all of you out there going through the same things or even possibly worse symptoms. Just know that you are not alone, and we care. No one should have to go through these things when all we wanted to do, was to be responsible, and chose when we wanted children or not to have any(more) children.

      • I feel a bit relieved after reading this forum. I was on depo for 1 year and a half, and then pills for a month before I decided to stop everything in april. I didnt get any period until july 1st and the bleeding last for 3 months! It finally stopped and im getting light spots since yesterday instead of a normal period. On top of that I have been moody the whole time and my breasts and nipples are just extra sensitive. Luckily my weight didnt really change. Hopefully my body can adjust better in the future.

      • Had only one shot. Experienced everyday spotting, cramps, moodiness, tiredness, weakness, dizziness, trouble to focus and remember and it also lowered my sex drive. Off the market immediately!!

    • Feeling pregnant on Depo is completely normal unfortunately lol I only had ONE AND ONLY ONE SHOT and then I stopped immediately it’s been about 3 months now Ive been off of Depo I feel pregnant throwing up, senses are heightened, I keep peeing my pants uncontrollably and I keep taking pregnancy tests but they keep coming back negative I also can’t sleep on my left side which is the side that hurts the most. So I called a woman’s clinic I go there regularly but they don’t know my medical history and I told the lady my symptoms and she was just playing a guessing game she was like oh maybe you have a UTI and I was like no it doesn’t hurt or burn to pee and then she was like oh maybe you have a digestive problem. I’m like you have talked to me on the phone for maybe 5 minutes and you’re not my regular physician so how are you going to pull these random facts out of your ass then she was like oh lets get you on Provera to make your periods come back to normal let me talk to the doctor and call you back then 30 minutes later she calls back and she’s like yeah we aren’t going to put you on Provera it’s too soon for that now it’s like just shut up and let me help myself and let my body go back to it’s natural self and quit playing this guessing game because you aren’t my regular doctor because I don’t have one. I don’t know I still have a feeling I’m pregnant after being off Depo for 3 months we shall see. Sometimes you know your body better then doctors do especially if they don’t know you and only talked to you on the phone for five minutes good luck ladies!!!

      • I am having EXACTLY what are experiencing, peeing pants and pain in left side.And fatigue is unbelieveable. All this info out there about what depo does for a person but did they even test or study what impact it has from all angles?

      • the contraceptives are dangerous, and lets keep in mind these stuff are science made,it does prevent pregnancies but at the same time it kills us because i have the very same symptoms and trust me i would not recommend it to anyone.if you don’t want to fall pregnant just use condoms because we woman are exposed to a lot of contraceptives but we don’t really get the facts about the contraceptives.I feel abnormal and unhealthy because I used to have a normal period and now i have to bleed for like a month and feel sick,the symptoms we have shows that science can kill us,sometimes i worry if i will have complications with fertility because my body doesn’t function as it supposed to be.

      • I only took it once n i was moody n bleed all the three months n then after i have has two period on the same month n after 3 months after bein of it i havent gotten my regular period am worried i might be pregnant

      • Omgggg!!so i got my shot apr 17 and was supposed togo back jul 17 its now aug 30 and i didnt get the shot so im having all of my pre pms symptoms i normally would and have been racking my brain praying im not pregnant….how long does this last? I hope my period goes back to normal and not 2 and 3 weeks when i first got the shot.ughhh im glad im not alone ..currently i sleep all day eat all day (stomachs growling currently) i pee a whole lot and crying like im losing my mind . ..MAKE IT STOP lol its ridiculous just to be a responsible adult…

      • This is such a grate help I was on depot for a year suppose to go back to take the shot on December 2016 but I didn’t go because it had been a year an I wanted to see my period it is now march2017 I have yet to see my period my breast is super sore my left arm is always in pain and I am bloated fell very Pogo I was scared to take the test but now I guess it’s jus the side effects

      • i’ve been having the same issue lately! i only took depo once after having a miscarriage and i haven’t been able to get the shot due to this whole crisis. Anyways i haven’t had sex in the week i’ve been off the shot and i honestly feel pregnant, like i have really bad nausea, my sense of smell has increased, i’m constipated and extremely bloated, and i can’t find a comfortable position to lay on my sides! however, i’ve also been bleeding for the past week so idk but i’m really confused…

      • Have you been feeling better since november.?? It’s been 4 months for me I still haven’t bled. My cramps are excruciating and the pain in thee left side is true. It feels like pins and needles alot. Also I’m a smoker and this has cut me back almost entirely. The pain is so not worth it..

    • I have been off depo for 6 months after years of use. This is my 2nd experi encryption with severe depression and being tired. Have my children. .going to have a tubal ligation. Would not recommend getting depo.

      • Hi, im lisa im 23 & I’ve been on depo for some years now.. not bcus of having sex.. think thats why most females are on birth control rightt ?? But not me, my doctor recommended me to get on it bcus i would get sick a lot and miss lots of events in high school and having to leave school. As in vomiting, and get dizzy as if i would pass out. Never did i have stomach pains when i had periods. I just vomit throughout the day. Now that I’m taking depo I’ve been having lots of stomach pains, dizziness, vomiting worse then before. & i feeI very blotted.. and the pain goes from my stomach to my back and then cause my legs to ache i was wondering if the depo shot is causing this??? Would anyone have an answer !? Please help !

      • Have had multiple periods a month since stopping depo and getting a tubal.it makes your period heavier.

    • I have been on the depot for the last 2 years and intentionally missed my shot that was due the beginning of January 2015. When I started the depot in 2013 for the first 3 months I was spotting. After my 2nd injection, so about 4 and a half months after my 1st, my periods stopped altogether. Over the 2 years my sex drive has completely diminished and has seemed to have been replaced with an insane appetite and chronic fatigue. I intentionally stopped depot in order to decrease my appetite and hopefully get my sex drive back. It has been 3 weeks since I stopped and I have experienced tiny spurts of spotting (after sex), my mood has severely altered (Im grumpy most of the time, upset), and the chronic fatigue still strongly exists.

      • I was on the shot for 7 months, and now it have 6 months since i havent had the shot. it have been 3 months since ive been hhaving regular cycles. So it have been exacly 17 months off the shot. I heard it takes up to 18 months to get off the shot or longer. I would like to know when will i start to ovulate or get pregnant.

  6. I’m a teenager; I was on the shot for about two years, and I stopped about 4 months ago. Since then I have had awful anger flare-ups and mood swings to the point where my symptoms seem to resemble bi-polar disorder. My family and I have noticed that I never acted like that until I was no longer taking the shot. We came to the idea that with taking, and then stopping, the shot, hormones are completely out of whack, and it could cause serious changes in moods; including what I have been experiencing.

  7. I used Depo-Provera for almost three years. For months after my last injection I experienced SEVERE side effects including extreme breast tenderness and swelling, migraine headaches, weight gain of 20 lbs, constant neck and low back aches, moodiness, nausea, and a general feeling of not recognizing my own body. My period did not return until almost seven months after my last injection. I had no idea that these side effects had anything to do with my discontinued use of Depo until I found forums online with women experiencing many of the same symptoms. I am only just now, almost 8 months later feeling any kind of relief.

    • I was on the shot for about 12 years and decided to stop taking it. I missed my last shot that was due Jan 2nd and it’s been 4wks. I thought I was pregnant because I’ve been experiencing major nausea, dizziness, fatigue, 6 lb weight gain (while restricting my calorie intake and increasing my exercising routine), breast soreness and OMG -the nips are sooo sore/tender/sensitive! Major bloat (my pants don’t fit because i’ve added 3 inches to my waist). My friend says that I should be LOSING weight because of going off the Depot, but from reading these forums…it looks like the opposite is true for most.. I am so moody now too. Crying for little to no reason at all and I’m surprised at how sensitive I’ve become..I’m usually a very happy person, but in the last 2 weeks, I’ve become a depressed mess..with sore nips and a bloated belly! :/

      • Kimi I was on depo for about 8 years and since I have come off the bloating I experienced after 3 months was horrendous. After visiting the doc and blood test done, nothing showed up, so I took the first step for myself, I started taking a Mintec tablet twice a day, helped greatly with the bloating and cramping and then increased my fibre over a period of time, (Mintec helped within two days it was an 80% improvement). Today I still suffer a little but I watch what I eat and still take fibre supplements to get the balance. Hope you feel better.

      • This happened to me too! I was due a shot in December after being on it for 5 consecutive years and just got a glimpse of a period after almost 9 months of no activity. I literally went through menopause. Night sweats, tender nipples, sore to the touch breasts, hot flashes, weight gain (5-10 lbs) especially in the belly and depression. I started the depo 12 years ago and stopped at year 7 to make sure things still functioned. I got my period back within a month. This time not the same, as I age I react differently. I didn’t go on another BC to bring them back either time. Glad I came across this post. There really is no literature out there about what to expect!

    • This is my second month since I take the injection but I chanje my mind I would to have a baby so how should I stop that I lost contact with my doctor because I’m not feeling good with it my. Appetite chanje I lost weight always tired I can’t stand that.

    • I’m 4 months in and, I’m tired of it. I have all the same symptoms and barely sleep. The pain in my abdominal region is ridiculous. I just wanna feel normal.. how much longer did it take….: , (

      • Well ladies I’ve been on depo 7 years my hair had started to thin out, know it’s bald in the middle. I just took a shot this month April 1st I have not had a period in I don’t know how long. I will no longer be taking anymore shots period it’s harmful to the body. I just hope going back to my regular body I want do bad with the side effects I’m scared.

  8. I was on the Depo shot for only 6 months. I experienced a severe loss in my sex drive and just felt really blah. Whats the point of being on birthcontrol if your not having sex??? I decided to stop taking the injections and for the past 2 1/2 months I have had a peroid for 2 weeks then off for 2 weeks. I’m starting to get some of my sex drive back but cant wait til i am “normal” again!

    • Ive been on the Depo for 7 years, went straight on it after having my son – great not having periods. Went for my shot in Feb, the nurse said I had been on it too long & was I feeling ok. I broke down & said I had lost all interest in sex & didnt fancy anyone, not even my husband. I was eating loads & had been for years including binge eating which just made me feel worse, I was moody, short tempered & felt worthless. It appears I had the symptons for depression which along with eating & lack of sex drive were all part of the symptoms to the depo. She refused to give me the jab & a few weeks later I was fitted with an implant. As the weeks have gone by I now have sexual feelings back, I have lost weight, no longer comfort eat & actually feel normal again I feel the happiest in myself for years, no longer feeling like a zombie. Perhaps I had a bit of post natel depression to start with & over the years the Depo just made this worse, I dont know. Only had a light period which lasted for less than a day.
      So pleased to be in the land of the living

  9. i’ve been on the depo for 5 yrs and came off for about 5 months now and me and my hubby would like to have a baby but no period has returned yet,any one has suggestions on how to jump start my period again pls post.thanks

  10. I was on the depo shot for a little over a year and have been off of it for a month. I have been experiencing extreme breast tenderness including my nipples and lately iv been really nauseous. Not only that but I feel very moody as well, anything can make me angry to the point where i want to cry. I feel llike i have no control over my body. I took a pregnancy test yesterday and it said negative, but i am still concerned. Doctors should notify us of these possible after effects. They are horrible.

  11. Ok, I was on it for about 9 years with a few months break here and there. I’ve been off it now for 5 months and I have severe anxiety over things that normally wouldn’t be scary and I’m very very depressed for no reason. I feel like there’s no point to life anymore. My boobs hurt and I have no monthly visitor. I was really thinking I was schizophrenic until I googled Depo Withdrawls…If anyone has felt these things and then eventually felt better, please tell me because I can deal with it if I know there is an end in sight. Thanks! And any questions just message me on myspace. Click on my name to go to it

    • Hey Randi, I know it has been nearly 5 years since you posted here but I am currently going through this myself after stopping depo 8 weeks ago. I really would like to hear from you how u are now and did u recover/ how long did it take? I need some reassurance as I honestly have lost hope in ever being myself again.

      • Lisa,
        I was on depo for the good part of 7 years, last injection was September 2014. I just got my period a month and a half ago and then it has been coming every two weeks…. I feel like I’ve gained weight (no scale to check), my nipples were extremely sore for awhile, and I’m super tired all the time. I can’t say I’m dealing with depression but I love my job and I just started it in January so I think that helps a lot. I was just googling what happens when you stop depo and found this site. It’s actually been eye opening, I’m gonna continue following. I haven’t seen a doctor since (no health insurance, couldn’t afford it) and was just wondering how long this period every couple week thing will last. I don’t know if that helped, but I hope you feel better!

      • Hi Callie,
        Its been months now since I stopped the depo and I am feeling a little better in terms of anxiety issues I had, they still linger but the depo and withdrawal from it definitly caused/magnified it for me.
        I too had the 2 weeks periods for the first 2 months off it and now finally I think they are settled down to 23 days apart which still isnt great but is better. My advice to you on that is to keep a record of your periods as I always forgot how long apart they actually were.
        Its so interesting to hear other peoples experiences with depo and its withdrawal effects.

      • Lisa I feel the same way it’s been 4 months. I can barely handle it.. I’ve heard midol helps as well as ibuprofen. I’d ask a physician first just in case it could be something different. I was in the e.r for 11 hours and they couldn’t tell me anything. I’m 99% sure it’s depo causing this. Sleeping is horrible and gets harder… if anyone has any more info on how long it lasts please help me out. I need the reassurance.

      • Hey Lisa its Lucy I too am experiencing the same symptoms,I get anxiety to where I have adrenaline pumps and it feels scary like my hearts going to jump out my chest. I currently have been eating more greens and proteins, and trying my best to include exercises daily. All I can think about is when is the next anxiety episode.

  12. i came off the injection 7 months to try for baby and have not had any joy, my periods still havnt returned and have just had blood tests cause the nurse thinks the injection has sum how messed up my cycle and i am not producing oestrogen due to the deppo, my sex drive has only just returened and i have put on alot of weight, glad now to see the back of the deppo

  13. just replying to a few things, as my wife was on depo for 7 years and now off because her age nearing 40 and as she was on it for so long might cause oestriposis ( if spelt right) plus we want more, but since being off depo her periods are back and lost a bit of weight, sex is the same but the last 3 months she has gone a bit wierd, asking if i love her, if she has done something wrong? ….where as there is no need to ask these questions.

    But brave as i was tonight i tried getting answers, reply was….anxiety, does not want to go out, crying all the time.

    when our life is great, ok i went through depression a long time ago and with my work i can see signs, and obviously the signs are there with my wife, i thought it might be the change ( as you ladies call it ) but i checked it up and no effects like she has.

    Thinks i am blanking her out all the time, ( NOT ) she sits in another room when me and daughter are watching tv? ……ask her to come in and says be there in 5 mins……..this is after being off depo for 3 months….grrrr as a husband it is worrying as my wife has changed, as i was in depression at a stage in my life i can see she is going through the stage, luckily i can se the signs that no-one sees outside the house, it is a bad thing.

    doctors give you tabs, make you brainwashed, and addicted..i took 2 and still got them and gave 2 to the wife to chill, in bed and hope be better when wake up, as this injection does not say what it effects….i.e

    after taking it………………as a husband who loves his wife appreciate you lot for the site to show concern

    • This sounds just like me. I was on the depo for 10years every 5 years I came off it for a year to try to keep my body circle normal somewhat. The first year I came off it, I was such a emotional reck, I would cry over the smallest of thing, I would go to work and and even cry over things I would normally brush off. I had thoughts that no one wanted me and I was worthless. And on top of that it took 6 months for me to have a period, but every month I would have stabbing pain, my back would cripple up and my breast felt like they were going to burst. I turned very needy and seeked comfort. Continuely going to the doctors and they marked it as depression. Worst year every, but soon that year was up and I went back on the depo, within the month I was back to my old self. I continues doing to the doctors for regular check up with the depression (I didnt feel depressed any more) I decided to see a different doctor for a second option, I went through all my symptoms through that terrible year ( lucky for me I wrote everything down ) the doctor confirmed I didnt have depression but however my body was trying to get everything back on track, as when I was on the depo I had no mood swings, no monthly circle no pains, nothing and when I came off it, it was basically 5 years squashed and squeezed in to a year. I have been off the depo now for 1 year and 1 month. The first 8 months was just like that first year I was off it before, but now my pain, neediest, crying and bad moods and right where they should be right before and after my circle, and have been that way for 4 months. So I am slowly getting back to normal. I am just so lucky that my partner has managed to stick my me though all the hell I put him through with my emotional changes, he has been a rock for me. I am staying away from any form of contraception (except condoms) for at least another year, but dont think I will go back on the depo again.

      • i have been on depo for 19 year and have just found out that i have osteopenia i have to see a bone specialist does anyone else have this i think bone specialist will ask me to stop the depo not looking forward to coming of depo

  14. Well I took the injection twice and stopped it as I had no sex drive, my hair did not grow and I gained weight. Istopped in the May and did not menstruate until the December and this was accompanied by awful migraines. I have felt depressed and moody and I can relate to Paul’s wife and her symptoms. I believe the hormones are up and down causing all sorts of depressed symptoms. I have suffered depression before and I am not terribly depressed (yet) but feel myself slipping and am exercising, doing all sorts to keep myself ‘up’…. I feel like my husband is treating me differently but I can also rationalise it and see that it is probably my stuff not his…

    I think the injection should be banned…

  15. I also have had really bad experiences with the depo injection. I started taking depo, not for contreceptive purposes but to combat pmt and the moods I felt at this time of the month. My doctor told me that if my periods stopped so too would the hormonal imbalance that caused the moods. My moods did level out and I no longer had sore breasts, stomach pains or periods. This all seemed great until I started to gain weight. I went from a size 10 to 14. I excersise vertually every day and have joined a slimming club but weight loss is very slow, despite sticking rigidly to the diet. I also noticed that my hair stopped growing. Again this is a plus when its leg hair etc. Since stopping depot in Sept 2009 I still have had no sign of a period and my weight is still coming of very slowly, half pound per week.

    I am annoyed that I was not told about the damage that could be caused to my bones espfecially as I was 40 when first starting the depo. The fat that came on my body was around my stomach and back. Has anyone else suffered from this problem and does the weight come off eventually? I actually wondered if the injections had made my body believe it was going through the menopause as it stopped my periods. I would love some answers.

    • I’ve been on Depo for about 13 years with a six month break, I should have had my shot November 29th 2014 , but decided to come off it , I have gained weight , feel very low(yet I am always upbeat and happy? My boobs are so sore , I too have a big tummy now and fat on my back? I used to be a healthy size 12 but now am a horrible size 16/18? Its been 7 months and I still have had no peroid , but cramps and awful mood swings!!! I hope you are feeling better but had to reply as I feel the same way!

      • Hi there I had this horrible jab for 5 and a half yrs. I stopped in may as I was experiencing joint aches out the blue and I’ve been a professional dancer so I’m reasonably agile and fit. Anyway since stopping I’ve had severe fatigue, bad breast tenderness aching joints bad. And feeling as if I’m pregnant plus still no period I was a size 10-12 but I’m gaining weight and hardly eating what I consumed before. Does anyone know of any professional that has helped them with these symptoms post depo. It is literally wrecking my quality of life. I know there are lots of you in the same boat out there and I’m currently doing a psychology degree. I’m thinking of conducting some research regarding the untold experiences of depo provera withdrawal/ after effects. If any of you would like to take part in a questionnaire and short skype interview. Let me know as i would like to draw attention to our issues.

      • :'( OMG I’m so happy I found this site! I thought I was going crazy. I was on Depo for three years. I got off in July of 2014. Immediately my body went haywire. Rapid weight gain, chronic migraines, fatigue, loss in appetite. I had every test done possible. Even went to a therapist! Just in the past two months the symptoms have gotten worse! I thought I was pregnant, sore breast, dizziness, nauseous, even more weight gain. My stomach is huge! I look 3 or 4 months pregnant. I go spinning and do crossfit everyday. While my body is toning I am still extremely bloated. I took 5 quantative blood test that were <1 so I know I'm not pregnant. And the mood swings!!! All of my interpersonal relationships are ruined! It's been 9 months and still no period! And no lessening of symptoms! Jesus help me 🙁

    • I’m sorry for everything you’ve struggled with because of this birth control. I can relate to most of it. I’m pretty sure what it does is make you think you’re pregnant and gives you all the symptoms with it too. That’s why we gain weight, have sore boob s, eat a lot or are nauseous etc., and that’s also why we don’t get our periods. It’s stops us from ovulating.

  16. I just stopped about a month ago after taking the depo shot for a year and a half while being on it i completely lost my period and went from a size 9 to 17 and no matter what i did i couldn’t lose weight now i have had headaches,cramps, nausea,lower back pain,the week after my missed shot i had a very light period and the blood was brown not red or pink but i have lost 13 pounds since i’ve been off and like some others i didn’t know about the risks i recently found that if you have a history of depression you should not be on it and i’ve been through that well i got it from my mom and her from her dad its weird i dont think depo should b an option

  17. i have been on the depo injection on and off for 10 years, i was on it constant for 6 years and stopped and my period came back about a month later but lasted for 3 weeks so i went straight back on the injection so my period would stop. it did and i was on it again for about a year and a half and came off it 1 year ago. since then i have still had no periods, and have put on 14 lbs in this last year (i put weight on when on the injection but not as quickly as that). i feel bloated, tired, have mood swings and recently have sore breasts, headache, nausea and dull tummy ache constantly. am really not sure what to do now

  18. I am 17 and was on depo for a year and a half because my parents forced it upon me I have been off it for almost 2 months and the weight I gained while on it (23 pounds) has remained there I walk 2 miles almost everyday! I have a boyfriend of 2 years and he points out how I have changed emotionally and I seem depressed I have a crippling mirgraine for a week now and my calfs are “twitchy” upon telling my doctor she said hmmm yeah that’ll happen why didn’t she tell me that before! Further more me and my boyfriend (as hard as this is to believe to most) don’t have sex yet I have pregnacy symptoms. Me and him DO NOT have sex because of the risks involved and our faith is very strong so how do I feel this way?

    • When did your migraine go. I’ve been off depo last injection was Oct 2017 and I’ve had a migraine for 3 months continuous

  19. Im sure what im experiencing is withdrawal from depo provera, I had been on it for 1yr and decided to give my body a rest as Ive done on and off over last ten years of using this drug and have never had any withdrawl symptoms before, I was due for my shot feb 1st 2010 and didnt have it, nine days later I had problems getting to sleep and staying asleep and I started to have bad continuous cramping in pelvic area felt like someone squeezing hell out of my uterus!, 5 days later sore nipples and more cramping that didnt stop with lower back pain, became sensitive to food smells and almost heave from time to time thought I was pregnant but wasn’t,

    All these symptoms have contiued but they took a turn for the worst about 25th march when I started to lose my appetite and found myself feeling very nervous to the point of feeling a bit panicky and have become very insecure especially in my relationship, it escalated last friday after such little sleep I couldnt even go to work as I was so tired and felt terribly depressed, anxious and insecure, so i went to see doctor and she did not feel that they were withdrawal symptoms from depo since I had just finished my first period after coming off depo as she believed it would be out of my system by now, she said I have sleep deprivation anxiety and that its a number of things that brings her to that conclusion such as my having noisy neighbors resulting in lack of sleep and long days at work and relationship problems.

    After reading forums after forums on the subject in the first 2wks of withdrawal symptoms from this evil drug, I was convinced that this is what i was experiencing and couldnt stand it any longer and stupidly I demanded the doctor to put me back on it which she did that day all because I had read in a forum that a women who couldnt handle it went back on it and the problems stopped and she felt back to normal, however my doctor was adamant she was right and prescribed me Lorazipam for anxiety and sleeping tablets, I had been trying natural methods but couldn’t wait for herbal stuff to work, however I am using L-Theanine 150mg it is good for panic attacks and is non drowsy and works within 30mins I thought it wasnt working for me but I wasnt taking the correct dose for the level of anxiety i was suffering so I got my first noticeable level of relief after correcting the dose.

    I have been taking doctors meds for 3days and anxiety has settled and more bearable but depression hasn’t lifted yet, Can anyone tell me if it would have been better for me to switch immediately to the pill when I came off depo and if so why? Im so desperate for answers so please can anyone help, I dont want to have next shot if I can transfer to something else that will have far less withdrawal symptoms.

    If anyone can please help me with sound advice please email my address is: lhill@orcon.net.nz

    • Hi, I’m not sure how old this post is, But I’ve come of the deop twice, first time I experienced similar symptoms to yourself, very sore hard nipples, anxiety, trouble sleeping. So I went back on, But my mood swings and depression didn’t get any better, so I decided the only way was to ride out the withdrawal symptoms and try a non hormonal contraceptive. After learning about hormones and receptors in my degree recently, It has really come to light that the body’s hormone communication system is a very delicate complex thing and we shouldn’t mess with it! so I had a 5 year copper coil inserted nearly 4 weeks ago, (non hormonal and still the same level of protection as the depo) and so far so good, no horrible symptoms. My doctor says even though the depo drug isn’t effective as a contraceptive anymore It will stay in your body for up to another 4 months (which is why you may have had these symptoms even when your doctor said your depo wasn’t active anymore) which is a bad thing for withdrawal, but a good thing for depo to coil transition as periods can be painful and heavy in the first 3 months, the remnants of the depo help subdue these effects. So yeah my advice is get of the hormones! get on the coil! the symptoms will stop soon when your body sorts its system back out! I hope this helps x

      • Well now let me just say every woman is different. I have had the exact opposite order of symptoms compared to most women here. I had the terrible anxiety and panic attacks and palpitations while on Depro. And am feeling no anxiety since I stopped Depro 8 weeks ago. On the day I was due my last Depro shot I was fitted with 5 year copper coil. I have never been phased by Pap smear exams so wasn’t phased by coil insertion…until it turned out to be agony! And the agony continued for hours after fitting and subdued to slightly less agonising for another week. Then there’s the bleeding. 8 weeks and counting. Not spotting but bleeding. My coil has been checked and is fine. The gynaecologist says the bleeding is likely my body’s response to hormonal changes having come off Depro. Not every woman will experience delays to her period returning. Some, like me, will experience delays to her period stopping!! Having said that, I’m going to give the coil another 6 weeks and see my GP for other solutions if the bleeding doesn’t stop soon. But apperntly it can take a while for the menstruation cycle hormones to get back to their natural rhythm after stopping Depro. Although my coil insertion was really unpleasant I have to say it will be different for every woman but you should be aware that for some it is not pleasant. I already dread the idea of having it changed in 5 years. Then again some women barely feel a thing. Anything is better than being on hormone based methods that mess our bodies up.

  20. I was on the injection for 6 months only. My sex drive disappeared while on it and I had skin break outs while my body adjusted. I also picked up weight and this was why I stopped it. I had my period which was when I was due for my next shot (which I didn’t go for) I then had a week of horrible moods, tiredness and general apathy. And then came on again. And then another week of listlessness and have come on AGAIN a week later. At least my mood is improving slowly, but I’m hoping that my periods stop at some stage!

  21. I was on the shot for six months and decided to stop because of a slight weight gain and depression. I’ve been off of it for a week now and I already am regretting ever taking it. I’ve been an emotional wreck, suffered from massive migraines, nausea, moodiness and anxiety. I’ve already taken a pregnancy test and it came out negative. However I have a doctors appointment next tuesday and I’m going to let her know all of my concerns. I wish I would have been privy to all of this withdrawal information before beginning this “hell shot”

  22. I took the shot once to prepare me for the Essure procedure. It’s been 5 months since I had it and I feel horrible. I have nausea, digestive problems, anxiety, moodiness, exhaustion, depression, moments of crying for no reason, huge weight gain, sore breasts and still no period. It’s ridiculous. I’m so angry that no medical person acknowledges these withdrawal symptoms. I wish this info would be included in the information that is given out when the shot is given. At least then we could be prepared for the withdrawal. I thought I was going crazy and I was ready to see a psychiatrist because I thought I was going nuts. Thank goodness I found so many web sites that can reassure me that this is normal and I’m not a psychotic person. People need to be warned!

    • Jenny, if that information was given out about the withdrawal symptoms, it would have been nice, then I would not have taken this damn shot 🙁 I’m living in Hell right now too.

      • I had a bad experience with depo provera and I m still on it I m not gonna take please can somebody help me I had depression shortness of breath pain I don’t know what to do I just have 9 month with it April 28 it’s gonna be my last .. my phone number is 857-891-1577

  23. I have only not had my shot for 2 weeks and I am having abdominal cramping that is more like poop cramps and nausea, headaches. back aches and sweating. I am also spotting. This has been horrible and has happen 2 times waking up feeling like this in a 2 week period. I hate the depo never again!

  24. I am 36 years old. I was on Depo for 13 years STRAIGHT…never missed an injection. During this time I lossed my labido but still gave it up to my hubby. I didn’t really enjoy sex, but the thought of it seemed…normal?

    I quit the injections, and had my 1st period about six months later. Soon after I found myself longing to have sex…MY LABIDO’s BACK! LOVE IT!

    It has now been 2.5 years since my last injection. Labido is GREAT (too much maybe), I still have No periods…possibly menopause? And I am back to my nromal weight of 119 (vs 154). Life is great…unless I want to have children again!

    DEPO is like tying the tubes! maybe even more strict! If you WANT kids DON’T TAKE DEPO!

    I’ve been having HOT flashes! Not hot sweats…HOT FLASHES! Very much different (I know cause I’ve had BOTH)…

    Hot sweats are mild: A little warm…kick the blankets off for a minute, then put them back 😉

    Hot flashes: My forheads on FIRE, my feet feel like LAVA, and I itch…slapping myself and irritable to anything that touches me in my sleep…GET THE HELL off me! Then 2 minutes later FREEZING!

    A ridiculous trick to play on us lasies!

    • OMG!!!!! I’ve been on and off it for 20+ years and never had any withdrawal symptoms until I missed this last one. I thought I was going through menopause because the hot flashes were so intense! And then I was freezing, which is normal for me but I felt like I had a weird menopausal flu. I finally got my shot today and my symptoms abated within hours. I have no idea if the shot is preventing me from going through menopause or if it’s withdrawal because there’s NOTHING out there. I’m 42 so it wouldn’t be out of the question and I’m not sexually active, or ever been pregnant so have no idea if my symptoms are similar to that either. So glad to see someone else say they had hot flashes too. I was going to ask my doctor or try one of those OTC all natural menopause relief pills like Estroven to see if that helped. Not planning on going off it anytime soon and I know.these are old posts, but did anyone find relief from hot flashes somehow? How long did they last after going off the shot?

  25. I have been on depo since 1990 – which means 20 years and around 80 injections in all. I am 37 and have been on depo longer than I haven’t!!

    I have tried to come off it twice before and always bled continously so resorted to going back on it. I am off it 8 weeks just now and I have breast tenderness, more or less constant nausea, stomach cramps and bloating, headaches, anxiety and a general feeling of being ‘uncomfortable in my own skin’.]

    I had regular bone scans (dexa scans) every 5 years while I was on depo and they always came back ok so doctors continued to agree it was ok for me to get depo for such a long time. I have a medical condition where I cannot take the pill due to clotting risk and depo seemed like the right contraception for me but in the past 5 years I noticably have had a reduced immune system, depression and anxiety and numerous yeast infections that required anti-fungal medicine for 3 months at a time, I experienced vaginal dryness along with this. I have had some hormone tests done and been told by gnaecologists that the use of depo has affected my fertility and I was advised to come off it. I have been to my own doctor twice regarding the pains and sickness I have felt since discontinuing depo and he said that depo does not cause withdrawal symptoms ‘absolutely not’ he says. What does he know – he is just a man, a man who has not had a synthetic hormone injected into his bum for 20years. Inject anything into yourself for 20years and there is bound to be serious withdrawals when stopping it!! It makes me angry that there is complete ignorance from medical and health care professionals about discontinuing this injection especially after prolonged usage. Doctors need to know more about this ‘injection of insanity’ and what it does to you in the long run.

    I would agree that this shot should be banned and urge anyone considering getting it to think again very carefully! It 100% does mess up your body and mind.

  26. I had about 4 shots of depo and my experience since i was on it and now off it has not changed, it has been bad I HATE THIS SHOT, first 2 shots were terrible my period was 3 months long the first shot and about two months long the next shot, headaches non stop fatigue, i would feel weak, i get dizzy, my wrist started to hurt like if it was going to go out, i couldnt even hold my daughter for to long because i was scared of dropping her, i gained about 10 pounds my breast hurt, i have terrible mood swings now, i have heart palpitation which i never had until this shot like shortness of breath it feel likes, one big is that i cant sleep i have never had a problem sleeping i cant sleep and when i do fall asleep i cant stay asleep, i have hot flashes, so many to mention i cant keep up with it anymore i also noticed i am having bad memory which shouldnt be happening i am a 23 yr old in good health and bad memory plus wrist hurting and all the other bs this shot has brought to me i blame it on this shot all of it!! just talking about it and it gets me so mad that the doctors dont tell you before they inject this poison in your body ,

  27. i have been bleeding for six months and could rip somebodies head off..DO NOT GET THE SHOT ITS WORSE THAN BEING PREGNANT..

      • i hope things have gotten better for you Tamara. I know how you feel. Im so glad to know I’m not alone with this crap. Although it sure feels like it. I wasn’t certain where all this was coming from til my breast starting getting sore and I haven’t had a period. Im so emotional.Its been hard on relationships. Im freakin nuts! I cry just about everyday about something. Im tired, no energy. My breasts are tender fuller. I just feel like crap!! Its mostly this depression that is getting to me though. I get so low at times. I just want all this to go away.

      • hi guys how are you guys holding up? i just got off of it and now I’m kind of scared, this shot gave me anxiety. I have NEVER had anxiety in my life until i took this shot.

    • How long did you take the shot for? I had only one dose June 17th, started heavy heavy bleeding August 1st and haven’t stopped. I shed my uterine lining and ended up in the hospital getting blood transfusions after passing out. This drug is a toxic poison and needs to be banned!!!! Why isn’t there a class action lawsuit we can file that’s for the bleeding and not just bone loss? We should start one. It’s only been 2 months for me but I am basically crippled with cramps, bleeding and anemia where it hurts my legs to walk upstairs. Help!!!!!!

    • When did the bleeding stop? I’ve been bleeding for 4 months now and I’m at my wits end, I had an accident in public which was horrible but I had dark trousers on thank God. I’ve never soiled myself ever.

  28. I was getting the shot monthly because it was the only thing that would alleve my chronic pelvic pain but it wore off after one month so I would have to get it again. I went from a size 10 to a size 14 also, and the weight is in rolls around my belly and back. My pain finally was mild enough that I have gone 3 months without the shot. I keep trying to get a period but nothing a liner can’t handle so far and only like once at a time, not steady. But now my breasts feel like they do when you are pregnant and I am naseaus. I feel like crap but I have to get off that shot because I feel like it is the reason I suddenly got a torn rotator cuff simply from getting a flu shot. That’s just my opinion but it’s wierd, right?

  29. I was supposed to receive my last depo shot in December 2010 but I decided against it. Initially I was on it for 2 years and then I took a 5 year break. I got back on the shot for 3 months and felt like I was going crazy. I stayed hot, nauseous, dizzy, weak and the list goes on. After stopping the shot I’ve had continual cramping and bloating. Seems like I can’t wear some of my jeans because they are too tight around my waist. I’ve been extra moody and it takes nothing to make me cry. I throw pity parties for myself all the time. Every other day my period is on..bright red and it’s not enough to leak on a pad but it is there when I wipe. Almost like a tease. I really hope these symptoms go away in time and I would not reccommend the shot to anyone.

  30. I can’t believe how blindly people trust all this stuff that hasn’t even being tested & the long term repercussions. don’t you realize you’re being used as guinea pigs for Big Pharma? Wake up! Your being led like sheep to a slaughtr!

    • this shot was tested for over 40 years in Europe and was developed BEFORE the “Pill” was…this has been around since before the 1960’s…i call that a lot of testing before it was approved in 1992 in the US.

  31. I had been out of injection for 7 months and i still don’t have my period. I had a lot of terrible migraines after having the last shot. I only had it for 6 months. I am experiencing pain on my breast right now which is really not good since I am a breastfeeding mom. I had been having low back pain and i get tired easily. I just hope right now this stops.

  32. Omg I thought I was tripping. I have been on depo for a year and stoppen in jan. My breats constantly hurt, I put on weight, have hot flashes, and sleeping problems. I pray evryday my cylce returns and stop playing with me. I only spot lightly.

  33. i had 2 injections, the first i had problems with, spotted near enough everyday. The second jab stopped this but 2 weeks before my 3rd injection i started bleeding alot, started feeling neausia light headed and even lost alot of weight. So decided to come off the injection. I bled for 3 weeks during that time but since then i have had nothing, not even a natural period or spotting. My last injection was october 2010. I still am feelin ill and tired with little energy. I had sti checks done and they were all clear, they even did a smear test which also came back clear. Im 18 and feel i made a big mistake going on the injection….i wouldnt recommend it as i fear it has messed with my body too much, with the freight of not knowing when my body will go back to ‘normal’

  34. Okay so I thought I was crazy….I have all of these symptoms but have been off of the depo for about a year and a half….I have been going to the doctor and no one has any answers…The only thing that comes up is that my prolactin level is high….however I’m not pregnant(urine and blood test are both negative) I have terrrible nausea, migraine headaches, mood swings from out of this world….my poor boyfriend is doing his best to deal with me but I’m a monster! I was on depo on and off for about 7 years….then I was off of it for about 4 years…then decided to try it again took two shots which was probably one of the worst mistakes ever! I gained 30 pounds in about 4 months and had all of the symptoms of pregnancy without being pregnant…To anyone who is thinking about taking this shot I would tell your doctor that they’re crazy! Don’t take this shot it’s has nothing but negative side effects!

    • I did the exact same thing. Do the symptoms ever go away? I have been feeling like total poo poo for over a year now!! :'(

  35. I was on the depo shot for about 4.5 years. I lost my period at first, which was a fantastic thing. I’m anaemic, almost to the point where I could have been hospitalized, so not having to bleed once a month helped me out a lot. I actually lost 30 lbs while on it, not because of the medicine, but through eating right and going to the gym. “Weight Gain” is caused by change of appetite from the medicine – if you watch what you eat, you wont put on the pounds.

    I decided against taking the shot after a random hormonal fit I had beginning of February round about the time I was due. Don’t know what the issue was, it was like a bad fit of PMS, but my boyfriend and I decided I should start working on a regular cycle for the sake of my hormones and child planning in the future. Since I’ve been off it I’ve had depression/mood swings, slight breast tenderness, and dark spotting. My only serious complaint is the depression and I’m wondering if I can seek some medical help to stabilize my mood for the time being.

    But in my humble opinion, depo is not an “evil drug” and honestly if you ladies are angry at your health care providers, I cannot help but hold you slightly accountable as well. There are infinite resources on drugs and their side effects and you should ALWAYS get a second opinion if you don’t have access to these resources. ASK about side effects, ASK about dependency, ASK about fertility. But bottom line, anything you put in your body will have side effects and possible withdraws – Caffeine doesn’t carry a warning label for dependency nor does Mcdonald’s carry a warning label for indigestion.

    Depo isn’t the only prescription with negative side effects nor is it the Devil Spawn to the pharmaceutical market as illustrated in the above posts.

    • Lea, my opinion differs from yours slightly. Most women research what’s medication / contraception is best for their needs, and are aware of the side effects of said choice while on it. However, I doubt many women here were told by doctors, or had available to read in medical journals, the side effects of stopping depo provera. I liken it to a drug from a pharmaceutical company that will list any, and all, side effects of the drug INCLUDING disclaimers such as “prolonged use may be addictive”. The companies manufacturing depo are NOT including the post usage disclaimers, so women are not aware.

    • Lol Lia you’re amazing.
      I went on the shot when I was 18 and I’m now 24.. the only side effect I experienced was no period, and in my opinion that was a wonderful thing not to have to worry about. I had no weight gain, no acne, no moodiness, nothing. It was honestly great. I have now been off the shot for over a month (Thinking of having a kid with my love in the future and I know it can take a while to get “back no normal”) and the only thing that’s noticeably different so far is that my boobs are tender when I run. Honestly, I’m shocked at all these terrible experiences people are having because me and both my sisters made out just fine with it… Much love and healthy lives to all of you ladies out there <3

  36. I had two shots of depo and decided not to continue becasue of the side effects (mood swings, spotting, rash, anxiety) and because, strange as it sounds, I miss my cycle. I was due to have my third shot about a week or so ago and I feel so awful! My symptoms include horrible abdominal cramps, bloating, gas, chest pains, depression, back aches and acid reflux.

    And I have also had this strange obsession with my heath this last week, like every new symptom is cancer or something. My husband’s friend has lymphoma, and I spent a whole day convinced that that was what was wrong for me. Then yesterday I decided that it must be colon cancer. I just can’t shake this feeling of doom and gloom, and I think that bothers me more than the physical side effects, because most of those can be controlled (ibuprofen for the spotting and cramps, light exercise also helps.). Thank goodness for the internet or I never would have known that other women have experienced strange symptoms after stopping depo. I can’t wait to feel normal again and am hoping that since I was only on the shot for 6 months these withdrawal symptoms will go away soon! Hopefully this helps others who may be having bizarre symptoms and think that they are going crazy!

  37. Yes i recently quit taking the depo shot I have been on it for about a year, i was due to get a shot March 22nd but i didnt, These past few days i have felt very shakey, dizzy, nauseas, weak/tired, hot flashes, i cant sleep or at least stay asleep. My throat feels “swollen” should i say. I pretty much dont feel like myself and its scary and really sucks, i wanna knw how long these symptoms will last cause its effecting my daily living. If i would of knwn about these syptoms i would of stuck with some other contraceptive. I would not suggest using the depo to any one, it is HORRIBLE. And all u can do is suffer through the horrible death like symptoms =( until they go away and thats IF they completely go away?! Answers please!

  38. I have taken 4 depo shots and decided the last one was on 18 Jan.2011

    I never stopped bleeding, and I told my Doc. about it and he said that it was common and I should continue to get the shots and eventually the bleeding would stop. That is not true for some. I have been so depressed, no sex because of the bleeding everyday, and sadness.

    I was due a shot this week and NO WAY am I doing that. I woke up this morning to heavy bleeding and I am wondering how long this is going to last.

    Judy

  39. I am experiencing those very symptoms after being off depo for 4 months after 6 1/2 years. I liked depo because it was a reliable source for birth control, and I did not have my period. (What woman likes to bleed every month?) I actually just got through with a series of pregnancy tests which were all negitive, due to the symptoms, sore breasts, nausea and gas (burping and indigestion), fatigue, loss of appetite, very light and short brownish spotting and discharge, followed by a yeast infection, that seemed to disappear on it’s own. Due to these side effects, i will defiantly not be returning to the use of depo. It is obviously not right to the body, I never had symptoms this bad when i was pregnant!!! Or PMSing for that matter. Not sure where to go from here for birth control, but I will be doing my research!

  40. I’ve been on the shot for over a year now and was suppose to get my injection last week but I’ve decided to stop all my meds. I’ve been on anti depressents for awhile and have just started to feel more and more anxious and not feeling like myself over the year. I’ve also had a lot of abdominal pain and had my gall bladder removed a year ago. Since I’ve stopped I feel so much better! I feel more like myself and I’m happier. It’s been two weeks since I’ve been off my meds. Just the past couple of days though my breats have been super sore and I’ve never had that problem before on or off the shot so that worries me a bit. Everybody is different though, so no two people will have the same effects and I feel that doctors prescrible meds without knowing the “whole” story just what they get from you in like five minutes. It helps to do your own reseach sometimes.

  41. I Googled “symptoms for getting off Depo” because I was experiencing these very exact symptoms. I was on the Depo for a little over a year and just stopped a month and a half ago. I basically have pregnancy symptoms…feeling bloated..soreness of the breasts..moody..emotional.. I took a pregnancy test to confirm that I wasn’t and I figured I couldn’t be cause I’m sure the medication is still in my system but.. these symptoms are horrible. I guess its the hormones trying to level back to normal.. I still havent gotten my period..not complaining.. just hoping that the breast tenderness and mood swings go away ASAP.. won’t be getting back on the shot.. that’s for sure.

  42. I was on depo for about 2 1/2 years. The first 2 years were fine, I had just stopped having a monthly cycle, which was a plus. However, about 5 months ago I had started having a lot of pregnancy symptoms: fatigue, nausea, headaches and weight gain. After researching the long term effects of birth control I had decided not to take my next shot. I talked to my physician, and due to my other health issues (not related to depo) it was best for me not to get another shot. So it’s been five months and the pregnancy symptoms haven’t stopped. I’ve had numerous pregnancy tests that all turned up negative, and now recently I’m urinating more often and my breasts have started growing and feeling sore. Since I’m not trying to get pregnant, feeling like I am is frustrating. I guess my hormones haven’t gotten back to normal yet.

  43. (sorry, I hit submit before I was finished) I still haven’t had my cycle return, I burp all the time, and my chest feels so heavy its hard to breathe sometimes, especially from my breasts and nipples bothering me all the time. I just wish there was something I could take to get back to normal, because waiting for it to get out of my system isn’t working.

  44. I have been on the depo injection now for 12 years, I am 33 – the only break I had was for 6 months when it was recommended I take a rest due to the issues surrounding bone density and I got the implant for 6 months – Didn’t like it so returned to the depo (liked the convenience of not having a period and it seemed to be a solid form for birth control).

    Decided not to go for my injection in Dec 2010 as considering starting a family – My period returned at the start of April 2011 however for the last 3 months my breasts and nipples have been extremely tender and I’m sure they’ve got bigger – put some weight on, particularly round my tummy but not sure if this is linked to the depo (gone from size 10 to size 12) – to be honest think I just need to start eating better and cut out the rubbish.

    Can’t say I had any issues with sex drive whilst on the depo and did enjoy being on it – actually bit scary being back off it and got bit freaked when my period returned.

    Just now need to see if I’m fully back to normal or if it’s still going to be in my system for a while.

  45. I was on the depo injection for around 6 years and on the whole was really happy with it, completely reliable and no periods. I came off it as I thought it would be good to have a break and wanted to flush it out of my system before I started trying for a baby as knew it could take a while to come out.

    Just like everyone else who has replied I have had horrible symptoms since stopping it. I stopped in June and got the implant as it’s the lowest dose of hormone you can take whilst reliable. By September I was suddenly suffering from constant pms type symptoms after 6years with nothing, but as it was only a bit of stomach cramping and slightly swelling breast it wasnt too bad. By christmas my boobs were huge and often so sore I could hardly put a bra on and the movement of even just walking really hurt. In January I got my period back and it was just light and lasted a few days so not so bad, thing is it’s hardly stopped since then, on for a few days/week off for a couple of weeks, on again. It’s not heavy but annoying, like the pms symptoms.

    A member of my family died a year ago so I’ve had a very hard year and so dont feel I can be objective on the mood swings and depression as I think I’d have these with or without it. Also I recognise that the implant is reported to cause some of these symptoms so maybe that’s making it worse, but I had the implant from june-september without any of this so I think it is from when the injections wore off rather than the implant.

    Anyway really I just want to know if anyone has been off depo for long enough that these symptoms have gone away? or found another contraceptive which covers them up and evens out your hormones?

    Thanks

  46. Hi

    Thanks for the posts. I have had a feeling that there would be issues when I come off the depo but when I asked the nurse, she said to take evening primrose oil and all will be well. I started around 11 years ago and had the last on around 1 month ago. When I started, I had several symptoms like others are expereincing when coming off including the worst temper ever. I have never been the type to lose my temper and that was 10 times worse than I have ever imagined I could ever be. The nurse I spoke to at the time dismissed it as something that would not be attributed to the depo but would be caused by external factors. At the time, I was happy, really easy going but that changed straight away after the first injection. Since the first couple of years, everything has settled but I am now worried about feeling like that again.

    When I started I was size 8 and have been up to a size 18 at my biggest even after cutting out crap food and carbs. I am hoping I will not get any bigger than this for coming off.

    I am now researching in advance to see what I am letting myslef in for. I really do need to come off the depo and give my system a rest from the chemicals and so have looked at several things to try to understand what is next.

    According to websites, the symptoms of too much progesterone and too little is the same which is the same symptoms as what is described by many on this website so that would figure as to why it happens, pity that those who work in healthcare do not advise you that this could happen as I have had to find it out myself.

    Overall, my experiences of depo since my body got used to it has been positive. It will be good to be off though but I am hoping that it will not take too long. It has been a help reading all of the above, just hope that people around me will understand if the symptoms start.

    Disapointed by the post from one misinformed person about being a sheep for taking it. If it is offered by a qualified doctor, someone who has trained for years to know what they are doing, you think it will be ok to take and will be thoroughly tested to achieve a licence to be distributed. I am sure it is not so evil that it can be banned but people donot take it because they are coerced into having it, we have all taken it by choice as we all have our own choices to make. It is forums like this that help us al understand each other and is a great source of help so I am hoping that some of the people above have got through it and we can all work together to get to the end of the tunnel of withdrawal and the hormones level out. Good luck to you all.

    Thanks

    • I too had a horrible temper when first got on it.It never really subsided. I was on it for 3yrs. I got some ostopenia from being on the shot and went off.Now Ive been off for about 2months. I have horrible moods swings. mostly depression. My breast are tender and fuller and Im fatigued.I can’t focus as well on things, don’t sleep well. Everything is all out of whack. All this has really taken a toll on a good friendship.

  47. i was a depo user for 2 years got off of it got pregnant then returned on it for 4 years now i am off of it again june of 2010 was my last shot i just now started back my cycle 3 months ago i am dealing with anger,depression and this month i have had severe sickness for a week i hugging the toilet for 4 days the 2 months before i got a little sick but that was normal for me i always got nauseated a week before but this month has been horrible i get one week out of the month where im ok then by the 15 i start having mood swings,wanting to cry and getting very angry and then very sick.

  48. I was initially on depo about 10 years ago, for about 3 years. I then came off it for several years and eventually got pregnant (I wasn’t really trying to get pregnant so I’m not sure how long it actually took for my cycle to become regular again). I had no side effects either while on it or while coming off it. At least none that I remember significantly impacting me. I had my son in July of 2009 and began the depo again about 8 weeks after he was born. Shortly after my first injection I started having panic attacks, feeling nervous all the time and having extreme headaches. Also have no sex drive. Over the last few months I have been feeling just terrible. Not like myself at all. I’ve had severe anxiety, panic attacks, nervousness, mood swings, muscle twitches and cramps, headaches. I have no history of depression or anxiety, have never had a panic attack in my entire life, until after I received my first dose of depo in August of 2009. I thought it might be the fact that I had just had a child. However, I found a sheet of paper from my doc while cleaning out my office last month, and on it, it said one of the side effects from depo could be nervousness. The things that have been happening to me, emotionally and physically, suddenly started to make a lot of sense. I began researching on the internet and have found so many posts from people that are experiencing the same things as me. I feel so terrible right now, but am so grateful to have found these posts-it gives me reassurance that I am not going crazy!!! I am due to get my next shot in June and needless to say I will not be getting it. But now I am concerned about the side effects of going off of this poison that I have been putting in my body. I am also angry at myself for not doing my research. Because I was on this before and had no problems at all, I didn’t even give a second thought to going back on it. I believe it must be that my hormones were so different after having a child that this drug is affecting me this way this time around. If anyone out there who has gone off of it and seen relief at any point can give me some hope for light at the end of the tunnel I would very much appreciate it. I honestly feel like a completely different person than I was before and I can’t stand it!!!!

    • Hun I wish the same too . Everything that’s happening to you am in the same position I have being to doctors they run all kind of test on they come back negative smh this shit is crazy I have to be just praying for god to get me through this

      • Hi dear,

        If you want to detox your body. Just boil the aloe vera and drink it, it really helped me with conceiving for my son now and he’s 10 years old.

  49. i have been on the shot for 4 years.i stopped taking the shot in March..i have been off it for over 2 months now and i am having bad low back pains, and my breast are sore.and sometimes i will get very bad headaches.

  50. HELP!!! This site is an answer to a prayer, I am not alone. I was given the depo shot following a diagnosis of endometriosis which I had surgery to remove by laser. I continued to have sever pain/bleeding after the first shot (100 mg every 3 months) so I was then given 150 mg every 8 weeks for the next 2 visits. The first shot at the increassed dosage caused me to pass out, my blood pressure was 80/40. The nurse said this is a common response and to lay down the next time for 15 minutes after the ingection. The next time I was due for a shot, I did remain laying down but passed out upon standing anyway. Then, the next day I woke up with complete loss of vision in my left eye. The vision loss lasted for 4 days and when it returned I had a severe mirgraine for 2 days. I had never had a headache before. The OB said they vision change was unrelated to the shot and sent me for an MRI. I ended up seeting a neorologist who said that the horomones caused an ocular migraine and told me not to take any horomones from that point on, for anything. Now, its been 7 months since my last injection of depo and I haven’t taken anything besides meds for maenstral pain as needed and a daily multivitamin. I have severe periods that last 14-23 days each and I only have a week off once I stop bleeding until I start. I have increased discomfort in my back and irritable bowels. My flow is also extremely heavy. Priod to taking depo, my cycle was 28 days exactly, it was very painful but it was scheduled to a T. I had been on the pill before the depo and the reason for the switch was to hopefully deter the endometriosis from returning once it was removed. Once on the depo I gained 25 lbs in 7 months, after depo, I’ve lost 20 but it did not start to come off until 4 months after the last injection. My concern is my mood/behaviour, I have become completely over emotional and insecure. I’ve had problems sleeping. My husband has described me as manic because I will clean and organize obsessently. My bowel movements have been irregulary, frequent and painful. I often mind myself nauseous and without appeitie and have thrown up on several occassions, though not feeling sick otherwise and feeling fine after. My periods themselves are debilitating at times (they last for so long that sometimes the pain goes ease up). I start to sweat, my mouth waters and I feel nauseas while I am trying to go tot he bathroom. Despite not eating much or sleeping well, I have extra energy that I can’t explain. I’ve cut back on caffeine and it seems my energy level just inreases. My husband is worried about me because he sees these changes in behaviors but he just keeps sayng, “your body isnt used to being off the shot, u should just go on the pill, you’re horomonal”. Its so hurtful and I feel like a crazy person but I dont know how to get help. My doctor’s advise is to literally try to get pregnant and my symptoms will go away. Is that even possible with an inconsistent cycle? When will it go back to normal? Does pregnancy cure endometriosis? Please help – going crazy.

  51. I have taken Depo twice. I had no withdrawal symptoms, just symptoms related to the drug itself. Had no period which was heavenly, but the Depo intensified depression from a traumatic c/s. Second time I tried it years later the depression was undercontol, but came back full force within days of injection. I would say that if you have a history of depression STAY AWAY from it. Otherwise I LOVED not having any period. I stayed active and took extra calcium and mag to counter the potential bone loss.

  52. Dont forget that all types of hormonal BC work by tricking your body into thinking that it is pregnant, therfore it is reasonable for many women to have symptoms of pregnancy while on hormonal bc

  53. I have recently stopped with the depo shot and I have been bleeding now for over 4 months…Some days are worse than others…I am constantly tired and my breasts hurt all the time…I was taking the shots for over 3 years and while on the shot, I would go one month of no mentrual periods and then would go for 2 months or til the next shot…

  54. I’ve been on the Depo shot for 2 years now. When I first started on it, I did have the sex drive issue. I never felt in the mood to be intimate. I also gained a lot of weight. I’ve gained about 20 or 30 lbs. I’m going to request to be taken off the Depo, so I wanted to see what symptoms I might be facing. The side effects sound awful, but I’d rather deal with them instead of living with a drug thats constantly expanding my jean size.

  55. i tried depo for a year,then stopped. four months later i got pregnant. I just dont think the depo is for everyone….

  56. So its been eight months since I have had my shot. I’ve had my period almost the entire time for three of them, after not having it for six weeks. I just want my body back. I am too tired to do anything and I have to wear a pad at all times and sleep on a towel because it is heavier overnight and trickles past the pad. I haven’t gained any weight but after stopping sodas and eating mostly vegetables and meat I am not losing either. I only had one shot after having my daughter in December. When might I be normal again??

    • hey jasmine i hope everything is okay, did your menstrual cycle ever go back to normal i hope it did. i just got off the deep a few days ago and kind of scared of the withdrawals

      • Hi Bri,

        This is my first time commenting on here, but I wanted to check back in after a few months. My last shot was due mid-August and I got some “old looking” discharge/first period in October. A few days ago, I finally got my period back. I was on depo for 4.5 years and had no side effects except for weight gain. I’m 22 and active, so I finally realized I would see if it helped to get off the depo.

        I was terrified to go off because of the withdrawal info I found when I searched, but the only thing I really suffered from was breast tenderness. I always had regular monthly cycles if that helps – my nurse said that’s a factor on when your period will come back. I didn’t have any emotional issues, but I’m on antidepressants and antianxiety meds already, so that may have been helpful.

  57. I was on the depo for three years and recently decided to go off of it. My last injection was due on June 15th (3 months ago). Since I decided to get off of the shot I have been losing an astronomical amount of hair, my face has been breaking out constantly, I have mood swings, I’m always tired and have stomach cramps. Basically I’m miserable. My periods came back after the first month but now I have severe cramps and heavier longer periods. Before going on the depo I did have cramps but not nearly as bad as they are now and I didn’t bleed as long. I keep putting off going to the doctor because I think that eventually the shot will be completely out of my system but it’s been three months and six month since my last injection. I would have never gone on the depo if I would have know this would be the outcome.

  58. I was on the depo shot for 5 1/2 years and have been off of it for a month and a half. Had some spotting but not much after getting off of it. But now my breasts are sore all the time and like others i have some naseau also. How long before all this stops? Having the sore breasts and nipples is more aggravating than the minor naseua. Hope someone can help me

  59. Good thing I am reading this. Im 20, I began taking the shot around march this year. About 3 weeks ago I refused my last shot because of the weight gain I was having. Recently my breast have been so sore , my appetite has been ridiculous I can eat about anything. and I am always EXHAUSTED. I have been sitting here wondering if I was pregnant, but after reading everyones replies I see that it may just be some side affects of me coming off the shot. Thanks Everyone!

  60. I had been on depo for a little over a year. Last shot was April. I was doing fine until a few weeks ago–my breasts were very sore (still are!) and have constant nausea. All of my pregnancy tests have been negative! Even my doc thought I was pregnant and blood test confirmed I’m not. He doesn’t know where breast tenderness is coming from.

    Can you guys tell me how long your breast tenderness lasted?

    • I took the depo shot for six months. In the mean time had surgery for cervical cancer. This made me want to have a baby now since im getting older and my surgery can cause pregnancy complications since my cervix is shorter. I took my last shot a month before my surgery in February. No periods till this month (august) but now ive had three in one month! This is especially frustrating for a woman who has constant cancer scares since heavy bleeding is also associated with cancer. Also my breast hurt unbearably , my joints hurt, ive gained 20 lbs even though I only eat once a day since I started gaining weight. Im very emotional, im cramping horribly like birth contractions and most mornings now I just dont want to get out of bed. I hate this stupid shot. I just want this all to end.

  61. Heya I have just come off the injection (3 weeks ago) I had been on the injection since I was just 16 I am not 21 in total about 5 and a half years.

    I have the past 4-6 days been getting unbelievable migraines, been unable to sleep, I have insomnia anyways but its like I feel I could stay awake all night but then when I wake up I find it VERY difficult to get out of bed even in a lie in, I got up at 10am this morning I have felt completely shit until 6-7pm in a drained manner now I have migrains I have been getting dizzy on and off all day and its been getting worse each day. I have also suffered body odor? Being smelly even when getting out of the bath or shower? I have not read this on anyone elses side efffects though.

    I really think we should be able to have a day or two off work when coming off the contraception for the first time in a year im glad im unemployed but I cannot imagine working and feeling like this.

  62. i’ve been on the shot for 2 yrs . i stopped about a month ago. i am having preg sighs but everytime i take the test its neg. i throw up everytime i eat, lost weight, my breast are sore, i get very tired . headachs .. i dont know if i am preg or not

  63. Hi everyone … most of the withdrawal symptoms are the same as others.. i took only one shot in March 11.the next shot would be in June.But i didn’t take it..so far, my hubby is on his business trip . I started to have my periods in August 3,2011.since then … it almost never stops.only i was on lack of pad for two days ..then started again.No dysmenorrhoea at all. not heavy periods..for me,,,,,,,,,,so bad thing is that having Severe breast tenderness (still now) ..

    when i consulted with my Gynecologist,she said it will be like that about six months or maybe a bit longer than that…but not to worry..she gave me Evening Primrose Oil, vitamin E 400 IU , folic acid supplements once daily..

    i have been on those drugs for about two months already,,,,the symptoms got relieved and the breast tenderness is also reducing with time .. i think it will work for those who have same symptoms as me.. i m not sure of any mood changes or sex drive coz i m not with my hubby for months ..:P

    doing physical exercise(I am on that ) might also help for your mood symptoms i suppose ..

    dear all .. hope this would help you ………..

    thanks..

    • Thank you for the advice. I know this is an old post but I am desperate for help. I was late getting my last shot and it was a nightmare of symptoms. Intense hot flashes, inability to sleep, nausea, emotional, diarrhea. I have IBS, chronic nausea, insomnia, and I’m bipolar but I’m very managed on medication and have been for 10 years. I’ve been on and off depi for 20+ with no problems but being late on this last shot was horrific. It was as if the medications I take for my regular problems stopped working. I thought I was going through early menopause and had also gotten the flu. But within hours of getting my shot my symptoms abated and now I’m worried about trying to come off it. If my prescription meds don’t work I need to try other things and I really appreciate your post. I have 3 months to plan and I will be stocking up. Also wondering if anyone has tried those OTC menopause meds like Estroven?

  64. I have been on the Depo for 12 months…stopped it 4 months ago. Since stopping I suffered severe crampy and painful abdominal pain with bloating (which was only relieved by going to toilet).

    Nuerological I was drowsy and felt a weird sensation almost like dizziness but not quite.

    Breast tenderness and lack of Labido.

    I went to 3 doctors and one diagnosed Irritable Bowel Syndrome, another anaemia without a blood test and the other unsure but said because I had an upper viral respiratory tract infection recently it could be a contributory factor to my drowsiness or middle ear infection.

    Am not sure what to think am waiting for blood test results regarding anaemia and watching to see if my drowsiness subsides.

    I experienced bleeding (bright red) which lasted 1 day and tailed of dark brown over the following 2 days (not sure if my period has come back so soon).

    Anyone experiences the same?

  65. Ive been on depo 9 years, over the last 4 I’ve changed. Moody, cranky, bloated, constipated, emotional, insecure, you name it.. Mainly 1 week before my shot. I also would bleed that week get my shot and it would go away and I would return. My thoughts are crazy, sleep isnt good. I’ve had so much abominal pain I’ve tried gluten free, dairy free, thinking I’m celiac. After all this reading these post I feel getting off depo should remove all these symptoms… NTM over the last 3 yrs I’ve gained 18 pounds. My doc says I’m getting older so the weight gains setting in due to no estrogen. I’m getting off depo. Missed my last shot but weird no bleeding so far, head aches started.. Migraines and tiredness.. I. Guessing withdraws… So I believe I’ll start a cleansing detox soon and stay off all birth control for a year or so…

  66. Thank goodness for this blog…

    I have been feeling i am going insane but seems like my sanity is intact..

    Have been using Depo for 2 1/2 years and side effects kicked in about 10 months ago. I am always tired and irritable, bad moodswigs, anger flares, nausea, severe migrains,constant headach…. A few years ago I was taking oral contraseptives,and developed lumps in my breast, went for a mamogram came out negative, got bloods taken and tested hormonal inbalance was the cause…I was adviced to get off..so i did…A few years later I have the same problem, on the depo, so now I have decided to get off the Depo, but I am so cranky and tired,its been 2 weeks now since i missed the shot, my breast are killing me and i am not eating, i have picked up over 25kg in these past 2 years and i feel like a bus,My limbs are sore i also sweat like a pig get hot flushes and dont sleep so well, my skin looks like a pizzathank goodness i have no man in my life coz he would go running away with me like this…

  67. I am so thankful for all of your posts, they have helped me alot. I was on the Depo for 2 years, and gained around 14kg, so decided to come off it, convinced it was helping me keep it on (have been really trying to loose, including going off all sugar). I have been off it now for about a month, sore breasts, some abdominal cramping, and yesterday i just felt sooooo tired, the thought of going to work ……..I took the day off and felt better as the day wore on. Today i feel about the same, but after reading your posts i know why and it helps me to cope. I have had some mood swings (poor hubby and daughter) so i can explain it to them too. I have had no bleeding (yet) but i know it will come, eventually. I am going to try and keep a positive mindset, and do some exercise (try and loose some weight) and try to get fit and healthy. I hope you all come thru good 🙂 I will never go on Depo again, hubby is getting nicked….hehe

  68. THANK YOU FOR THESE COMMENTS, WAS ON THE DEPO FOR 2 YEARS,HAVE LEFT IT FOR A MONTH NOW, HAVE EXPERIENCED MOST OF THESE SYMPTOMS ABOVE, AT THIS MOMENT I CANT SLEEP, AM FEELING POSSESED, NOT MYSELF. BEEN CRYING ALOT, WORRY ABOUT THE SMALLEST THINGS. i HAVE BEEN TAKING PAXS 5MG TO TRY AND CONTROL ALL THE WITHDRAWEL SYMPTOMS…. BUT THEN i GET THIS FEAR THE BAD FEELINGS ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND THEY DO, HOW LONG DO THE WITHDRAWEL SYMTOMS LAST, DO THEY EVER GO AWAY? i HAVE BEEN OUT OF MY SELF FOR A MONTH NOW, AND CANT STAND IT, I READ THESE COMMENTS TO MY HUSBAND, BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING ANNOYED WITH MY COMPLAINING AND CRYING AND MOODS…..AND HE COULDNT UNDERSTAND THAT I COULD BE SO SICK FOR SO LONG AND IN BED ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF AN INJECTION, MY HOUSE CHORES HAVE DROPPED AND THATS NOT ME…BUT NOW HE UNDERSTANDS IM NOT ALONE AND THAT THIS INJECTION DOES THIS TO MANY PEOPLE….GOING TO THE GYNO TOMMORROW TO GET MEDICATION TO HELP ME COPE WITH THIS BAD DEPRESSION AND AWFUL FEELINGS IN ME….

    • Its years since you’ve posted. I hope things better fast. I am in the same boat right now. The first 2 months, but everything you are saying.I have a good friend who is at wits end with me. Im going to talk to my doctor come monday, after reading all these posts. I feel better now. I Thought
      I was going crazy.

  69. I went and got the depo shot once and only once. I refused to go back and get a second one after I missed one period, then when I got my period I spotted for 2 weeks and then the next time I spotted for a month. I have been unusually irritated and had symptoms of pregnancy to find out that I wasn’t pregnant. That was a big disappointment because I want another child. I am also bleeding during my high fertility days preventing me from having sex to get pregnant. Also I started my period two Sunday’s ago and it seems like I am still on it. This time I have heavy bleeding and its been going on for two weeks. I think that women should think long and hard before taking the shot. I have no idea what is going on with my body and I am upset because I don’t know when I can get pregnant.

  70. I am wriing about my daughter, she was on depo for about 1 year, she has been off the drug for 4 months. my daughter is now reporting that she is bleeding all the time, she has had her period for the last month, with bleeding every day. She went to the doctor and ask what could be causing this to happen, the doctor just shrugged his shoulders and said that he was not sure what was causing her to bleed, and that she should take some type of hormone medicine called provera. She does not know where to turn, and is now looking for a new family doctor, OBGYN. if you have this same issue please write and let us all know, and I hope that every one that took the time to write here does soon get better. Happy Holidays to you and your familys. Depo users Father.

  71. After stopping the shot I became very depressed, had mood swings, and actually thought that I was pregnant due to nausea, excessive peeing, gas and other symptoms that I experienced each time that I was pregnant, I will never take this shot again.

  72. Hi I have been on the depot for about 10 years. I want to get off it because the last 3 years I have experienced some depression,anxiety and recently started feeling joint pains. I’m scared to get off it after reading all the side effects. I don’t know if the depression and anxiety is linked to Depot or because of my moms passing away 3 years ago….. I am feeling aches and pains that I have not felt before also I recently started getting real bad headaches and feel a little nauseous at times. Hopefully these symptoms stop if I stop taking depot! Or will they get worse. I’m confused, please help anyone 🙁

  73. Jacklynn, I too was on the shot for about a year. Once I stopped I immediately got a period that seemed to make up for all the ones I missed. It came back with a vengence!! That lasted about 1.5 weeks, then I got it again 2 weeks later and it’s been 4 weeks and I’m still spotting. I wouldn’t take any more drugs, especially anything unnatural. I’m praying that my body will return to normal…. eventually!

  74. I stopped the Depo. My side effects are breast tenderness, nausea, lots of fatigue. I stopped taking it because my husband and i want a child, but the doctor never told me that it would take over a year to be able to get pregnant. We are praying it doesn’t take that long….

  75. I had my third child in May of 2010. I also had my tubes tied. I suffered an entire year after that pregnancy, heavy periods. Basically a week of hell. I would wear a super tampon and an overnight maxi-pad and would still have to change things every hour. This period was also accompanied by migraine headaches. My doctor retired so I started with a new office. It was suggested to me to start the DEPO shot because it would stop the migraines and control or stop my period. I started the shot this past October and immediately started my period. Here it is December 29th and I’ve been on a period Every day for the past 3 months now. I’ve lost all my sex drive, I’m moody, many ups & downs, I’m tired and have an achy back. However my migraines have stopped. I was due for another shot about 2 weeks ago however I opted to not try it again. Although, my doctor wants me to try another round of it because she was certain my periods would stop all together. I understand there are many women who like the DEPO shot but I Do No recommend it. In fact, I don’t like Birth Control all together.

    I’m between a rock and a hard place right now. Both my Grandma and Mom Both had the same symptoms in their 30’s and ended up with partial hysterectomies. I’m now 30 almost 31 and all the doctors want to do is medicate me with birth control to “manage” my heavy periods. I don’t know what to do at this point…. I feel like I’m just another number or another patient. I’ve been bleeding now for almost 90 days and it feels like it will never stop. Any suggestions or if in the Southwest Michigan area… any suggestions on a great doctor who specializes in this issue? My email is: jsfonz@yahoo.com

  76. After my son was born, I decided to go on the Depo shot. I had been on it for almost a year. December 2nd I had the essure procedure done, so no more children. My next shot was due between the 13th and 26th. Decided not to get it. I’ve been eating like crazy, I feel I’m gaining a lot of weight, and last night I noticed I had colostrom coming from my nipple. Now breasts are so sore, its unbearable. Called my OBGYN and they suggested I have another blood test done. Went today and now its just a matter of waiting.

  77. I am 33 and have been on depo for around 10 years I guess. In that time I reckon I have taken a break twice (until my periods returned) which took 10 months the first time and the second time, around 7 months. I have not experienced any issues while on depo, no weight gain, no mood swings and no change in sex drive. The second last time I went off depo I started to have issues (jan 2011). Periods came back in jul 2011 but I experienced exhaustion, diminished sex drive and constant bloating. I decided to go back on depo and had 1 shot and was due for next top up in oct 2011 however getting married oct 2012 and planning to start fam straight away so we made a decision to quit birth control meds and go for other methods. I got my period in dec which lasted 4 weeks and with it came the sorest left breast and a horrible feeling when trying to be intimate like my ovaries are being used as a punching bag. I felt like I have some kind of cancer or disease until reading these posts. I had a recent check up which showed everything being normal so I guess I just have to wait it out….just wish my insides didn’t ache anymore and my breast wasn’t feeling like I had cancer.

    I will never go back on depo again after this but as I said, it was only after the 2nd last quit that I had any of these symptoms.

  78. Ok, so like most, thought I was going crazy & googled. Been on depot 12 years, stopped in September. Four months off, started period end of December ( after three months off) and it wint stop. Breasts have been on and off painful for months…didnt even realize it was a withdraeal symptom. Tired, depressed, feeling worthless. Funny thing is…they SAY no long term studies have been done because not many on it long term. Excuse me? How many posts here?! Just a side note: I was on depot for FIVE years before the warnings came out! There HAS to be some kind of recourse for us…besudes giing back to the shot or suffering all the time!!!

  79. i was on the depo for over 5 years and i loved it. i had no periods. i did gain some weight but it didnt bother me that much. i came off of it almost 3 years ago and as soon as i came off of it i had a lot of problems. in and out of the hospital and lots of doctor visits. i bleed for 6 months straight! had lots of lower abdominal pain. i had issues with my ovaries and had to have surgery for one cuz it was about to burst. i get cysts a lot on my ovaries. not fun. then on top of everything i was diagnosed with stage 3 cervical pre-cancer. it was a rare case cuz to get to stage 1 it takes around two years to get there. but i got to stage 3 in a year! (i was 20) tried mulitpule ways to cure it but ended up having surgery. still isnt gone. i never really thought about looking into why i was having all these problems untill recently and now i wish i never used it. it has made my life aweful. and not to mention i want to start a family and has been unsucessful have been trying for two years. and with the cancer i have to be careful if i ever get pregnant…. fingers crossed! and still to this day i have issues with my menstral cycle. never consistant. i will either bleed every week and a half or not bleeding for over a month. its not fun not knowing what is going on with your own body.

  80. I was on the depo for 5 almost 6 years and then i got off it I’ve had mood changes and these past months i haven’t been able to sleep at night and i sleep all day. I have bad mood swings like i cry over the littlest things and i don’t even know why i get mad most of the time.

  81. I have used the depo injection for 8 years and never had any side effects while using it. I never gained much weight, but found it harder to lose wieght.

    I have now been off the depo for 5 months and have noticed several side effects which I can only assume are linked to the depo. Both my breast are very sore and tender, they have also increased in size by 2 inches. My skin on my body seems to be dry, i have never expereinced dry skin before. Yet my face is extremly greasy. I have been suffering with more headaches but headaches were quite common while on the depo.

  82. I was on depo from 2002 to 2005, off for 8 months until I got a period again, and because of the painful cramps returning (reason I went on it) I got another shot in 2006. The whole time I was on the depo I didn’t gain any weight, and the only thing I think may have been a side effect was more addictive tendencies coupled with mild depression (but overall life was good). I DID gain over 60 pounds in 2006 when I was OFF the depo. Once I went back on it, I maybe gained another 10 pounds but not much more. I decided to completely go off in 2009 because I wanted to lose the weight (wasn’t coming off easy while on the shot). I didn’t get my shot in Sept 2009, and my period didn’t come back until April 2011. I had NO problems until my period returned, then started with little swings of anxiety, light periods, and dizziness at times. Then in November 2011 I suddenly developed this burning sensation under my skin. I wouldn’t say it was itchy, but just burning! Anxiety came on full force, and started to have trouble sleeping, as well as having trouble eating (I lost 20 pounds in 3 weeks!). I’ve tested everything and all is normal except saliva shows progesterone is on the low end, estradiol is low, and prog/estr ratio is off (estrogen is higher than progesterone, and considering they are both low no wonder!). Also morning cortisol was high! Have tried many different things, feeling somewhat better but the burning feeling has turned into a feeling of having glass shards under my skin. Also, now my eyes just burn like crazy and I get terrible headaches and some dizziness! What I’ve tried: change in diet (no wheat or sugar), I’ve tried some supplements, but I’m not real patient and if I happen to have an anxiety attack after starting something new I blame it on the new thing (which I know is dumb, but that’s what anxiety does to you 🙁 Progesterone cream (Emerita brand I’m using) is starting to help some. I had to ignore the directions and just use a packet (20mg) when I feel symptoms coming on, because I think the depo just screws up our systems and hormones.. and I also think it’s stored in fat, so maybe my rapid weight loss is causing some liver overload as the fat and toxins make their way out! I’ve been considering getting another shot to get rid of this, as it makes every day a chore versus loving life like I used to, but I’m going to press on with the progesterone cream for a while. A big part of this is to know it’s not going to kill me, and I will get through it through faith and perseverance. Please God, help all of us post depo users, please!

  83. PS, If anyone else is going through similar problems after depo and wants someone to talk to, give support and take support, please feel free to email me raean7@hotmail.com. I’m more than willing to share the many things I’ve learned about this. In my case, the burning skin sensation has been perplexing, and googling things on the internet has led me to believe I have everything from Lyme disease to mercury poisoning (in other words, if you’ve used depo provera, look to that first because of all the stories you have to believe that’s the problem if everything else tests fine). I noticed something else too, regular doctors say as long you’re having a period you’re fine (which if you’re having symptoms now, after depo, is not true!) and that saliva tests are not reliable (but they are! the blood tests, not so much. Google that and you’ll see why). AND on the other side, natural doctors tend to go through “fads” and the current fad is being low on Vitamin D and hashimoto’s disease (I saw 2 and they both were on this kick), as well as Candida. I am not saying these things don’t exist, I am simply saying we know we have used depo, we know we are now having problems, and that’s where the problem started and must be addressed. Understand that if the hormones are messed up post depo, the vit d and thyroid are messed up to, and our guts might be a mess, but look to the source first and don’t just treat the symptoms but start with treating the root of the problem or you’ll find yourself on supplements and meds for life!

  84. I had been on depot for 2 years and just got off of it a couple months ago. however, my breasts are EXTREMELY tender and im gaining weight in my mid-section w/o changing any of my daily activities or diet. i thought it was pregnancy but after taking 4 tests on different days, the outcome is negative. my breasts hurt so bad that i cant lay on my stomach. (sigh)

  85. Im so happy that i just found this blog. It helps to know your not alone. I had been on depo for about 7 years with a small break of about 4 months around my 5th year. I got my last injection april of 2011 and didnt have any bleeding untill november and it just stopped about the first week into january of 2012. I bleed on and off for about the first couple of weeks….literally one day spotting red the next brown then red again. once into the second month my flow began to increase and become heavy and there was no breaks just a constant flow then it stopped. During this time i experienced very very painful sore breast and nipples, sleepless nights, anxiety, and nausea had gotten so bad i had to go to the hospital they didnt know exactly what was wrong but decided it was irregular periods. Ive been doin research in the best advice i got was to be patient with your body and it will come back into balance, it has to establish a natural hormonal balance. As of now my breast are still sore and i still have nausea im just takin one day at a time and i have faith that my body will come back into balance. I hope it does for all of us

  86. I was supposed to get my last depo on the 11th this month but i had the worst side effect of all which would be the constant period. Besides having deppression, (which was even worse bc i had a stillbirth at full term back in jan. Nearly a year go…) treating my husband like crap bc of severe mood swings ehich i never had before and im not saying im the perfect wife or person lol. I have my moments…we all do… 🙂 stomach aches every day and nasuea i havent had any others. Now…getting off of it is a horror story. My symptoms are severe stomach aches, backaches stabbing pain in my abdomen, severe migraines (which i have had since a child tll the age of 20- i had them while i was pregnant but they went away after) jittery feelings nasuea to the point that i cant get out of bed bc i am afraid of throwing up. Any smell triggers my nausea and i always have to have a nottle of oust or febreeze on hand.

    • hi I’ve had 3 shots was meant to go bck in March I’ve had same problems I’ve been ane 4 times with bad stabbing pains in stomache and back and side pains chest pains which there saying is costochondritis headaches and now eye pain due to dry eyes I’ve had enough I’ve been to gp afew times to.be told same thing over and over again my.peroid is all over the place just want to.get bck to normal can’t see no.ending tho at the moment…

  87. Recently I’ve had to take antibiotics which has cancelled out my depo shot…within the past couple months I have had a light period off and on for a couple weeks now, I have gained a few pounds, and I have been experiencing cramping. I don’t sleep well, due to I’m assuming the back pain I have experienced..

    After reading the responses, Im glad to hear I’m not the only one..unfortunately this is happening to us. I have had really bad breakouts and bloating, I’m always tired, and somedays I’m extremely hungry, others I could go without food. I have been very emotional and moody. I also have been feeling extremely anxious and depressed..not a good feeling.

    If anyone’s knows of any ways to help with the situation..please post.

  88. And now im feeling bloated and like im gaining weight but i stil weigh 125. I have to keep busy or im going to eat everything in the house. Lol. Still having the back aches and the stabbing pain in my abdomen is worse but comes and goes. Constantly bleeding on and off, heavy then light, then suddenly in the middle of something i start really heavy. I hate it. I ate that wveryone ese on here is going through the same thing. But im glad that my body is obviouslytrying to right itself. I just hope its soon bc my husband and i are ttc i wish anyone else trying luck and im praying for everyone on here.

  89. I only had 2 shots of depo and decided to quit after my skin felt like it had goose bumps on my legsand my hair started falling out, I actually lost about 13 pounds in the two and half months which wasn’t good bc my beginning weight was 120. My legs always hurt, I only had one period in 6 months and the worst part was I became a emotional monster. I was mean, rude, didn’t care what I said or who I hurt. I was depressed and tired all the time. My face broke out like never before and I too had trouble sleeping and even focusing. And I was due for my last shot in dec 2011 didn’t get it. I had my first period on time but no period this month, cramps, headaches, depression, I feel sick a lot, always tired, I’ve gained 12 pounds in a month, my legs hurt a lot and I’m a “bitch” according to some people. I will NEVER take this shot again. I hope my periods get regular soon and it won’t take years to have another baby.

  90. I was on depo for about 10 years, it was one of my favorite things I did for myself. No side effects, my period was just gone! I am now 49yrs old and was told I am going through menapause (great joy, not.) So I decided to give my body a break. My last shot was Oct.2011 and just last month I had one day of spotting. This month I’m having cramps that would drop a man to his knees! Either I have forgetten what cramps feels like or “they” have been saving up their intensity over the years. The pain is so intense, it’s taking my breathe away. I am so happy to find others trying to find answers. The doctor had the nerve to tell me that I would breeze through menapause due to the depo shot. I do not feel breezy in anyway!

    • Just like everyone else, i’m so glad i found this blog. I was on depo for 19 years and LOVED it. no periods at all. I’m 44 now and was seeing a new dr last year who told me i needed to stop. I’ve had 2 bone density tests and they were fine. So they suggested Nexplanon instead. I’ve been depo free for a year now and have noticed an increase in cup size which is pretty awesome as i was barely a B. I just figured the anxiety was just me but now I’m starting to think it was due to the depo. I didn’t gain too much weight while on it either. Now I get stomach pains with my periods which are back to a normal cycle now. Figured payback for all the years of no periods haha. Anyone else who is a year later or more after becoming depo free? I’m curious what others who have been on it as long as I have are experiencing. I’m also tired all the time but i was like that while on depo. I don’t blame anyone for this, i just want to know more about the withdrawal symptoms. There just needs to be more research articles and information about getting off depo so the rest of us can relax a little. Pls feel free to reply to my comment. Would love to hear from anyone who’s been on it for longer than 15 years and is now off of the depo and on Nexplanon. I don’t know if it’s the depo withdrawal or the implant causing the anxiety, moodiness, and lack of sex drive. i def was fine with the depo. Thanks everyone!!

      • I’ve been off depo for a year and a half basically. I was on it for about 7 and a half years. I’m 43 now.The worst part for me are the cramps, stomach and back. And the sweat that comes with it. In all this time, I’ve had a light spot of blood for a day. Maybe three times. Have been so worried about this cramping, it’s like very bad period pains with no period. Google has me thinking I have cervical, ovary and bowel cancer lol. Also severe heartburn, have had that a long time. Also since being on depo, I was put onto Anti depressants because of anxiety. Never linked the two

  91. I had gotten my first depo shot in August 2011. I was supposed to go for my second shot in November 2011, but wasn’t able to make it due to being out of town for work training. I never went and got my second shot. Ever since my first shot, I have had my period non-stop. I was told that during the first 3 months, it would be normal to get your period. So i thought nothing of it. We are now in Feburary 2012, and I get my period 2, maybe 3 times a month now. Im not too sure what is going on, but i have had horrible cramps, loss of sleep. Should I seek medical help? I am tired of bleeding all the time, it is interferring with my life 🙁 Any suggestions?

  92. I have been off the depo shot for 8 months and finally got my period. I was on it for 5 years, well until I got pregnant. The doctor claims that it happens. Whatever. Now I spot like crazy, moody, tired (all the time), and very depressed. These things I have never really dealt with ever, except the depression. I feel my depression has gotten much worse. I get angry for no reason. That’s never happened before. I feel very fidgetty when Im up but I could fall asleep within seconds of lying down or driving. Their is something wrong with me!

  93. I was on depo fior 4 years after my first baby, periods stopped right away no problems. Then in March of 2011, while still on the shot I started having regular periods every month. My last shot was in May 2011 so that we could start TTC, I had VERY IRREGULAR periods from July 11 to Oct 11. They became normal (25-30 day cycle) again in Nov, Dec and Jan. However, In Jan 2012, I got severe mid-cycle cramping accompanied by severe nausea. I thought i could possibly have been pregnant becaue with my first I had “Hyperemesis Gravaderum (extreme morningin sickness) and Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (extremem pelvic pain) but 8 negative pregnancy test and I got my period 1 week later. Now at the end of my January period which stopped 2/1/12, I started having cramps almost immediately. This time, I had cramping, nausea, fatigue, moodiness, anxiousness, cravings, smell aversions (pregnancy symptoms right? WRONG!!!)… so i started reading about mid-cycle cramping and BC, specially DP. Well!!!!! ok, here’s the deal ladies… the cramping your experiencing is your ovulation. The cramping is your body telling you, these are the specific days you you are ovulating. Ovulation cramps can be so bad they are accompanied by nausea and headaches. The rest is just your body dealing with your hormones. since we are TTC it’s very hard because my OV days is the most painful.

  94. I have been on the depo for two years and just stopped it and my doctor put me on the pill. I have experinced break outs, headaches, fatigue and gassy and bloating and lower back pains and sore muscles.

  95. Hey!

    I was on the depo for nine months, just got off of it on January 6th this year. It’s been about six or seven weeks since I’ve been off and I’ve been feeling moody, depressed, moodswings, nausea, puking food I can’t keep down :(, sensitive to smells, dizziness, jitters in the legs, and plain ol’ weak. I just (like litterally right now) took a pregnancy test and it came out negative. I have a feeling it’s our hormones trying to balance everything out, not withdrawals, but the imbalance of hormones. Honestly, I think it was worth it NOT getting pregnant, and the low chance, as I am a college student. I’d be willing to go on the shot again if necessary. It helps a lot to take walks when you don’t feel well, sleep when you feel tired, and have a very supportive and comforting boyfriend or husband that keeps you feeling secure. My boyfriend has been EXTREMELY supportive of me during this time and I feel wonderful, even though I feel like I’m going to hurl. Just daily light walks, and being around positive people can really help. When I hole myself up all alone I feel AMAZINGLY devil like.

  96. I am niw 20years old and I was on the Depo for three years and I have been off it for 4 months now. Ever since stopping the injection I haven’t felt myself but now..more recently.. I have had nausea for an entire week…severe migrains..neck/shoulder and back ache. I thought I had just caught a bug or something but now i’ve read this im starting to wonder :s. I hope I feel better soon… im sick of having like 0% energy. xxx

  97. I took my last injection September 17, 2011 after being on it for about 4 years. I decided not to take my injection December, 2011 because my OB/GYN said it take a year to get out of my system and I will be getting married in Novemer 2012, knowing we will be TTC after the wedding. It has been 5 months since my last injection and still no period. This month was the first month I have had menstral like symtoms, bloating, bad cramping, lower back pain. This is also the first month I got my sex drive back. The depo shot made me have absolutely no sex drive. The month I was suppose to take the injection December, 2011. I had depression so bad that I considered going to a pyschologist because I was having suicidial thoughts. I have NEVER had depression. This stopped in February as well. Through my 4 years of taking depo I developed exercise induced anaphyalaxis but this is slowly disappearing as well. I am hoping that the cramping signifies ovulation and I will be seeing a period shortly. I would like my system to become regular before wedding.

  98. In addition to above, I have to mention that I developed HPV 6 months ago. I am not sure how this happened because I took the gardisol shot 3 years ago. I am not sure if the hormones in depo, coupled with my fiance strain of HPV this intensified my chances. I retest for HPV in March, praying for negative. I am hoping with a strict diet, regular exercise, folic acid pills this will help with HPV and speeding up my cycle to come regular.

  99. Can anybody tell me how long did it take you after stopping depo to feel back to normal? Feel like yourself again? Will be more than greatful for any comments.

    • I wish I knew this aswell I’m having a bad time off it in and out off ane having test after test done

  100. forgot to tell that I’ve been of depo for a week now (after nearly 2 years on it) and having terrible abdominal pain, back pain, being tired ALL the time, depresed with absolutely no energy…it worries me a lot:(

  101. i’ve been on the injection for 8 years and was advised by my doctor to take a ‘year out’ to let the bone density rise again. I haven’t had any sickness but my mood swings have been completely up the wall. I’m actually worried they’re ruining my relationship with my partner. I’m constantly in tears and I’m acting like a spoilt teenager and it’s awful taking a step back and looking at myself!! I hope these mood swings go away because I’m at my wits end and it’s only been 2 weeks since I quit the injection…

  102. I’m 20 years old. I never believed in taking any type of birth control for myself. Certain circumstances called for it. I tried the ring but it wasn’t working for me. So I went for the shot. I only got it that once and never again will I get it again. It’s been almost 3 months since I was la st suppose to go back and retake it. And just recently, about a month ago, I started feeling a bit nauseous, tired all the time, getting bad headaches, tenderness on my breast, cramps and a few over symptoms. I thought I might be pregnant and was hoping to be. I was very disappointed to find out that I wasn’t. Now, I’m just hoping to recover from this soon because I lose my energy quick and at times feel sick when I go to the gym.

  103. I’m 22 years old and I was on the shot for five years. I had no side effects the entire time except no period. I gained maybe 10-20 lbs but then again I’m almost 23, not 17 anymore so that should be expected. Labido was the same. I just stopped it about a month ago. The only side effect I have so far is just breast tenderness, I had a strange back pain for a few days but I think that was just a pinched nerve. If I gain some weight or start getting headaches or depression I’ll amend my post. SO far so good though, I wanted the shot to stop leaching calcium from my body and return to my normal cycle so I can eventually have children.

  104. I had been on the injection for 6 years before deciding it was the right time last September to stop taking it and begin trying to start a family. For the first few months I gradually got the familiar period pains back just without the period and within only a few weeks had a huge sex drive which my partner struggled to keep up with. My breasts became tender, I was emotional (not depressed) and haven’t experienced any weight gain. It is now 6 months since I stopped taking it and I am beginning to get periods back and the pains have calmed down my only concern now is how long will it take to fall pregnant.

  105. OK so i started taking the Depo shot On October the 8th 2011 and it made me gain 20 pounds and i have been have irregular bleeding . I have had a heavy period non stop for about 5 months :/ i havent taking the shot scince Oct how do i stop bleeding????

    • Hey Rebecca, this is my exact situation. I’ve been bleeding nonstop for 4 months now. I am in so much pain. I feel as though I’m actually dying. I’m a junior in college and dealing with thus has actually kept me out of class on many days. I see that this was your life in 2012-I would love to talk with you for advice: kcm808@rocket mail.com Thanks!

      • Hey Yara, SAME exact situation as you! Can you tell me how it played out?! I’m supposed to get my 3rd shot Nov. 21! I’m not going back cause I’ve been bleeding since mid May when I got my first shot! Please help!

  106. hi depo haters lol i was on it for about a year n a half then stopped in november, i had the cramping but i havent had it since xmas an then in january i had the sickness which is still there, i’ve had tender breasts for about 8 weeks now, 2 week ago a started my period had it for about 7 days then nothing so was well chuffed then 2 days ago i started bleeding heavy again x:'( i think the longer your on it the longer the aftermath will be so we will all just have to w8 i suppose, since i was only on it for a year and a half i’m hopin i won’t have to w8 too long fingers crossed focals xxxxxxxxxxxx

  107. I went on the depo shot in my twenties and I am now 35. I stopped it to become pregnant in 2006. Most of the time I had no period at all which was great. But I did gain probably about 5 to 6 pounds during this time. Had 1 miscarriage and then two successful pregnancies. After my second child I resumed the depo after nursing. What I did notice while on the shot was that I had severe migraines with nausea, Usually 2x per month. I also had mood swings and always a low libido. I decided to go off of the shot after the mood swings and migraines continued and there seemed to be no solution for them. Also after taking a bone density test the doctor indicated that I have slight bone loss from the shot. I have a family history of osteoporosis. My last shot was due in late

    November. It took about 2 or 3 months until I got a regular. But now since then I have had 4 periods in a month and a half which is excessive to me

  108. i was on depo for over 2 yrs. i went off it in january 2012 and i started getting these syptoms: nausea, intense stomache pain, headaches, short period of bladder issues, and frustration. i had no idea what was happening. i went to the doctors they were dead set on me being prego (i even started to think they were right). but after a series of tests blood and urin, all negative. they turned to another series of test. they did an ultra sound to check my intestines, had me clean out my system for blockage, they even did a no fat diet, and put me on an inhaler. everything they tried made no changes in how i felt. after about a month of testing and no change the only thing left was a specialist, and i have no insurance. i was talking to my sister whos studying nursing. she was worried and started researching. we found articles online about people feeling the exact way i was. depo withdrawl is the only thing that makes sense. it is now march 2012 and most syptoms are gone accept the stomach pain and occasional nausea. some people said their syptoms lasted 7 months. i cant keep doing this, it just hurts so much… does anyone know what i can do for the pain. my doctor prescribed the pill verson he said if it was withdrawls then the syptoms would stop. but i am NOT willing to risk starting this all over again. please any answers would help me greatly.

  109. I have been off of the shot for 2 months. I have have breast tenderness and aches. This may not have anything to do with it, but I have caught cold after cold as well as strep throat in the last 2 months. It’s been a rough ride.

  110. I was on the depo for 9months and been off for 3weeks!!! I thought I’ve been severely depressed, pregnant due to growing almost a cup size and the horrific pain accompanied with it. Sad and crying over everything then pist off the next. Now I’ve been nauseated off an on all day, and so tired I could sleep the day away. I’ve seriously felt crazy and hopeless. The shot sucks and the side effects should be more known to those who use it. On top of all this my boyfriend thinks I’m unaffectionate and don’t want him. In reality I have so much emotionally and physically going on inside that I’m the one who feels unwanted. Can’t wait for this all to end!!

    • I have the exact same thing minus the growing a cup size, which I wouldn’t mind, since I feel like I’ve gotten smaller since being on the shot. Relationship has been rocky because my boyfriend thinks I don’t want him as well.

  111. I havnt stopped taking the Depo just yet. ive currently been on it for about 6 years now. im scarred to stop taking it but since ive been on it for so long my doctor wants me to stop for a while but them jump back into it. im 21 and dont have my mind set on kids. i take the depo not only becasue of the hormones but because everyone i have talked to about it says it works amazing. it has so far. i just dont know if i should stop taking it then jump right back on it. Any Suggestions ladies?

  112. I too have been on depo for five years, my last injection was August 2011. Since then I have gained approximately half a stone despite eating normally and vigorous exercise I can’t lose it. My most worrying symptoms however are numbness and tingling in my fingers and toes mainly on one side of my body to the extent of being woken during the night with these symptoms. Most recently I am experiencing numbness on one side of my face too. Is anyone else experiencing these symptoms could it be hormonal or something else. Appointment booked with doctor as I am now beginning to worry.

    • I have definitely had numbness and tingling on one side, yes, but I didn’t correlate it with the shot. But then again, my doctor told me that nothing was due to the shot, so..

  113. It’s amazing that the comment stream on this post has been constant for two and a half years. Thanks to Rachel for re-posting about this under-addressed issue last week. I’ve written a post about it over at re: Cyclling, the blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research. http://menstruationresearch.org/2012/04/04/coming-off-hormonal-contraception-is-depo-provera-different/#comments

    You’ll find reference to a resource that can help women making the transition off Depo-Provera and other hormonal contraceptives.

  114. i stoped depo two months ago and no iam experiencing neck problems like stiff neck and i never had that problem before until i stoped the depo shot and iam more tired i can barely stay up with my kids and i never had that problem until i stoped the depo shot

  115. MY sister is still on the shot and is having stomach pains she was late getting the shot and her doctor didnt even do a pregnancy test on her and when ever i was late they would always do a pregnancy test and she told him that she unsure if she was pregnant and he told her that she hadnt been off of the shot long enough to get pregnant

  116. Please help me to understand what my body is going through. I was on the depo for 6 months and have only been off of it for a month and a half. I still have no period. I have weight gain and just recently have had nipple soreness and nausea. I am so stressed out and scared that I could be pregnant that I have taken 4 home tests that all came back negative. I have not had sex for 5 months. So I would think the test would say something by now. I just want my body back!

  117. I was on the shot for 18 months, I’m now off the shot and I feel great. When I had my period regularly (before the depo shot) I sometimes experienced nausea, breast tenderness, anxiety and cramps. This was associated with my period, monthly. So, I read all these posts and I’m wondering if it is a possibility that when we come off this shot, we start to experience pms symptoms again; for some this includes headaches, mood swings, nausea, breast tenderness. Perhaps while the body is readjusting, these symptoms are intermittent. But, if anyone has these symptoms for the long term, I would recommend a consultation with a doctor, and keep looking for the right doctor until you feel you’re being listened to. As for the post regarding weight loss and vigorous excersise; I sympathize because I’ve eaten right, excersise, use stress management techniques, etc… and I also gained 10 pounds, which has mostly come off at this point. Just be careful that your exercising isn’t hurting your back muscles or spine. Sounds like tingling is a nerve impingment and from personal experience as someone who’s a gym rat, chiropractors help. Good luck everyone! I hope you all feel better soon.

  118. I was on Depo for 12 years approx. I did not go to get the shot on March 5th, 2012 when I was due. March 21st I had my first period, light for 4-5 days. It is now April 24th, my period arrived bang on, April 21st.

    I have a history of migraines (crippling migraines, since I was 10 years old). I had the bone denisty xray done and was allowed to stay on it as everything was “normal” and I had no side effects. My doctor did advise me of all side effects and constantly reminded me at each appointment .I never had the weight gain or mood swings or anything issues when I went on it and don’t see any changes now that I’m off it. It also regulated my migraines from 1/month to maybe 1 a year (I remember I made it to 364 days with no migraines and I celebrated)

    I loved the shot and plan to/hope to go back on it after we are done having a family. The only reason I’m getting off it as I want children, my docs said 6 months-18 months is average (but who knows really since I’ve been on it so long). The return of my period within weeks of no shot has me hopefull. I just want to get my body healthy and back to normal before my husband and I decide to have kids.

    The one thing that may be associated is that I am warm! I’m one of those who is always cold, always lol. But at the time of writing this I could also be getting a cold, we shall see.

  119. I’m 23 and I started the shot October 11, 2011 and I was recently due for my next the first week of April 2012. I skipped it because the clinic was a horrible place and very incompetent. Since then I have been extremely tired, nauseated, tender breasts, cramping, having headaches and horrible mood swings. I thought maybe I got pregnant somehow but all tests are negative. I’m a stay at home mom of 3 under the age of 5. From reading online a lot, many women have the same problems. I liked the shot but now I never want to use it again because of how I’ve been feeling after stopping them.

  120. Glad I found this site. Started taking Depo when I was 19, I am now 33. Shot was due in January, it is now May. No period yet, however, sore breasts, bloating, rage and depression, and the wieght gain… in a matter of weeks I can not fit into my clothes I have worn for 5 yrs. Still running everyday and eating normal. Yup, the post symptoms are very real.

  121. I was on depo provera for 14 years!

    When I started depo provera, as a teen, most girls would have discontinued it immediately: 1.injections every 3 months, 2.continuous bleeding & spotting, 3. weight gain. However, I stayed on because I was bad at remembering to take the pill & the pill made me throw-up every morning. So, I stuck it out. The weight gain was actually needed because years of being a competitive gymnast made me look awkward and gawky so I the extra 15lbs was not a problem.

    However, looking back now, I think I went from being a pretty happy person to a person with serious mood disorder. I battled depression for many years and couldn’t understand why someone who had nothing to be sad about still struggled with depression. As a college student on a pre-med track, I became more and more interested in biochemistry and started researching causes for depression related to neurochemistry and hormones.

    In my early 20s I noticed I had abnormal weight fluctuations (+/- 25lbs) despite eating/exercising. My doctors contributed it to stress-so I went with that. There were times I was really skinny but showed high cholesterol. There were times that all my weight accumulated only around my belly like a tire and my face became very puffy. Again, my doctors contributed it to stress and getting older. As time for my wedding approached, I worked out like a dog and ate as healthy as possible…I did shrink in size, but I still had a “tire” no matter what I did. I also had weird abdominal pains and eventually found out I had gallstones and needed my gallbladder removed. This was abnormal since I didn’t fit the “female, fat, and 40” reference that doctors look for when making connections to gallbladder problems. I continued to ride the roller coaster for my mood and weight while working with my doctors, trying to eat better, exercise, and behavioral modification techniques like breathing and such.

    In 2009, I had a case of vertigo that really freaked me out. I have never had issues of seeing double. I also started having insomnia that would last for days despite being exhausted physically. My GP at the time blew me off, but I wasn’t going to settle for his answer of “viral infection”. I found a doctor that was from the Old School and took the time to listen to all my history. He was very suspicious of being on depo long term. I even took my biochem text book to his office to ask questions. Basically, the depo worked too good. He did saliva tests (ZRT) and blood work on me and I found out that I had almost no estrogen and no progesterone, my testosterone was low, and my cortisol was out of whack: really high in the morning, then it would dip down, and then shoot back up….making the graph look like a “V. Normallly, cortisol should be highest in the morning and then gradually drop as the day progresses. He said it was no wonder I was having horrible insomnia among all sorts of other nasty side effects. Including mood issues. His suggestion was to discontinue the depo provera.

    I went off depo provera in Summer of 2010. Being that I was a student, and that I am latex-sensitive, I went with a non-hormonal IUD for birth control. My doctor was hoping my body would re-boot.

    I have had issues with fatigue and possible adrenal exhaustion, but my mood issues-especially depression-are gone 🙂 If I could only get over these metabolic issues, I would be on top of the world. It seems as if I went from a Cushing’s induced state to an Addison’s like state??

    I started using my calendar to document: my meds and supplements, moods, menstrual cycle, physical symptoms…etc. I take this to the doctor with me and I make notes/write down my questions to make my appoinments efficient. This has helped my doctors a lot. Yet I’m still like an episode of Mystery Diagnosis.

    Because of my schooling and work, luckily I have the background to read the

    relevant articles on PubMed. I’ve had doctors that have gotten pissed off at me for asking questions….Screw them….on to the next. Be proactive about your health. However, make sure the information you are using comes from reliable resources like peer-reviewed journals for example.

    In the meantime since I can’t change my physiological state, I have tried to control the things I can control such as a routine sleep schedule, reducing my caffeine intake, walking, breathing/relaxation exercises, eating smaller meals through out the day, increase my water consumption (instead of my beloved Cokes), eat more protein and fiber and less white breads, pastas etc. I take a multivitamin, B complex, fish oil capsules, vitamin C, and vitamin D. I take a calcium supplement in the evening.

    While I might not feel like I’m in tip-top shape yet, at least my mood has improved. I’m still researching the effects of depo. However, I could have had metabolic issues prior to starting depo that became amplified by taking it?? Really, there needs to be a change in the way OB/GYNs or GPs approach birth control- “spin the wheel of birth control” and hope for the best is not any kind of scientific approach doctors should be taking with their patients. I don’t know of anyone who has had baseline levels of hormones and body chemistry analyzed prior to selecting a birth control. It seemed like one picked it because they liked the catchy ad they saw on tv or they chose that pill because their friend took it or it seemed to be the one the doctor liked and had free samples conviently nearby from their last pharma rep’s visit. I don’t like gambling with my health, taking drugs, and hoping they work out for the best with the least amount of annoying side effects.

  122. Ive been on the depo shot for about 4 years I am now 21 and just quit the shot cold turkey. Im about a month n a half to two months past due on my shot and I have definitely been having withdrawal symptoms. I’m always tired and fatigued, some lower back aches here and there but worst of all are the symptoms I’m having on my nipples. They are very chapped, extremely itchy and burn when I sweat. It’s so uncomfortable and embarrassing and no matter how much moisturizer or lotion I put on them it’s not going away. I was very bloated as well for about 2 weeks but that seems to have subsided. I randomly spot too, usually during my work outs when I’m exerting my body and have had some change in the smell of my private part. Not necessarily a bad smell, just a different one, a little stronger than normal. Has anyone else had the nipple problem though? I just want it to go away.

  123. i was on deposited for two years and recently stopped about a month ago. Im experiencing extreme beast tenderness weight gain of 20 pounds change in mood and appetite along with tiredness and jitteryness. at first i didn’t realize why i felt like this until i looked up other peoples experiences. i don’t enjoy these symptoms but i had to stop taking birth control due to my depression. i will never recommend depo to anyone. there are to many side effects.

  124. I am 17 and was on the depo for a year before i stopped having it about 5 months ago. I had spotting every day and still have it now. I gained a stone in weight (6 kg) and my sex drive is non-existant. I am sick of always being on my period and always feeling dirty. The depo also gave me digestive problems which included symptoms similar to IBS. Not taking it ever again, such a nightmare and has affected my daily life and also my relationship. Just use condoms!!!

  125. I was on the shot from the time I was 12 until I was 19. I have stopped the depo two different times before stopping for good. The first two times I stopped, for about a month, The only symptom I had was tender breast. This time I have been off for about two months and I have breast tenderness, neasau, head ache, & others. It seems like the longer I’m off the more symptoms I’m experiencing.

  126. I started taking the depot injection when I was 19 and after 6 years I decided to give my body a break from it (my own decision) I came off of it in November 2011 and it has been 8 months now gong cold turkey on the injection. When I was on it it was brilliant for me, I had no periods, no weight gain in fact I lost around 2 stone on it which I didn’t go out to do intentionally but it just happened. Now however, since coming off of the injection I have had some bad side affects (nothing extreme). Th.e main one I have noticed is that I was feeling very nauseous for around a month and seriously thought I was pregnant but I had a test and it was negative so that was a relief. Also the other major was that I feel very dizzy in the middle of the day almost to the point where I think I’m gong to pass out. I have become rather scared of driving places as when I drive I sometimes feel like I’m not actually in the car in the drivers seat and my reaction seems very off. I was thinking about seeing a doctor but after reading the forum I think I am going to give it a couple more months to get this injection completely out of my system. I have had a period on off this month so my body must be starting to get back to normal I do find though that I have started to stammer and really have to think about how what I need to say when I speak ( I havnt had this problem before so I assume it’s a side affect?) I’m a happy person and the injection hasn’t really affected me in a depressing way just the dizziness, nausea and some slight weight gain but I’m am not too bothered about the weight just the dizzyness and which also has caused me to loose my balance, my partner has really noticed my loss of balance so I am hoping this sorts it self out soon also!

  127. I started taking the depot injection when I was 19 and after 6 years I decided to give my body a break from it (my own decision) I came off of it in November 2011 and it has been 8 months now gong cold turkey on the injection. When I was on it it was brilliant for me, I had no periods, no weight gain in fact I lost around 2 stone on it which I didn’t go out to do intentionally but it just happened. Now however, since coming off of the injection I have had some bad side effects (nothing extreme). Th.e main one I have noticed is that I was feeling very nauseous for around a month and seriously thought I was pregnant but I had a test and it was negative so that was a relief. Also the other major was that I feel very dizzy in the middle of the day almost to the point where I think I’m gong to pass out. I have become rather scared of driving places as when I drive I sometimes feel like I’m not actually in the car in the drivers seat and my reaction seems very off. I was thinking about seeing a doctor but after reading the forum I think I am going to give it a couple more months to get this injection completely out of my system. I have had a period on off this month so my body must be starting to get back to normal I do find though that I have started to stammer and really have to think about how what I need to say when I speak ( I havnt had this problem before so I assume it’s a side affect?) I’m a happy person and the injection hasn’t really affected me in a depressing way just the dizziness, nausea and some slight weight gain but I’m am not too bothered about the weight just the dizzyness and which also has caused me to loose my balance, my partner has really noticed my loss of balance so I am hoping this sorts it self out soon also!

  128. I have been on the Depo shot for about 15 years. I am 41 and got my last injection in November 2011. I put on alot of weight while on Depo but I can’t just blame the injection, I really didn’t eat well. Since coming off Depo I am losing about half a kilo a week, I am the lightest I have been in a long time but I am also eating well.

    I loved being on Depo – no periods! Yay!! Never liked them. Got what I thought was going to be my period on the 1/06/2012 but it only lasted half day, then the same thing happened on 20/06/12.

    The only side affect I don’t like is swollen and sore breasts. My Lord they ache!! For about 6 weeks now, if I wear a bra it is much better, just don’t hug me. But having said that after being on a drug for so long there would have to be some sort of repercussion.

  129. Wow -I am soooo glad to have read all your posts. I was on depo since the age of 15 – I am now 28. ended my 11 yr relationship in february and had some people warn me about being on the injection for so long so decided to go off, give my period time to return and then try the pill. I never noticed anything strange when I was on depro but had my last shot in october last year…..still waiting for my period to come back and recently started experiencing strange symptoms….thought at first it was just depression over the break up etc. but today I just nearly started crying for apparently no reason at all, this is not like me – i am such a generally happy person normally. Now i read the posts about sleeping problems, nausea, bloating, gas, irregular bowel movements, hot flushes, acne etc. and it is all starting to make sense…..i am very happy to know that I am not going insane because for a short while i seriously thought i was! i think that we could have been warned better about this though, i would never have decided on depo if i had of known this would happen. Then i eat a lot, then i have no appetite at all – the worst for me though is the lack of sleep and the gas! I hope it goes away soon, it reminds me of drug withdrawal symptoms that my brother experienced when trying to come clean! scary stuff

  130. Where to start?…..Here goes

    I started depo in 1995 because it was recommended by my doctor, who would not longer give me the pill due to my smoking. I was on the shot until Aug. 2009, 14yrs. I had almost zero side effects after the first 2 shots and my period stopped completely after the 1st year. I had minimal weight gain and it felt great not having my period! I was going to turn 50 in 2009 and decided I would stop depo and hopefully go through menopause gracefully…I had no idea.

    Since that time until March 2011, I had lost my home and alienated my friends and most of my family. My period started again 6mo after stopping the shot, so I was pretty sure it wasn’t menopause causing my problems but all of the symptoms were there; mood swings, sleeplessness, depression. Then the panic attacks started and I could barely function. I transferred with my job from state to state thinking I would be happy somewhere else.

    Finally my sister took me in hand, moved me in with her and her family and started me on natural home remedies for all of my ailments. It has been a few months now and I am getting back to my, what used to be normal & happy, self. Until recently, I had never attributed any of this to the depo shot. My sister started reading up on it after a suggestion from a friend a few days ago.

    I am just now reading up on it myself, so I am responding to these posts because I feel it is very important for anyone else going through the same horror of this experience. You are NOT crazy! The withdrawals make you feel crazy and you need someone to help you through it. Do not try to do it alone.

    My period, after some rough spots of bleeding heavy twice a month to stopping for awhile then starting again, are now quite regular at once a month but still quite heavy sometimes. My panic attacks are finally gone and my mood swings come and go with my period, which I think is normal. What I don’t know, along with many other things, is if taking depo for so long has caused by body to delay in the menopause cycle. Since I no longer trust most of the medical profession and will never go in for an exam or blood tests, I guess only time will tell…..unless someone out there has had a similar experience, at my age, and can tell me what to expect next.

  131. Sooooo happy to find out I’m not crazy! Where to begin, I started depo at the age of 16 after having horrible and very painful cycles. I thought is was the best thing I had ever got. I stayed on it for about 9 years, being in the military I loved the fact I didn’t have cycles to worry about. I never gained weight the 9 yrs on it, maybe because I was very athletic in high school and while in the military. I notice or have any kind of side effects that I can think of. I did however get pregnant while on it in 2009 due to having a allergic reaction and given meds in th ER that counter acted with my depo. After my pregnancy I elected to get Marina, which my body rejected and I returned back to Depo 6 months after my delivery. The depo completely stopped me from breast feeding my daughter, due to not being able to produce milk which was a downside. I was told by my doctor that sometimes the estrogen in the depo stops the production of milk. If the doctor had mentioned that before I would have not elected to take it. I did notice that I was gaining more weight and was hungry a lot, pretty much I felt like I was pregnant again. I was so moody, had a lack of sex drive, and very bad vaginal dryness. I thought it would go away if I just got back into my normal routine of working out and doing the things I did before I got pregnant. But needless to say nothing was the same. I worked out constantly with no success. I also felt tired all the time, again I must say the same side effects as if I were pregnant again. Luckily, I had finally decided to just completely stop taking the Depo Shot and see whats happens. So in November 2011 I didn’t recieve my Shot, just 2 weeks ago I got my cycle. Wow, almost 7 months it took to get a cycle. Might I mentioned also, I started to loose weight slowly in January and the past 3 months I have lost weight very dramatically. I weighed 139 lbs in November which was a lot for me as I have always been a ver petite person. As of today I weigh 118 lbs while my moodiness has gone away and my sex drive is back. I will say though I will try Depo again if I ever get deployed but if all the symptoms come back I will discontinue.

    Thank you ladies and guys for sharing your side effects, this has really explained a lot for me.

  132. Was on depo for a year and 7months. Last shot was Nov 2011. First period June 2012. Missed period July 2012. Symptoms… Everything stated above except weight gain. I also have tingling around the abdominal area. So many negative results on pregnancy tests. Nurse said to wait a couple weeks and take a pregnancy test again since it sometimes does not show right away. If negative then I have to see the doctor. Depo was great at preventing pregnancy and no periods!!! I’ve been on prenatal since Jan 2012 plus drinking green juices to help detox. Will update you all.

  133. I’m 31 and was on Depo for 2 years. I’ve been off it since March 2012- no period yet just a ton of crazy symptoms. Horrible stomach aches, weight gain of 20 lbs (and i had lost 35 lbs in the last year so gaining back really sucked!) shortness of breath, crying for no reason and extremely tender, swollen breasts. Cannot wait for these hormones to get out of my body!!!

    • I had the same symptoms crying alot and breast tenderness. And weight gain. After getting off the shots after being on it for 1 year and 6months. Been off of it for 3months.

  134. I HAVE BEEN OFF THE DEPO FROM ALMOST 5 MONTHS AND I GOT MY PERIOD ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. STILL HASN’T HAVE ONE BUT I STAY SO TIRED, MY BREAST IS SO TENDER, AND HAVE NO DRIVE. ALSO I HAVE NOT LOST ANY WAIT BUT I THINK I DID GAIN SOME. SHOULD I GET BACK ON THE DEPO.

  135. I have been on for 2 years on and off twice. 5 months ago I didn’t go back, because I wanted to lose weight and regain my period. I am extremely upset 5 months haven’t got even a dot. The weight problem is just getting worse, regardless of diet. I’M depressed and extremely bloated, been having constipation on and off. Why DIDN’T THEY TELL US ABOUT THE LONG TERM EFFECTS BESIDES THE BONE DENSITY? I’M Pissed OFF! And I can’t do anything about this? I always been thin, never had a child, or any medical issues. I literally do feel like a 50 year old having menopause, when I’m only 18!!

  136. Addition to my last post, I forgot to mention I’m always wanting to stay home bec ause I’m tired and I get hot flashes over night since the last two injections. my Ph is all screwed UP. And I do blame the shot because I ate right and exercised and took calcium. I have to.feel depressed when I should be enjoying the summer.

  137. Hi,

    I was on the depo for 2years and came off it in April 2012 as me and my partner decided we wanted to try for another baby. Since June I have had a constant period and my breasts are in so much pain. I suffered from painful cramps and was nauseous for a while but all that has subsided now. I know it will take a while for my hormones to go back to normal but has anyone constantly bled since coming off the depo and if so how long for? It’s impossible to try for a baby when all I do is bleed and it’s starting to get me down. I just want my body to go back to normal.

    Want to say a big thanks to all of u who have posted on this site I thought I was the only one and now I know I’m not alone in this x

  138. I started the depo soon after i got my first period when i was 16. I stayed on it for several years. i had a lot of weight gain in the beginning but it leveled out after I started a diet change and workout more but my boobs went from a nice full c to a double d in the first year of taking it. My period stop while i was on it but the doctor told me that was normal. I thought that was the worst of my problems, but i got my last shot in 2007 it is now 2012 and i only have maybe one period a year and if i do its light and barley there i have no clue why my period just wont come back its been five years. I have discovered that if i take birth control pills I get a full and normal period but if I get off them my period stops as soon as there out of my system. If any can tell me why I’m not having a period on my own without the pills I would greatly appreciate it. Oh and I am 25 I haven’t had any children but i would like the chance in the near future.

    • Rebecca did you ever wind up being able to get pregnant? 5 years later I finally have my periods back to normal too and I was on it for two years.

  139. Thank god for this article and the comments on this article. I was on depo for 2.5 years and only stopped because I moved somewhere without access to it. For the last 4 months, I’ve been experiencing severe nausea and breast tenderness, rapid weight gain, bi-polar like mood swings, anxiety, terrible exhaustion, and although it was a preexisting condition, my insomnia has never been worse. Having no period has just been the icing on the cake. For the past few weeks I’ve been extremely paranoid about being pregnant, but seeing all of these women having the exact same symptoms as me has definitely lightened the enormous boulder sitting on my chest…if only a little.

  140. I recently took one dose of Depo in April 2012. I was due my next shot in July 2012. I decided not to get it due to the fact that my hair was shedding excessively!! So it’s been a little over a month since my next dose was due, and I’m experiencing severe migraines, fatigue, light headded, dizziness, and extreme exhaustion! I did gain weight, but mostly in my belly area :-(. So of course I want to get pregnant now, and no sign of my period (which was pretty regular). I’ve been taking prenatal vitamins trying to replenish my body with what I think the depo is stripping it of…I was reading about natural remedies to aid with hormonal balance, such as maca root or rasberry tea. Does anybody have any wholistic approaches to flushing this poison from my system? I want to get back to normal

  141. I am soo Thankful for this article, I have had the worst experience ever with the depo shot.. I dont even understand how people go on it for years, I took the shot once it was a 3month shot, I was soo moody while on it, it was rediculous my boyfriend couldnt deal with my attitude not only that I gained 15 pounds in 3 months. I was due for another shot 3 months ago and I decided not go get it to make myself get better, worst thing ever I only got worst, my period still have’nt come its been 6 months, I have lost my appetite, I have extremly bad anxiety, I feel bi-polar most of the time, I actually feel like I am going crazy like Jenny commented abbove, I feel like I Needed to see a psychiatrist, I litterally had to google the depo shot and I stumbled upon this website and found out all this information that my doctor couldnt even warn me about before giving me this poisen, this is so harmful to people and their lives, I have such bad pannick attacks and anxiety its hard for me to focus and even work, I have such bad mood swings its hard for me to be around the people I love I harass my boyfriend and I yell at my kid these are things I NEVER DID BEFORE… I am going to schedule an appoinment with my doctor to see if this can be fixed, I need my period to come back again and I need to feel normal again I am only 21 and I feel so depressed like I’m 50 this is so stupid whoever created this drug it needs to be stopped I would never take another shot again!!!!!

    • Julie, How are things with you now 3 years post depo? I am currently going through exactly what u have described and I honestly need some reassurance that I have not lost my mental health for good.

      • hey lisa how are you? i just got off the shot and I’m really scared now reading these posts. I thought i did my research but i didn’t look hard enough i guess. This drug is really bad i don’t understand why it is not banned. hope everything is okay

  142. I got the depo shot once back on march 30 2012 and i had a period the first month for 3 weeks and missed my period the second month and started my period around june 9th and have been spotting ever sense and just recently had a more heavy flow three days ago and now its going back to spotting and i went to my doctor to get it fixed and all she told me was i dont know what to tell you. i have always been small my whole life and sense that shot i have gained weight i just cant seem to lose…. i will never do the depo again and i will be finding a new doctor….

  143. Hi ladies, I am also a victim of Depo Provera. I use to have extremely painfull menstruation and my friend suggested I go on it. It was great, i loved the fact that I didnt have my period and the extreme pain that incapacitated me at times. But I was never warned of the side effects. I was on Dep for 6 months and during those 6 months I experienced some major weight gain. I the switched to the two month injection hoping it will help with my weight, but nothing happened. I consulted a dietitian and went on a strict diet…. Nothing. I have been off Depo and Nurinterate since July 2012 and in these past 2 months I have gained even more weight, I am freaked out about it since I use to have the figure of a super model, and now I look like a fat blob. I wake up nauseous and gag every morning. I have panic attacts and is anxious all the time. My breast is so sore I can barely sleep at night and they have gone from a small B to a full size C-cup. My sex drive is still non existent and sex is quite painful, since I am so dry. I thought like many other women I was pregnant and took a pregnancy test, although my bf and I always practice safe sex. And like all the others it was negative. I have heart palpitations for no reason and difficulty breathing at some times. I thought my period would have returned after two months of not being on it, but it would appear like some women struggle for a considerable time. I also have some weird moods and sometime react in ways that makes me feel crazy. I thought was alone, but is so happy to see that I am not the only one that experiences these effects. I really hope that the symptoms will pass, and that I can lose weight. It is a real concern and hope not only for myself but for each very person that is going through the same symptoms that an end to this will come soon so we can return to feeling normal again. Thank you ladies, and good luck. Xx

  144. I was on depo for a year after having a baby because i was told depo or an implant would be best as i was breastfeeding so i started depo thinking i would be able to stop and try for another baby after about a year i’ve been off depo for 2 months now when it was coming to the end of my last injection i started bleeding after having sex so i saw a gp and was told everything was ok but i might not be able to conceive for 18 months or more and in the last 4 weeks i’ve been feeling sick i’ve got sore breasts i’ve got cramping and i snap at every little thing but i’m not pregnant i’ve also been having irregular bleeding i wish i never had depo now the way i feel now it’s stopped is awful.

  145. Hello to all you sufferers 🙁 I also have been on depo for around 4 years. I didn’t get my march 2012 injection and felt like rubbish since. I stopped my injection as i was suffering migraine (whack I never did before) and just wanted to rule out the possibilities of it being because of the depo. However since reading some articles I actually don’t think i have been myself for years since being on it. Anyway Since coming off it, my body muscles ache, especially my legs, almost like childhood growing pains. I am ALWAYS tired and have zero energy. The headaches are horrible, my back and neck are agony at the same time. The doctor diagnosed me with anxiety and depression and recently put me on anti depressants ….. I am thinking this is all to do with the depo injection 🙁

  146. I was on Depo for about 5 years with no gaps, decided to stop using it in hopes to lose weight. I didn’t get my March 2012 injection and my first period started on August 7, 2012. Today is Sept 9th and I’ve been on and off my period since Aug 7th. I’ve been suffering exhaustion and crankiness. I lacked a sex drive while I was on Depo, but it’s coming back now that I’m off it. Unfortunately, I don’t know when I’ll stop menstrating. I read it takes 18 months to get regular again which is very disconcerting.

  147. I am 33 years old and I have been on depo for 15 years. I recently decided that I was going to stop getting the shots. For no reason other than I just don’t want to be on them anymore. Today I was suppsoed to get my next injection and I cancelled the appointment. After reading all of these side effects I am very scared about the side effects to come and am not sure if I made the right decision.

  148. I literally just missed my last depo as I’ve decided to go back to the pill as I was gaining so much weight, the second night after I missed my shot I was very moody and couldn’t sleep all night, kept waking up and having anxiety like attacks where I would wake up panicking, I still feel overweight and my skin is like a spotty teenagers 🙁 help!

  149. I’m 19 and I had started the depo shot in May 2012 and I immediately stopped having periods, I had horrible mood swings and lots of fatigue. Terrible breast tenderness. Very low sex drive. Some nausea every now and then. Anxiety and depression. So when it came time to take my other shot in August, I decided not to. Now I don’t have periods at all and still have breast tenderness. Followed by excessive sweating and really oily skin. I can’t keep my face from breaking out. I also had a lot of pelvic pain while on the shot and every now and then after. I also have anxiety and I always feel bloated and lethargic. I’m hoping it’ll go away, especially the breakouts. I may end up back on the pill, which wasn’t so bad before.

  150. I was on the depo shot for 2 years and I just recently decided to stop getting the shot because of some of the side effects I was experiencing while on it, and also because I look forward to having children soon seeing as I’m getting older. The only good thing about the shot was that I never got a period, however I did spot a few times here and there during the two years I was on it but not much. I noticed while being on the shot that my mood was up and down and I suffered a lot of depression while on the shot. I’m a very happy go lucky person and I found myself sad and negative all the time sometimes for no reason at all. Others noticed this too. I also suffered from headaches all the time mostly migraines, and my sex drive was nonexistent. I was supposed to go back for my shot September 17th but I chose not to go back. Since then I have extreme breast tenderness and my breast are fuller. I also noticed how bloated I am and feel and I have gained just a few pounds not much though. I don’t mind the little wait gain because I’m very skinny to begin with but I wish my breast would stop being so sore and stop getting bigger. I’m so ready for the depo shot to get out of my system.

  151. Hi I’m a Mum of 3, 31years young been having

    Depo injections about 7 to 8 years.

    I missed my last injection last month

    deciding to go off it- give myself a

    break. My breast has neen sore then on Friday I found a small

    lump under my nipple in my left breast.

    I went to the Doctor Saturday now I’m

    waiting another week and having an

    ultrasound and mammogram on both

    breasts. I am so scared. I can’t help

    thinking the worst I wonder if the depo

    shot has anything to do with my lump???

  152. As aforementioned, it’s oddly relieving to see so many women reporting the same things you thought you were crazy for experiencing.

    I’m 21 years old. I only had 2 Depo shots before I decided I’d had enough. I am not good at remembering pills every day, the patch would never stay stuck on me, this seemed like the next thing on the contraceptive list to try. The first shot went well, I don’t recall any particularly bad mood swings or symptoms at all. My boobs got bigger, but that’s about it. Near the end of the 3rd month, when I was due for the 2nd shot, I noticed an increase in irregular bleeding. My assumption was that this was due to having switched BC so much in such a short amount of time, and that I was on the butt-end of the first round of a straight hormone injection. Made sense to me, I wasn’t worried.

    After the second shot, the bleeding never stopped. It would merely pause, perhaps for a few hours, tricking me into thinking I could safely wear a nice pair of pants without ruining them. The bleeding was heavy and very irritating. I ruined so many articles of clothing and was just so sick of it! In hindsight I also realized this shot was very likely a contributor in my lack of sex drive recently. My boyfriend and I are very sexual people, and for me to suddenly not have much interest in it is….extremely bizarre. We still had sex and still have sex, but I found myself not caring if we did or not, and getting distracted or unable to feel physically aroused even though I’m very much still attracted to my lover. That alone made me feel unlike myself, and I hadn’t attributed it to the hormones until just recently.

    Near the end of the 6th month, I began to feel nauseous and weak on a daily basis. This is the type of nausea that made me break into cold sweats + hot flashes, see black spots on the sides of my vision, and feel like I would be in the bathroom for a while very soon. I recognized this nausea, as I experience it during a regular period (one reason I went on pill BC, Yaz to be specific, at 18 years old, terrible terrible period symptoms regularly). This was soon followed by random headaches, body aches, digestive issues, and a general feeling of disinterest in most things that usually made me happy, disassociation/lack of connection to people, and pretty severe fatigue during the day (but inability to sleep at night, when before coming off Depo my body clock was pretty regular at falling asleep before 11:00pm). Even some days that felt reminiscent of a bout of depression. I’m not a depressed or negative person! I feel so off. It’s like this is an unwanted being living inside my body, feeling all these strange things.

    I was due for my third shot only a few days ago, and have since switched over to nuvaRing. I don’t want to stop contraception, my periods are horrendously painful and hormonal BC is the only thing that prevents it. The shot is just too much. So far, after a few days of Nuvaring use, the bleeding has subsided to merely spotting. This is a huge relief. I’m still unwilling to go out and do anything, really. I no longer feel “depressed”, more so just uninterested. I’d rather wait for this to subside before I go out into the world, I feel like I can’t appreciate most things right now that I used to be able to appreciate. Pretty mountain scenery outside, or a bike ride in the morning…things I normally love but just can’t feel motivation to do right now. On another hand I’m scared that I’ll experience a random bout of nausea if I go out, and I won’t have anywhere to retreat to so I can wait out the pain. to be honest, luckily I am a california resident and have been issued a 215 card for the past 2 years (due to long-existing anxiety disorders, which I feel also play a part in the symptoms of Depo). This is the only medicine keeping me from crying all day long, the only medicine that helps me eat without feeling like vomiting, and the only medicine that relieves the nausea and pain quickly and consistently.

    my boyfriend, luckily, is very understanding and just wants me to be happy again. We haven’t experienced any big relationship problems as a result of this, but I think that’s because our personalities and habits don’t lean toward causing or maintaining conflict — and this has helped me stay stable enough to not give into the emotional breakdowns that try and squeeze their way in since the shot started wearing off. I worry a lot about him feeling uncomfortable but I can tell that it’s an irrational fear, knowing what kind of personality he has that just isn’t something he would do. Mostly it’s just me, not him, feeling strange. I feel vulnerable and anxious and a bit paranoid…but I’m choosing to do my best not to react to these feelings, as I can tell they are not really ME. From the research I’ve done I can do nothing but wait for them to leave me….hoping the NuvaRing will be the one method that I can finally stick with!

    Much love and support to all you goddesses <3 Our bodies are complex and beautiful, and can be hard to understand. Especially for our male friends and intimate partners. Keep your heads up!

  153. Hey ladies..ive been on depo for about 3 years. I was due for my shot yesterday, but ive decided to stop and give my body a break – let it get back into the natural swing of things – but after reading all of the above comments im wondering whether i shouldnt maybe go today before its too late…lol!

    Im just kidding – but on a more serious note, these symptoms sound hectic, maybe best to ride it out ey?

  154. I was only on depo for six months but have stopped due to gaining acne and chest pains under my left breast. Around the time my shot was due I felt like I had manageable period pain but no period. I then began to feel sick. I had nausea and dizziness. I then became fatigued but couldn’t sleep at night but then started falling asleep at work- it was so bad it hurt trying to keep my eyes open. My throat often feels like its closing up and my tounge and lips swelled up for 2 days. I get random chest pains that feels like I am being winded. My dizziness and fatigue has started easing slightly- but my stomach pains are horrendous and indescribable. It feels as though my lower back is being crushed, my uterus is being twisted and stabbed and it even feels like I am givin birth. Codeine every 3 hours helps a little but I can’t take this pain. I have started taking the pill to try and help but seriously anyone considering this shot should do themselves a favour and don’t have it. IT’S NOT WORTH THE PAIN!

  155. Today is day 5 off depo – if anyone looks at me skew, im not sure whether i’ll smack them or burst into tears!!

  156. I been on depo shot since march2011 I stopped takin it in june due to the weight. Gain so my obgyn put me on avain the low estrogen pill I stopped takin that bcuz on day in class I felt like I was having a anxiety attack so since then has been a nightmare I was depressed didn’t feel like doin anything or goin anyhere I’m usually a fun happy loving person befor all this birth control. Problems. U couldn’t. Pay me to be upset or have a panic attack I never strssed about anything. This is terrible I always feel on edge jitty unhappy anxious and not enjoying things I used to love doing and I dnt kno who I am anymore oh and I forgot about the vrying spells I would wake up so depressed and wuld cry all day long it wad terrible my mom helped me threw it and I decided to seek help frm a pysch to sre wats wrong bcuz I felt like I was going crazy they prescribed meds for depression. And anxiety but I refused. To take them bcuz that’s not me I don’t. Need pysch meds I never felt like this b4 in my life so that was out the question. Bcus I dnt want to have to depend on pills to make me happy I can say tho this has been goi. On since july I am getting. Better now I can go to the store and shop by myself now which was out the question a month ago so I have faith and there is light at the end of the tunnel and I will overcome. This and get back to myself. Back happy and joyful. Jus take it day by day and dnt give up its been 3months now and I finally see progress now I’m waiting on my cycle to start up again we will get thru this! God Bless u all

  157. Hey ladies..just thought id pop in and give some feedback..

    ive been off depo since the 7th of oct, this is week 3 and i must admit – no real side effects – was a bit moody and emotional the last time i posted, but since then no major changes…

  158. I took the shot once 10 months ago. I bled 3 weeks at a time until 2 months ago. Now it’s only a week. Pain in breast as well. My dr did not explain side effects or anything about the shot. All I said was I think I want the depo shot because my sister is on it. And he said ok my assistant will be in here in 15 min with the shot and left! I wish I had some kind of warning what I was getting into!

  159. Hiya girlies.

    Hope your all doing okay. I have been on it for 10 yrs 5 months off and still having all aches/pains, nausea, breast pain, tingling legs, fatigue, headaches and pms symptoms but no periods yet. How long did it take for these to subside for most?

    Julie above; did the antidepressants help with the symptoms? What are things that are helping people, i know diet/water helps!

    If anyone wants to chat my email is claire8765@hotmail.co.uk would be good to chat.

  160. Hey all, just jumping in the litany about the depo shot. I refuse to be a statistic, but I’m kind of thinking I am now. I started the depo shot after a failed pregnancy in April 2012. I was due for my last shot on October 12th (2 weeks ago) and I chose against it, hoping to try to get pregnant again next year or the following (and hearing of the possible 18 month non-fertility spooked me, so I quit the shot after 2 doses). Here are my symptoms and why I ended up googling “hormonal spikes coming off the depo shot?”:

    1) Insecurity through the ROOF – waking up at night every time my husband gets up, afraid he’s irritated etc. (and he’s not)

    2) Random bouts of wanting to cry / scream hysterically (no I haven’ succumbed, yet) followed by extreme irritability.

    3) Shaky shaky shaky, as I type this my hands feel like I have palsy or something it’s ridiculous.

    4) Nausea – almost felt like morning sickness. I’m going to get a pregnancy test tonight at the store for peace of mind, but holy hannah this crap sucks.

    Oh, and I went from heavy period (before) to light period (1st shot) to no period (2nd shot). Still no spotting etc.

  161. Oh my gosh…. I came off my depo in June 2012, and had a tiny show 14 days later., but I know where everyone is coming fro

    With the pregnancy symptoms I’m always doing tests, I do want to get pregnant but want my body to return to normal also, I’ve had no period ye just horrible pain full cramps,(that make me like I’m going to pass out) I can cry at the drop of a bloody hat. Hip and back pain…can’t sleep a full nights sleep anymore !!! It’s the worst ever…. I’m glad I’m not going mad .

  162. Heya!

    @ Kara – i totally agree with you when you say you wont become another statistic. this is my 3rd week off depo after being on it for four years…the only side effects i have right now is weight gain, the shakes and insecurities like you have mentioned too….on the other hand though, as i went off three weeks ago i read all the comments above and it worried me to death – i suppose our bodies are all different and react differently, but would anyone agree with me if i say most of it is mind over matter?

  163. My last depo shot was suppose to be scheduled in July 2012. I opted to get myself off it after 5 years. I just couldn’t deal with the frustrating of dropping the 45 lbs I gained while on it.

    In August 2012, I had my first period. It was light and for 1/2 day. Strange.

    In September 2012, my breasts were extremely tender and my nipples started itching. This lasted about two weeks. That month I also received my regular period although it was heavy. I had forgotten how inconvenient periods were but better that than dealing with hauling around extra pounds. During my ovulation cycle, I had major cramps. I only felt them that month.

    Now in October 2012, I got a normal period and 28 days after my last period. So, my body is slowly adjusting.

    When I was on depo, I had migraines and a very low sex drive. Three months after my missed depo shot, my migraines are slowly going away. My sex drive came back one day with full force which my husband was excited about. Now I know how a teenage boy feels. Ha ha. I’ve managed to lose 9 lbs since my last missed injection without any change to diet or exercise. That I am happy about.

  164. Hi…first I must say that I loved the shot! The convenience of it, the worry free, and the non existent periods. Granted I had the occasional spotting to tell me it was still there but nothing overwhelming or painful. Now I’ve been off the shot 5 weeks after taking it for just over 3 yrs and OMG!!! My breast are extremely tender…in a bra out, of a bar, everything I do they hurt. I alsoo experienced moodiness, up and down emotions but nothing worse then having PMS oh and very annoying lower back pain. I am curious as to when these side effects will stop but am overall more satisfied with not having an unwanted pregnancy and now that we’re ready mature and financially capable to start a family we just have to wait it out.

  165. I want to know how many months I need to wait so I could get pregnant ?? I use the depo shot for 9 months . Now me and my husband we want to have a baby but I haven’t get pregnant:( I have 5 months that I don’t use the shot . So please some one help me.!! If u know something let me know to my email .. Monicafonseca81@yahoo.com

  166. hey,

    I have been on depo for a couple of years, I was due to have my last injection mid July. in September I experienced tearful mood swings and light spotting, in October the spotting continued…and I gained about 6 pounds in weight. then finally in November I have continued spotting throughout the month, but had ridiculously sore breasts and nipples. my stomach Oscar bloated. glad to hear I am not going in sane with my symptoms! just ready for a full normal period now. fingers crossed.

  167. I took the depo for 6 years and stopped four weeks ago or so. I am experiencing tender nipples and pain in my uterus as well as migraines and nausea. The pain subsides after just one Advil, however my nipples are extremely tender and my breasts are becoming larger and more symmetrical that of which is the only side effect I hope is permeant. My period slowly faded through the years now I don’t even get spotting. I think we need to conduct a study now! My concern is that there could be something worse going on in my body and I feel that I should go in for a physical. I read that I may never have a child or worse, an unhealthy child.

  168. Hello,

    I Googled coming off dep provera as I was a bit worried about my symptoms, but they are quite different from most of these. I was on it for about a year, and stopped in August 2012. I had put on a lot of weight, very noticeably, I went from an 8/10 to a large 12 and also went right off sex. Mood wise I was ok, but I’m fairly calm anyway.

    I still have not had a period since coming off, and when I was on the injection I did have sporadic bleeding. I did a pregnancy test but it was negative. Since coming off I have noticed no change in my mood but I have lost weight! I ate extra healthily AND did more exercise than ever whilst on the injection to offset the weight-gain but nothing seemed to help! I’m very pleased I came off it, but 3 or 4 months in and I still have had no period and still have low sex drive, but things are improving. Hang in there everyone, your body will naturally get over the hormone changes, it just takes time.

  169. PLEASE HELP!!! I had my last depo shot in June and since then, I keep getting a pain right above and around my breasts almost in my armpits. I have been spotting since late June and I didn’t get my 3rd shot in Sept. It has been 2 months and no period, just annoying spotting! I have to wear a panty liner everyday!!! I’m mostly just scared about the chest pains!! Can anyone help??

  170. Wow..after reading all these comments and complaints i am starting to wonder whether i am normal or not..lol…ive had a few tearful days within the first two weeks of being off depo and a headache here and there..but over all there has been nothing further. my periods have not returned, nor has there been any spotting, but i am not experiencing any tender breast or sore nipples etc etc…i wouldnt mind an increase in cup size to be honest…

    Maybe all these horrors are on their way ey….

  171. Hi and thanks for the enlightenment!

    Ive had a really low mood,total loss of sex drive,decreased appetite,bloating,constipation,and the biggest headache immediately after taking this nightmare jab for the first time 2months ago…im due to have a repeat in december and because ive been so low and also not sleeping i thought id see whats been said about it before i proceed.my work collegues have noticed a sharpness to my attitude which in the care industry doesnt bode well.my suffering fella is going with out sex and just yesterday called my unapproachable.that hurt so bad.but i cant shift it and never before have i ever been so rude to anyone……im totally convinced this jab should be outlawed..i cant believe i let my doctor talk me into it due to my monthly pains. and back pain…id rather have that and a laff than this depression..its affecting all i am..one round of sex and my partner contracted thrush..im so down..never again..i feel like ive been used for some sick experiment.

  172. I also came to this site from a google search on depo withdrawal symptoms. I was supposed to have my last shot in October, but I missed the appointment and just decided it was time to take a break from it. It never felt quite right to me to just stop having periods. I started on depo right after having a baby, and I am now back up to the weight I was when I was at full term in pregnancy. Like a lot of people commented above, I have had absolutely no sex drive and am still waiting on that to come back. Try explaining to your guy that you don’t want to have sex with him and don’t know why. Not an easy job… Instead of losing weight over the past month, I am still steadily gaining, and I consider myself to be a moderately active person. I have been feeling extremely down and out lately and have not had a period yet. I also feel like my body is no longer my own. I am tired all the time, regardless of how much sleep I get at night and I have trouble staying asleep. I would not recommend the shot to anyone.

  173. Hello Ladies!

    OMG i am soo glad i found this website. i took Depo from the time i was 19 til til i was 22, had a daughter at 26, went back on the shot after her birth in feb 2008 and in july 2012 took my last shot. i have gotten married and just felt i wanted another child. my whole personality has changed but not sure if it was the shot, or the death of my mother in 2006.i feel sooo angry. also “bi-polar” no sex drive, hard to deal with. im hoping my stop with the shot makes me normal again. im 31 yrs old and feel like a dried up cranky 80 yr old. please email me if u want to talk or have similiar things going on… kandi_sue2000@yahoo.com

  174. I started my depo this past summer thinking it would be easier than the pills, however I was fooled.I completely hate the shot, was scheduled to get one today but told the Dr I wanted to stop taking it.I can’t handle having a period for a month straight, it made me feel like I was completely drained, terrible headaches however I have had tension headaches before being on the shot, my back would hurt while on the shot…it’s absolutely horrible.I don’t think the drug administration even tested this shot before giving to people or maybe it’s a sign nobody should take the shot when you have to sign a waiver when you go to take it! I’m 21 years old and I can definitely say I want kids some day but I refuse to take a shot that wears me down.

    • hey amanda, i hope everything is all well, how are you holding up? did everything get back to normal? i had the same reaction the depo had me on my period for a month! it was ridiculous.

  175. ive been on the depo injection for 6 months and i was not happy the fact i was bleeding all the time so i decided that to stop taking the depo injection.ive stop taking it for 2 weeks now .am getting back pain s feeling sick and sore breasts.and no peroid yet i took a pregnancy test 3 times and all they came back is negitive.i wish these feelings go away.ive seen the doctor and he said the depo injection will ware off in my system about 6 months time.i hope some one give me a advice about this x

  176. I am 44 years old. I have been on depo shots for over 15 years; w/o any break. I got the shots to control debilitating pain, cysts, periods that were more on then off. Insurance forced me to take generic a few times; this always resulted in painful suffering on my end. So, been on name brand forever; pains started coming last couple weeks. Doctor changed me to every 9 weeks vs 12. I do have no libido and severe bone loss. in June, I accidentally missed my shot. Decided to ride it out.as I do not agree with dr that i should be on it forever. Side effect of stopping: severe breast pain, swelling. It has been 6 months — now the “swelling” is moving to armpit. I assumed like lymph fluid- lymph node swelling. just taking the pain along with it – so boobs not as sore, but armpit swelling hurts! one dr went along with my lymph node theory ( she was thinking cancer- which doesn’t present this way) second dr said it is not lymph node but muscle that has taken on the fluid from breast. his tx is to re-start the depo! i think it is the swelling from the breast migrating – just not sure what to do about resolving it. I also get the heeby-geebies; not comfortable in my skin feelings.

  177. I was supposed to get my shot at the end of july but decided to come off the depo after being on it for a year and a half. I had a semi normal period in august and when septembers period came I thought the bleeding would never stop. I bled for two months straight! It stopped at the beginning of november and then about a week later I bled for a couple days and I havent started bleeding again yet. It is really starting to get on my nerves not knowing when to expect to bleed. Along with the screwy periods I habe experienced major mood swings, depression, and weight gain. I would not reccomend using depo for birth control. Cant wait to start feeling normal again!!!

  178. I have been so worried about this! I got my last depo shot in June and have had a period since and it is December. I was really scared I was pregnant (although protection was used) but I had two tests both come out negative. I have been very emotional and tired. I have had three days of spotting and that is it. I have no sex drive and I just feel depressed. I have also gained weight. I have no idea what is going on with my body and it makes me scared. I feel very nervous. I am not happy with this shot at all.

  179. I stopped the depo shot two months ago and have been spotting everyday since then. I have yet to have a full force heavy period, but i have never been so irritated in my life at the amount of $ I’m spending on feminine supplies. Also, its hard to explain, but something just doesnt feel right with my body. I am absolutely terrified that something is really wrong and this may effect my chances of having children in the future. When I talked to the doctor about it, all I was told was that it was just a side effect. Our bodies are so complicated and responses like that are nerve racking!

  180. I am scheduled to have a shot on 14th. I want to stop taking this depo but I am now confused as I read a lot of comments that it will make me gain more weight. I have been in depot shots for 4 years now and I want to get my normal weight back. Others said that they their body weight have returned to normal after deciding not to take the shot again but others dont. I am also nervous to experience the continuous bleeding in months others have experienced. If only I known this before I shouldn’t have taken this depo before.

  181. omg reading all these comments puts my mind at ease even though its not good, i have been on n off depo for past 10 yrs n last 2 times i was late in havin it my breasts r tender n sore especially when i take my bra off though summet medically was wrong the first time that happened so had them checked at docs n 3 months late for depo this time n its started again but also started suffering from anxiety cant go out without havin a panic attack i really didnt no the depo can cause all this the doc put me on prozac a few wks bk to deal with it but i refuse to take them x

  182. ‘@ Maricel – I was also on the shot for four years, my last shot was due on the 7th of October. So far i think i consider myself a little luckier than others just from reading the comments above. the only side effects i can say ive really had has been headaches (which i suffer from anyway), moodyness, being paranoid, sensitive feelings, and only recently (two days ago) my nipples are extremely tender and sore..ive had no spotting nor any periods as yet – which im sure will return with no mercy, but personally i stopped the jab to give my body the chance of becoming normal again – for things to “flow” normally for a while as i doubt its a good thing to be on the injection for too long. In my opinion everyone is different, so your side effects or periods may not be as bad as others…if it is, see it as your body doing a good spring clean! 🙂

  183. stopped taking the shot in july. i just turned 50 last month and now i feel nauseated all the time, breasts are tender and weight gain sucks. what can i do to feel better? had spotting last month and that was it

  184. ‘@ Brenda – ive noticed that excersise helps a lot, if you belong to a gym do a good cardio session and sit in the steam room for 10 minutes after – it helps to sweat the shit out you system..

  185. I first started the depo this year i have had only 2 shots I came off it November 30 the same year… i rely didn’t like it. i had completely lost my sex drive, feel rely moody and took it out on other people. i wish i never went on it. i actually miss my period. since i been off it i haven’t had my period but on the 16th dec i noticed a drop of blood in my pants, if its a sign my period is coming back then i want my menstrual cycle to be back to normal fast as possible. since i was on the depo i was 9 stone i was exercising a lot i lost half a stone i was soo happy i work so hard for it as well then my firs injection ran out when i went for my second i ended up putting all that weight back on i felt shity rely shity. since iv come off my eating habbits are bad its harder for me to lose the weight and iv started to get a little lower back pain.

    i havn’t visited my doctor yet. but i feel i should so i know that im okay i seem to have the feeling that something is rely wrong with me but i know my hormones are just changing…

  186. Brenda, JewlZ is right even though i put weight on after my last shot i never stopped working out i felt a little better knowing that i sweated

  187. Ladies….its been three months since i was due for my shot…no periods as yet, not even a blink of a sign that its coming any time soon. BUT, im lightheaded and nauseas a lot of the time and my breasts were a lil tender but better now…any chance i might be preggas??

  188. Hi ladies. I started taking the depo when I was 19 and it worked wonders for me my mood swings had stopped and I pretty much felt happy and stress free and having no period was fantastic. I then decided to try for a baby at 20 so I stopped taking it. 2 months later I was pregnant. I couldn’t believe it. After my son was born I went straight back on the depo and had the same great experience as before.

    About 3 years later my doctor warned me of the possible bone density issues and advised that I might take a break from using it so I did. I had no side effects but did not have a period for 9 whole months. I decided after a year to start back on the depo as I assumed the break would have been sufficient. A year later my partner and I have decided we would like to try for another baby so I was due to take my last injection in November but I didn’t take it. This time around however my body has gone mad. My weight has shot up beyond what I would normally have expected for the Xmas holidays and I have been having seriously sore breasts that straight away made me ink I might be pregnant. Obviously I was wrong. I now can’t seem to go a week without having some sort of period that is a mixture between spotting and normal. My skin has flared up with spots which I never normally get and I am constantly tired. Oh and my partner has noticed my mood swings 🙁 It’s just typical really because this time around I need to get pregnant quickly for medical reasons and I had no idea I could be looking at up to 18 months. I really wish this information was given to me back when I was 19 and not have to find out 7 years later how bad this can be.

  189. I’m so glad I found this feed. I’ve been experiencing all of the above. I thought I was pregnant but I took a test and it was negative. I’ve gained 30 lbs since stopping the shot, I haves no sex drive, I’m moody and tired. I’m miserable. The shot is horrible. I urge women not to take it. It’s ruining my life right now. Ive never been this big and moody. I have a period all the time. I started the shot in September and I haven’t stopped bleeding since then. It sucks!

  190. I had 2 shots and didnt get the third, and a week later I started spotting which has turned to full flow and has lasted nearly a month now. I don’t know when I am going to stop bleeding, it’s ridiculous. Have had breast pain, headaches, tiredness, moodiness and gained 28lb over 6 months.

    I wasnt told of any side effects except perhaps there would be weight gain.

    • fee, i just got off the deep as well. how are you holding up? i definitely hate the side effects i feel like I’m pregnant all the time but I’m not. hopefully your doing better

  191. Can you ladies tell me if any of you were told of possible side effects once you stopped the shots?

    Did you get any literature to take home… anything at all?

    Thinking about it, it seems a tad wrong to inject you with somehting that lasts so long and are only told you may put weight on.

  192. I started the injections when I was 17 years old for uterin congestion. This last December I was supposed to go in and my new husband and I decided let’s not get it and let things get back to normal before we ttc. Every since December (12 weeks after my last shot) my breast have been sore, I have had cramping, nauseated and a little more stressed. I have not had a period yet although I am having all other symptoms. I am just about 35 now and am worried I am peri menopausal. I had a very successful run of the injections. Yes gain weight increased about 40 lbs over the years and 19% bone loss. All meds have side effects and each person has to weigh them out to see if it is worth it. It was for me not to be in so much pain all these years along with all the other problems that come with having menstruated with the cysts and fibroids and endometriosis. I don’t see a lot of women on these forums who have been on it as long as I have but was hoping that someone would know or know of studies to read about losing the weight now (has been impossible to maintain no matter how healthy i eat and how much i excersise) and will stopping the shots help my daily migraines and can I conceive without my body first shedding the lining and carry successfully. I guess my biggest fear is if I get pregnant after being on the depo for so long, will I be able to carry full term.

  193. Just thought I would update 11 days after my last post that I am STILL BLEEDING. This is now over a month and showing no signs of stopping. Costing me a small fortune in pads too. My mam bought me a ‘present’ of 3 packs to help me out lol.

    I’ve started taking oil of evening primrose to see if that helps, so far not.

  194. It was very comforting to see this article. At least I feel like I know what’s happening to me now. I stopped taking depo about two weeks ago and have had nausea, headaches, breast tenderness and exhaustion. It’s an everyday thing….not enough for me to not be able to get through my days, but enough that it’s noticeable and starting to wear on me.

    I started taking depo because of my very heavy periods and the bonus is that it was also a form of contraceptive. I’m having the NovaSure procedure done next week and am keeping my fingers crossed that it helps with all these symptoms!!

  195. DO NOT GET THIS SHOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I only took this shot one time (for the 3 months). The first month or so my body felt ok however the last 2 months on being on the shot my body fell apart. I had night sweat, anxeity, depression, shaking, tingling in my hands and legs, palms sweating. I got teh shot Aug. 16th, 2012 I was due to get another one between Nov. 1-15th of 2012. I didnt because of teh side affects and towards the end of Nov is when the withdrawl started to happen. I was jittery and started having stomach problems (no vomitting) but loss of appetitte and having acir reflux. I lost weight and Im allready a small women. I had no issues with eating prior to starting this depo shot. This shot made me week and I went to the ER twice due to dehydration. Its been 2 months since my last injection and my body still isnt right. I have read so many different stories as to how long this will stay in the system and there really isnt an answer. My period has returned in Dec and I had one for Jan. I can still tell my body doesnt feel right

  196. I was on depo for the better part of 12 years. I have been off for over 18 months and experienced thhe initial heavy peoriod for weeks, insane breast tenderness, anxiety and weight gain. I decided to stop depo when I noticed the weeks just after my shot were worse for my insomnia and middle of the night hot flashes and crying jags. The insomnia and night sweats are gone, however the irratability, anxiety, heavy periods awre still around and I guess you can calll it depression,Im not sad per se, but I have zero motivation and just generrally feel lethargic and lousy. After almost 2 years off, I feel better but at the same time, I am so ready to be over and done with it.

  197. I was on depo for 11 yrs..absolutely loved it, made me lose weight, never had periods loved it…until I stopped 2yrs ago…during this time I gained weight, sore breasts to the point I couldn’t even touch them, nausea, anxiety, major abdominal bloating, insomnia, bad night sweats, feeling sad, angry with anyone and everything, hated my body to the point I never went out anymore, got my period back after 8 months…I excercised like a mad women, ate low carb, just to loose the weight i gained which was 10 kilos more…NOTHING!!!! Depo is stored in your fat and it takes ages to get rid of it…however I tried accupuncture, sitting in a steam room, foot detoxes and even took liver cleansing tablets to detox this stuff out, they say to eat low carb if not no carbs as it is stored in your fat…obviously if you loose this weight u loose the depo…but it does take time especially if you have been on it for years like me…even after 2 years later I still struggle with my weight and my belly still hasn’t really gone back to how it was….but I have lost most of the kilos I gained….now I’m dealing with PMS sux being a girl!!!!!!! I have been tempted to go back on the depo….sounds crazy! But I just think of all the crap I had to go through and I quickly change my mind…..so to all those girls out there these symptoms are not in your head like some doctors say, maybe try some of the detoxes I did…but don’t go back on it coz it will be 10 times worse when u eventually want to go off….

  198. I have been on the Depo shot for over a year now and have yet to stop bleeding. I have been on a heavy period, with nothing more then a 12 hour break in between for over year now. I am scared to go to the doctor, but also scared f being infertile. This shot really messed me up. I don’t know what to do. I am also scared of being pregnant but with bleeding this long and this much, I don’t think that is even possible.

  199. I had depo for a year, was told to come off it by my doc as was experiencing signs of depression and floaters in my eyes, and a dull headache every day, my next one was due 5 dec, since not having it my symptoms are worse, no period but pain , headaches, tiredness, being and feeling sick, dizziness, heartburn and wind. And the feeling of being pregnant , no periods and pregnancy test showing negative every time.

  200. Thank goodness for finding this site! I thought I was crazy with all my symtoms going on. I have even tried 5 different “happy pills” because my doctor thought I was depressed. I was on it for 12 years straight – no breaks! Worked great and unloved being on it but needed to get off for other medical issues. All bid good there now. Temporally using the pill. Stopped all the anxiety meds because I thought it was those making me act that way but now the tiredness, bad headaches, hot flashes and can’t sleep is much worse. I’m going to stick it out as long as I can. Taking some lorazepam has helped me relax. I also feel very incure Bout everything.. Work… Home… Doesn’t matter. I feel like everyone is out tobget me orbits talking About me. I found this and reassured my husband it was withdrawal symtoms from the demo. Bye bye depo.. Bye bye pill… On to the IUD…

  201. Thought I’d give a final comment. In total I bled for 6 weeks after I stopped the injection, which was like my 6 months periods worth saved up!

    My skin has become a nightmare, but breast tenderness has gone.

    The ovulation/cyst pains are back again, the reason I had the injection to begin with, so in some ways the injection is good if you are suffering from chronic pains for most of the month.

    Would I get it again though? No.

    I think the injection takes any drive away too.

  202. Hello, I’m so glad I found this site and I agree with some of the others DO NOT GET THIS SHOT!!! I received the shot in Sept 2012 and started feeling depressed, tired and gaining weight by Oct. then in Nov. I started having panic attacks! The shot ran out in Dec and that’s when I started having all my problems! I started off having chest pains, nausea, foogy vision, bad headaches, body aches and the heavy bleeding. Now it’s two months later and I’m still having these problems plus my anxiety and depression have gotten worse. I went to the doctor and they ran ever test possible on me and finally just said that I was suffering from severe depression! ( Keep in mind I never suffered from depression/anxiety prior to this. I was a happy person!) I finally asked my doctor if it could be from the depo since I refused to take depression meds. And he was like yes! He had had another patient who had experienced some of these same syptoms when coming off the depo shot. So now I’m just trying to wait it out til my body gets back to normal which my doc saids could take up to a year! I wish I could rewind time and never take the depo it had truely ruined my life these last few months! I just wished my Gyno would have told me all the possible side effects!

  203. I have been on dep for 2 and a half years. I was due for a shot this month but decided against it. I have ben having cramps but no spotting or anything. When I first started the shot I was always told I wcoukd get pregnat right after stopping it but everything I’ve read is about women having trouble getting pregnant and not getting their periods back. I was also yold that any bone density loss could be regained after stopping the shot. I also gained a huge amount of weight in which I can’t seem to get off even with diet and extreme exersizing. I feel that i was lead on and lied to abput this horrible drug.

  204. I had my last depo injection in October. I had been on the shot for 3 years and my doctor wants me to try another form of birth control due to my 20+ pound weight gain over this past year. In the past few weeks, I have been nauseous, jittery, dizzy, tired, and my breasts have been tender, which usually never happens to me. I thought I was pregnant, but I’ve taken two pregnancy tests and both were negative. I was on the shot years ago and the only symptom I had upon stopping it was bleeding and spotting for a couple of months. This time, I’ve started having some brown colored discharge, which I think is a signal that I will start bleeding soon. I don’t know what is going on with me, but these symptoms are definitely strange.

  205. I was on depo for 11years, never had any side effects except for migraines every now and then, if anything I lost weight, 3 years ago I chose to stop getting the injection I was 33 and wanted to have children, that’s when it’s went downhill…took 9 months to get my period..which I knew would happen but I wasn’t expecting the rest of the symptoms I got….weight gain 10 kilos, major major breast soreness, bad migraines, anxiety, night sweats (for a year) constant bloating, insomnia, nausea just to name a few…it was horrible…I went on diets, low carb, excercised everyday NOTHING!!! 2 years I put up with this I tried everything from accupuncture, diuretic pills, sitting in a sauna, foot detoxes anything I could find on the net I would try, eventually the weight started to come off after 2 years though, but in saying that my body has never been the same, I still have a bloated belly, and my weight is up and down ALL THE TIME….I now suffer from PMS as I’m not on any contraception and I do so for 3 weeks, and one week of pure bliss! I’m really worried its going to turn into PMDD I don’t get suicidal thoughts like most woman but I do suffer from the symptoms longer than normal…there has been times I’ve been in tears and close to going back on depo just to feel normal again but I’m scared of having to go off it again and dealing with the withdrawals again, but nothing helps with my pms it feels like this is the way its going to be…

  206. Also for those girls who are having the after effects of depo…the weight especially will eventually come off….it’s water retention I’ve read a low carb or no carb diet can help as depo is still stored in your fat…it’s hard if your like me and love food and sweets, it’s absolute BS!!!! So drink a heap of water no sodas just water….or for those that just carnt do the low carb….it will come off but it will take a while….good luck to those of you who are going through this….men have it so easy!!!!! 🙂

  207. i have been on the injection for about a year and decided to stop as have put on about 20lbs and have no sex drive and was moody all the time and just did not feel myself but now i have stopped my last one was meat to be about four weeks ago i feel like complete shit i have not started bleeding yet and i feel sick from the moment i wake up i cant eat and feel light headed and dizzy.

  208. I have been on the depo for 5 years, had my last one on the 18/10/12as me and hubby are trying for a baby. The side effects from the drug is horrible, i feel tired render breasts and my mood swings are terrible, crying all the time. I have horrible period like cramps and generally not tell. DONT GO ON THE DEPO.

  209. I work at a women’s health clinic and I have seen some patients who have complained of such symptoms, while other women seem to be completely fine. As every woman and their body are different, many patients will have different reactions to stopping the depo shot. While of course many doctors do not want to blame the side effects on the depo withdraw, it only makes sense that if the shot was used long term, as it normally is, the dissipation of the drug in the system is likely to have a noticeable effect.

  210. I was on the depo shot for 3 years. While I was on the shot I was extremely moody, abusive and revengeful as well as very depressed. Once after 3 years I tried to get off the shot I had serious breast pain. So bad I would cry if I had a bra off for long periods of time. I knew it had to be from my hormones being off whack due to the shot so I went back on the shot bc no doctor could give me a proper diagnosis or any pain treatment. Almost 3 weeks lately of being back on the shot my breast were feeling much better but my depression and moods wings were full on. After a year I got back off again and my breast were in the worst pain imanigable. I went back to my doctors and it turned out I had cysts all on my breast. After that I never went back to the shot again. But I had serious withdrawal feelings. Feeling angry and depressed all the time. I was pregnant after a year and a half being off the shot and I felt like I was on the shot all over again with my mood swings and bitcheness.

  211. I have been taking the depo shot for about 10 years i started at 28 and i am 38 now.. should i get off the shot? if so want kind of side effects will i have, should i get a bone density test done.. please help me, i am confused on what to do about this… thanks

  212. So eight months ago when I went to my ob-gyn they put me on the depo to stop my fibro cystic breat changes . (Which helped) but I had my period every day for the first two shots which sucked and they didnt inform me on how long it could take to get pregnant which my fiancé and I wanted to happen by the end of this year. So needless to say after the 6 months I was done ill deal with the breast lumps. Stopping the shot is extremely miserable I’m cranky all the time, horrible mood swings, bad gas, swollen and sore breasts/nipples, head aches, weight gain, random spotting. I was unaware of the horrible side effects once stopping the shot, I would never have got it if I had known, especially since its only been two months since my shot ran out and it can take up to 16 or so months for some women to get pregnant. 🙁

  213. I’ve been on the depo twice now. First time i was on it for 5 years and i don’t recall ever getting any withdrawl symptoms. There was a point in my life that i hd issues with acid reflux but i can’t be sure that this happened from the result of coming off the depo the first time. I had at least a 4 year break between the first nd 2nd time going on it. I recently discontinued the injections after being on the depo about 1&1/2 yrs. I started it up again after finding out i was pregnant, following an abortion. It’s been about 1 month now since i should have had my regular injection and, let me tell you i am not happy one bit. I’ve been feeling nautious mornings, afternoons and later in the evenings. Often right away after eating something. I’ve had everythingg from feeling so nautious i felt fluish, i’ve had dry heaves, i’ve had time where i will puck up mouthfulls of stomach acid and other time when it was just full out pucking sessions. This has also been brought on by foul smells, from the bathroom or garbage or anything of that sort. I’ve just had a relly sensitive stomach for that. My breast are so sore. Way more than when you are mentruating or just prior to that. They are extreamly tender. And i have a BIG tolerance when it comes to pain. Beleive me i am covered in tattoes starting from the back of my shoulder going underneath my armpit onto my ribs, to to side of my stomach, down onto my hip and bone where there is no fat, top pelvic area and oart of my thigh. My breast are sore! Not to mention they are a decent half a cup to a cup larger than normal. As big as they were before getting the abortion. At first i thought this was just anxiety since im in a difficult part of my life and a lot is going on, but then i started piecing things together and then started googling withdrawl effects from comming off the depo. Sure enough i found tons of supporting information that this is linked to the depo. It doesn’t take a scientist or a dr. to put 2 & 2 together. I just really hope this goes away soon, before finding all of these threads i was getting even more anxiety that i may be pregnant again, but had a hard time believing it could be true since i’ve only been off of it for 1 mobth now and the % of that actually being true was hard to believe which also help me to figure out was has been haooening to me. Plz god help us all that are going through this and for all future ladies that will have this happen to them.

  214. I am on my 3rd depo shot as of Feb 2013. Out of the blue in feb a couple weeks after i got the 3rd shot i got hot flashes and nauseated and ever since then i havent been same. My symptoms come and go. Here lately i have been having nausea during the day, hot flashes, not able to sleep at all, constipation, bloated like everyday all day, brownish discharge, no period since being on this shot and just not feeling like myself… I absolutely dont wanna do anything anymore.

    I was told my body should be use to this shot by now, so when i was told that by a nurse at the clinic i go to it threw my mind for a loop… so everything i have been going through is cancer or another illness. I was completely fine until my 3rd shot. I feel as if i am pregnant (which i know i am not)or in menopause or something. The nausea is really kicking my butt during the day. i find myself chewing mint gum and it helps. It has to be this shot messing with me!!

    I am due for my shot between april 19-may 3, but honestly after reading all yalls comments i feel exactly how yall fee. i feel i am going through withdrawls just like yall, but i am currently still on it. Can my symptoms be depo related even though i am on my 3rd shot? I really need answers. I am scared to death!

    Plese email me mz_officer4053@yahoo.com

  215. I was on the shot for 3 years and gained 20 lbs decided to get off had my last shot in November and This is by far the worst drug I’ve ever taken! I had my first panic attack in Feb and thought I was dying these are the after affects from the shot that I had :Nausea, panic attacks, heart palpitations, nervousness, sadness, tingling (circulation), troubled breathing, major dizziness,,jitters, stiff muscles, lost 15 lbs ,, major(pressure) headaches, sleepiness, insomnia. I read up on what you could do to get the lingering Depo out of your system did a Complete Body Cleansing (DETOX) and I feel so much better! I too was put on anti-depressants which made me even worse! Anyone that wants to do Depo for birth control I recommend you read up on it before you do it!!!

  216. 2 years later and I’m still experiencing side effects before and after my menstrual cycle. While on cycle stomach pain and cramps are the worst as well as anxiety and panic attacks. After cycle nausea, gas, bloating,headaches dizziness are the worst. I have seen several doctors and they all tell me that I’m fine but I’m 32 and feel like a 90 yr old woman. Currently on progesterone cream and seeing a holistic integrative medicine doctor. I pray that this doctor can at least get me half way back to normal because on the verge of giving up!

  217. I had depo for a year, was told to come off it by my doctor in December, 2012 which expired in February 2013, because i’m planning to have another baby, but i have been seeing blood continuously (it can only stop for three days and starts again). I have been feeling nipple pains, stomach pain and feel moody.

    What will i do to stop this continuous bleeding and other pains?.

    Mama ‘B’

  218. hi ,

    i had depo injection for one year for endometrosis and my last shot was on 3rd jan 2013.

    I m taking a break now as i gained weight 5kg in one year.

    is there possible side effects after stop taking this injection?

  219. i stopped taking the depo shot and my stomach has very sharp pains n i cant eat if i do i will vomitt. My back has been in constant pain

  220. I’m sorry;

    but you women who have had a symptom-free experience and tell these women who have had all these symptoms that depo provera is not bad because you personally have not experienced them are being selfish in my opinion.

    I am lucky because although I have personally experienced bad withdrawal symptoms since coming off depo-provera, they haven’t been as extreme as the symptoms of some of the other ladies here.

    But ladies, whether these above mentioned symptoms have affected you and your life or not, reading about what this has done to so many other women makes me angry, and it should make you angry too!

    We are accountable for what we put into our bodies, but I would like to know exactly what percentage of women actually get online and do in-depth research before going to their gynecologist!

    I believe most of us go to our doctor with a level of trust in place, and I don’t think that’s wrong. We should be able to trust our doctors – for their sake and for ours. That’s why they spend all those years in med school – so WE don’t have to.

    Should women do research before putting something into their body? Yes.

    Should we suffer such extreme consequences if we don’t?

    Should our doctors continue to conceal this information from us or pacify us into consent in favor of their own benefits from administering it?

    How many women would consent to receive this injection if the doctors were to tell them how many secondary symptoms are actually possible?

  221. I was on the Depo for about 5 years and didn’t go back for my shot at the beginning of February. My boobs are SO sore it hurts to sleep on my stomach and when I wake up in the morning I have to hold them because them hanging there when I stand up is the worst breast pain I’v ever experienced! I haven’t had a period yet but I definitely had cramps like I was going to and I felt very sick a couple of mornings. I did take two pregnancy tests to be 100% sure and no, I’m not pregnant just in misery! I am also very moody and I hate it! My boyfriend of four years noticed my mood swings before I did. I’m surprised he didn’t leave! I cry for nothing really at all! Example: He looked at me slightly funny and BAM crying. I also have had some heart pains since being on the Depo that have been really frightening and when I went in to my last Depo appointment I mentioned this and they said it might be asthma (no I don’t have asthma) and didn’t really seem to care. I did research on my own and surprise surprise the people who make the Depo were sued because it can cause heart issues. I wish I never went on it. I did absolutely no research on how it can affect your body I was just being lazy and didn’t want a period, now I’m begging for it! The Depo is not natural and destroys the way a woman’s body works naturally, so bad it could take up to a year to return to normal or longer. It’s not okay to put man made crap like that into our bodies without knowing what it does. I will never use a hormonal changing form of birth control ever again.

    • I was on the shot for a rial of 5 1/2 years. I took my first shot in 2009 and my doctor warned me that I could potentially bleed quite a bit until I am due for my second shot. She was right, I bled for 3 months straight without a break of any sort. It was pure miserable. When I took my second shot it was thought it was a magic wand and it stopped the bleeding immediately. I continued the shot, on time, until I was due for a shot in October, 2012. While on the shot from 2009- October 2012, I noticed a few side effects. One of my side effects was I would cramp like I was about to start my period, but I never bled. My periods had gone away! Another side effect I had, was HORRIBLE breast pain. My breasts were so tender and sore that I would wake myself up in the middle of the night if I accidentally rolled onto my stomach while sleeping. Also, my puppy would accidentally bump his chin on my breast when he was excited to see me and it was excruciating! In addition, I had large lumps in my breasts and my doctor thought that I may have breast cancer, as it does run in my family. I had many tests and many ultra sounds done and it came back negative to breast cancer, thank the Lord above. I did gain a little weight, but other than that life was good. Like I said before I was due for a shot in October 2012, but decided not to take it due to a tragic time. I immediately regained regular periods after I got off. I then decided to get back on the shot in January, 2013 and immediately my periods went away again. I have just recently gotten off the depo shot for the second time, and for good, due to a few reasons. I was due for a shot October 29, 2014 and the first reason I got off is I started to have a heavy period exactly 3 weeks before I was due for my shot. I was worried there was something wrong with me because I had never bled while on the shot, except for when I first started the shot. I went to my doctor and all she could say is “our bodies so weird things sometimes.” So I went back home and started researching some things about the depo shot and that’s when I learned you aren’t supposed to be on it for more than 2 or 3 years! I was in complete shock because my doctor never mentioned this to me. I was worried what damage was done to my body, if any, with me being on the shot for so long, so that’s the second reason I got off. After I got off the shot in October 2014, I didn’t have a period until December 1, 2014 and it lasted until December 12, 2014. Then, I didn’t have a period until January 25, 2015, which lasted 7 days. Since then I have had about 7 or 8 “periods”/spotting, where one of them lasted around 4 days, but the rest have lasted only one or two days or even around 12 hours. The consistency isn’t a normal period for me and it has a bunch of blood clots. I am currently on my period and I am bleeding a waterfall. My breasts and nipples are so tender and sore, and I also have extreme cramps since being off the shot. My migraines have increased and I’ve lost weight. My face has been very oily lately and I’m starting to break out more. I would never reccomend this shot to anyone. It was great while I was ON it, but since I’ve been off it, it’s been horrible.

  222. I had gone on Depo for a few cycles back in 2004 after having my second child. I don’t remember experiencing withdrawal symptoms but after having a terrible experience with Mirena in 2009 and a third pregnancy which had to be terminated last year, I wanted to get the Essure procedure but PP clinic told me I had to get the Depo shot to prepare my system for the procedure. I got one shot before the procedure and one after. I believe the Essure worked but I had no period for almost 6 months. I have always been irregular with my periods but had regained some normal cycle until the 2nd Depo shot. I also slowly gained about 25 lbs in about 3-4 months while still eating a decent diet and exercising regularly. I also have been very moody and in the last month or 2, have been spotting heavy 2 weeks before I get my normal flow so I basically have my period every 2 weeks. I also had a very high sex drive before the Depo and now, I have virtually none without a major change in my relationship. I am a RN and I have been able to find virtually nothing online about this withdrawal and the possible hormonal imbalance caused by Depo. There isn’t any research or information out there about all this stuff either.

  223. I was on the depo for about a year and a half and i stopped recently I was officially off this month(April 2013) and i still haven’t had my period ( not that i really want it but) i haven’t even spotted and im kinda worried….i dont think im pregnant cant be so i dont know what going on. i only got on this shot cause of my periods so….

  224. I wish to thank all of the women that have posted here. It is comforting and reassuring to me, as I have been perplexed as to my strange and marked symptoms as of late. I feel blessed that I have stumbled onto a possible answer to my own current private hell. I will now attempt what I hope to be a brief story on my experience related to withdrawal as pertains to the matter at hand. I started the Depo shot in ’99 or 2000. I have never had any ill effects while actively on this medication. I have also lost my menstruation almost immediately upon introduction, and have yet to have it return, (yay & nay, it seems?). I was last due the end of Nov. ’12. It is now May ’13. I didn’t intentionally stop the control method, nor did I entirely forget. It was merely a case of some combined dawdling and self-neglect, possibly including a little lack of concern coupled with the insanity of daily life in general. I am sure that she who reads this is nodding slightly in agreement 🙂 I have now been “overdue” on my scheduled injection for almost exactly 5 months. The trouble began abruptly and obviously 9 days ago. Upon retuning home after a late morning consultation with a client, I had a small lunch, and immediately became so fatigued that I felt as though I would buckle at the knees on the way from the lunch table to the sink with my saucer and utensil. This feeling of sudden physical exhaustion was so intense and overwhelming that I was instantly immensely concerned that some terrible thing were about to jeopardize my entire healthfulness as I had just known it. This fatigue remained with me very heavily for several hours, accompanied by an unshakable heaviness of mental disorientation. Not ever much of a napper, I wondered from one chore site to the next, (at home), and then back again to the first. I was not able to concentrate. This day passed, and similar symptoms haunted me the next. Worried that I was experiencing symptoms indicative of a lack of blood sugar regulation, I decided to buy a blood glucose reader. I would subsequently use all ten test strips with absolutely no expression of insulin processes gone awry. I also quickly and subsequently developed more symptoms of illness: excessively dry eyes coupled with a feeling of slight pressure within, worsening, yet fluctuating and sporadic feelings of shear physical exhaustion, lower back pain while sleeping, tingling and actual numbness in both arms during (attempted) sleeping, regular wakings during the night, chills, noticable one-sided breast tenderness, very spontaneous mild to moderate bouts of nausea, (with or without provocation [food]), recurring mid-day mild headaches, a very bizaare mild to moderate feeling of strangulation, (feels as though a rubber band is around my thyroid and is tightened just a bit every now and then), marked alcohol intolerance, and lastly, a slight speech interference type phenomenon; not to mention what I believe to be consequential depression and exacerbated stress due to the preceeding list of horrid ailments. So, as you can imagine, with such strange symptoms, and a completely acute onset of all of them, I have become, over a one week period, just a tad bit more inclined toward an entirely unreasonable, overly-emotional, psychotic, paranoid, (probably scary), unpredictable, and generally miserable to accompany, zombie-ish like person, than I was just previously 🙂 I have googled, and now researched rather extensively every gland in the homo sapien that has information available for free on the world-wide web; I have dusted off the old medical dictionary and have been feverishly looking up medical jargon that I either don’t know or have long since forgotten. I still feel so insanely exhasted that I lose track of mental objectives very quickly. My most constant symptoms are severe fatique, dry eyes, and a mental fogginess, which really aren’t synonymous with what I been reading about Depo withdrawal, but I do think that I might be having delayed premenopausal hormonal activity. (I forgot to say – btw, I am 34 years old.) I have just given blood for 2 panels: thyroid and adrenal cortisol am and pm. I have started a journal log. I have started taking iron, and reinstated daily supplements of D3 w/ iodine. All of these things I’ve done for a minimum of 6 days now, with no conclusive, nor definitive results. I suppose that I have rambled on now to make this intended short story quite long for all to read. I offer my sincere apologies to you. Please let me conclude with this – may God bless us all for reaching out to one another with our woes. I was inspired to write this short script to detail my own mess only because I was so touched to have found other’s stories of similar circumstances; women kind enough to take the time to try to help one another. I also wanted to post to be one in the many voices to express outrage about the undeniable fact that this drug carries with it a most powerful consequence to wreck havok upon the female human body. I sincerely have no doubt that some, if not most, of these withdrawal symptoms were very much realized by clinicians during or just post trial treatments. This drug has been around for far too long for these effects to be “unknown” to the medical profession. Perhaps together, as we keep speaking about our own experiences to each other and those who will listen, changes can come about on this matter so that some may be spared such sickness and sadness. As for me, I will have yet more blood drawn tomorrow for a full spectrum hormone panel, as well as an overall health screening. After I have the blood drawn, I plan to schedule another Depo Provera injection. That will tell me with certainty if my debilitating symptoms are directly related to withdrawal from this medication or not. My greatest hope is that they are, so as to not be something life-threatening. If I am right, then I will have a female hormone panel calculation at 5 months removed from medication. This should tell me a lot. I will take it to an endocrinologist, preferably one with some side specialty of, or interest in gynecology. I will post back when and if I muster something of substance which might make for use in casual conversation or that of a more profound nature. My prayers go out to all who are suffering, those who have, and those who will. Thank you for posting your stories. I hope that mine will perhaps help someone, too. Please keep your faith, stay strong, and keep this story going by sharing your experiences.

  225. i am of the injection the 24 of april 2013. i only took one shot in january i dont return because for the first thre week no bleeding then up until now bleeding and nausea and a little cramps or the only side effect . i stop because i hatew to bleed when willl i become normal

  226. the main reason i take the shot is because i heard you will gain wait and i wants to gain wait because am 22 weighing 95pound. now i ave no problem eing period but it getting annoying now AM Bbleeding too long not knowing when thiswill stop am also considering going to the doctor if it dont stop in two eeks cause am off can anyone tell me when it will stop so sick of it

  227. I was supposed to take my last depo in december. But my husband and I wanted a baby so I did not take the shot. Its almost 6 months now and last couple of weeks I am expierence that my breast is getting bigger and extreme tenderness as well as my nipples and its getting browner. I am light skin. My periods is back. But only for 4 days. Its so frastrating because it seems so hard for me to get pregnant. I was on the depo for 6 years. I will never take the depo ever again.

  228. My last shot was in Feb. 2013. Had been on it since 1995, so 18 years. Never had a period on it, just slight bleeding near when I was due again. No plans for children and my husband finally had a vasectomy in December 2012. The shot didn’t seem to be working as well, some issues the last year or so, doctors said it was because I was getting older. So, with no plans for children, the vascectomy and quitting birth control for my health seemed like the best thing to do. Am having irregular bleeding, but I think that comes with the territory. We’ll see how it goes. Am hoping it helps me loose more weight. I lost 65 lbs recently while still on the shot, so fingers are crossed. I am assuming I will have some issues, considering I have been on it so long. Have been really tired lately, but that could be for so many other reasons. I always had regular, no issue periods as a teenager, so I am hoping my body recovers easilly, but I think it will take some time considering.

  229. My wife used injections for family planning for seven months a go, and now she keep on bleeding every day. I’m in refugees camp in Kenya. your help on which types of medicine can I use so that the blood may stop. regard.

  230. im 17 and have been on the depo for a year, the first 2 were fine, but recently, ive been getting nausea, bloating, migranes (worse than before as had them since young) ive been getting so amny symptoms its putting me out of college, im worried to come off of it because if these are withdrawl symptoms, im already getting them, I don’t know what toi do! :s

  231. Commenters to this post may find of value an article I wrote for re:Cycling, the blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research. It is an interview with endocrinologist Dr. Jerilynn Prior from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. She runs the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research.

    This article explains the effects of Depo-Provera both while using the drug, and after stopping the drug. It offers explanations to the adverse effects many women are experiencing and suggestions to help restore menstrual cycle balance post-Depo.

    Here’s the link:

    http://menstruationresearch.org/2013/04/11/stopping-depo-provera-why-and-what-to-do-about-adverse-experiences/

  232. I ve decided 2 get off depo after 10 years on n off. Am 32 now. Having all the same symptoms, very angry at health care providers that dont tell u this upfront. I almost felt like going back on it to reduce the severe symptons. Breast cups went up 2 sizes in one 1 week even wow.They seem to try to push it more when I am back I dont understand why. Yes depo was great for me while i was on it noo problems as bc pills gave me nausea.. but now i do see how bad the effects. I ve noticed my bones n joints crackd alot make those noises but now that ive quit thats all gone. Am goin in to a bone density test soon. Depo is certainly evil, would nver recomend to anyone.

  233. I was on the depo injection for nearly 3 years. I have been off of it for 4 months now. I have had extreme breast and nipple tenderness and swelling, nausea. And I am unsure if it is related but I have gained 10 pounds. My period still has not come back yet. If you are considering taking the injection, I will warn you not to. This really messes up your body.

  234. Hi, I was on depo for 4 years, and I recently been off of it for 3 months now reasons for coming off of it was serious weight gain and my metabolism just dropped altogether. Now, since being off of it I have been experiencing mood changes, fatigue, nauseous, abdominal pain. Now the thing that bugs me is every morning I would have a white heavy discharge, no scent or nothing clear sometimes very elastic in feeling. Oh and I also feel very tired all the time. So give me about 3 more months and I’ll see how it goes.

  235. I was on the depo shot for 9 months I chose not to get my next injection due to constant spotting during my last shot as soon as it ended and I was due to take my next shot the spotting stopped all together I’ve been off it now for 2 months and still haven’t gotten my period yet my breast are extremely painful and have been for the last month I would not suggest the depo shot to anyone!!!

  236. i have been on depo since i was 13yr and just came off recently. now 20. been off for a month and havnt had side effects yet. though increasing in back pain and tiredness. increased in weight gain even though life style hasnt changed overly. when i started on depo, i had acne increase and gained 10kg. (becoming 60kg) since then till now i had slight weight changes of only 2-3kg diffrence. since ive comeoff ive gained 5kg already and loss in muscel tone ( naturally have muscle). ive always had a strong bone structure and hardly if no pain or any sort. do have worries about when i can be fertial due to duration of depo, as i started 1yr after first period.

  237. * i am also sensitve to estro drugs. and depo was only controceptive that worked for me. sopt bleeding for first 3 months and no bleeding after then. when i was due for nxt jab id hav bleeding also

  238. I am currently on the Depo injection and I have been having really bad side effects, my back has been hurting for the past month none stop, my body keeps playing up (Belly has gone hard for some unknown reason, I’m not pregnant I took a test), I can’t sleep because of the pain, I get really bad sharp pains in my head and it feels like someone is stabbing me all the time, I want to find a way to stop it, has anyone got any ideas?

  239. when I first got on the depo provera shot I was 16 yrs old and had just an abortion 2 months before. every since I got on the shot I haven’t had a period and its been 4 years that I’ve been on the shot. I wasn’t on time for every single shot sometimes I was months late or weeks late but I never gotten pregnant. throughout this time I’ve experienced spotting and bleeding during intercourse. The only time it seem as though I would have a period is if im having intercourse and when we’re done the bleeding stops.so of course this started to bother me so I went back to my doctor and he prescribed progesterone to regulate my hormones so I took them and the bleeding still occurred but later stopped after 2 weeks .this happened 2 times to me within 2 different years. My breast are always sore also. But I’ve been off the shot since October 2012 and I think im having withdrawal symptoms june 21st I started to have really severe cramps ,I would shout everytime I feel a cramp because it hurt that bad this happened from the 21st -27th (7days).I thought it was my menstrual trying to come down but I never seen any blood. On the 28 the cramps were so severe so I wanted to go sit on the toilet ,I checked my panties and found a quarter size of blood.So I later used a tampon and blood was on the top half only, same thing as today ,im hoping its my period and not spotting ,but the blood is red and usually when I spot its a reddish brownish color so im hoping my body is back to normal

  240. I have been off my injection for 6months an have now been bleeding heavy for four weeks feeling tiered, tearful, back leg an neck ache! Headaches the list is endless NEVER agai will i have this form of contraception!!!!

  241. I had a Depo shot when I was in my teens, I suffered depression while on it but was unsure if it had been that or cannabis use. I’m now 32 and have decided to try again and no longer smoke cannabis.

    The first few weeks were fine and then I started to have dark blood which has slowly become a lighter color its more than a little spotting seems to get lighter and come back. I have shooting pains in my head which I usually get before I have a period, now they are happening more frequently . I have a dull headache and my sleeping patterns are messy, slight confusion, mood swings feeling low especially in the morning. My stomach feels bloated and I crave food more, especially sugar. I haven’t been on it more than a month yet and already know that I wont be getting it again.

    I feel rubbish but I’m coping with the low feelings well so back on the mini pill in September.

  242. I’m 19,took the shot twice and stop because of the side effect… I would bleed for more than a month and have non stop spotting, I was scared I’d become infertile, I also had uncomfortable lower abdominal pain and chest pains and had no sex drive. Acne was huge problem, ever since I’ve stopped I’ve been having chest pains but the acne has stopped, I’m constantly moody which makes me seem like I have bi-polar because I’d be fine one moment and moody the next, my periods have normalized yet, I don’t recommend this contraceptive..it great at preventing unwanted pregancies but messes up you hormones

  243. I’ve been off the depo for about 2 months now. I have been having really bad side effects such as nausea, no period, a lot of discharge, and my anxiety seems to be calming down some. Some days I am fine, but then dome days I feel really bad with the nausea. I also have dome dizziness as well. I am assuming the shot is still in my system, and my body is trying to get use to not having all those hormones injected in my body. I cramp every now and then too as if I’m going to start my period. I haven’t had a period since being on the depo. I had 3 shots, and after getting the 3 injection that’s when my hell started! Now, I’m off I do see changes as far as no night sweats, no hot flashes, I am able to have a regular bowel movement, and sleep a lot better. Oh, since being off depo I seem to get tired a lot during the day like I have to take a nap!! I also get mild headaches, and I have weird dreams lol! I just want to make sure I list all my symptoms for another womanwho is going through what we all are going through! It isn’t a game! It’s scary and not a way to live. You have to buy or find things to ease pain and discomfort everyday gets old! Oh, also since being off the depo shot my hair on my legs or under arms doesn’t grow back as fast lol! I was getting a few chin hairs that I had to pluck, but now I don’t get any!

    I was curios to know when you ladies got your period back? I thought I’d never say this, but I wish my period would start! LOL! At least I know that the depo is leaving my system! Ugh! Ladies, hang in there and everything will be alright!!! God Bless!

  244. Oh, forgot lol that my face is very very oily all day everyday since being off the depo a long with some pimples on my face. I have to use bar soap and clearsil wipes in order for it to somewhat go away. Sometimes I feel hot off and on, but it isn’t an all day kind of thing. I just noticed my temperature off and on. Also some foods don’t agree with me, or I will get an upset stomach. It’s been horrible since this depo shot. I learned a lesson. I will not get on this shot ever again.

    If any of you ladies want to talk y’all can email mez_officer4053 at yahoo dot com

  245. Hello ladies. I have used the shot for the last 4 years and I had no idea that everyone else struggled with the same symptoms as me or that it was even related to birth control. I have decided to stop depo and received my last shot April 2013. My biggest concern has been weight gain… I was 5’6″. 125 and I am currently 160. I am stopping in hopes I can drop the weight gained from the shot. I am in the military so I work out 5 days a weeks mostly cardio and I have scrolled through quite a bit and I am looking for advice opinions stories anything related to your wieght after stopping depo. I have been ALL over the Internet and have not found any solid answer so I am hoping you all can give me your stories. I have noticed my sex drive is back and I am little moody sore breasts a lot of discharge and soreness in my back and neck. In addition I have also noticed I feel less bloated and my appetite isn’t nearly as bad as I was these past few months. I was always hungry and even when I was packed full of food and probably couldn’t fit another bite I was STILL hungry. That is gone now and I eat half the amount and less frequently as I was before. Anyone have any information to help me? I feel a little low in motivation and hope for this weight issue.

  246. ALEXIS- I really didn’t gain any weight on the shot because I was always nauseated, haha. When I did have an appetite I craved all kinds of stuff and a lot junk food. Now, that I am off the shot for 2 months now my appetite picked up and I felt as if I was gaining weight, so I started working out and eating healthy. In lost a lot of weight. I eat a lot of foods with protein because protein burns fat and etc. I also drink protein shakes 30 mins before a workout. Exercise worked for me I was 220 back in May of 2013 and I’m not 155lbs. The 2 months I been off the shot I started my diet back and lost 10 plus pounds that set me to 155. It was hard because all I wanted to eat was junk food. When I go to the store I get a lot of fruit, chicken, veggies, eggs and tuna. Honestly, now my appetite comes and goes especially when I get nauseated. Hang in there Alexis. Email me if ya have any questions mz_officer4053@yahoo.com

  247. I had my first depo in February and my 2nd in april and have bled more days than not. I did not go back for my next one due July 11th. I have been experiencing severe bleeding and clotting for 8 days. I have become weak lightheaded and my heart races every time I stand up. I went to the dr on day 6 and told this is normal and she talked me into mirena but said to expect at least 3 more weeks of heavy bleeding. I knew I couldn’t physically take 3 more weeks. Upon hours of research I found that taking 800mg 3 times a day of ibuprofen would slow the bleeding. I tried this today and am shocked that my bleeding has decreased by probably 75% and no clotting at all after just a couple of hours. I wish someone had told me this before I got to the point of feeling like I couldn’t get out of bed! I will never suggest depo to anyone!

  248. Ladies, my final injection was nearly nine months ago. I haven’t suffered any side effects or withdrawal symptoms other than not having had a period yet. How long should I leave it before making an appointment to see my doctor?

  249. I just wanted to pop back here and make sure I listed all my symptoms I been having since getting OFF depo. I been off for almost 3 months. I did get my period back July 24, so I did not have to wait too long for that. It was not heavy. I only seen blood when I used the bathroom and wiped. It wasn’t a lot of blood to leak on a pad. The symptoms I’ve been having is HORRIBLE nausea off and on throughout the day and sometimes seems bad at night or seems bad in the mornings (weird), very oily skin like my face around my nose and forehead, hard to fall asleep (sometimes it’s hard to fall asleep because I’m so nauseated), mood swings (yelling at my kid over simple things which I never done before) just being rude not caring what I say to people, acne (pimples that hurt bad), I had a lot of weird discharge before my period came (I still get it off and now even though my period stopped), I gave floaters I see a lot which are annoying, some diarrhea, loss of appetite, and dizziness. I sometimes feel as though something is truly wrong with me because I’ve never been through none of this until getting that depo shot and coming off it. It’s really scary! I have no aches or pains… Honestly, I can handle everything else, but I cannot deal with this horrible nausea!!! It really sucks because I cannot do anything anymore. Does any other woman coming off the depo have horrible nausea?

    Email me mz_officer4053@yahoo.com

  250. Hi again,

    Wanted to pop in again and say how things have been going. It is a few weeks past the 3 month mark of my last shot and I am feeling better in some aspects and worse in others. Keep in mind to those seeking weight loss help I have been working out 2x a day now and calorie counting. Eating lots of fruits veggies and high protein food and drinking strictly water. No soda or sugary juices not even Gatorade after workout. I occasionally will have a low cal protein shake after a tough cardio morning session but even then I consider that a treat! It sucks at times but it is so worth it i feel a lot better. I just think is ten minutes eating a juicy burger and enjoying it with guilt afterward worth it or are the results I’m going to have in a few months of hard work and loving my body worth it? Also while it may or may not be true I feel like excersise is helping remove the bad depo from my body. I was on for about 3 years total.

    The good:

    – sex drive is back

    – feel lighter have lost 1.5 lbs

    – had dark brown spotting for 8 days when I was due for my shot and now a few weeks later have gotten a regular period it seems not heavy bleeding but normal red color.

    – hair feels softer not sure if related to this

    The Bad:

    – my boobs are SORE! Running is hard even with a heavy duty bra

    – servere cramping for about a week when I had the initial dark brown bleeding

    – discharge has almost stopped occasionally It shows up not like it was initially

    – snappy attitude at times but never lasts long

    If anyone has question or just needs to talk please email me.

    Alexis_newberry@hotmail.com

  251. I am 25 years old and i’m using depo for almst 1 and half years…my husband is in abroad now so I stop taking injections..my problem is I’m bleeding to much after i stop depo..like every other week and it is too heavy..i dont feel anything wrong in my body no pain..but my concerned is i bled a lot every other week..is it normal

  252. Hi there, I was put on depo when I was 17 by my doctor due to heavy bleeding and cutting costs for university I am now 25. I am getting married in October this year and am due for my next injection on the 25th of October this year and I was planning on not getting it as we were hoping to have childeren in the next couple of years (as it can take up to 2 years). I have been taking it the whole time with no breaks because I was told by my family doctor (who I have seen since birth) that there weren’t any serious side effects, and I trusted his advise. The only thing he said could happen is weight gain, which was fine its takes a long time to lose even with a diet plan but I did not know about the bone density or other side effects until I started researching how long it could take to concieve. So thank you very much for taking the time to blog your experiences so now I have somewhere to look if I come off the injection and feel any of the side effects that have been outlined and know that I am not alone. Thanks 🙂

  253. I was on the Depo shot for a year and a half before I actually missed my scheduled injection back in March of this year. This wasn’t the first time I have had to restart my injections because I’ve missed an appointment for my shot. The first time, my period returned fairly quickly and I suffered a mild depressive phase. (I was only on it for three months at this point)

    Sadly, within the past month I’ve been experiencing painful headaches, I can’t sleep even when I’ve worked a long day of work, extreme anxiety, and most recently a bumpy rash covering my stomach, breasts, shoulders, and back. My first assumption was that I was pregnant since I was experiencing a lot of the symptoms doctors would conclude to pregnancy. But that seemed so far fetched to me because I’m always very careful, and use contraceptives every time. I’ve taken 3 store bought pregnancy tests, all came back negative.

    I’m still not 100% sure the Depo shot is this cause to all of my symptoms but after reading on it, and everyone else’s experience, this is the only logical self diagnosis I can come up with. If the shot is the cause, my advice would be to get off this as soon as possible, in my case, it is causing a lot of physical and emotional issues in my life with myself and others.

  254. I have been on Depo for 2 1/2 years and a month before my most recent shot i started bleeding everyday, have serious cramps, feeling weak and nauseous so i decided not to go for the shot and it has been 3 months now since i’m bleeding and i don’t know what to do it’s really starting to frustrate me i need some advice.

  255. I am very glad that I came to this site needless to say I agree with a lot of what I just read I have been off of depo for about 8 months I was on it for 3 yrs and decide to quit after getting one of the worst headaches of my life while alone at work I was terrified thinking of the worst because I had regular headaches on depo but not like this one I have been suffering with terrible nausua, fast weight loss, dizzy spells, bad cramps in my lower abs and feeling extra tired but can’t sleep.I also have been so irritable and easy to cry. This is driving me insane I went to the dr. Recently only to leave with out answers these dr.’s don’t want to take the time to listen and check thoroughly on women these days and that really set me off I was in tears in my car at the dr.’s office feeling alone. These articles helped me more then anything or any dr did. The depo stopped my periods immediately when i got my first shot and i still haven’t seen my period yet. This is baffling to me. Thank u brave ladies who told your story I feel a lot better just knowing I’m not alone in this struggle I’m am still nausea and tired to this day but I’m going to try and eat right, exersize and keep pushing I just hope this goes away soon. God Bless.:-)

  256. I thought I might have already left a comment.. I’m leaving them on every forum I can find. Withdrawal symptoms hit one month past the due date for the next shot. The worst part is, I was on depo for 9yrs and in all that time I had all sorts of health problems. Doctors never made the connection and so neither did I. It wasn’t until recently that I could make the connection.. after eliminating every possibility and depo being the only common denominator. My problems are far too many to list. But from other reading I have done, it is clear to me that depo killed my gallbladder. This was 2-3 yrs in using depo. Basically my body hates me, as multiple systems have gone awry. And now since stopping, a whole other set of symptoms have flattened me. Looking back, it all makes sense. Even my doctors were starting to become baffled at all my symptoms- because they crossed a variety of systems.. and it makes sense that depo f*ed up my entire body. I majorly overhauled my health and the depo shot was the last thing to go, my last step to purifying my body. That’s how I was able to make the connection finally. So on top of things like major digestive problems, trouble sleeping, thinning and dry hair, constant bloating, acid reflux, malnutrition, wicked dry skin, fatigue.. stopping depo has added depression, anxiety, itchiness, no sex drive, bad cramping, really bad bloating, food cravings, severe mood swings, headaches, nausea, dry heaves, hot flashes… I feel like I am losing my fricking mind.

    When is enough enough? How is this stuff still on the market and how have they not done more research on this poison? I do have faith my body will heal but I have to wonder how much of myself and my mind I am going to lose before that happens. GRRR.. this stuff is evil!!!!

  257. So, I have been off of Depo-Provera for about 7 months and have gotten my period regularly. My only complaint is that my breasts are killing me. I can’t lay on my stomach and the pain only stops when I am menstruating. They have also grown a full size since I have been off of it.

  258. I was on depo for about 8 years with none of the side effects that I had heard about, I wasn’t moody, I lost weight, no periods or spotting. I was always worried about long term side effects since it was a relatively new drug at the time and asked my doctor/nurses just about every shot about the long term effects, always to be reassured it was perfectly safe. I started doing my own research and learned the truth about the effects of Depo. (I know, I should have done my own research earlier on, but I only recently learned that you can’t blindly trust the advice of doctors) I have been off Depo for about 1.5 months and just started getting some pretty severe symptoms. It started with fatigue and increased sleeping problems ranging from insomnia to the inability to stay asleep, then progressed to extreme moodiness, anxiety and depression. In the last week it has gotten so bad that I break out into sobbing fits for no reason that last for hours at a time. (before this week, I have never really been a very emotional person and hardly ever cried) I have also gained about 12 pounds in the last month (despite a very clean diet) and have had pretty much constant breast pain. I have also been getting muscle spasms in my upper rib area/lower chest which I was told was from dehydration/low electrolytes, which I am not sure is related or just circumstance that it happened the same time I started experiencing the other symptoms. While there is some responsibility on the consumer, we are taught to trust in the doctors we hire to give us all the facts regarding what we take, unfortunately not everyone knows to question everything and do your own research. Now that my tangent is over…. (haha) Does anyone know how long to expect these symptoms and if anything will help alleviate them? I am glad that I found this forum as I was starting to think that I was going crazy!!

  259. I posted on here earlier this year and just wanted to give an update. I took ONE shot last year in Aug. 2012 and I was due for another shot Nov.2012. While on the shot I hade night sweats, couldn’t sleep, uneasy feeling, tingling in my hands, anxiety attacks, period last the whole time on the shot, spotting, bacteria infection maybe from all the spotting. Brown discharge awful smell. Once the shot went out around Thanksgiving of 2012 I had the worst stomach ache and loose bowel movement I thought it was from the devil eggs I stuffed my face with. Little did I know that’s when my life would go down hill. After that I had so many stomach problems. Acid reflux, lost 15 pounds and I’m already a small women. I have weird stomach pains and I don’t eat like I use to at all. Some days I’m hungry other days I’m not. I went back and forth to the ER so many times for dehydration and feeling weak. I had the shakes and the whole situation was so scary. I had depression to the point where I couldn’t even get out the bed. I had nightmares bad feelings of not wanting to live anymore. I was going crazy. All this from only one shot. Aug.2013 made a whole year since I took the one shot and I can say things have gotten better but I still have stomach problems at times. I can say my period have returned right away but they don’t come the same time every month. Before my period Im a crying mess and after my period Im a mess. I basically cry all the time. I have come a long way and the only thing that has helped me is PRAYER and time. This shot will really take a toll on your body maybe not while your on it but coming off of this drug will really mess your body up. I pray for everyone who has had trouble with this shot. If anyone has questions or wants to share their story with me my email is erickawebb26@yahoo.com. God bless

  260. Hi im just wonder when do your bodys become completely back to normal? I have gad the woest side afdect anyone could have coming off the depo that started in june and its now almost oct.I just want to be back to normal !!!!! And I only took one shot !?

  261. I started taking depo when i was only 17 years old because my doctor told me that it would just stop my periods all together because i was irregular and they would just come when they wanted to… I only took 2 shots of the depo and didnt go for my 3rd so a couple weeks after the due date for my next needle i was in a crazy amount of pain, i felt like i was going to be sick (but luckly didnt) and i had to go to the hospital to see what was wrong with me and the doctor told me that my body was fighting to make me have a period….. I extremely regret taking the depo, it really messes up your reproductive system and should NOT be on the market. My fiance and i are trying for a baby and its so hard.. So if you think you want children within the next year or so after taking it DONT because the more you try the more depressed you will get..

  262. I was on depo for 10 years starting when I was 16. Thinking of the future, and health I decided to stop depo (and not go on any other type if birth control. I got my last shot October 2012. One year later I have yet to get my period and have gone through terrible withdrawal. For the first 3 months (after the October 3 month shot ran out), I started experiencing terrible nausea which lasted about 3 months. In addition my breasts were extremely tender. After that, and since, I have experienced acne, bacne and my skin has seemed to age. When I went to my doctor about the nausea they said it was due to the spikes of hormones in my body that was causing it. They also mentioned that since my body was reacting to going off BC this way that I can expect to have morning sickness when I get pregnant.

    To summarize: no period to date, extreme nausea, all sorts of skin eruptions.

  263. I was on the depo shot for almost two years and I never planned on stop taking it any time soon cause I’m only 17 and I didn’t want to get pregnant and this birth control did prevent pregnancy for me obviously. The first few months was just a non stop period, so I asked my doctor and they said it was normal so I thought okay whatever. So the periods finally stopped and then I didn’t have one again since then for being on it the two years. I did have side effects in the time that I was on it like being so moody and emotional about things I would have never cried about. Like people thought I was so ridiculous and a drama queen cause of the things I would cry about. But since I’ve stopped taken it about a month a half ago, I have had one period which came about a week after I was supposed to get my shot. Since then I have had unprotected sex, yeah call me stupid whatever you want to, but the side effects I’ve been having have led me to believe that I was pregnant. So I searched the internet and I came across this website and you ladies are having the same side effects I am since getting off of it. My boobs are so tender and sore. I have had a continuous headache. I feel nauseous, but mostly at night. I’m dizzy a lot and have had stomach pains that I’ve never had before in my life. I’m still not certain that I am pregnant or not but reading your comments has given me hope that I may not be, it might just be the side effects of this shot! I don’t want a baby right now and this shot worked very well to prevent that, but I don’t think I will be getting back on this shot.

  264. I started depo January this year and loved it at first, the only side effect I noticed during the first shot was being really bloated constantly but thought I could put up with that, at that point I loved not having a period and being protected from getting pregnant. I had another shot and was fine. The problems started as soon as I got my third shot in June, I suddenly started getting really bad anxiety attacks, heart palpitations and chest pains, I felt extremely exhausted to the point I couldn’t move off the sofa at times (which is no good as I have 2 young children), I felt really weak, jittery, depressed, no sex drive and vaginally dryness (sorry TMI!). I spoke to my doctor, had an ECG because of chest pains and all came back ok so I spoke to my doctor to ask if all this could be from the depo and she said it very well could be! I am disgusted that doctors don’t tell you all the side effects when going on this drug. It has turned me into a complete nervous wreck and a complete different person. I was due another shot end of September but decided not to have it. I was ok for a few weeks, symptoms seem to calm down a little but over the last week all the above symptoms are back with full force! I’m guessing this is the withdrawal bit, it’s horrendous. I am having really bad anxiety, panic attacks, chest pains and extreme exhaustion. I can safely say I would NEVER get this shot again, I cannot wait for it to be completely out of my system, I want to feel normal again 🙁

  265. I am 23 and have been on the Noristerat for almost ten years. My fiance and I want to start our own family, so i was wondering if i can get advise on how do i stop injecting myself and what are the side effects of stopping the injection. also i would like to know how long will it take me to fall pregnant after i stop injecting myself with Noristerat?

  266. I’m back just to keep it up to date… I had 3 shots. My last was givin in Feb. May 3 was my last day to go in and get the 4th one. I didn’t go. I’ve been off for 6 months and still feel horrible with really bad anxiety, hot flashes, nausea, pimple outbreaks, insomnia, aches and pains, weight loss, an appetite that comes and goes, sore breast off and on my period, brown spotting bedore period is about to start, and when my period stops flowing I still get blood spotting for a few days. I have never had all this happen until the depo shot. Inalso started to feel this weird burning sensation in my right foot under my skin. I’ve never experienced that… of course i googled and read it could be diabtetes. Ugh… i have to stop googling. Has anyone else experienced that? If you need to talk please feel free to email me any time: mz_officer4053@yahoo.com

  267. Ok I was on depo for about a year and I been off it for over a year I haven’t hardly had any periods still I recently had one period and it didn’t last long at all but now I’m in so much pain in my left side lower back after I urinate it feels tingly I has very sore breast and been cranky and sleeping a lot I took a home pregnancy test and it was negative can somebody give me insight on this email me back at colishaharrell99@gmail.com please

  268. I was on depo for 6 months and was sick and tired of spotting EVERY DAY! I stopped getting the shot; my last shot was due at the beginning of this month, but I did not go. I am menstruating already and I am happy to know that I’ll have my period again. That may sound crazy, but it beats spotting and wearing a panty liner EVERY DAY!

  269. I have done 2 rounds of depo. The first when pills stopped working for me when I was 16 until I had a Dr. gung-ho against it about 3-4 years later. At that time there weren’t support groups and articles about Depo like there are now. Nor was a I warned of side effects going off of it. I didn’t think I had side effects on or off of it until this last time. After the first round I tried every pill/patch imaginable and was nauseous 24/7, constant headaches, no sex drive and down right miserable. I thought (and Dr. agreed) that all the pills must not agree with me. I settled for the NuvaRing, which has its own set of issues, but it worked ok other than falling out all the time. That’s also when my periods were ‘normal’ again. I have been on bc since having my first period due to the irregularity, heaviness and intense pain so I’ll admit I don’t know what ‘normal’ is. After not being able to deal with taking motrin like candy, I went back to depo since it was the only thing I knew of that made life bearable for me. About 4 months ago I decided to go off again. I’d like to plan a family for 2015, and after reading the horror stories I realized a few things: 1)If I want to have a child I need to plan this out minimum of 18 months out 2)all those pills weren’t the issue with making me sick, it was withdraw 3) another big factor of wanting to go off are my migraines which I’ve only had when on depo getting worse and requiring their own medication and the crazy amount of weight gain (50+ lbs) I’ve had both times being on depo but not on other bc. Since I’ve done my research I feel like I was better prepared this time. I started taking a multivitamin, additional vitamin D (for calcium absorption and mood swings), Omega 3 vitamin (don’t remember why but I read it helped) all before I stopped the shot. I am still on my tricyclic medicine for migraines which helps for preventing that but I still have a daily headache with no breaks. I started going to the gym which I also read helps (and won’t hurt to help get rid of this extra 50 lbs.). I have had some break through cramping that was excruciating but nothing ibuprofen, a nap, and heating pads didn’t fix after a few hours (not ideal but now I have ibuprofen everywhere just in case plus omeperazle to counteract the erosion of stomach and esophagus lining – learned that from a GI Dr last year when I got deathly ill). I’ve had intense breast/nipple tenderness (like wearing a t-shirt/bra/anything hurt) but I followed some online advice and found Progesterone Cream at the local GNC in the menopause section, and that has helped immensely (rub a small amount on each breast before bed has been the regimen but only as needed since your body needs to make its own progesterone). August 23rd should have been my last shot, but I didn’t go. So it’s been about 6 months and no period or even spotting yet, just annoying discharge, occasional cramping, occasional nausea, and the daily headaches. All in all considering what happened last time, this is much better and I think it’s because I was prepared. Hope this information helps someone else get through this ordeal, I know if I had realized that I had gone through depo withdraw the first time I would have not gone back.

  270. I had my first injection on Xmas Eve last year due to coming off the coil and experiencing ridiculous periods and clutching at straws before the holiday commenced and I jetted off to America through to January. Immediately after the injection my periods began to ease, then halt and I decided to continue with the Depo. However, around June (a few days after my 3rd injection) I began to feel terribly nauseous, dizzy, bloated, anxious and overall: unwell. I proceeded to take many trips to my GP where I was tested for a range of illnesses. It finally dawned on myself and my GP around a week before my 4th injection was due that this may have been the problem all along. I then didn’t receive my 4th injection (due 7 November 2013) and my nausea seemed to ease slightly each day(with the help of daily Evening Primrose Oil). I still have my off days but I feel nowhere near as bad (up to now) as I did during the injection. Today I experienced some brown discharge and I am hoping this is the start of my periods and the end to this hellish year due to the Depo. I have been known to react badly to certain contraceptive methods throughout the years but this is by far the worst. Although I experienced heavy discharge with the Mirena, it was by far the best method. Do not rush into the Depo without researching.

  271. All these comments are really scaring me! I’m 52 years old and have been on the depo shot for 3 years. My doctor wants me to stop it, which I plan to and not get another injection at the end of this month. The doctors want to see if I return to normal or if I am menopausal since they can’t tell that while on the shots. I am hoping 2014 will be a good year, and I don’t have all these symptoms you are all describing here. To be continued ….

  272. I was on the depo shot for about 9 months- 3 injections, but due for my fourth at the time of the government shutdown this year. I was unable to get it on time and as I am no longer sexually active, I let it slide. I’ve been off for two months now, and my breasts have gone up a size in the past two weeks. They hurt so much I can hardly move. I was small chested to begin with, so I was happy about the size change, thinking I was gaining weight in all the right places, but now I just don’t want to move. I can’t enjoy my day, I can’t run with my daughter, I can’t get comfortable, I can’t even sleep on them, they hurt!

  273. I was on the depo for about 2 years, starting around 2006-2008. No problems, absolutely loved it! I went back on depo Feb 2011, loved it again. However, my last 3 injections have been making me feel sick to my stomach, I’ve had several panic attacks/anxiety attacks which brought me to emerg, and now, after never having bled anymore than some mild spotting from time to time, I have had my period with horrible cramps for about 5 days, stopped for 4, and now going on 6 days again!! I called the health unit, and the nurse said this doesn’t seem normal considering I’ve been on depo for over 2 years now, and I’ve never had any problems. I will not be getting my next shot due in feb. I’m mad at myself for just getting my last shot November 25… I wish I hadn’t so I could start the detox process!!!!

  274. I was on the depo shot for 2 years. In that 2 years i never had my period. Immediately after stopping I had it once but 6 months later have not had it again. It worries me but all i can do about it is wait. I felt nauseated for about 2 weeks after stopping the shot but that was it

  275. I am so glad i found this website i have been on the deposited foe the last 6 years. I have had 2 breaks in the past year but stopped completely in august of this year. Since i stopped i have had terrile side effects breast pain , headaches , dizzyness ,depression ,feeling like i have some pressure behind my eyes , feeling weak and like i going to just collapse ,lack of concentration ,not being able to sleep , irritable , numbness and tingling in my arms legs and face ,not feeling like myself its not nice nor to mention the anxi ety and panic attacks which i did not have before starting on this. We should have all been warned that there were possible side effects. I feel like my last year has been took from me as i am only 23 and want to enjoy life. Thankfully the symptoms do fade a year off and Im getting better still get symptoms but not as bad or i have just learnt to live with them. Hope this helps and thank you everyone i thought i was going crazy hope you all feel better soon xx

    • Omg. Am going through the same thing i feel like am gonna lose my mind i took depo shot right after i had my baby 3 months ago i was supposed to get te second shot but am definitely not doing that again am jus worried how long all these symptoms last i have 3kids and a newborn am doing everything my self on top all these crazy symptoms am having. I feel like am gona faint any minute

  276. Regarding last message sorry for the spelling typing to quick got the date wrong finished depo in June this year and have also had a spur in my appetite eating more but losing weight thankfully my periods started after 3 months but really light wish i had never had this injection seem like the right thing to have as i was only 17 at the time as i said in my previous message i have been to the gp loads if time but i feel like there not taking me serious it just seems like they pushing me to one side anyway enough of my moaning for one night like i said hope this helps and sorry for going on xx

  277. I stated depo in on June 2011 I didn’t for my 3rd or 4thshot that was in February 2012. so been off it for 21 months I have so problems with my boobs and swilling in hand and feet. does anyone have problems with hands and feet ? happy am not the only one with having problems with my boobs. one more thing tying to have a baby and heard I can make you can not have a child and on some studies it can take up to 31 months to have a child. Can someone please help me put some light on some things

  278. I have been on Depo for wow (after doing the math) for almost 8 years with the exception of the duration of my pregnancy (which I got pregnant while on the depo) lol. Didn’t really notice any side effects after quitting the first time.. maybe becuase I was pregnant. But, after doing research I decided to give depo a little break this year. First thing first, right after I had my son, I did get pregnant again. And had a miscarriage. So, seems I am still fertile. Not sure that the miscarriage is related being that I did have a full term healthy pregnancy right before. BUt, I did stop in October of this year (my last shot was in July wearing off after 3 months). Immediatly after I did have about 4-5 weeks of bleeding and spotting. Havn’t bled again yet. Not a drop.

    Now after being off for only two months, I have severe severe pregnancy symptoms! I have tested myself atleast three times and I am NOT pregnant. Extreme breast tenderness and in nipples and swelling. Nausea, stomach cramps, the works. Definatly weight gain. Which is strange because I heard it is supposed to make you gain weight while taking it, but I only gained weight after stopping it. I was always a skinny minnie (ranging 112-120, 135 at top pregnancy weight) but I have gained excessive weight in the two small months I have been off. (Now ranging 140-147, gaining almost 20 pounds after my normal 120 weight after pregnancy) which I have NEVER been in my life, not that I mind the extra weight. 🙂

    Most weight in my stomach and sides which makes me look pregnant! I have been asked on multiple occasions if I am pregnant by both people I know and strangers. Ughhh. Only thing I did not notice like many others have mentioned above is any hormonal side effects. (Luckily)

    Glad to know I am not alone in experiencing these post-side effects. After another negative pregnancy test, I decided to research the side effects after stopping depo. Like most stories I have read, unfortunatly my GYN had no real answers and in agreeance with most stories above, it is sad that Medical Doctors are dishing out these meds with no real knowledge of the drug and its effects.

  279. Also, from reading for almost an hour, amazed that so many women are having the same side effects. One thing I did pick up… it seems so many women have started and stopped the depo before, but only recently are women reporting such side effects such as breast tenderness and mood wings…. I’m thinking mybe they changed something in the depo recently?

  280. Ok ok forgot to mention once more thing…. while on depo, I did have extreme increased discharged, low sex drive and vaginal dryness. All resolving now that I am off! 🙂

  281. Hello

    I have been on depo for about 8 years. Never had any problems. Just recently before my next injection I developed such a sore breasts. Can’t even wear a bra.

    Has anybody else experienced the same thing when being on injection.

  282. Hiya, i was on the depo for a year. First went on it after having my son. Every time i went to have it renewed and i got weighed i had put weight on and it was getting me down so i decided to come off it. I had my last injection in August 2013 and was due my next one in November 2013 but missed it. Since coming off i have has light bleeding for pretty much 2 months but no “proper” period as of yet. My boobs went tender and i lactated for a day and my moods have been up and down from day to day with the occasional headache, not to mention my sexdrive is practically non exsistant, unfortunately for my husband.

  283. I have been going through a roller coaster of emotions all day today. I shall start at the beginning. I started taking depo approximately 14 years ago. I have been on it continuously since then. Bled profusely for the first couple of months then no more periods…ever. Heaven sent as I had HORRIBLE periods from my very first one. Debilitating menstrual cramps, heavy periods that lasted 10-12 days every 2 weeks. When I finally saw a gynecologist about this, I had zero iron stores in my body due to the heavy periods. So, to combat the periods, cramps and anemia, my gyn put me on depo. I had never been so happy in my life. I could actually LIVE my life!

    Things were great for years. And then things started happening that I had no clue were related to the depo. My anxiety went through the roof, mood swings, extra hair growth on my neck, chin and upper lip (like seriously full beard) and a weight gain of about 40 lbs in total.

    Then, about 4 years ago, I started losing feeling in my left thumb and forefinger tips. I went to the doctor and she sent me for tests. Long story short, I now have lost feeling in most of my hand and up my arm. I have been to 3 family doctors, 3 neurologists, a neurosurgeon, gynecologists, chiropractors, physiotherapists, massage therapists, accupuncturists, Reiki masters and they have all come up with the same diagnosis…no idea. The neurologists say my nerve tests show ‘normal’. Yup, not feeling your fingers, hand and arm is definitely ‘normal’.

    So, anyway, I was seeing a new gynecologist recently about another issue (who knows, maybe it is related to the depo as well) and she suggested I go off the depo and start using an IUD. IUDs scare the HELL out of me, but I thought I would just do a little internet research on them. Then, while I was at it, I did a little internet research on depo. I mean, I started taking it almost 14 years ago and not much was known back then and I thought, maybe I should look into it again. And, lo and behold, one of the side effects is numbness and tingling in the extremities, especially on one side of the body. What?! Seriously?! And not one of those health professionals I have seen over the past 4 years came across this? Now, don’t get me wrong, I know I could have done this research myself 4 years ago, but it honestly didn’t dawn on me that depo could be causing this. ANNNNND…I haven’t had 7 or more years of medical training!

    So, now I’m wondering if this damage is reversible or permanent. Did I give up feeling in my left hand and arm in exchange for 14 years of being able to live my life period-free? I feel stupid for not making the connection sooner and angry that none of the health care providers I have seen for the past 4 years made the connection either.

    My last injection was December 13 and it will definitely be my last injection ever. I’m crossing my fingers that at least some of the numbness goes away, but I’m not convinced it will. Maybe if someone had caught it at the beginning of the degeneration…who knows.

    Then reading this forum and all your comments, I realize I have a difficult time ahead of me going off depo. I’m just so glad I found this forum and hope that things get better instead of worse. Thank you all for sharing your stories. It helps knowing I’m not alone.

    The other issues, like the weight gain, moodiness, anxiety, weird periods, breast tenderness…and all of the other things mentioned in the above posts are all really secondary to the numbness to me. I mean, I hope to not have those issues, but if I could get back some of the feeling in my hand, I would feel incredibly grateful.

    And to all the women I have praised depo to over the years, my deepest, deepest apologies. I just hope I have not contributed to anyone taking this drug and going through any of the horrible things it is capable of causing.

    Good luck to you all and I wish you all the best in getting this awful drug out of your lives!

  284. I was on Depo for 8 years, only side effect was weight gain. I stopped getting the injection and have been off now for about a month. I have had extremely painful breast and nipples, so bad some days i cant even wear a bra, swelling in my lower legs, and sharp pelvic pain. It has been absolutely awful. Im guessing its from stopping the depo. I havent read much about the lower leg swelling. Does anyone else suffer from this symptom?

    • I was on the shot for 3 years. My last injection was in May 2014. My periods have not returned. For the last few months I have gained so much weight and my breasts are sore to the touch. My legs/feet/ankles are retaining water badly. Going into the 3rd month of it. Went to ER. Was afraid of congestive heart failure. I was wondering if it was because of coming of the shot? Did that issue ever go away for you?

  285. I was on depo for a little over a year, I was due for another injection February 10 which I missed. Since I started depo in January 2013, I’ve gained 40 pounds, which has caused me to become VERY depressed, and over the course of the last 6 months I have completely lost my sex drive, but I give it up to my fiancé anyway. I have been off depo for exactly a week now, and today marks the 7th day in a row that I’ve had an awful migraine I can’t get rid of; I’m also extremely emotional. The past 2 days I’ve also acquired a nauseous symptom, I even vomited yesterday :/ I HATE depo. It is the worst thing ever.

    • Hello I’m going through right now. It has me thinking i’m pregnant and it’s scaring the daylights out of me.I was due for what would be my 4th shot but I decided to not to get it again. I was due for it in September and already my body is going through withdrawal. I feel nauseous,these terrible headaches etc. Like i’m extremely terrified right now. I will not be getting back on this. I’ve took so pregnancy test and their coming up negative. Ugh…. This is horrible!!!

  286. I got depo twice after I had my youngest, when on it I had horrific period pains and migraines but no bleeding at all.

    I came off it 18 months ago and I still have no period yet, I am hairy, can’t get weight off at all, hot flashes, no sex drive, thrush, nightmares, swelling and pain in hands and feet. Shakes when I wake up, sleeping problems, pain with sex, just want to cry all the time. Wish I had never got depo.

  287. I had been on the shot for 1 year (4 shots). My third shot I missed my appointment by 2 weeks I was angry, started crying, and was all over the place.

    I decided to go off the shot because of weight gain (about 10lbs as warned by the doctor in the beginning). I’m about 1 month off the shot and experiencing headaches 24/7, nausea to the point of almost vomiting, sensitivity to sunlight, and all over itchiness (stopped after 2 weeks).

  288. I’m so glad I found this site. I, too, have been to the doctor about my symptoms, but niether she nor I have related my issues to the fact that I’ve stopped my depo shots. Now I believe that I can stop worrying about possibly having something really wrong with me, that didn’t show up in the blood tests she performed (they were “normal”).

    I started depo shots 10 years ago – not for birth control, but because my periods were awful and so were my mood swings. From the first shot, my periods stopped completely…and I’ve loved it! My doctor told me about the side effects and did a full review of various contraception methods, so I knew about the possible side effects. Over these 10 years, I’ve struggled with severe depression off and on, and I’m always tired…but I had some depression before I started the shots, and I’ve never been a morning person :-), so I never thought to attribute them to the depo shots. I truly don’t know whether they were side effects or not.

    But now, I’m 51. My doctor told me that she thought I should go off the depo shots this year, so when I missed my appointment on 10/29/13, I didn’t reschedule it. My last shot was 8/7/13.

    I haven’t had a period…but at my age, I truly don’t know whether I will. I didn’t have any symptoms of withdrawal until 2/12/14, when I suddenly became nauseated and vomited. The nausea continued, and much of the time it was bad enough that I felt I would vomit. I had dry heaves a couple of times, and then vomited again on 2/16. I went to the doctor on 2/18 – she had no ideas on what was going on, and she did a number of blood tests (all normal). Since then, it’s been so strange…for hours or even an entire day, I’ll feel ok…but then the nausea hits again. On 2/26, after feeling ok all day, I ate some dinner – and while I was eating, became nauseated and very shortly vomited again. I’ve also been lightheaded and dizzy off and on, and even hit the floor one day (got up too fast, maybe? got so light headed that I couldn’t see or hear anything…and down I went).

    I truly hope these symptoms don’t last as long as some of the descriptions in these posts. My symptoms aren’t nearly as awful as all of those described here, but it is difficult to function normally when you have horrible nausea off and on and you have no idea when it’s going to hit.

  289. I started the depo shot in oct of 2013 and was supposed to get my next shot in jan 2014 but I decided that I no longer wanted to get it. After that for the end of the month of jan all the way to the end of feb I had a period NON STOP nearly a month and a half. Now I haven’t had a period since feb 27 it is now may. I have gained a tremendous amount of weight and my hair is thinning horribly. Im normally 120lbs at my heaviest im now 162lbs and counting. Its very depressing.

  290. I went of Depo three months ago and it’s been hellish. My breasts hurt like none other, I’m dizzy all the time, I haven’t regained any manner of a normal period and I get headaches and nausea all the time! (I’m not pregnant) Would never use the shot again.

  291. I was on this shot when I was 16 years old…. now that I’m older I’m having trouble concieving, anyone else have this problem?

  292. I was on depo for five years and since stopping it I have Had reaccurring yeast infection,vaginal dryness and a high sex drive.i jus want to know I’m I alone one.

  293. my relationship with depo has been on and off. but this is the first ‘off’ time that’s ever been so terrible. I think it’s because I got two injections and now I missed the third one… ( so it’s been about a month since I was supposed to get it)
    but, anyways.
    bout a few days after I missed the window for the shot, i began experiencing hot flashes. ( and, fyi, I’m only 21. not normal. ) as well as nausea/dry heaves, trouble eating/keeping food down, trouble sleeping…
    oh god and right now I’m having the worst, worst menstruation ever. I’ve been spotting/lightly bleeding for about 2 – 3 weeks… but since about yesterday/the day before, blood has been very heavy and violent. 🙁 these cramps are killing me. to be honest, I never want to take the depo shot again, now that I see and read what can happen to longterm people if they get off it…

  294. I only took the depo shot for a year and
    as soon as I got off of it I got a huge cysts all over my face I would definitely not recommend this I know its from the shot I’ve done research and I’ve never had acne this bad before that won’t go away it stays the same on my face every damn day

  295. I recently stop usen depo an have nothin but pain an heavy bleeding an clots an nausea nvr felt like thiis before..

  296. I only had one injection and had to stop because my periods would never end, after 3 months they stopped and shortly after that I became ill, I was in bed sick for 12 hours. It could of been a bug, but then that day I started my period (my first one after my injection) and have had very heavy periods, constipation nausea, backaches, tiredness… I don’t know if this even could be symptoms of anaemia from my very long period. I will find out next week at my doctors. But it was just coincidence from starting my period and being very sick? Usually when you’re ill with a bug it makes your period late. So I’ve been told.

  297. I’ve been using contraceptives injection, I first you the one that last for two months then I stopped after 6 months later I changed it to the one that last for 3months. I also used it for 5months there, then I stopped. I’m now trying to concieve but with no luck its been 1 year 8 months and my periods are regular so what may be delaying me?

  298. I’ve been on depo for 16 years due to reports I’ve read about loss of bone density I decided to stop in august of last year. My periods returned normally after one month but since then have steadily got worse in the last month I have had a heavy period for two weeks then a break of a week now back on what for me is a normal period. If I’d known what I know now I would never have gone on depo in the first place….

  299. I’ve been on depo for 4years I stopped taking the shots for about 6 months and I’m experiencing pains and bleeding every once in a while. I don’t know if this is normal so im just going to make a Doc. Appointment.

  300. I was on the shot for 3 years been off for about two I was having some nausea but a lot of breast tenderness and severe period pain ad heavy bleeding which was not normal from previous periods before and during usage of the shot.

  301. I started using depo prevara after my doughter was born back in may 2012 and have used it for two years but have recently stopped this January 2014 due to the horrible side effects. I thought stopping this contraceptive would make the terrible side effects stop but coming off feels even worse. I have unusual bleeding when one day I’ll be spotting and the next day it’ll stop and the next day it starts back up again! I get headaches nausea, painful menstrual cramps, bloating fatigue. I will never ever use hormonal contraceptive again!

  302. i used injectable for 5yrs and 4mos straight.. i went to doctor and consult the effects and she said that i should stop it and take pills instead..so i did it for 2mos and had 2mos period now i am 1week delayed, i should took my 3rd pill 4days ago and until now i have no period..sometime there is spot.. what should i do?? please help me!

  303. I would like to add my experience of Depo-Provera withdrawals. I was on the shot for about a year and decided to stop this January. First, for about 5 months now, my breasts hurt. It feels like my nipples and or breasts could explode any minute. I cannot emphasize how much they hurt and there is nothing I can do about it. Second, I cannot drop weight for anything. Before the shot, I could exercise, eat squeaky clean and lose weight no problem. Now after being on the shot for a year, I am about 15lbs heavier and no matter what I do, the weight will not budge. I also get moods swings. I have some days where I am ok or feel normal. A lot of other days I am generally unhappy and want nothing to do with another human being, including people I care for. I am so ready for this stuff to be out of my body!

  304. I first started depo at about 17, I’m now 26 & stopped the injections about 9 months ago. It’s normal to still have no period for up to a year, regardless of how long you have been on depo. My breast have gone up 2 cup sizes. I’d be greatfull if they didn’t hurt so much all of the time. A good sports bra helps or where possible no bra at all. I never though I’d wish for a period!

  305. Yes I’m coming off of it to do a procedure (essure) and my breasts have been so for 2 weeks. and I’ve been constipated I even took a preg test that’s how bad it is.

  306. I only took the depo shot one time never again am I thinking of doing it , during April 9,2014 I started bleeding ever since it’s May 31,2014 and this is my last day of depo I want to stop bleeding i can’t even have sex which sucks 🙁 someone help please

  307. Iv just stopped depo.for a month started having swollen breasts itchy skin all over my body.nipples are sore fell nausea at times.

  308. I started the depo shot Aug 2013 came off it in Jan 2014 (six month ago). I ended it as a result of the continuous spotting, tender & extremely painful breast, severe headaches & dizziness, abdominal pain, vagina dryness, nausea & issues with having an orgasm. I never had those problems before I went on the shot.
    I was on it for six months and when I came off of it the above side effects worsened. At night I had to sleep on my back or my sides so my breast would not rub against the sheets or pillows….cause the pain was unbearable. Nausea got worse. What bothered me even more is that I could not get an orgasm like before. I was/am furious. Its June 2014 now, 6 month since I came off & I haven’t seen my period since but for the past 4 days I’ve been having the worse cramps I have ever felt with a bit of spotting, nausea decreased a bit breast hurt less but I’m still having trouble with climax. Doc said my hormones are imbalance etc.
    I hate feeling like this and I advise that persons research the side effects of the depo before starting it or ask around. Please open and read the following links.
    http://nwhn.org/depo-provera-and-bone-mineral-density
    http://www.webmd.com/women/news/20020823/depo-provera-causes-bone-loss
    http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/femalehormone2.html

    There’s a lot more you can look up and read. Get to know what you are in taking because some doc’s are not telling you everything about side effects of these drugs.

  309. While taking depo, I experienced weight gain, irritability, loss of sex drive, and constant spotting (8/12 months). I did however not experience any cramps, which was the main reason I decided to try it. It was, however, not worth it.

    Now that I have stopped going for injections, I am experiencing severe breasts tenderness with some swelling as well as ongoing acne breakouts.

  310. My daughters were put on the shot for period problems as teens. my one daughter was on it for 4 years and went off it in college. She now deals with facial hair growth. Been that way since about 2 months after her shot. She’s seen a dr and nothing helps. My other daughter had to go in it at age 13 because she had her period for 7 months and it’s the only thing that helped. Now she’s 21 and went off the shot a year ago because she couldn’t find a place to get her shot near her college. Since then, she has acne for the first time. not just mild acne but a lot and nothing cures it. She went on the pill hoping it would help and nothing.

  311. took just 1 shot of the injection and stopped. haven’t had regular menstruation and sometimes bleed profusely.

  312. i stop depo aftrt a year and i really bad headaches, i feel like am pregnant.but am not my moods swings are bad

  313. I was on the depo shot since I was fifteen I stopped taking it about 2 years ago I’m now 22 and I have still not had my period I had one in 2 years if your thinking about getting on the depo shot I really think u should reconsider cause it was the worst mistake I ever made.

  314. I was on the 3month shot for about a year and a half, I had my normal cycle everymonth had bad headaches etc, in January 2014 I was 2 weeks late so I decided to take the 2 month shot I was due to get my second shot 27 March I did not go since the beginning of April I have headaches everyday I cant eat I feel tired and nausea, end of May I received my first period again it lasted 7 days and now today exactly 7 days since my period stopped I have brown spotting, I dont know if this can be pregnancy but il never take this shot again it makes me sick

  315. I was on depo consistently for 7 years. Six months ago I stopped taking it. I did have some pregnant-like symptoms but understood my body was going to go through hormone changes. I had my first cycle the week after my missed shot. The first month was a little rough mentally. I was crying a lot, tired, sluggish. Went through the next couple of months with a regular period. My mood began to regulate until about 2 months ago. I had a cycle, 2 weeks later I had another, got a break for a week, had another, a break for a week and it’s back again! I am having some heavy and painful cramps the last couple times and am having horrible PMS… I hope this ends soon. Going to see a doc! (Still tired and feel like I have no energy. I did gain 50 lbs while I was on the shot. I suggest not to use depo to whoever is considering it!) And if there weren’t any problems with long term use of this shot I would not have stopped taking it. It was wonderful while I was on it!

    • Being emotional is my biggest problem currently. When I was on the shot I was extremely emotional and now I’ve been off it since May and I still am an emotional mess. And I’m exhausted, can’t even work out at the gym without feeling like I’m going to faint. But moods are my biggest concern. My boyfriend now just thinks I’m a big baby for crying over everything. How long did it take for your moods to go back to normal? I feel like I’m pmsing all the time.

  316. I have tried the depo twice at different times in my life and both the times I stopped using the contraceptive I experienced migraines irregular bleeding and bad acne. It is definitely the depo as I know once it cleared out of my system my body returns to normal!

  317. I went off the shot because the hormone in it was making my allergic reactions worse, I was breaking out in hives everyday and getting random fat lips. It was completely awful. My last shot was suppose to be in April and I didn’t take it, 3 months and many pregnancy tests later I still do not have my period. A bit after the shot I noticed I gained so much wait plus I was so bloated that I did not fit in any of my clothes and I just felt so down on my self. I’m going back to my doctor to see what’s going on with my cycle, hopefully I’m not all completely out of whack.

    • Hi, what’s going on with you has been the same with me. Took shot 2 times Now that off haven’t had a peiord for 6 months. Please let me know what your doctors says. I have also gained 16 pounds can’t wear any of my pants/shorts. I will never take that shot again!!

  318. I’ve just recently stopped the injections the month I was supposed to get another one and for some odd reason I’ve been on a very, very light period for about 4 weeks now. I’ve only got the shot 3 times how long do you think it’ll take for my body to regulate back to its normal cycle?

  319. I was on the Depo shot for about 2 years then I quit because my hormoans started to be all over the place and irregular. I felt like I was PMSing all the time and I was spotting most of the time. I never gained weight while on the shot but I gained 10-15lbs getting off. Idk if this helps someone but I hope it does!!

  320. I have had 4 doses of the injection. First when I was 16, and came off to break for a year to let my body regulate itself. It was fine the first time round and I had no symptoms at all, of anything I lost abit of weight but that was it. I decided to try it again as it had gone so well but the second time round it was awful. I gained 2+ stone, was always very grumpy and had a huge loss in my sex drive. I came off the injection in December, but I am extremely worried as since then I have had a constant period, 6 months on and it’s still the same. No sign of stopping and when it does become lighter it will only last about 2 days before it turns really heavy again. Is there any one who has had this or knows what’s best to stop it because it is starting to make me severely depressed and I’ve had enough now!!

  321. I’m recently coming off my second injection of depo. I have been irritable and extremely exhausted (like falling asleep standing up). I remember feeling this way last time my shot was starting to wear off and after I got the second shot I began to feel better. I don’t want to continue with the shots because of all of the readings I have found on the effects of depo provera. I’m hoping these side effects don’t last too long.

  322. My mom put on Depo when I was 13, I have been on it for 5 years. I stopped taking the shot, I was due for a shot in March & I’ve experienced ALOT. Sore/tender breast, headaches, bones aching, gas, stomach pain and nausea. My doctors never told me or my mother about the bone disorder or that I should start taking calicium pills till my 4th year of being on it. I pray that I can lose weight and get back to normal really soon. I don’t recommend ANYONE to use Depo, honesty, it will mess you up

  323. Never been on BC and very upset at OB for not informing me of side effects. I trusted her and should not have. The whole 3 months I felt pregnant, had gallbladder attacks, breasts decreased, no sex drive at all, and the worst was Tachycardia and back pain. Just finished shot a week ago and I’m extremely tired and feel almost drugged, I look and feel pregnant. Constipated one day, diarrhea next and am bloated throughout the day…still no sex drive..my tachycardia went away though. My boyfriend thinks I don’t love him anymore. Oh and I definitely withdrew from society. Major mood swings while on depo and now I feel like I have no feelings anymore. It’s horrible that all you MDs are admin a drug without fully explaining side effects to a person and I am a nurse myself. It’s despicable I have so many hospital bills now due to all my symptoms. And my OB just told me to go see someone else. I’m scared to ever take birth control again. And she knew I’m 30 and wanted children, wish I would of done my homework on this nasty drug

  324. I’d like to know why OBGYMs are allowed to admin birth control without first taking hormones levels on the patient first? I had a miscarriage in February and given depo shot. I had all worst side effects. Woman should start a petition for this. WE ARE NOT EXPERIMENTS DOCTORS!! And that’s how all you treat us like! In and out and get your your money from the drug companies. You OBs are all legal drug dealers

  325. Guys i was on depo since 2011 september when i get my first born until i stopped it dis year 2014 february,in may i got my period for two weeks after my period stopped i slept with my husband without protection so now my periond didnt cum again last month am confussed i am preg plz advice me guys?

  326. I have stopped Depo in January and have been suffering now for the past month or so with painfull breast. not sure if it is a side effect or not. I have done a pregnancy test and that was negative after speaking to my dr she suggested I do a blood test cause the might be an inbalcne in my hormones. after stopping the injection when would I start my menstral period please can some one tell me.

  327. Hi. I was on depo provera for about 9 months. It was absolutely terrible. I was an emotional wreck. I cried over absolutely everything. I couldn’t even have a conversation with my boyfriend about any problems we were having without bursting into tears. Not to mention the periods were terrible. I had a period for also two months. I would not stop bleeding and my doctor just dismissed it as If it’s okay. What’s the point of being on a birth control if you’re on your period the whole time? I’m off it now. I was suppose to get a shot in May and did not and decided to let my body take a break from all the hormones for awhile. Now it’s almost July and I’m still feeling emotional and crying over things. I’m wondering if that’s normal, and if other people have experienced that problem? Even long after they’ve stopped? I just want to be back to normal again.

    • Hi, I Had Almost The Same Problem, Except For The Period! When I Got On The Shot I Was A Emotional Wreck! I Would Cry About Everything, If You Called Me Someone Else’s Name By Mistake I Would Cry, If You Told Me To Do Something I Would Cry, Everything! I Was Never That Emotional! I Would Cry, Then Be Happy, Then I Would Be Sad Then I Would Be Depressed! I Just Stop Taking The Depo In May, I Was Spotting For 2 Days And Then Just Last Week I Got My Period For Like 3 Days And That’s Normal For Me!

  328. Ok, i have a depo shot only once in my life .i never went back for the secone ect shot cuz i didnt like the side effect but the only promblem im havin now i only see my menstrual once every two months. That has never been normale for me…. has this ever happend to anyone els and how long after this has happend that u get back to a normale cycle?

  329. I’ve been taking neostrate for three years. Only once after three years I took Depo as my last shot in Jan 2014. Its June. I gained 30Kg since I’ve stopped. Im not pregnent and I’ve been getting all pregnency symptoms. Im also not getting my period ever since I started with the injection and even after stopping with the injection.

  330. I Was On The Depo Shot For Five Years, And Decided To Get Off In May of 2014; Just Because I Wanted My Body To Start Regulating Again Because, Me And My Fiance Want To Have Kids In Another Year Or So. The Week I Was Due For My Shot, I Had A Little Spotting For Like 2 Days! And Then Now Like A Week Ago, I Got My Actual Period, And It Was Normal Just Like Before! I Was Thinking OMG, I’m Going To Be Bleeding For Weeks And All This Other Stuff, But NO! My Period Was Normal, I’m A Extremely Light Bleeder And It Only Last For About 3 Days, And That’s What Happened! I’ve Been Happy Since Getting Off The Depo, But I Have Noticed I’ve Been Extremely Moody And Stressed; Not Sure If Its Because Side Effects From The Shot, Or My Fiance Just Irritating The Hell Out Of Me! But Either Way, I Don’t Think Anyone Should Ever Worry, Everybody’s Body Is Different! So You Shouldn’t Worry About What Someone Else Might Say About Their Experience, Because Yours Might Be Totally Different!

  331. It was recommended to have the Depo shot until my permanent birth control took effect. So I had two shots after the birth of my youngest (now 5 months old). I have had heavy bleeding with multiple large clots every time I need to use the restroom. This has been going on for a week, with five days of off and on heavy bleeding prior to this week. Im running fever now and having pain on the right side of my stomach, not abdomen. Very weak and tired. NOT happy about the outcome of this shot. Hoping it will stop before my doctor appt next week, but as of now there is no signs of it slowing down.

  332. I was on depo for about 7 months, and got off of it. While on depo I realized that i started to get very angry and frustrated with things that may have not angered me before. I also have big mood swings and some days i even feel depressed. Recently, i have been experiencing stomach cramps and have been really tired and hungry. This shot protects you but it comes with many negative side effects.

  333. I’m 16, I only had the depo shot once which lasted for about 3 months. I’ve missed my next date to get the depo shot again a few weeks ago. Since then I’ve been spotting at first then bleeding normally an now I’m spotting again but I’ve been bleeding now for over 4 weeks. I have felt headaches, back pain, stomach pain like cramps but sometimes it feels like I’m sick. I’ve been really tired lately I sleep for most of the day. I’ve also been having really bad mood swings. I’ll be really angry at something but then next I’ll be sad or feeling depressed. I also feel hyper or like I have anxiety. I’ve been feeling like I don’t want to go outside or hang out with friends like really antisocial. I know this is because of the depo shot, I’ve never felt like this before and my periods usually only last for up to 5 days but now it’s lasted for almost 5 weeks. I’ve been hoping this is normal but from what I’ve read most girls don’t even get there periods after they get off the depo shot. But I haven’t been freaking out cause I know it’s different for everybody but this just doesn’t seem right.

  334. I’m 16 and in feb I had the first injection and didn’t have a period while I was on it. When it ran out I didn’t get another and dont plan on but for the past month I’ve been having quite heavy bleeding everyday for that month and not sure if this is normal? And when should my periods go back to normal?

  335. I’ve been on the DEPO shot for about two years. I’ve gained over 30 pounds from it along with an infection that started at my thigh and reached my ankle. My doctor told me to cease taking the shot. My next shot was scheduled for January 16th of this year, which I didn’t take as in regard to my doctors orders. Late January I had the worst possible cramps ever and for almost two months, I had a period. It’s been six months since then and for the last month I’ve had bad cramps(which I thought was gas since i frequently went to the bathroom with bowel movements.) I don’t know if my period has finally regulated or if it will be like before. I didn’t expect this kind of result after having DEPO.
    Oh, and I wasn’t sexually active. My doctor suggested DEPO to me since I became sick with my periods.

  336. I was due for my Depo shot Feb. 2014. I had been reading about the shot online because I noticed changes in myself. ( lower sex drive, no sense of humor.. both of these were major changes, I had a strong sex drive and was once always bubbly and happy). After reading, I learned the Depo causes these changes and my doctor told me that it actually tricks your body into believing it is in Menopause. So, I did not get my last shot. Now, 4 months later, no period, tender breasts, lower abdominal pain( feels like ovulation pains but has been persistent for about a month). I believe that Depo was the worst decision I ever made. Yes, it does prevent pregnancy but in the long run it does more damage than good.

    • I’ve been on it for two and half years and I’ve been off for about three months. My mood swings so bad, I have had to take 4 pregnancy test because I’ been so sick and sleepy. All came up neg. I also don’t really eat now that I’m off it. The depo has screwed me big time! I will never tell someone to get that shot!

  337. I also felt that im having morning sickness everytime i wake up in the morning in this past few days
    And im two mos delayed already am i going to worry abowt this ?

  338. I missed my shot in February. I since have had severe abdomen pain, no period, nausea, tiredness and loose bowl movements. I’ve taken several pregnancy tests and all(3) have been negative.

  339. My breasts are very tender in the nipple area. I have yet to have a period since I stopped the depo a month ago.

  340. I have been on the depo for 2 years. I just recently missed my last shot. It was due April 23,2014. Im stopping it completely and I have been experiencing breast and nipples being tender, major fatigue. NO PERIOD what so ever. I havent had a regular menstrual cycle in a full two years. I have been experiencing constipation, peeing frequently. Major bone loss my bones hurts all the time. I havent had the best experience being on the depo.

  341. Hi there,
    I’m considering coming off the depo injection due to feeling depressed and having no sex drive what so ever. Are the feelings of depression worse after coming off the injection than when on it?
    Any shared experiences would be great 🙂

    • i want to stop because of this to i didnt get my last shot been bleeding heavy and cramping for the past month i am going get it again i cant take the bleeding anymore

  342. My last shot was on feb 22 of 2014 I took the shot for 9 months and stopped menstruating after the 3 months now it’s July 1st 2014 and I guess I’ve spotted on and off for the month of June and been very sleepy and cramping like crazy now. I’ve gotten symptoms of pregnancy but took a test which came out neg so I’m not sure if all this is because my menstruation is trying to go back to normal cycle or these are the side effect of me not continuing taking depo I’m a bit concerned because it was my first time in depo I usually was always in the pill and had the IUD for a year after having my bby so not sure how this works.

  343. I have been on the depo shot for more than 2 yrs and for the first time, I am experiencing nipple tenderness after being a month late for the shot. Its pretty uncomfortable and sometimes hurt to the touch. My breasts have also increased in size. I have taken pregnancy tests but have all come back negative. From what I have been reading and told by doctors many women experience these syptoms as well by being late for contraceptive shots, especially when a woman has been on the shot 2yrs or more.

  344. I stop depo in December last year, I am having this terreble pain in my bums and hips, my bums even getting small I only sleep on my stomach course is very painful sleeping facing up or sides please I need help on this.

  345. I’m a teenager and I used the shot for a couple of months Nd then stopped but whenever I get my periods stomach hurts to the point I start crying , is this normal?

  346. I have been using Depo-Provera Injection for over one year. Menawhile, my next injection date was March 2014 but I decided to stop taking it.
    However, for a month now I have been having some strange symptons whereas these are the symptons I expeerienced whenever am pregnant like; heaviness of the the breast, pain from the nipple, abdominal pain as ovulation period and belly coming a little bigger in my body.
    I have done Blood Pregnancy Test on two ocassions with negative results.
    Please is it possible to get preganant within four month of the stoppage of the injection?
    Thank you.

  347. i was on the depo injections for 1 year and then i had to come off it due to hairloss from the depo and the day after my depo injection (4th june 2014) i started to bleed and i have been bleeding since then i dont know if this is normal and if it is my period returning and my body returning back to normal im so cofused!!

  348. I would never recommend this drug. If I knew/was told about side affects or withdrawal by doctor there is no way I would put this into my body!! I’m now waiting for my body to return to its normal cycle could take years from what I’ve read, while suffering with depression, crying every 2mins, trying not to loss my cool, and having no interest in sex! Why do they still make this sh*t!

  349. i was on depo for 3 years and have been off for a month. i got my period 2 weeks ago and am currently on it. i have nausea, lower abdominal and back pains.

  350. I have been off the shot for three months now and it sucks. I feel sick all the time, I feel very tired, and also my mood swings way too much. It seems like my period is trying to come back but I haven’t had a full period yet. I will bleed for about two days then stop and then few days later start again. I’ve lost weight because I do not feel like eating. It is very hard right now coming off it because I’ll be fine one second then the next I’m pissed off at the world. If I knew it would do this, I would of gotten on something else.

  351. Also forgot to say this in last post, after coming off the shot I have found a lump on my left breast. I have no clue if it has to due to the depo but weird that I never had that issue til I got off the shot. I will be seeing the doctor soon about it.

  352. I stopped using depo April 30th 2014 since then I ve not seen my period. I went for pregnancy test but it came out negative.I dnt knw what to do.pls help me

  353. I was on depo for two years I’ve been off for 3 months still no period. Migraine. Stomach pains. And really weak bone structure. I had bunions and they had to put a pin in my foot and my bones weren’t strong enough to hold the pin it’s slipping so they have to take it back out. My bones are so weak I got tackled and tore all ligaments in my knee

  354. I had only one injection and after a week I knew it it is not for me. I was constantly hungry and had a cravings all the time.
    Sex drive was very high. But When injection was running out I had a nausea, bad breast pain all the time. Definitely not gonna have another injection again.

  355. hi my last depo was if Feb. I have not gone back for my next shot it’s now July. iv been on depo for 2 and half years.i I now suffer from hard large breast that are painful since May and thy
    still getting bigger.i haven’t had my period yet.i can’t
    sleep well coz of the pain. Please help

  356. I have just stopped depo provera after being on it for 12 months. One of the reasons I stopped is due to increased weight gain. Now that I have stopped (3 weeks) my weight has been climbing up even more quickly. How long will this continue??

  357. Ive been on depo for 3 years now . I just stopped using it 3 weeks ago, and i’ve been on my period for about 1 and a half months. It was spotting before my shot was due, and now that i missed it.. im having a period. I never stopped bleeding. It goes dark brown to a regular red. My breasts are very sore, they’ve gotten even more sore now. My cravings for sweet and salty things have gone up. Im gonna go to the doctor to see how long this will continue

  358. I’ve been on depo since 2009, I’ve always missed at least one shot a year noticing mood swings and a bit of just not feeling like myself. I would get my shot every 11 weeks to avoid a period. I’ve just stopped depo, its been 3 months since I’ve missed my dose and now I’ve had my period for 2/3 weeks at a time in the last two months with the worst cramps! Last time I tried to stop just due to worry about bone loss I had these awful cramps so I went and got right back on it, the doctor just joked at how fertile I must be.

  359. I was on Depo Provera for over 20 years. In all that time I had no side effects at all apart from a slight loss of sex drive. I stopped taking it two years ago (2012) and only now have started a period again. Whilst I was taking it, after the second month, my periods stopped completely. I had no weight gain, in fact, I lost weight whilst taking it and had no evidence of bone loss either. All in all, it was most effective and the stopping of periods definitely gave me a better quality of life as in sports, etc etc. By the way, when I stopped taking it, I had no withdrawal symptoms at all.

  360. I have a deppo injection for 2months but I left it 4months ago but I’ve been on my period since April,is this normal or is it something I should worry about? Its frustating and embarrasing at the same time coz I can have sex with my boyfriend due to my constant period saga

  361. It’s my first and last time on the depo shot . I got it at the start of May 2014, no symptoms at the start felt completely normal . A few weeks ago I started getting very very dizzy to the point where I was going to faint . another symptom is getting emotional over everything & mood swings . I do not recommend this contraceptive to anyone it is awful .

  362. I only had depo since April 17th 2014 my first time using it and was supposed to get the shot back in my system on July 9th 2014 but didn’t because I’ve been having irregular bleeding/spotting since June 9th to now does anybody know when it stops ?..I’m never talking it again who knows what else it could do to my body .

    • That happened to me, but everything seemed to be fine, other then the side effects, which is the most horriable part, getting off of the depo shot

  363. I was on the depo shot for 2 years and got off. This was the worst side effect i ever had in life. I was emotional, depressed, stressed, lost my appitite, lost weight, nauseaous, breast tenderness, my period would come on only with having sex, then it will come on like a regular period. So i got back on the depot and that was t mistake a person can ever make in life. But this time i was on the injection for about 2 months to Conceive. The withdawals were better in a way because the day of my next shot i had a regular period in April 2014 it came earlier then the usual time but got back to normal Ive been off the shot for 5 months July 23.

  364. glad to hear that many other women are experiencing breast tenderness and fatigue the emotional roller coaster as your hormones return to normal is no picnic either. Been odd Depo for 7 months now many symptons just return every few months to remind you its not back to normal yet. was told the more overweight you are, the longer the symptoms will appear. up to a year after was not out of the question

  365. I had my last depo shot the end of December, I recently started bleeding a few weeks ago and haven’t stopped. My breast are sore and I’m having horrible cramps. Is there something wrong?

  366. I am a 35 yo woman. I was on the depo shot for 3 years. I stopped due to extreme weight gain, acne on back and fatigue. Since being off I have had two major migraines, return of menstrual cycle but it is black discharge not red, and slight depression and anxiety. Main issue has been the return of headaches and migraines.

  367. I was spose to get my next injection about a week ago but i been dealing it as i have had sppotting and bleeding for the hole month of july and end june, what can this be from is it a side effect ? will it stop if i get my next injection

  368. When I stopped taking the depo shot I noticed nothing right away but the following month my nipples were very sore and erect. Also I was on my menstrual cycle for 25 days

  369. I Had a bad withdrawal both my breast were sensitive to touch this was going on for a 7wks na i started having cramping pain like im in labor then i started heavy bleeding July 20,2014

  370. I am 17 years old, about to turn 18. I originally started the depo shot less than a year ago because I was on the pill but always forgot to take it, which made my hormones wacky. So I thought it would be smarter to take the shot since I was started to have sex and I didn’t want to forget to take the pill and get pregnant. So I switched to depo and my doctor never warned me about how gnarly the side effects of this shot would be. I actually lost weight while on the shot but I was fine. When I got off the shot after taking it for about 5-6 months (I’ve been off it for almost a month now) I became very anxious and moody. And wouldn’t get much sleep because I would be so nauseous, mostly at night. I have suffered from anxiety and depression in the past but now that I’m off the shot I just feel crazy. My boyfriend and I have been very worried that I’m pregnant because of my symptoms but I’ve taken multiple pregnancy tests and all have came out negetive. Since then we have not been having sex because of how out of whack my body feels. At this point I’m desperate to find an answer to how to make all the crazy symptoms stop. My mom has made several comments about how “pshyco” I’ve been. And I also get intense headaches..
    I just want to know how long I have to go through this. And I am also upset that doctors are distributing this shot to young girls and women without warning them how strongly it may effect them. I am overall just very displeased with how I feel. Also, since I’ve been off the shot I’ve gained 20 pounds. I never want to go on the shot again I just want to know how long I have to wait for relief.

  371. I have used this contraceptive for 9 months. I have stopped using it because of severe migraines with which non of over the counter drugs were able to help, plus I am unable to loose any weight. I eat 1500 calories a day and exercise daily. Since I have stopped migraines stopped. I got my period and it had been already 3 weeks and it doesn’t seem like it will stop any time soon. I had been very scared, finding all this information is very helpful.
    PS: I don’t think I will use this contraceptive again.

  372. I have been taking depo shot for almost two years now. I would spot every month in the beginning. The spotting lasted almost 3 weeks so it was very frustrating. It made me not want to have sex at all. This last few months it stopped bleeding finally then I started getting really bad headaches daily. I have headaches the second I wake up. I told my dr on my last date for injection and they told me to stay off the shot for one month to see if it’s causing my headaches it’s been almost a month n the headaches have gotten worse. I can hardly concentrate on simple daily tasks . I’m not sure if it’s the depo but I have never had this many headaches before I started taking the depo. I loved how I could take a shot and not worry about being pregnant. Iit was the best birth control for me until now.

    • I have also been having daily awful headaches, woke up with one today as well makes me feel so sick, and I can hardly do anything because of them. Dammit this depo shot is the worst!

  373. I’ve been on the depo for 6 months, I was supposed to go back and get my next shot in June of 2014 but I didn’t, I’ve been bleeding ever since nonstop, what does this mean ?

  374. When I first got the shot I was fine, nothing wrong, I felt normal. But one day I started to get sharp pains in my hips and thighs. Thinking it was due to low potassium levels I ate a bunch of bananas for a few days but it didnt help.
    For some reason then I thought it was my shot causing this so I didnt get my next dose. Low and behold, the pain stopped.
    Now, I have pretty bad depression, headaches, back aches, no appetite at all, I dont know if this happened to anyone else but my breasts like..deflated, and hair growing or popping up where its never been before. That shot really messed my body up.

  375. Hi im now 21 lyrs old and Iv been on the depot for 5 years now and got off of it last january its now been 7months since iv been off now and the symptoms are terrible! My periods are all over the place atleast i think there periods idk cause some last 2days or 3-6 days i never know and when i do bleed my cramps hurt so bad im in bed all day crying in pain and i get sick to my stomach cause im bleeding sooo heavy its the worst experience ever i never used to have this i used to have loght periods and barley got cramps ecspecially the ones i get now i feel like i being stabbed in the lower stomach and it never goes away not even for 5 seconds so the repeating of pain is not fun thats y im stuck in be all day and i have had pregnancy symptoms since i stopped but im not pregnant! Like wtf idk wats going on wit my body its scary i also sleep way too much and have no motivation for anything anymore thats not me

  376. Thank god I found this feed about the Depo shot because I really thought I was losing my mind. I started taking the Depo shot when I was 17 through 20 to aid my intense 3 week cycles. I stopped for one year and went back on it 21 through 23. After seeing a Law & Order episode about the depo shot being given to pedophiles to kill their sex drive I realized that HAD to be why I didn’t want to have sex or be touched at all for the last 2 years. I experienced the same thing the first time around but I did not have boyfriend the first 3 years. The second 3 years my then boyfriend got so frustrated with me because I could stand to even be touched by him after awhile.I also experienced a carpel tunnel like feeling in my hands like I was an 80 year old women. Literally some day I felt like I couldn’t even type in phone numbers on my cell. I decided it must have been the shot. I was so scared to go off it because my flows are so heavy and I get paralyzing cramps. I finally took my last shot in March 2014 and got my period immediately 3 months later (June 2014). It was only for 4 days though..After that I began experiencing severe itching?! I have not been able to find anyone else to experience that too but I KNOW it was from the Depo. I eat somewhat healthy, portion control, work out 4 times a week and I’m very consistent with my schedule and life. I had not changed anything except stopping the Depo. Intense itching for about 2 months which is finally starting to fade away. I have my sex drive back for the most part and now I pretty want sex ALL THE TIME. What the hell?! Like I cannot get enough and my boyfriend thinks I’m crazy. I have never been a jealous girlfriend EVER and all of a sudden I am questioning whether he loves me or not and if he’s been cheating. I know this is only my emotions/hormones but the feelings are so intense. I need/want attention from him all the time as opposed to a few months ago I could careless he was around or not. I cannot find a balance right now. I have never wanted babies or marriage and now it’s all I can think about. My boobs are HUGE and so sore. I run on a weekly basis and they are so sore they feel like rocks on chest when I run. I also feel extremely bloated like i’m about to get my period but it never happens. I have every sign of pregnancy symptoms but I know that those chances are very unlikely. I believe that I am going through intense physical withdrawals of the Depo. This sucks!! If anyone has experienced the same carpel tunnel like symptoms, core breasts, jealousy hormones, or itching please let me know because I feel crazy!

    • I feel the same way! I had zero desire to have my husband touch me let alone have sex with me while I was on depo. He actually started questioning if I loved him or not! I had my last shot in December of 2013. I went to the doc and asked why am I like this I’m only 32! He told me to get off the depo and see what happens. I mainly stayed on it due to the fact my periods were living hell. Super heavy and extremely painful. Since I’ve been off I’ve had severe nausea and vomiting, migraines and super sore boobs. I just started getting my period back in June and oh man does it suck! The first two days I’m pretty much out of commission. My emotions have been all over the place! I’m sure that’s because now my hormones are working but I cry at the stupidest things!!

    • Ive had my 2nd jab this year last year as well. This time ive got sore breasts etc. Im amsuming this will past

  377. After stopping the depo i have had very sore nipples and breasts. I am nauseous majority of the time
    And i hate every minute of it!!!

  378. I was on depo for 2 years. I didn’t get my period until 8 months of me being off it. But since then I have been having 2 and 3 periods a month. My breast are tender and I’m fatigue most of the time. I have currently been off depo for a year now.

  379. I was on depo for 4 years, i had my last shot 10 months ago, my breast are very sensitive, my mouth gets watery, I has nausea and get really tired sometimes, my period has been on schedule for 3 months now. I’m not sure if it’s because my body is going through depo withdrawal or what?

  380. I have a baby on the 29th of January. Had my period right after delivery. In March I got the Repo shot and about a week later I was spotted, and have been onmy period every since than. Here it is getting ready to be August and I’m still on my period. Why is this happening to me? How long will ittake for me to start my regular monthly period? Someone please helppp…

  381. Well I’ve been on the depo shot for 5 years, and I missed getting my shot this month. I started having a period again, and well it’s weird cause I start my period then stop, then start again.. I’ve had 5 periods since then. What does this mean.. ?

  382. I haven’t been on the injection for very long – I’ve only had 3 shots. Within this time, I’ve experienced complete depression, mood swings, fatigue, constant crying, acne breakouts and breast/stomach/leg pain. If that all wasn’t bad enough I’ve also started having massive panic attacks, anxiety and horrific heart palpitations. I’m only 19 years old! This thing is the absolute worst, I cannot wait until it works its way out of my system, never to return again! I only found this discussion by chance and I’m so glad I did because I had no idea that everything was because of this bloody injection. So appalled that my doctor didn’t give me any of the information for this – only got put on it due to very heavy periods and bad anaemia. I would take anaemia over this any day.

  383. Since I had the first injection I started bleeding straight away non stop. I didn’t go for my next appointment and its been nearly two months since I’ve missed the last one so all together I have been bleeding non stop for five months!

  384. I was on the depo for just over a year. June 2014 I was ment to have my next injection but decided to stop. I feel extremely fat all the time, very weak and tired and sometimes low. My breasts feel itchy and tender. I know I’m not pregnant as I’ve not started my periods. I’m very worried. How long do I give this before seeing a doctor. Myself and fiancé are marrying and would like to start a family.

  385. I got my last shot in December. I chose to get off of Depo finally as I had zero libido and didn’t even want to have sex with my husband. I was on depo all thru my 20’s until I stopped to have my son then I got back on after his birth. I had severe nausea and vomiting, migraines and breast tenderness starting around March of this year. I never really thought that it could be my body getting rid of all the crud. I just got my period back in June and holy hell it is the worst ever. Super heavy, painful cramps and extreame nausea. I’m out of commission the first two days. I’m sure I’m slightly anemic from it being so heavy as well. I’m soaking thru super tampons in 2 hrs.

  386. I stopped the depo shot and have been bleeding heavily for almost two months now, very annoying, dont ever go this route for BC

  387. I’m 19 years old and have was on the depo shot for a year and I stopped 6 or 7 weeks ago and I’m still experiencing period like symptoms.. Spotting.. I’m tired all the time.. Weak..Sorta depressed. Nipples are sore. Sick to my stomach most days. I’m so tired of this… I have school next week and I hope I can stay awake through it… If I knew that it was gonna be like this after stopping depo I wouldn’t of done it. Never again!!!! Worst feeling ever…

  388. I first began using depo in 1998. I used the drug until 2003. I took a break from the med and resumed it around 2005. I had another break and began with nuvaring and some oral contraceptives after birth of my daughter in 2008. Shortly after I began taking depo provera. Each and everytime I started using the drug my cycle stopped but my hips hurt I assumed from decreased bone density. I had my very last injection around March of 2012. The med has since then been completely out of my system and now once having beautiful skin my acne is absolutely awful.

  389. I recently stopped taking the depo shot and I have experienced extreme headaches, muscle aches/spasms, and digestive and stomach problems that are almost unbearable.

  390. I started using the depo shot when I was 16 and stopped using it when I turned 18 . And all I can say is the after symptoms are horrible . I’ve had severe cramping , heavy bleeding , fainting , nausea && fatigue . I don’t understand why this is happening but it sucks

  391. I have been on depo for 8 years straight (I’m 29 now)and had my last shot in march of this year. I guess it must depend on the medical professional giving it to you. I had recently got a new doctor and it was her that urged me off of it and told me all.the negative things and doesn’t recommend it to anybody

    That being said….I bled heavily for all of April and May, well if you can even call it bleeding, like the other commenter mentioned….it was brown….

    My side effects are not being able to sleep, headaches once in a while and overall blah, no motivation to do anything….I’m lucky if I get 4 hours of sleep a night, I also have what seems to be a never ending yeast infection and I’ve never had one in my life u til I stopped depo….I just feel like I’m not even myself anymore because of this….I have gained about 40 pounds on the 8 years I was on this….I went from a size 12 to an 18/20….

  392. I was only on depo for six months before stopping and i have definitely had side effects. Incredibly tender and sore breasts, irregular periods, terrible skin etc. Basically like extreme pms. I stopped using it about two months ago and I am still experiencing side effects.

  393. I’m 17 and due for my next shot later on this month, I’ve been on the injection for just under a year and have been spotting ever since my first injection. I really want to come off it as I’m sick on the constant spotting and not sure if my lower back pain is due to the injection or not. I have read about all the side effects on stopping but I really don’t want my next shot. Any advise on what contraception to try that clears up spotting?

  394. I was on the shot for a regular 3 months and I haven’t had another shot because I was supposed to switch to another birth control method. Since then, my stomach has been hurting, I’ve been bleeding for almost 3 months, my breasts aren’t that tender but they have grown. Everything everyone says is more like pregnancy symptoms, which is scary, but reassuring that I’m not alone with these symptoms.

  395. Started depo when I was 13 years old. I was on depo for 5 years. I was always a size 9 in jeans. I went up to a size 17. I always felt like my bladder hurt. I finally quit my depo, started losing so much weight 10 lbs in a week and a half. I ended up losing 73lbs altogether. I didn’t do anything to purposely lose it. Been feeling sick for 2 years now, nauseated to the point my life is hardly enjoyable. My periods are still off (20 days late) PPH told my I could be on depo for as long as i wanted. FDA website says no more than 2 years. Please, I strongly advise against depo.

  396. Im 23 Ive been on the depo shot almost a year now (3 injections) and ive felt sick right at the end of each injection cycle. Mild symptoms with the first injection, a little worse with the next (nausea, bloating etc) i was unconfortable enough I took a pregnancy test (they were negitive). I didnt put it together that is was my birthcontrol until 4 days ago my shots due again in a less than a week and I feel HORRIBLE nausia, severe migraines, jittery, its hard to even leave bed. Each end if shot has got worse. My symptoms are so severe I think im going to go to ER tonight maybe have my hormone levels checked? I FEEL BAD. Not to mention i bled almost the entire time ive been on this stupid shot. Id rather be pregnant 🙁

  397. I used this one time (3months) never ever again! After it ‘finished’ I have had very bad headd achs… feeling so so sick it’s like pregnancy symptoms. Still no period of anykind. Done 9 prego tests out of worry all negative.this is crap do not take it!! Totally mess’s with your body.m

    • I started Depo two years ago after having my daughter. I loved Depo, had no negative effects. Four months ago my spouse and I decided we would try for another child instead of going for my scheduled shot. Since stopping Depo I’ve had symptoms of pregnancy (minus actually being pregnant), weight gain in stomach region, anxiety/panic attacks, palpitations to which I had to get my heart tested (result: all is normal with my heart), nausea, back/neck pain and thought I was having a heart attack on a few occasions. It has been awful. All blood work and physical tests with doctor have been normal. I did not think any of this could have been connected to ending Depo, but after reading these comments, seems I’m not the only one. I guess my body needs to ride it out until I feel ‘normal’ again, but wish I would have known before starting Depo.

      • Same here. Went to er to see what abdominal pain was about. They did blood tests, CT scan, urine test, etc. Everything normal. Put two and two together :depo shot.

  398. I got my First depo shot May 9th 2014, its now August 19th 2014 and throughout the 3 months and even now I am light bleeding, bloated, mood swings like crazy, very tired and had no energy to do anything.
    I was just wondering when would my period come back and when should this injection wear off?

      • Hey Megan, even if i had only the first shot (3months) i should of gotten my period back relatively quick? Cause so far nothing which is weird

  399. I have been experiencing neasuea…mood swings…tender breasts for about a month now after being off of the shot. I have taken preg tests and have had small periods so I know I’m not pregnant. just would like some answers

  400. I started the depo 2 years ago, and have been off of it since April. Since then I have not had any spotting or bleeding at all. I have had multiple pregnancy like symptoms, neasuea, vomiting, moody, exta tired, and sore breasts. I am assuming the Depo caused a Hormonal imbalance, but I have not been to the doctor yet. These symptoms have been on and off for the past 3 months. I’m just so ready for my period and for this to be over. I really regret going on this birth control, and really advise young women NOT to go onto this birth control.

  401. Tired, Fatigue, NO STRENGTH. Bleeding for about 2 months now. Very dark blood and VERY CLUMPY. The clots are so bad when I urine they look like warms are coming out of me. The small clots look like leeches.

  402. I was on the depo shot for 2 years, I discontinued the shot in July and ever since I have had extreme breast pain which has gotten to the point where I cannot apply the slightest amount of pressure on them or I am in pain. I also have occasional hot flashes and am noticing a little weight gain. Doctors should not only express the side effects of starting the shot but also side effects of discontinuing it!

  403. Missed my Depo first two weeks of may. Since then I’ve been very Moody. Especially this past week. I get so bloated it hurts to move. Was on Depo since 08. Having my first cycle now and I am miserable and hurting. Feel like I’ve been hit by a bus!

  404. Hi I’m 23 and I have been on Depo since I turned 18. I had the best experience ever no side effects I loved getting the shot and recommended it. Once I hit the three year mark when I was 21 I stopped taking it because I heard people say you shouldn’t be on it for long periods of time. As soon as I stopped I got migraines out of the world, I couldn’t drive because they were so bad. So I got back on Depo 8 months later and still had a great experience. I decided not to get the shot starting 2014 because I haven’t had my period since I was 18 and my mom said it just wasn’t normal. So I finally received spotting nine months later still no full period but I do get bad cramps when I’m suppose to have it, because I spot for six days. I had bad cramps before the shot. I’m concerned now because I’ve been having migraines every day now for two weeks. I associate it with the Depo because I’ve gone to the doctor and they say drink water I switched to a water only diet. My next doctors appointment is in three weeks and I’m scared I have a headache everyday and I don’t like taking medicine for it because I like to take care of things the natural way.

  405. Hi! My body changes receiving symptoms like a pregnant woman but I’m seeing my periods but I still vomit,tightness,nipples discharge,tender of breast&feeling movement on my stomach. Also dizziness .sleepy

  406. I have only taken 2 depo Provera shots, my last one was due Aug. 26th, I decided to not take it due to my drs office wont give them out, now I know why the wont. I have bad anxiety, sometimes 4 to 5 attacks a day, headaches every day, digestive problems, gas, chest pains to where I took myself to er to get checked, I feel ill every day of my life now, I am supposed to be starting a job but I don’t know how feeling so bad, I wish I never took the shot. If I had known I would feel so bad I would not have taken it.

  407. oh I also forgot to mention I have bouts of dizziness each day through out the day as well. This is the devil drug it should be taken off the market. I cannot believe how bad this drug is and the withdrawals are evil! I have a son and I cant even do things with him now because I feel so bad all the time. I wish I could sue. I don’t even know how long it will take to get out of my system after 2 shots of this crap, and will I ever feel good again, like I did before taking this nasty drug.!!

  408. When on the injection I think the only downside for my was that it made me EXTREMELY emotional! My emotions were so sensitive that during a stressful time I believe it caused me to develop IBS and if my emotions were normal maybe I would have been less likely to develop IBS. I have now been free of the injection since 24th July 2014 which was when my next injection was due and I feel so much more calmer. My emotions are definitely returning to normal thank god! I get bleeding on the odd days but not a great deal and I am experiencing a tonne of pregnancy symptoms, my boobs are noticeably bigger as they were tiny before, my boobs are itchy, my appetite has hit the roof when a few weeks ago I was eating very little, I urinate more, especially during the night even though I don’t drink before bed, I have days where I’m extremely exhausted, I occasionally get headaches and feel light headed. I doubt I’m pregnant this soon but it’s driving me insane!

  409. I’m so happy to say I started my period this morning! *doing a very happy dance*! I hope now that all the damn withdrawal symptoms will now finally go away as I am starting a job Monday morning!

    • My husband still thinks we all should sue due to the drug company NOT informing us all about the horrific withdrawal symptoms of this devil drug! I may look into it.

      • I strongly agree in this! We are the ones who are being given the injection and have to go through the before and after procedure! We really just of been informed with ALLl the after effects + symptoms before them stabbing us with the needle! If we don’t speak out then future women will go through the exact same thing as we have, it’s not on.

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        • i can not agree more!! i had no idea about the side effects until i looked at what to do to stop it, now i wish i never had it!

          • I didn’t have information on the side effects the needle was given then appointment made for the next really mad as I had loads of problems like bones hurting when coming of to its been four months later and still having bleeding on and of and pregnancy simptums

        • Im getting breast tenderness as well. Plus eating all over the place and weird cramps and pins and needles. Im sure it will calm down. Just a bit annoying lol.

      • yes please let me know! My husband said the same thing. Before getting the shot i read all the fine print and nowhere did it tell me of the REAL effects of it! It nearly tore apart my marriage and i began to hate myself for the person i became while on it. So glad i didnt go back! Also glad im not the only woman who thought she was going nuts on it lol

      • CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT! I think this is a very reasonable case. I read all the fine print as well and nothing detailed the post effects accurately or at all really.

      • I know! it’s awful and they make it sound so simple..the withdrawal symptoms from it are awful. I’m not ever going back on it. The doctor was trying to push me into getting it again..it really upset me.

      • I know! it’s awful and they make it sound so simple..the withdrawal symptoms from it are awful. I’m not ever going back on it. The doctor was trying to push me into getting it again..it really upset me.

    • I have only taken the one shot and I was due to do back to get the second one done in Aug 8th but didnt, and i still havent gotten my period yet.

      Never getting this shot again rather just have a period 😛

      • ok, so I am going on 2 weeks with my period, yes happy to have it, but, annoying now too. I bleed more in the morning when I wake up, and by the late afternoon, it is brown, and by night it is gone, then it starts all over again. Will my life ever be normal again?

      • has your body regulated yet? I also only had one depo shot and was supposed to get my second on Feb 2 2011 but I moved and to this day my body hasn’t regulated yet:(

        • Holy cow!!!!!
          That is a very long time to have to deal with an irregular period.
          Sadly, I have heard that even if you continue the shot, you may still have irregular periods and all the other bad side effects. It is only a 40% chance that they will go away and the periods will stop.

          • I have used depo for at least six years and when I take it on time I do not get periods. It’s when I stop taking it for a month it comes back with a vengeance.

          • Hmm . . . accessed this site as decided not to have next injection AFTER NEARLY 25 YEARS OF NON STOP DEPO! As I am nearly 52 I am not expecting to return to periods (only had 3 periods since starting it and all when I was really stressed). At this point, I am looking forward to not being on it. My husband has left me, I have no intention of getting into another relationship anytime soon, so it seems an opportune moment. I am a very upbeat person and really looking forward to the next part of my life journey. I am hoping that I may lose weight when I come off depo, or at least maintain my current weight. I am hoping that a positive attitude is going to conquer any adverse affects and accept that SOME people’s experiences will be due to other factors. I have become extremely fatigued. Had blood tests to determine cause to no avail. And often experience feelings of nausea in the morning. Hoping these things will improve. Anyway, will update post in a couple of months. Wish me luck!!

          • Don’t use DEPO. I missed my last shot and didn’t notice. My WHOLE head is buring up. I’m freezing. I cant stop peeing. My skin is so sensitive it hurts. It sounds like everone is talking loudly. Have non-stop headache. I can smell everything. My throat hurts.Cant stop crying. I cant sleep. Went to the doctor before I realised I’d missed my shot, they gave me strepsils. I don’t want to take my next shot now. Ridiculously emotional. This is really scary.

          • I’ve been feeling the same way as you are. I don’t know what to do. I want to feel normal again, I feel so depressed and everything is on my nerve.. I cry at night because the feeling is unbearable..I can’t do it.

          • Omg I thought I was only going through this alone. The depo sucks! I suffer from depression & my ovaries hurt like hell. I was on it for almost two years & it’s been 6 months since my last depo shot & I felt like I was going through hell.. My depression was bad. I started getting anxieties BAD I never had one since I was younger.. I’m 19 now & I REGRET taking the depo shot………. I felt like I was going crazy.. But I’m starting to feel better not so depressed that it’s most of it wore off.. I can finally think straight. I hope who ever decided a to go on the depo to research!! & please don’t do it!! You don’t wanna suffer from all these symptoms. Depression is no joke!

          • I agree I got my first shot at 25 and I regret it every single day. My friends and I have a joke that if i freak….the depo made me do it!!!!

    • Please let me know what your withdrawal symptoms were like? Did you have a delay I. Starting your period?

  410. I have stopped the depo recently as I was starting to feel unwell plus within the next couple of years myself and my partner wish to start a family. But coming off this thing I feel even more unwell. My weight has just shot up which is affecting my asthma and depression as I feel pregnant. (I know I’m not as my periods have not started yet) yes the depo did it’s job but with side effects I had no idea on and I am now very very down about.

  411. I’ve taken the depo shot once and since I’ve been off of it I’ve been bleeding for 2 months straight I do not recommend it

  412. I stopped depo just over 4 months ago but went on birth control pills right away. I’m not taking the sugar pills doctors recommended it. I have been bleeding now for 4 days now and it’s really bad. Not sure if this is because I was on depo for so long but cramps can feel like contractions. I’ve been to emergency for another issue should I be concerned and go sit in emergency for this.

  413. I took the shot just once and i feel terrible. My partner warned about taking the shot because I was in law school and wanted to avoid pregnancy. I have noticed loss of weight and it been 2 weeks since have been off the shot. I feel tired, bloated, angry and frustrated sometime. I don’t sleep too sometimes I could be up from 3 am till 5 pm in the evening. At fist i felt I was pregnant, then after reading the comments on this blog, I had a little relief.But this feeling is horrible and just want to get back to normal. As everyone is saying doctors should inform patients about these side effects before administering it.

  414. I was one the depo for a year and a half and stopped taking it in july 14 it is now sept 14 and i have had brown discharge for 2 weeks.no period. Dont know whats going on cause we want a baby. So if someone can help

  415. I have recently stopped taking the “shot” for about a month now. I was on it for a year.
    Not only did it reduce my sex drive down to not even thinking about having sex but to it be so painful because my body no longer produces the “wetness”. I have gained weight and I have lost a lot of bone proteins. I am constantly hungry. My period hasn’t started yet and I have cramps to the point of tears and headaches that turn into migraines rapidly.

  416. I only took the shot once I’m 17 and I’m having pregnant like symptoms my nipples are sore cramps worse than before and my period flow is heavier than usual which i assume is b/c ihavent had my period due to the drug also my back hurts headaches hungry and bloating. I don’t know if I’m pregnat or these are side effects

  417. I have been on the injection for a couple of months and every time I have it done I experience horrible pains in my stomach that last month’s and it’s starting to get unberable

  418. I’m 24, and started receiving depo provera injections in March of 2009. My last injection was due in February, but I chose not continue receiving them.

    Beginning in the first week of August, I began experiencing major fatigue. Cravings for food that I hate. Mood swings. My nails, once flimsy, were hard as rocks. I went up a cup size. I had the “mask” that women sometimes develop during pregnancy. My dry skin became oily. My hair, that I’ve been dying for ten years, suddenly wouldn’t absorb dye.

    When I started the shot, back in ’09, it completely stopped my menstrual cycle. It never came back.

    I took pregnancy tests; they were always negative. Never a faint line, ever. Always negative. I thought I was losing my mind.

    Constantly tired, constantly sore, constantly nauseous. People began assuming I was pregnant, despite the negative tests. I felt like I was losing control of my body.

    After over a month of these symptoms, I experienced light bleeding, and discharge, it wasn’t so much pink as it was brown (old blood). I went to bed, and woke up the next morning (the 14th) to my period retuning.

    After it returned, I immediately began googling “pregnancy symptoms after depo”, and came across a blog that spoke of “depo withdrawal”, which is how I found this post.

    I’d even gone to the clinic, received a negative test, let everyone know of my depo history, and no one considered that as being a factor. I even had a doctor tell me he thought I was pregnant.

    I’ve always been an advocate for depo, but I will not be using it again, ever. I know that my story may not be “text book”, but the last month and a half was Hell; I’d never even thought that my pregnancy symptoms could have been related to withdrawal.

    I never thought I’d be so happy to have my god awful period back, either, but it feels great to see that I’m not crazy, or alone in this.

  419. I was on the depo shot for a year, my last shot was in 2009. I’ve had all of those same ‘omg, I think I’m pregnant’ symptoms. They would sporadically kick in over about 3 years time, they did finally stop though. One of my other symptoms, which most women, who haven’t gone through what we here have, would think wonderful. It was almost 4 years after stopping depo before I started to get my periods back. Which you would think after that long, they would be the normal once a month however many days thing. Not the case with me. I would halfway start a period, spot for 2 days, nothing for a day, then have a light flow for maybe 2 or 3 days. As I write this now, I still have not returned to a normal menstruation cycle. I can’t correctly guess what part of the month it will be, because it could be at the end of the month, then the middle of the next, then be at the beginning of the month after I should have already started. I do not recommend taking the Depo Provera birth control shot. The side effects for during and most definitely afterwards are just not worth it. I feel for all of you out there going through the same things or even possibly worse symptoms. Just know that you are not alone, and we care. No one should have to go through these things when all we wanted to do, was to be responsible, and chose when we wanted children or not to have any(more) children.

  420. I was on the depo for 9 months after comming off i had my period 2 months after,i started seeing sign of blood in the same month about 16 days after a had the first one,am really worried.should i visit the doctor?

  421. I was on the depo for 9 months after comming off i had my period 2 months after,i started seeing sign of blood in the same month about 16 days after i had the first one,am really worried.should i visit the doctor?

  422. I was on the depo 2 years abo and haven’t had a period for a year and some months ….is that a problem ??

  423. I was on the depo injection for over a year, when my periods stopped I didn’t feel like a woman at all I was worried and curious about what my body would undertake when my menstral cycle came back into play. It took my body a whole year and a half for my periods to start again, I’m now on week 2 of my period and there is no signs of my bleeding slowing or coming to an end. I already suffer from bone deficiency which if I could turn back time I would have NEVER had the depo! And I would not recommend it to any other woman of a younger age!!

  424. I am 23, and I used to stop birth ,so I get injection for three months after finishing 3 months I stop my mins period,I am feeling weak my legs get pain sometime when I stand I was feeling weak plz what I do now is there any way to solve my problem..is there any medicinne to unblock my mins period….thanks

  425. Hi i’v bn on depo for about 8 and a half yrs. im 32 .i have to girls. now my husband wants a son. I’m off it now for around close to 2 months. I’ve bn getting migraines for the past couple of years and dont remember getting them so frequently before i went on depo. however a week ago I had the worst migraine I’ve ever had in my life. the pain was so intense i thought i would pass out. I vomited 3 times. The pain lasted about 5 hours as i did not take any medication.I then got a voltaren injection and it helped. Not sure if this is a withdrawal symptom after coming off depo. Hope to have a regular menstrual cycle soon.

  426. i only had one shot in april which lasted three months i experience spotting in the last month(june) but never had a full period i decided not to take the shot again now it is september and my period hasnt came on yet i took a pregnacy test it came neg i experience a ittle pressure in my abdomen wats going on with me

  427. I started the depo about 2 years ago i stopped in july of 2013 i had maybe 2 periods since then nd them were from this year my last period was in march is that okay how long does it take before it will come back

  428. I was on depo for 4 years I have been off of it for a month an half now I have seen some signs of bleeding which i hope is good i just hope I can have at least one more kid. But I do have tenderness in my boobsnd some pains but some stuff I read I pray don’t happen and god can bless me! Don’t get on the depo unless u don’t plan on having kids.

  429. Once I got married I decided to use the shot at birth control instead of the pill because I can be forgetful however I totally regret doing so. I went from a size 10-12 to a size 14/16 and my emotions were completely out of wack. My last shot was February and my periods, while very light have lasted anywhere for 3 days to 18 days (going on 19). Before the shot mine were typically very heavy for 4 days. After getting off the pill I gained a little more weight and I’m very emotional. I only had 2 shots. Along we being emotional I got kind of depressed and just wanted to stay in bed all the time. And being a newly wed that sucked because my sex drive was low. I’m hoping once my periods get back on track I can get this weight back off and start feeling better. My blood pressure is even a little high from the weight gain and I hate it. Which just contribute to the depression. I am starting to feel less depressed but I’m still very emotional and sensitive! This sucks!

  430. I took depo procreation for five years when I stop I got sick headache pain ,uneasy bad feeling go to a doctor tell her what I’m feeling she gave me a pill to take right away an I feel better by night. I Ave a child after come off. I go back on it stop again.

  431. hi, i have been on the depo-provera for about 4ish years and i have decided to stop it. im really worried about what will happen and when it will happen. please help

  432. I had my last injection in April 2014 (after 7 years). Initially I didn’t have any symptoms, but at the beginning of August (about 2 weeks after I should have had my next injection) things changed. I had extremely sensitive nipples to the point where it was painful to have even the lightest fabric touching them (extremely impractical and uncomfortable) for about 2 weeks, I also had about a week of cramping and abdominal heaviness and the bleeding started on August 15th and have been doing so ever since (about 6 weeks now). The breast tenderness returned for a few weeks in early September too and I feel exhausted.
    It’s horrible to not know if this is normal and wonder if things will ever return to normal!
    I wish there was more information and help available to women stopping the Depo injection.

  433. Hi I was on the depo for approximately 3 and a half years. I recently just got off of it and I’m losing so much hair it’s scaring me. My boyfriend told me I’m becoming a hypochondriac but I am so emotional and my mood swings are crazy but what’s scaring me the most is the hair loss. Is this normal?

  434. So I’ve only had the depo once.. Got it on July 27th and due for at the end of October..I was bleeding for about 2 months just spotting but was annoying and now it has completely stopped. I’ve had unprotected sex but test turns up negative? Can somebody help..and will it be hard for me to conceive?

  435. I have been on Depo for almost 7 years now. My last shot was four months ago as I decided to stop taking it. I know for a fact I am not pregnant as I have not been sexually active for quite some time. However, I am experiencing fatigue and EXTREME sore nipples and tender breasts. To the point, even clothing material touching them hurts. Wondering if anyone else is also experiencing these withdrawal symptoms like I am. Also wondering how long this will last!!

  436. i’ve taken Depo for abt a year and didnt have my periods for a year, now i i’m nt sure if i have my periods, i sometimes bleed after sexual intercourse and the blood is very dark and brown. i’m concerned and not sure whats goin on.

  437. My experience with Depo hasn’t been consistent. I was on it March 2013 got off of it September 2013, only had 2 shots. My period didn’t come until December 2013, by January 2014 I was pregnant. It actually helped me, for 3 years I’ve never been pregnant. Unfortunately, I miscarried in March 2014. I decided to get back on Depo May 2014. I recently decided, I was going to give my body a break for good. Just be natural, I haven’t got my shot which I was due for about 7 weeks ago. I began to spot shortly after needed the shot, then it became every single day I was spotting. Twice now I was under the impression I had my period & it only last about a few hours. Its becoming a red flag for me, and quite annoying. I feel like I’m at a dead end. I’m finally going to my doctor Monday, only because I expected this to happen but not this long.

  438. I’m still on depo but have decided to stop taking it. I’ve been on since my baby was 6weeks and now she’s 10months. Every time I’ve been due to get the shot at the 3 month mark I start getting bad headaches and nausea. And although I’m not sure if it’s due to the shot it is very coincidental that I get the symptoms 2 weeks before I’m required to get the shot every time I’m due to get the shot.

  439. I stopped the contraceptive and I have had my period for over two months straight, it won’t stop at all and it’s ruining my sex life and making my emotions go up and down….. I can’t take it anymore please help!

  440. I was on the depo shot for 3 years. My last shot was for February 2014 and I skipped it. I have 1 daughter and after I got off the shot and I have weird stomach movements, fatigue, my breasts hurt and increasingly bad headaches. Am I the only one? It feels like I’m pregnant but I know I can’t be. Can I? It’s been 8 months and I still haven’t had a period.

  441. When I first stopped the depot shot after a year and a half I had my period for 3 months straight, along with depression and aggravation. Now I don’t have my period but I have very tender breasts and nipple, cramps, nausea, constipation and bloating/weight gain.

    Just like many of you, I kind of fear that I’m pregnant! But I doubt that’s possible since my last period was less than a week ago.

  442. I don’t know about others but for me when I’m on my depo shot I have no problems except for a little cramps. I’ve been on depo for 3 yes now and I do notice with me when I’m due for my shot I really do notice my back cramps headache being extreme as well as excessive sweating and chills that are constant but as soon as I receive my injection all my symptoms disappear. I know it sounds crazy but its true. My Dr thought something really bad was wrong with me cause I thought I was dying I went to a oncologist she thought I may have had cancer it came back neg. I was 3 months past due on my shot as soon as I got it all my symptoms did go away. And the reason I didn’t get the injection was I was so sick that I didn’t want to keep taking medicine and putting it into my body until I found out was wrong with me. I have endometerois and that’s why I get the depo to help with pain.

  443. I have been taking the depo shot since I was in high school and have recently stopped taking the shot so about 5 plus years I have experienced the tenderness in my breast nausea fatigue and extreme dizziness I feel horrible and I hope it passes soon I have taken 3 pregnancies test because the symptoms are similar to being pregnant I also have had a lot of swelling in my stomach

  444. Tiredness, moody, nausea, tender breasts, sometimes my nipples are so sore it hurts to shower. HORRIBLE. My GP had no answer for any of the problems but this makes sense….

  445. I been on depo for 6years i stop getting it 7months ago because i want to have a baby everyday my stomach hurts and feel nauseous

  446. I have been on depo for 2 years and my last injection was 5 months ago. I am a little worried because I have not had my period yet. Spotted a little but no period.

  447. I been feeling terrible i been having none stop periods and i cant have sex cause im so dry and its so painful plus it hurts when i go pee i was fine until i got the shot

  448. I was using depo and not menstruating for 8 years.I stopped for for 20 weeks.I took depo again.After 2 days i menstruated for 9 days now i have heavy yellow discharge.What is wrong?

  449. I was on depo for 5 years, started seeing signs of bone loss (I’m 31), so got off.
    was due for my next shot in January 2014 – I finally started spotting for three days 6 weeks ago, and now have a real period.
    I was in HELL from mid-february until september!! My breasts were SO sensitive, lost my sex drive, and I was a nonstop emotional roller coaster from one day to the next. I swear, every single day, for almost 7 months, it felt like I was starting my period or pregnant. I took pregnancy tests here and there thinking for sure there was something going on.

    And now — I’m on my period and oh my gosh, worst cramping EVER.

    I had taken depo for two years prior to this run on it – it took only a few months to get my period back, and I had a few cycles before getting pregnant then miscarriage at 13 weeks. I immediately got on depo after that pregnancy and just got off.

    Now I am scared, wondering if depo had anything to do with losing the baby. Also, if it’s already caused bone loss, what else has it done. God knows it’s wreaked havoc on the rest of my reproductive system.
    I wish someone had let me know what to expect coming off of this drug.

  450. My last shot was in March of 2014. Since then I have bled for 5 1/2 months straight…thought I had a normal periord this month had bleeding for 7-10 days which is normal for me, stopped for 3 days and now bleeding again. Like most of you I’ve had the tender sore breasts, mood swings and have lost the weight I gained while on the shot but this constant bleeding is what has me concerned…when is it a medical concern???

  451. Wow. I didn’t realize that how I was feeling could actually be because of the shot, and stopping it. Holy crap though, what a lot of you are saying is EXACTLY what I’m going through! I should have had my last shot on sept 20, but didn’t because I was looking into other options. I was told that the shot was the best thing for me because of my severe cramps during my periods, and my family history of endometriosis. Basically, don’t have a period- won’t develop cysts on my ovaries, or have incredibly painful periods. Also, I have severe issues with migraines, and they did seem to get better while on the shot. I was on it about a year and a half. After stopping, my migraines got insane-despite being on daily preventative meds for that, my depression, which I’ve had for years got realllllly bad, my anxiety went insane, I have no appetite, I gained like 25/30lbs since starting the shot- just after I had FINALLY lost that weight, I feel nauseous constantly, I sleep like shit, and, probably unrelated, i now have a hypothyroid. (Family history of that too) oh and crazy cramps for “no” reason? At least I feel better knowing I’m not alone. Shit, they need to tell people about this before starting us on it.

  452. Hello I’ve been on depo /birth control method for roughly 8 years now. I was due for my shot the beginning of September, but chose not to continue birth control just to give my body a break (25year old). How long does it take for a woman who has been on birth control this long to get pregnant? Me and my husband are looking to begin our family, but I have been having these side affects; such as mood swings, depressed, exhausted, very cold(iron low), sex drive decreased,spotting with dark /pink blood,cramping, sensitive to smell. I have read that these are side affects from coming off the depo. These symptoms are very common and similarly to pregnancy. Also I’ve been making myself believe that it’s impossible to get pregnant since I have no eggs produced since being on the depo for such a long time. Please help me make some sense of this!!

  453. I was due to get the depo in march 2014 I decided not to and have a break (been on it nearly 4 years) my periods started to come back in August they last between 6 or 7 days I then have only between 4 and 6 days off before they start again. Is anyone else having this problem. It’s really getting me down

  454. I started feeling more tired than usual and now my breasts are sore, like when I was pregnant. now I’m starting to feel sick. I missed my depo shot by a month or two. I’m not pregnant as I have not been sexually active. so I assume these symptoms are from “depo withdraw”

  455. I had my first depo shot in August. I was due for another shot October 6, but did not go because I didn’t like the way it made me feel. A week after I received the shot, I bled for 12 days straight. I had no period in September, and on October 2nd I bled until the 6th. I’ve had a few spottings since then, usually whenever I wipe after I pee. On the 11th, my boyfriend and I had sex and our condom broke. But from what I’ve understood, the shot is in our system for a short while after it ends. I’ve been feeling really crampy and bloated lately, and I was just wanting other ladies opinions on how they felt when the shot ended, or if I should be concerned about pregnancy

  456. I’ve only had one Depo shot and i was due for my 2nd october 8th i did not get it. Now i feel pregnant. Moody, fatigued, frequent urination. My breast were tender now they arent. Just off and on aches in them. Also im having brown blood come out when i use the bathroom but its not consistent throughout the day. I took 2 pregnancy test both negative idk what to do! anyone??

  457. I took the shot for a year. I stopped taking it the summer of 2013 and to this day my periods are still way off and I can’t get pregnant. Every morning I wake up feeling nauseated and during the day I’d have breast tenderness. I’d get that feeling maybe I’m pregnant but when I take a test it’s negative. I honestly think no one should take any kind of birth control… at least I’m not going to ever again! My hormones are out of control.

  458. Almost four months off one depo shot and no BC. Been spotting brown for 2 months out of the four and I have constant pregnancy symptoms everyday…headaches,nausau, diarrhea and constipation very mild cramps and still no real period. And I have not taken much BC at all in my life.

  459. When I first got on the depo shot, I lost about 10 pounds and the only complaint I had was some depression(which herbs helped). After I stopped depo provera, things went downhill for me. I gained roughly 15 pounds, acne broke out all over my face, and I had a prolonged menstrual cycle with spotting that I didn’t have before getting the shot.

  460. I started taking depo July 4th 2014 due to the fact my broth control pill was giving me sever head aches, I fainted at work while suffering from a terrible migrane. My doctor suggested the shot. It seemed suitable for me. No periods sounded amazing…after a week and a half on the needle I started spotting for a few days. Which continued for 42 days straight. It stopper for about 5 days then back again I was due to take the needle again on the 23rd of September and never took it.I continued to bleed for 2 weeks after I stopped. It was the worst experience of my life. I was miserable constantly cramping. The one good thing was my headache were fewer and far between until I stopped taking it. Now I’ve been having the worst head aches. I’m dizzy, nauseas, had no desire to eat. Is this normal? My doctor suggested to keep taking it eventually I will stop bleeding.last time I ever take advice from a male doctor.

  461. I was on the depo shot for about 2 and a half years. I experienced significant weight gain, tenderness in my breasts, and noticed that it would affect my mood. Last June 2014, I decided I wanted to stop taking the Depo shot for a number of reasons. 1) I knew that my husband and I were thinking about possible having children in the near future. 2) I had heard and read numerous concerns regarding the depo shot and did not want it to affect my fertility. 3) I wanted to lose all these pounds I gained from taking the shot.

    It has been 4 months since I stopped and I just started getting my period again. Though I noticed it is highly irregular. I had it 2 weeks ago (while i was on vacation) and I have it again. The pain is about the same as I had before taking the shot but the flow is irregular. I’m just concerned how long this will last since i am reading from other commenters that their period has lasted as long as 3 months.

    Since stopping, I have noticed that i am very lethargic. Motivation to do regular chores around the house is a chore on its own. I’ve pretty much become a recluse. I go to work and come home and sleep. Nothing else. I hope that this works itself out soon. I am not looking forward to any more side effects to this drug.

  462. I was on the injection for about 9 months. I stopped due to not being able to attend appointments because of my working hours. While I was taking the injection I was still having periods but now iv not had one since. Im 18 years old now. My periods started when I was 12 but I only had one every 2-6 months and when I did I would faint and be sick. I was diagnosed with anemia and was given iron tablets to see if it would help but they never made a difference. At the age of 14 I then began taking the contraceptive pill as I was told by my doctor that this would help, which it did. As the years went on I started forgetting to take my pills so I was just taking them whenever I remembered but I realised it wasnt a good thing to do so thats why I went on the injection because I wouldn’t forget if I needed to go somewhere to have it. Should I worry that I havnt had a period yet even though I had them when I was on the injection or should I just be patient? I have also been under a lot of stress in the last few months so could that be a reason?

  463. I was on the depo shot for just under 3 yrs and I have been off of it for about two months and since I have been off of it I have had horrible breath tenderness and I started my period 2 days after not getting my last shot and it has just been completely crazy every since. I have currently been bleeding for 3 weeks straight now very heavily and can’t see no end to it in site. I have also been very moody and emotional on top of all of the other affects as well as keep very bad migraines. If this shot is going to have these kind of effects on women they shouldn’t be allowed to give it to us.

    • has your period ended yet?? i have been bleeding for over four months now since ending the shot and i wasn’t even on it for a year!!!

  464. I had gotten the depo shot the day after my son was born. Biggest mistake ever! I had non stop bleeding for over 3 months so I didn’t get the shot again but I am still spotting/bleeding also I notice that I wasn’t losing weight anymore no matter what I was eating after I didn’t take the shot again my stomache still feels bloated and trying to work out is hard some days because I feel drained and have no energy to do anything productive and today I noticed food tasting horrible and the smell of some food makes me want to throw up. I also feel neglected from my partner even though he is with me most of the time. I should have read about the side effects then I wouldn’t still be bleeding 4 months after my son being born

    • Hello mommy i know your post is old but can u help me or enlighten me .. we’re at the same situation .. spotting and bleeding after stopping depo . Is it normal ??? Or i have to worry about ?? Im almost getting paranoid of my situation .. its been 2 months since my depo expired but the spotting and bleeding continue.. plssss enlighten me momi ..

  465. I had been on the Depo shot for almost four years and was due for my shot in early October (appx 4 weeks ago). I had my yearly and told my doctor I wanted to come off of the shot and switch to pills. I’ve done research and have seen it was taking quite a while to get pregnant after stopping, plus I am trying to lose the weight I’ve put on in the last 2 years.

    3 weeks ago I had a sudden onset of severe lower back pain. It was basically crippling for 2 weeks. This past Sunday I had sudden onset of severe nausea, vomitting, body aches, fever. It was nothing I’d ever experienced before and only lasted 24hrs. Food poisoning was ruled out as well. Once the 24hrs nausea was over on Monday, I’ve been nauseous every day since (it’s not Saturday night) and I’m extremely sensitive to smells and even SEEING certain foods makes me queezy and dry heeve. I had been wracking my brain trying to figure out where all of this was coming from and the only thing I can come up with is withdrawals from the shot.

    This isn’t something I had counted on when starting the shot and was never informed that it was a possibility. I had planned on starting the pill this month (November) after giving my body a month to try and get some of the extra hormones out, but now I’m not so sure I want to…

  466. I’ve been off the depo for 11 months, I’ve had a normal period ever since. My boyfriend and I have been trying to get pregnant since December and still not pregnant. I’ve been feeling nauseous and having lots of abdominal pains. I also have a lot of pregnancy symptoms and have taken like 3 tests and it comes out negative. Is anyone experiencing this? We really want to have a baby but don’t know what to do. Any advice?

  467. I took one shot on May and I haven’t had my period, instead I’ve been spotting a black or sometimes brown fluid for the last couple weeks. I wish I could have my period soon!

    • I got the shot in may and the whole time i had darkbrown spotting the whole time up until a i think a week ago, now its just normal discharge. so fingercrossed this needle has finally worn off and period should come soon.

  468. I only been on the depo shot for about half a year and I stopped taking getting due to loosing insurance. And ever since then I haven’t had my period since, it has been 2 months.

  469. I only got one depo shot, in June 2014 & haven’t stopped bleeding since the week after I got the shot & now it’s November 2014. I just recently got my sex drive back last month, before then- I couldn’t even stomach the thought of being touched. Turned off is an understatement for how I was. Even though I bled basically everyday, I bled even harder on the days of my expected period, with cramps and nausea. Biggest regret of my life, I’d rather have a f*cking period. At least the bleeding only lasts 5-7 days instead of EVERY day.

  470. i have been on injectibles for more than for years and decided to stop it last due sept.2014, my first two years was fine other than gaining weight which is more annoying but i made a decision to stop it due to having secere migraines, feeling bloated i actually gained 30lbs for the past past 4 yrs since i started injectibles, hot flashes, tired all the time and i became very moody.. so my due was supposed to be sept 30,2014 and not get it anymore..since then after a week my breasts and nipples feels so sore and im a bit light headed most of the times..ever since i stopped my husband and i are doing safe methods coz we’re not planning to have more babies..is it normal to feel your breasts sore after stopping it?

  471. I was on the depo shot for 11 months and I was beyond awful the whole time.. My stomach cramped every day, I had headaches every day, I was so moody! My last shot was a month ago and I didn’t go back.. Now my back hurts something awful, my breast are so sore I can’t lay on my stomach, I’m always tired and hungry. Only good I got out of it I gained weight, I was super tiny. I feel so depressed one minute, happy the next and then mad at the world. I feel like this shot has literally changed me and I can’t wait to be back to my old self 🙁

  472. I got my first injection July 2nd 2014 I was due to get another October 1st which I didn’t because I bled the whole 3 months. It stopped October 2nd and now it’s a month that I’ve had sore breast, fatigue, very moody, low sex drive, and clear liquid coming out my nipples. Is this symptoms from stopping the Depo? Someone please respond

  473. I was on the depo injections for 3 years. I recently stopped the injections 3 months ago. I am now experiencing breast/nipple soreness, fatigue (I sleep all the time now), and frequent urination. I haven’t started my period yet, I’ve been moody, and have HORRIABLE back pains where I use to get the injections. The Depo will mess you up, i do not recommend this to anyone! It may seem like a good easy way to prevent pregnancy, but coming off of this shot is really a nightmare!! It’s not worth it

  474. Im 28 & started depo at 21. My periods stopped immediately & never returned. My mood leveled, my acne left & I generally felt great. My last injection was 22 weeks ago. My first symptoms, around 14 weeks after last injection, were sore breasts & nipples. Around week 20/21 the acne returned. Week 22/23 (now) I’m having the moods swings I remember having back before I started depo, and I also have severe nausea & occasional vomiting after I eat. Still no signs of period. I haven’t taken a pregnancy test but I’m certain I’m experiencing my bodies adjustment post-depo.

  475. I’ll never in my life take deposit again I stop taking the shot and I bled for 3 months then stopped for a day or two then started again for 2 weeks then a couple days after that. I started. Throwing up and bleeding again I lost all sex drive I was very moody. I’d rather have another baby than to go threw this.

    • Im glad i wasn’t the only one to. Experience. Its horrible and I thought it was gunna bleed to death. So ladies don’t choose depo, when you stop it you better have plenty of pads tampons because you will need lots.

  476. I been on depo provera for 6 years and starting to feel movements in my stomach and have hot flashes mood swings food that smells bad and spotting what could be wrong and i been off depo provera for 6 months

  477. Fyi- when you stop depo and I was on for 2 years some may bleed non stop, heavyness of the bleeding varies every day. I never bled when on it and when I stopped in November i was fine until June when I bled non stop its November now and still going. Dr said that its part of stopping. So choose wisely. Im not going on it again.

  478. I was on the depo shot for almost 2 yrs & then got off cuz I want to get pregnant.. I started bleeding after the shot wore off and have been bleeding off and on for almost 3 weeks.. Is that normal??

  479. I was on the depo for a 1 1/2 and I stared my period in October 2014 it was going good and then the next month came and I bleed for the whole month and then stopped for bout a week n the strated up agin and has not stop since and I jst wanted to know why after coming off the depo

  480. I stopped depo in December 2012. From January 2013-april-2013 I had severe panic attacks, heart palps, suicidal thoughts, pins n needles feeling in arms, hands went completely numb once, lads of physical symptoms. It’s now the end of 2014 and I’m finally able to leave my house and have a sone what normal life, but ill probably never get back to who I was before this. I have more fears and phobias than I ever had before. It’s been 2 years, so I’m praying that I finally stay on the right track. My periods returned immediately but each one is a little different and my anxiety skyrockets when it gets close.

  481. I started my depo provera shot in around November/December of 2013. All was going well until I recieved my shot on July 7th of 2014. Since then I have been bleeding. It is now November 15th 2014 and the bleeding still persists. I havent gotten a shot since July 7th but it wont stop. Not sure how long it will take for it to end.

  482. I have use depo for two years and stop using it on August this year , because my husband was complaining each time after making love , he said his abdomen feel hot and atching.I had also lose my sex interest rapidly after starting depo..since I’ve stop using it on August , I’ve developed a frequently headache that goes on and off for days sometimes. if there are any suggesting please I will be glad to follow so this headache can go away.

  483. I stopped the drop injection 4 months ago, the injection was the worst thing ever I have really really sore boobs they are that sore I thought I was pregnant but I’m not, I haven’t had a period yet! Doctors should tell you about all of this before you start taking the contraception!

  484. Hey guys, I just want to say THANK YOU, I’m not crazy! I had a great experience with depo but now since stopping it im having seriously horrible side affects. Please feel free to message me or post to reply if you have any idea as to how long the withdrawal symptoms last or any additional feedback for me after reading my post. It’s a long one to read, but any feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated!
    I was on the depo for about 10 years, starting when I was 16, Im 27 now. I absolutely loved the shot, no period at all after my first injection, slight weight gain throughout the first 6 years, but I was also extremely thin when I started it so a little weight gain was ok. I did miss my injection once (by accident) after being on it for around 2 years, I waited until I started my period again, which was about 3 months after missing my injection, and started on it with it stopping my periods completely, and having no side affects.
    During the last 3-4 years I was on the depo I was very sleepy and lethargic, just feeling ‘out of touch’ with my body. I was there but not there, if that makes any sense? I could sleep for 12 + hours at a time without waking up. But would still feel the same sleepiness and general fatigue as though I’d only slept an hour. I also experienced weight gain that fluctuated drastically. I was initially about 100 pounds when beginning the depo, and would fluctuate between 115 to 135 during the first 6 years. I assumed those symptoms were normal and they weren’t anywhere near bad enough for me to stop getting the depo so I continued with it. I had heard stories of women who gained a lot of weight on depo and I, rudely enough, chalked it up to them using it as an excuse for unhealthy eating habits and not exercising, since I had not gained a massive amount of weight.
    During the last 3 or 4 years on depo my weight drastically fluctuated, up to 140 pounds from my initial 100 pound start weight. I could easily lose the weight if I dieted and exercise once or twice a week so I, again, didn’t see that as a huge problem. I was, after all, getting into my mid twenties, so some weight gain was normal. I also gained all the weight on my tummy, which changed my size from a size 0 to a 12. But as soon as I began eating healthier and exercising lightly I would drop back to a size 0. Still only the same symptoms of sleeping 12 hours, if not more, and fatigue, sleepiness. I did have one situation where I passed out and was hospitalized, the doctors ran tests but found nothing to cause that to happen. I was completely fine one minute and the next I was being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance because the initial EMT on site was unable to find a pulse. The only thing I noticed to be different was that I was initially very weak, and also I felt like my heart was weak and palpitating, but all tests were clear. I was very scared after that, because there was no explanation as to why I would randomly pass out. I am a completely healthy person, never had any medical issues and the depo was the only medicine I ever took regularly. (I don’t even like to take Tylenol)

    The major issue started this past January, the first month of 2014. I joined a gym with a friend, mostly to frequent the tanning beds, honestly. But I figured I could start a regular exercise routine and lose the extra weight as I had done several times before. My goal weight was always 120 pounds, and reached it easily. I never weighed myself regularly, aside from my depo dr visits every 3 months. I judged based on how my clothes fit. I was a little shocked when I weighed myself at the gym and discovered that I weighed almost 150 pounds. I had never come close to that before so I began eating a little healthier and really focusing on working out. Sadly, I did not see any difference at all in my weight or my body fat. Very little muscle changes. Not even noticeable, clothes fit exactly the same. I worked out 5 or 6 days a week, sometimes 3 hours a day and/or twice a day, and ate healthy from January to May. I actually gained 10 additional pounds bringing me to 160 pounds. It doesn’t sound bad but considering it was all on my stomach and I was used to being a size 0-3, it WAS. My friend that was also working out had lost 15-20 pounds, and only went to the gym with me once or twice a week. She had been considerably heavier than me our whole life and I then weighed the same amount that she did. That was the last straw for me. I can handle a little weight gain but 60 pounds and counting was enough. It had to be the depo causing the weight to pack on and stay on. I had asked my dr previously about the depo causing weight gain and she argued with me, saying it was entirely my fault and actually forced me to see a dietician! I had enough of killing myself in the gym for nothing and the never ending sleepiness and fatigue. I was very worried that I would continue to gain weight uncontrollably so I decided to stop the depo and get back to a healthy period cycle with no hormones, plus after 10 years it was time my body had a break from the shot. My dr (new one) said it was ok to stop getting it, cold turkey, and to come back once I got my period again if I wanted to start the pill. She said it could take anywhere from 3 months to a year for it to wear off and leave my body. For the record, not once has any doctor acknowledged my symptoms, or warned me of any side affects from discontinuing the depot. I got my last injection on February 13th 2014, and did not get my injection in May. It is now November 23rd and I have not started my period, but am beginning to experience some of the symptoms I have seen on this forum. I started getting very sore breasts in August with light cramps but no period. That has happened around the same time of the month, each month since. For the past month, maybe longer, I have felt very anxious, tired, sleeping either 12 hours a day, or insomnia, heart palpitaions(which I feel may have something to do with me passing out) lower back pain at night when trying to sleep, headaches, night sweats, and I believe slight depression as well. I also haven’t lost any weight, if anything, I might have gained more. I’m slightly afraid to weigh myself at this point. I’m hoping I get my period back soon and the side affects wear off soon as well. I’m afraid it’s going to get worse. Between being constantly tired, fatigued, not sleeping, or sleeping all day, I am not a happy person. Again, I am completely healthy and have never experienced these symptoms before in my life, so I am absolutely certain it is from depo withdrawal. Please, if anyone has any advice or similar experiences and can offer some indication of when I would get my period back and when the symptoms might subside, I would be very appreciative. Thanks!

  485. I got on Depo at my 6 week post partum appointment in Feb of 2013. My last shot was sometime in August 2014.
    When I started it, I bled FOREVER. I felt like bleeding would never stop and it pretty much became apart of life to me. Then it stopped. Just stopped. From then on, I would regularly get some sort of period 2 weeks to a month before my next shot was due. I gained a ton of weight (I don’t blame the shot for making me eat, but I do blame it for making me hungry), and had little to no drive for anything. Now it is November 2014. I didnt go to my appointment a few weeks ago. And I have been taking prenatals. I am not as hungry anymore, feel more active, and getting a sex drive back. We are trying for baby number 2, but was told it would take 12-18 months.

    Not sure if being off it and withdrawl symptoms are similar to signs of pregnancy, but I have been sitting here thinking I am pregnant because of how I feel. Tender breasts, not as hungry as before, I have even started producing milk in one breast again and I am not sure what it is due to. My child has not breast fed in about 2 years now.

    I have taken a lot of pregnancy tests, but none are positive. And ovulation tests say I am not ovulating.

    I will note, the day of my shot (which I skipped) I had some mucus vaginal discharge, slight blood tinge, and then nothing. Then i bled a little a few days later…its weird. I’m all over the place but I have had these things happen to me. So if they happened to you, you’re not alone lol

  486. I had the depo shot once and that was the 7th of February 2014 and decided to not get the shot again because we wanted to start a family.
    My experience:
    Depo Shot 7/02/2014
    Had a short period 06/03/2014
    I was due for the shot again on 7th May 2014, but didn’t get it.
    First sign of period was 26/08/2014 and it was just a spot.
    13/10/2014 I had a four day period, but we’re so light.
    13/11/2014 and it was just a spot.
    24/11/2014 I think I’m having my first real period.
    I’ve always had an irregular cycle, but the shot has just made everything go crazy, I’m moody and cranky and always snapping at my Fiance, I didn’t know when I got the shot that it would take this long to get out of my system, let’s just say I will never get the depo shot again.
    We want a family, but this has slowed our future plans right down.

  487. I had taken only one shot of the depo and I haven’t had my period in almost 4 years. should I be worried that I won’t get pregnant?

  488. After getting the shot over three months ago i was real sick the whole. Time i was on the depo shot i never went back last month to get the shot and know im late not sure if its one of the side effect or if i might be pregnant

  489. I got on depo for the first time 2 months ago and my bones feel INCREDIBLY weak. I’m not good at taking pills because i tend to forget easily.. So i guess i have to stick with the shot

  490. I ran into this article during a basic internet search. I was due for my Depo Provera about 6 weeks ago, and I have been feeling nauseous, weak and sensitivity to smells. Some of the sysmptoms i would feel as if I were pregnant. I know that previously when i would get to my last weeks of having the shot i would feel these same symptoms, but this time they came six weeks after the shot was due. I have been getting this shot for years and i have always been protected up to 3 months after it is due. These symptoms a few weeks later are new, ive read articles that say its the hormones going back to normal

  491. I got the shot for the first time in April of 2014, git my period for a week and half, then didn’t have a period at all for the duration of the first 3 months. I got my second one in July of 2014, and have had my period since. It’s been varyin levels of severity, I always have to wear a liner, and have had to use tampons for at least half the time. Which is very bad for you body, and very expensive. I stopped taking it after the second shot in hopes to stop bleeding. I have severe anemia, and my doctor recommended the shot in the first place to help my iron levels by not getting my period, but this has obviously made it worse. About a week and a half ago, I started bleeding more heavily, like what my regular periods were before the shot. It slowly got lighter, over about 6 day like a regular period was to me. Then I stopped bleeding for 2 days, and now I’m bleeding again. It’s so scary and frustrating and just horrible to deal with. I am at my wits end with this.

  492. I have been off the depo for me 5months now & they say that everybody’s body is different and I have been having so many symptoms. Related to pregnancy , however with me getting off depo it’s hard to tell what is going on with my body .

  493. I only had 1 depo shot in october 2013 and ever since then my body has never been the same. I am trying for a baby with my partner as iv been with him 2 and half years now. I was having a full 30 day period my GP said it was nothing, iv been like this for a year now.. im really wanting to start a family but dont know when my fertility will go back to normal. The depo should get banned as it is effecting everyone.

  494. Am 35 yrs old and av used depo for 9 yrs on and off.i have two children.my last shot was last month.am however experiencing extreme weight loss and this worries me pls advice because with the side effect of bone density am even more terrified.

  495. I was on Depo for a year. My last shot was April 2014 so I never had the shot in July because I was diagnosed with Osteoarthritis in my Sacroiliac Joints and they said I couldn’t have it anymore. While I was on this injection I lost a lot of weight. My period returned in September 2014 but from October I have been bleeding every two weeks and feeling exhausted all the time. I can’t say if this is from stopping the depo and my body is trying to regulate itself or I am going through the change. I would never go back on this again though cause I heard it takes a year after the last shot runs out for your hormones to go back to normal.

  496. I was on depo for some months and once I started my period stopped. After my first few months I was very moody and everyone noticed it. I started noticing it later on and decided to stop getting the shot. I was then back to myself ;but, now after a couple of months of being off the shot I started bleeding, so I thought it was just my period coming back but no the blood never stopped. Now I’ve been bleeding for about 2 months. It’s scary bleeding like that and not knowing what’s going on….

  497. I was wondering if anyone could help me, I had one injection in July and spotted throughout! (Didnt continue with the injection) Came on my period about 6 weeks after the injection ended, its stopped for two days, but started again and i have been bleeding constantly and heavily ever since. Has this happened to anyone and if so how did u stop the bleeding?? Please help!!

  498. I had been on Depo shot for 3 years and was suffering from Hypothyroidism and my doctor took me off the shot 5 months ago. I haven’t had my period and I am starting to get worried. I am not sexually active due to a traumatic event and I am only 24 years old. I did notice that when my doctor first took me off the shot, that I experienced symptoms like-feeling absent-minded, moodiness, nausea, diarrhea, frequent headaches, lack of appetite, fatigue (so bad that sometimes I slept for 12-13hours a night and still felt tired), skin sensitivity, and shakiness. It was like being sick for a month. Please tell me if you are having these symptoms too.

  499. I only had about 3 injections so that would be 9 months I was on it and I already felt like id gained a lot of weight in that small amount of time so I came of it. I would say I’ve been of it 3 months now and I haven’t had a period, but by the sounds of it, it could be much longer of a wait until I have a period, I just want my body back to normal again!

  500. I just got off Depo Provera a little over a week ago and the first couple days after being off I had extreme nausea, now a week later I just started to notice erect, sore, enlarged nipples. On the bright side I am starting to get my sex drive back and just started the pill instead to get my periods back. While on the shot I had a tar like discharge but no periods, low sex drive and painful intercourse but when telling my doctor she had no explanation. Birth control is frustrating especially being so young and married not wanting to have kids just yet. I wish there was more research going into these drugs.

  501. I been on the depo for nine months and go in to doc in 2 weeks to get another shot but right now I’m experiencing nausea really bad and I’m bleeding.

  502. I have been off the shot for a week and actually i feel as if my mood swings calmed down. I do however suffer from ptsd and acute anxiety, currently off meds. With those exceptions i feel less moody but my cramps seem to be increasingly more painful with each day. I have been off for about a week, im not bleeding a whole lot but the cramps are getting worse. I called my mother in law who is an RN and she was baffled by this news. I am only coping with a heating pad, nothing else works. I hate this shot and I strongly recommend NEVER getting it. While i was on this shot, i never stopped bleeding, was on for 6 months, gained weight, and lastly when i received cramps i was in excrutiating pain so bad to the point of being paralyzed, if i moved it would get so much worse. My cramps lasted about 10 to 15 seconds. Never get this shot.

  503. I was on Depro for 12 years I never had any problems while on it and I never got a period either. I have been off it now for 4 yrs and my periods are back to normal but I was feeling more stressed and moody, headaches and I now have no sex drive? I used to always want sex now I am not interested and if I am it’s always around my period cycle.

  504. Hi, I was on the depo provera for a year and half I had my last shot in July this year 2014 I’ve had a little bit of spotting after coming off this contraception but ever since nothing. I now have very tender breasts and I’ve had this for at least 2 weeks now I just want to know if it’s normal after coming off this contraception or is it a sign of a period coming or something
    Thanks

  505. I have been on the depo shot for 2 yr. I had to stop because I am 36. I am going to get the IUD in a week, but when I was on the shot I felt ! I lost weight had energy and no side effects, since my last shot in aug. I have been getting major headaches, gaining weight even on a Diet routine that included.diet pills, moody, hungry, nausea, and no energy…. it is killing me… I even took a pregnancy test, which came back negative. Now reading this I feel better.

  506. I feel better reading some of these post. i got on depo right after I had my daughter had my period for 9 months now i am wondering if i am pregnant while on the depo even tho I used other protection becuse i went to the doctor and they said i was two weeks early and havent been back but im just a week over due and now I am having nausea , my breast got huge in three days , my lips got bigger. a little bloating and my period came on wgen my depo wasnt due and is goin on two weeks now . definately switching birth control

  507. I am 19 years old and needed a form of birth control without estrogen. I have tried several methods with estrogen and every single kind ended up making me extremely sick so I decided to try the shot.
    I have only done 1 shot and that will be the only one I ever do.
    The first month and a half was great but then after that, I started getting major mood swings, anxiety, and depression. I would cry about the smallest things.
    I also ended up gaining weight which caused me to be even more depressed. During the first while, I had my periods when I normally do but I just spotted for 2 days and then I was done so I kept worrying.
    As my body has been getting rid of the depo, I had a 3 week long period which caused more mood swings and depression because of the strain that it put on my body and everyday life style. After the 3rd week, it stopped for 2 weeks and is now starting again.
    I have started gaining even more weight and my mood swings are getting even worse. I have also been starting to feel sick to my stomach almost constantly and no matter what I try, the feeling won’t go away.
    This is by far the worst birth control method ever.
    I will never do it again. It did way more bad than good.

  508. I only took the depo shot once and when I got off of it , I had horrible side effects . After a month off of it i was experiencing hot flashes and feeling sick all the time. It would happen almost every other day. It has been about 6 months and im stilll experiencing these symptoms.Before the shot, I never felt sick and was never sick at all. I am so tired of this and wish it would just stop. Can some one tell me if its a hormonal change or something so I can get some help for it?

  509. I only took the depo shot once and had a period for 3 months, It was very light. I did not take my second shot. After I stopped, I had horrible side effects. I started to have hot flashes and feeling nauseated at the same time. Not a good feeling at all. It has been about 6 months and im still having these symptoms. I dont know what is going on with my body right now. Can some one help me.

  510. I have took the depo shot a little less then a year. I could not take the spotting anymore so I stopped. No I’m always dizzy, nausea and anxiety is so extreme is hard to even go out and feel like a normal person. I am now a home body. I hate this and don’t wish this on anyone. I just want it to stop and to feel normal again.

  511. I am 26 and came off the depo recently in October 2014 after being on it 6 years, I am really struggling with the withdrawal, really heavy periods, constant dizzyness, headache, blurred vision, nausea,I’m sooooo tired, hot sweats and can’t sleep. I wish the gp would have warned me of this prior to going on the depo.

  512. I stopped taking the depo because I been having terrible back pain and abdominal y so painful and also my belly is so big it looks like if I’m pregnant!! It’s been 7 months I haven’t had my period and my abdominal hurts as bad as the time I had a miscarriage and I was loosing my baby!! Help I really want for this pain to go oway

  513. iv had the depo shot twice then stopped. it was giving me moodswings and bleeding out of know where. since iv being off it iv being feeling sick with bad anxiety.

  514. iv had the depo shot twice then stopped. it was giving me moodswings and bleeding out of know where. since iv being off it iv being feeling sick with bad anxiety.

  515. Hey I was wondering what are the chance of me being pregnant because I was suppose to get my 3rd depo shot last month but I didn’t and I was spotting on and off an during that time I was sexually active and still is at this moment and I have got me period for this month and the month is almost over

    • I know a hand full of women who got pregnant because they missed there scheduled shots. So you will just have to take a test. I buy the $5 ones at a family dollar store. They work! Good luck

  516. I have stop taking the depo soon I first got on I didn’t have a period anymore which I don’t like but I don’t think I can get pregnant

    • I don’t think that makes a difference. One of the side effects I remembered actually the only one I remembered was infertility. The rest of what they said was a blur. But just because your periods don’t come doesn’t mean you can’t get prego, it may be harder but not impossible. I remember the last time I saw my Gyno he said, ‘ I don’t know who made you believe that getting a period every month was normal’.

      • Also the depo slows and or shrinks your self down so that it’s harder to get your period, Isn’t that why you got on it I the first place? When you stop taking it, it goes back to normalcy take months. Mine took over a year

  517. I was on injection for 4 years and I stopped this year August and on September i saw my periods but on November i saw my periods twice and on December i had unprotected sex while i was on my periods so are the chances of getting pregnant

  518. I was on injection for 4 years and I stopped this year August and on September i saw my periods but on November i saw my periods twice and on December i had unprotected sex while i was on my periods

  519. I have been off of depo since 2009 so going on 5 years in May. I had been consistently receiving the shot for 4years prior to stopping. I still have not returned to a normal period. I’ve had maybe 3 or 4 instances of spotting &only a couple times where the bleeding lasted more than a few days. My hormones have definitely been out of whack ever since I stopped the injections. Immediately after stopping them, I thought I was pregnant because I was having all of the symptoms but it turns out it was just withdrawal symptoms from being off of the Depo.

  520. I was on the depo for a year maybe. Got on it four month after having my son. I took it a few times then stopped getting injections. I was unaware you have to ween yourself off of it? I finally got my period a year later, and now I had symptoms of PMDD. With more hair on my boobs then I had before.

  521. Hi. I am 21 and was getting the depo since I was about 18 years old. I had my last injection March 2014 in the hopes to start a family. I still do not have regular cycles or I do for a few months and then I bleed every 2 weeks for a few months. I never had any PMS symptoms before depo but as soon as I stopped having it i then started to get PMS symptoms that were unbearable but even they come and go as they please. It’s been nearly 10 months and still the stupid injection is messing with my body. And my head. I suggest this only be used as an alternative to sterilisation. I also have endometriosis which the depo is meant to help, it made and makes no difference.

  522. Hi I was on the depo 7months ago
    It was the worse experience for me I had reaction to the needle give me a skin infection in my leg
    Made me sick
    And I get migraines
    Everytime I went for a shot I use to bleed right afterwards use to last 2weeks.

  523. I was on depo for 6 years I got off July,2014 it’s been 5 months now I’m trying to conceive my periods are very heavy , I have bad acne I have gained a lot of weight , and I’m very moody .

  524. I start to feel pregnant after I stop the depo. My breast’s start to feel swollen and painful and I feel tired weak and nauseous. When I ask my doctor why they just tell me it’s due to the sudden stop in depo. I have used depo for about six years straight because I can’t use most other birth controls due to my blood being to thick and throwing clots in my lungs. I get worried about my bones becoming brittle with long term use.

  525. I was on the shot for 1year and a half and I just started getting my regular period back, mind you I got off the shot about a year ago. I’ve been trying to conceive but im still not even getting close to being pregnant. I don’t understand if I have a regular period now why isn’t it possible for me to concieve

  526. Ive been on depo for almost 2 years now, after falling pregnant on the pill. I recently had my appointment cancelled, and when i tried to rebook i was told not until jan.. This was november! Since late nov iv had excruciating stomach cramps, back ache, nausea, fatigue, breast tenderness, mood swings and rapid weight gain (6st 1lb to 7st 4lb). Its horrendous and ive another week of waking up in the am feeling like ive been kicked in the gut by a horse!

  527. I have literally only been off the shot for 3 weeks and I’ve barely been able to eat anything because of the nausea and dry heaves. I’ve only been able to eat 3 times in the past week and even then I couldn’t keep it down. Plus two days ago, I already started my period and am passing huge clots. My breasts hurt so badly too. It makes me cry.

  528. depo-provera is the worst birth control ever… I’ve been on deop for about 7 years…around bout December 30, 2013 I stop taking the shot because me & my boyfriend wanted to started a family…..my doctor told me it would take bout 6 months to a year for my period to get back to normal… It has all ready been a year… I’m just so frustrated……I plan on making a appt with my doctor to find out what’s going on & why is it taking so long for me to get pregnant or even come on my phmenstrual cycle….

  529. I had my last depo injection on 28th February 2014 and my god mother who is a retired midwife said toexpect return of a period to be 9 months to a year. I started my period (after lots of spotting and what i thought were mini periods) on 6th November 2014. It is now 4th January 2015 and I am still bleeding heavily. I have very very black blood clots/stringy blood and also normal bleeding daily. 2 days ago u thought I had come to the end and I started feeling cramps, it had simply subsided for a day and restarted. I believe this is the withdrawal I have read so much about? I crave chocolate and sweet foods and have been constantly hungry since the end of October. Having read many if thsee websites it all seems to fit with your body returning to a “natural state”

  530. I’ve been off of depo for almost a year(February). I’ve been on it for 2 or three years before having my last shot february of 2014 because of lack of insurance. I had a normal period directly after I missed my shot for a few months I say about until summer July or August. Then around that time it’s become very difficult to expect when it a would arrive and when it wouldn’t. Some months it come way to early and I mean 14 days between periods. And others entirely to late. I’m sick of this, I’ve gained a few pounds over that summer, but quickly lost it due to stress of my periods and school. Lately (the last few months) i have been having hard pregnancy symptoms. It drives me crazy. I really want to know when it will be normal? Am I really pregnant this time? Will I ever get pregnant? I’m 18 going on 19 I got to school and work. I would love to not have to stress over my bipolar period every month. Sorry for the long message. And the sore breast and cramps are ridiculous

  531. I have only had two depo shots and stopped because I no longer had the insurance for it I’ve been off depo for more than six months now recently I got my first period and shortly after two more followed behind it my cramps are really strong to the point where there unbearable and complicated to move.I have called my doctor who said it is very unnormal for this to be happening I now have yo get blood work and test done

  532. I began to receive the Depo-Provera when I was 16. After constant bleeding and spotting I eventually stopped having periods all together mid 17. After feeling incredibly bloated and “stuffed”.. Short of a better word I came off it when I was 20.
    5 months later I began to have the most painful periods, bed ridden for at least 3 days a month. But they were regular. I also suffered from headaches, fatigue and sickness. 3 months after that I got my sex drive back, my breasts grew bigger and I lost a considerable amount of weight. I struggled a great deal, I battled with dark times but also highs – I never really knew if I was coming and going and I don’t really know where that time went. A year later and my head feels clearer and I feel more in control. Hormonal contraception will not come near me again!!

  533. I first began using depo provera when I was about 13 years old. I was on it for 5 years. Was never told I shouldn’t have used it that long. I wasn’t tested for anything other than anemia while I was on it. At 16 I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression and had episodes of sub psychotic rage. It ruined every relationship I’ve had so far since. I got pregnant about 7 months after stopping it and suffered a miscarriage due to low levels of progesterone. I’ve had absolutely no sex drive whatsoever since about the 4th year being on it. I have been off of it for over 4 years now and my sex drive hasn’t returned. It’s as if nobody can help me or understand. I had a daughter almost 2 years ago and had to take progesterone while pregnant with her. God only knows what kind of effects it will have on her later in life. Depo provera single handedly ruined my chances at having a normal life. My friend took it as well and went almost bald and gained a lot of weight. It took her many years to get pregnant. Nobody should ever have to go through what I have. It should be taken off the list of available methods of birth control forever

  534. I was on depo for 2 years and got off got my period after two months before that no period for about 20 months anyways iv had a period for the last 19 months and me my husband have been trying for baby #1 I havmy period regularly but still not pregnant! But I had a lot of bodyaches coming off I gained a lot of weight got cyst on my overies I have a lot of extra hair growth now on my face and stomach headaches. That’s just a sum of the symptom’s its just not good and if you arnt trying to have children I understand but myself I do not recommend this product to any woman!!!!

  535. I came off depo on December 23rd 2014, after being on it a year, my first ever shot I had a period for a month then nothing since. Between the 21st and 24th of dec I had a period not a very heavy one but still a period, according my an app on my phone ive ovulation ( though how true that is ) these past couple of days after my supposed ovulation I have had extremely painful nipples and firm breasts. When I first came of depo I had horrible tension type head aches but after a week they stopped. Other than that not withdrawal symptoms. Yet to see if I have another period

  536. I had my first depo shot the end of September 2014. Roughly a week after getting the shot I started bleeding, but it wasn’t normal cycle blood. It was a dark brown discharge. When I researched it I found out that’s normal with the shot. Well I’ve had that symptom ever since I got the shot. I refuse to take another one due to my body clearly not accepting it. I just started seeing spots of normal colored blood about 2 weeks ago. But I still have that brown discharge. It’s depressing and pretty dewomanizing. You don’t want to have sex with your partner, you feel disgusting, its miserable. I suggest that anyone interested in taking birth control do anything they can to AVOID depo!!! Worse decision I could have made when it came to birth control.

  537. I’ve been on depo for few months now n for like 2 months now I ve been on pls help is it normal or is my case different

  538. My daughter was in her mid teens when she got on the depo shot. I think she was on it for a few years b4 getting off of it. I totally blame the shot for all her problems she’s had since. I would have to ask her to be sure, but I believe she never had problems while on the shot. It all began after she stopped the depo shot. (My daughter was very healthy prior the depo shot). She did get her period back. She was an emotional roller coaster. She became pregnant about 4 different times. Miscarried every time. She began to think she could never carry a baby. She has since had to beautiful babies that are both slight autistic & on the spectrum list. My daughter is now 27 and to this day has never been the same. In fact a few things are still getting worse. She is very thin & fragile looking. Her eye sight is still worsening. She believes she may some day loose most of her memory because she has been very absent-minded ever since, which still continues to worsen. One of the things that is most bothersome to her since stopping the depo shot… She has suffered from so much horrible achne that nothing will help it. It has been so bad for all these years that she hates to even be seen out in public. Plus she still suffers from head aches, fatigued daily & can’t seem to gain wait. I worry for her alot and the possible unknown affects that her boys may have from her use of the depo shot. (I “DO” blame the depo shot for all her health problems). My daughter was a very healthy & strong minded young woman with no problems b4 getting on the depo shot.

  539. I was on the shot for three years (2009-2012). I decided I did not want to be on it and did not go back for my next shot. I finally got Aunt Flow 6 months later but it was barely anything and my CDs were every 40 sometimes 50. I can say three years later my cycle finally became regular CDs 32 to 34. After ending Depo I did experience tender breasts, a swollen gland under my armpit and was always bloated. This month no symptoms and aunt flow it due so I’m hoping the Depo is out of my system

  540. I only took the drop shot once for the three month span. During I felt sick and tired depressed and zero sex drive moody too. So I didn’t take the next shot well that’s where it got worst I was sick to my tummy and depressed with a bad moody all the time I also got my period right back and have had it for a month with a few days off (hell) finally thought it ended this week so my partner and I had sex (trying) and now today one day later I have started light pink bleeding fml the period is never ending!!!!!!

  541. I got the depo shot twice. Which means I took it for 6 months. I have gained, total, 50 pounds. I had awful headaches. I was moody constantly. And one of my family members got pregnant while on the shot and the baby was born with spinal bifida. I spent all of my thanksgiving break in the hospital. I had to get a CT scan, an MRI, a spinal tap, and have to get my eyes dilated, now, every two weeks. Keep in mind, I’m a healthy kid. I’ve never had to do any of these things. I was terrified. They think the cause of all of this was that I gained too much weight in a short period of time. My body couldn’t handle it. Now, my 65 year old grandma who is raising me and my twin brother will have to drive to the city every two weeks. And, will have to deal with all my appointments and all my medications. I DO NOT recommend the Depo -Prevara shot.

  542. I was on the depo provera for 10 yrs. My shot was given in my left top buttocks and never alternated. Over time I started I started feeling a slight discomfort that gradually developed into a longer lasting discomfort. Eventually it will leave but would return during future shots. After I stopped I notice that discomfort would return unexpectedly, which led me to be concerned that maybe I lost bone mineral density. Even though it’s been another 10yrs I’m still experiencing the same issues.

  543. I only took depo shot once, i had bleed 3 months straight and now two months has gone and im getting brown discharge, always tired and i feel sad and depressed all the time, my back is in so much pain and i get like sweaty hands and feet, is it possible to fall pregnant like 3 weeks after the last shot? i got told from my doctor that i cant take any sort of birth control , as i have tried the rod, and the pill also, my body just rejects it. because that happens could it increase my risk of being pregnant? i do have the symptoms but not sure if its my body from the withdraws of the shot

  544. I had the DEPO injection twice. when i was due for the 3rd injection i didnt go for it. That was over 4 months ago, i have not had a period since and am now panicking that i might be pregnant.

  545. after the depo shot i started to have tender breast like other women.My last shot was in june and now itd january 2015 and i still haven’t had an menstrual. fatigue is one of my biggest issues also my leg seems to lose circulation when driving .

  546. Was getting shot every 3 months last 2 years.loved it, had to stop in October due to no insurance and financially can’t afford to continue right now.
    Still haven’t had period getting cramps, my backaches, etc but still not started? Been married have been using other protection but did have couple slips.always wondering how much alot of other symptoms having could have something to do with, can’t sleep, crabby, etc.? But question is when does your cycle usually get back to normal?

  547. I was on depo for 3 years nd never got a period when i git off of it…it took me 5 months to get my period. der how long before i can get pregnant again???

  548. I was on the depo shot for about 2 years and missed my last shot in December 2014. Since coming off it I have been getting really bad what I think is period pain and what I think is a period. I had a period I think just after I missed my injection then it stopped then a few days later had another period I think then that stopped and now only a few days later have started spotting again. Just wondering if its normal. Plus have been getting headaches

  549. I started depo and had one shot after feeling pressured into it, I never went back for the shot after that and it sent me insane, its making me not have normal periods, I don’t understand what’s happened or whether I’m experiencing *normal* periods or not, not sure what to do to regulate them as its driving me insane! The symptoms afterwards make me feel like I’m pregnant and all In all its the worst thing I ever did

    • Yes mine is same I had the 12week shot told to go back in jan never did since then I have been a diffrenr person and gone through a million pads! It’s awful and always tired and crying. Feel like I’m pregnant again!

  550. I only had one shot in October 2014 Come off beginning of January 2015 and since I have had non stop bleeding for nearly a month.
    I have been soo moody and very hungry and tired! Is this normal?!

  551. Took depro right after having a baby. Caused depression and weight gain. Went off of it after 2 years, no cycle for 8 months. Irregular bleeding every 2 weeks and holy sore breasts. Extreme hot flashes aswell. I would not recommend anyone take this needle.

  552. I have a dark patch between my eye and my nose bridge and my periods haven’t been regular and its been six years since I last had the injection. They either don’t come at all or when they do they are very light and can last up to one month

  553. its been 3mnths now ive stopped dt Depo injection.since then im experiencing alot of backpain &lowerpain bt no period at all.I think ive got bloodclots coz it been 2yrs not in my period after giving birth of my son on july 2012.I want my period back.gudnews is dt im back ib enjoying sex wth my huby cz I wasnt anymore when I ws stil in contraseptive

  554. I have recently stopped the.depo after 8 years and I keep feeling like I am pregnant. My boobs are sore, I am nausious and tired….should I do a test?????

  555. Well, got the depo shot in June. Didn’t renew in September. So, still having very few periods in January now. Had some dizziness recently, which is probably completely unrelated. Took a pregnancy test. Was negative. Then I got all paranoid about ectopic pregnancy and had some small amount of bleeding. I’m almost 40 years old. Guess I’ll wait and see??

    • I went crazy thinking it was an ectopic pregnancy…oh my word! This shot is the biggest mistake I’ve ever made in my life!

  556. I took depo for a year and a half. I gained about 10 pounds on the shot and experienced debilitating dizziness after exercising while on the shot.

    When I got off the shot my dizziness went away but now my stomach is bloated out and my breasts are tender as if I was pregnant. I have never gained weight in my abdomen before depo.

  557. I’m so glad I’m reading this. My last shot of Depo was August 2014 and I have been very moody, always tired. I’ll sleep for hours when I can but my body feels drained out. I got my period 3 months after & it was heavy at first but very short 2-3 days every 2 weeks. My breast 🙁 I can’t stand it, they are very sore. Sometimes swollen, they feel heavy & tender. Specially right before getting my period. Right now they have been sore for 3 weeks. I eat pretty healthy but I can’t be too active because my breast are ALWAYS sore. I’m not thinking of going back to bc for a while but now I’m wondering if it will help with the symptoms.

  558. It’s a relief to see these comments! I was only on the injection for 6 months with no periods but decided to come off to start planning a family, about a week after my missed shot my breasts became unbearable, swollen and so painful, my nipples were also agony even wearing a bra! I was nauseous every morning and cramping with a very swollen tummy, my back hurt and my hips were sore! Needless to say I suspected pregnancy but I knew this couldn’t be the case as if only been off it a week! It lasted 6 weeks and then I came on my period, unusual for me as it was 10 days late (going by my previous cycles) but I’m off now and have been for one week and still sore breasts (less painful thank god) and cramping, I didn’t understand until reading these comments! Luckily it seems only being on it for 6 months has not delayed my periods coming back for as long as I had expected but now after my period I am incredibly depressed, I didn’t understand it as I was happy to have a period! But I cry all the time for no reason and don’t want to get out of bed and face anyone, not even my partner! I really hope this ends soon as I’m struggling to cope, I don’t recommend the injection to anyone purely for the side effects when coming off! Fingers crossed for everyone waiting for this all to end!

  559. I took Depo once and experienced bleeding then it stopped altogether. I had complete loss of sex drive. I became moody and blunt with others. I normally weigh 110 lbs and gained weight I stopped the Depo and didn’t have a period for 6 months after the initial shot. I now weigh 134 that’s my all time high weight. Still no sex drive.

  560. Don’t take the depo. I was on it for 10 years, never been told you should only go on it for 2 years Max. The lack of research and medical literature available means doctors/specialists don’t even really know how to help with the side effects of coming off. It’s been five months for me now, still no cycle, breast pain so intense, fatigue and depression. It actually is ruining my life. Have tried natural remedies, as adverse to putting further chemicals and hormones in my body. Nothing works though. Have done blood tests, scans and everything appears to be fine. Don’t ever take the depo.

  561. I’ve been on depo for about 2 years maybe a little more. Towards the end I was getting my period they would last 2 weeks usually when my shot was almost due. When I would get the shot my period would completely stop. Which was super annoying but I could put up with it. Then my doctor started to mentioned it wasn’t healthy for my uterus and it causes bone loss, so I switched to the pill at the end of the 10 week period for the depo shot. As normal I got that annoying 2 week period but instead of 2 weeks it just got longer and longer. I am now going on my second month of bleeding 🙁 my sex live is gone for now. I’m getting depressed and anxious. All my doctor says is ” Oh you’re fine don’t worry.” I would never suggest this to anyone it’s horrible. Will it ever end??

  562. I only took the shot 2 times because I have acid burns on my stomach that was mixing with my period cramps making them worse my doctor said that this would make my period only have spotting for a while and after a year it would stop all together but I’ve been reading a lot of stuff about it comments about women who have used it and I’ve had my period for about 2 months now it’s not spotting it just keeps going full on I feel sick all the time excessively tired where I basically have to force myself to wake up I have been extremely irritable from having my period for 2 months and having to spend a lot of money on the products for periods I am bipolar so I think that is making my mood swings a lot worse and well I am going today to my doctor’s to tell her I am not taken the shot any more. I was reading the withdrawal symptoms people are having and with my bipolar eh….getting off it will probably be worse then being on it until it fully wears off…

    But I had to be tested for both shots to see if I was going anemic from the blood loss and I really am sick of having my period I can’t wear pretty much all the clothes I own only the baggy sweat pants I have and baggy shirts because I’m bloated a little bit and wearing pads all the time make it hard to wear any of the pants I own which mainly consists of skinny jeans and leggings. I lost my sex drive completely haven’t been eating that much which that is partly the stomach acid burns fault on that. I’ve basically isolated myself in my bedroom for the past few months since taken it because everything irritates me so I try to avoid everyone as much as possible. I’m also having random emotional break downs because of the long period one moment I am ok the next I am breaking down crying and I also feel like I am freezing at times then I feel like my body is on fire out of nowhere…

    So I don’t know if anyone knows when my period will go back to normal after getting off of it I was suppose to get the shot again a month from now but since I am getting off of it and know I will probably have my period for another month I don’t know if anyone knows at all when it will be back to normal because I can’t take another 6 months with these well what I call eternal periods…I feel like I am going insane :/

  563. I recieved my first shot on October 13th I have not yet went back to get another shot however my side effects are killing me I find myself moody,crampy, I’ve been bleeding for 3 weeks now one week light pink to dark red to brown and now back to red it’s aggravating me and I’m just wondering what now??

  564. took 2 months prevention and stared to developed a big tummy, and only to findout I am not pregnant. how can I be assisted to flatten the tummy and start with my pregnancy plans because I am now trying for a baby

  565. my last depo shot was in August. i missed the last shot because I just didn’t have the time or money to go and I noticed rapid mood swings, little to no motivation to have sex and I gained some weight. I also have been bleeding for 3 weeks nonstop and this cramps are a lot worse then before with my normal period.. may start just using a different method.

  566. Stoped using the depo injection for 4 months now..still haven’t received my period…how to I get my period back?

  567. I stop taking the depo shot last month on December 2014
    Now i got a period on January 2015
    What does this mean ?is it normal

  568. I have stopped the DEPO injection after 4 and a half years. My last injection was in July. So far no period. Constant nagging, dull ache in my stomach, really painful and heavy breasts, sore nipples, lots of headaches and feeling tired. No period yet but I have had some spotting the past two months. I had none of these symptoms whilst on it, but had a definite lack of sex drive! I came off because of this, the bone density risk and the weight gain – nearly a stone and a half! Lets see what happens now!

  569. I was using Depo, my last shot was September 2014 it’s been 3months now I haven’t seen my periods, should I be worried?

  570. I got on the depo at a really young age- about 19 and was on it for about 2-3 years. 2 years later, I still haven’t had regular periods. Sometimes I get it in a month and sometimes I don’t have a period for 3 months. It’s ok for now since Im not planning to have any children but a year from now when I decide I want to get pregnant will be the time I’ll have to deal with having irregular periods. My sex drive was horrible. I had no interest whatsoever. This shot is honestly great for a woman that is single that does not want to be with anyone because you will not have “sexual” cravings whatsoever…

  571. I used the depo one time in November I had a migraine right away within a week then after a month of being on it I started my period and since December it hasn’t stopped. At first it was spotting but it is continuously getting worse. This month I starting bleeding more heavy and I’m now passing clots, it’s scary. Now I wish I had never used this drug.

  572. Do the depo really stop your sex drive i’ve been taking it off n on for 19 years kids ageing 19 – 11- & 8 but my sex drive is totally gone at 35

    • I only had the depo once and my sex drive is gone period. I am 35 yrs old with four boys. I don’t even want sex at all. I need my sex drive back asap

  573. I was really happy on depo,no side effects. However,getting off it was and still is the worst period of my life.
    I’m extremely nauseous all day,everyday. I have no appetite,i have digestive problems, diarrhea,sore breasts,fatigue mood swings and really bad panic attacks. It makes me feel like i’m going crazy and the doc can’t explain it.
    It’s been 8 months still no bleeding.

  574. I was on depo for 3 years I got on january 2010 and stop February 2013 and my doctor suggest I get off and start taking vitamins. It been now 2 years and I still haven’t gotta my period and I can’t get pregnant!

  575. I stopped taking depo Vera before Halloween , it is now about to be Valentine’s Day. Since I’ve stopped taking it I didn’t have a period till late January which lasted 11 days. I am 17 and had no weight gain on depovera. I’m debating whether to go back on it. I stopped taking it because I felt it was better to be on lo estrogen which I was on 3 years before depovera (I had one shot). But ever since I stopped taking it I always cry. I Take everything personal and I have scary excessive anxiety. I Get so worked up about the littlest things. I’m trying to stop that because I hate fighting so much with my boyfriend of 2 years but it’s constant. I thought after 4 months it can’t still be affecting me but I just no this isn’t how I normally am. I do not want to cry this much or be so weak minded. Please help

  576. stopped depo shot a week ago. had been on it for 2 rounds so about 6 months. have been dizzy & constantly nauseous for 3 days straight. when does it end?! 🙁

  577. Omg I don’t feel alone now .. My next shot should have been on the 30th .. I’m nauseous, my stomach hurts , I feel very moody and jittery and I feel like my mind is fighting me at times .. My boobs hurt and I’m pretty sure I could cry at any time … How long does this last ?? I can’t take it!!!!

  578. I was on depo for about 6 years, never missed a shot and never had a period. For someone being young I think it was great bc no other birth control would help control my period.
    Cons:
    -cysts are common since you don’t ovulate. I had a bad one once that doctors thought was a pregnancy and sent me through many tests.
    -dose can’t be switched. My gun switched to a cheaper version which was less hormone and it tricked my body into thinking I was pregnant, morning sickness and all.
    -reduced sex drive and vaginal dryness

    I was very hesitant to stop by I knew it worked but I had to. I was switched to the ring but after bad side effects decided to just stop all together. I did get my period only a day after stopping and to my relief after the horror stories I read, it was a normal 5 day period. It’s been like clock work since and normal. Now I don’t know if switching to another hormone before stopping helped but I’m grateful to not have some of these horror stories out there.

  579. I only had the shot once, but when it started to wear off I never stopped bleeding. I have been on my period for five months and the doctor says it could take nine months to a year for it to stop. A year!! There is nothing they can really do, short of putting me back on the shot to stop it. This is insane and I never would have gotten it in the first place, had I known it would be like this.

  580. I have been off the depo for 9 months, still no period and (sorry for information) my breasts are extremely painful and i have hot and cold flushes all the time!
    I am 23 and i put on close to 10 kg being on depo.
    I would not recommend it to anyone however would love my body to be back to normal.

    * i was on depo for 4 years
    * Stopped in july 2014
    *February 2015 – no period and bad after effects.

  581. hi I had my last depo injection on the 6tg of sep 2014 since missing my last jag in nov as we are ttc iv had nausia really bad head aches my breasts are very tender and sore my nipples are sensative and I have been constantly tired and my boans feel sore if that makes any sence like trying to sleep at night im finding it really sore to try get to a position where it dosnt hurt so terrible 24/7 I was on the depo for 3years still no period from my first shot anyone have any idea when these symptoms dissapear as I cant take them much longer feeling really rubbish about everything and tbh have no reason to be . hope anyone can help if had a similar experience thank you xx

  582. I had my last injection in July 2014, currently now In February 2015 I have recently had the worst mood swings, and also very very sore breasts and tender nipples. I have not yet had a period and did not have one whilst on the Depo-provera shot and I was on that for 1 year and 6 months.

  583. I’ve been off the depo for four months, was on it for 3 years, emotional wreck, sore breast, nausea, uterine cramping and still no period.

  584. I have recently come off the depo injection and I have severe weekness and pain to my bottom, this accurs very often and I am in extreme I am sitting and whilst try to stand it is extreme pain and my walking I have tried so many killers to put it right but I am now only realising from other women that it is a common medical issue that we have to engage

  585. I I was on the depo for about 9 yeard as a teenager, im 23 now I was forced to stop due to changes in my medical insurance. My last shot was in June or July of last year. I have been bleeding non stop EVERY SINGLE DAY since then! Some days the bleeding may slow down or really be flowing down (I know its t.m.i) I’m beyond frustrated. I have sore breasts everyday and mood swings that I cant control. I went to to doctors with no insurance by the way, the refused to do any type of tests or physical to find my source of the problem ex:cervical cancer or etc (which was my concern) Now im stuck here and don’t kno what to do I dont ever really have cramps but tend to go through the super tamps at times Im scared im dying! The question always lingers in my mind when you take depo that long is it normal to be bleeding everyday for almost a year UGH SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!!!

  586. I am 26 I was on depo for 5 years I stopped it almost 7 months ago, I did not have one period over the 5 years and still haven’t had one since I stopped depo. My breasts are agony ! To the point it’s sore to lie on my side and they are very swollen, my stomach is also bloated. I was advised it may take upto a year for my body to return to normal I am just hoping this is the case.

  587. Hi my name is Samantha and I have a question about the birth control shot and I’d really appreciate it if some body could email me cause its kinda a private question something to do with me…..and I really need to know if something is wrong with me so please can somebody email me

  588. I got my last injection in August and have had terrible side effects. In three months I gained 30 pounds without changed to my diet. I did not have a period until January and when I did it lasted 28 days. Breast tenderness and extreme fatigue as well. My doctor told me it could take up to a year to feel normal again. Thankfully I am starting to get my sex drive back. It was gone for a few months.

  589. I got the depo shot on 10/25/14 and never went back for a refill. My refill date was between jan 3 or feb 4 of 2015. This is exactly what they put on my card. I took two dollar store pregnancy test came back negative but im having pregnancy symptoms like crazy. I’m always tired, moody and stay eating junk food. I am a small petite lady i have four handsome boys 13, 9, 7 and 2 yrs old. Now i have a gut i never had that before. It’s like whatever i eat im gaining weight in my stomach. Every time i look at it just make me mad as ever. I’m thinking about heading out to the store and buy a real EPT test because the cheap’s one doesn’t work for me. Also i had two little brown blood last month. I thought my period was coming on but it never did. Since i have gotten the shot i never had my period while being on it. Is it me or my body is just letting the depo symptoms out of me….help..

    • That’s what’s happening to me I only got one shot of it in August and didn’t go back and I got a period in December but no period in January and still haven’t in this month almost 2 months.

  590. I got my first shot in August of 2014 haven’t been back since then, December 26 was my last period it’s going on two months since I had a period. Could I be pregnant?

  591. Extreme bloating and weight gain. No period since stop. Nausea. Movement in stomach where not having monthly periods.

  592. I had been on the depo shot for nearly a year. After my third shot, I experienced extreme bouts of depression, crying for no reason, loss of interest in usual daily activities and hobbies. I felt angry all the time without reason and became unpleasant to be around. Its been three weeks since I have been off the shot. My serotonin levels are low and my menstrual cycle lasted for over two weeks. Cramping, bleeding and my entire body ached. The body aches are horrible and am still experiencing it. My hips especially hurt and my joints are tender and some times the pain is unbearable. Trying to explain the effects to a doctor, they do not seem to connect the symptoms to withdrawal symptoms of the depo shot. I would not refer anyone to be on it, I was a bystander by being in my deteriorating body and marriage. My hormones were completely out of whack and had to help myself since doctors dont understand. I am on 5-HTP to help my serotonin levels, black cohosh for the hot flashes and night sweats, magnesium and calcium for bone pains, and melatonin for my sleep problems. These have been my saviour as I feel absolutely horrible from the depo effects. Which I never haf before my first injection. Thank you.

    • Hi.. I recently stopped taking the depo shot because I lost my job and lost my health insurance. I’ve been experiencing intense bone pain all over.. Can you tell me if the calcium has helped decrease the pain?

  593. Extreme bloating and weight gain. No period since stop. Nausea. Movement in stomach where not having monthly periods. No period since stopping depo in november. Also that pregnant feeling. Wow depo what a mess

  594. I was on depo a year then stopped caused it made me gain over 100 pounds 🙁 nausea an my question is ive been off depo since april 2014 I just not my period back after almost 2 years is that normal?? an ive been having my period 2 times a months at 9 days a time an 10 days apart shoul I get checked out??

  595. I was using depo for about a year. While on the depo I gain A LOT of weight, felt hungry all the time, and was depressed, moody, and cranky all the time. Been off depo for 4 months and still have no period, and still having a very hard time losing the weight I gained while on depo. The moodiness has subsided though. Only other side effect I’ve experienced is total loss of normal feminine body changes that come with a period. It feels like my body has stayed the same since I got off the depo, it’s a very strange feeling. I’ve also lost almost a cup in breast size since coming off depo.

    • Also, extreme bloating that happens feequently. I definitely DO NOT recommend depo to anyone after what I’ve read and what I have experienced.

  596. Im 16 I was 15 when I got the shot. It was a three month shot and I only got it once. It made me very emotional I have been bleeding ever since I got the shot. I got it in september 2014 it s now February 2015 there have been no brakes. Im gwtting bad head aches like migraines and have been haveing horribl stomach pain. Im kinda worryed im not myself im so mad and moody and sad….I want it to stop I keep bleeding its scary

  597. After I stopped taking my three month injection….. I Started to experience body changes like pain in my nipples and I feel pregnant and not had sex in a very long time ….. Over a year now

  598. I have been in depo for about 6 years. I gained 20-25kg in this time (started at 49kg now about 68kg) my weight topped scales at 74kg which prompted me to stop taking it. My last shot was in feb 14. I have now started noticing bloodied discharge with my uterian lining over past 2 days, no said period as yet. My nipples have been ultra sensitive for past 4 months and attributed that to my new work out schedule, but reading comments I think I can say it’s a side effect. Looking forward to my first period in 6 years. Not sure what type of contraceptive to switch too … Maybe go back to the pill.

  599. i took depo starting at around 15 and continued until about 22. i then stopped using depo and used nuva ring for approximately a year because my doctor was concerned about bone loss. during the time i used nuva ring, i had very regular, normal, tolerable periods. after about a year, i was unhappy with the nuva ring and requested to be put back on the depo. i used the depo for another 2 or 3 years and then stopped using any hormonal birth control at all. my cycles did not return at all during this time. not even any spotting. after having been off the shot for approximately a year (maybe more), i met my husband and became more concerned about not having a cycle because i felt that i may want to become pregnant in the near future. i was a patient at planned parenthood at the time and i told my provider what was going on and she put me on a low dose birth control pill to try to “kick-start” my system. it worked. i stayed on those pills for approximately a year and had normal, regular periods every month while taking the sugar pill portion of the pill pack. after my wedding, i went off of the pills. i took the last pill in december of 2013. i had a period the following week and about a month later in january 2014, i had another. in february 2014, i had another period. after that, i had no bleeding until august of 2014. i have had one period since august 2014 which was in november 2014. my husband and i have sex completely unprotected 2-3 times a week and have been doing so for 14 months. i am still not pregnant. it is now february 2015.

  600. I got on it in sep and didnt go back to get it because I was really depressed, dizzy , I passed out 4xs , had irregular bleeding it sucks my sex drive was totally gone , now thats its been 1 month nd a half I havent used it I have had my period 3 times and random spotting & still dealing with depression I suggests no one gets it .

  601. my stomach hurts and have an abdominal pain that goes all around my back. Last had an injection on December but still no sign of periods. Did a pt and it came negative.

  602. I got one single shot in October of 2014 and i haven’t stopped bleeding since. I’m off of the shot for a month and a half now, and just when I think the bleeding is over, it starts back up again. It is pure torture. I’m confused of whats going on in my uterus, and where it’s all coming from because there is no way in hell my body has enough time to build up the lining to shed again.

  603. Ok, I’m freaking out! I just went off of depo a couple of weeks ago after having been on it for 5 years. I want to be off of it because I don’t know how my body feels without it, plus I think it’s time if I want to have any more children in the next few years. Since going off of the shot, I am so bloated. The scale says I’ve put on 10lbs in 2 weeks and I have been dieting. My boobs are sore and I am irritable. Nothing on the Internet comes up for side effects after you go off of it but plenty when you’re on it. Am I crazy? Or is this result of depo?

    • That’s the way birth control market works.they can tell you everything that happens when your on it but they can offer absolutely no help for you after you’ve stopped. They will never encourage you to stop either unless their somehow still going to make money off of you.ive decided it’s all a money trap.depo was the worst thing I ever did and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

  604. I have been off the “Shot” since August of 2014. It is now Feburary 2015 and I am experiencing some serious nausea. I am not certain that the depo Provera is the cause of this, but I must say that I was fine after I stopped the shot. I was told that my body was returning back to normal and that the shot lingers in the system long after it has been stopped. I was on the shot for a total of 2 years. So, needless to say, I hope this will come to pass.

  605. My name is kennethia and i am 22 years old and I was on depot for about three months I stopped the injections in September of 2014 and I had a period for three months a few days before Christmas I went off and havent been back on I feel like im going to Lose my mind I have a 13 month old son and he wants my attention but I feel tired I’m gaining weight the days verys on my appetite I know I’m not pregnant but I feel like it I been having and anxiety attacks and I haven’t had one in years I’m scared to even discipline my child because I’m scared I might hurt him so I sent him to his father house for a few days but ive caught myself crying and cant explain y im cryinh but sometimes i feel as if I feel like I’m going to come on but I get nothing if anything somebody help me I love sports going outside now I’m like whatever

  606. I was on the depo for under a year and it has been over two years since I went off it as I gained over 15 kg’s whilst on in and had other health issues. I have also not had a period since I went off it 26 months ago

  607. I used depo provera for roughly 11 months and hated every minute of it.the same time that I went off the shot I started a pack of pills.within just a few short months I was making 1-3 trips to my gynecologist a week! I was always in pain,sex was painful,I was terribly Moody.the doctors tried to tell me I had UTI’s, a bladder disorder…they never wanted to talk about the possibility that all my pain was caused by birth control.one trip I got fed up and told those doctors to shove all their medicine and birth control where the sun doesn’t shine.I am now 2 months off birth control of any kind and I feel great.

  608. I stopped taking depo provera and now I’m not seeing any period. 3 months now and no period

  609. I had only one depo shot in August 2014. I did not return to get my next shot in November 2014. I started spotting in Sept 2014 and I did not stop until almost Feb 2015. My breast are sore, larger than they usually were. I’ve been breaking out on my forehead and my shoulders, constipated, nauseous. I’m starting to form a gut and I’ve never really had any stomach fat. I’m 5’0 and 94 lbs… I’m assuming it’s taking a while to get out of my system

  610. I stopped the depo injection 14 months ago I have just had my 1st visit from aunt flow and it lasted 3 weeks and for the past 8 weeks my breasts have been so painful and mostly swollen I’ve read from other things this is a common side effect of stopping the depo I have seen my gp and he’s put it down to mastitis if it hasn’t improved soon i’m going back to see him. Iv also had crazy stomach cramps and back acne which is a tad annoying because I have never suffered with spots grrr. I also put on 2 stone whilst on the depo I think I had 5 shots in total. Anyone know how long this flipping chemical combination takes to leave my body alone lol. So fed up of this now. What makes it worse the more shots I had the more I started getting allergy symptoms and was rushed into hospital 3 times in shock before the depo was found to be the cause I still experience allergy hives 14 months later thankfully it’s been 6 months since my last airways problem which does show my body is slowly recovering xx

  611. I’m having nausea & trouble going to sleep! Haven’t had a hormone injection in over three months!

  612. I’ve been on Depo for 6 years and stopped 4 weeks ago … I’ve got sore breasts and I’m feeling so drained and depressed … And my hair seems to be falling out! Any one else have this problem? I’m freaking out

  613. I was on Depo for just about 3 years. I got my last injection about 3 months ago and opted for mirena. My shoulders and neck constantly ache, my boobs hurt so bad it feels like I am wearing a sandpaper bra! On the upside, my libido is almost back. Prior to depo my husband and I were very active. Depo killed my sex drive! I am still waiting for my period to come back. In fact I pray for it to come back to make me feel normal again. Nothing helps these muscle aches…….I used to get my injections in my left arm (I feared the bone loss, and figured that would be better then in my hips.) That is where the pain starts-left arm and radiates up through my neck and shoulders.

    • I forgot to add-my hair thinned out considerably while I was on it! If anyone has any tips about the aches and how to get my hair to grow back that would be appreciated!

  614. I am 22 years old and started taking the shot at 16. I have been off of the shot for about 5 weeks. I am extremely jittery, anxious, very very emotional (mostly depressed and very needy), almost always nauseous, always tired, very dizzy and hungry all the time! Haven’t had a period yet, not really any cramping, full breast with no tenderness, my acne has almost disappeared, haven’t experienced any weight loss or gain yet, and the first two weeks off I had large amounts of discharge all the time, now I have none. All in all I would really like to feel like the old me cause me feeling nauseous, dizzy and jittery is getting really old!! Hope this helps some!

  615. I had stopped depo now for almost four years now. About 3-6 months I began having panic attacks and anxiety disorders that recently grew into nocturnal seizures and as of this week I had my first seizure awake. Just wondering if anyone has some similar or feedback for me.

  616. Hi, I am currently 16 years old. I took my first dose of the depo in May of 2014. Then stopped taking it Novemberof 2014. So in total I’ve only gotten 3 doses. Since my first dose it’s been non stop light spotting. It sucks so bad. I get so frustrated due to all the bleeding. I have stopped bleeding atleast 3 times & it only lasts about a week then I start bleeding. I have not got the injection since November 2014. & I still bleed to this day. I talked to my doctor today & she wants to put me on the pill for 3 months hoping I will stop. Do you think this is a good idea? I need answers I’m so lost.
    & also I have lost a lot of weight. I went from 132 to 119. It really messed me up.

  617. I have had a huge list of side effects going off depo and seeing many many message boards saying the same thing but my doctor can’t seem to explain it there should be warning about this hot flashes mood swings nausea vomiting headaches going on for months now I never had these problems before and I’ve talked with many women that say they have the same thing after going off depo it’s awful I don’t know how to live like this

  618. the side effects coming off the depo were awful I was on it for two plus years when I went off of it the first month was fine after that nausea vomiting headaches backache tiredness dizziness lack of appetite then extreme appetite I can’t believe there are no warnings look at how many messages are on here somebody has to do something please tell me when it’s going to stop or if you get a lawyer

  619. I was on depo shot for about a year maybe more and I just stopped. Feeling a major flash of fatigue. I am very very very sleeepy. Guess coffee will be my best friend.

  620. I was using depo for about three month then i have decided to stop it because i havent see my period for three month now i see my period but not red in colour brownish colour sometyms red in colour and my period doesnt stop and smell very bad.

  621. i just stopped depo maybe a week ago since i am due for my shot now? I hate it!!! it caused me bleeding issues… i am now 100 percent against homornal birth control and refuse to use anything again. i cannot handle tablets because again bleeding issues,…. i want my body to return to normal again after these 4 years of using it.. my outer areas in my legs are killing me right now… as well as the internal vaginal walls… I bled for a month straight in january from the depo and reported these issues to my doctor during my last shot…. she said if it doesnt stop to come in… but i am cutting birth control off for good…

  622. I have been in depo for over 6 years and ive been on it on and off and the minute that i didnt get my next depo i would like bleed right away but this time i got off it in december 2014 and i only spotted 2 days and no period since and that seems wrong because i never had that happen to me so im worried i have taken 4 pregnancy test and all negative, can someone please help me understand whats going on.
    thank you

  623. I have lower abdominal pain, feel terrible, hip area hurts. Fatigue, hurts to walk, just all around awful like withdrawals from drugs!!!

  624. I had my 1st shot of depo in October of 2014 and this morning I woke up with really dark blood almost black coming out of my woman area. Then I’m also having diarrhea, cramp, and nasuea.

  625. I was on depo for 2 years. I stopped the shot in November of 2014. Shortly after I stopped the shot I was feeling pregnancy-like symptoms. Sore swollen breasts, nausea and vomitting and so on. I got my first period since depo in February of 2015 and had 2 more consecutive periods after that in less than a month period. My breasts are now double the size of what they were before I was on depo.

  626. Only had one shot I’m having side effects of coming off of it and when I first got the shot I had severe side effects of it. Really bad stomach pain everyday for the full 3 months, bled about halfway through for a month and a half, thoughts of suicide and feelings of hopelessness which is so not me I’m typically a bubbly happy type of girl. I’m 20 years old and got the shot in July of 2014. It is now the middle of March and I’m just wondering when my body and emotions will be back to normal. I don’t know where else to turn because when I try and see the doctor they don’t seem to know what else to do for me besides put me on more synthetic hormones. Some of my side effects off coming off the depo is my heart flutters every day and it’s very nerve wracking, I’m having lots of whitish discharge and feeling very sore and irritated down there. I know it’s not a yeast infection because I’ve also had those constantly ever since starting any type of birth control. My stomach constantly feels unhappy and bloated, I’ve gained weight in only my stomach area, my boobs have been sore and swollen since December, I’m constantly nauseous especially after eating food, I get depressed randomly or very irritable, sometimes I have cramps but not as often as I did right after the 3 month mark. I recently was sick for about 3 weeks and nothing I did worked, that would usually work for me to get rid of a sickness. I’m constantly tired, my forehead has broken out really bad and I’ve normally only ever had clear skin. I’ve never had blemishes like this ever. I have also been having a hard time breathing recently. Just all around feel short of breath and winded easily. I don’t know what to do I feel miserable. I went to the health food store about a month ago and talked to a very knowledgable friend that works there about my side effects and the depo. She told me to start using a progesterone cream. I have been but haven’t had any luck with improvement in any area. I had a strange rash about a month ago all over my neck but idk what it was from. I’m constantly experiencing severe vaginal dryness and have no sex drive at all most of the time. When I do have a sex drive though, I can’t even get wet enough to have sex or it’s seriously painful. I wish I would have known that the depo shot would do this to my body before I got on it. I used to be a happy, healthy, normal female individual but now I’m just not myself. I hope someone reads this and gives me suggestions. Anything helps and I’m desperate.

  627. I used depo for about 9months and during that time i was nothing but tired weak and i experiecnced alot of panic attacks.my doctors told me to getoff immedeatly now that im off my period has only came once and lasted for 3days

  628. I once took da depo shot I’m off for 3months now.I have lower back pains headache,dizzyness,sore breast tired all da time.can u guys please tell me why?

  629. I used it for 6 years it was before the warning im 30 now, I started it at 17 because I was told I had endometriosis. I stopped when I was 23 or 24. It was just about a year after discontinuing depo, because my doctor had informed me of the bone loss potential. The bone loss started with my teeth (I believe) I no longer have any that even look like teeth. The back and hip pain started while getting the injection in fact I thought that somebody had poked a nerve in my hip when giving me an injection and I started having sciatica pain shooting up and down my back and leg paralyzing at times. To this day I have sever lower back pain that doctors cannot explain why I have and treat me like crazy, because they can’t find it. Also severe hip pain that can’t be explained either. I’m told not to blame depo but I can’t explain it any other way and in the last 6 years that I’ve been off of it watched my life go downhill very quickly. Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis and I’ve been trying to get somebody to help me fight this company get this drug off of the market it is horrible! No one cares anymore.

  630. I got the shot in September and started bleeding in October. It is now March and I’m still bleeding. I’ve been on my period for 154 days. I never got the 2nd shot because I thought it would make the bleeding stop but it didn’t. How can I get my period back to normal??

    • I was on depo for 3 months meaning only one shot I am of depo for 5 months know but still struggling to get my periods back I really want a baby but struggling know

  631. I was only on the shot for a year and while i was on it i would get my period for 3 months straight. I have been off the shot for almost a year and my period is still not normal where i have my period every other week or just a couple days of a break

  632. I was on the depo for 5 years. I did stop for a few months within that 5 years and when I did I started to bleed and bled for 2 months straight. I am 19 and want to have kids someday. So I got off of it for fear I would become infertile when the time came I was ready to have children. I have been off of the depo for about 10 months now. I didn’t have my period for about 8 months and 2 months ago I started my period and it has not stopped sense. Sometimes its heavy, sometimes its not. I just am curious when it will stop.. Does any one know? Has anyone else had this happen to them?

  633. I stopped taking the depo shot. Not my choice. And now I’ve been on my period for going on 6 weeks now.

  634. Well I am 38 now. I had my third child January of 1997 after she was born me and my doctor decided on the depo shot because nothing else was working for me. At 19 I was the most daring, adventurous, and not scared of anything type of person I loved life so much. Well I had a period the whole three months while on the shot so I decided when it was time to take it I wouldn’t anymore. Well after I stopped I became very badly depressed never been in my whole life got to where I couldn’t sleep I couldn’t eat I couldn’t do anything felt like I was dying my doctor even wanted to admit me somewhere but the love of my children kept me going. Over the years I have developed so much more panic disorder, anxiety disorder, I got high blood pressure from stress disorder. And I still have jittery feelings till this day but the doctor says it’s my anxiety. I’m also afraid of everything now especially when I feel different than I think I should, I’m scared of alot of medicine now. I have had nausea for so many years now. We’ll about 7 years ago my depression got so bad I developed Agoraphobia in case some of you don’t know what that is…I was home bound for 5 years didn’t go anywhere not the grocery store not the doctor couldn’t even leave my front yard still until this day I have trouble with it. It’s not as bad but it’s not gone I can’t go far from home to scared to. I have been to many therapist and I tell my doctor and have told the therapist the same thing I will continue to tell them and in my heart and soul I know that depo shot caused me all the issues I deal with today. That was no coincidence. I can’t even take a medication that has a side affect that says MAY CAUSE DEPRESSION because if it does and I take it without knowing I get depressed. I hate that drug it has ruined my life. Fun times I could have had with my kids the way my kids had to see me sometimes that’s the only regret I have is taking that. I always sit and wonder is there women out there that this has happened to but they just are not putting it together. I would love to hear some more stories. I’m on disability now because of all the anxiety, panic and depression but I loved to work more than anything. But I just can’t control the things that control me. Thank you for listening to my story.

  635. I was on depo for over 3 years. I just stopped in January. When I first started I spotted almost the whole month of June but after that I never had any issues. I have no side effects besides alot of discharge and still have not gotten my period. There is no odor or discoloration to the discharge. Does anyone else have this issue?

  636. I was on the shot for about a year then stoped I had regular periods now I’ve been off for 2 months going on 3 and not had a period for one,and I took a pregnancy test they say – all the time what should I do?

  637. Hi there
    I have used the injection only twice (6mnths) and i have quit now i havnt had my period for almost 2 months

    Please advise

  638. I used depo for almost the whole year last year and descided to stop 5 months ago seeing as i hadnt had sex for over 3 months but i havent been on my period for over 5 months and my breasts swell up at times and ive had pains on my left rist, elbow and sholder for over 8 months now, pls assist.

  639. Was on the depo shot for over 10 yrs did great no period at all. ( tubes are tied, on it cause my period was unbareable) got off for a yr and went back on it cause my period was so bad and painful I cou deal withit. Well now im bleeding so heavy and nonstop now for 2months. Will it stop if I take the second shot?

  640. I had only 3 shots of the Depo Provera, the last one I got in June 2014 but since the first shot (Nov 2013) I haven’t had my period.. and still nothing. I stopped it because I lost my libido totally, and the sex was painful because of not getting wet at all. I have seen my doctor in my home country, he suggested to be patient for 3 more months, nothing, no sex drive, no period. So I have gone back now in March, he prescripted me a very light hormone birth controll pill, it supposed to be alright in the next month.. Let’s hope. I’m not planning to have a baby yet, but I feel on myself that I’m not happy with this (unhealthy!) state.

  641. i am a 50 year old menopausal women on dep shot for 10 years stopped 8 months ago no problems until now 3 periods back to back with heavy flow and bad cramps is this normal i feel terrible

  642. I’ve had depo 3 times. I had no children the first time i had it. I came off fell pregnant 5 months later. No issues at all. I then went back on the depo. I had 2 shots i had no bleeding but breasts constantly leaked and i felt tired like i had done whilst pregnant. I stopped the depo. I menstruated 6 months later. I then fell pregnant 7months later. I was single by the end of my 2nd pregnancy so didn’t use any contraception. I was happy, healthy and full of life. I started a new relationship and we used condoms. But as my youngest hit 6 month old i fell pregnant again. After the pregnancy i started back in depo. I had 2 shots. I was constantly getting a ‘pregnant’ feeling similar to the previous time i had been on depo although this time i bled constantly too. I was drained. I stopped the shot 3 months ago and my symptoms have gone bizarre. I get stomach cramps regularly, i often need an afternoon nap as I’m constantly exhausted, my boobs are really sore, I’ve stopped bleeding completely, i get backache, i feel pregnant, I’m an emotional wreck, my body is often imitating the aches and pains of late pregnancy. I’m bloating, gaining weight and generally unhappy because i feel i can’t cope with the daily ‘pregnant’ feeling. I’ve been given anti depressants although i don’t feel depression is causing the pains and i am convinced is depo related after searching other peoples experiences of depo. I am going through so many pregnancy tests even though i know i won’t be fertile yet. I am looking at the prospect of being sterilised at 31 years old as i can’t bear the thought of putting my body through contraceptive drugs again.

  643. I experienced fatigue, nausea with actual vomiting all day for 3 weeks and could not stomach anything, abdominal and back pain, cravings. It felt as if I was pregnant but every time I test the results were negative. This is the worst withdrawal and the Dr’s may say there are no withdrawals but definitely there is something in this contraceptive injection that’s not good.

  644. I’ve been on the shot for roughly. Around 3 1/2 years . I got on it right after I had my son , and after I had my son I had an extreme weight loss , my weight finally got back to normal I got on the shot and with in 3 1/2 years I’ve gained a good 30-35 pounds , it’s mainly all in my belly which is weird ! I’ve of course always haveajor head aches . And im always tired with no energy ! Im thinking about getting off of it , but im scared because I don’t wanna go back to skin and bones and idk what my body will do if I decide to get off of it !

  645. I took the depo shot for 3 yr and stopped it this month. Ive had headaches, nausea, faigue and general lethargic feeling. Im trying to look up side effects from stopping it and found this site. Ive read it can take a yr or longer to get a cycle again as well. I really just feel like i cant wait to get home and get in bef everyday.

  646. I was on the depo shot for 6 months and I gained 35 lbs plus I had horrible headache which I never had before…I felt horrible the whole time and I never didn’t have a cycle or no bleeding..

  647. I was on depo provera for 6 years my last shot was in December 2014 after not getting my last shot I felt nauseous. Fatigued, moody breast were awfully sore and couldn’t sleep well at night. I still have yet to have an actual period but every 3-4 weeks I spot for like a day and have cramping and some discharge. Also have had bad headaches.

  648. My daughter started on Depo-Provera, at the age of 17 and was on it for a FEW yr’s. After she stopped injections she gained approx. 5 lbs. per shot over the last 4yr’s. She eats healthy, is very active, is not an impulse eater, and she just continues to gain weight. Can having too much progesterone, and then it falling, disrupt the hormonal balance, and cause you to gain weight….. I know that if certain hormones are not in balance, you can gain weight……
    please respond!

  649. Before getting the Depo shot i didn’t get my period that good but i was in bad pain so when i got on the shot i felt fine but had no sex drive than i just go off of it in January and i haven’t had my period since before the shot and i feel run down and tired.

  650. Ive been on the injection on and off for 5 years. Usually late for the date of injection. My last injection was on 7.11.2014 and due 5.2.2015. I decided to stop the injection. Im basically suffering with all the signs of pregnancy with headaches. I had “spotting”, if you can call it that on the 20.2.2015 and expected full period by now as the other times i missed my injection. Feeling terrible

  651. I stopped taking the depo shot last February and ever since then I have had a non-stop menstrual cycle (4 weeks). I’m not sure if that’s normal or not but so far that is all that has happened to me.

  652. I have been off depo since July of 2014, it is March of 2015, still no period and 80 lb weight gain. When I first started depo I have a period that lasted 32 days-it was the last one I had.
    Hoping that everything will balance out soon, but miserable and will never go on depo again.

  653. Hello i was on the depo shot for four years and got off becase i was readybto have another bby so i knew it woulb be a min for my body to get back on track so i waited for a menstrual sycle to come but it never came so i tried to get pregnant and its just not happening its been a year an five nths since ive been off the depo i have gotten on the pill to get my scycle on track an hopefully a bby until then i just pray

  654. I used Depo Provera from June/July 2013 until October 2014.

    I thought it was better than the pill. The first three months I had my period for about two weeks but it was rather light. After those three months, my period stopped completely.

    The reason why I stopped was because I noticed my nipples were excretion a clear/white liquid. (Around October 2014)
    It scared me so I stop to take a break off of any birth control and give my hormones a break from the synthetic stuff.

    A month before I was supposed to get the next shot (December 2014), i got my period. It lasted about 6 days and was light as well.

    Once the shot wore off (assuming it was supposed to in January but maybe it did when I got my period), my breasts started feeling really sore. It has been about 75 days since my last period and my breasts have been the same all throughout. That is the only symptom I can really feel.

    And no, i can’t be pregnant because I’ve taken 4 pregnancy tests all throughout including a blood test.

    Instead of waiting, i bately got back on the pill this month so I can regulate my periods again.

  655. I was on depo for 6 months, only had 2 shots and missed my 3rd on 14 Feb this year, I had a period at the beginning week of March, I’m now waiting on my next but I don’t Evan feel like I’m going to come on, can it mess with future periods if they have already returned? Taken 2 tests this morning both negative, I’m confused please help lol

  656. I only had a shot of depo and didn’t go back to the clinic to have another, I had terrible pregnant like symptoms, now I would bleed every two weeks for two to three days. I’m never gonna consider this contraceptive again. I even regret trying it.

  657. Hi I’ve been off the shot for almost 8 months now I have been haveing bad periods pain in my upper belly never no where my periods come it’s not regular what to do

  658. I was on it for exactly two years and am in the end phases of coming off. I ended up coming here googling because I’m having severe breast paint after having period type breast pain for the last week and a half and I feel like they’re swollen. Hopefully this is temporary and normal, but I’m def wondering what’s causing it.

  659. It’s been 7months since I been off depo and still no monthly I need help idk whts wrong Drs don’t see nun wrong help please

  660. I have been on depo shots for 2 years I got off in December of 2014 its now April of 2015 an I haven’t seen my period yet am I at risk of having children in the long run wats wrong ?

  661. I’ve been on the depo for 2 in a half years and I just now got of it this month and it’s horrible. My breast are killing me they feel like they are just going to fall off and I had my period for two weeks really heavy flow. Will this pain ever stop? My blood pressure is really low lately and I feel dizzy and nauseous all the time even got diarrhea. Does these symptoms go away?

  662. I was on the depo shot but stopped, then went back on it again then kept missing my appointments for the next dose so I haven’t been on it for 6 months. I got it every 3 so I missed two doses of it so far actually 3 now. I started spotting a week ago that lasted about a week..brown no red. Then I noticed it’s happening again..I’ve taken more than 10 pregnancy test and I keep taking them and they all say negative. I haven’t taken one recently but my last one I took was a couple weeks ago. So idk if this will keep happening due to the depo messing my menstrual period up or something’s wrong with me like I have an infection? idk but my gyno said my vagina seemed fine.

  663. I got the depo shot on January 2nd. I started bleeding two weeks later and it is now April 17th and I am still experiencing this. I never know if any of it is a period, breakthrough bleeding, or what!! Its so annoying. I lost my sex drive (and Cm) and became very moody. I was pissed that the doctor doesn’t really explain that 3 months is NOT 3 months and that noone knows when the hell it will be gone.

  664. I was on depo for about a year, my last shot ran out in January 2015, it is now April 2015 and I am still experiencing at least light bleeding all the time, sometimes heavier. I have also been experiencing big mood swings, depressed and not loving doing the things I was previously. I am currently training for a marathon and have been hating it when I normally love running and excersize, I want the old me back!

  665. ever since I have come off the depo shot I have had irregular periods. I will go two months without having one or I will have one after two weeks after ending my last one. and the worst part is that I bleed a lot after during these periods. A lot meaning I have to change my tampon every hour and I wake up soaked in blood. I’m concerned that this is a health issue.

  666. I was on the deposhot for a year an a month i was suppose to get my shot march 4 2015 but i didnt want it anymore.but i thought it was strange that a month later last week i bleed 2 days an it jus went away…should i be expecting a second cycle soon?

  667. I wonder if anyone else has had a drastic change in attraction to their partner? I was on and off depo for 8 years, and when I went off it for the last time I experienced similar symptoms that everyone else has described; mood-swings, depression, weight gain (40 pounds – but it started while on the shot). But the thing that has confused me the most is that I was no longer attracted to my boyfriend. At all. To be honest the thought of sex with him repulsed me. My libido was back, but I had completely lost all interest in him, specifically. Needless to say, the relationship didn’t last long after that, but I’m curious if this is something that anyone else has experienced, or just a coincidence in timing?

  668. I took Depo for about 2 years. My period during that time was very spotty and irregular. I would have a light flow for 2-3 weeks and one week off, or on for 3 days off for 5 days. Always very unpredictable. When I got my last shot in Nov 2014 I didn’t have a period for about a month then I bled for 3 months straight; I was also quite depressed and EXTREMELY fatigued. I have had absolutely no period since then. My breasts just became tender this week, going on a year and a half since the last shot, but still no sign of menstruation. I have been quite worried about my body, but after reading about others’ experiences feel much more relieved and normal to the seemingly unpredictable side-effects.

  669. I’ve been on the depo shot for 10 years, & my next shot was due btwn April 4-April 14, & I did not get it this time, as we are TTC. For about a month now, my breasts have been EXTREMELY tender & went up an entire cup size (even my husband said last night, “You’re right, they are much bigger!”). I have nausea on & off, I’m tired all the time, & have terrible cramps, but no bleeding (only a heating pad helps with the pain). I’ve read somewhere else it’s not actually the depo per-say, but the huge surge in estrogen since the depo suppresses this hormone. I would swear I was pregnant, but urine tests have come back negative.

    Oh, and to the person who keeps commenting that one should only be on the depo for 2 years, that is only a suggestion, & for those where other forms of BC is not an option, staying on depo is perfectly safe as long as one is getting sufficient calcium intake.

    Personally, depo was great for the last 10 years. I spotted/bled continously the initial three months, but after that, I would only spot the week before my next shot was due, & in the last year, have only spotted 3-4 times total…no actual period.

  670. I know this post is old but I have been reading through the comments for the last week, I waa given the depo shot, the day after I gave birth to my son. FEW days were OK, more were miserable. I did not stop bleeding, for the 8 months I was on the shot and I was so anemic and sick and also sick of being repulsed by intercourse, pain during and after intercourse and just nausea and sickness more days then not (which my doctor said WAS NOT due to the shot however after several blood tests, a 2 week heart monitor, a 3d ecocardiogram and more no other reason could be found) I decided myself to go off the shot. And I have felt MORE miserable now then being on it. Extremely bad cramps, HORRIBLE mood swings. breast pain like being pregnant, dizziness, nausea, night sweats, bleeding large, clot like chunks, vision problems and more. No one believes me it is from quitting the depo shot. Except for 2 of my friends who also had horrible experiences with it, everyone else seems to say they never had a problem from being on it or coming off of it. I feel totally hopeless and alone.

  671. I have taken one shot of the depo. I decided to end it because i was getting depressed it seemed plus i didnt like the way i started to feel. I am coming off the shot, i have this horrible headache i cant even explain it hurts and i feel pressure on the front of my head i feel like im going to get sick. My bladder when i urinate has so much pressure and its kinda difficult to use the bathroom and now im starting to feel itchy all over. Plus my hormones are all crazy.

  672. Didnt like it at all made me sick no periods emotions got me all over the place depo just play with your body to much and doctors just seem not to know the cause feel like they use folks as a test dummie

    • By the way i took this shot one time oct 23,2014 its now april 25,2015 and still no period suffer from head aches stress it got in the way of my relationship due to emotions get nausea feel weak at times have out burst will not recommend this to anyone and doctors cant help us make it better they just look over us like we crazy i really feel they testing things on us and dont really know the real side affects well all of the side affects for us need more help because i am tired of feeling and dealing with this depo body break down shot

  673. I just stopped taking it because my fiance’ and I are trying to have our second baby. Nobody warned me of any side effects.

  674. I’ve been on depo-provera for 1 year now.
    I decided to stop the injections on April 9, 2015, since it was the day for my next shot, but I decided to stop. In the first months of getting my shots, was I ever moody. Everything and everyone pissed me off. It made me mad all the time. Also, my sex drive was way down, I didn’t even want my boyfriend touching me, so you can imagine how often we must of been intimate during the last year. In addition, I am just noticing now, that during the last year, I haven’t been myself, the real me is an outgoing and fun person, I’m up for anything, anywhere, anytime! But after take depo-provera, I was finding myself always feeling sad and low. I stopped seeing my friends and stopped going out because I just wanted to stay home and do nothing. I now realise that it might of been early stage of depression, which is one of the side effects of this birth control. I did not get off depo-provera to get pregnant, but for myself, because my body didn’t feel right and I was tired all the time. I wanted to feel normal again. Although, it did stop my periods, but I still spotted for quite a while, for months at a time.

    Now that I am off the injections, I feel more energized, but I’ve been feeling sick for the past week. I don’t know if it’s because my body is withdrawing the drug, but I have headaches and feel nausea when I eat, and no, I am not pregnant. I hope to feel better soon.

    So if anyone wants to take this method of contraception, I suggest to make a FULL research and talk to your doctor. I know that mine was against me taking it in the first place, and I should of listened to him.

  675. I got the shot one time and had non-stop bleeding for two months, being too heavy for a panty liner on some days to just spotting on other days -being to light for pads. Then i had sudden weight loss of 15 pounds with bad mood swings. I’ve been off it for a month now and yet continue to bleed but now it just stays heavy. I decided to stop all birth control just in general because when you really think about it messes with your most of the time negatively.

  676. i just recently got off depo with the concern of bone loss. My withdraw is awful. Constant pain in my breast. Thick white discharge. Great are swelling. I am constantly tired. And random moments of brown/black blood but never a steady period. I really hope all of this is normal and helps others

  677. My girlfriend took the depro provera injection for the first time in November last year. Knowing it was 99% effective in birth control. We were almost certain we were Protected. December and January had past, and she did not have her period in either months, which is a common side effect. February and march had past, and on the week of her usual cycle, she had spotting on one day for about an hour, that proceeded until now. She has picked up 9kg’s and we know that weight gain is another symptom, would like to know if there is a chance she may be pregnant, thank you

  678. I have been off the depo shot for 2 months now, I still have yet to have a period, I have a low sex drive, and ive noticed tenderness in my breasts. Other than those symptoms ive been fine. Im wondering if that means I still cannot have children or how long it takes to become fertile again. I hear it can take a while.

  679. i am almost 23 years old… last year i found out that i have a septum in my uterus so after many months of thinking i decided to stop taking the depo shot. the septum i have, i either wont get preg, misscarriages or if im lucky to make it as far as pre-term babies. i have been on the depo for 6 years now, i just recently found out that it says no more than 2 years.. i wish that i wouldve know that before i started taking it. but that’s in the past and my last shot was january 2015 i have not gotten a period yet and it’s been 1 month since my missed shot and the doctor told me that it would take up to a year or more to get a period again, i have been dealing with breast tinderness for two weeks now my mood is completely different. it has actually gotten better im not sure if im tired from my 2 jobs or from stopping the depo but either way it wouldn’t matter. ive never missed a shot in the 6 years that i was on it. i guess that we will find out what happens down the road.

  680. I’ve been on the depo for almost 4 years now! I’m almost 18! And like I haven’t had a period since I started the shot! And it kind of concerns me! I love not having it but, I don’t see how healthy it is! My doctor says that it’s fine, but I just don’t see how it is! And when I’m late for my shot, I get so sick! That I won’t leave bed! I get sweats, light headed, fatigue, weak feeling horrible stomach pains and more

  681. I was on the shot for about 5 1/2 years and quit back in October of 2014. I just started having a period again (May 2015) but will have one, be off for a couple days and then start back up. This has been going on for three weeks now. I am tired and have daily headaches and my hormones seem all out of wack, I have acne that I never had before and have gained 10lbs in the last three months and weight gain has never been an issue for me. Does anyone have any suggestions (I don’t want to go back on birth control)

  682. I have been on this injection since 16 of april and my next one is in July 16 2015 but so far I have had no problems not even a period either

  683. Have been on depo for close to 10 years, when my insurance switched I was forced to get off it. I feel like I’m dying, pain everywhere every day. Lower back and period like cramps are the worst, but no normal period. By normal I mean a few days of spotting, then nothing for months it is now my 5th month without depo and a large amount of dark bloody discharge came out all at once, I was told to expect this. I would never suggest anyone to this form of birth control. So many terrible side effects, went to the ER twice both times all I got was put on fluids for dehydration, I came across all these sites on a whim. Glad I did. Anxiety, depression, social anxiety, constant pain, weight fluctuation, bloating, acne, hot flashes night sweat. Overall NOGHTMARE!!!

  684. I have only been off the depo now for about 4 months. I was on it for a little over a year. Two weeks after I was supposed to get my shot I already got my period. I now get it every two weeks, and the last two times have been extreamly heavy and painful to the point I want to throw up and almost pass out. Its very clotted but I think that’s normal after not have a period in over a year. I’m not moody or have any other issue becides how quickly I got it and how heavy and painful they are.

  685. I was on the depo for just over 3 years and I loved it– I never had any issues with it. I haven’t had a period in the last 2 1/2 years. I’ve been officially off the depo now for almost two weeks. The only symptoms I’m experiencing are breast tenderness and awful headaches. I’m also a little more emotional. I’m wondering if I should give my body time to balance out naturally or if I should start a new method of birth control to attempt to avoid the hellish symptoms? If anyone has any advice please let me know.

    • Hi Sadie,
      At the beginning of this article theres a link for another article of an interview with a Dr Jerilynn. Read that, It will give you insight and some information on what you should do.

  686. HORRIBLE! I was on it for 3 months and instantly regretted it within the first month. I was so depressed that I even became suicidal. Never got a period the whole time I was on it. I was supposed to get the 2nd shot on the 3 of May but my moods were all over the place, I just didn’t feel like myself the whole time I was on it. My breasts are extremely sensitive and still no sign of a period. I would NEVER recommend the shot and would advise any woman on it to not get another shot.

  687. I was on the depo shot for 6 years, decided to stop due to massive weight gain, irritation over everything, zero sec drive and depressed. Since stopping 2 months ago I have had sore breast and extremely sore nipples, my second drive is back, my period came back at the beginning of month 2, but it now comes every two weeks and lasts 3-4 days. My appetite has decreased but I’m still really tired and zone out frequently. My doctor told me that she wouldn’t switch my bc because I’ve “only” been on it for 6 years, but your only supposed to be on it for 2. Makes no sense, having no periods while on depo was great but the withdrawal isn’t worth it at all.

  688. I used for almost 2 years I’m 21 and had my last shot 7mounths ago, i have beleaved I was pregnant due to harsh pregnancy symptoms I was pregnant At least 5 times to such an extent that I had all the pregnancy symptoms I did At least 6tests all negative no period yet

  689. Took depo for the first time in January, had bleeding and large blood clots the whole time. Suffered from nausea, loss of appetite, migraines, cinstant hair loss and the most exptreme anxiety and depression i have ever experienced in my life, so bad that the doctor put me on an anti-psychotic to mask the symptoms until the depo wore off! I would never wish these symptoms on my worst enemy. It was a nightmare!! Depo was out of my system by april and everything is slowly going back to normal, but stiĺl no period.
    I do not recommend depo and will never take it again!

  690. I have stopped my shot because I have been bleeding for 4months now heavy. I can not See as l with this and I think I am pregnant

  691. I was on depo the first time from 2003 to 2008. I got off of it because my husband and I were ready for a baby. The shot I missed was due May of ’08 and my daughter was born March of ’09. I did not have a period while on depo but I did gain weight. I was off of it from 2008 to Jan of 2015. After I had received my shot this time I had terrible headaches, mood swings, depression, weight gain and I bled for almost 2 months straight. I’ve only had the one shot and then was taken off of it. It was due a little over a month ago and for about 3 weeks I’ve had EXTREMELY tender breasts, abdominal cramping, nausea and I’m tired all the time. And my period has yet to start.

  692. I have had all the symptoms, breast tenderness, nipples very sensitive and I have had mood swings like I have never had before. I am usually a happy person and I am not confrontational and now getting off depo after 7 years my own Boyfriend of 5 years is scared of me. Ha. But he’s really supportive and he is helping me get through this.

    Now I have been on the pill I feel like it’s helping me ease off the depo and stabilize myself again.

  693. yes. I use it for 6 mothns then I stopped because I went to my OB to tell about the side effect
    dizziness and low blood pressure 90/60 to 100/60.. and i have 2weeks menstruation in every second month of my depo and whole monthbin my 3rd month spotting sometimes lightly heavy period ..that makes me so uncomfortable..so she decided to switch injectable into sophia pills..as soon as I still I have my period.. then it stop when I take the pills .

  694. Ive Had My First Depo Shot NOV 2014 , I notice that the Shot made me Moody So I Did not Go Back for My Second Shot omg Coming off depo was Stressful For me cause it made me think i was Pregnant So I Took alot of Hpt and all came back Negative ! But ive had my period for 3 cycles Now ,it did not Take long for me to get them Back But im upset that i cant Get Pregnant Ive tried but No Luck at all i even Use Spermfriendly To Help me But Nothing Can Someone Please Help me What can I Use to Try and Get Pregnant ?

  695. Thought the depo was the best option for me after giving birth to my son…….how WRONG I was!! I only had 2 shots and wouldn’t go back again! Went off sex, was absolutely knackered all the time, had CONSTANT pmt! Ame off it and bled for a week stopped for 2 days and the cycle started over and over, now……. I don’t have a cycle at all. Would NOT recommend the depo at all!

  696. I have only a week since I have stopped injecting with Depo-Provera. I am very nauseas my head is spinning I can not look at any thing that goes into mouth. I am worried I had sex on the 10th of May my injection date was suppose to be on the 2 of may. could I be pregnant so fast?

  697. when I gave birth to my daughter they gave me a depo shot at hospital, I was bleeding for 2years I stopped, now I went back on it, it been 3days since I’ve had it, I’m getting these side effects headache, stomach cramps, sleeplessness, dizziness, tired, moods, loss of appetite. shall I stop using it or it will disappear when time goes by.

  698. I have been on deposit for 15 yrs. In the last two years I have increased the time between injections. I’m approx one month overdue now and I am experiencing explosive, hard to control behavior that I have not felt since the first few years of being on depo which seemed to subside in the last few years of being on depo. I’m not sure if this behavior is just in my nature or somehow affected by depo.

  699. I took the shot for a year, but recently stopped it due to the ongoing “period”, it caused my iron to drop severely low. After stopping it, I’ve been a bit nauseated off and on yet hungry, most of the time I feel both nausea and hunger at the same time. Along with that, not sure if it’s messing with my mind or not too, lately my mind feels off since stopping.

  700. Depo effing sucks. I took depo once and never again will put it in my body. The side effects are horrible. When I first got depo I had this horrible I need to pee type of feeling for 3 days and it was so uncomfortable and when I would pee nothing would come out so I would push what I felt was on there and all that would come out was blood and that I need to go feeling would come and go through out my 3 months on depo it made it hard to sleep and be out In public because it was so uncomfortable. My nipples were consistinly hard and sore throughout depo.

  701. I have been on depo since I was 19 and only went off it when I decided to get pregnant then immediately went back on after having my daughter.
    A nurse practitioner recently asked me if I was on calcium supplements and explained the possibility of bone density loss with prolonged depo injections. This made me want to research more on it and after spending several weeks comparing info from websites and forums to ensure I was getting decent info, I decided to go off it and go on Mirena.
    After reading some interesting information on this website http://menstruationresearch.org/2013/04/11/stopping-depo-provera-why-and-what-to-do-about-adverse-experiences/ I would suggest reading this and following what this doctor recommends.

    • I do want to add that upon stopping the depo, I am experiencing nausea, headaches, stomach cramping, mood swings and panic attacks. I have a doctor’s appointment in a week to discuss this with my doctor and to request a hormone level test.

  702. I have been on depo for 3 years! And I got off of it about 8 months ago! I feel like the shot is just coming out of my system ! I have very heavy periods, and I recently thought I had depression which I have never had before but now I believe it is the shot! I am very moody, I have crying out bursts over nothing at all, I sleep a lot, I have lost a lot of weight in a short amount of time, my appetite has decreased dramatically !! I used to crave and eeat a lot .. Now I barley can eat 3 meals a day and I barely touch my food!! I started going to a therapist thinking this may be depression and anxiety, but even they don’t understand how I developed all these symptoms within a month! I found my self at this page and I wonder if this is what could be wrong! I honestly feel like a different person, and it’s affecting my marriage because I don’t have a sex drive, as to before I had a crazy one! I really don’t know what to do, I feel like going back on it just to feel like my normal self again!

  703. I’ve been on depo for 6 years my last shot was supposed to be in February it’s now almost June and I still haven’t gotten my period back I have swollen sore breasts and headaches but I took a test and I am not pregnant….this shot has been the worst thing to happen to me.

  704. What I would like to know is if after stopping the depo are the symptoms similar to postpartum physically and emotionally and also if clotting should be a concern. I was bleeding for 6-7 weeks and now I am clotting between bleeding.

  705. I was on depo for 3 years. As of last February I quit depo. It took me til May 15 2015 to get a period. Now that I have a period it’s been 12 days and I haven’t stopped bleeding yet. They need to ban depo it ruins your body, hormones, emotions and your life. Do not take this it is a nightmare that you never wake up from.

  706. Am 21 l was using the injection then l stopped since January didn’t get my period must l be worried

  707. I was due for my next depo injection on the 19th. I’ve lost my insurance and am in the middle of a job change, therefore I did not have a chance to get it. I am experiencing extremely tender breasts, nausea, and fatigue. Its not pleasant at all but I’m glad to know why this is happening to my body!! I was on depo around 10 years and will definitely go another route next time!! Thanks for the info guys!!

    • Im getting breast tenderness as well. Plus eating all over the place and weird cramps and pins and needles. Im sure it will calm down. Just a bit annoying lol.

  708. I’ve had been taking depo for almost a year but stop because of extreme weight gain and hair loss. The first time I got the shot I bled for like a whole month( I was on vacation in the Dominican Republic) and it was horrible. It got normal after the 2nd shot I started have monthly periods but with less bleeding and they would last for a shorter amount of time than usual. When I stopped taking it, I bled a lot for a month, then it went back to normal, but this month I’ve had my ‘period’ twice, the first one was normal and then two weeks later I was bleeding heavily again. This has been going on for the past two weeks and it’s the most annoying thing ever. I’ve never been through so many tampons in my life. And I’ve been getting horrible cramps. I’m young and have a significant other but we are not trying to conceive at the moment because of school. This is such an inconvenience. Anybody talk to their doctor about ways to fix it or make it stop?! My appointment is in two weeks

  709. I haven’t had a period for years. The shot took away my period completely. I understand that it will take a while to get my period back, but the symptoms I suspect are side effects are changes in appetite. I feel super full after a few bites, and then Im hungry again. Im super thirsty and I feel like my digestive system is completely wacked out from stomach to poop shoot. My stomach hurts like Im hungry but I just ate. Anyone else have this problem??

  710. I have been taking the Depo-Provera injection for 6 months ,but there seems to be problems. My. blood flow is unusual, there are times where my body releases smelly discharge and when I urinate my vagina becomes very sore. What could be the cause of this and what can I do to at least get my body back to normal?

  711. I was on depo for a little over a year, I missed my last appointment and decided to just switch the pill instead after reading more about it. I was due late april for my shot and haven’t started any other birth control options. I still haven’t gotten a period and nipples have been horribly tender for the past week.

  712. Ive had my second depo this year. And i have really sore breasts. I take it as i was on implant fall pregnant. Then went onto the injection. Side effects are all different. Even been feeling sick as well. It should pass

  713. I took the depo shot for probably 5 or 6 years. I stopped in October of 2014 (Thats when my shot was due next), at age 27. I didn’t start to have any kind of bleeding until around the end of April, 2015. My biggest complaint is that every week- 10 days I seem to have bleeding and this has been going on for about 8 weeks now. It only lasts about 3 days and it has yet to become a true red blood. It is mostly dark brownish/black clots. The worst part is the cramping I get with each 3 day period. I am hoping that soon it becomes a normal period with just a week of bright red blood instead of this every other week of clots and pain.

  714. I got the depo shot in Febuary and it was the first and last time I will ever have a depo shot again. About 3 months after the shot I had my period which I thought was normal because my doctor said it would be after the 3rd shot that my periods would stop. Well during that cycle I had enormous chunks of tissue, yes tissue. I went to the ER and all they could tell me was the depo was a result of all of the “vaginal mesh” being released. The pain that came along with this was so severe I even compared it to the contractions I had when I was in the delivery room having my daughter. It’s been a month since this incident has happened and I am still bleeding profusely with only one or two days in between where it stops. Never again will I get a depo shot.

  715. I started the Depo when I was 17 in 2011 and I was spotting for almost 6 months I think and then it stopped. I would always get my shot at the scheduled date but when I started college I would take breaks from the Depo. I’ve been off Depo since August 2014 and I started my period in November 2014 and since then have had 2 periods a month. I’m actually going to see a doctor soon since I’m 3 weeks late on my period and already took 2 pregnancy tests and both resulted negative. As for the withdrawal symptoms, I really don’t notice anything different about my body except that my sex drive did increase a bit.

  716. Hi I’m 16 turning 17 in july of 2015 Sense october 8 months ago I stopped birth control shots and my periods started out lil heavy but on normal time then went to normal period but having it two times in 1 months now sense the 15th of may I’ve had to regular ones with lightly bleeding nonstop between it all and then I stop light bleeding for Wednesday an Thursday of this week the 10th & 11th and starting back lightly bleeding again today the 12th can this still be the shot leaving my system

  717. This is the first time I’ve ever taken the Depo shot, but its the third birth control I’ve tried because I get weird side effects with different medicines. I’ve gotten really bad mood swings and cravings that I usually get with my period even though I didn’t bleed. I have been feeling a little out of sorts like my nose is extra sensitive to smells and my vertigo has really kicked in. After this wears off I plan to try another form of birth control in hopes that it will work with me.

  718. I wish I had made some research on Depo before getting on it. my doctor recommended the shot to “regulate” and help me with the terrible cramps I’d get from having my period. I was on he shot for almost 2 years and I miss my last shot after going into the military. My new doctor decided to put me on the pills about 4 months after my last shot, I had some spotting within that time but after taking the pills I cannot eat well. I’m wondering if my symptoms come from taking the pills or from the side effects of Depo. I only took the pills for a month. Any suggestions? I would love to not feel sick anymore.

  719. I was on the Depo shot for 3 years after I got pregnant as a freshman in highschool. The pill was hard to remember to take and the patches wouldn’t stay on. I trusted my doctor to put me on a good birth control and she suggested this. This is the first time I’m hearing any of this. I’ve been experiencing all of these symptoms and I’m 3 years late to the party. I’ve been so ill since I stopped taking the injection. We’ve been going to my doctor a lot recently with the same ongoing symptoms trying to find what’s wrong and diagnosing it as a few other things. I’m blown away.

  720. I have stopped depo twice now – I first began taking it at age 19. I get migraines with an aura, so it is one of very few options for me (even fewer at the time). At the time, I didn’t connect all of the problems I had with the depo – I was pretty young and not very in tune with my own body. Over the next 3 years of using it, I was diagnosed with depression, gained 70+ pounds, had lots of joint pain and my sex drive disappeared. I stopped it later because my husband and I thought we might like to try to conceive in about a year from then; my periods came back, I lost 35 pounds, and my sex drive came back! I started it again because we changed our minds about having kids and I didn’t want to risk it. I gained back 25 pounds, starting feeling depressed again, and my sex drive vanished again. Noticing all of these symptoms happening for a second time made me realize it might be the depo. I did some googling; and then I vowed I wouldn’t take another injection of it, ever. I just went off it again two months ago, and still haven’t gotten my period back. I am having major back pain from my sacroiliac joint (which may have to do with all the weight I’ve gained being on my belly!) and occasional tender breasts and nausea. I cannot wait to get my period back to normal and now I’m scared it won’t ever come back normal. 🙁

  721. the last time i had a depo injection was 3yrs ago.until now i have tried getting pregnant but i cant.my period is so irregular.please help me i want to get pregnant again

  722. I use depo for a year lyk 2 take a shot for 4 tyms I was getting my period niceliy BT sometym was just a drops….and now I hv quit it mean stop 2 use it and i was expecting to see my period and not bt its for one month and now is going to be for second month not seeing my period……what is going on……I’m so confuse

  723. I been off and on it ten years makes us tired Hungrey bloated i am commuting off it month late now sporting Leggett pain back pain fun stuff I rather be natural cause followings normal!hang in there deposit is good about not getting. pregnant

  724. The depo made me gain weight, become an irritable stresshead, and i lost my sex drive and to make it worse… i decided to come of the depo 1 month and 2 days ago and now im experiencing so many bloodey symptoms: feeling pregnant, severe abdominal cramps, hot and cold sweats, shivers, ACHING BACK !!! and some flu like symptoms its frikking horrible.. only positive i could have sex without a condom.. IF I WOULD OF KNOWN THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN I WOULD JUST WEAR A RUBBER ON ME OR MY BOYFRIEND

  725. I’m having the weirdest symptoms since stopping depo. I was on it for 5 years from 15 to 20 and don’t remember any side effects except my period coming a couple of months late. I had my daughter at 23 and had an IUD (Not Mirena) but switched to depo in March. I was having bad side effects so I didn’t get another shot this month. I feel PREGNANT! I’m nauseous, hungry all the time, no energy and I’m bloated. You have to have sex to get pregnant so I know that’s not wat it is. This is too much!

  726. After reading the comments I am glad I’m not the only one with a negative effect from the depo injection. I stopped my injection in December. It is now almost July and I still haven’t stopped bleeding. My bleeding is extremely heavy, I am constantly moody and have absolutely no sex drive.

  727. I am on depo but I have bad pains at night and I sleep all the time and be feeling like i have to throw up. What’s wrong with me

  728. I been on the depo shot for 6 years, I am 23 years old. It works great at first no problems, had spoting instead of periods for the first 3 years and didnt realized my sex drive is getting lower n lower. Itsito the point now im cranky all the time and having a hard time trying to do anything sexual. So now im off of it for a month now and so far nothing but will update in a few months.

  729. I was supposed to get my shot last week but missed my appointment because I never got a reminder from the doctor’s office…a whole week later, I’m having what I think might be a period. But all of last week I was experiencing a lot of bloating but that could’ve been from the shots I got for my shoulder pain too(not related). Now I know that it very well could’ve been a combination of the two.

  730. I was on depo just short of 8 years I had become very emotionally blunted and had absolutely no sec drive when I stopped and my tubes were tied. 7 months later my beasts hurt constantly, still do not have a period, have illogical emotions and slowly but surely getting a sex drive that is highly effected by emption.

  731. This is the only article that I have been able to find on this. I have tried to come off my depo injection on numerous occasions now, and each time I experience horrendous feelings of low mood. I find myself unable to function normally, I struggle to get out of bed, I sleep all of the time and get very tearful. However I find as soon as I receive the injection I feel my normal self again. It’s like as though I am having withdrawals and I have no clue how to stop it.

  732. To share my experience, I decided to get the depo shot since I was always anxiously waiting for my period so I would know I wasn’t pregnant. Since I wanted something more protecting than just condoms I went to the doctor and got the shot in late April. Since then, I’ve had many severe headaches, dizziness, tiredness, cramping, painful gas cramps, extreme irritability, nausea, and stomach aches. Also, I had no bleeding for the first month but nonstop light bleeding for the last two. My second shot is due in 10 days and I’ve decided not to get it because I can’t take the symptoms. However, im really frightened of the withdrawal symptoms. This is an easy form of birth control but I do not recommend it.

  733. I took the shot for one month for PMS symptoms not for birth control. I have osteopenia so i have no idea why that dumb woman put me on it…. Then i had side effects of bleeding two months in and it wont stop. They then have had to put me on birth control pills which cost me 75.00 and it still hasn’t stopped. I could not me more pissed that i am today.

  734. After 2 years I stopped getting the depo shot and a few days later I started feeling: nausea, fatigue, low energy, mood swings & hungry all the time, something like being pregnant in your first trimester, smh!

  735. I was on Depo for 16 months and it stopped my periods completely, which was lovely. Had my last injection July 2014. It’s now been a year since stopping and I have still not had a period. In that year I have suffered with various side effects which have never been typical of me; such as acne on my back/shoulders; loss of libido; emotional hardness; head aches; breast abnormalities and so on. I would now love for my period to return so that I can feel natural again but it just doesn’t feel like it will ever happen. Fingers crossed as I won’t feel normal till Aunt Flo pays me a visit! Really wouldn’t recommend the injection to anyone.

  736. I have taken Depo shots for the pain associated with Endometriosis and PMS and it worked fantastic. I did notice hair thinning and a little weight gain, but the advantages far outweighed the rest.

    Now I’m in a position where twice I’ve missed my shots (traveling out of country) and as my body passes that 3 month mark, the fatigue is overwhelming. I also seem to swing between depressed and extremely angry. It’s the PMS mood swings all over again.

    The pains in my abdomen are returning. I have a dull ache in my back and at times feel stabbing pains that run from the vagina upwards. They literally double me over.

    I’m nearly 52 and menopause is not knocking at my door yet. Yet physicians seem to think I’m too old to be messing with a birth control (read: they don’t listen to me telling them this about the pain I experience off the shot).

    I wish women’s health issues were researched and studied the way they do everything associated with a man’s body parts.

  737. I have currently stopped the depo shot this month. Ever since I got off the shot I have been very moody, my breast are huge now & sore. I have also been spotting blood for the past 2 weeks.

  738. its now two months now ever since i stopped using t but i have failed to go to my periods and i don’t know what the problem is

  739. I had taken 3 shots of depo. The first month was ok, the second month all I did was bleed. It was going on like that for a while, then I had finally had enough. On march 4th – March 11th if 2015 I was supposed to take my 4th shot. I decided to stop due to the constant bleeding. It is not july of 2015 and I’m still bleeding!!! Though i did have a few day where I didn’t. It’s annoying and not very attractive when my boyfriend and I have intercourse. It doesn’t seem that drs have anything to stop the bleeding, so I’m just riding it out. I am becoming concerned. If you have any recommendations on how to go about the “withdrawal ” PLEASE email me. I’ll try anything at this point. Thank you

  740. I used depp provera once frm march 2015 to may 2015.afterwards, i have tried conceiving after its use but…. Not yet. Before I used t go for 4-5days in period before putting it and after i put it i only spot 1min.please help me on what to do am 23yr ad worried. What wil i do my periods t be normal? Wil i stil conceive? Worried.

  741. I was on the deposit shot for about 2 1/2 years and was taken off in 2009 and then given implanon which, as the name suggests, is an implant. My periods are NEVER regular any more. As soon as I turned 18 i took myself off from all birth control. My mother made me get on birth control otherwise I was abstinent. A complete virgin. But while I was on deposit my already curling up into a ball cramps got so bad I refused to even move when I got my period if I missed a shot even by a week I got it. I ate more and gained 30 lbs in 4 months . I craved everything I still do to this day. As for losing the weight even a complete veggie diet I lose no weight. I blame both of the birth controls. I constantly get tested for hyper and hypo thyroidism as well as other things because I am unable to lose weight. You want to have sex? I suggest a condom. That’s the only contraceptive proven to never give you any problems minus the rare occasion someone has poked a hole in it or worn it too long. Birth control is a big no no in my opinion

  742. Omg I’m so glad I’m not the only one iv had one shot of the injection and I have been really miserable and moody where it’s got to a point I annoy myself . I lost all my sex drive and made me put on weight . I decided to stop as it made my mood swings terrible but ever since iv been bleeding constantly for the past 4 weeks on and off and it really smells .tampons make me itch and it’s just been a really bad experience now my belly is huge and I don’t if I’m pregnant or not but I sure look it!!

  743. I’m experience pain in abdomen and lower back and I’ve been on the depo provera for 19 years went off 3 months ago and feeling very uncomfortable with tender sore breast

  744. Hi there – i have been on the depro injection for the last 22years without a break. My life got busy and i missed my shot …. i was just over a month and a half late.
    suddenly i experienced severe headaches, nausa and my boobs ached. I went to my local doctor who confirmed i was having withdrawal symtoms. Since my life is busy i had another shot as moving house but then I am determined to come off if even if i have to take leave from work. I know what to expect now …. I am 49years of age and wouldnt be surprised if i was menopausal by now, this can be confirmed by a blood test.
    I suppose you just get into a routinue and its convenient i really have no other excuse, but i felt like a junkie coming off it, but im determined to try again …. watch this space will post results.

  745. Stopping the drop shot has been a nightmare. I have excruciating pain to the lower abdomen on a regular basis. My breasts are extremely sore all the time. I have completely lost sexual desire. I am depressed to the point that some days I don’t get out of bed at all. I have mood swings and severe fatigue to the point that it is common for me to go to bed at 6pm even after having a nap during the day.

  746. I have been off deposit since May 2015. I have experience depression, anxiety, both breast sore I couldn’t lay on my stomach, my legs are giving out while I’m walking, off balance, fatigue, nausea feeling like I’m about to faint, severe headache and chest pain… I explain to them i dont want your pain medicine i want you to find out what is wrong with me. With going through all of these symptoms going to the ER so much they told me I have acid reflux or my hormones going through changes. I’m really frustrated because I have no clue what to do because they are saying I am a perfectly healthy 28year old its nothing wrong with me. I’m really scared

    • Basically I truly understand I’m going threw the same thing I’m healthy 30 yr old never had any problem health wise an now the doctors are just saying hormone changes I feel something is truly wrong.

  747. Yes I’ve been on depo for a while off an on but this is the last time I let it run out completely an I must say I’m so unhappy cause my period is so unregulated it’s been atleast 6 month now my weight has dropped a lot I don’t have an appetite at all I don’t no what I should do.

  748. i was on depo for 6 months only.then am off it 6 weeks ago bt still no periods..and then somtyms am experiencng breast tender and breats pains.#woried#

  749. I got a Depo shot on the 12/03/2015. Only had the shot for three months and I regret it. Gain weight. Had lots of acne on face and depressed. I’m off the shot now and it’s been a month and I feel crap like feeling dizzy and sleepy. I go to the gym 6 times a week and eat clean. I just hate this Depo. Lol hoping that vitex will help me get my hormone balance back.

  750. I was on the shot for 6 months and got off it a month ago. Since then I have had constant bleeding and have felt very fatigued and moody. For anyone who is wondering, bleeding is normal for three months after your shot. I talked to a doctor and she said it was completely normal and most woman experience it. Or stop periods altogether.

  751. My side effects since I have been off depo for 4 months so far are acne, random high sex drive, depression (more than usual,) and moodiness. Mostly angry for no reason. Was on it for 9 months before stopping. Hoping to get pregnant around January since it usually takes as long as you have taken the shot to get pregnant after. I was on this before having children and did not experience any side effects.

  752. I have stopped my depo shot about 4 months ago. Because ive heard many bad side effect about it. Sense ive stopped Ive get really THICK discharge only like once a month. Havent had my period yet. I have been feeling depressed. My moods are out of controll. I have been feeling VERY TIRED!!! All day I dont have the Energy to do anything. My breast have got so swollen that stretch marks are on them. I feel like puking allot. An have had allot of stomach problems mostly cramping feeling. ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS SOUND LIKE PREGNANCY…..BUT IT’S NOT!!!!

  753. I am experiencing side effects as my first dose is wearing off….quite embarrassing ones at that! Acne and spontaneous spotting are occurring as I come to a close on this horrible mistake I made in choosing this option. Some side effects I have experienced during the first dose were very very VERY EMBARRASSING….here it goes. The depo Vera shot made the skin above my upper lip darken and made the peach fuzz on my face grow all over….hence…I now almost have a mustache. Its not really that noticeable but I NOTICE IT!!!!! Do not get this shot unless you enjoy everything that goes along with NOT being a man. If you want to slowly turn into a man then Depo Vera is the choice for you!!!

  754. i was on depo provera for over a year. i stopped taking the shot in april due to the high cost, the fact that i had no sex drive, had an increase in facial hair and was extremely moody. it is now july and i have had one very heavy period since quitting. the moodiness has eased up and my libido is through the roof. the hair is a very unpleasant reminder of what a mistake the depo shot was.

  755. i was on depo for 9 months and stopped because of the excessive weight gain. since stopping, i have have experienced excruciating breast tenderness and severe itchiness around my belly button (all this only after a month of the depo!!!)

    i am also experiencing very bad pain in my feet to the point where it is at times impossible to stand or walk normally. (but i think this is due to the weight gain…..i went up 2 dress sizes 🙁

  756. I have just recently come off of the depo shot I’ve only been off of it a month I’ve been vomiting on a daily basis I have severe stomach cramps they have been so bad I’ve been hospitalized twice my normal headaches have turned into severe migraines these are things that have not happen to me before I got the shot the reason I got in the depo shot was because my periods were three times a month … What makes matters worse is my doctor put me on the shot knowing I’m a diabetic I now see a obgyn so said I should have never been put on the shot due to being a diabetic and becaur it causes weight gain and interferes with my blood sugar and coming off of the depo shot will be a painful experience for me well my obgyn has been right so far its hard to get up in the morning and even harder to fall asleep because as soon as I do I’m up vommiting within 15 minutes I would not suggest to anyone to get the depo shot

  757. I have used Depo since I was 17 for about 4 years then quit as I was planning to get pregnant. I was off it for about 2 years and then restarted it for about 7 years. I don’t feel I had any side effects during either time. I have now stopped using it since December 2014 as I am planning a pregnancy. I have had irregular periods since stopping it.

  758. I missed my shot last Monday and am already having some pink discharge. I was only on it for 9 months. Experiencing cramping and had extreme emotional spell for a few days before I was due to get my shot again. I am not getting any more shots.

  759. I took one dose of the shot in March and did not return for my next shot in June. It’s now August and I have had a period every two weeks. This one is the worse. I’ve never everrrr been a heavy bleeder a tampon would never soak through. But I’m having to change them every two hours and I’m freaking out. Last night I woke up to pee and the toilet bowl water turned red. I thought I was bleeding to death. It’s soooo horrible. I’m so tempted to just go get another shot just so it can stop. 🙁

  760. I’ve was on the pill for 1 year before starting the shot I’ve been on the shot for 2 years now and I think I want back on the pill. With the shot I haven’t had a period since it started and I have so many symptoms I’ve gained soooooo much weight I weighed probably like 135 before I started the shot now I weigh 180 I didn’t gain weight with the pill and I had a period but I didn’t feel so bad the only bad part was stomach cramps and remembering to take it which rarely happened to me I may have forgotten to take it one time the 1 year I was on it

  761. Im scared out my mind! I’ve been on the depo shot for 10 years, On and off…But my menstral would normally come on about 2 months later after I have missed a shot My last depo shot I got was 11/12/14… I seen my first period on February 25, 2015 It is now Aug 6, 2015 I still havent seen my menstral I know something is wrong!

  762. I only had 2 shots of depo, missed the 3rd 1 but as soon as i missed it I had a light period. That was in June, I haven’t had a period yet and it’s August, but I was told my cervix is turned! So is it even possible for me to get pregnant?

  763. I started depo in about november and had to stop after 3 injections. When I started, I was 125lbs and had very light and short periods. I just stopped going back for my injections and I am now about 200lbs and I don’t even know how to handle the heavy periods I get now and they last 8 days.

  764. My symptoms are very similar to pregnancy symptoms. Fatigue, weight gain, sore breasts, and sensitive digestive issues. Not necessarily nausea, but heartburn, constipation, and general uneasyness after eating. Not sure if the digestive issues are connected, but I keep pregnancy tests stocked to check regularly. I am 1 month past ending depo.

  765. 44 yr old female in Illinois on depo for around 6 yrs due to suppose to help with continuouse fibroids n ovarian cyst stopped numerouse times but lots of cramping still get cramping but not as severe as when stopping dr’s say need to continue since i don’t ovulate so i guesse i wait til menopause dr says says cyst n fibroids r under 2 cm so no removal n shouldn’t be causing pain.

  766. Hi,

    I started the depo shot in the beginning of Feb. 2015 and decided not to continue with the shots because literally 1 week after I started the shot I could already feel my body changing- and not for the better.. I became SO moody and angry at everyone and everything. I wanted to just shut myself away and be alone all the time. I didn’t gain much weight like I read a lot of women go through taking these shot.. But I did get a face full of pimples though. Of course. I’m 25 and also have a bicornuate uterus and I have been off the shot for 2 months now and I feel a constant pressure in my belly, the most tender nipples ever and most intense lower back pain. I already took a pregnancy test, which came out negative- so at this point I’m at a loss at what to do because my doctor pretty much let me know there is nothing they can do to reverse the effects and I’d pretty much have to ride it out.. Honestly, the depo shot worked wonders for my sister- but it’s just not for me. It definitely differs woman to woman and I would recommend anyone that is interested in this birth-control to do A LOT of research on the after-effects

  767. Once my period camed back on after 4mos of not being on depo I have serious cramps and a lot of bleeding I have to change myself every three hours my god the cramps hurt there so intense.

  768. Had nothing but trouble been off the depo for just over a year, all was fine while having the shots, however since stopping them didn’t have a period for 8 months then had a constant period for nearly 4 months after visiting the doctor and being told everything was fine. I’ve now being having periods 2/3 times in a month, would defiantly not recommend for anyone wanting to become pregnant straight away after coming off contraception.

  769. I’ve been on depo since 6-7-1994. Yes 21 years. I was never informed of the drug causing bone density loss, nor osteoporosis. I have recently stopped using it and switch to an implant. I now am having sore breasts, the same symptoms would happen if I were late on getting my shot. I have also lost a lot of tooth enamel because of it. I would notice that my teeth looked almost see through but never put the two together until I stopped the injections. My breasts also shrunk in size during my use of depo and have noticed that they are getting bigger. What is the cause of this? And is it because of depo or an underlying cause of something different?

  770. i have been for depo shot for last 2 years and my last due was on May 27 2015 but i decided to stopped it. after one month, i.e July 2015, i started to bleed irregular i. e 5 days periods and around 7 dasy gap, in a month 3 times. SO i am really worried whether it is side effect of Depo shot or something else, please comment.

  771. I was on the depo for 5 years I just recently stopped and the last injection was in January, iv yet to have a period and my ob/gyn has be under going blood work to see why considering I’m in my early 20s.. Iv noticed breast tenderness and fatigue to the point that I never feel well rested and I’m very moody and emotional….

  772. Hi, my name is Patsy and I’ve been on the Depo shot for 4years and back in May is when I stopped getting the shot. I am kind of concerned about why my breasts are tender and I’ve been bleeding for 3days now. So if you could email me back I would appreciate it.

  773. Im 18. I only had the shot twice, I was supposed to get it two months ago but I didn’t go back. Or. The second shot I had my period for two months straight after that I didn’t get my period for a month and finally I got a normal period two weeks ago. But now I have my period again and like I mentioned it’s only been two weeks. However, this period looks like regular blood there are almost no clogs. I’m really scared, can someone please help?

  774. I started using depo earlier last year.. I decided to stop using it because I am single, sleep with my late boyfriend before I stop using it. but now I keep on feel something moving inside my stomach, I am getting fat

  775. I was on the depo for almost 2 years. I got off of it for about 8 months and then got my first shot again but i decided not to be on birth control anymore. I want to have a baby but its taking me a while. Im also taking fertail aide to help.

  776. I’ve been on deposit for 4 years now me and my other half want to try to conceive I’ve only been off for 2 weeks now and I’m in constant pain like a cramp but it hurts so bad I can’t move and my moods are all out of wack also I used to be such a healthy person and my body feels like it is falling apart does any one else feel like this?

  777. Since coming off the depo injection about 9 months ago, I have had lots of side effects! It started with daily migraines (which thankfully I have under control now), bad fatigue and confusion. Now I have terrible PMT, some mornings about a week before my period is due I can wake up and just randomly feel very sad for no reason. I’ve also found a painful lump in my breast, I have an appointment for that soon to get it checked but I’m 90% sure it’s a cyst. The only 2 good side effects that I’ve had are my breasts have grown and my sex drive is back.

  778. I’ve been on depo almost a year and I missed my shot I was supposed to get August 11 and it’s been 13 days and I already havey period back… I’m having slight cramps in the lower stomach but drinking plenty of water and walking around helps a little bit I’m planning on getting the pill but I’m still doing some research! I’m not going to lie some of these comments made me scared to stop taking it and wanted to go in to get the shot today but I’ll see how things go!

  779. I have had severe cramping since I stopped the depo in May. I have gotten my period every two weeks(sometimes even less) and I bleed so severe and clot. I don’t know what to do, I feel hopeless dealing with this menstrual pain so often and worse then I ever have in my life

  780. I was on the Depo for 10 yrs. I just stopped getting the shot in March 2015 a week after stopping it I had really really bad cramps and bleed for about 5 days. I’ve have not bleed since then. My boobs tho hurt really bad, I also have the nausea mostly in the mornings and feel tired all the time. No back pain but I did gain about 5 pounds since then too.

  781. I was put on depo back in 2013 and got off in December 2014. My period has not came. It’s been almost 9 months. Should u be worried? Is it normal?

  782. Worst decision I ever made to get this shot! I only had one shot and regretted it within a couple of weeks. I had a five week long period which started a week afree the shot, followed by thrush like symptoms (but it wasn’t thrush). I was moody for months, total loss of sex drive (no wonder it’s used for birth control!), I would bleed after sex for a day or two. I swear I have lost fullness in my breasts too. As the effects have been wearing off I have finally got a period again (about 5 months after the shot). This period is awful, took 2 weeks to start properly and I’ve had it now for two more weeks and it is very clotty and horrible! do not get this shot!!!

  783. I think the depo shot causes women of color problems with age. I now suffer with osteoarthritis in my hip where I used to receive my shot. I am barely able to walk now.A friend of mine along with her spouse, told me that she can barely move her arm at night is where she received her shot.

  784. Second time stopping depo. First time it took 2 year to get pregnant. Due to hormones cause ovarian cyst that wrapped around ovary blocking egg release. As soon as cyst removed fell pg instantly. No side effects coming off depo thou.
    However this time only just stopped on 10th Aug 15. Got side effects of sore gums. Norsea. Headaches. Acne. Tiredness. Mood swings mainly angry and tearful. I dread to think how long I’m going to wait for next pregnancy.

  785. I was using depo for over 11 years. My last injection was November 2014. It is currently August 2015, I have not had a period although, symptoms of menstration have just started to appear (i.e. swollen-sore breasts, cramping, fatigue, cravings). I have not experienced any other noted withdrawal symptoms.

  786. I went on depot January first, 20 14, and I got off October , and I never went back again, but since than I had been trying to get pregnant but nothing yet?

  787. I was in the depo shot for 2 1/2 years, and I finally stopped it after my general medicine doctor and gyno told me that I had been on it for far too long of a time. They had asked me to get off of it sooner but I refused because I did not get a period and I liked not getting a period. Well finally I stopped and I still have yet to get a period, I’m scared I have caused damage to my reproduction system and will not be able to have a baby in the future. Usually when I would miss the shot I would spot a few days after being late in getting the shot, but this time an entire month has gone by and nothing. Has anyone else experienced this? Please share ! Thank you in advance!

  788. i took two shots of depo and it lapse last june15,2015.i started a birtglh control pill for 1 week as my midwife advice me.but my period doesn’t come back what yet until now.i took a home pregnancy test this morning and it came out negative.i was so worried.i experience too much head ache.

  789. i have been using the loop for 2 years but found out i was aneamic so i needed another contraceptive that will make me not to bleed since am a havy bleeder during my period. So i went in for the 3 months injection.but from the day i had the injection it almost 2 months now i have been bleeding and some time it comes out in a lomp form.the loop is still in. What can i do am so confuse.

  790. I just got off the shot on aug 6th, its sept 1 now.Im having constant hot flashes, severe nausea, cramping and an empty feeling in my lower abdomen. Iv literally never felt this sick in my life

  791. I took my first and last Depo shot in May of 2015. The first two months were great, no periods, lots of energy, and I was starting to lose a little weight. During the third month I started getting cramps (no big deal) but the weight gain also started. I felt bloated and tired as well. I decided not to get another shot due to financial reasons. I am a rather healthy person and don’t usually get headaches however since the end of that third month I have had severe migraines, weight gain, random sharp pains in my stomach area and constantly tired. I didn’t have these symptoms prior to the shot but the are overly abundant now.

  792. I am glad I stumbled on this site! I’m a bloody mess! It’s been two months since I had my first shot! I had the shot to try to help with endromesisousis … I need help the side effects are awfully I could list them but it would take me all night!! How are others coping with these side effects?

  793. I took Depo Provera for 9 months ( Had 3 injections). After my third injection I stopped taking it because I had forgotten about my appointment to go get it done. So after a while I just stopped using Depo and never went on any other contraceptives. I am still not on any and it has been over 2 years since I have stopped the injections. Last night I had started spotting. And now this morning I came up with a full blown period. (Or what looks and feels like one.) Before because of Depo I never/very rarely had my menstual cycle and if I did it was like light spotting for a few days. But this time is different. I have very bad menstual cramps (never had cramps because of a period in my life.) My breasts are VERY tender, and im very exhausted. So what im wondering … is the menstrual cycle finally coming back to normal after two years or is there something else I should be worrying about?

  794. I got the depo shot back in March when I went to bootcamp. (They pretty much FORCED us all to get some kind of birth control)I thought a shot would be the easiest way to go in that situation, but then I bled pretty much the full two months I was there and when I got to my next command. I was obviously disgusted so I didn’t get a second shot. Finally the heavy spotting went away in June. It’s now September and I still haven’t gotten my period. After reading all of this I’m kind of worried.

  795. I was taking depo because when my period came it will last for more than a week and my gynecology doctor started giving me depo and it work my period will stay between 5 to 7 days I was obese and I decided to go for weight loss surgery and I had to stop taking depo so I stop taking depo I had my surgery in May 11 2015 and I was off depo from January to May of this year and I didn’t get my period for 5 months and I got my period on June 16,2015 and my period stayed up to 5 to 7 days and it didn’t come in July and in August 19 my period came and has been here now for 2 weeks and I went to my gynecology doctor yesterday and she thinks it’s because of the depo because I was not taking depo for a long time.So I took a blood test on the paper it said uterine bleeding and I have to take a ultra sound to make sure that I don’t have fibroids and I am NOT pregnant .so next month I take my ultra sound .

  796. I’ve been off depo for about a month now & im scared to death. Makes me feel like I’m pregnant, back pain, headaches, getting sick to my stomach from certain foods, breasts tenderness I never missed a shot.. So I don’t think I’m pregnant.. This is crazy.

  797. I got on depo provera after I had my son in January. I just stopped taking it at the end of July. While I was on it, I was moody and just did not feel like myself, now that I have quit getting the shot, I have been bleeding for 2 months. I did not enjoy any part of taking the depo.

  798. Awful. Nausea, breast tenderness, sex drive skyrocketed, cravings shot through the roof, cramps, headaches, body aches and pains, and CRAZY moodswings. I got symptoms almost immediately (oh and unexpected spotting which was nice in khakis at work!). 3 days after discontinuing depo I felt like I was so sick and was going to take a trip to the ER but decided against it. This really sucks and I’d been on deposit for 2 years. I won’t go back to this method.

  799. I’m 27. Initially I was taking depo to treat ovarian endometrioma. I had a unilateral oophorectomy on my right ovary. Spotting was constant so Stopped taking depo because it was causing me severe DUB into my 3rd shot. A week after I was due for my 4th (final) shot in May this year, the bleeding stopped. I felt great up until a month or two ago I’ve been experiencing breast tenderness and they’ve increased in size. I’m constantly tired and my feet/heels ache and other joints as well. I’m putting on weight now surprisingly I didn’t while I was on the depo. There also associated bloating, a dull ache around left ovary. All symptoms synonymous with PMS except haven’t menstruated since I started the Itso

  800. Had 2 injections in Jun & Aug 2014, then didnt bother with any more, thats over a year ago now since my last jab, still no period, no spotting, a blood test came back normal, and now very painful breasts :o( you never know where you are with your body after depo, so would not recommend it to anyone.

  801. I have stopped the Deppo and been off of it for an estimated 4 months. I made the decision to come off of the injection as I had gained 2st and was struggling to shift it. The increase in my appetite was insane and along with the extra appetite breast feeding gives you I was eating too much especially at night. I currently weigh in at 18st and am 5ft 6in maaking my BMI 39.7. I am experiencing symptoms of ovulation (egg white cm and cramping) but when I first came off of the deppo I spent a lot of time in bed exhausted. My partner has said my mood has improved greatly also. My sex drive is back up. I will come back in 4 months time and post again should i rememeber.

  802. I was on depo for a year. I missed my last shot a month ago. I got a “fake” period in /June this year. I never picked up any weight while on depo but now I am losing so much weight. I don’t know if it is a side effect of leaving depo. Only other change is my breast are tender. I’m done with depo and all contraceptives.

  803. I stopped taking the depo 4 months ago after being on it 19 years I’m not sure but there are all kinds of things going on in my body…it has me scared and no answers from 3 different doctors. ..

  804. I’ve been on the 2 month injection and stopped after the 1st one. After 4 months I was menstruating but also not my normal bleeding. The bleeding stopped andand now I’m spotting. This has been going on for 3 weeks now. On my 2nd week I developed sensitive breasts around the nipple area and lower backache. Is this normal or does it have this side effect

  805. Its my first time to have a depo shot.. i had it july 1st of this year, the ob said that my depo is only good for 3 months.
    Question:
    Today i had a full body massage,will that affect the effectiveness of the shot?
    Tomorrow i will starting taking the birth control pills,will it be safe to have intercourse?(ob said my depo will only be good till oct.1st)

    Thank you

  806. I was due my depo at end of may I decided I didn’t want it anymore 4 months on no period yet but getting really bad stomach pains now just wondering if anyone has had this and is it gonna be start of a period I had been on depo for 4 years

  807. I have been on the Depo Provera for 11 years total. I started my cycle at 14 and by 16 it was so heavy and painful I was put on Depo Provera every 12 weeks to cease my flow. I went off the injections @ 22 and got pregnant in a year (4 months for an irregular flow & then only ovulated every other month per OPKs) I went back on the shot at my 6 week checkup & stopped for 8 months bc I have confirmed severe boneloss in my jaw despite religious use of calcium and Vit D supplements & a vitamin rich diet) I bled every single day for 8 months, we couldn’t concieve and I ended up trying various birth control pills that didn’t work & I tried the Mirena IUD until my uterus rejected it 6 days after placement. I am now suspected to have Adenomyosis & Endometriosis & I’m due for a Diagnostic laparoscopy for Endometriosis excision & a hysterectomy leaving ovaries due to Adenomyosis. At first the depo was perfect for me but after going off of it to concieve my son my life was turned upside down. I am now abstaining from the injections in preparation for my surgery on October 16th & I’m having breasts so sore a bra is uncomfortable (I went up a cup size in 9 days), hot flashes, night sweats, & cramping similar to labor contractions. It feels as if I’ll start bleeding at any time. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone. & the woman repeatedly commenting about the 2 year stipulation Doctors are using it off label and keeping patients on it as long as they see fit. I spent 16-22 on a 12 week regimen & 23-28 on a 9 week regimen. My uterus is shot & my ovaries might be done because of how long my body has been supressed. I was assured the entire time my bones were fine and the regimen was safe by Multiple OBGYNs. My 5th GYN and my surgeon for next month has finally shown me honesty about this drug & it’s not pretty. Women in my position were given it to shut us up & our bodies are ruined before we’re 30. It’s not fair. It’s my nightmare

  808. hey..I took a short term depo of 3 months since then have never seen my periods from may after the term of 3 months was over I have been having stomach upset my stomach is hard with some pains my breasts are leaking at times and very painful am afraid of testing for pregnancy whats is the problem please

  809. I had a depo of 3 months of which didn’t have my periods from that time I started depo and its has been like 5 months not yet seen my periods yet I stopped the depo after the three months wa over I have had some problems my breasts leak at times they are painful my stomach is hard and I have this sharp pains in it more especially at night and it’s growing big since I stopped the dose …am afraid of taking the pregnancy test what’s could be the problem please or am pregnant

  810. I’m always feeling sick, my boobs always hurt, and I’m always tired even when I have had a full nights rest. Plus I was always moody, and my boyfriend couldn’t stand it, he would try to calm me down but it wouldn’t work. He tried his best but it seems like every thing he was trying to do wasn’t working. He wants kids in the future but I don’t know if I’ll be able to. I’ve been on it for 5 years. And I stopped taking it 6 months ago. By now I should have had my regular period but I haven’t had it yet. I’ve only had like a one day period in the passed six months, and that doesn’t seem normal I’m startin to think that something might be wrong. I have a doctors appoinment soon with my mother-in-law so we can find out what exactly is wrong. I’m just hopin its nothin serious… But I’ve also wandered if this has happened to other teenage and/or adult women.

  811. I was on the depo for 2 years. Finally stopped it took me 5 months till I got a period I had the sore breast, nausea, thinking I’m pregnant so took test they were negative ! well i got i guess its a period haven’t stopped bleeding is this normal n how long do you bleed??

  812. I was on the depo for two years. Shortly after I stopped I experienced pregnancy symptoms, such as sore breasts and nausea. It took four months for my period to return and after experiencing an inconsistent cycle for a few months, I went two full months without a period before getting one that lasted nearly three weeks. Now I am experiencing bleeding during intercourse as well.

  813. I had my last depo shot September 2014 I started my period back aug of 2015. I has been on the shot for a little over 2 years. My last shot I received cause server lower body pain ( prolly hit a nerve) ever since I’ve started my period back I’ve had one every 2 weeks. Im always tired but can never fall asleep. I have serve pain in my joints(im only 24) some days I’d rather have my legs taken then to deal with the pain. I’ve gained weight while I was on the depo but now can’t seem to lose it. I don’t have an appetite..im wanting to look in to other options on birth control.

  814. I just went to the doctor today I been on the shot for 5 years last one I got was in march my boobs hurt badly I asked for other options I just don’t want a period and apparently only the shot stops it but I’ve gained 60 pounds tired and hungry any thoughts.help

  815. I was on the depo.shot for 2 years. I just stopped on the 11 and here it is the 23 of Sept and I feel like I have the flu. But I know it’s not the flu because the body aches are not consistent. I have been nauseous for 3 days straight. I’ve had cramps and change in discharge and body aches off and on. Minor headaches here and there also. But this nausea is ridiculous! I can’t eat. I know I’m not pregnant so I assume it’s from discontinuing the depo.

  816. I only got one shot and I bled the whole three months, it made me really upset because I was told I wouldn’t have a menstraul cycle and if I did it would be light bleeding. I’ve been light bleeding and spotting brown blood and red.. At the end it’s been brown the past couple of days.

  817. So I need to get a detox to clean my system. And I’m gonna start this 7 day cleaner that will take it off my system completely. But I also took the depo shot on sometime last week do you think it will effect that?please let me know.

  818. I have been on depo shots n nw ive stopped n i hv a bowel movement n ma breast hv been sore nw i feel lyk m luctatin could i be pragnant

  819. Hello, so I was wondering if this is normal or not. I got one shot some time in February 2015. I did not go back for my next shot and had light spotting at night for two nights in a row around

  820. I have been on depo since 2010 and now have been off depo almost a month sep 28 which makes 5 years. I felt it wasn’t healthy for me to interfere with my natural flow and hormones any longer by not having a period for such a long period of time. I have already experienced a cycle, which is normal when I’m due or miss my shot. The bleeding wasn’t extreme, and only lasted 6 or 7 days. It’s the side effects after my cycle I cannot deal with. So far my moods have gotten better and I am stressed and depressed a lot less. That’s the only good thing. I have extremely swollen, achy breast and nipples, nausea, and bloating. I almost feel like I’m pregnant. Switching over to the pill has only made things worse. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one feeling crazy since coming down from this drug.

  821. I been off the depo shot for 4 months now and me n my husband trying for another baby i had spotting yesterday and I dont know why then we had sex last night and im still spotting why im I still spotting

  822. I been off the depo shot for 4 months now and me n my husband trying for another baby i had spotting yesterday and I dont know why then we had sex last night and im still spotting why im I still spotting and I already had my period this month im having legs cramping back pain bloated headache

  823. After I stopped taking depo, I recently noticed my breasts and especially my nipples are sore to the touch. No menstrual period yet YEAH! I”m 52 so hopefully that won’t happen again.

  824. I was on depo for a year in a half. My last shot was October 2014. I just got my period back September 2015. I been bleeding alot and its heavy. Like blood clots are coming out as well just bleeding. But the cramps are so bad now. I had to take 4 pain pills just for the pills to start working. Also my breast are tender and sore. But the cramps are unbearable.

  825. I have extremely tender breasts and nappies. Also my stomach has been rather painful. It’s only been one month since I stopped taking it. It bloody hurts.

  826. I have tried to ween myself off the Depo twice and I have been having pregnant like symptoms with nausea, a little fatigue, and the urge to vomit. The first time I just got the shot because I couldn’t fathom the feeling of always being sick. This time II’m at the doctor trying to figure out what’s really going on. After 1 year of experience I would not recommend the Depo. I’m 23 too young to be suffering like this.

  827. I have to second Anonymous above. I rebmmeer very well that back in the 80s and 90s, any number of Protestant “religious right” organizations made common cause with RCs in resisting the use of the public schools for sex ed, condom distribution, etc. And for better or worse, the religious right also opposed enviromentalist initiatives perceived as abrogating property rights.From the evangelical perspective, none of this had much to do with population control or contraception per se. And while it is certainly possible that mainline liberal support for it may have been motivated by anti-Romanism, you would have to go a lot further back that Paul Ehrlich to find any expression of it. Even Monty Python’s skit appears set in Edwardian times.

  828. I’ve read the studies on uncteplicaomd UTIs, but in my experience it’s not that easy. I don’t know if it’s my patient population (young, uninsured) but I’d estimate that a third of what is billed as a UTI is not (herpes, yeast, cervicitis, dysuria). So I tend to have them come in, usually same day. Some are annoyed.I do call diflucan in for antibiotic associated vaginitis, but for other cases I usually see. The one I feel worst about bringing in is head lice. But I’ve had so many parents convinced their kid has lice who doesn’t. Makes me feel like an ass tho, when a mom calls in for lice, hauls the kid in, and I say Yup, it’s lice .

  829. I received one Depo shot on April 10, 2015. The following week I had a period for three days and then in May I had a period and did not stop bleeding until beginning of July when it was time to get my second shot. I chose not to get another Depo shot. Two weeks later in July I had a period for 5 days. Since then I have had no menstrual cycle. In past two months I have been moody, tired, always sleepy, dizzy, sometimes nauseous. I don’t feel like myself. Only reason I tried the shot was because I had very bad PMS and was told that my periods would eventually stop if I continued on the shot. Seems to have had the reverse effect on me. Before the shot my menstrual cycle was regular every 27 to 28 days. That one shot has screwed up my hormones!

  830. I have been on depo for 7 years, my last shot was 5 months ago. I have not had my period yet. I spotted one day about 3 months after last shot which usually happened the week before I was due for my shot so this wasn’t unusual. For the past 2 months I have had constant nausea, migraines, fatigue, moodiness and depression. I have not gained any weight, because of my constant nausea I have struggled to eat or vomit what I do and in turn have lost a considerable amount of weight. I also have heart palpitations and jitters randomly even sometime while I am sleeping. My skin is behaving in a way as if I am going through puberty once again with random break outs.i also experience mild diarrhoea for no reason. I wish that I was advised about these potential withdrawal symptoms before I went onto it as the only downfall I was advised was that it could take up to a year to fall pregnant, which I have seen is not the case. I do not have any kids and the stress of trying to have one is increasing all of my existing symptoms. Doctors advise that there is nothing they can do and nothing that will make the process go away faster and its a matter of waiting. I am glad to see that I am not alone but it does sadden my heart to see that I may be in for even more. I would never recommend this to anyone as I really thought this was the responsible choice to ensure a planned future.

  831. Thank you. My nausea is now explained. I was due for another depo injection about 3 weeks ago and decided not to. Can withdrawing also cause drenching night sweats and now past 2 days day sweat?

  832. Hi Ive been on the depo since Nov of 2013 and I was due for my last on Sept 12 of 2015. Its been a month since I decided to get off the shot. I noticed that I am super tired all the time. I needed to nap atleast twice a day after waking up im still tired and 24 oz of coffee at. 7 p.m. has no effect aside from maki g my heart races I ended up passing out at 10 p.m. Ive been feeling down but my fiance just left for basic training on sept 14th and is not due back until Jan 28th of 2016. I get frequent head and bodyache ibuprofen is now my best friend. I lost appetite nothing sounds good except shushi.I frequently have to use the bathroom( #2) because my tummy hurts to the point it feels like someone is twisitng it. No sign of my period though. Before if im close to my shot due date I would begin to spot but now 4 weeks nothing.

    • It’s taken me 9 months to get my period back n it’s not a normal period if that helps been really tired moody n upset ! I lost my appetite last week

  833. I’m 22 and was on the injection for a good part of 4 n a half years it’s took 9 months for my period to come back I’ve literally just come on past couple of days I’m really really hormonal ,crying a lot , moody but last week I only had light brown discharge is this normal ? My current periods really light I’m dredding it because before my jabs I was really heavy

  834. My last depo was in March i was suppose to get it again June 17th 2015 and didnt. I had a little spotting then it was gone. I started by period Sept 17th 2015. Im still on my period now. The whole 3 month that i was not bleeding i was having unprotected sex and had unprotected sex the day before i started. Now im having all types of pregnancy symptoms but the main symptom i am having is vomiting and being really sick feeling and feeling movement in my belly. Could i be pregnant? I took like 7 pregnancy test and all came back negative

  835. I have stopped taking the shit and I have noticed the “withdrawal symptoms” I am increadbly tired all the time my brest are very tender, I have abdominal cramping headaches and I find my self being very emotional for no reason(I cried because I saw a commercial about a wedding) I have been hospitalized because my abdominal pain has been so bad and they do not know what is causing this. All my test came back normal I fullhertedly believe that the shot had messed my body up and I fear to know how bad that may be.

    • Huh, you have exactly the same name as my missing aunty, weird haha.
      But to stay with the thread, my depo is due in 3 days and I have had a lot of the same symptoms which I think is very very strange!!

  836. Nov 2014 I had my first depo shot. Reupped in March 2015.. Spotted for 2 months!! Told the doctor.. and was given hormones, which I did not take. I decided to just get off the shot and get back to normal naturally.. NOPE! It is October 2015 The spotting disapeared by July.. and I have not had a period since July.. 15 pregnancy tests later, soar breasts, constant nausea that only gets relief by eating and now am 25lbs heavier! I am miserable. The doctor suggests I get back on the shot or that i may have a thyroid problem?!!! My body is convinced it is pregnant.. but i only show negative tests.. Do i get on birth control again or do i just wait it out feeling awful and getting fatter!?!

  837. I’ve been on the shot for just 3 months short of 2 years & stopped it because I just recently found out I have the beginnings of scoliosis . & I’ve NEVER had problems with my bones so I’m positive depo has something to do with it .
    So far my symptoms are similar to early pregnancy symptoms
    Tender/swollen breasts , fatigue , higher sense of smell , moodiness , change in sex drive
    & I’ve had that brown pre & end menstrual discharge off & on along with light bleeding for about 3 weeks now

  838. I took my first depo injection three months ago and was two days late to receive my injection. There is no possible way that I am pregnant however I have had breast and lower back pain, stomach cramps, excessive hunger and thirst and weight gain. Is this common?

  839. I stopped about 11 days ago and ever since I’ve been feeling like a mess. I’ve had this constant headache, lower back pain radiating from the right side. I’m moody and have no motivation for anything, nausea and my breasts are tender. Literally feel like a pregnant 50 year old

  840. I just recently have gotten of the shot and I have been depress… I know it’s the withdrawal of the shot because nothing in my life has change; same routine since May

  841. mine is a question. I never wanted to have this shot. It’s my first time I was forced to do it because I had c section. I feel like suing the hospital. I’m now having a sore breast and im breastfeeding at the same time with my sore breast. my question is won’t it affect my baby because the chemical may mix wit my breast milk?

  842. I’ve recently stopped having the depo and started taking the pill. my breasts became so tender and painful I was close to tears just getting undressed at night. I sort of had my first period last month, just spotting nothing major. I wasn’t expecting anything to be honest as I’ve heard it can take a few months.

    My main concern right now is how low and unmotivated I’m feeling. I’m due my period any day so not sure if it’s that and I’m just extra emotional. But I’m usually up and in the gym in the morning raring to go. I’ve lost all motivation and I actually just want to sit and cry at the moment. I haven’t ever felt this low. I was wondering if this is something anyone else has experienced.

  843. I just took it once for 3 months.

    My period didn’t come for the entire three months now that I’ve stopped taking it I av been spotting for almost 3 wks now…
    I’m very annoyed

  844. I’ve been on the depo shot and cry all the time when I first get it every time. I also feel sick towards the end of the 3 month period. And while during the 1st 3 month period I experienced the worse crap pains of my life. I was bent over shaking in pain crying. I’ve gained weight. This stuff is awful.

  845. I stopped my injections 13 weeks ago.
    Had slight breast tenderness but nothing out of the ordinary.
    Not had any bleeding yet but have recently had menstrual crampss Depo was fantastic for me personally as I suffer with terribly heavy periods and they completely stopped whilst on the depo.

  846. My experience with the depo shot was great until i got off Iif the hormone. I only got the shot once and refused to get a second one because I didn’t feel like “myself” to make my explanation short. Once it Was time for my second shot I starting bleeding but it wasn’t like my period. Just spotting for 3 months. By the second month of spotting I starting cramping and having headaches. By the third month the spotting stopped but the headaches and breast tenderness are going away slowly. I do think that it’s my bodys way of getting back to its normal duties regarding my reproductive system. So I’m going with the flow. Birth control has a high risk of preventing pregnancy but u have to think about your body and its point of view. U put a hormone in, now the body has to do all of the work getting it out.

  847. I had been on Depo for over ten years when sex started to become very painful so I decided I needed a change. I started birth control pills at the date of what should have been my other injection. I am having extremely painful cramping off and on that started a week into the birth control pills, almost two weeks later it still hasn’t stopped. My nipples are also extremely sensitive. Not sure if these are side effects of coming off Depo or the new pill but if this cramping keeps up I will be calling the doctor.

  848. Iwas on depo for a year ,I’ve been off for 5months still no periods since then I have painful like blood vessels but. not sure what realy it is iget awful period cramps every month ,shortness of breath,nausea,

  849. My daughter stoped her deposhot 6months ago and has not stoped bleeding we have a doctor appointed next week

  850. Hey I was on Depo for 3 years and went off to have a baby. I was pragos in 3 months. But I was still receiving my period for a good 3 weeks before I found out. I had it non stop about a month after going off it.
    So after I had my son I went back on it about a year later. I’ve been on it for 9 years now. I went off about 3 months ago, I’m starting to spot and at times gush, my lower back hurts non stop for the last 2 months. My boobs are so tender. I’ve gone off in hopes to lose some weight, before my son was born I was 135lbs and ballooned to 195lbs when I gave birth. I haven’t been under 200lbs since having him. I also wouldn’t mind having another child,if possible soon.

  851. I have been on depo for four years. My last shot was in March 2015 and was suppose to get it in June 2015. I did not get it. I spotted a week or two when i didnt get the shot but it went away. I have been having unprotected sex the whole time when my spotting stopped. Everytime i had sex it was light pink blood eveytime then eventually it didnt happen anymore. I didn’t see my first period until Sept. 17 2015 and was on a good month then stopped. But i am having horrible morning sickness everymorning for about 2 montha now. So since i been off depo for 5 months could it be that i am pregnant? I took a bout 5 pregnancy test and all of them came back negative but 1 of the test was a faint negitive HELP

  852. I was on the Depo for roughly a year. My last shot was back in Feb 2015. I have yet to regain my period but did have a few days of super light spotting this past week. I hope I’m getting back to normal as we’re TTC #3. Other than the agonizing wait for regularity I’ve had zero issues with the Depo. Although, I probably won’t use it again…

  853. I have been off of depo for 6 months now. I haf only been on it for 5 minths. While taking it i experienced apparent weight gain and my period at first was very light and lasted two weeks, then changed to me not having a period at all. Since i have stopped taking it i have now been getting my period every two weeks and goes back and forth between heavy and light. Very confused and kind of mad because they didnt tell me any side affects and if i would have known this would be the result i would never have started using it

  854. Hi i jus want to say that i have been on the depo injection since i had my little girl 4 years ago, but i thought it’s about time to take a break from it. I came off it on the September 17 2015 but I’ve woke up this morning and had had stomach cramps all night and morning please what are the side effects from coming off the depo injections.

  855. I had a very bad experience with depo provera. While on the depo provera shot, not only were my hormones at an all time high, but I lost alot of my hair. Excessive amounts of my hair fell out everyday, until I was forced to cut it very short. After this reaction, and a total of 3 shots I called it quits. After stopping the depo provera shot things got much worse.. I developed ovarian cysts, my body ached constantly, and I have developed horrible acne. I have NEVER had acne before this. I can’t find any relief on balancing my hormones back out and I’m scared to try any other birth control. If anyone has advice they can give me, I’d surely appreciate it!

  856. I’m relieved to have found this website from a Google search. I have been on hormonal contraception since I was 16 years old (I’m now 21); I started on the combined pill, moved to and tried a few different brands of the mini pill, moved to the implant, moved to Depo-Provera. I kept changing every 12/18 months or so because I gained weight resulting in no sex drive and my periods were all over the place on them, I wouldn’t have one for 5 or 6 months and then I would bleed heavily for 3 weeks. I finally decided I had had enough about 7 months ago and did not renew my Depo shot. Since then my cycle seems to have gone even more haywire, I’m getting my period every fortnight or so! The doctor isn’t very helpful, he insists it takes at least 6 months for the Depo to leave your body. I have asked for a ultrasound to check for PCOS but is it possible this is just my body readjusting to its normal hormone levels and does anyone have any ideas on how long it takes to settle down? Thank you for reading.

  857. Thanks for the comments and sharing your experience. At least I know I’m not going out of my mind nor have some brain obstruction as the doctor thought and send me to go blood test and skull x Ray, now I know the root cause of my distress. I was on the depo 1&1/2 years and I had occasional prolonged bleeding but the 11/2 year mark was the worst. I bleed for almost 2 months before my next shot which was to be on the 2nd of Oct 2015. So I decided to quit and since that time i have been lexperiencing nausea, headaches, lower back pain, dizziness, breast tenderness, tightening of the chest some times, weakness, certain scent and noise increase my neasua sometimes. I feel like a truck has run me over, I even thought I was pregnant but wasn’t sure if pregnancy was possible being on depo I did a test any way and it was negative. It’s been a month now since I am off the depo and I’m still having the negative symptoms, I even as if I’m going to pass out because of the dizziness my period hasn’t return yet either but I’m more concerned as to when I’ll feel like my old self again. The mid wife told me depo was the best thing for me after delivery because the pressure was too high for me to go back on the pill but to it was the thing.

  858. I’ve gotten three kidney stones since stopping the birth control. I was thinking maybe since stopping has the opposite effect of bone density loss maybe the increase in calcium could cause stones? Could this be possible/anyone else experience this as well?

  859. I was on the shot six years ago decided to come off to get pregnant missed my last shot in 2007 it took me two years to get pregnant

  860. My daughter was put on Depo Provera owed to the potential for fatal contraindications with other modern contraceptives (the Pill) versus it’s positive hormonal attributes for woman of childbearing years with Sickle Cell Disease.

    Additionally, contraceptive was strongly advised because of medical plans of administering a long-term low dose chemotherapy (Hydroxyurea) fot Sickle Cell Disease.

    Chemotherapy was stopped due to no positive manifested. Soon after Depo Provera was stopped, as well.

    My daughter has been living a nightmare theron. Her symptoms are devastating:
    – no menstrual period end of 2014 & all of 2015; to this juncture.
    – excruciating pelvic bone/leg bone anomalies & pain(s); movement & range severely affected; needs assistance in straightening legs to get out of bed (an entire ritual)
    – a one-time SUPER HEAVY HEMORRHAGE
    – severe & outrageous mood swings
    – depression
    – triggers Sickle Cell Disease all-over body pain crises (many).
    – feelings of hopelessness.

    As her mom; I’m at my wits end. And too, feel hopeless in seeing my so young and precious & beautiful daughter suffer SOOO much!

    We need help & advisement ASAP! PLEASE!

    Mommie Val

  861. I’m 17 and I’ve been on Depo-Pravera for 4 years, my parents and I recently decided that I don’t need to be on it because I’m not sexually active and haven’t been for over a year. I was recently supposed to get my last shot, I’d say about a week ago. My symptoms have already started. First my breasts started to become very tender and I noticed growth as well. My skin is way more oily and a lot quicker which in hand of course comes zits. I can tell my body wants to have a menstrual cycle (such as trying to secrete fluid) but because I’ve been on it so long my body won’t let it. Also today at school I was very hot all day even in a spaghetti strap tank top, and it was in the 40’s today so I’m assuming that those are hot flashes.And Umm I’ve never had cramps so I don’t know what those feel like.

  862. As of today I am six days overdue for my depo shot. I’ve been receiving tri-monthly shots since July 31st 2013. I am now experiencing depression, lonliness feeling, irritability, and this constant feeling that I’m on the verge of crying. Is this normal? I am 44 years old. Could peri menopause be playing a part in this? Please someone comment. The next appt I have to receive my next shot isn’t unti Dec 18th. It’s only Nov 2nd.

  863. I was on depo for 4 years and when I got off it I withdrawed off it for a while didnt think you could so it was a lil Scarry I gained wait like crazy and my brest hurt a lot hurts to even put a bra on!

  864. Its 4 months now since I stopped depo. Ive never received period for the 2 years I was on it.The side effects av witnessed so far are severe headache, back pain, and discomfort due to stomach pain. I Will never use this method again, neither will I advice anyone to use it. Its terrible

  865. I stop using DPMP and my menstration back after 3 weeks.. but my period last for almost 1 a half week and It was heavy..
    Then after 2weeks I’m spotting for 3 days but it’s just brownish and badsmell..
    After that I was waiting for my regular period til now..
    I had my pregnancy test for twice and it was negative..
    Im still worried because of missing my period ..
    But I’m having white spots sometimes yellow..
    Can you please answer my worries

  866. I took the Depo for about a year. My breast were sensitive, nausea, and discharge that was brown-yellowish color it also smelled bad. I told my doctor and he said that it was not Depo, so I did not believe him. Then I stop getting the shot because I know I was not having the symptoms until I started the Depo. And I did the Depo because birth control pills made more fertile and got pregnant when I started taking them.

  867. After stopping depo provera for 6 months to a year i lost a tremendous amount of weight. I looked awful. I got back on depo and regained all the weight back. I was very satisfied with the weight gain

  868. I missed mt depo i was supposed too take it on September 2,2015 i went took take on September 10,2015 my day’s was mess up they wouldn’t give my depo shot i had too wait 2 week’s but i never went back too get .in oct 2015 in started have sore nipples for 3weeks end of almost the end of oct nipples stop feet swollen all the time bad pain in feet’s too what is going on

  869. I’ve been on depo for almost 4 years! I’m yet to have a period with being on it, I love it and it safes me a bunch of money. Although my girlfriend had a period for a year strait on depo shot. It effects everyone differently! I’m super scared to get off depo but I will someday.

  870. I just had my 4th shot and i keep bleeding my boyfriend and i been trying to have a baby but my mom wont let us. I have been getting pains in my lower stomach area and in my back but I have no clue if i am pregnant or im just i have no idea. i’m scared because if im pregnant it will harm my baby:( please help me

  871. I was do for another depo shot in october 2015 and i decided not to get it i only had one shot and stopped and now i have been on my period for two weeks and my breast have been tender for a month, i am so drained i feel like it will never stop i wish there was help

  872. Hello I have been a Depo Provero user twice now. I had one shot and decided to try something else, got the Skyla put in and had severe pains with it. Went back to depo the month after that. With this shot I’m feeling signs of depression, headaches, fatigue just not myself. I’ve had bloodwork ( everything’s normal). I’m wondering if this could be the depo shot causing these issues? I’m so sick of no having any energy.. Thinking of going back to no birth control at all, I felt better that way.

  873. After a 10 week long headache during my first depo injection, I made the unfortunate decision to get a second round thinking I made it past the headache side effect. Although the headache didn’t persist through the second injection, I suffered from breast tenderness, cramping and bloating and decided 6 months ago to not get a third injection and go back on the pill. About 6 weeks ago, those symptoms came back and I thought I’d stop the pill, let myself have a period, and let things reset. (I’ve been on the pill on and off for many years with no problems, I go from pack to pack for several months skipping the placebos and a period.) It has been about 6 weeks since I stopped taking the pill and haven’t started my period. I’ve taken a pregnancy test, I’ve had two bladder infections, severe breast tenderness to the point of fabric running across them is painful, extreme bloating and water retention, fatigue to the point of sleeping all day for several days a week at its worse, headaches every morning that linger throughout the day, and now I can’t lose weight even with a very restricted diet. When I saw a doctor for antibiotics for a bladder infection 2 weeks ago, he wanted me to do a second pregnancy test saying many times all symptoms point to pregnancy. It’s been 6 months since I would have been due for another injection, only 2 injections total. Now I’m scared when the periods do start I’ll experience what others have with continuous bleeding for weeks. A close friend of mine who is an rn recommended depo because of its ease and her success, so I know my problems are not the norm, but I feel very uncomfortable with the fact that my body is still being effected by an injection I had 9 months ago. I would not recommend depo to anyone.

  874. After getting off of Depo, I bled for a month straight and then didn’t have a period for the following 2 months. Between the bleeding and my next period, I experienced pregnant-like symptoms: exhaustion, moodiness, I could only eat certain foods without getting sick, head aches, craving certain foods that I usually don’t like, bloating, extreme nausea, and loss of a sex drive. At first I thought I was pregnant but after 3 negatives and a false positive myself and my doctor were sure that it was stopping the shot.

    After 3 months of that, it finally stopped and my body got back to the regular menstrual cycle. My doctor says this reaction doesn’t happen often and believes it to be from being on the shot for a year and a half.

    So if you’re getting off the shot, be prepared for your body to go nuts just so it can get beck to your norm.

  875. I have been on the depo for going on 5 years now. If I am late getting my shot for various reasons, I have the worst feeling of tiredness, hot flashes, moodiness, etc. The side effects of just missing a shot for a couple of weeks are horrible..

  876. I was on the depo shot for a year an a half. I decided to quit getting the injections because it made me gain about 20-30lbs and go up 2 pant sizes. Nothing worked as far as aiding in getting the weight off. Excersize, diet change, first pills, nothing worked while on the shot and after the shot. My symptoms after stopping the shot were: I didn’t start my menstrual cycle until 7 months from my last shot. I got the shot in March 2015 and didn’t start until late October 2015. Another concern I have had lately is ever since I started in October I have really stopped to the point where I don’t need a tampon in. So I have been on my period now for about 3 weeks! It’s not a heavy flow just a small consistent amount. This worries me because I’ve never had a cycle last this long. I hope I can get some answers! If anyone has any advice or similar symptoms I would love to hear from you! Thanks!

  877. Hi, I was on the Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection for 8 years with no problems at all, but I decided to stop in Dec 2014.
    Since stopping the injection I now have acne. My skin has never been bad at all until now, and I have tried almost everything to get my skin to come right again, But nothing seems to be working.
    I really don’t know what else to do.
    Please can you help with some advice as to what I can do to get my skin to come right again, and an answer as to why I have such bad breakouts now from stopping the Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection.

    Thank you.

  878. I was on the shot for two years. My last shot was in July, making me due for another shot in October. I didn’t get another shot due to the potential of bone mineral loss. In the beginning of November I started getting cramps, I was spotting and I had extreme breast tenderness. By mid November I started bleeding heavily with constant cramps. I scheduled an appointment to start a different birth control. It’s been miserable

  879. I am concerned that after taking only one injection of depo-provera and stopping – My periods stopped already for 7 months and I suffer from tenderness and pain on the breasts, my gynecologist was also not able to provide further advice

  880. I am 52 years old. I was on Depo Provera since 2012 and stopped in April 2015. I was told by my gyne that I am post menopausal (FSH is 53). No periods after stopping Depo until October 2015. This appeared to be a normal menstrual period, except it was preceded by several days of a thick, brown discharge. 30 days later (November), another period with even heavier bleeding but far less brown discharge in the beginning. Doctor still thinks I am post menopausal, but that it may take awhile for Depo to fully leave my body. How long can I expect periods to continue? How long can I expect to still be affected by my previous Depo usage?

  881. I was on depo for about 6 years went off and before I got regular cycles, about 9 months later I got pregnant. I went back on for a year and had some bleeding for 2 months so I switched to the pill for a year. Then I went back on depo. It’s been 4 years now and I went off the depo about 5 months ago. Last month seemed like my first regular period and right before it o had horrible pains that lasted about a week. The pains stop me in my tracks, and last about 15 mins a few times a day. I went to the doctor and they don’t know why. Well now this month same thing again. 2 days now same pains. I’ll be call the doctor on Monday. I think it’s ovulation pains but can they be this severe?? This is horrible. I know I’ve been on the depo a Long time and didn’t have any cycles, I don’t know if that’s why. It says some women experience bad ovulation pains. The only problem I had on the depo was a bit of decreased sex drive. Other than that I was fine.

  882. I had my depo shot for a year and half, and then i stop. I didnt have my menstruation for a year now after i stop my depo shot. Do i have to feel worry? Or maybe its a side affect of depo

  883. Since quitting Depo nine months ago I have experienced a number of withdrawal symptoms including frequent periods, and now, recently breast pain and swelling. I am concerned about the long term negative effects of having used this contraceptive method for the short year and a half that I did use it. I am 30 years old and considering my first mammogram to determine the definite cause of the pain in my breast. It seems to be hormone related, similar to the normal tenderness that comes before your period, but more intense and all through out the month. I regret having used Depo as well as having recommended it to others.

  884. i have been on a depo for more than 15 years and have not got any scary problems you girls mentioned below. except that I feel my breast swells a month after I missed a shot, but that happens too before period each time before I started on the depo… So… weight gain is most lilely due to decrease in metabolism and bad digestion. I had stopped the depo once for 3 months, but didn’t experience any withdrawal or side effects. But after reading the comments below, the non stop bleeding does worries me.

  885. I have been on depo for about 14 years and stopped using it 3 months ago. Since then I have extremely sore and sensitive breasts. Simple things like hugging someone or lying on my tummy hurts. And they have definitely grown as my bra’s are getting a bit too tight. I always used to get a bit a spotting just before my next shot was due. But since I have stopped not even one spot. Loss of appetite, headaches and cramps have accompanied all this.

    Anyone have any idea what might be happening? Could I be pregnant or is my body just adjusting its natural cycle?

  886. i had my first shot and i quickly started noticing, that my cravings and snack breaks increased dramatically (and im usually the girl who tries and work out and drinks shakes in the morning) so this was really out of my regular tendencies. i noticed a slight weight gain so i decided to not get the second shot, well I’ve been on my period for about 1 month, im extremely fatigued, and no matter how much i rest, i wake up tired and my knees and pelvic area are sore very frequently. i haven’t thought about other options but i know for sure, i won’t be getting the depo shot anymore

  887. I’ve been on the shot since I had my baby he’s now 1yr and 4months. I got my last shot in September but I’m not going to get it again. I feel like it makes me feel really bloated and tired all of the time. I also still have milk even tho I stopped breast feeding when my son was 8 months. So I feel like its making my hormones all out of wack. I haven’t had a period but I’ve noticed a dull ache in my lower abdomen since I missed my shot other than that I actually feel great allot more energy.

  888. A month after stopping I had the most painful period of my life. Now it’s time for my period again and it’s still just awful.
    Even when I’m not on my period everything hurts; my back, joints, and uterus. These were not menstrual cramps since I’m not on my period. I’ve been to the doctors 3 times in the last 3 months. Im about to go into my obgyns office to prove if this really is hormonal or if it’s something else.
    My old obgyn did not warn me of getting off the shot.
    Stay away from depo provera.

  889. I began with depo four months ago, I experienced a 20 pound weight gain, tender breasts, complete loss of sex drive, month 2: my uterine lining came out intact (accompanied by cold sweats and horrible cramps), this month I have had my period twice and this time it’s been moderate to heavy flow for eight days, extreme exhaustion, cramps and fatigue…. I only started depo to regulate what used to be a 3 day timely cycle with increasingly heavy/painful first day. What a mistake. I wish I had researched more first. I’m wishing for it all to go back to the way it was.

  890. My experince coming off the depo shot:
    25 year old, on forms of birth control since 20years old.
    I started the depo shot because I could not ever remember to take the pill. I was getting the depo shot for over a year and then decide to go back to the pill so I can plan to possibly get pregnant. This month is the first full month off the shot and on the pill. Absolutely I started my period on the last week of the pill. Before my period I was very very emotional, just sated to cry in the middle of a work out and such. I then experience some oder. In the last few days of my period I have had the worst cramps I have ever had.

  891. I only had one shot and it was a terrible mistake. I bled for two months straight, lost my sex drive, cried every other night (and still do), and I feel completely out of control emotionally. It was like a switch flipped and suddenly I was a weepy version of myself constantly while I was on the drug and also withdrawing from it.

  892. I only got the shot once. When I didn’t get the shot again my body starts bleeding non stop since September it’s almost December. Idk what to do

  893. I was on the depot shot for a little over 4 years. Within that time I gained 60 pounds and lost my urge for sex. About 3 months after I got off the shot I got my tubes tied. This was in 2012. I have had 2 periods since then (last one was almost a year ago and lasted a month) and haven’t lost a pound…no matter the diet or excerise I go through. Any ideas or suggestions?

  894. I wanted to write my story of the horror of the Depo Shot. I have ovarian cysts and to manage them I had to be on birth control. The pills gave me horrible side effects so I went to PP to discuss other contraceptives. I read the tiny pamphlet that stated minimal side effects, so I decided to follow through. I was only 24 when I received the first shot.. I wish I never had ever made that choice.
    The day after I felt fine.. It was only the week after that I started to notice severe changes to my body. I was literally in so much pain I could not get out of bed. I was fatigued, pained, bleeding (which lasted 3 weeks) and I went absolutely neurotic. I work for a Psychologist in fact, I am his office manager. I had been here a year before receiving the depo shot.. and I had NEVER been depressed before. When the effects got even worse ( I developed adrenal fatigue) I couldn’t even leave my bed. It felt like i was a glass doll.. I was in so much pain deep down into my bones I literally cried every morning. When I went back to PP to tell them what was happening, she stated that I should have researched more (which may have been true, but that’s their job as doctors to disclose such information.) Then blamed it ALL ON ME stating that I should have been more careful and the side effects I was experiencing were due to depression. I asked her what I could do and she said there was NOTHING they could do.. that I had to wait until it would fade on it’s own out of my system. I was so upset I had to leave and started to do research on my own.
    Depo is a TOXIN which means that it shouldn’t even be injected into the body. After seeing a GYN 3 months later… She even said Depo is a horrible drug and basically should only be used for teenagers and not be used for very long. It is now almost a year and a half later and I am still unwell. If I do not take vitamins then my bones ache so much that I’m literally almost paralyzed from the pain. They still don’t know how long it will take to deplete from my system ( everyone’s body is different) and now I am 26 and hoping one day to get preggo but who knows how long that may be until ti happens. I wake up everyday feeling not like myself. I’m exhausted only after a few hours, the bags/dark circles under my eyes and pain have not subsided still. I wish it would end but I have to fight through it. I have been fighting this shot along with my body after ONLY ONE SHOT for a year and a half.. and today I am going for a bone marrow test to see what the real damage is beyond the adrenal fatigue. I really hope whomever reads this thinks twice before receiving this horrible toxin. My body I hope will be the same again one day. I was super healthy and active before, and now I have to fight my body daily just to keep myself working and in check.

  895. I stopped getting the Depo-injections this January. I was using it for approximately 2 years. I stopped getting my period early on in the deli injection experience. Then I waited 6+ months after my last injections to get my period again. But once I got it, I got my period way more often than I used to. I’m averaging a period every 2 weeks. And the fatigue and cramps seem to get worse with each period.

  896. I have been on depo provera for 12 years. I stopped as I felt unwell and suffered terrible back pain and breast pain prior to my last injection. On my initiation I had a bone density scan ( GP was useless , never even explained side effects etc ). I m now only 40 and been diagnosed with osteoporosis. I developed my periods back but withdrawal symptoms are still present after 2 years. Sometimes I can’t bear it. The drug like depo provera should be withdrawn from the market but more than anything gp’s should gain more knowledge. I know majority of them are paid to promote certain drugs and one of them is depo provera and that is very said.

  897. Its funny because I got off the drop three months ago n all of a sudden for a week my boobs have been very tender no period yet my boobs jus hurt which is so darn annoying smh help!!!!lol

  898. After 4 years of use I decided to stop taking depo because of weight gain and constant breast tenderness. I couldn’t sleep sideways, gravity was too much to handle for my boobs. I came off of it on Halloween and had a normal period 3 weeks later. I felt like I had a cold at around the same time but not exactly sure if it was a side effect. I was moody and acted out of character on Thanksgiving. Woke up sad and crying the next day. 1 week later it seems that I have started my period once again.. 2 weeks after my last. I really hope these are side effects and not me either pregnant or having a mental breakdown.

  899. I had one injection, and didn’t go for a second one..since me and my (now ex) boyfriend broke up. The symptoms of stopping it..are uncomfortable. brown discharge, I bled for about three months, now I’m anemic. I didn’t know the side effects to stopping it were so awful. Now, I’m worried I’m pregnant since I keep having pregnancy symptoms, and haven’t gotten my period. I’m confused about..my own body. I had an injection in June, and that was it. Bled, all October, and now it’s December..still no period. Any help?

  900. I took it an I stopped because a couple weeks before it was time to get another shot my nose would get stopped up my vein by my temple an early u could see it pulsating it was always the opposite side that I got my shot on and my back has giving me problems ever since I stopped an I have headaches all the time it’s been 12 or 13 years ago

  901. I got off the depo 3 months ago I was suppose to start my period September 29 2015 haven’t had a period since. I’ve been spotting very very lightly on and off for acouple days now some days I won’t even spot. The spotting color is pink sometimes bright red or brown I only need a panty liner I usually don’t see this until I wipe but I’ve has slight cramps and cromping but no spotting i sometimes felt nuasious but that’s about it I’ve took at home prego test and all came back negitive.. I need to know what is happening.. need some help
    Thank you

  902. I got off the depo 3 months ago I was suppose to start my period September 29 2015 haven’t had a period since. I’ve been spotting very very lightly on and off for acouple days now some days I won’t even spot. The spotting color is pink sometimes bright red or brown I only need a panty liner I usually don’t see this until I wipe but I’ve has slight cramps and cromping but no spotting i sometimes felt nuasious but that’s about it I’ve took at home prego test and all came back negitive I also have unprotected sex ALL the time and my boyfriend does inseminate in me too. .. I need to know what is happening.. need some help
    Thank you

  903. I’ve been on BC since I was 16. I just stopped at the end beginning of this year. Didn’t really start getting my period until September. It was just spotting at the time. Since I have gotten off BC I’ve been experiencing pain that I have never felt in my life. Back pains that I’m thinking are life threatening, I am experiencing shortness of breath. I’ve never had this type of pain. Doctors are saying I might have fibromyalgia. But I don’t know Wat to do?!!! I’m truly scared and just want to know that I’ll be fine.

  904. Coming off the depot week 2. Breast very sore as if bruised, tired and nauseous. I do believe this is a withdraw effect. My breast were never sore before.

  905. I got on the depo shot after i first lost my Virginity and everything was fine except it was triggering me to have migraines and it caused for a blood clot to grow on my brain . but the doctors caught it in its early stages and told me not to get the shot anymore until i was a little older . Well im 19 now and i got the shot in August of this year and i was bleeding the whole 3 months i was on . I was moody. didn’t wanna have sex or anything . and it started triggering my migraines again . but not as serious as the first time . but its been about a month since ive been off and i keep spotting . every other day im spotting and it’s driving me crazy

  906. I took the depo 2x. When I was suppose to take my third shot I decided to not go back on it because I didn’t feel like I needed to be on birth control.
    I have YET to stop bleeding. Initially at the first two shots I was spotting here and there. (I had the best summer since I missed my period :-). ). But ever since I skipped out on taking my third shot I can’t stop bleeding and it went from spotting to a period to OMG I have to change my pad again to be comfortable.

    I hate this. I thought the idea of not being able to get pregnant way after stopping the shot was a big issue but this smh is bad as well. Wish I warned about this. Smh. Good luck ladies 🙂

  907. I came off the depo in July 2015 and my period started in November 2015 it lasted 2 weeks but now after just a week I’m getting slight bleeding ( can only see when I wipe not on a pad) is this normal or could I be pregnant.

  908. I’ve came of the depo injection I was due for my last one August 3rd 2015 since then I’ve had three periods and spotting missed periods I’ve always been able to get pregnant even when on pill and last time on injection this time I’ve not ovulated atall is this normal I was 20 when I had twins 24 when I had a single baby now I’m 37.

  909. My daughter is now 2 years old. I gave birth July 11, 2013. When I went for my 6 weeks check up i decided to take depo for birth control. 6 months later, in December, on Christmas i went to the hospital for having stomach pains on my left and however i had an incomplete miscarriage. After the surgery, i still continue the depo and my menstrual became more irregular then before and my last shot was in April 2014. Im scared that i cant have another child

  910. Have been off depo for two months,i attended immediately after the shot and now I face side effects like headache, nausea and dehydration. Please help

  911. I’ve recently stopped the depo shot after 15 and half years and I have been very nauseous. ..lost 3 pant sizes so far…not intentionally ..and my breasts hurt so bad ..is all thus normal

  912. My name is Jennifer I’ve been on the depo since nov 3rd. 2008 after I had my son I just recently missed my shot two weeks ago and started taking the pill on this Sunday! I am experiencing nausa and mood swings, I haven’t started my period yet but after being on the depo for 7 years I felt it was time to come off and give my body a break! Is anyone else experiencing this?

  913. I got my first shot in July 2015 it is now dec and I’m due for my 3rd shot in 2 weeks I’ve decided I’m not going to get it because I’ve gained a lot of weight, acne, and I just don’t feel myself. After reading this I’m worried what side effects I may see I’m currently having a discharge and I haven’t had discharge or a period since I got my first shot. I also started the shot because other birth controls weren’t working for me and I had bled for a month straight. I’m prepared for the worst I suppose. Any suggestions?

  914. Im on depot shot im still bleed for ABOUT ten days since last Wednesday December 9 I didn’t NOT bleed in October r November but im bleeding in DECEMBER for 10 days

  915. Wow these comments are kind of scaring me. I was on the depo shot for about 2 years, but my doctors office recently shut down so I haven’t had a shot since July. I haven’t had my period yet, but I know sometimes it takes a while. I’ve been having stomach issues such as nausea and diarrhea and I’ve been very tired. I didn’t think much of it, but my mom suggested it might be due to me stopping the shot. has anyone else experienced diarrhea after stopping depo?

  916. Hi I was on the depo for 3 years decided to come off of it to give my body a rest had no periods and gained 2 stone in weight. Since stopping in September I have had a very mild period in November lasting 5 days light brown and very stringy. Haven’t head no bleeding had sore breasts nausea tired all the time back ache and belly cramps worried could be pregnant did 2 tests both negative did one on 14 th December and 1 2 days later please help don’t know what to do with myself I already have 4 children and very worried I could be pregnant again..!

  917. I was on depo for almost 4 years and stopped in September. I started spotting weeks after I should’ve gotten my last shot. The spotting got heavier till it was like a normal period and stayed that way for a while. It is now December and I haven’t stopped bleeding. About two weeks ago it started getting heavier again and now I can’t even where normal tampons. Before I ever took the shot my regular period lasted maybe a week and was super light. I haven’t had any other noticeable side effects and the only side effect on the shot was it lessening and shortening my period. At first I thought it normal but now I’m worried and dont exactly know what to do.!

  918. I m disappointed! Depo Provera destroyed my life, i can t stop the bleeding, and the doctor didn t mentioned that it can happen irregular bleeding. I can t live a normal life one week after getting the injection,
    You have to be clear about the side effects. And you have to put exams if the body can accept it or not as drug or not. And the doctor must explain everything about drug.
    Now my life with my husband is stopped. How can i explain him that the drug causes a non-stop bleeding.
    I taking anothe drug to deal with that shot but no use.
    I don t know what to do!!

  919. Well I got on birth control two years ago because I wanted no period. I was getting them twice a month heavy bleeding. As soon ad I got on the depo I was happy. About a year into the shots people started telling me horrible things about the depo.. I asked my doc and she said she never heard of what they were talking about.. so I stayed on it. When I kept hearing things I told my doctor I wanted to switch to the pills again got off of it haven’t had any problems with my periods now. BUT now I am having horrible breast pain. Keep reading on different sites that it’s happening to other people to but I’m only 19 so I’m really freaked out.. doctors should tell you effects of getting off of it before you go in for you’re first shot so you are ready for it when you decide to get off..

  920. My daughter is 16, she received 1 Depo injection. Immediately she started experiencing problem at the injection site (numbness throughout entire leg for 14 days), then the bleeding started (next day after injection), along with cramping, headaches, feelings of hopelessness, dizziness, and nausea.
    That was exactly 7 months ago. And all the symptoms listed above still continue and have increasingly gotten worse. We have been back to the Gynecologist 8 times in 7 months (and the only tests she was willing to do, because of her age, is a full blood workup, including hormone levels, which was Normal), and the only thing she can tell us is this is normal and it could take a full year for the Depo to completely be out of her body. Bleeding for 7 months straight is NOT normal, in my opinion. Feeling dizzy, faint, nauseous EVERYDAY, is not normal. Yet we can’t get any help. As her mother, I feel helpless. We just left the ER hoping to get more testing done. And again another dead end. They didn’t see any reason to do any testing other than blood work, AGAIN. I did demand a sonogram, which came back normal as well. Normal should be a Great result to hear. But when my daughter is still suffering, it just leaves me where we started, helpless!

  921. actually the depo shot is made to use for long term. so you saying that your not supposed to take it for more than 2 years is just not accurate information. If your an adolescent in your teen years your not supposed to use it for more than 2 years WITHOUT getting your bones looked at. Cause it causes bone density/loss issues. And its only a big deal if your in the stages where your bones are supposed to reach its full potential. But if your checkup goes good then theres no harm in using is for a long period of time if your young as long as you take calcium supplements and get your bones checked out every so often. Ive personally been on depo for more than 5 years. And i started when I was a teen. Its a great method of BC. you only have to visit the doctor every 3 months and you dont get a period! And it is very effective. As to the withdrawal symptoms when you stop using the shot I dont know.

  922. I been on it for 3 years this dec 2015 i will not go back my bone cracks like nothing I’m super emotional in December I got my period for two weeks straight and this morning I woke up bleeding again 🙁 it’s depressing

  923. My doctors won’t help me and I really think everything I’be been going through is because of the Depo shots. I’m 28 years old and have been on depo since I was 14 years old. I’ve been diagnosed with Erathema Nadosum, Sarcoidosis, severe loss of feeling in my legs and feet, and always retaining water from my knees down to my toes. My legs and feet are 9/10 always purple colored but my doctor says I have good circulation. Since I was 14 I’ve suffered from severe migraine to were it feels like I’m getting stabbed in my head. My OBGYN doctors nurse when I stated my concerns replied ” I haven’t heard anything so don’t worry.” I can’t get a doctor to take me seriously or try to help me. Instead I get handed individual scripts for each individual issue. Can anyone help me?

    • Also, since all this has started, any cuts or scrapes where it bleeds, won’t heal on my whole body. My legs and feet are extremely bad.

  924. The last injection i recieved was in june. Beginning of Dec i finally started my period, i usually have cramps the first two days, they lasted 5 days that time, i ended a week later and then a week after that I have now started again! Same cramping issue. Getting onto the shot i had alot of nauseousness and extreme dizziness depressing thoughts. After 2 months that stopped. After i decided to stop arou d when my next needle would have been due i started going through withdrawl, extreme dizzy spells again, nauseous, overly moody, depressing thoughts. And now this double painful period. Its great when you do not get your period but the return is horrible!

    • I had uncontrollable bleeding not to mention long periods lasting up to 3 months.. 🙁 prior to getting the depo shot. I only had 3 shots in 9 months. I did some research and found out iron pills did the trick so I tried it. On my first day of my period I took 3 65 mg. pills everyday until my last day which was only 4 days.. Try it I am so glad it worked out for me.. Spread the word if it helps you 🙂

  925. I was on Depo Provera for 16 years and loved it. Now it has been almost a year since my last injection and I am tying to get pregnant. About 5 or 6 months after my last injection, things were great. My sex drive was strong and I was feeling great. Then my breasts became so sore that even with them strapped as tightly to me as I could get them, just walking was painful. I could barely sleep, I was in so much pain.
    So I saw a gynecologist and started cyclic progesterin. I had to double up on the dose at first and it helped enough that the pain was no longer controlling my life. I have since stopped and am no longer having any pain but my cycle has dropped from 28 days to 24 days and now, just 13 days! Looks like it’s time to go back to the gynecologist.
    If I’d known what it would have been like coming off Depo Provera, I probably still would have used it but it would have been nice to know what to expect and I would have stopped a year earlier.

  926. I quit getting the shots about 7 years ago. Since then I was having hair loss, rapid weight gain, irregular periods, insomnia,etc. My nutritionist found out that I am going through estrogen dominance and adrenal fatigue(low cortisol levels all day long ) She partly blames it on the depo shots. I feel like after a day’s work I could come home and collapse because I have no energy whatsoever. She’s slowly getting everything back in order with my hormones being all messed up.

  927. The last time I took only one shot (last year) I started my period immediately after the third month. I never get periods on the shot so I’m wondering if it will happened again. I’m expecting a period in January because that’s when I’m due for another shot but, I’m not interested in continuing the shot.

  928. I was on the depo shot for about 8 months but stopped due to loss of job and health insurance.. Can anyone tell me if taking calcium helps intense bone pain.

  929. I am so glad I have come across this post. I’ve been on depot for 5 years now. I got it for the same reason as everyone else. Then broke up with my boyfriend at the time but continued depot for a further 3 years as I never got a period. I wanted to stop depot at the beginning of the year but due to acne I started roaccane so bad to continue the jab even though I wasn’t having sex. I got my last jab sometime in the summer but my jab before that was 2 months late (I was terrible st remembering to get it). I noticed a couple of months ago that I was so tired and found it so hard to get up in the morning. I thought this might be due to finishing roaccutane but recently my boobs have been so sore and I’m glad (although it sucks) to see that everyone is suffering from this side effect as I was beginning to worry that something was seriously wrong. I know I’m definitely not pregnant as I haven’t had sex in over 2 years. Had a slight period that lasted 2 days as did the last one when my jab was late but nothing since. Not too worried at the moment as I like not having one as mine were always so sore and don’t intend to have babies anytime soon. Only reason for stopping is because my doctor told me I couldn’t be on it for more than 5 years as it will start to weaken my bones.

    Thanks for sharing your side effects everyone. It has been a great help but I’m not looking forward to what may lay in store! I hope everyone doesn’t suffer too much and your bodies return to normal soon x

  930. The depo shot had me majorly concerned while I was on it and I decided I wanted to reach out to other people about my experience. During the one year I was on depo, I did not bleed,spot or even have cramps. It was great! But over the months I reached out to my family and friends about a “pinching” sensation. Every time my legs or stomach brushed against something or getting off of a chair, I felt a terrible pinching feeling. Like I had gotten pinched and a pain severe enough to cause me to usually stop and lean over, holding the spot in discomfort. I told my doctor and she just acted like I was crazy. I got off of the shot three months ago because I was worried the shot was causing this pinching sensations. It took time but eventually for alottle over a month now the “pinching” has stopped. I’m not saying for sure it was the shot but it did go away after no longer taking it. Plus, I struggled my teenager years with being under weight. After taking this shot, within an year I gained 25 lbs. which is insane for me cause I couldn’t find anything to help me gain weight. And just to add to the story, my breasts have become so tender and swollen that my bras will not fit within the past month and it hurts to go up stairs or any movements that would involve my breasts shifting. It certainly has been a crazy experience and I would really like if I had someone to talk to about it?

  931. I took 3 rounds of the shot it didnt bother me other than the 40 pounds in 9 months from it and could not do anything to get the weight off. Immediately after getting off the shot everything hurts.. my ovaries just ache, my breast are tender, and I’m now on antidepressants, until I can be mellowed back out or stop having “depo withdrawls…” best of luck to anyone coming off of the shot.. its been a Rollercoaster for me.

    • same as me my doctors put me on antidepressants saying its all in my head lol 😆 they don’t want to say its the withdrawal I had 3 shots my last in December the past 6 weeks I can’t move my hip rip and stomach are in so much pain 😩 I’ve been ane 5 times with chest pain and abomal pain to be told everything is fine but still my body feels like its been hit by a bus its unfair I don’t recommend the shot to everyone I’m going throw the worst nightmare

  932. I am bleeding so much all the time. I don’t know if its because the depo is wearing off or not. I am just so sick of it.

    • I got a rashes also in late august and my acne breakouts started getting horrible but just in the summer while I was on it.

  933. Depo made me nauseous every morning. Made me very very moody. My period lasted almost 3 weeks. I only had 2 shots and I stopped. Since I’ve stopped. My bones ache everyday now. I’m only 18

    • Also made me eye vision worse. And I felt like I was pregnant being on Depo. I had the same symptoms as I did when I was pregnant with my son.

  934. **The Worst** experience I have ever gone through! This form of birth control should not be provided to women at all. way too many negatives. excessive light spotting lasting up to 3 to 4 weeks, irritable, aches/pains, insomnia, etc.. my body could not adjust & it just was too sketch, last shot was May 2, it is Jan 3 & I’m still suffering from the post-side effects. I don’t recommend to anybody!

  935. My name is Ambrosia, I stopped using depo after weeks of bleeding. I have used it three times and each time there was more pain and blood. I recently got off of it the 18th and I’ve been bleeding since the 10. It’s now the 2nd of a new month and I’m still bleeding. Is this normal? And what can I do to fix the pain? Will I ever stop bleeding?

    • I’ve been bleeding for 6 weeks straight after my 2nd shot…. they tell me it’s normal. I’m not getting a third shot though.

  936. I have been on depo provera for almost a year and have come of it for five months now. I still don’t get my usual monthly period but for the last two months I have been experiencing these heavy pains like when I am suppose to have my periods and the lower back pains too. I am trying to have one last baby and I am starting to think that won’t happen anytime soon.. Can anyone help cause I have been drinking lots of water even been taking folic acid and multi vitamins. I don’t want to take anything funny

  937. Hi Ladies I’ve been using the depo shot from Oct 2014 and had my last shot on March 2015 and I’m still having bad stomach cramps ,dizziness ,unstoppable blood float. I’m always tired and I’ve gained too much weight. I just wanted to know how long does it take for the injection chemical to go out of ur system so ii can have my normal periods again

  938. Okay so I am 19 years old and I was on Depo for exactly one year when I decided to get off of it. I loved having it, no periods no cramps it was great…but coming off of it? Its been hell. I have intense cramps everyday and they last forever, also I’ve been getting horrible headaches. I used to never cramp this bad, not even before I got on birth control. Its constant cramping at least twice a day. Haven’t gotten my first period but honestly not excited about it.
    Good luck to anybody getting off of it

  939. I’m 36. I took one shot four months ago. Then bled a small amount regularly every day four three months. No actual period. No respite from bleeding.
    But now that the chemical is leaving my system it is worse. The bleeding is heavy and irregular. It is worse than I ever in my life remember it being. Perhaps part off it is the irregularity. The cramps aren’t bad. It is just the volume of flow that is so awful. Only when I was a teenager was I taken so completely off guard. An otherwise normal activity ruined by a sudden feeling that I’m uncontrollably peeing, only it is blood rushing out. I might be able to handle one day off heavy flow. But not day after day for weeks.
    How much longer?
    My doctor said hormonal drugs that might encourage my system to stop bleeding, i.e. birth control pills, are contraindicated in my case because my blood pressure is too high. Risk of stroke outweighs risk of me bleeding to death.
    I think that is a bullshit decision. The risk/benefit should include the risk that after two months of heavy bleeding I’ll withdraw from work and social life and spiral into depression. I’m willing to risk a stroke. Show me the dotted line on which I must sign. Oh. That’s right. There is there no such option because women aren’t treated like fully aware adults. F-uC off

  940. When I was in high school I was on depo for 2 years. My first 6 months I had a period nin stop without minor cramping compared to before. But around my 3rd shot my periods ceased and never came back until my 2 years was up and I started the pill Mononessa, which was immediately. I just recently got back on depo because the pill, no matter what kind i tried, took away my libido, sex drive. This past August I got a depo shot and the non stop period this time was unbearable. I didnt go back for my next shot. I’ve decided to try Natural Birth Control Methods. Its been 2 months since my last shot was due. I’ve had spotty and normal periods on and off but I’m just grateful for the occasional break. I’ve been really bloated, on and off cramping, but my libido is on overdrive I must say lol. I feel normal and feminine now lol. Birth control, for me, isnt worth losing that. I’ll be happy when I get my regular period again though so i can track my ovulation.

  941. I started taking the pill at the age of 45. I took it for 6 months and decided I would forgo that and try the Depo shot. I received my first shot on September 8, 2015, a few weeks later I got my period that lasted 3 weeks. I was fine until my next shot. The next shot was November 24, I started bleeding that Friday, November 27… I am still bleeding 6 weeks later. My OB says that this is normal and a lot of women experience this. I’m wondering if it is my age, and the fact I haven’t had kids? Should I go forward with my next scheduled shot in February? I really don’t want to, I read everyone’s comments and I hear nothing good in any of them. I’m scared to death that this period wont end. I’m also scared to death that my husband is going to just get so fed up. I feel like such an idiot. I’m moody like no other and I’m depressed if I’m not moody. I don’t know what to do. I just wished I would stop bleeding. Granted the bleeding is extremely light, but it’s awful. I am feeling like I’ve made the worst decision of my life taking this shot. Please help.

  942. I personally was actually diggin it man I liked it, it stopped my period while I was on it, although I did get a bit moody my periods were super light and never got cramps or anything. I do have one question though, is it normal even after a few months of stopping that my period just randomly came back? and keeps coming back every week, I don’t really have cramps.. If I do they last all day and some of the next day. Buy then again I was warned many many times it will fuck with your period a lot so I’m not too too worried its just that it’s been liiiiike 8 months or something… I don’t know dude I’m just tired of having my period. Should I start the shot again?

  943. I have rashes n enzyma on ma face since over a month and I just started using it for the first time first week of December 2015

    • I broke out too. I had to use cortisone to get rid of the rashes. Just get off of it and have a doctor help you with side effects.

  944. I was on the Depo shot for almost five years. I found out I had lost my insurance and had to reapply. I got it back a week before my shot was due but the doctor couldn’t get me in to get it until a month later. Its been a week off and my breasts are extremely tender, they literally hurt, I’m having bad cramps and my vagina literally hurts, I’m also experiencing some really thick discharge and small amounts of blood. I’m extremely tired, and feel sick. And as much as I know this sound like pregnancy, I haven’t had sex since before I needed my depo renewal.

  945. I recently just ended the depo . Oct. 14th of 2014 i ended it. Was on it for 5 or 6 yrs. Im 21 yrs old and have been going through hell because of the depo.
    Just like you guys I thought it was amazing didnt know you werent supposed to take it for more then 2 yrs. But now ive been in & out of the hospital . My belly swelled up to the point where I looked 8 months pregnant. My breasts were huge and had milk. I was extremely sensitive and had horrible nausea. I walked around like this until jan 6th of 2016 just recently. It did not stop until i had my period. And i have been non stop bleeding with pain. Going though pads every couple hours. The doctor said its because of not having a period for years. I am still going through more testing. But I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE GETTING THE SHOT LONG TERM. THERE ARE BETTER, HEALTHIER CHOICES OUT THERE . DONT DO IT

  946. I swell up in my stomach have problems useing restroom to have a bow movement i have had aches from it when i stpp takwn it my boobs her really bad .i have blurinish in seeing my doctor did a x ray of my stomach didnt see anything

  947. I had one dose of depo after having my IUD removed. I have my first period after 3 months of not getting my next dose. My period started off as light pink on the first 2 days and the third and forth days have been dark (brownish). My boyfriend and I have been having unprotected sex and did on my first day if that has anything to do with it. I’m just confused and I’ve also been feeling nausious, bloated, having headaches, becoming light headed, stomach cramping/pains and uncontrollable gas.

  948. I just started taking depo shots at the beginning of December so I’m about half way thru my first shot. And I have started to experience breast pain is this normal. Also I haven’t had a period yet, and I was due for it the last week in december. Did anyone else experience the breast pain while actually on the shot

  949. Hi I just got off the depo shot and I’ve been bleeding, my boob’s have been really sore and I’ve been eating alot, I’m starting to get worried can someone please help

  950. I just recently had a tubal ligation done . A week later my depo was due . It now has been a month and the breast tenderness , bone aching has not eased up . My doctor has no answer for me . She also said that I am an odd case to even tell me how long it will take to have my system regular . My first gyn kept me on the shot 17 years . He told me that my a1c was to high . That him and no other doctor would do the tubal till my a1c was a seven . I signed the tubal papers at least 5 times and he would call and cancel it . New gyn sees me has me sign paper and tubal was done 30 days later . She said that it’s how high your sugar is the day of surgery. So my system had 17 years o f this . If anyone else was on this long and knows how long side affects will last please help

  951. I got my last dose of depo about 6 months ago. I have been having a lot of headaches for about 2 months. Now it is to the point while I am at work I get very lightheaded and fatigued and then get a headache. I am a mom of 3 and a nurse so the headaches and fatigue are really interfering. I believe it is from stopping the depo.

  952. Hi girls, I’m having the worst time ever. Was due shot Dec 18th 15, didn’t go for it and on the 29th I started to bleed and get cramps, I was being sick, I lost my appetite and I was sleeping all the time. I have literally only just stopped bleeding on Tuesday, cramps are still there in lower abdomen and in left side of down below. I have scheduled an appointment with my doctor because I am extremely worried I have cancer. I know at 21, that’s not likely but it’s always a possibility. However the fact this has only just came on since I stopped the shot AND reading these comments it seems it’s this god awful contraceptive!!! I’m that sick I want to go to get the shot again just to make it stop 🙁

    • I’ve been off the shot for little over 6 months and not right away I felt that but couple months ago it feels like I’m pregnant but I know I’m not! I’ve continue to bleed none stop also…depo ruined me -_- you should go to doctor make sure your okay..just to be safe

  953. i was on the depo for a year and last injection was September , i didnt attend the 24th November shot as i would like a baby , i was fine bled a very small amount on 16th December and then nothing untill 5 days ago i started with headaches , tiredness, sore nipples (really hurt when you touch them) TMI ( milky discharge) and so very sick , has anyone had similiar ?

  954. I got my first shot at june, and it was a one time thing only cause can’t afford it and now I been bleeding since thanksgiving, thought it will end but the bleeding get more heavier and heavier with blood clots and every 4 hours change of pad. I had experience dizziness, back pain stomach pain and now spotting here and there and dry blood or black stain. Is this normal?? Dono have health insurance to make trip to Dr or er.

  955. I started Birth control in June 20th and everything was starting fine, I weight 125 but about a month passed by and I started to gain weight. I felt pain in my hands and cramps all over them. The second time I went to get my shot I almost passed out, I couldn’t even stand. Time passed and all the clothes I brought during summer didn’t fit me anymore. Now I weight 141 I then noticed that my hair would fall a lot. I stopped taking birth control in October and my period just came down again it took forever to come back down, I felt bloated and everything,sometimes my period would come down and then not at all. It’s really frustrating when you don’t get your period anymore because i felt less of a women and I felt like I was on my menopause. (I’m only 18 btw) I will never use another birth control product again.

  956. I stopped taking depo provera injune 2015.i had my first period in November. I bledt till January 1 2016 then it stopped.since then i haven’t bledt.thought i was pregnant but did 2 pregnancy test all came negative . should i be worried?

  957. I haven’t been on depo for over 6 months I stopped taking it and I haven’t stopped bleeding maybe for a couple hour but then right back to it sometimes light sometimes heavy….than once it completely stopped and i felt pregnant but you can get pregnant without sexual activity! Than here we go back to bleeding and nothing is wrong with me…I’m healthy just I personally will not take depo again because what’s happening to me happened to someone else I know…I just wanna stop the bleeding !!

  958. I am 34 years old and have been on depo for 14 years. I recently moved out of Mr hone state and have been unable to get my shot due to ObamaCare. Honestly I feelI like I’m a fish being gutted. Our without the simile, I feel like I have the flu mixed with hard-core withdrawal and cramps

  959. Me and my husband have unprotected sex a lot. I stopped the shot for over 6 months before receiving my so to speak, fresh new shot in aug6. I did not go back for my second one Nov.6. We were still having unprotected sex at this time. I spotted 3 days brown, pink blood around the time my menstural reg starts in Dec 2015. I’m 24 I’m usually heavy and regular. I had to buy panty liners, January I had slight cramping no period. Mood swings nauseous through the day out of no where. Are these symptoms of coming off the shot I go to the doctor Jan 21 2016

  960. I was on the Depo shot for four years I was supposed to get my shot in December 2015. I have been off for a month now and I have had diarrhea for 7 days, cramping feeling like contractions, bloating, I had the dark blood for two weeks. Now I am experiencing breast soreness and tenderness around the nipple area I got scared tonight because they were so sore I did a self breast exam feeling for lumps because of the soreness. I go to the doctors next week to check on this soreness in the breast and see if they can explain when my period will come. I am not here to tell people not to take the shot just here explaining the aftermath of no longer getting the depo shot and my experiences after it.

  961. I got on depo november 6 2014 and been off of it for a whole year now. Is something wrong or do i have to give it some time . please help

  962. I got on depo november 6 2014 and been off of it for a whole year now. (2016)Is something wrong or do i have to give it some time . please help trying to get pregnant

  963. Just a few shorts days after I stopped the depo provera, my breast we’re extremely tender and so we’re the nipples. I had these bad stomach pains and I was also sexaually active so I assumed I was pregnant until I took three test which all came back negative. So I therefore blame the depo provera, aka depo withdrawal for these horrible symptoms I am getting.

    • I experienced tender breasts and stomach pains as well. I took a test also but thank god it was negative. I can’t wait until things are normal.

  964. Well I have been on the depo for a some time now. Every since I been on it my hair has been shedding a lot.

  965. I will never get on the shot again I’ve been on it for a month an I have been bleeding my whole month I want too know can I get off it with out getin pregnant I suppose too go back too the doctor the first week of April but I’m going back Monday too see can I get a shot too get me off this nightmare

  966. Hey, After i Had My Daughter 11/2015 And It Was Time Too Go Home i Decided To Get The Depo Shot. And Today Is Jan/2016 And i Havent Stop Bleeding. I Was Wondering If i Stop The Depo Shot After These 3 Months Will i Get My Regular Period Back? And Start A New Form Of Birthcontrol

  967. Anyone have LOSS of appetite or the urge to vomit after being hungry and then eating? I’ve never had this problem before, but after not getting my last shot (purposely to stop the injections), this has happened twice and I am hungry but when I start eating, it does not feel right. Also a little nausea, but nothing debilitating. Gross feeling.

  968. I have had severe breast pain, bloating, small spotting, jittery, anxious, I go to bed tired and wake up tired. I have only been on it a year and recently stopped because I don’t like the weight gain. So maybe there is hope!

  969. I decided to not get my 3rd Depo shot, and my last period was Sept2015. I’ve been having severe hot flashes and some cramping since late Oct. I can’t wait until my body get back to normal, I want another baby soon.

  970. I was using depo for a little over two years it completely stopped my periods and I never had a problem other than it made me gain like 15 pounds. I have been off it it for a month now, 2 weeks after I started spotting and continued spotting for the rest of the week no heavy flow, but lately I’ve been having hot flashes, I’ll sweat in my sleep (which I never did) and my mood swings are crazy. I didn’t have a bad experience while on it but the after effects definitely make me not ever wanna use it again. Especially if it is said that it can cause infertility which was why I decided to come off of it.

  971. I recently stopped depo. My breast have been itching like crazy for about 2 weeks. I can’t changed anything in diet, detergent, clothing….nothing. This morning I noticed hives.

  972. I recently stopped depo. My breast have been itching like crazy for about 2 weeks. I can’t changed anything in diet, detergent, clothing….nothing. This morning I noticed hives. Also I’ve been having a period now for two weeks.

  973. This is the first time I decided to write on a site about my symptoms, but I considered to be fair. I took my very first shot on November 18th, 2014. My first experience was pregnancy like symptoms, then my period stopped completely and I only experienced spotting and mood changes. On February 18, 2015 I was due for my second shot, but I decided not to go with it. Two weeks later I started experiencing all kind of weird things. I will get moody, headaches, back pain, nausea, hot flashes, irritability and as I continued on I started experiencing vaginal itching and sometimes having discharge. I went to my OBGYN countless times and got texted and he said that it could be allergies giving that the tests came back normal everytime. Today is January 28, 2016 and I’m still experiencing the symptoms but they have decreased a lot. I got my first period on May 14, 2015 and it lasted 7 days, then I got it again the next month on time but after that I experience twice a month bleeding, then it went back to normal. But I just had my period twice on December 2015 to January and I’m on it again. I experienced diarrhea as well, but my doctor said I have IBS due to too much stress and took some antibiotics for it and now I’m fine. I say the day and months goes on I keep on improving and feel my body going back to normal as it used to be. i hope this helps.

  974. I am currently comin off of the depo shot and have noticed symptoms of nausea- seemingly increased while riding in a car. I have never had car sickness or nausea before this. I am moody and fatigue quicker than usual

  975. Ive been off depo for a month with out a period i never had one while on the shot either but i aould get really bad cramps about when should i het my period back i was on depo for a year i stoped taking it on january 1st im 17 and started taking it at about 15 1/2-16 my left breast alwayas leaks milk my right breast trys but cant so i get a needle feeling in it please i need help to understand i never wanted to be on depo cause my mom and grandmother had problems with it but yet my mom still put me on it and im scared that i wont ne able to have kids in future which im planning on doing with my bf in future any advice or answers you could give me would be great thank you

  976. Honestly this injection is the worst you lose hair you gain weight you get acne your mood changes your period never stops is just the worst my advice is to not get it.

  977. I took the depo shot once and it’s been two months since I stopped taking it, I got my period right that month I didn’t take it, and I missed my period the second month? Is that normal?

  978. I am a first time user of the depo shot. And I am 16 years old and I am suppose to go back for my next shot on March 30, 2016. And last Thursday night I started throwing up and i haven’t even had my period in 2 months. My last period was in November 21 – 27. which was a Thursday night that I ended my period and now I am throwing up almost every night now.

  979. I took depo after I had D&C in 2015 to stop some bleeding. Now at this time I had just found out I had huge fibroids and the doctors in the ER told me this was the only way the bleeding would stop. Reluctantly I took the shot and after a couple days the bleeding stopped but I was spotting on and off and after and even during sex I would still get blood like a period. After my fibroid surgery I got another shot just to make sure I wouldnt get pregnant and OHHHHHHH how I regret it. I was already going through alot at the time but I think the shot made me even more depressed!! So I had two shots, last one I had was June 2015, I had a period July, Aug and brownish spotting in between, then no period in Sept. My period came back in Oct, and from then it usually last about ten days!!!!! I never know when it really starts but I have the pregnancy symptoms but Jan 2016 it was that bad. I would never recommend Depo because there are too many variables!! I didnt gain any weight infact I lost a lot of weight but there was so much going on from the lost of baby, the multiple procedures I had then major surgery so there was no way. I thought for sure I was pregnant this december because my period was late, but I just believe weening off this shot is making my hormones, emotions and body in general spazz.

    Whats interesting is that another friend of mine took depo for a good while, I think 2 to 3 years and her only issues are the weigh gain and the on and off periods.

    I am still trying to adjust to whats happening because its been almost 7 months since my last shot and I dont know what to do next. The Drs think I should be considering having a baby or going back on some kind of birth control but if I do go back it wont be to depo!!!

    Hope this helps someone

  980. I started taking the depo shot January 1st, 2013, the day my period was to start. After I took it I began to stress out about “everything!”, it didn’t matter if it was big our small, I worried myself crazy, then after 3 months I decided to switch methods and went on the pill to get my periods back, but that did not help. It took me almost 2 years to start having a period, and when I did, my periods were light , yet still painful. Now its 2016, and I’m having some issues with my breasts, their really tender and they itch a little, they sting, no lumps or redness, although they have gotten bigger.. I’m terrified to go to the doctor, because I’m scared of what they will say.. Can someone help me out here????!!!

  981. I took depo for two years after my son (2nd child) was born. My last shot was in April of 2015. I have struggled with extreme fatigue that my doctor considers to be stress related. I didn’t have my period until November of 2015. Since it’s started I’ve had it about every two weeks for 8 days each. November 9th – 16th, December 6th -13th, December 21st – 28th, January 11th – 18, and I just started again today (February 3rd). I’m not sure if it’s related but it’s driving me crazy.

    • I was on depo for almost 3 years and just came off in October. I got my first period again in the first week of January and getting it every two weeks since then as well. I also have been experiencing fatigue and very tender breasts.

  982. My daughter who is now 21 hasn’t had a menstration in four years. She I spotting but no cycle. She was taking depo shot to help her cycle now she doesn’t have one. And she’s stubborn and hardheaded and don’t want to listen. Can you plz help me and let me know so I can tell her what to do. Thank you

  983. I have been on drop this time around for about 10 months. While on the drop I have had regular periods each month. December 25 2015 I started my cycle and it lasted for about 7 days… January 21, 2016 was the last day of my depo cycle…i have not gotten another shot either and I have not started a cycle since. I am 41 days into this cycle with no sign of it coming. I took a pregnancy test yesterday but it was negative…I’m just wondering if I should be worried about this.

  984. I took depo one time last March and I never went back. Immediately after my body was itchy and my body tried to fight the shot. Now it’s 10 months later my period is gone it stopped November and I’m always tired, aggravated, raging. I wish I never did it in glad it was only one. DO NOT DO THIS CHOOSE THE PILL just remember to take your pills, depo should be banned in the US

  985. I have only had one shot of the injection and I am 7 weeks in and I already regret my decision to go on it. I have had cramps in both my lower abdomen and breasts and a constant flow of mucus vaginal fluid. I explained my symptoms to my doctor and she said it is just my body reacting and it will take a few shots for me to feel normal again but she said there is no guarantee. Definitely thinking of going back on the pill.

    Anyone else had similar symptoms?

  986. I do not recommend the depo shot. I had my last injection jan 2015 and my cycle still has not returned. Ive bleed one day last month for the first time. Depo caused me bad acne, weight gain, no energy and unbearable emotions and depression. I also get sudden cramps and my breast swell with pain, and leak milk. The list goes on for me

  987. What a mess, after about 8 years of use i came off the shot 5 months ago and seems like it’s all coming to ahead now. my face is covered in acne, boobs are so painful and alternating discharge and spotting. I am tired and irritable, but glad to hear I’m not the only one. I’ll wait patiently for nature to take the reigns again, thanks for sharing ladies

  988. I’ve have the shot three times. 9 months of being on depo. I go back later this month for my 4th shot and I was planning on stopping depo and switching to the pill. I am sexually active so I need that protection. I’m just wondering if anyone who has been on the shot for as long as I have and experienced any of the scary symptoms like everyone else. Please tell me I’m pretty scared of getting a period for months. I haven’t gotten an actual period in 8 months just dark discharge monthly. Thank you.

  989. This is my first time using Depo, I got my shot in January of 2016. I have been experiencing extremely cold sweats especially at night, I am freezing & sweating at the same time. I also have a dark blotch on my face, bloating, weight gaining & I have lost my sex drive completely. Does anyone have any of these side effects?

    • I was on depo for almost three years and came off in October. I gained 14 pounds since the depo but I’m not sure if that’s all due to the depo or change in lifestyle. I completely lost my sex drive as well. Now that I’ve been off I lost 8 pounds without trying and my sex drive is completely back!

  990. I was on depo from Jan. – Oct. 2015 I had decided to stop. I went about 3 months without my period. My stomache has been slightly bloated. But I felt fine. I had sex and then the next morning I got my period in Jan. 2016. But the bleeding was sort of heavy. And lasted about 1 1/2 weeks. I was finally getting off. And my bf and I had sex a few more times. Now my uterus area hurts , my lower area under my ribs hurts, I feel sore and tired. I also had a discharge of blood. Does that mean im on a weird transitioning state with my period or something else? I’m 20yrs old and I surely don’t want a pregnancy. Please help!!

  991. Was on depo for 5 years. Got off march of 2015 no period until december 16th of 2015 lasted for 6 days. hospital said i was fine no baby. Its february of 2016 and my period hasnt returned.

  992. Yes I experience pain in my back and elbows and wrist can’t do my hair or daughters for a certain amount of time and I have trouble losing weight my hands hurts and ankles at times especially in the cold I just feel worst after it

  993. I took the first and only shot in august, and now I need to get pregnant because my husband is complaining. What drug do I have to buy to get my fertility back. My marriage is being treatened.

    • Well from me experience you just have to wait for it to clear your system its working for me and hopefully it works for you it toke a month nd 10 days to clear for me and today i started on my period on time

  994. Well I’m 18yrs old I recently stopped taking deppo and yes its been alittle stressful I have been bleeding for a month and some change only because my body is clearing out the hormones from deppo as of today i have gotten a regular period and am very happy.

  995. Hi. I’ve been on the shot for only 6 months. I’ve lost my sex drive and I’ve been bleeding for nearly the entire time I’ve been on it. My periods before were heavy and only lasted a week, but now they’re lighter and last for a month, and then it goes away for about 1-2 weeks and comes back again for a month. I’ve decided to go off of it since talking to my boyfriend and explaining that I have to be on it for a year before it fully takes effect and then it takes a while after getting off of it to get pregnant. I guess he wants kids sooner rather than later. What can I expect? I’m due for my next shot next week but I won’t be getting it.

    • I completely lost my sex drive as well. I had horrible mood swings and was always agitated. I was on it for almost 3 years and just got off in October. Your sex drive should definetly come back. I thought it never would! lol but the “withdrawal” affects suck. I got my period for the first time again in the first week of January. It’s light, but the color is pretty dark which I believe is normal. Ive been getting my period almost every two weeks since. 🙁 good luck though!

  996. I only took one shot since August, I am so out of shape from a size 8 to size 12, and my belly is so big now, I get depressed, angry, everything. The problem is now that my body isn’t returning, does anyone know what I can take to restore fertility because my husband is on my neck in getting pregnant. I really need help.

  997. Hi ladys thought i would put my story on here when i was 16 i was put on this needle after i had gotten it, 2 weeks later i lost feeling in both my legs(waste down), arms and parts of my face.I was off seeing Doc 12 hours away but no one could figure out what was going on after 6 months had passed they became better but still to this day a year later i sometimes suffer no feeling in my legs so please if anyone else has had this problem reply i already know one other girl with this problem now

  998. Hi I only hade depo once it was for 3 months only this was last year sept when I stopped its know 5 months after I levt depo that my PMS don’t want to returns I don’t know way but I am getting wharied I am traing to have my own first born but strugelling sins I left the depo when is my PMS need to cum back if I was on it for only 3 months meaning only one shot

  999. Well I’m only 19 and I been on the depo since I was 15 I stop taking it and got pregnant. Then I start back taking the depo and stopped and been off for like 3 months or two. While I was on I only bleed for 3 weeks and that’s it. Now I been feeling like I have to throw up and at one point I couldn’t eat and now I been having crazy mood swings and every time I eat and I get full like two hours later I’m back hungry. I been having cramps like it feel like I’m finna come on my period but I don’t

  1000. Hello, i stopped taking the depo shot back in nov or a little longer. Now im experiencing tender breast all the time and harden nipples. It that normal?

  1001. I was on the depo for almost 3 years. My last depo was due October, 2015. I decided to get of birth control all together. My first period came the first week of January and I have been getting it every 2 weeks since then. My irregular period is why I got on depo to begin with. Since being off I have been experiencing extremely sensitive/ swollen breasts/nipples and fatigue. It’s freaking me out a bit, but I took a test to confirm I’m not pregnant. If anyone has any comments please share!

  1002. pliz help me l was using depo for about 2and half year l live it on 28 October but after 4months l have the light period only once but know if l wipe l see lyk small period but l have lyk period pain back pain ans stomach pain pliz help me l met be pregnant or what l am in pain 4days know she there and thing that l can us

    e to see my periods normal

  1003. I was forced on the depo shot because I was raped by a man who fled the country and because I have autism and my mom became my guardian after speending time in jail and a physc ward they my mom into taking the shot

  1004. Hi I had termination on November and had a depo injection as same time but bit worried about my period doesn’t come yet 3 month now plz help me what to do ..

  1005. Hi I had termination on November and had a depo injection as same time but bit worried about my period doesn’t come yet 3 month now plz help me what to do ..

  1006. I was on the Depo shot for 2 years. When I first started, I was very moody and cried randomly, however I didn’t have a period for the entirety I was on the shot. I stopped the shot because I gained 20 lbs, my hormones were imbalanced and I had cravings. After stopping, I have started the pill and I have had a period for 2 months. Sure way to not get pregnant, however there are many side effects.

  1007. I was on the depo shot for almost 4 years. 5 months ago 7 months ago I had my last shot. I still do not have periods and since stopping the injections I have suffered from fatigue, nausea, breast tenderness, mood swings, and severe headaches.

  1008. I started the depo injection in Dec 2014 after being on the combined pill for 3 years. At first everything was fine but after my third shot I start to get irregular bleeding, particularly after sex. I decided to come off the injection and my last one was due July 9th 2015. Since then I’ve had a lot of issues. My body was fine until the end of August 2015 when I started my period. I then had a continuous period (minus a few days) until Decemeber 2015. After this my periods have started regulating but the periods I do have are very painful and I’m getting a lot of side effects including heavy flow, bloating, tiredness, stomach ache, sore nipples and all the usual stuff but 10x worse. I’m hoping that soon my body will return to normal and I will get this hormone out of my body!!

    • I’m sorry you’re still getting symptoms! That frightens me ! I just got off of it a month ago and I’ve been feeling miserable! Fatigue , naseous , headache , depressed, period cramps , back pain /: I’m glad it’s not just me thought I was sick ! I just quit my job because I feel horrible I’m constantly crying because I feel so sick !

  1009. I was on the depo only 9 months stop doing it cause having bad cramps. 6 months after stop the depo period started but the next month didn’t come took a pregnancy test not pregnant. Is this normal?

  1010. The doctor stop the enjiction to me the depo then almost 2months i didnot have my menstration so i decide to take diane pills becoz my husband want to use me its ok 2days i drink the pills and he use me i will not become pregnant..

  1011. I’m glad and also worried reading this.
    I had no symptoms / negative side effects taking it. However I missed my injection in December after a break up. Dr said to wait for a period before looking at alternative contraception. However no period has come and it’s now been 2 months. I’ve read of this in some cases taking up to 2 years. My weight gain has been extreme since stopping I’ve gone up a dress size at least maybe more. I look pregnant and my breasts are swollen and tender. My legs have ballooned the most my thighs. I went to go swimming last week and was shocked. Getting jeans to fit has never been a problem it is now. It’s been getting me down so I’m upping training and stopping drinking alcohol in an effort to find my way back in shape. Had a few moments where I’ve thought it all looks like a phantom pregnancy. I started champix for quitting smoking in January so I thought that could have had an effect … Now I’m reading all these comments and I know it’s stopping the depot … Why do Drs / nurses not inform you of this. Not feeling great about myself

  1012. Hello everyone ! I got depo shot only once and a week before my 2nd shot was scheduled I started to feel nauseous and I got body aches , anxiety as well fatigue and super dizzy I also got this feeling of being dehydrated. A month into being of depo I tried to go for the pill estylara or whatever and it only made everything worse ! Now I have this nasty nauseous feeling I haven’t been able to really eat because I get so effin bloted and I constantly get these period cramps and my nipples hurt so bad ! Please tell me you guys felt like this ! I’m freaking out ! I told my doctor about my side effects and she just shrugged her shoulders ! I’ve also just gotten depressed and I’m always crying !

  1013. I had only had the depo shot once now I got the shot again after some time and it is affecting me in a really negative way. I’m losing much hair,my breast get a sting pain down to my side and arms,I got a headache,and have abdominal pain,plus my Dr failed to mention it can cause breast cancer and other serious diseases. She only covered the bone mineral loss and headaches,nausea. LADIES!!! Don’t poison your body with this trash!

  1014. I was on the shot from the time I was 14yrs old to 19yrs. I stopped taking the shot in October of 2015. Since then I’ve had dizziness, constant growing and tenderness in my breasts, moodiness, and severe mental breakdowns. I haven’t had a period yet also. I’ve already gone to the doctor about coming off of my depoprovera and they recommended I get on a different form of birth control, which I turned down. The doctor also told me that my withdrawals are normal. I was just wanting a more detailed summary of what might happen to my body. I was 95lbs when I got on the shot, I am now 115lbs. I only spotted when I was on the shot, and only when I would be almost due for another dose. Someone please let me know what my chances of having kids in the future might be, if I’m ever going to have another period, and what my body is going to do over the next few years from coming off of this shot.

  1015. I’m 16, I was on the shot for about 5 or 6 months. I got off because it was causing my hair to fall out. It’s been about 5 moths now and still haven’t had my period, is it a Side effect from the shot or should I be worried ?

  1016. I have experienced major fatigue, nausea and double menstruations in one month! I’m not sure if this is the problem but it started after I stopped depo….not to mention a high sex drive.

  1017. Im a 25 year old mother of a 3 year old daughter. I started using depo provera after giving birth to my daughter for almost 3 years. I stopped using it 6 months back and still no periods. My problem is that we planning on having our second baby. After how long should we expect my periods to see that we now ready to conceive?

  1018. Hey there,

    I have been on the Depo for some years now, and was due September 2015. I didn’t have the injection.
    On the 6th January 2016, i walked into my dr’s with blood running down my legs, like I had a miscarriage.
    I wasn’t pregnant. On the 16th January I ended up in Taupo Hospital with pain. This was my Endometriosis coming through as i have been hiding it for so long.
    I then ended up in hospital on the 1st february in severe pain and blood, running out of me. this I have been advised is my period.
    I have recently received my period again on the 28th February, and again its running like a tap..
    I will never use or recommend the Depo again!

  1019. Hi
    I got a depo shot last year August and when it expired end of October i never got another one. But i have not gone on my period since. Now iam having this bloody mucus discharge. I don’t know what is causing it or its the depo. but i will not use it again

  1020. I was on the depo injection for 2½ years and because of the weight gain (3 stone) from it I decided to not have my next injection which would have been 16 Feb. I have not had a period yet, my breasts are sensitive and have got bigger and keep getting stomach and back aches like I am going to get my period and then nothing. The tiredness I now have is beyond anything I’ve had before and I have had two children and this is far worse than that. I am eating healthily, drinking lots of water and sleeping 9-10 hours a night and still waking up exhausted. I want to constantly burst into tears. I have probably lost about half a stone in dieting but it’s now got to the stage my stomach feels bigger and bloated even though I have lost weight. I have started taking Evening Primrose and a natural herb called Agnus Castus which is meant to help regulate hormones and help with PMT hormones. We shall see.

  1021. I have been on the depo for about 2 years and I decided to stop it because I lost my sex drive completely. I felt like if I never had sex again I would be okay. It was destroying my relationship. I decided to stop and my sex drive is starting to come back. The only side effect I have is constant urination and some spotting. The urination is so bad that at times I can’t hold it kinda like when I was pregnant. Has anyone else experienced this?

  1022. I have tooking the depo shot twice after my first baby it made feel depress which is so not normal for me , I sleep a lot , no energy , no sex drive ; didn’t really want to be touch that could of been postpartum but I believe it was the shot after stop taking bc I didn’t like side effects I didn’t come on for a month and now I been on 3 months straight the third month the it feels like I’m peeing out bleed very uncomfortable going to the doctor next week to see can they please stop it very uncomfortable pain and make me very pms moody

  1023. I took depo for 1 and a half years (2012-August 2013) and since then my husband and I are trying so hard but it seems to be no luck,our first born is 4 years old now.
    Please help!

  1024. I came off of the depo back in 2011 it took me until 2012 before i had my daughter then last year I was diagnosed with stage 2 displasia( stage 1A cervical cancer) and it was all from where i used the depo as birth control

  1025. I had only taken four shots before I decided to get off of it.
    Everyone’s body is different, and adjust to it differently.
    The first 3 shots I was on my period for about 2-3 weeks.
    The last shot, I was on it for about 3 days. I suppose my body was slowly adjusting after the the 3rd shot.
    But what made me stop taking it was because of…
    1. Weight gain (30 pounds.)
    2. Bad abdominal pain (worse than just regular period cramps)
    I would get it ALOT, all the time. I would start to panic because I was starting to ask myself if there was something wrong with me.
    3. Severe lower back pain.
    4. Constantly tired.
    5. Headaches

  1026. I was on the depo vera shot from 2009- May 2014. I decided to stop taking it because I got married and we wanted to start trying. I didnt get a period until July 2015. Its now March 2016 and we still can’t get pregnant. We’ve been referred to a fertility clinic but cant afford fertility treatments. My husband and I both have a child from a previous relationship so at some point we were both were fertile. Feeling frustrated! I would never recommend the depo vera shot.

  1027. Ice was on depo 2 years ago and since then I have sweating after shower really bad menstrual messed up weight gain with all the symptoms are the side effects

  1028. I got my 1st shot Oct. 2014 and my lasy in Oct. 15 I decided not to get the January shot. An everything was fine until February 4 months after last shot I got horrible period symptoms but barley any period just mild spotting for about a week an a half. Now 5 months later I have food cravings sometimes, my boobs hurt like hell its been about 2 weeks now. An Im horribly fatigue Like I cant get up in the morning when before I had no issues. Also I thought I had a yeast infection an got tested an didnt have one. I have white kinda thick dischage with no smell, but it was irritated down there an I couldnt have sex the lasted off an on about a month. Now thats its gone Ive noticed Im a bit more horny, I never lost my sex drive on depo like I did pills but I do remember being a bit more horny before the pills but like I said I never lost it so maybe I just never noticed the change. An I never had problems while on it had a period off an on like a month when I 1st started an sometimes I had an attitude but it wasnt that bad.
    Im just curious did anyone else notice fatigue an how long it lasted bc I hate it an I start my new job tomorrow an have to get up 2.5 hours earlier then I do now

  1029. I was on “The jag” for 7years my nurse turned grey when she realised and went to speak to my doctor came bk to tell me i had been on it that long they insisted i have a bone density test my boneshave went to shit! I have periodontal gum disease caused by the jag to which my dentist says i basically have no bone in my gums & i will lose my teeth i am only just 34 wtf! i am considering legal action just figuring out where to start but def know it is negligance from my gp it was never explained to me properly the cons of the jag

  1030. I haven’t had any problems with depo besides weight gain. I’ve talked to different doctors and they explained that if you’re on the shot for more than ten years that’s when you will experience bone decay and the possibility of becoming infertile.

  1031. I have read almost all comments, and just to make sure I am not the only one.. After stopping the deposhot, even if it was just one shot taken, period is likely to be more than a month right? I only took the ahoot one time and decided to stop. I got my period right back but sometimes is for a couple of days but I’ve been this month having it for a month… I guess this is normal, isn’t?

  1032. I have been on the shot for about 3 years. Give or take. I stopped it 2 months ago. I just found out I have elevated thyroid levels, and have been placed on medication for it. Has anyone else experienced this? Could the 2 be related?

    • My thyroid levels were elevated last month after just coming off the depo… My doctor says he has seen it many times although it’s not listed as a side effect

  1033. I was on the depo for 9 years and have been off for 6 weeks… Tender swollen breasts…wicked heart palpitations…lots of cravings…. No mensies yet though. Hope this helps someone

  1034. I do not like how when you get off depo provera, your periods be irregular and you have no way of knowing when you can have children. I’m not saying I want children now, but I planned on having children later on and how can I be ok knowing that there won’t be an estimation of time that I will be waiting until I can conceive.

  1035. I WAS ON DEPO FOR OVER FIVE YEARS I HAVE FINALLY STOPPED MY LAST SHOT WAS OCT/2015 IT IS NOW 3/2016. I NO LONGER USE ANY BIRTH CONTROL SINCE THE END OF JANUARY/2016 IVE BEEN CRAMPING FEELING FATIGUE AND MY BREAST ARE SOOOOO TENDER I COULD OF SWORN I WAS PREGNANT I’VE TAKING PREGNANCY TEST AND BEEN TO THE DOCTOR WITH EVERY TEST COMING BACK NEGATIVE NOW I COME ACROSS THIS POST AND I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO GO DEEPER INTO TO RESEARCH ON WHY THIS OCCURS IT OBVIOUSLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DEPO, IF WOMEN ARE HAVING THESE SYMPTOMS AFTER STOPPING THE DEPO

  1036. I’ve been on the depo shot for three years and stopped taking it back in October. It’s been 6 months now and I haven’t had a period. I’ve experienced breast soreness and they’ve doubled in size, nausea, headaches, I’ve lost my sex drive and now I’m beginning to spot.

  1037. I’m 17 and I have been on the drop for a year but decided to come off it kart December and ever since I have had awful anxiety, cramps every single day, keep waking up in the night feeling really sick and I don’t know what to do! I keep spotting like every 2 weeks. I’m in pain as I’m typing this and I just want to cry! The doctors never told me about all these side effects.

  1038. I took the depo shot a month after the birth of my daughter. And after the first month I stopped getting it because I gained my baby weight and then some in the course of two weeks. Now my periods are light but I’m doubling over with cramps so severe I cry. I’ve had lower back pain and my sex drive went away. My advice is don’t take it. It’s not worth it

  1039. I was on the depo for 3 rounds and then stopped for a few months. Normal periods. Then I decided to be placed back on the shot. Took 2 rounds and instead of a normal period it was like my body did a self cleans and all the blood would come out at once when I sat on the toilet. Once I stopped the depo for the second time I went 3 months without a period and then had a continual period for 5 months and severe cramping. It finally stopped because I started taking iron pills, but if I forget a pill one day my period returns immediately the next day. Is this normal or should I go to the doctor? I have seen a obgyn before but she said it was normal.

  1040. I’ve been off injection for 3 months now and am having a light bleed is this my period starting to get back to normal ?

  1041. I got the depo the day after I had my son on November 14 2015 and bled all the way until February 13 then I stopped for a week and started pointing blood again and haven’t stopped yet so I’ve been bleeding over 4 months now and my lower belly like where my ovaries are hurts bad and I get severe migraines and extremely tired and dizzy and weak and cold sweats and nausea… I will NEVER get a depot shot again. Going to a gynecologist next week.

  1042. I would not recommend this horrible birth control to anyone…I was on it for 5 years had no period and no problems…then I got it in Dec of 2014 and started having health issues..insomnia, night sweats, hair loss, dizziness, high calcium in my blood, headaches, and nervous all the time.I saw many dif Dr and they said it sounded like hormones problems, but after seeing a specialist my hormones where fine. Then I got the shot in March, and with in 2 days I started having heart pvcs, I ended up in the hospital 3 times because I was so scared my heart was failing. Then came horrible mood swings, anxiety and panic attacks.. I got blood work done 2 times a month, and again sent to many dif Dr and specialist… No one could figure out why my body was going crazy….then my cardiologist said, I bet you it’s side affects to your birth control…. Told me to go off of it and see if it helped… My family Dr didn’t agree. He said it was no way the problem. Well sure enough, in June I didn’t get my shot, I got a period at the end of the month and it’s normal and I get it for 4 days every 28th of the Month. Little by little my side affects all went away ( took about 6 months to get out of my system) coming off sucked but it was better than what I was going threw…my nipples hurt for about 3 months, boobs felt on fire all the time and I was moody. I also gained a lot of wait in 6 months.. So here we are a year since I got my last shot. Ilmy Dr said he is shocked it was the shot and very happy I am feeling back to normal. So now it’s wait loss time… This dwpo shot is a nightmare and I took it for 5 years with out problem s, then bam, I had horrible side affects …. Be careful ! This stuff messed with me so bad

  1043. I was on the depo for 11 years. Mostly no issues that I could absolutely say were caused by depo. I had migraines and IBS. No period after the second shot. I have been off depo for 4 months now. No return of period. I had a bad hormone swing and cravings are off the chart. I never had any during depo. Trying to get pregnant. Negative ovulation

  1044. I’m curious have anyone expirenced non stop bleeding? If so what option did your doctor give u because the suggestion I gotten was to take the birth control pill everyday to get it back on tract n I’m kind of scaptible about any birth control

  1045. I’m just getting of of it and my breast have been hurting so bad, wasn’t sure y till I read this. And had no sex drive wat so ever. It got to a problem were me and my fiancé fought about. Now I kno y this is. I’m trying to get pregnant and reading all these, sounds like it’s Gana b atleast a yr. I’ve been on this since I was 17 yrs old and now I’m 24. This really sucks!

  1046. I had only taken my first shot and then after three months never went back for the second as a I was not having sex. I kept my period the whole three months on the shot. It has been over a month since I’ve been off of it and no period. Extremely painful and swollen breasts and some cramps. I keep thinking I’m pmsing but my period was suppose to come a week or two ago. Not sure if this is an affect of not taking the shot or if I’m having period pains just without the blood. No chance of being pregnant as I haven’t had sex since I’ve been off and have had a period since the last time I have had sex.

  1047. I was on depo for a year, got my last shot Sep 2015 was due again in Dec 2015 but I didn’t go I’m trying for a baby. I got a period 28 Dec until 1 Feb. Then this month I got a period Mar 12-18 but it ended and since the 24th I’ve had weird spotting and 2 out of the 6 days I have been bleeding heavy like I’m on a period the blood is bright red then the other days it’s just spotting when I wipe dark brown or light pink idk what’s going on

  1048. I’ve only had two shots and I’m emotionally unstable. I’m so freaked out with how up and down I am. I am switching off of it but I just want to know does anyone have any idea how long it may take to feel somewhat back to normal? I’m stressed out cause I’m not myself and I’m being horrible to people over dumb stuff.

  1049. I have been on depo for 9 months I thought it was perfect because finally there is a no menstruation option. I lost my sex drive entirely, it made me so agresive I felt like actual hurting my husband physically while having my infant son in my arms. I was not even interested in kissing. Now I am off it and things are slowly going back to normal. But my period is messed up I have been bleeding for 3 weeks non stop my back is killing me. The pain in my back is so bad that I have trouble sitting and moving and sometimes cant even get into a sitting position. I regret using depo more than I thought possible

  1050. I was on Depot for just over 10 years and after stopping it’s use last June I am FINALLY just starting to have a regular menstrual cycle. It started with a week on week off and has slowly lengthened over the last several months. I have noticed these particular things since I have stopped regular injections of Depo; slight weight gain (less than 20 pounds), breast size increase (almost 2 cup sizes ), I am a lot warmer and have almost hot flash like spells, and severe mood swings i.e. pms for up to seven days before my period. I would LOVE to know if anyone else has experienced these same or similar affects after stopping the use of DepoProvera. THANK YOU!

  1051. I have been on the shot for about 7 years now and just went off of it about 2 months ago and am now on the pill. I know that I definitely feel different and I’m not sure if it’s the withdrawal from going off the shot or side effects from the pill. The only thing I do know is that I feel so depressed, I can’t sleep at night but so tired during the day, at night I just toss and turn because my whole body is so Restless and I can’t describe the feeling but I just can’t get comfortable my breast are so sore and swollen I have constant headaches and no medicine is helping and the worst of all is the nauseousness all throughout the day. Can someone please respond to see if this is normal or what could help with the symptoms

  1052. I was on depo for 13 1/2 years, getting 2 shots every 8 weeks. Double dose in half the time. I just went off the shot for good Jan 21, this year. I had a total hysterectomy Feb 22. (I still have overlies and tubes). Just the past 2 weeks or so I noticed the breast tenderness starting. From past experiences, from reducing shots to 1 every 8 weeks for a trial run, I knew this was going to not be fun. I know it will get worse before it gets better, but after almost 14 years, his long will it be before better comes? I was on the depot due to abnormal uterin bleeding. After the birth if my son in 1999, the post partum bleeding never went away. I bled for about 3 years straight, extremely heavy. Lost jobs due to it, and it put a strain on my marriage due to not bring able to have “relations.” I think the drug company needs to do more research into the withdrawals of this drug. There seems to be enough evidence of something happening with all of the women giving complaints and experiences.

  1053. Have had a terrible time comming off the depo within 4 mos. Off not taking it I have suffered with high anxiety and panic attacks and fatigue….I never had any problems with my health before.

  1054. I used 2 shots of depo and the last one was due 5 months ago, up to now i have no menses am worried because we planning to start trying for our third baby at the end of this year. Please help.

  1055. I think more needs to be done to clarify the coming off depo symptoms 16 weeks into coming off still no cycle, painful breasts, night sweats, mood swings, fatigue. Gp is no help at all and this “shrug” response is disgraceful.

  1056. I recently stop taking depo, March 2016. And a few days after the missed shot my breast started leaking milk and my nipples were swollen and tender. I thought I was pregnant for a moment. I took a test and of course it was negative but I seem to still be gaining a pound each week. I have taken depo off and on all of my 34 years of being on this Earth and have successfully had 2 beautiful healthy boys during the times I got off of it. At this point I am not sure what my body is going through. As I get older I guess the side effects change. By the way I am still waiting on my period to come.

  1057. I was on it for 3 months. My period was constant non-stop for all 31 days of the month and I didn’t have not one day free if I was I was lucky I do not recommend the Depo Provera I’m not on it I was due February 29th to take it I’ve been off of it for a month almost two and side effects are swollen breasts nausea on and off here and then bloating and my man still has not been normal I had it 12 days ago left for 3 days and now I have my menstruation I don’t know I wouldn’t take it again going to going to see my doctor to see what we can do about the constant bleeding and when I was on it I had breasts and I still have it I’m a little sore can let nobody touch me yeah loss of sex drive got home started to get my sex drive back hopefully the bleeding will stop I just wish you guys the best of luck but I will never recommend it to anybody.

  1058. I started this shot when I was 16, I was told it was the safest and easiest one to use, and while it was for sure easy I’m not so sure about safest! I was told it could stop my period, and it did. The whole three years a took it I didn’t have a period, and though I was very happy about that at the time I began hearing “horror stories” and decided to stop the shot. I stopped it in September, I finally got it back last month(March) and since then I’ve gotten it 4 times! It’s only April now… It’s on almost a 10 day cycle… I don’t know if I should see my doctor or if things will level themselves out soon…?
    I think that that should for sure be looked into and more so be announced before the receiver of the shot agrees! I asked are there ANY side effects before agreeing to the shot and I was told” only losing your period” nothing about bone density, nothing about weight gain and definitely nothing about such a hard time with period after coming off the shot

  1059. I have been on the depo shot since December and I was supposed to go to my appointment to get my 2nd one in March but I decided not to since my boyfriend is moving to a different country I won’t need it since I will no longer be sexually active. I have had a few issues that seem to have started to occur after the date of my 2nd appointment.
    I will have pain in my lower spine from time to time which scares me since one of the side effects is bone density loss, but what has really been bothering me is I have had the most sensitive nipples it hurts. They stay kinda on the harder side, and if I get cold rubbing them to try to warm them up just hurts makes it hurt more ;(

  1060. I had the depo for three years and stopped having it in March 2015, I didn’t not get a period until Sept of the same year and I wish I never had, as I have had bleeding ever since, heavy, large clots passed and have to wear a pad all the time. I have had scans, a D&C and uterine polyps removed and still I bleed – I have no other symptoms and am just so fed up its unbelievable!! There has to be some hormonal reason as to why this is happening – I feel that the ‘crash’ in progesterone since stopping taking the Depo has never recovered and my body has ‘forgotten’ how to produce the hormones needed to regulate the cycle???

  1061. I just got off of depo, it’s been 3 months and my breast r so painful! I want to cry and bad cramps, how long I’d this gana last?

  1062. I was on the Depo shot for about 3 years and now I have been off it for a little over a month. Well that’s when my last shot was due. Since then I have not started my period but I have been experience pretty extreme withdrawal symptoms such as very sore breasts and terrible mood swings, nausea, very tired all the time, sleeping a lot and when I am awake I have no energy. My right breast has even been leaking milk. I am normally a very laid-back person and now I feel like I am an uptight b*tch, and this is effecting my boyfriend and our relationship. But he knows I am not normally like this and after a week of us non stop arguing, which we never really have done in all the years we have been together, he did some research and realized what I am going through and luckily for me he is sticking by my side and is here for me, but in order for that he is walking on egg shells and needs to watch every word he says or i will snap, and this is not like me anymore whatsoever. Like I said I am normally very laid-back. I don’t know what to do about these mood swings and having no energy while having three children can somebody please give me some advice? I’ve heard about vitamins that may help with these if anybody can tell me about them?

  1063. I stopped getting depo a 9 months ago. I’m experiencing migraines and tingling and numbness in my legs.

  1064. I’m 33 years old this year and I was on depo for over ten years, close to 15. I won’t lie, the fact that I had no periods was what kept me going. I remember back in the day, my pms would keep me in bed in agony. I don’t miss that. However, I had major weight gain with depo, it’s double over the span of time, I dealt with it, all for the sake of avoiding my periods. My sex drive is not that great, but I always made an effort to please my hubby and make him feel wanted. Didn’t notice any change in my appetite. Energy levels dropped, compared to my high school self.

    I made the decision to finally stop taking it. My last injection was in Oct 2015. Just recently, as it nears the 6 month mark of it being last injected, I have had numerous withdrawal symptoms. I haven’t received my period yet. I have gotten the chills and severe aching all over my body, I’d be fatigued and weak. Then I would get sick because my body would be to weak to fight it off. This has now happened twice, once in March and now this month, of April, but a little worse. I’m tracking it on my calender because it happened exactly a month apart. I never get sick, ever. I went three years of work and used 3 sick days. Now I’m sick twice in two months. I honestly don’t know what to do with myself. I feel like crap.

    We don’t want children, that’s not the reason I stopped taking it. I just felt that it was time to stop it and be normal, whatever normal is. Hoping that once my body/hormones go back to normal, I can start losing this weight. It’s been virtually impossible to lose it. I eat healthy, I exercise, I walk my dog daily and nothing happens, it just stays there.

    Depo, it may sound enticing, but I don’t think it’s worth it anymore…. If I truly knew that stopping this drug was going to be this bad, I would never have bothered.

    Why is there such a huge lack of study of coming off the drug than there is starting. It’s not fair to newcomers who have no idea what they’re getting in to.

    Good luck to others, I hope your symptoms aren’t as bad.

    • Hey there,
      I have been taking depo for about 9 years, and i am about to go off of it. I feel like out of all these comments I can relate to yours the most!
      How are things going for you!?
      I want to go off it an “be normal” as well, but the more i read into this, not going to lie, starting to get a little worried!!

  1065. I am 20 years old
    I have only been off the depro jab near a week
    I have really bad headaches
    Feeling sick
    Extremely tiered
    No period as of yet

    Hope this helps

    • It will get better but if you decide to stop it will be worse than when you started!! I just decided to stop because a large tumer was found on my liver and have this terrifying headache like a brick was thrown at me for the past 11hours

  1066. I have been on the deposit shot for 8 months now and have experienced severe back pain like can even move I discharge dark dark spotting like grossness every day for 2 months recently chlarryig my child down the stairs I out my back out bending over hurts sleeping patterns have changed I thought at first this was supose to make life easier but it hasn’t I can’t even move today my back hurts so.much
    This past weekend I started feeling really sick like motion sickness and fainted in such a short time this shot has screwed me over

  1067. I have been on depo for 17 years with no drug holiday. I took the shot religiously on time. I recently decided to stop the shot. I am only 2 weeks late from when I was due for it and I feel my body going in so many different directions. I have been hormonal, cramping, back pain, and moody. I feel sometimes my uterus wants to explode. Is what I am feeling normal since I was on this medication for such a long time?

  1068. My shot is due this week and I’ve decided not to continue. So far I am very emotional. My cycle has yet to return but I have been having severe abdominal cramps. Nausea and diarrhea. I am also experiencing hot and cold flashes. This process has been going on for the last week or so. I hope that it does not last long. I am miserable and in pain.

  1069. I stopes taking the depo after 2 years an my breasts have been so sour to the touch nausea at random points of the day and grogginess. My stomach has a lingering heaviness to it, almost like I’m bloated on a daily basis..

  1070. I have been using depo for at least two years, but have decided to end the use of depo due to large mass found on my liver! Friday april 14th marked the last day within my window to receive shot, which i decided not to. For the past ten hours ive been having a terrible headache that will not go away! The very same thing happened before when i decided i would end the injections, but then changed my mind and continued instead! I believe that the headache and connection of discontinuing depo are very related!!!

  1071. I have been taking depo shots for a year. And still taking it. I am thinking about getting off that shot cause right now I have been bleeding for 5 months. And my doctor tells me that it’s break through bleeding. I’m so sick of it. Have been moody..

  1072. I’m Always hungry, gained 15 pounds in 3 months while on it. Very moody and emotional. Spotting instead of a real period. My knees hurt and became sensitive to the cold.

    I didn’t renew the shot and it’s been a week. I’m feeling fatigue and sleepy, almost like I’m pregnant. Still gaining weight. My knees feel better now, but I did not get my period yet. When I don’t eat I feel nauseous and light headed.

    No idea if these have anything to do with the shot!

  1073. I was on the depo shot for 2 years after having my first child, Because of the irregular bleeding I continued to have I chose to stop it. Once I stopped I would bleed basically non-stop for over two years and all the doctors would say is “well we can put you on the pill to help regulate your period.” How does that help if you want to get pregnant? Also, the pill made my stomach hurt I hated it. Finally I was able to get pregant and my kids are 3 years apart. So after I had my second child I definitely wasn’t ready for a third so like an idiot I got on the shot again. Should have never done it. I was on it for about 2 1/2 years and my son is now 6 years old and I’m still bleeding continuously. The doctors do not help at all . They just say everybody reacts different and it will eventually stop, otherwise get on the pill. I recommend never get on the depo shot. I’m ready to have another child and now I’m scared that will never happen thanks to Depo. It’s very scary to wonder how can you even be alive when you bleed three weeks out of every month.

  1074. My last shot expired 2months ago that’s February and and I haven’t gone back for another shot (not planning on it.ever!). I was bleeding everyday which is really annoying, depressed,headaches.I lost all my sex drive. I got distant from my boyfriend untill now. I kept on bleeding even after that last shot but finally it stoped. Now its my boobs! My breasts have become so painful. At first I thought I was pregnant but I did a test and was negative. I wonder if its the Depo that is causing the pain or not…i hope its not a sign of something else serious…
    I’m seeing the doctor tomorrow.

  1075. I’ve been on the Depo-Provera shot 3 times total. When I was 18 I was told “this shot is great! Women love it because there’s no daily pill and they often have no period.” At 18, with very little information offered about the side effects of it and being so young that I was still just grasping the idea of being a responsible female adult – I thought the very most I had to worry about what was all of the doctor’s told me of every time: Bone Density after 2 years of use. One day, as I was showering, my hair began falling out in clumps. So much hair that I had never seen at one time was in my hands and I broke down completely scared. I stopped taking the shot after that 1 use and moved on to the Norethindrone pill (Jolivette, Ortho Micronor, etc) but still, I was not great at remembering the daily pill so I found myself back on the shot when I was 20. This shot also lasted 1 round for me as I began bleeding like the heaviest flow of any period I had- for months without break. With as easy as it was for me to get UTI’s- I needed to stop the bleeding and opted for the Norethindrone pill again. When I was 21 my fiance and I were expecting our twins, now 3. 6 weeks after they were born I got back onto the shot because my doctor at that time explained to me that it may be the most sure fire way I do not fall pregnant again. I brushed aside all I had experienced the prior two times I had been on Depo and tried again. My last shot was due March 21, 2016 but my pharmacy had a back-order of it and never contacted me as promised when my refill would be ready. I had intercourse the morning it was due. Within a matter of days I began the effects of Depo withdrawal but had yet to go through the worst of it. My sex drive picked up. The Depo dried out my body completely. It was hard for me to be stimulated and if I was, it would turn off in the middle of it. Within 2 days, my body began creating “moisture” and I was able to find pleasure in sex again. I noticed this immediately and was so happy, I felt like my old self was coming back. Boy, was I in for a shock. My fiance even noticed that I was happier. About 3 days into withdrawal I woke up with stomach cramps- lower to mid stomach, like menstrual cramps. But on Depo- I completely stopped having periods about 2 years earlier. I only had that ‘old blood’ discharge at the end of each dose, about a week before my next dose was due. It only lasted about a day or two and was on and off, very light. There was no discharge associated with these cramps but I did end up with an upset stomach that kept me close to a bathroom for several days. Later that night I showered. In the shower, I pulled out clumps of hair with each run of shampoo and conditioner, as well as from brushing my hair and then running my hands through it afterwards. All in all- hundreds of strands per day. I looked up Depo side effects online to see if this was a general problem with every woman who used it. Guess what? Now’s the grand time to analyze everything your body has gone through since you’ve been using Depo, ladies. My hair was long and thick. Now? I can’t get it to grow, it breaks once it reaches my shoulders. It has no life. No volume. It feels dead. Also, I can’t put my hair up and I have to fill in several parts of my scalp with eyeshadow that matches my hair color where HAIR IS SUPPOSED TO BE BUT HAS FALLEN OUT. I am balding and my health has taken the worse of the turn in the past year, Over 3 years into my use of Depo. Starting 12 months ago, very suddenly, my back teeth started chipping while I was just talking. A total of 6 teeth including 1 up towards the front have broken either halfway or 1/4th of the way straight down to the gum. They are very brittle suddenly. This is from the lack of Calcium. I was never told that I needed to add calcium to my diet, I never have even had a bone density test done in my years on it. Apparently, that needs to be done. My face used to be very full in the cheeks. I’ve always been one to lather on the lotions and potions to keep everything soft and happy. But in the last 12 months, all of the fat on my face has gone. In fact, I look emaciated in the face. I look sick. And my skin everywhere (I have mentioned above that I was pretty ‘dry’ in other places) is dry and flaky. Wrinkles have indented themselves on my face. No matter what, I cannot retain any moisture. My face is not oily, it’s just plain dry and now even absorbs makeup at times to the point where I am extremely blotchy. My anxiety and depression became debilitating. I went to a psychiatrist, went into a treatment center for care several times…I could not stabilize myself no matter what. I remember my fiance saying “what happened to the girl you used to be?”. Day 5 of Depo withdrawal and I became bloated and started feeling a gassy, popping, fluttering, gargling, sensation in my stomach. The cramps were mainly gone and were mild when I did have them. I stopped my intake of sodas and alcohol to see if this had any effect. It did not. Day 6, my anxiety was horrible. I Googled Depo Withdrawal and everyone was sinking in the same boat I was, apparently. But my frustration is that none of the results I was finding were from this year- all from 2000-2011. And that despite everyone going to their doctors describing what was going on- they were being blown off and told that “This doesn’t happen on Depo- this is because of your lifestyle” or simply ” I can’t explain this, I don’t know”. I’m 5’6, 125lbs. I am an active parent of 3 year old twins and didn’t realize it, but my body was slowly breaking down and the whole time I made no connection to the Depo. I just kept wondering if I was really just so messed up of a person that all of these things were always wrong with me. The night of the withdrawal that I decided to make a doctor’s appointment was the 7th night. I went to shower. My breasts weren’t swollen, but they had been sore, I was also itchy. I had experienced chest pains on the left side as well. I scratched my nipple and went to make sure I didn’t make myself bleed accidentally. I squeezed my nipple and a milky liquid came out. I nearly fainted. I’ve been tormenting the last week that I could possibly be pregnant, or if the Depo withdrawals were really this horrendous. My fiance came in the bathroom when I yelled for him and I showed him myself how I was “milking”. He immediately started doing research himself and was baffled by what he found. He called it “silently screaming” in terms of what we women have been dealing with that seems to not be receiving any attention on a medical level from doctors or the company that puts out Depo with their lack of trials on women who experience this. My anxiety went up, my moodswings were crazy and the daily headache I was having was a pain. I also became even more bloated and felt my abdominal wall separating as it did when I was in my late- 2nd trimester with my twins in 2012. I couldn’t sit up comfortably. I also went from having no appetite to having a short-order appetite. As if I was pregnant. My doctor’s appointment was pretty humiliating with how my doctor took one look at little upset and insecure looking me and said to the nurse in the room “Let me guess..” with a laugh. The nurse’s response? “Haha! But there’s more to the story!..” (The doctor then said “yeah, I’m sure” sarcastically and pushed the nurse out of the room). Upon stating that I felt these were just Depo withdrawal symptoms that had been tormenting me the last week (and from what I’m learning, slowly the past 3 1/2 years) and not actual pregnancy, the doctor said “Honey, are you EVEN married?”. I’m a crying mess who was just trying to be responsible for my children and fiance so we can continue to have a planned family and now I’m sitting subject in a doctor’s office being treated like the worst town rumor. My doctor, after I told her that I had been on the shot since my fiance and I had our twins and were trying to remain responsible about planning our family, stopped with the insults and said “Well, I’ll let you do a urine pregnancy test”. Ladies, Depo is a big deceiver of things. It’s been long a running rumor among women who went to their doctor for a more accurate test than a Walmart test….yet the results were false and they didn’t find out they were pregnant until the 2nd trimester after they began showing and after an ultrasound was completed. I pushed for a Quantitative Blood test which gives the doctor’s almost precise numbers to, if you’re pregnant, HOW pregnant you are and if you’re numbers are reflectant to that of a normal pregnancy or if you’re in the running for a miscarriage, so on and so forth with the benefits- definitely push for the blood test, please. Urine can be deceiving. And if you’re going through withdrawal, you don’t need anymore problems- you need ANSWERS. This morning, I got the call that my test was negative, I am not pregnant. This is the horror of the Depo- Withdrawal. There’s side effects for everything you do and take, but I really didn’t notice or put together that Depo was responsible for the decline the state of my health was in and neither did my doctors since it’s not recognized at that level, yet. I am going back on the Norethindrone pill next week. It’s low on the Androgen Index which is good for those who experienced hair loss on others, and it’s also the only other birth control I’ve used that I didn’t have any negative side effects on. I only went to Depo for it’s convenience. Such little work on my part- how nice! But now it’ll take who knows how long to get my hormones back in order. I can’t just grow my teeth back nor can I afford $2,000 in dental work. No period sounds nice, but I’d love to have it back now. I miss my body and it’s natural rhythm. As of 2016, I only gained 5lbs on Depo in the almost 4 years I’ve been on it, but in early 2015, I jumped 20lbs out of nowhere. I went on an extreme diet to lose it, but in the end, Depo left a ton of weight on my belly that made it look like I had a waterbed on my stomach and hips. It’ll be a journey to getting my hair to come back and my skin to rejuvenate. Still in withdrawals but relieved that it’s just a hormone imbalance (a severe one) and not pregnancy. I wouldn’t encourage someone to jump on Depo Provera given the opportunity without advising them to do some extensive research. Unfortunately, your doctor will not know what to tell you or how to help you if you endure the things I did or the things the company writes off as “rare” that I’ve discovered in the past week are actually not rare at all. What you read as potential side effects on all of your medications is basically what I read on Depo’s list of potential side effects. It didn’t guide me in any way. But I would implore you to explore other means of birth control that does not involve you injecting or implanting things into your body that could take a long time for it to expel from your system and extend the life of your hormonal side effects. Every body is different, however. This could be a good alternative for you. Just be sure to listen to your body. Will be going in next week for further testing on my Thyroid as well as checking for Anemia. I’ll be picking up Biotin and Calcium to see if that helps with my body and starting Norethindrone. Today, over a week into withdrawal and now with confirmation that I am not pregnant as I had feared, I am still leaking from the breasts, and to stop the breast pain I put on a supportive bra and then a sports bra over that to keep them lifted and “hugged”, no bleeding or blood like discharge at all, my skin is breaking out a bit but I use the La Roche Posay Effaclar line (more so the foaming face wash) and it’s gentle yet effective- it helped with my severe acne in high school and it’s helped maintain my mild acne now in adulthood and lasts a lot longer than drugstore stuff. I’m an emotional wreck still, but I just try to keep in mind that it’s the withdrawal from the hormones and eventually I won’t feel this way. Finding everyone’s experiences online really helped guide me along the way, I would have felt so lost considering my doctor isn’t even informed with this, nor was she interested in hearing it- so I hope this helps someone else out there going through what I am who is frustrated and scared. Depo symptoms, both current users as well as those who have missed a shot, can mirror pregnancy symptoms to a T. I would not recommend anything other than a blood test, urine tests- even by your doctor- can be faltered by the shot. Thyroid and Anemia can be affected by it as well. I also have Chronic Migraine and take Topirimate (Topamax) 50mg 2x/day. This can affect the shot and it could fail if you aren’t careful. I’d advise you to take a pregnancy test every month or so just to be careful if you take anything, over the counter or prescribed, drink alcohol often, or drink teas or juices that have “Supplement facts” printed on the back instead of “Nutritional facts”. These can interfere with the shot as well. Please add Calcium to your diet and ask for a bone density test after 2 years of Depo use or if you find brittleness in your teeth. Be careful, ladies. And load up on research.

  1076. I stopped my shot after a year and a half in August 2015 and now it is April 2016 and still no period. I never had a period during my time on the depot shot either. Now I feel sick all the time, the doctors have no idea why i haven’t gotten my period, I am so terrified that there is something wrong with me.

  1077. Took 2 dose of depo 1 in August the next in December 2015 never went back after that been having withdrawal bleeding on and off 2 weeks before my next shot was due in March ever since then the on and off bleeding have not stop and I have not ovulated or have a straight period before depo I was regular so hopefully it comes back fast.

  1078. I got my first shot in January, I haven’t stopped bleeding yet, because of that I never went to get my second shot in April because I dont want to continue this! Bleeding has NOT stopped yet! I do not recommened.

  1079. Been two months since off it
    Bad nausea back ache headaches tiredness light spotting only bloating not stomach just abdomen sore boobs (tmi) nipples hurt they change color from light to dark loss of appetite loose & gain weight on & off help!

  1080. I took three doses I started in April 2015 it’s April 2016 I’m still bleeding off an on sometimes I bleed weeks at a time a for a month straight I won’t bleed at all qn now it’s heavy I’ve bn having sever back pain I’m tired all the time I have mood swings I throw up sometimes something just say Google it an I’m seeing all this am I’m thinking this shot is bad an it’s fucking my life up an I don’t kno whst too do I see I’m going too have to go to the hospital to get check out because it’s not normal I’m so pissed I’m going to sue there ass excuse my language I just hope I’m not messed up for life I’m already anemic an by me bleeding I’m losing blood everday

  1081. After struggling with other forms of Contraception my doctor recommended I try the Depo. From day one I had nothing but issues! Non stop bleeding for about 4 months. It wasn’t until I got the 3rd injection that the bleeding stopped all together. While on the injection I gained atleast 6kgs which is extremely unusual for me as I am very active and my weight had never fluctuated in the past.. After deciding to stop getting more injections I started getting severe side affects such as very tender swollen breasts that I could barely touch, I started producing milk , feeling really nauseous, fatigued and severe headaches. From being someone who could count how many headaches I’ve had in a lifetime in one hand soon changed to endless days of them. It has been 6 months since being off the Depo and I haven’t shown any signs of getting my period. Breasts are still extremely tender and I am much more anxious and sensitive than before. Hopefully this won’t go on for too much longer! In my personal experience I would never recommend to anyone!

  1082. I just recently missed my appointment on purpose on January 11th 2016. I was on it for about two years. My boyfriend and I decided it would be a good idea to give my body a rest. I have major breast tenderness, and I’m gaining more weight. I have a fast metabolism already. I went from a 24 in jeans to a size 29. I was just 157 on March 28th, yesterday I checked and I’m 173. Is weight gain AFTER depo a factor for anyone else? My sex drive has increased since I stopped the shot as well.

  1083. Hi I have been on and off Depo since I was 18. I am now 34. It has been more or less the same apart from the more recent shots. Before I would never bleed. Never had period pains. Never had any weight gain. Whereas more recently I was getting a brown discharge once a month for around a week. I came off in February as I gained over a stone on it and I haven’t had a period since. I am really worried. I haven’t had any unprotected sex so can’t be pregnant.

  1084. sir i want to know when will start period i have taken injection on 28 jan for three month my face skin is get rough and hard please reply

  1085. Had my last depo shot 7 weeks ago and I was on it for a year I feel lightheaded nauseated and sick my stomach is bloated and have these mild cramps I have little to no energy constantly feeling tired I hope I’m not pregnant because I had sex 3 weeks after my last depo shot but also took the morning after pill haven’t had a period since I got my first shot I’m just so confused. One things for sure I’m definitely done with the depo shot for good

  1086. I only had 1 shot. I was supposed to get another one April 27th. The first 2 days off the shot I had no symptoms. But then I started getting severe cramps, weight loss, breast are getting huge and tender and extreme nausea. The cramps hurt so bad it makes me wanna throw up and I can’t breath. And after the 2 days of no symptoms I either started my period or I am spotting heaver than I was before. And the entire time, since day 1 of getting the shot I was lightly bleeding, had horrible mood swings, painful sex, weight gain and depression.
    I wouldn’t recommend this form of birth control to anyone, it seems the majority of women who get the shot have had a bad experience with it than the women who have been okay and had no symptoms.

  1087. I have been on the depo for about 2 years. I was suppose to get my shot 3 weeks ago, in April 2016, but didn’t. I haven’t had a period since around Christmas of 2015. In the past 3 weeks of coming off of the depo I have had terrible cramps, with no bleeding. I’m very bloated, I am 5’3 and weigh 115 so I practically look like I’m 5 months pregnant all the time! My nipples are VERY sensitive to the touch, it’s worse when I take my bra off and my shirt rubs against them. I have what you would call “milk bumps” around my areolas and the clear colostrum (what comes before the milk) leaking from my nipples. My boobs don’t seem swollen, but are tender, also my nipples are very puffy and have gotten bigger and darker as if I’m pregnant, which I can’t possibly be because my boyfriend had a vasectomy 2 and a half years ago. Nausea is at an all time high. I am tired ALL THE TIME. I swear I could sleep 12hrs and wake up and go right back to sleep… I am moody, and irritable. I can go from high to low in 2.3 seconds, flat. I have 3 children and didn’t even have this many symptoms when I was actually pregnant!! Ugh!!!!

  1088. I had my last injection of Depp in July of 2015. When time came for my next shot, I was not covered by insurance, so decided to forego it due to cost and side effects. My first period returned in December of 2015. I was 175 lbs when I quit taking Depo. I’m not 205; as of May 2016. And despite having my period and no health issues, I have not been able to conceive.

  1089. I do not recommend the depo shot to anyone because my cousin passed away from the depo shot it caused a brain stem stroke and she lost her life she was only 18

  1090. I was on the depo for just under 2 years and came off it about 2 months ago. I didn’t have my period for those two years and i still havent gotten it yet. I’ve experienced increased breast size but im just back to what i was at before going on the depo. A LOT of discharge and vaginal discomfort over the last 2 months and bloating as well. The discharge is super uncomfortable and painful on the skin outside and around the vagina. Emotionally my sex drive has risen INCREDIBLY high and im actually less anxious somehow. I just want for this to all even out soon.

  1091. I published my initial comment on April 23, 2016 (for those who want to go back up in the comments and read what I wrote about what I was experiencing while enduring Depo Withdrawal.) April 26, I went to the doctor and took a blood test for a pregnancy check. It was negative (whew! the depo withdrawal mimics pregnancy symptoms to a T- I had myself convinced 100% that I was pregnant!) I went back to the doctor a week later to be placed on a birth control after I did extensive online research of other BC options. Considering a BC’s level from highest to lowest on the Androgen Index (Depo- Provera is listed as HIGH by the way. Lowest is what you want if you’re experiencing hairloss as I was) as well as considering actual user reviews, I did end up going back on Norethindrone aka Jollivette aka Heather pill aka Micronor. But before I went back to the doctor I started what I believe was my first period in an extremely long time. It wasn’t as if I opened the flood gates either. It was just (TMI ALERT!) dark red/brown tissue with occassional blood red in the mix for 5-6 days. Light enough where I could wear a liner, but I welcomed the cramps that came with it considering what all I had been through the past few years on depo as well as the recent pregnancy scare I had before that (there’s nothing wrong with being pregnant, but the thing I love most about being on birth control is the fact that I get to be IN CONTROL of how I choose, if I choose, to expand my family). My sex drive had increased tremendously when I first went through withdrawal, but it has now leveled out. I also noticed that I have lost some of that water weight that Depo insisted I retain. I even downloaded one of those Period-tracker apps for my phone to celebrate the occasion. My mood has stabilized as well. I’m on day 4 of my birth control now and I’m a bit nervous how this will work for me, but from what I read- it’s got to go better than it did for me on Depo! Also,I requested lab work be done while I was getting my BC. My results came back that my Vitamin D was deficient significantly. I started a women’s multivitamin as well as a Calcium, Vitamin D, Magnesium supplement. Hopefully no more teeth will break!

  1092. I been on the shot for 12+ years and recently decided to not go back for another shot which was last month on the 27th and i haven’t got a period yet but i noticed my breast are very tender.

    • I was on it for 20 years. Mine too was due 27 May
      I have sore boobs and feel naseous every day ?

  1093. I’ve had the injection twice now since I had my baby last year September 2015 and have suffered greatly with bleeding non stop one minute heavy the next really light. I just want to know how long it takes for your body to adjust after stopping the the depo injection. I’m due to have another one 13th may Friday 2016 but not going back on it… I can’t take the bleeding everyday it’s costing me so much money and is making me extra moody more than my usual.

  1094. I’m 17 and I was on the depo shot for about a year. I just got off the shot a couple weeks ago due to constant bleeding and excessive weight loss.

    I have no sex drive anymore, and I wasn’t even in the mood to even cuddle, kiss my boyfriend etc. It’s really starting to come between us because of how moody and distant I can be. When we do decide to have sex it’s more painful then what it used to be, and I was wondering if anyone out there has experienced the same side effects and what I can do to help??? I’m desperate for answers!

  1095. This depo is the devil! It was great for 7 years and no side affects besides the weight gain and low sex drive… I just stopped it this dec. And right at the end of now. I have developed major anxiety attacks along with panic attacks breast tenderness super sleepy! If only I would have known…. they need to get the damn thing off the market… now I have to figure out how to get back to normal…..hopefully with everyone complaining dr. Need to come more educated. They act like they haven’t got a clue about the side affects …how many of us is it going to take…

    • It’s terrible…. All they warn you about is your bones they don’t tell you nothing else. I haven’t felt right for months now.

  1096. My last depo shot was October 27th, my next 1 was due Jan but u never went for it, we are now in May and still no period. I get aches an dizziness. I just want my period to come back, bare in mind I only had the depo 2 times.

  1097. Hi I’ve been on the depo for 9 to 10 months got off of it April 15 th. Had my period a week before getting off of it then didn’t stop bleeding for three weeks after. Now I am waiting for my period nothing coming I have bad cramping sometime bloated some time feeling sick talk to my obgyn the told me this can be normal with the deposit shot but I shouldn’t be feeling this way it freaks me out she said I should take a pregnancy test just to rule it out . But I am tired of this how do I get my period back

  1098. Hi ive been using the 3month injection for 2 years i then stopped for 9 months and i got my normal periods but then i went on again october 2015 and had my last injection january 2016 then got my normal periods 12march2016 but i was suppose to go again april month but didnt go so now my periods is gone i would like to know what could it be

  1099. I have just come off the depot after a new doctor sent me for a bone density test and I have osteopenia at 39 years old. I loved the depot as every oral pill gave me major migraines. I didn’t have a period for the whole 19 years I was on it. However now I know I was on it too long. I have had sore breasts for two weeks now. ( was due 3 weeks ago) hubby had a vasectomy last week. I’m safe to stay off everything but gosh my boobs are tender!

  1100. I am going off of Depo right now and the only thing that I am noticing is that my breasts are VERY tender. And it has been going on for over a month now.

  1101. I took my last dose of the depo-provera in October 2015. It is now 7 months later and I have been consistently tired with a lot of breast tenderness.

    • I was on the depo for about 6 years and took it consistently. My Dr. and I decided I should start the depo after talking about the fact that I am not very good at taking medications every day, yet alone at the same exact time every day. I was also taking migrane preventatives as I had had migranes everyday for several weeks prior to the medication. After the first few months of stopping the depo, I didn’t receive my period. It took me about 5 months after my last dose to get my period. Then I got my period every two weeks for the next two months that leads me to today. I was hoping that I would get my libido back after I stopped, but it hasn’t happened yet; however, I am also taking anti-anxiety medication which is probably the culprit. Even with these symptoms I wouldn’t take back the depo at all. I loved it! I didn’t experience weight gain at all. If anything, I have started gaining weight after I stopped, which could be because of stress and lack of sleep.

    • Read my recent comment. I have had the extreme fatigue too it’s terrible. How have you dealt? Any vitamins you take to boost your energy?

  1102. Was on for 9 months, took 3 shots. I stopped taking it because the weight gain from it was RIDICULOUS. 50 lbs and I’m very short so it was noticeable. (126_175). Was suppose to take it again by the 12 so it’s only been a couple days but no great difference on weight. However, I have had my period for WEEKS! It’s so annoying and in the way of sex. The cramps were horrendous everyday until recently. Heard other people said they had it for 3 months. Please please don’t be that long. Lord.

  1103. I was on depo for 2.5 years. Was due for a shot in March but never went because I didn’t want to be on it anymore. It is now May 17th and I have had ongoing fatigue since March. I’m literally always tired, even when I sleep a healthy normal 8 hours I’m super tired. When I try to over sleep (which isn’t recommend) for like 12 hours and then wake up I’m still tired. Throughout all my daily activities in tired. I can go to sleep at night by 1am and then wake up at 11am. Then be ready for a good 3 hour nap from 3-6pm and then by 10pm I’m still ready to get back in the bed to pass back out. It’s ridiculous. I’m also a college student so I’ve been stressed but I’ve never been so tired. I also have the bloating, a little bit of nausea and some tender, painful breasts. Oh & I’ve also been on a period for like a month. This sucks I hope these symptoms end soon. The worst is the tiredness though, does anyone else have this extreme fatigue?

  1104. I had the depo 6 weeks after I gave birth(nov 4th 1st shot) , I had non stop bleeding until recently which on May 6 I was suppose to get my 3rd shot and I didn’t go. I had non stop bleeding &stomach pains. Now that I didn’t take my 3rd shot I’m bleeding but very little some days I bleed some days I don’t but I have a mild foul smell fishy like I don’t have any infections or std/sti but I just want to know when the bleeding will completely stop and the stomach pains!!!!!!!! And I want the smell to go away I want to have fun with my husband again 🙁 They said it takes about 3 months to leave your body well I guess I have to take it day by day in hopes everything will go back to normal.

  1105. I took the shot one time after I had my third baby. I experienced dizziness, cramping all the time, headaches, tiredness, sleepiness, bloating, weight gain and the list goes on. I long for my period to come again. this is the most uncomfortable feeling in the world. I had no idea that it would stop my period from coming completely. I have absolutely no sex drive whatsoever.I had no idea all these symptoms came from this one injection. Body pains all over. I will never take it again, I know that for sure. I just want my body to go back to normal. Stick to condoms. These drugs are very dangerous. I would not advise anyone to take this drug.

  1106. I was on the depo for 2 1/2 years and just recently I decided to get off it. I noticed I do have some withdrawals and it’s only been a few weeks. Tiredness, loss of appetite, brest tenderness and of course the heavy bleeding. I’ve gotten what I think is my period every other week since I’ve stopped

  1107. I had exactly 1 injection of the depo shot. and after the 3 months were up, i didn’t get it again. I didn’t bleed for awhile, but then i bled at least 2 times a month. It was mostly black and very awful smelling… I have been off of it for exactly a year now and have been trying to get pregnant for about 3 months now and can’t… Anyone else have this issue? We want to have a baby sooo bad, but no matter what we’ve tried, I cannot conceive. We already have one other child, so we are both fertile, but I don’t understand what’s going on… My sister told me that they should put me on a pill birth control to regulate my hormones again, and then just stop taking it, does that work?

  1108. Im on it for over two years, my last shot was due April 13th and since then no period. However, my last period was in march for only one day but I bled heavy. Right now my breast are so sensitive that anything that touches against it makes it hurt. My whole body aches and I even gained weight although I eat less… I was beginning to think I am pregnant. Waiting for my period to come down so I can be sure. How long does it take for your period to start or for you to get pregnant after your last shot is due. I mean after taking it over two years. I don’t want to be drinking n there is a living being inside of me and I don’t want to get excited and then to find out I’m not pregnant. Help me please… I can’t take the sensitivity that my body is feeling.

    • N I’m a little scared because for the past two months and a half almost every night my boyfriend n I have sex n he cums in me. Can I be pregnant or is it just the side effects of stopping the injection

  1109. I got the injection once because I was just finishing up my course of taking acne medication. I was taking Roaccutane. I was first on the pill and was getting my periods like you should but then i got the injection and since I got it and finished the 12 weeks of it I havent gotten my period since so its been nearly a year since ive gotten my period. Has anyone else not gotten their period because of the injection? Just curious?

  1110. I got the depo shot when my son was 2 because the Yaz was giving bad migranes because of high amount of estrogen. ..my doctor said the depo will be perfect for u and only had progesterone. Which is a synthetic generic of progesterone in the shot. I absolutely loved the depo and I had no periods the whole time I was on it I thought it was great but then noticed I kept gaining weight and cholesterol levels were high. I didn’t feel as I ate any different either and migraines were gone! Fast forward to nov. 2016 I was due for my next depo but decided I wanted to loose weight….so I didn’t take it and got the mirena nov. 12 I suffered from a terrible dizzy spell while driving I felt light headed and almost tunnel vision. I kept getting them randomly and just felt off almost like Alice in Wonderland 24/7 my doctor ran numerous bloodwork had the works done because I thought I had a brain tumor ect… come to find out after doing lots of research on my own that I was suffering from side effects of comming off the synthetic progesterone. ..and my hormones were all out of wack! !! Wow why can’t they give a warning about this??? It would have saved me from anxiety depression ejoint pain…ect!!!! My body aches and I have fatigue. After depo I went to the mirena and what another night mare along with my super anxiety and feeling terrible I thought it would help well guess what at my 6wks check up they could not locate the strings couldn’t find it in sonogram! !!!! Then I had major abdominal pain which doctor blew me off and said it’s all in my head… ya whatever well radiology called the office and wanted me in there asap because they couldn’t find it in the sonogram. ..so then a different doctor comes in and says we can’t find it we may have to send u to get a xray of your pelvis…wow!!!! So then I asked well can u at least try and find it now and if it’s in there get it out!!!! He said yes keep your fingers crossed . I wanted to cry!!! He found it and got it out!!!!! Thank god and instantly I didn’t have abdominal ache and heavy bloated feeling that I had from the time it was inserted dec. 28 2016… so I got it out 2 days ago and am feeling better! I also had new doctor put me on a pill with a low dose of progesterone to see if it helps with my withdraw! Wish me luck but moral of the story is say no to mirena because it can go floating! And say no to depo because of withdraws when u don’t want it!!!!!

  1111. I was on depo for over to years
    Didnt have a period at all in them two years , an then decided its time for my body to have its natural cycle

    So i came off depo an didnt have period for teo months so i tryed the pill for a month an then stoped .., this helped with my cycle

    Since coming off the depo i feel my boobs are realy tender so painful even if i nock them my self

    I had lost loads of weight so whilst i was on d depo my breast wer like jelly also but now i feel there goin back in to shape which is a good thing :))

  1112. Am using Depo my body is always tired and I have no appetite but when I east it’s like I shouldn’t stop. I have nausea and can’t handle other people’s food smells its like am pregnant. What can I take to not have these side effects especially the tiredness and feel like I could sleep all the time?

  1113. Am using Depo my body is always tired and I have no appetite but when I east it’s like I shouldn’t stop. I have nausea and can’t handle other people’s food smells its like am pregnant. What can I take to not have these side effects especially the tiredness and feel like I could sleep all the time?

  1114. I have been on the shot for over 7 years now. My last shot was June 2015. I had started my period December that year, ever since I’ve been experiencing really really bad mood swings&just recently I noticed my periods are starting to be regular except this month, I spotted very lightly twice but that’s all, been experiencing nausea, tender breast, fatigue alot but yet issues sleeping&my mood swings have been getting worse, losing weight&barely eating. Not sure what’s really going on here so if anyone knows anything that could help please?

  1115. I’ve been on depo for four years and I stopped 4th of April 2016. That was my next date but I missed it due to difficulty. I went back on depo on the 6th of May 2016 and two days later I’ve experienced all the pregnancy symptoms? I’ve been googling that these side affects are similar although unusual. I’m having severe stomach pains during the night and my breats are unbearable. I’m going for a blood test on the 2nd of June 2016 to see what’s really going on. I have no regrets. Being on depo has been okay until I stopped and went back on it.

  1116. I was on depo for 9 months and for that entire duration of time I have been spotting. I did not get a full blown period at all just spotting and I went off it because the side effects were just horrible. I had hives, bad allergic reaction to peanuts (i used to eat peanuts and not get allergic to it) I was irritable and moody and I always have the “i think I am pregnant symptoms”. After I went off it for about 2 months I didnt get my period nor was I spotting. Then period came and i have been bleeding for a month now. 2 weeks of heavy flow. 1 week after that it stopped but now its back. 2nd week on heavy flow.
    Its hard to have sex when you are bleeding all the time. I will see my OB soon so hopefully she can help me sto the bleeding.

    Some said to try taking tylenol every 4 hrs to stop bleeding and take lemon juice or lemon water all the time. I find that latter helped. I have been trying to lose weight and drinking lots of lemon water so I am not sure if the two would be connected but the bleeding has become lighter.

  1117. I was on depo for 1year. stopped 2weeks ago, after about a week of stopping i started feeling exhausted all the time, nauseous (without vomiting), i feel blotted, dizziness and headaches that comes and goes and i have noticed i now feel more hungry than before. is it the effects of stopping depo or could i be pregnant. i haven’t taken a pregnancy test yet.

  1118. I took 3 depo shots for a total of 9ish months and I stopped it because the shot the pharmacy gave me was coagulated and wouldn’t go through the needle, since I am having thyroid issues and may be living with hypothyroidism for the rest of my life.. is anyone else having this issue?

  1119. I stopped Depo After The First 3 Month Treatment. Never Went back for the continuing treatments. And from that Alone I was on my period continuing to bleed light/Heavily for 6 Months after The First And Only Treatment was Done. Six months of continuous bleeding my mother took me to the doctors where they didn’t tell us much, but I will say this happened to a close friend of mine who also bled for a total of 6 Months after stopping The Depo Shot.

    • I’ve had a similar problem of only taking one shot.
      I’ve been having awful cramps since, and end of May/June I’m continuing a now 2 week long on/off period. I’m nauseous quite a lot of the time. So strange, and it makes you anxious if you could possibly be pregnant- on top of that not knowing what’s going on with your body!

  1120. Hello, I was on the injection for 6 months, I didn’t go for my third shot in October 2013, and I had heavy bleeding for 2 weeks then wouldn’t see another period,I had bad stomach pains and tender breasts,nausea, (not due to pregnancy as didnt conceived until january ish,) I came off because me and my husband wanted a baby, we had a miscarriage mothers day 2014 at 2 months, since I had a period every two months for 2-3 days, however the last 3 months I have been on for 4-5 days every month around the correct dates, was wondering if any of you have noticed these signs befor being able to get pregnant,

  1121. I was on the shot for almost 3 years I gained 70 lbs had headaches the whole time now I’m going off of it and I have breast tenderness and I feel sick all the time I can’t wait to get my body back.

  1122. I was on depo for a little over 2 years, stopped in Jan 2016. It is now going on June. For me, I have yet to have a full period. Around March, my breasts were sooo sensitive and sore, and very painful. I had cramping really bad off and on and I had thick brown discharge a couple times. My sex drive has been quite crazy the past month of May. I’ve had pretty bad acne, and crazy indigestion off and on since about Dec. My appetite hasn’t been constant either. I’ve had headaches and cravings for salty things. I’m hoping to have a period soon.

  1123. I’ve recently just got on depo 17 year old girl and currently just got me second shot. I have been getting vulva acne and acne everywhere at that since I got on depo. I’ve also been bleeding since April when I hit my second period and now it’s just constant blood clots and blood that come out my vagina. I haven’t had normal discharge in awhile. I don’t know why but I have really bad anxiety now about what’s going on with my body. Not sure if it’s from depo or me stressing so much

  1124. I have been on depo for at least 2yrs and possibly a half. Weight gain didn’t happen until the 4rth injection, hair loss could just be me but it’s been so bad that there is hair all over my counter and a lot more in the brush. I have never broken a bone in my life and just this last winter I broke 3 ribs just slipping on ice. I always spot when the injection is due. I have depression in my family but I’ve never been depressed until now. I have noticed my sex drive go completely non existent- depo really is birth control because I’m not even having sex to get pregnant!! My question is if I get off the shot will my sex drive ever come back?

  1125. I decided after my 4th baby boy i was done so i started the depo shot. I took 3 shots. Started October 2014 and didnt go back in July 2015 for another due to weight gain, mood swings and i never wanted to have sex anymore. Well i tried pills to help start my period in November 2015 which didn’t work. Dr said i couldn’t rush it so finally when im on our family trip to legoland i started and it was horrible!! I now have 2 small periods a month so hopefully the dr can help so i can try for a girl this last time. Im taking vitamins that say they help but so far still 2 small periods each month. Uh im 30 and would like to try 1 more time for a baby girl before im to old.

  1126. I’ve been on depo injection for about 5 years and recently I’ve been bleeding but it’s only noticeable when I wipe after going to the toilet. I’ve also started to get really bloated and it’s very uncomfortable.
    I’m seeing doctor soon but I have to wait so I’m getting rather anxious about it all. Was just wondering if these are common things to happen.

  1127. I got the shot 4days after I had my baby before I left the hospital.it was fine at first, after a short while I started seeing my body change I was getting bigger than I was when I had my baby, appetite was through the roof it was a feeling of being pregnant all over again feet were hurting swollen bleeding was non-stop even now four months after this is the worst thing anyone can ever experience I would never wish this on my worst enemy stay away from Depo Provera

  1128. I had it for 3 months one shot up until end of April. Such horrible mood swings, and irregular periods. Didn’t go for my second shot- and still continuing to have problems. Still on my period 2 weeks and such bad cramps and nausea.
    Even though it was just one shot, definitely not taking again! Glad I’m not alone in this!

  1129. I have been on the Depo shot for 2+ years and I recently have just gotten off. I bled very lightly and had discharge for about a month straight and then it stopped. Now I have weight loss, anxiety or jitters, and my nipples are very tender. I was reading the comments and noticed a lot of other women had the same experience as me so I was making sure that this is all normal and that I’m not going crazy.

  1130. I finished the depo just over a year ago now, my periods stopped while I was on it, and it took me 9 months to have a period once stopping the contraception. Since being off the depo, every time I have a period I suffer with the most tender boobs for 2 weeks of every month, to the point of needing pain killers they hurt that much! I never used to have this symptom with periods before the depo, so I wonder why this happens now?

  1131. I’d advise never to get the injection I’ve not had my 3rd shot because my 2 previous ones non stop bleeding everyday for over 6 months, weight gain (bloating) was so hormonal and moody, P.s can’t wait to feel normal and wear a pair of underwear without constant bleeding when it finally ends.

  1132. I happened to be on the Depo shot for 2 (1/2) years.. My last injection was in June 2015. While I was on the depo, the only time I would bleed was when it was almost time to get my next shot (I would only spot a little bit) then, after a year, my body quit bleeding all together. Here recently, ever since I had quit taking depo, it is finally working its way out of my body. In Feburary (2016) I was having some bleeding, but unusual, and it was just spotting. It only lasted 4 days. Well, 3 days ago, I just quit bleeding again, only this time it lasted for 5 days, and it was horrible. I was using both a pad and tampon and changing both every hour. It lightened up a few days before I quit, but I just figured it was where it was working out of my system. I understand that many women suffer with symptoms while on this shot, because I have suffered with a lot.. If you don’t like the symptoms that come with depo, try going to another contraceptive. I know, I myself am a depo baby. My mother had conceived with me while she was on depo, and didn’t find out she was pregnant with me until she was a week late for her shot and was 5 months pregnant then. Depo works different ways with different people. Many women may experience little to none of the same symptoms while on depo.

  1133. I got my depo shot March 9, 2016 started spotting March 22, 2016 today is June 10, 2016 till this day I’m still spotting. I was suppose to go for my second shot last week but I told them I will not be coming to get it. Since I’ve been on this shot my appetite has changed I really don’t eat much, I’ve been having sharp pains in my lower stomach, I’ve been feeling sick to my stomach, feel like I’m just gonna throw up my insides especially when I do eat, I sleep all day long, my sex drive has fallen to the bottom of the pit, & I become aggravated a lot quicker now. I don’t see how the FDA even approved such of a thing because besides it being a birth control its also torture, hell it’s supposed to prevent you from being pregnant & they make sure of that cause u bleed your whole life away the whole time. Anyways I wouldn’t recommend this shot for anyone to get, it’s horrible!

  1134. I have been on the depo for 2 years and havent been on it from jan. Got my period april and may, this month i didnt get my period im abit worried because i took blood test and pregnancy test and came back negative. What could be the cause of not getting it this month?

  1135. after getting off depo, i was anxious and moody and irrational. i started zoloft in mid-2015. jan 8 2016 i got one depo shot and then no more. getting off the depo caused my brain return to pre-zoloft state. crying spells and extreme unhappiness. depression. i didn’t have a period for two months after getting off and now i’ve been bleeding for 7 days. i’ve had tender breasts for two months, nausea, cramps, and spotting, which led to me taking 3 pregnancy tests. i’m so irritable and unhappy. i finally had my life back and was myself again.

    suffice to say, i wish i never ever got on depo. it’s something i extremely regret. the way i feel is a way i never wanted to feel again. also on depo, i gained 30 lbs (i clean houses for a living and farm, my body normally maintains a normal set weight) and got a bloodclot.

  1136. Hi guys….i was on the depo shot for 7years and Jan 2016 was the last I had. April 2016 it suddenly just slipped my mind and ever since then I’ve been gaining weight eating way more than usual and I’ve experienced cramps but been ok and what bothers me is my breast are extremely sensitive when i sleep i cant even lay on my side must fall asleep on My back. Would any of you recommend me to go to doctor?thanks Zurayda

  1137. I just recently got off depo and I’m experiencing what seems to be like pregnancy symptoms. I’ve gained 7 pounds and counting within a few weeks. My boobs are bigger and nipples are changing. I’ve taken 2 pregnancy test within a few days of each other and both were negative. I’m about to go see a doctor. I wish the symptoms would stop.

  1138. Horrible I’ve been on depo for 3 years , I have had a lot of issues with been on this shot. I’ve had leg and hip pain , I don’t come on my period at all . I’ve experience very harsh cramps , but no blood .I have also experience bloating , with that being said it looks like I’m pregnant , below my cervix is bloated , because of me not coming on my period. this is my last month of being of the depo shot. I will not be taking this ever again . I don’t think I will ever have children because of this shot .

  1139. I am currently coming off the depo and going on to the pill (It’s been about two months sense I stopped because it caused me to bleed for three moons straight) and I have been experiencing VERY heavy problems with my period (eg. Excessive bleeding, severe cramps etc.)

  1140. I was on the depo shot for 9 yrs and I have been been going 3 weeks I don’t know what to do wish it would stop it’s driving me crazy when am I going to be able to get pregnant

  1141. Hey Everyone!
    Ive been on depo for just short of 10 years now, and i am about a month away from my next injection, I have been considering stopping it to ‘regulate my body’
    I have never had a problem with this birth control, from day one.
    Yes, I gained weight, but not much. Yes, my libido dropped, but just slightly.. but all of that was so worth it because –> no period No mood swings (until i was days from needing the injection) no cramps, no bloating.. Did my energy drop? perhaps, hard to tell over a span of that many years, but I am pretty lazy. lol
    I was very confident about stopping the injections, basically until i came across this thread.

    I would really like to document what happens to me over the next few months, to help better the drug research, so if anyone has any advice, give me a ‘reply!’

    I am excited to see if i lose some weight, as i feel like this drug increased my weight considerably quick. (about 60lbs in the first two years, then about 20lbs/year after that)
    I think i can handle the mood swings, having managed my depression for more than 15 years..but i guess we will see!
    The only comment in this entire thread that makes me nervous, is how one woman stated she didnt get her cycle back immediatley, but when it came back, it lasted several months.
    It has been almost a decade since ive had mine, i sure hope it doesnt come back with a vengeance!

    -nervous

  1142. Hi I have been on the depo for 3 years it been good I had my new one 2 weeks ago my overys have been sore the right side me very sore I have been spoting yesterday I went to the toilet wiped had blood all over the paper is it normal to do that after a long time

  1143. I use to take the depo sgot but i stop then i been haveing my period for 1 month…i dont know why

  1144. Been on depo for 10 years since I was 16. I am now married and have come off. My breast hurt all the time I’m very tired all the time and I always feel like throwing up. This is the worst pain ever.

  1145. Hi everyone! Just want to tell you guys you’re not alone! As you can see there are tons of women experiencing the same.what kills me is that these doctors that we trust only tell us certain things. I’ve never been given any notice of how long it would take for fertility to be regained or that this is not recommended to be taken after 2 years. Most of these doctors don’t really know or care too much, they stick to their jobs and expect everything to be fine. As for me, I only took it 2 or 3 times. Last shot for me was due January but I didn’t go. Decided I wanted to try for my 3rd baby. It was hell immediately after I got off. Bleeding on and off so irregularly and having all the symptoms of pregnancy. What sucked the most was wanting to be pregnant and feeling pregnant but NOT actually BEING pregnant. I’m just now having even more breast tenderness than I’ve had this far and it’s been 6 months already! After being a research junkie on withdrawal symptoms I decided to try detoxing with teas and milk thistle. Definitely helped with symptoms. Just confused because now out of nowhere I have horrible nipple and breast pain and get heavy cramping after sex sometimes! Sometimes a lot worse than other times. I’m thinking I’m gonna get some blood work done to see if this Depo is still running through my veins. Hopefully they’ll tell me I’m pregnant. After much research I do have a lot of info though. So if you have any questions feel free to email me at jade05k@gmail.com. I feel your pain ladies! I’m still going through it!!

  1146. is it normal for sex to become painful ? my sex drive came back and it was all good after my first period whem i came off the depo but its back to being painful again ?
    had very bad side affects when coming off it and now wont ever go back on it ? i was on it for a year and a half and when i came off it took nearly 6 to 7 months for my first period again and there still not regular.

    • I dont think it’s normal but it’s happened to me too, I’ve been off for like 3 years now and sex still hurts..but never hurt before the shot. I bled 10 months straight after coming off and then finally went to a normal period.

  1147. I feel like I’m dieing almost, periods are much much worse cramps make you want to cry wherever your at, dizziness & sickness are present 24/7. Acne is out of control even though I use a face wash 2 times a day. Headaches .. Oh man. Depo is the worst you can get.. The pills you can stop if you have side effects, the shot will take up to 18 months before your body will be normal

  1148. I have been on and off for years but this time was the longest that I have been on and I have been very very sad out very angry. I hate the way I feel but I also feel like nothing can be done until I get my period, which I have not as of yet. I wish this feeling would so because I am a very happy person. Please help on what I should do. Please. Hate feeling the way I do.
    Email me if anyone has any answers please mbtaylor330@gmail.com

  1149. After stopping the shot I bled for 10 months straight and it was heavy too, had to keep extra clothes in my car all the time. I’ve been off for about 3 years now and sex is so horribly painful, I absolutely hate it. Luckily I haven’t had any infertility, I’m having baby number 2. But I still don’t know why sex hurts so bad, it never hurt before.

  1150. Hi I stopped the needle December last year and have my period cramps back but no bleeding. My doctor also said it will come in time my partner and I are starting think about children and I want to get my periods back before we start to try and I was wondering is there anything I can take or do to be able to help it come back

  1151. I had the shot for a little over a year after having my second son. Now it’s been a year since I’ve been off of it and I’m still having a lot of problems . No periods I’ve only had one in 2 years. bad bloating/swelling in face and stomach. some days I look normal and some I look 6 months pregnant. muscle aches and pains. I’m always sick to my Stomach. Very tired all the time . I have dizzy spells . Hot flashes . and I never can sleep anymore. I am just ready for this nightmare to be over . but the way it seems this shot has took a toll on my body and I’m only 26 !

  1152. I am a 7 year “survivor” if you may, of the depo shot. The last shot I had was in Jan. 2016 & here I lay with severe cramping, breast tenderness & weight gain. I’ve been in so much pain for the last few days that I am wishing I wouldn’t have stopped the shot, which I did because of how terrible it is for you. I have gone to the ER & OBG and neither have much to suggest other than to take naproxen and wait it out. Has anybody else ever had severe pelvic cramping after getting off of the depo?? How did you manage it?

  1153. I started depo injections at age 48 in 2008 for the treatment of endometriosis. It worked wonders to relieve the constant pain. I stopped depo injections in April of 2016. During the month of May I began having heart palpitations, hair lost and what might be muscle or bone aches (especially in my legs and hips). I’m going for bone density test next month, but all bone test in prior years showed no bone loss. I don’t know if these symptoms have anything to do with stopping depo, but I wanted to share this information just in case there are other women having a similar experience. I am now 56 and started menopause and there is no bleeding and no pain. I did not use deop for birth control but it was an added bonus not to have pain or worry about getting pregnant. LOL! My overall experience on depo was good.

  1154. Hello, I wanted to share my experience and symptoms after just recently stopping the depo injections. I started taking them February of 2015 and stopped May of 2016. While on this birth control medication I had few side effects.. The typical acne, migraines and about 15-20 pounds weight gain. It is the end of June 2016 now and I have been experiencing pregnancy like symptoms. I am 34 and have one child age 4, and remember what it was like the first trimester of my pregnancy. Currently I have heightened sense of smell, swollen sore breasts, dizziness, fatigue, and intense nausea at times and still no period. Little cramping though. I have taken two at-home pregnancy tests 3 weeks apart that still say I am NOT pregnant. It has been over a month now of being nauseous and 1 week of sore breasts and heightened sense of smell…I’m wondering if going off the medication is throwing my hormones off and giving me false pregnancy symptoms.?? Thank you for any feedback.

    • I had the same symptoms, but my doctor didn’t realize they were all linked, so I was sent to a gastroenterologist who couldn’t figure out why I was so sick. For 3 years now, I have been switched to so many different birth control pills to try to fix the bleeding that when someone asks me, “Well, what all have you tried?” I just laugh…. what haven’t I tried? I’m so sick of the bleeding. I actually got taken to the ER in an ambulance from work the other day, because I just about passed out from blood loss. So wish I could go back in time and change the decision to try depo.

  1155. I was on Depo for 2yrs+, stopped had no problems, periods back within 2 months. Was put back on for endometriosis symptom control, and had really bad period pains for months with no period, advised to stop and had an emergency ultrasound and bloods which were fine, almost 7 months later, I’m into my 2nd week of my first period since I started the Depo, and it’s horrendous! Very heavy bleeding, cramps and nausea, I just want it to stop now! Never going back on it again!

  1156. My experience with Depo has been horrible. I was on Depo for 2 years. I felt fine while on it. I got off of it because my Dr. advised not to stay on it for longer than 2 years due to bone density loss. About 2 months after it left my system I got the worst headache Iʼve ever had. This headache eventually lessened in pain but lasted over a year. I was treated for sinus infections and migraines. I was given several courses of antibiotics (which I reacted badly to) and an MRI. Eventually I found some websites sharing stories from other women who had similar heath issues after stoping depo. I suggested a treatment of progesterone to my (new) Dr.s they insisted it wouldnʼt help my head but might start my period which I hadnʼt had since getting off Depo. I took the progesterone and my headaches immediately went away. It didnʼt start my period though and my headaches returned after a week. After a series of progesterone treatments (in cycles 2 weeks on 2 weeks off) I finally started my period and my headaches were mostly better and at times gone. It took almost a year to start my period and then it was irregular for 5 months and now Iʼm currently on my 7th week of straight bleeding. I have had 2 ultrasounds and there doesnʼt seem to be any problems. I still have to work to convince Dr.s that this is a symptom from the Depo. I am really thankful for these websites for giving me some support that my story is not alone. I would like studies done on bleeding after Depo. I strongly recommend an alternative birth control. I think Depo is a dangerous drug. I realize being off of it that I was more depressed and got panic attacks while on Depo. I hope those of you dealing with itʼs effects can get some relief.

  1157. Hello I was on the deposit shot for three years. I started when I was 16. I had terrible headache and my body was producing too many hormones that it was throwing me off extremely in my every day routine. During those three years I played sports throughout high school eventually I had to stop due to my legs no longer being strong. This didn’t make any sense to me. I was an athlete. I was already strong. My bones had fractured in my legs. 10 fractured in my left and 8 in my right. My sports career was over by junior year. Senior year i was restricted from even participating in physical education. Now I am almost twenty. I stopped taking depo only because my insurance no longer covered me after 19 years old. It’s been a year off my shot. I just got my period four days ago. The cramps or horrendous and I’m bleeding too much for it to be normal. My periods were never this heavy and I NEVER got cramps. It doesn’t look to be slowing down either. Only getting heavier. Only time will tell lol hope this helps

  1158. I feel like I have turned into a sook since coming off it. I was always in control of my emotions, never got sad etc. Now I find myself crying during TV shows that I’ve watched a dozen times before without a problem. I was on it for 10 years and developed osteopenia due to long term use. If they’d given me a hysterectomy 11 years ago when I first asked for it, I wouldn’t have either problem. But of course doctors know us better than we know ourselves.

  1159. I have been off of the Depo Shot for 2 months. I am experiencing severe abdominal pains. To the point that it is unbearable.

  1160. I have had fatigue in the worst way. I want to do any but have sex. I feel depressed and cry at weird times. It’s been horrible coming off of it!

  1161. Well I got the shot im March nthis year after my baby I was late on the shot now… Im really emotional. I have really bad cramps my period came and I have appetite loss I throw up sometimes.. I kept the weight I haf with my baby ? but im getting back on the pill or I will just be using condoms to give myself a break

  1162. I was on the depo for 3years now and i did stop in MEI.since i did stop i have breast pain and my nipples are very sore.i have trouble sleeping at nights and i have a weird feeling in my stomach.it is like something is moving inside me but it is only when am sleeping on my back.Am still waiting for my period to come but it didnt

  1163. I was on the DEPO for 3years now and did stop taking it in MEI but now i have breast pain and my nipples are licking when am taking my bra off..i ddnt get my period yet but i have a weird feeling in my stomach.evrytime at night when i lay on my back to long i feel a movement inside me and am always moody

  1164. I took the depo shot three times. I havent had a shot for 6 years. now I’m 23 years old and I haven’t had a period in 5 and a half years after taking the shot. I would not recommend taking the shot.

  1165. I you are bleed and not stopping see your gyno and get checked out because you can go anemic and can go low enough to go into cardiac arrest.I went off and lost over 1/2 my blood supple and had to have a transfusion.If you are having all these symptoms, see a good gyno and ask about going on estrogen to help with the breast swelling and cramps and such.A good gyno dr should help and usually will start with estrogen pills.

  1166. i only had to shots in the 6 month now i am off of it some food still make me feel bloated my stomach pug out with some food,i olny being off of it for one month

  1167. I have been on the depo provera shot for 4 years and stopped it May. Ever since I have had a period every week, have been bloated, feel genuinely yuk. Also had very tender breasts on and off. I was not told of all these side effects. And have been a bit distraught as me and my husband are ttc!

  1168. Stopped the d.p 3 months ago. I get a 10 day period 2 times a month at random times. I have bad cramps and I have mood swings and some nights I don’t sleep (at all, no joke). Currently switching over to the natural planning birth control but at the moment it’s impossible because I am on my period for most of the month and my schedule is completely messed up.

  1169. I’ve been on deli since March of 2015 and I stopped taking the shot this year. While on it, I spotted for about a week every blue moon. Til this day I still don’t have any sign of my period but my breast are really tender and nipples are just the same. Didn’t think this could be a withdraw from getting off but I gained so much weight and my breast size increased another cup size. I don’t think I want to do the pill after this. I’m always tired, I’m thinking its from working so much and sleep doesn’t come easy.

  1170. I stop it 2 months ago the first month i had my period after that no period again and my breast has double in size and its hurts very badly i do not see this to be normal

  1171. Hi. I was supposed to have my next shot of deposit in November it’s now July and I have recently had severe anxiety I think all the time about things I would not worry about usually but I can’t get it out my head. I worry about everything and feel so distant from everyone. Has anyone else had this? How long does it lastI feel awful and am considering going to the doctors for anxiety tablets but really didn’t want to. Feel so alone and scared .

    • That’s exactly how I felt when I got the shot for the first time. I would not recommend getting it again. Try excercise and hormone balancing teas and herbs to help with your hormone levels. Anxiety pills won’t help, Hun. Best of luck (:

  1172. I stopped taking depo after my first dose, it made me go into paranoia fits, feeling guilty about nothing I’ve ever done, feelings of suicide and nightmares so bad I couldn’t sleep until it was light outside again. Stopping it was worse but in a different way. I had never had such horrible cramps and for 5 months straight all that would come out of me was black sludge (really really old blood I’m assuming). I was crying in pain almost every night bc that’s when the pain would hit the worst. And now 10 months later since I had ever heard of depo I am bleeding horribly (and when I say horribly I mean badddddd. I’m a really small women. I’m 102 lbs and 5’2″ so my periods are never heavy. But now I have to painfully force a super size tampon in every hour to half an hour depending on the time of day, when all I used to have to do was use a tiny light tampon, or some times just a pantiliner for a week and call it good.) the cramps have become debilitating. And since I won’t stop bleeding from my uterus I’m always nauseous. I will go on a run to move the blood clots that are causing the pains (and trust me. Going on a run on your period shows some super hero strength) but the last time I tried I blacked out on the side of the road and felt nauseous the rest of the day. I try yoga and nothing helps. I won’t stop bleeding and I have no control over it. So when I hear someone talk about their options for birth control. My rant will begin and I will let them know to never step foot close to any type of chemical hormone that is suppose to enter your blood stream. And I hope I’m not alone in that subject lol.

  1173. is there posibility to get pregnant after using the depo for 3 months,,,,i start depo march 9 and ended june 9. and at the same date june 9 i started taking pills already until now,,,wondering that i did not experience my menstrual period for 1 month

  1174. Since stopping the depo shot, my first period has lasted 11 days, it’s light but still there, is this normal?

  1175. I have been on it for 15 years I’m now 55 I Loved not having periods and or PMT and I definitely didn’t want any more babies . my GP couldn’t tell me what side effects to expect as I am probably going through menopause too and what a minefield that is ? can you help are there any withdrawal symptoms that are well documented ? I noticed I have stomach cramps and feel very tired which is very unlike me ?

  1176. My bleeding started BEFORE I stopped. I had plans on stoppin before i actually stopped BUT I began to bleed. Now usually I don’t startbleeding untildays before i need the shot & when i get it it goes away instantly. So i got it one last time thinking it would stop. I stopped bleeding for like a week or 2 then started right back up (February)… When i first got the shot it was wonderful no periods. I was just moody & would crmp with no blood. I had no problemwith that. Most of the time i just spot. To where if i wanted to have sex I COULD. it has now been almost 8 months of spotting/bleeding. I just really want my regular period back. I’ll take Heavy flow, bad cramps & nausea for THREE days a month anyday ?? NOW Im kind of becoming depressed because i keep getting UTIs & i haven’t had sex in FOREVER. Some post are saying it could be because of my depo shot because other woman also have been experiencing UTIs as well. I WISH I could reverse time to just get tha pill 🙁 & someone mention discharge I too experienced MORE discharge them before. My nipples are getting darker by the second ? my emotions are starting to take over because Before i got on depo i NEVER left my house when on my period. IMAGINE BEING ON FOR 7-8 MONTHS… I was supposed to get the shot Mid-April & didn’t.

  1177. It’s been almost two months since I took it after my baby was born. And I have not yet stop bleeding. I am tired of wearing pads and buying them too. It’s getting to me mentally. It’s summer and I can’t enjoy the beach with my kids. It’s my first time using it and I will never use it again.

  1178. I’ve been on it since I was 16, & I’m 20 now, so about 4 years, maybe a little longer. I stopped having a period after the 2nd shot, & spotted for about 2-3 days the week before the next shot was due. I’m currently getting off of it, I was due for my shot last Thursday & haven’t gotten it yet, I’ve been on and off bleeding for the last week, heavy some days regular others, some days not at all just to wake up the next with blood in my underwear. I wanna say this is just what my body is going through after not getting the shot, & having not had a regular period in 4 years. Will it get worse from here?

  1179. Getting the injection was the worst mistake I have made.

    I received the injection at the beginning of April, bled constantly until June 23rd. Didn’t get another shot. While on it I had a severe drop in energy, mood change, worsened anxiety, cramping bad, smaller breasts, no sex drive. Lots of other things as well.

    Getting off of it I’ve gained weight, energy leveled remained low, onset of depression, tender breasts, bloating.

    It’s miserable

  1180. I’m just passed my first month of stopping the shot. The day i stopped it I went on the pill. A month later. Im very tired everyday, brest tenderness . And get dizzy spells every time I stand up and turn around. And have yet to have a period

  1181. I stopped taking depo 3 years ago. I have experienced almost constant spotting between periods and severe nausea. The nausea has gotten better, but the bleeding has not stopped as of yet. I also have no sex drive and dealing with depression because of the constant bleeding.

  1182. I have been off of the Depo shot for a little over two years and my body is just now regulating to what feels like normal. I first started with this particular birth control my sophomore year in high school due to period pain while playing sports, up until my sophomore year in college. I felt my body being jittery and always angry among the weight gain. I was 98 pounds with a 32B bra size, by the time I stopped I was 137 pounds and a 34 DD mind you I had not stopped being active and I’m only 4’11”. I stopped for about 8 months and started again with the shot hoping things would be different. The same continued as before and now I’m having regular light periods lasting 3-4 days, I’m down to 112 pounds with no exercise and a 32C in cup size. I would advise everyone to stop the shot if you want to regulate your body, have energy and feel in control.

  1183. I have been on the Depo shot for almost twenty years total. After five years on the shot I went off for a year until I got my period back and then I ended up going right back on the Depo shot. I don’t remember any negative side effects of stopping the first time around. Now I’ve stopped for the second time after another 14 years and I have been noticing a lot of side effects; my sex drive has increased, my appetite has greatly increased, I’ve been having night sweats, and my breasts are extremely sore all the time. I’ve been off for 3 months and I’m wondering how long the symptoms are going to last. I am debating whether I should go back on the Depo shot just to feel better.

  1184. I took the depo on march 2nd and I didn’t go get it on june 2nd and every since then I have been bleeding on and off everyday. And its very aggravating.

  1185. I’ve recently stopped taking depo provera little over two months and have been on it for three years..I got all the worst side effects when I stopped my period returned back to normal but keeps coming and then stopping. To much info but idk if I have a hormonal thing going on but recently for a while now I have developed an itchy burning feeling on my vagina and I have no idea why.. I’m very concerned it would be constantly and then stopped for a few days. Its not a yeast infection, because I recently got a check up. I don’t know if its something to worry about or its just my hormones making it that way?! Any ideas what it would be?

  1186. I tried the injection it run out June. I’ve had the injection before at 16 and had no trouble. Now I’m 35 I’ve had reactions. Loss of weight. I lost half a stone which made me under weight (nearly put it back on now). Period not had one yet. Headaches that tablets can’t shift and worst is the hot and cold flushes. 6 weeks this has been going on for since just before injection run out.I feel like I’m having early menopause. Would help if I could book a Dr appointment but n.h.s will only let me make emergency appointments. Has any had the same? Or curiosity have I started menopause and it just coincided with the injection

  1187. I had been using depo since I was 17. I gave myself breaks every now and again. I went off of it at the beginning of 2011 and got pregnant Feb/March 2012. My periods throughout the time were pretty regular or I had none.

    I recently got off the shot again, back in October 2015 (the date I was due for another shot), because I’m trying for another baby. My period didn’t come back til April 2016. The past 2 months I’ve been clotting and/or menstrating. I’m not sure if this is because of depo or other issues. I made an appointment to see my doctor soon. I will let you all know what happens.

    As far as I know, every birth control is different for everyone. Even the first few months of a certain contraception can have changes in ongoing use. Everyone just needs to find that right one for themselves. And take multivitamins regardless of the choice. ..

  1188. I been on the Depo shot …. It stop my period. I didn’t get my next shot when recommend. I haven’t had a period since, it’s been a month. I gain a lot of weight in my upper body. The Depo Shot Mess my body up !!! My emotions are all over the place. I wish I never got it . Only good thing , I didn’t get pergant .

  1189. I have received the Depo shot on April 19th. About 15 minutes after getting the shot I felt nauseous and dehydrated! The doctor said it was because I haven’t eaten anything. By the end of the month, April 28th, I had my menstrual cycle and went off on May 10th. Usually I stay on for 6 days, in this case I stayed on for about 12 days. The next time I came on was May 29th and didn’t go off until July 14th! My doctor expected me to come back between July 5th-19th but I couldn’t take it any more. This shot caused me to be bloated, nauseous and hungry most of the time. Although my appetite was off the roof, I did not gain that much weight, maybe 5 pounds.

  1190. Hi ladies drop is the worst contraceptive to take I wouldn’t recommend it. I took my first shot the end of March and now it’s July and I’be been spotting for two weeks mood changes feeling very sick like throwing up all the time weight gain eating all the time bloated. I will not take another shot I hope the bleeding stop on and forgot to mention break out like hives on my head the worst expierence ever! DO NOT TAKE

  1191. Hi ther I have Been on depo for 3 mouths I was due it on the 16th of July I did have bleeding and I was freek out I had a big lump of some thing it fell out me on the18th of Jun and belly pain like I was away to have a baby and sore boobs and still have got sore boobs and like butterfly’s it comes and go everyday can I be pg

  1192. I’ve heard you’re not supposed to take it for more than 2 years. But I’ve been on it for exactly 4. Got it the day my son was born and he recently turned 4. That being said I would only have a period every 3 months and they were very light to where I only needed a panty liner. But when I first got it, I was bleeding already from having a baby, but I continued to bleed for 8 months straight. Heavy at first but then like a normal period….and yes! It was 8 months. Once I stopped ending it was very rare for me to. Which I loved. I got my last shot 13 weeks ago. It’s supposed to be every 12 weeks. I don’t want it anymore. Not that I don’t like it because it’s an amazing type of birth control. I’m just wanting another baby and I’ve heard it takes a while for the shot to actually get out of your system. But about 2 weeks ago my breasts started to hurt. I was on my three month period at the time of starting to hurt. Been off the period and they still hurt . Not to painful. More of an annoyance. Unless I lay in them, then it’s painful. I would recommend the shot to younger girls who have heavy flows of are struggling with acne. Not just to keep from getting pregnant, I loved not having a period.

  1193. I haven’t had any pain in my abdomen. But I just got off and am hoping I don’t have theseen problems other girls are having. But again it does say not to be on it for more than two years at a time. I haven’t had any other symptoms either actually. Other than breast tenderness. I can’t afford to lose weight. I’m only 115 lbs. As for the sex drive, mine went away….wait, slowed down pretty much the entire time I was on Depo. I’m hoping to get that back as I am wanting another baby. I am going to take the pill for 3 months as the depo continues to work it’s way out of my body. And I also heard taking the pill and then just stopping increases your chances of getting pregnant. My friend tried to get pregnant for 5 years. Then I told her to get on the pill, she did. But she took it at different times everyday and even skipped a couple of days and within a month she was pregnant. Don’t know if this helps anyone but I just wanted to share. Thanks.

  1194. Hi. I was on depo for a little over a year and on July 20 I was supposed to get get my shot after my last one 3 months ago. I decided to stop taking it because I didnt think the risks were worth it and it’s not reccomended for long term use. I havent had intercourse in a year so I’m not pregnant but lately my breasts and nipples have been very sore and the breast tissue seems to have thickened and become harder. I’ve gotten an ultrasound on my breast because I was so concerned with the pain and texture of the tissue but I’ve been told its all normal. I’m wondering if this change is due to stopping the depo because while I was on it I experienced very little breast tenderness and my breast actually shrunk. But now my breast are hurting/swollen and I’m concerned. I asked my Gyno about the withdrawal symptoms and was told there are none but I keep reading online about women experiencing the same things. Has any one has any luck with remedies for the tenderness? Because every movement hurts them and even sleeping at night is uncomfortable for me now.

  1195. I am currently 17 years old and I have been on the drop shot since I was 12 and I just recently stopped getting it and I have been on my period for three weeks or more and I’m kind of worried any insite ?

  1196. I was on depo for 4 years almost. I’ve been off for about 3 months now and the changes in my mood and eating have been significant. After starting the shot in October of 2013, I was relieved of heavy menstrual cycle and overwhelming side affects. I also noticed I started becoming depressed and those around me saw it to… I was not who I was before. Since coming off the shot in March of 2016 I’ve never felt better honestly. I think more testing needs to be done. Especially among the 17-25 age range.

  1197. I’ve stopped taking the shot and I’m experiencing lots of Brest tenderness, and pain. And very un interested in things. No desire to do anything.

  1198. i was supposed to take my Depo injection in April but i did not because since i started taking the injection i have not seen my periods ever since and m so worried about that is it a good thing or bad thing that i have not menstruated

  1199. I got the depo in December n never went back to get a second just started getting my period in may ever since than i get anxiety nervousness depression feeling detached from self. I cant have a normal day. i have never took any type of birth control n my life n the one time i do my life is hell now. am on an organic diet n taking supplements to cleanse my body out. Am hoping this ends soon cuz i have two kids i want to enjoy n a husband who wants the old me back. ??

  1200. Just wondering if anyone else has had a similar issue as me. I started the Depo shot when I was 22 yrs old. About 5-6 months after starting it I had a freak accident when I was running and blew out my knee. I did a 180 degree dislocation of it and tore 3 out of the 4 ligaments in it all from tripping on a sidewalk when I was running. I was an avid runner at that time and ran about 3-4 miles a night always going the same route. All the doctors couldn’t believe the damage that I had done to my knee from such a simple misstep. They described the damage as something that they usually see in a motorcycle accident. It wasn’t until recently that I saw that the Depo shot could cause demineralization of your bones and I was wondering if anyone else had any similar stories to mine. I am since off the Depo and am now on an IUD. I had no other symptoms on the Depo but to this day my knee still bothers me from the freak accident and I have 2 scars and have undergone 3 surgeries and spent 3 months in a wheelchair all due to this. I also have permanent nerve damage in my leg due to the injury because my nerve got stretched. It was questionable at the time on if I was ever going to be able to walk normally again. I have since made an almost full recovery. Other than some arthritis and periodic pain and fear of having to suddenly catch myself on my leftnleg I’m back to my usual activities. Has anyone had similar issues? I read somewhere that your bones may never completely repair after the demineralization from the Depo? Are they recommending bone density testing due to this? I’m only 26 but I don’t want to have to go through that experience again.

  1201. I was on the Depo shot for exactly one year. After that year I didn’t go get my next shot, I quit. I haven’t had any other form of birth control but since I quit I haven’t had my period For 4 months and my breast are super sore all the time. I also experience major cramping from time to time. My first 3 months on the shot I had had a very bad period ( only spitting but with cramps so bad I was laying on my couch crying and couldn’t move because it would hurt too bad.) After about 3 days of that I had a really heavy flow and passed a big clump of what looked like skin,I took a picture of it and the Dr said it was just my uterine lining.
    The next 6 months on the shot I didn’t have a period.
    The final 3 months I was on the shot I spotted the whole time. But know it has been 4 months off the shot with no period. I have taken 2 pregnancy test and they both were negative..
    Should I be worried??

  1202. I was on the depo shot for almost 3 years. I stopped taking it 9 months ago. After having horrible bloating and the most unconfortable breast tenderness, I have just now started a “period” The blood was very dark, almost black and lasted for 9 days. I stopped taking the depo because I started to feel very depressed and lifeless after I would get the shot for about a month. At that point I did some research on the medication to see what others experienced. Not only did I find out it increased depression but I found out people couldn’t conceive for 2 plus years after discontinuing depo. That’s when I decided to stop the birth control. I had terrible menstral cycles as a teen (why I started depo) and I decided the side affects are NOT worth it. Hopefully more women research it more than I did before taking it and decide that the side affects that it causes aren’t worth it.

  1203. I had terrible symptoms, my boobs are so sore all the time. I’m incredibly emotional, and I keep getting headaches! I was on the depo for 3 years and came off of it in may2016. Symptoms still haven’t gone

  1204. I just had the essure put in 2 1/2 yrs ago when they put the iodine in to see if its gone leak out which it did so they had to put me on the depo been on 2 1/2 yrs two everytime it runs outta my body i start to feel sick. migrans headache just pounding

  1205. I’ve been in deposit for 10 years. Last shot was in My 2015. Right after My boobs were too sore to touch wear a bra. I always felt dizzy. Got my first period the end of May 2016 and been having 2 periods a month lasting up to 10 days. Now this month I didn’t have one.

  1206. I have taken depo then I stopped my oh balance was off I’m gaining weight….my nipples soft….feet swollen but I also had my period last week what does this mean

  1207. For a long time I would get two periods a month, and now they are still very irregular. I also have noticed my left leg and butt cheek having a lot of numbness when I stand up for long periods of time. I have also gained 15 pounds after getting off

  1208. I only had 3 depo shots, so nine months I was on it. I decided I wanted to get prefer and stopping taking it. It has been off of it for 5 months and i haven’t had a period yet. At first there was a lot of black discharge but then it stopped and I haven’t had a thing since.

  1209. My daughter has been on the shot little over 5yrs are more trying to find out are there any side effects we need to be ready for she 19

  1210. I have had two shots, exactly when my doctor told me to come in and take them, and now I’m on the pill. I’m currently trying to get my body back where it was before the shot, but it is difficult.
    I wish I had known more about the side effects of the depo, and the withdrawal effects before hand. I’m currently in bed, unable to get comfortable. I randomly through out the day feel like I’m going to vomit, my breasts are sore, and I’m always tired.
    I would have NEVER taken this if I’d known what all it could do to me. I saw it as an easy way to get around taking the pill, but I was definitely wrong. I would only reccommend this to someone who is prepared to handle such terrible side effects.

  1211. I was only on the shot once (May 3) and the first period I had on it was normal, just cramps and the second one lasted ten days but it was super light. I just got off the shot on August 3rd and I haven’t had my period and I’m experiencing Fatigue all the time even when I walk right out my front door. Hip and lower back pain, also lower abdominal pain. I have lost my sex drive and I gain weight like crazy. Has anybody else had these symptoms?

  1212. I’ve been on the depo shot since 14 and I am 18. I got on the shot because of my period being really heavy hoping it would stop, and it did after the second shot. The first shot is always rough your body has to get use to it. My hair fell out a lot, my face broke out almost the whole time on the shot and I was very moody. But after awhile the symptoms went away. I am very healthy I always keep up on vitamin d. You just have to know what you need and depo is not for everyone.

  1213. I was suppost to go get my depo shot last week and i figured i didnt want it anymore due to nonstop bleeding, i was on it for 7 months, now i feel sick for 2 days now… anybody else had this problem?

  1214. Well this is the month that i supposed to get my shot but im trying to get pregnant and i wonder in how long that will be possible?

  1215. After stopping depo after several years, my menstrual cramps were the worst of my life!! As a teenager, I suffered from intense nausea and cramps, but after having a child the nausea was not really an issue. I did decide to get back on the depo. When I stopped, my cycle became very abnormal; I experienced mild bleeding for extended periods of time. One day I experienced abdominal pain so intense that I went to the hospital thinking I was having a miscarriage.After a visit to the emergency room and 2 outpatient procedures, the doctor recommended I get back on the shot because my cramps were so unbearable. Now I wonder how healthy it is to go so long without a period and how depo has truly affected my body.

  1216. I’ve had only one depo shot, my period came back about two weeks after stopping. However its two weeks after that and I’m experiencing a second period.. I’m confused and concerned … Any advice?

  1217. Hi I was on the injection just twice from Oct 15 to Jan 16 was due my third one but didn’t I started my periods very light on March and gradually they seem fingers crossed coming back to normal

  1218. I have taken Depo two times, I remained on it for 3 months (one shot worth) the first time, and 6 months (two shots worth) the second time. I bled everyday both times around with a 6 month break between the 3 months and the 6 months. It was very difficult and caused lots of problems for me.

  1219. I was on the depo for ten months and had 2 weeks monthly spotting. I’m now on depo withdrawal and I have 3 weeks nonstop spotting along with my regular menstrual period. This has been going on for the past two months, and I was wondering if it’ll stop anytime soon.

  1220. I had gotten my first & LAST shot April 28, 2016. Before I got on it my period ended te 27th of that month. I didn’t bleed at all for the month of May, I bled June 16-18, which seemed like a normal period to me. I was supposed to go and get my next shot July 8, but after all the pain I decided not to. I bled for the whole month of July. It stopped August 1st. I’ve been having unprotected sex mostly 4 or 5 times a week, beginning last week I’ve had this creamy milky discharge, & my nipples have been hurting like crazy, slight cramps, tiredness, & headaches. I have been trying to conceive. I was wondering if Theres any chance I’m pregnant or is it just withdrawal symptoms? Please help! Thanks a lot!

  1221. I have recently stopped taking Deposit Prevera. Since then my period has come back to normal but my breasts won’t stop hurting and they’re bigger than before. Otherwise, everything seems fine other than my joint pain getting worse

  1222. I’ve just come off the pill injection was due to have it done on the 2 August but choose not to is it normal to have blood coming from me? But it’s a little smelly? How long does this go on?

  1223. I’ve been on it since 1999 and got off it twice. I’m currently having a discharge of brownish (sometime I see red) blood clots. I’m guessing it’s normal but curious as to how long it will last?

  1224. I stopped using depo last December because of the excessive breakthrough bleeding . I bleed for 6 months straight!!!! I got weak and felt tired all the time!!!! Finally it stopped and I haven’t had a period since ….however I feel so tired and depressed , it’s a strange feeling that u just want to go away!!!! And I never had this tired , depressed feelings before I started taking the depo provera!

    • I use to be depressed also and I lost my sex drive.. even now that I have been off of it sex is not the same at all

  1225. I’m so glad I found this I was on deposit from 16 to 21 at first it was fine, no periods just a little bloating and spotting when I should of gotten my period, after having been on it for 2 years everyhing was good went to the doc and she said that since i was on it for that long i had to go off it for atbleast 3 months so i did. I gained 30 in the first 6 weeks after being off I bled for 4 months (yes even after getting back on it) severe cramps, bloating, Irritability, mood swings, super tampons had to be changed every hour I went back to the doc and she put me on an estrogen pill to stop the bleeding and I gained more weight, and then all sorts of changes started with my body. I got hit in the stomach and thought i was going to die the bleeding still didn’t stop I went to the hospital just to find out that I was given the shot and estrogen pills while I was pregnant needless to say I lost the baby, I’m still trying to lose the 40lbs and trying to get my body back to before I got on deposit.

  1226. I was due to have my next depo at the end of July beginning of August. I didn’t go for it an this past week iv been experiencing tender breasts lower abdominal pains mood swings & really really tired also getting little pains shooting pains in my tummy. Not entirely sure what’s going on.

  1227. It made me bleed a lot for months at a time . I stop taking it and started gaining weight fast. I would not recommend this at all.

  1228. The past few days I’ve been super bloated and peeing every 30-45 minutes… Is this normal going off Depo? I’ve been off of it since June

  1229. I toke. The shot for ten yrs i stop taking it in September. I am now trying to get pregnant. I am over wieght. To i need advice on what mint be wrong i want a baby so bad

  1230. I started the depo originally when I was 17 years old. I liked it because I didn’t have to remember to take it everyday, and the fact that my period stopped all together. Only downfall for a 17 year old is I gained weight, and when I say that is I gained 60 pounds my first year on depo. I stayed on for about two years and decided to get off. It wasn’t until recently, after having my daughter that i decided to use this method of birth control again. My daughter is now a year old, I work full time and somehow I forgot my appointment for my latest shot, so I am currently 4 days over the last day to get it. In those four days I have experienced the worst migraines, bloating, and cramps, and fatigue. I have never experienced any of this in my years of experience with depo prevera. I am starting to wonder if I should consider another birth control method.

  1231. I was on the depo for roughly 2 and a half years. My last one was May 5th, 2016. It’s only been about a month since the depo would have been out of my system. I haven’t had any bleeding at all which I guess is to be expected? Though I see others are having the opposite effect. The reason I’m looking all of this up though is that I’m experiencing some awful cramping and it just seems to be getting worse with time. I’m worried because my mom had endometriosis and had either her ovaries or uterus removed, one or the other. I’m researching that as well because it was one of the reasons I wanted to try the depo, never much discussed it with a physician though. I’m not sure what I should be worried about right now or who to even ask. But is anyone else having these relentless cramps??

  1232. I’m been on depo sense July 23 and got on my period a week late which is August 23 started cramping badly then spotting then bleeding the cramps and pain are in my back and stomach and pelvic area and I’m alwAys tired

  1233. I was on Depo-provera for one year (4 shots). My last shot was March 2016.
    I am 45 years old.
    It’s five months later and I have not had a period. I get headaches about twice a week, I never got them before. I’ve gained weight, I bloat easily and have just started to produce colostrum. My partner had a vasectomy years ago, so although I have symptoms of pregnancy I’m sure I’m not. I do feel nausea and am tired more often. I am thankful to read that I am not alone with these symptoms. I used to use Mefanemic acid for period cramps, which work extremely well, if women are interested in trying a product to ease their pain.

  1234. Hi I had the depo injection only one shot I ain’t gettin the second because tryin for s baby it be me second child but how it take go out system the injection shot was due today which ended 1st Sep 2016

  1235. I gained 50 lbs within 4 months on depo. Since I stopped I have not gotten my period. I wouldn’t recommend the shot to anyone. Maybe my mood swings crazy.

  1236. I took depo for just about a year.. During that year I gained almost 15lbs even tho I was a very active person, I was beyond moody and emotional it was horrible, I felt like a different person. I got my last shot was at the end of Febuary early March 2016 It’s now September 2016 and I still haven’t gotten a period since. Before the shot I was regular and my periods came like clock work.

  1237. Hi
    I have stopped getting the depo shot
    I was supposed to get one on the 12/06/16
    But didn’t and now still haven’t got my period but i have been getting realy sore brest and no i am not pregnant i done a test about a month ago and it was negative i dont under stand what is going on.

  1238. I have gone two months since my last shot. I have constant breast tenderness, random spotting and cramping without any menstruation. I stopped the shot because of significant weight gain (20+lbs) and lack of sexual activity. I’ve read that I won’t get another period for 6-18 months, which scares me

  1239. I been off Depo for 6 months and now experiencing cramping and spotted one time and was wandering will I start soon I been cramping for 2 days

  1240. I’ve only had 1 shot this year in January was expected to get my 2nd shot in April. Due to the heavy bleeding for a straight month during the shot I decided to go off of it completely. Now it’s been about 6 months without a 2nd injection and I’ve gotten 2 periods within a 2 week time span. 1st one not so painful this one was very painful. I dont know if its from coming off the shot or if it’s from something else. Could this be my regular cycle coming back?

  1241. I got two of the depo shots one in november of 2015 and the second one in feburary 2016 i was suppose to get the third one in april 2016, since then ive been off depo for 7 months now and since last week ive been getting bad cramps, back pain, and heart burn. I took a pregnancy test on sunday and it came back negative so idk whats going on now

  1242. I have taken depo wen I was in my early 20s but not for longer than a 2 yr period ever, until the birth of my daughter. I started depo right away bc I’d not remembered anything bad before. I was on it 5 1/2 years, and took a break for a few mos after I was scheduled for my nxt injection and concerned before deciding to go ahead and continue I asked the nurse practitioner my questions about my health, and she told me the bone thing was not accurate if take extra calcium bc her daughter chose it for a lot longer than my 5 yrs and was fine. After a cpl of injections I remember starting to feel well in those mos without it and my overall happiness n body felt better. So I chose to stop for good, and here it is 4-5 mos since I was due for an injection and I feel terrible. Fatigue, horrible stomach cramps for over a week my long ago, nausea, what’s like acid reflux x10 outta nowhere, and I’m thinking how could I really be pregnant that quick when last time it took ovr a year for my husband and I to finally get pregnant with our 1st and only, but I do know yes it’s possible bc it only takes 1x ;), but I can’t seem to think its the case! (it would b a blessing if I am) I’d just really like to know if depo is as bad as I’m hearing recently, and if this is why I feel so terrible.

  1243. I have been off the shot for 3yrs and twice out of the month I spot for at least 3 days then I get a full period for a week and a half!

  1244. I got depo shot twice it was for a human study trial I was 109-119 for my weight then 6 months hit and I become fat all over 145 and now 151 just in one month! I have a huge fat gut and it says depo causes this but how do I lose the weight from this crap!? I got nxplonane in my arm doesn’t seem to make me gain more but it could be stopping me from losing weight.

  1245. I was on the depo for 4 years I finally decided to stop taking it about a month ago because of the constant stomach pains and head aches when I got off they stopped but my breast became very sore and tender to the touch I lost my sex drive and I have been bleeding really heavy and can’t stop I have no idea what to do I’ve been so worried with how much blood I have lost can anyone please help me and tell me what i can do to get it to stop none of the doctors know exactly what’s going on they just say it’s normal but I know that it can’t be safe losing this much blood!!! Please help me !!!

  1246. I was on Depo for about 5 years, with a couple month break In the middle before starting again. It was a really good option for me and I had minimal side effects, which seemed to lessen a bit over time: hair loss, mild moodiness and lower energy the week after getting each shot, and some skin/ache issues. (These side effects felt like nothing compared to how the oral pills made me feel!) My period stopped almost immediately after the first shot, and when I took a couple month break after the first 3 years of use, it came back within 2-3 months after the shot wore off and was totally normal. (I had acupuncture to help with this transition.) I was super active, so didn’t gain any noticeable weight on it. I just recently went off it for the second time and have noticed a bit of bloating and a few extra pounds of weight gain as it wears out of my system. Nothing else too extreme though yet. I guess some people do better on progestin only birth control than others. It worked pretty great for me as far as hormonal birth control goes. The combination pills made me feel dreadful both physically and emotionally. I’m gonna try the copper IUD next month, since it’s non-hormonal and long term. We’ll see how it goes!

  1247. My Name is Jenae, i have been on the depo- preva for almost 4 years, it’s been almost 2 months since my last shot, i have had serve bladder pain and stomach pain for about 3 weeks, that even the hosptial couldn’t desifer. They have me pain meds that don’t seem to be helping, please has anyone else had theses symptoms? Please write me back if you have, i am scared and have never had pain this bad.

  1248. I have stopped using depo and ihave experience something new pains and cramps in my stomach on and off bleeding plis im worried what could b the source

  1249. So my depo provera ends tomorrow, going to start trying for a second child, my son is 4 years 3months. Been on the injection since he was a month old. I’m not sure how I feel about it at the moment, mixed feelings. Not sure what to expect. I have heard it can take upto 2 years for the body to get back into its rhythm for some women and others can happen straight away.

  1250. I was on depo for several years approximately 15 due to endometriosis. About 5 years ago I started to have pain in my right knee which progressively got worse over the years. I was told by an orthopedic doctor that the cartilage in my knee was gone. After some research, I was told that one of the side effects of the depo was in fact bone/joint issues. I have since had to retire early from my career and have been having issues with daily physical activities.

  1251. I was given Depo before my hysterectomy it made me bleed more. I started gaining weight. It’s not stopping. I’m so upset I’ve never been so heavy. I’m working out stop the bread and rice. Still it’s only been a month or two but I’m still gaining weight. I don’t understand. Can’t stop crying. I don’t understand why it was even given to me.

  1252. I came off the depo and for the past two months have had continuous side effects reflecting pregnancy. I am not pregnant but I sure do feel like it. I’m tired all the time, I have tender breast, bloating, and even ovarian cramps.

  1253. I was the depo shot since 2010. I am currently off and have been for a year now. It took 6-7 momths for my cycle to return. I did gain a significant amount of weight (20-30 lbs) . My cycles are WAY better now. I used ti have horrible cramps and the pressure was unbearable at times. Now I have little to no cramps. . I do have an un-easy stomach. Like car rides i feel really sick. My skin has gitten worse. I get really bad breakouts and horrible scarring. Ive tried changing my skin regime and drinking lots of water but nothing has changed (i am open to suggestions).

  1254. I’m 22, I’ve been on the depo since I was 16. I recently stopped it but I did go back on it because I was experiencing too much pain as explained above.
    I did have my period for about 6 months in the beginning but I’ve only had maybe two periods since then. I don’t grow hair on my legs. My hair on my head has gotten thicker though. I gained about 30 pounds in the beginning as well, but I did loose it within the next year WITHOUT changing my diet or exercising. The only problem I would say I’ve had in the last 6 years is, I get bad headaches every once in a while. That might be from the depo or just something that runs in my family.

  1255. I’m having the worse pain I ever had in my life and the bleeding is like running water out of a faucet with lots of clots. I can’t eat, I’ve been to the ER twice because the pain is just so bad they prescribed me tylenol codeine it didn’t work Tramadol didn’t work Midol didn’t work or a aleeve the pain is just so bad I will never ever take this again.

  1256. I was on depo provera for 9 years. My last shot was nearly a year ago and I am still experiencing side effects. From breast tenderness, to acne, to not being able to loose any weight (it just stubbornly stays put) and mood swings (random anxiety and/or depression). I am really looking forward to the day that my body is back to normal..

  1257. My experience with the Depo-Provera was horrific. I got the worst head aches and stomach pains without my period even being here. I lost weight rather than gained, i’ve been off of it for a year now and I just got my period back this month and had my period twice in the same month.

  1258. I have just stopped the shot after almost 3 years. After about 6 weeks off I have started to have symptoms that made me think I might be pregnant, though its not completely ruled out at this point. My breasts are not only killing me but are swollen as well, they feel like I just had a baby and need to feed, except I’m not lactating and there is no relief. I’m constantly nauseous day and night. I think the mood swings are the worst. Wish there was something I could do about this.

  1259. I was taking the shot for almost 4 years, I didn’t take my last injection (August) because I’m wanting to have kids in the next 3-4 years and heard it takes some time to get pregnant after. The first 2-3 injections were horrible, constant bleeding and irritability but it soon passed and I would occasionally spot. Since ending the doses, my breasts have swelled at least 1 cup size, bloating, anxiety and fatigue are severe. When do these symptoms end? And is the first returning period extreme? I’ve read it can be very painful and heavy..

  1260. I got the Depo shot a total of 2 times. I got my first shot in December of 2015 and the second shot in March of 2016. I was supposed to get another shot in June of 2016 but I decided not to because of complications. Since the first week of starting the Depo, I bled non-stop all the way through my first shot, second shot, and up until the end of August 2016. 8 months of non-stop bleeding. I was very moody and quite tired. I have now been off of the Depo for 3 months and I’m starting to experience other side effects now that the bleeding is gone. I have very sore breasts and they have swollen quite a bit. I feel very bloated and my appetite is not the same. From my experience, I would not recommend getting the Depo shot. As of now, I am unsure of when I will get my period again, if ever.

  1261. So I got the depo shot twice ….

    And both times my arm was numb for a little while. But then some worse side effects started occurring. I started gaining weight , my hair was falling out easier & I was just way more moody. 6 months later I still haven’t gotten a period but have had 2 negative pregnancy tests. My body is confusing and scaring me….

  1262. I only took one depo shot and stopped bcz i decided to have a bby, now i have back pain and yesterday i saw some blood spots. Is ths normal, what does it mean?

  1263. Through the ages of 14-17 I used the Depo shot and it was fabulous. I never had any issue with it. It worked as it should. I loved that I only had one short period every 3 months, I never gained weight, and my anemia was a ton better. My last appointment was 3 months before turning 18 and I never went due to relocation. At the age of 21 I figured that since I loved it the first time I used it that I would be okay with it again. My first and only dose had me bleeding for almost 5 months straight. It was a nightmare. It was expensive. I inquired about this to my physician and was told it was completely normal. Yeah? Since when?
    After my 5 month period with no break it finally came to an end. The proceeding 6 months led to no period at all. I was in Wonderland. I also inquired about the loss of any menstruation. I was informed that it could take up to 2 years to finally regain regular menstruation.
    2 weeks ago I started bleeding after having about a month’s worth of pms signs and symptoms. The period lasted about 2 and a half days then came to a stop. 2 weeks after (today) I STILL HAVE PMS SYMPTOMS!!!! My beasts are always sore and my uterus is constantly sensitive to any kind of pressure. I’ve never had this happen. Why do I still have pms symptoms as evident as these 2 weeks after a period that I’ve missed for 6 months!? I would assume that if there was residual fluid that the period would not have been cut short. I’m very confused.

  1264. I am almost 32yrs old. And have been taking the shot since I was 19. Never had an issue with it. No weight gain, nausea nothing. I hadn’t had a period in yrs. It was great! I missed my shot by a month and ended up pregnant. Was shocked it happened so quickly but now I have my son and im greatful. really think its just different for everyone.

  1265. I been on the depo shot for 3 years I just stopped sept 7,2016 now I have these cramps next to my uterus I stop taking the shot because it was making me bigger than what I was I am sexualy active when I stop taking the shot I crave a lot of food junk and more its only been a few weeks since I stop and I have been having sex “might be pregnant”more to the story I haven’t had a period in 3yrs but every time I miss a shot I my period would last three days but this time my period have not come should I speak with my Dr haven’t tooken a pregnancy test I just know my body changes and mood swings

  1266. I was on depo vera for 2 years I stopped as gaining weight my periods stopped I blew up like a balloon and dr took blood test and said I was in menopause my doctor prescribed hrt I have had a hysterectomy since and ovaries still in tact I am now getting fatter again I think maybe the blood test was misdiagnosed and only now am I starting menopause I want to come of hrt which I have been on for 3 or more years

  1267. Hey there, my name is Taylor and I got my last shot of depo in september of last year. Still no period, and have been feeling like im pregnant. All tests come back negative. I was wondering if anybody had any insight on this from coming off the depo.
    Thanks

  1268. I’m going crazy why doesn’t Pfizer admit that depo provera causes Seizures. I’m going crazy trying to find out what the hell is going on. My neurologist can’t find anything wrong with me since the age of 16, I’m 29 now Disabled and on Social Security I hate my life now I don’t qualify for the next class action lawsuit because it’s only for patients with a different type of “headache”. I’ve been in a coma twice and sit at home all day waiting for Seizures. Depo Provera has ruined my life, I have been discriminated against twice because of my condition. I tried to get legal help on both but one job didn’t know who I was talking about because they literally fired the Secretary, trainer and manager from the call center. And the other a restaurant named Cheddar’s demoted me as an Administrative assistant I didn’t get to see a lawyer on time. I don’t understand why Retarded Dr’s can’t make the connection between depo provera and million poor girls who are suffering from Seizures in Epilepsy.com…

  1269. I have been on Depo Provera for 9 years, I started the shot after I had my daughter at 16 years of age. I did not want to conceive again so I knew I wanted to be on a form of birth control. I had tried different methods (patch, pill) but none worked for me so I then chose Depo Provera. As stated at the beginning I have been on the shot for 9 years now at 25 engaged to be married my fiancé and I want to have a child together so I stopped my shot. I have been very sick, feeling nausea, very tired, mood swings, break through bleeding. I have been told it could take a while for me to get pregnant due to get all the injection out of my system. I really hope I can get pregnant soon, but these symptons really suck.

  1270. My last injection was January. It is now October. Haven’t had a period although the last two weeks have had ‘stomach aches’. Not the same as period pain though and sore nipples – not boobs – just nipples. I am in my early 50s and was told continuing Depo injections increased chance of loss of bone density. Blood test showed I am not yet menopausal. I am going to doctor as sick of stomach pain. It seems as though there is no same outcome for any one person. Everyone’s story is different. I originally went on depo as my period pain was getting worse as I got older. Was on injections for about 7 years.

  1271. I did take depo provera injection for only 3 times, over 10 years ago. But my body is still for some reason forming that thin layer to stop me from getting pregnant. Have tried to ask others about, nurses and etc why. But they don’t believe me. Really, really just want my body to stop doing that. Hoping someone would know how… Oh and I get the breast swelling and etc every month too. Please advise. Thank you ever so much for your help in advance..:)

  1272. Pseudo tumor cerebri. Went blind in my left eye I had to have 2 spinal taps to relieve the brain pressure which was at a 410. I then needed a blood patch to close the leak from the spinal tap. I gained 40 lbs while on Depo. Also a huge goiter appeared on the left side of my thyroid. I wish I had never taken Depo Provera. I suffered so much. Years later and still debilitating migraines, weight gain, thyroid goiter, and wry neck torticollis. Stay away ladies.

  1273. If I knew stopping the depo was this brutal I wouldn’t have started it in the first place. Physicians have no idea what to tell us to expect. I’m only 25 and I’ve been on it for two years. I recently stopped because I knew I wanted to conceive maybe within the next 2-3 years. I put an IUD in to replace that birth control. The pain that I’ve been going through the last month has been unbearable. I don’t know if it’s stopping the depo or starting the IUD that’s causing it. I chose the non hormonal option for the IUD because I want my reproductive system to stabilize again but the pain has been massive. Now that I’m reading this I feel like it might likely be because of stopping the depo. Nonstop bleeding in large amounts, leaking milk breasts that are so incredibly tender it’s insane. If I knew the depo was so unstudied two years ago I wouldn’t have chosen it.

  1274. Im coming off the deep shot and experiencing alot of difficulties as well feel very sick horrible breast pain horrible migraines always feel nauseated like I have to vomit everything I eat I get sick

  1275. I was on depo for about 3 years I gained so much weight went from being 115 lbs to 200lbs, its been about 4-5 years since I’ve been off depo and still don’t get periods. I want to say about 2 years ago I got my period it last me a whole month then after that I haven’t seen it I also have a lot of breast pain. Someone told me its bad not to have periods it can stop me from being able to get pregnant, idk I just been nervous and scared to think that in the future I may not be able to have a child I’m very young still but it scareds me something could be really wrong any advice for me ?

  1276. I have only had 3 injections but stoped because of the weigtlht gain whih has made me very depressed with savear anxiaty its been about a two months since my last depo but this time i am having savear sore breasts they feel so heavy to its getting really bad i cant even lie on my side in bed because its so sore but am embarrased to go to doctors about it as my doctors like to shug every issue off unless my parent comes with me and am 25 and really dont want family to know my weight gain has made my deppression anxiaty and moods worse as i feel fat unsexy and ugly so i am not sure what to do

    • dont feel embarrassed,YOUR HEALTH IS IMPORTANT and it is a doctors job to know and be professional about your issues. and if you feel like your doctor will shrug you aside then maybe you should get another doctor who does care about their patients. i totally understand how your feeling about the weight gain cause it happens to everyone who uses the depo. i have gained as well but its due to the fact that i couldnt control my eating habits. im off the depo as well and i do too feel tenderness in the breast and i was going to see my doctor as well for it cause i want to believe since ive been on it for 2 years and finally decided to get off, i feel like its making my body go back to its normal hormones. so will see and when i find out i would like to tell you my visit and what my doctor says

  1277. i have been on the depo for about two years now it was working out great. yeah it did lose my sex drive a little and ill spot here and there, but my main problem was i felt hip pains and i thought i was losing bone marrow. Ever since i got off i no longer feel the hip pains but i do feel tenderness in my breast and my nipples do hurt from time to time. Therefore i am concerned if that could be the reason why my breast hurt due to the fact that i have stop using it.

  1278. I’m 48 I stop getting the depoprovera at the age 47 its been over 12 months and I was on it for 21yrs. in the last couple months ive been very sexually active and now I am getting some bleeding

  1279. I’m 48 I was getting the depo provera injection for over 21 years and then I stop getting it when I was 47 which was about November last year. but in the last couple of months I have been very sexually active but in the last day or 2 I have spotted bleeding when I wipe myself also I see small amount in the toilet its very pail. can someone help me and let me Know what’s going on please. I thought I be past getting my periods and going though the change of life. by now.

  1280. I have been taking depo provera for 6 months, I just stopped taking it on Sept. 21st and started having very sore nipples, tiredness, cramping, nausea, and headaches. It started the beginning of this month, October 1st 2016 and is still ongoing and it’s the 9th, I thought I may have been pregnant but I’m sure that’s not the case

  1281. I was on the depo shot from 2010 to 2016. I wanted to get off of it and onto the pill instead. The first two months off of it, I was fine, and the pill put me on a regular cycle. But after a couple of months I started having my period halfway through my pill cycle, which didn’t seem right. I figured I just needed my body to get on it’s natural cycle again, so I stopped taking the pill and any contraceptive altogether, hoping my body would regulate itself. It has been about 3 months contraceptive-free now, and I am still at least spotting every week. I have only had unprotected sex once and have bled since then so I don’t think I am preggers. My doctor assumes it is from having been on the depo for so long and now coming off of it, but wants me to go back in if it persists for more than two more months.

    Not sure if this is a factor, but I do take 100 mg of Sertraline daily for anxiety control.

  1282. I have taken only two depo injections in my life but I doubt it if I will ever take it again. Firstly I noticed hair loss, anxiety, breast soreness, fatigue and discomfort in my abdomen.

  1283. I got my 5th shot in June and it didn’t stop my bleeding. I’ve been bleeding for 6 months straight and no doctor can help me or tell me why and im wondering when it will stop and go back to my normal period. I’ve decided to stop taking the depo and haven’t taken it since.

  1284. I was on the depo shot for two years after having my son and decided to stop after having depression, mood swings, headaches and spotting for almost two months straight! After only 4 weeks of being off the shot I had a normal period. I can feel my body coming off the shot already

  1285. My nurse told me that I couldn’t have it for more than 2 years due to the risk of osteoperosis (also increased by my bulimia), but she failed to mention the hell that a lot of women go through coming off it!

    I only took it for a year but realised that it had made me gain 2 stone and my boyfriend is convinced that it is having effects on my mental health. I’m 1 month ‘off’ it. I was convinced that I was pregnant (vomiting, nausea, swollen and painful breasts etc) but I just hope that this stops soon.

  1286. I just stopped taking the depo after 5 or so years. I loved it. I haven’t had a single period since starting it. Which, for me, is great because my periods were so painful (pretty much debilitating). I stopped about a week ago because I want to see if I will lose weight after stopping. That has been my only problem while on it. Weight gain. But I was fine with it at first because I would rather have put on weight than have a period. Now I’m 22, so I thought maybe I’d try and see if my periods would be more manageable now that I’m older. I also want to see if I can drop the extra pounds off when I start having regular periods again.

  1287. I have had one shot of Depo and decided it wasn’t for me as I bled every couple of days when it had run out I didn’t bleed for two months. Then I started bleeding and it hasn’t stopped it’s nearly been a month.

  1288. I started have the injection just over a year ago – periods stopped fully from the beginning – the last 5-6 weeks I have been spot bleeding day to day – or after intercourse anyone else have this ?
    Also my injection ran out a week ago tomorrow and again spot bleeding is still on going ? Thank you

  1289. I was on the depo provera shot for a little over a year then I stopped because I hated the fact that I barely ate and never gained weight. I’ve been noticing from my neck to my back always hurts and I just don’t know why I feel like that.

  1290. I have been using the Depo for 3+ years & finally got my tubes tied. Die to my tubes being tied I didn’t get my last shot.
    Since then I have been feeling like throwing up, feeling exhausted, constant headaches, sweating profusely and so on. I have had what feels like cramps for months and I still haven’t started my period. I’m hoping these symptoms are releived soon. I can’t go on like this.

  1291. I was on the depo for little over ten years. After being off for 3 months my breast swelled up, hurts really bad. Haven’t caught a period yet lucky me.
    How long would my breast keep hurting??????

  1292. My breast are a cup size bigger and my nips are hurting. I have more discharge. And i gained 2 pounds in a day.
    I got mine at the end of june 2016
    And skipped my September shot.
    I scared myself half to death lol cuz im only 17 and had like 2-3 days of spotting mixed with discharge (yes i know, grosss). I get bloated often. Its kinda sucky. But ill be going back to get my shot in november. I dont plan on ever having children and my boobs are small anyway

  1293. After reading these comments some sound horrible, I stopped the depo infection after 17 years as I want a baby. I started taking it to stop my heavy periods, and now an dreading not stop bleeding. Ive felt a little sad and lonely, my boobs came in and they got really sore, i thought they might explode . Im taking vit c b and evening primrose and theyve gone down a lot…..if your not suppose to take it for so long whats going to happen to me?

  1294. I am 23 years of age and i would never ever ever recommend this to anyone. My friends were on it and told me it was bad and i thought maybe the side effects etc will just happen to them no way at all. I started the depo injection april 2016 and I am not going back on anything again. I went back on it the second time because they say sometimes it changes etc nope that was not the case at all. I just realised that we are women and we are naturally meant to have periods and having the hormones and things stop that is what causes these crazy side effects to appear.

    My side effects at the beginning
    -Irregular bleeding
    -headaches
    -falling asleep without realising

    While it was expiring just before getting a new one.
    – i was happy and everything was fine.

    Second time using it
    – very very bad mood swings
    – crying for no apparent reason
    – causing arguments and being angry then would start being happy.
    – i am generally a very happy and joyful person it was changing my personality.
    – the worst thing for the past 2 months I couldn’t get wet, i was horny but there was no moisture from my vagina and i was using lube it wasn’t working but i would feel it but nothing was happening. Currently now it is a lot better but as a young woman in a relationship it was very embrassing and my partner thought it was actually him but its hard to explain.

    Towards the end, i actually researched to answer some questions about after and thought i would let you all know. I have bee on the pill as well and that was a lot better but contraception is just not for me anymore, i don’t want to be putting anything into my body.

    The effects currently today is 24th and my injection expired on the 23rd october 2016

    – very bad cramps not being able to get up from my bed.
    – bleeding and a very bad odour in the vaginal area.
    – i feel like I’m seeing things and theres nothing around.

    I have had the worst experience with this as I had to overcome the moods etc with friends and family and boyfriend who understood as it was not easy at all.

    • How are you feeling now. I had one shot and havent had a period in 10 months and it has changed my life. Caused family problems and caused me mental anguish and stress. Relapse of alcohol and addictions. High stress and my women family or no one understanding. And today i finally get a period and im so excited but scared it may have caused long term damage that cannot be seen with the naked eye alone. And how long and severe this bleeding is going to last. And if i will experience a whole new list of problems to be afraid of. I hope your feeling better. ;-(

      • If you’re still not having your period and you haven’t yet you might want to go to the gynecologist. Don’t get me wrong I know very little about medical things, but I know that’s not normal. I’m debating going for the same reason. Months and I haven’t had a normal period. There’s a few days every couple months I’ll have spotting and that’s it.

  1295. I was on the shot for almost two years I lost weight on it. I didn’t have no periods I loved it. I was suppose to get my next shot in aug, but how ever i decided not to because we had talked about having another baby. I went the first few months still no period but my boobs and body felt like I was pregnant. Now I have been bleeding for over a month now ( heavy non stop) did any one of threw this and is there anything I can do about it. I am changing a pad to every 20|30 mins and my cramps I can not deal with or the bloating

  1296. I stopped taking the Depo-Provera injection and I have noticed breast tenderness and I’m starting to experience severe cramps. I’ve never had issues with cramps and now that I stop taking the injections I am experiencing more frequently and they are painful.

  1297. Hi i was on the deppo for 2 years i had no problem my period had stopd monthly and got them every 3 months i was happy anough.. now ive stopd the deppo 4 months ago and only got a period once.. i had no problem the deppo went very well with me. I got no side effects..

  1298. It’s is the worst ever do not use it have been on depo for about a year and have been from the first till now after 3weeks of stoping depo

  1299. MOODY IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE WORD FOR SIDE EFFECTS. ITS MORE LIKE DEPRESSION STRESS WORRY ANGRY NEED MENTAL HEALTH GIRLS GONE CRAZY EPISODE MORE LIKE IT. NO PERIOD FOR 10MONTHS. DO NOT BE A FOOL A LND LET YOUR DOC TALK YOU INTO THIS. STAND UP AND SAY NO! The period has returned and its awful Cramping and Im afraid it has caused long term damage that cannot be seen with the naked eye alone. Beware ladies. Depo is not your friend anf it is no good choice fir birth control. Stick to condoms and keep the natural hormones or the lowest dose horomone for your bmi. Me preferably nothing but a drug store no feel condom or low dose pill.

  1300. I strongly believe that depo provera should be band take off the market completely, I refer to it as demon it does more harm than good to the body I hate it!!!

  1301. Hi I’ve had 2 month Depo in May its 29th October and so far no period.I have sighns and symptoms of pregnancy but test show neg.I also have burning pain under my ribs and in womb….

  1302. I was on the shot for 2 years. For the first year, it was wonderful for me. It was easy, convenient, and every 3 months, exactly as advertised. I didn’t gain weight or feel any different. But the last year was very different. I was moody, I didn’t feel sexy, I didn’t even feel pretty, or human. I just felt like a robot. My sex drive was minimal and I started to get acne. Eventually I connected the dots and stopped taking it.
    That was 4 months ago since my “next” shot would’ve been but wasn’t. And I feel great. My sex drive is back, my acne is down and I’m feeling human again!
    I’ve read many forums over the past couple days, one thing that hasn’t been so quick to regulate is my periods.
    While I was on the shot I would have about 2 periods every three months and coming off it initially it seemed my periods were stable. I was due for my next shot June 28, had a period July 4th (with terrible cramps) then 29 days later sept 2nd I had another, then 27 days later sept 29th another (this onemuch longer about 7 days), and now 30 days later- nothing. I don’t even feel pre period. I have had protected sex with no known error, so it is quite unlikely that I am pregnant. And don’t feel any of those symptoms either. I have read of it taking months for others to get their periods back, but have nay of you had periods initially then lost them?

  1303. I’m experiencing extreme agitation, nervousness, nausea and lack of interest of food and getting uncontrollable mood swings I’m worried how its effecting me this way… I over react on little things how can I balance my hormones back to normal?

  1304. I know this is really long, but please read he whole thing. I was on the Depo because my mom thought I was sleeping around, which I wasn’t and I’m not, so my doctor gave me the options of types of birth control. I wasn’t going to get pregnant considering I had a girlfriend, pregnancy isn’t possible with a same sex relationship. Of course I chose the Depo because my doctor told me it would stop my periods, she didn’t tell me any of the side effects though. I’ve had some of the issues before take it, but I’ve noticed a lot has changed after I have stopped taking it. I’ve been off the it for almost a year and a half now and I haven’t had a regular period in that time. I absolutely regret taking this shot and wouldn’t recommend it to ANYONE. My friend of mine said that one of her friends might not be able to have children because she was on the Depo and it messed her up so bad. I had constant sopotting after a few months. I would stop for maybe a week then the spotting would start again. Please, don’t recommend this to anyone. You shouldn’t do something to STOPS something that’s NATURAL! It’s not worth the money or the side effects once you stop.

  1305. Depo in March. Period in June. Unprotected sex , not pregnant and no period… symptoms of being pregnant strangly enough but not pregnant. Now in November.. still same symptoms, no period.

    Depo works for some , not all. Caused me severe acne, weight gain., constant fatigue.slight hair loss, migraines. And bat s*** crazy hormones.

    Use with caution!

  1306. Do NOT use Depo. I was on Depo on & off for 4 & a half years. Stopping Depo Side effects ; Terrible stomach cramps, random bleeding (for weeks at a time), it’ll take a while for your period to return to normal, tender breast, headaches, dizziness, fatigue, (sleeping will be a struggle), weight gain/loss. + more

  1307. I’m 18 now and had 3 shots of repo this year, 1st in February, 2nd in march/may and 3rd in August. I haven’t had a shot since because I’ve started hormone replacement therapy and it’s supposed to stop my period, but I’ve started bleeding again and I’m worried about bloating and breast enlargement as well as the length of the cycle, which was about 6 days long before I started repo. Does anyone have any clue as to what happens after short term uses in terms of withdrawal symptoms of depo?

  1308. I got tbr depo shot Aug 2nd. I’m in the military and was deployed at the time. I have really bad PMS and the medication I usually take for it they didn’t provide where I was deployed to and therefore I got the shot in place of that. Now that I’m back I decided to not to get the shot again. I bled for nearly a month and the whole experience was horrible. I’ve only had one shot. Its now the middle of November and my breast have been sore, I’ve been unexplainably tired and I have headaches no matter the amount of pain killers I take. These symptoms are usually connected to my monthly menstrual but since I’m around the time the depo shot would be no longer effective I believe this is why I’m having all these symptoms. And surprisingly when I woke up I was experiencing a small amount of spotting. I prefer monthly periods and PMS over this shot any day.

    • the headaches you get are they all around yor head or is it like a pressure headache in the back of your head… ive withdrawing from the depo and i have this headache pain thats like alot of pressure..

  1309. I took depo religiously for more than ten years starting at age 13 and only stopped to switch to the merana IUD. The IUD still contains some depo but at a lower doasage.

    I am now 34 and over the last 5 to 10 years I’ve had massive painful cramps in my calfs. At fist it wasn’t too bad. Only coming at night or first thing in the morning once in awhile. However, over the last month they have become for frequent and much more severe. My current IUD is expiring and needs to be changed out in march 2017.

    I’m looking for answers on this drug and what I may be up against in the next ten years.

  1310. I stopped taking Depo Provera 9/9/16, and it is 11/13/16 and have not started my menstrual cycles again yet. However, after 6 months of being on depo (without having a period) I did go through 3 weeks of breakthrough bleeding- which is a common and unfortunate side effect of Depo.

  1311. I’ve stopped using the injection it’s been about 2/3 months and it’s almost like pregnancy symptoms; sore breasts, weight gain, fatigue, increase of appetite.

  1312. Ive been on depo for 5 years now and I am planning on stopping it completely due to gaining weight.. I would like to know how can I protect myself from bone loss

  1313. When I miss my shot for a month which I been on for 3 yrs. I break out with acne all over my face until I get my missed shot. I’m scared that when I stop ( I am 41) I will be faced with acne problems. Not sure if their caused by hormones or not. But I never had acne in my life. I would like to stop the shot but my face looks horrible.

  1314. I started the depo shot in november 2013, the last time I got the shot was middle to end of june. I didn’t get my period until October 29th and it only lasted for 3 days (not that im complaining or anything) which is very abnormal for me. My sex drove is that of a teenager, everytime I look at or even think about my husband all I want to do is jump him. Now all of a sudden my boobs hurt so bad like when I was pregnant with my other 2, now I’m worried I could be pregnant again?? My dr didn’t want to put me on any bc until I’ve had my cycle 3-4 times though me and my whole family are very fertile. I’ve gotten pregnant on 3 different birth controls. I’m wondering if the sore boobs is early pregnancy sign or if my hormones are all jacked up? Anyone have similar experience?

  1315. My opinion on the Depo Vera.. My weight before the Depo was 117 after 140 (I was on it for 12 months). It’s also normal for your first and second shot to be around 1 1/2 – 2 months apart from each other because I’m assuming they want your body to become a custom to it. The first 3-9 months my period was very very light (basically discharge) I would get my period at the end of the 3rd month as I kept going around the 3rd time I got the depo my period/discharge stopped completely. Sometimes after receiving the injection I would feel very nauseous and weak. I would recommend to have something light to eat before going in! While on the Depo I can say I experienced many symptoms for example I was depressed/moody, my sex drive was really horrible, I felt bloated 90% of the time ( I was always hungry) The worst part for me was the swelling of my feet I would have to elevate them every so often it would hurt sometimes.

    1-2 month after the Depo I can honestly say I’m a way I fell relieved I haven’t yet experienced the swelling of the feet anymore. My cravings are not as much as they used to be. I feel less bloated by a lot. And I feel back to my normal self. I have not had my first period yet. But as I was doing my research online doctors say that it many take up to a year in some cases. The reason why I decided to come off the Depo Vera is because I didn’t feel comfortable in my own body. I feel much happier now. I personally don’t recommend it because of the side effects and the gain weight. The only reason I decided to do it is because of my lack of consistency with the pill I would always forget and not take it.

  1316. I’ve been on the depo shot for over 4 years and let me tell you I would not recommend it for more than 6 months due to its side effects. Side effects for me where loss of bone density, low vitamin D, no period for over a year, brittle nails and hair, fatigue, and the worst of all weight gain.

  1317. I was supposed to get the depo today but I’m changing to the pill . I nervous to see if I get a period because before depo I had a heavy heavy flow to where I hade to use birth control to help. I’m already experiencing cramps. So how soon after ?

  1318. I don’t get my period I usually get it every blue moon or never at all I haven’t gotten my period over 7 months already is it normal ? , but my breast are very sensitive & they hurt bad.

  1319. I Stopped taking Depo 6 months ago . I Started having normal periods again . But now I have been bleeding for 4 weeks straight . My doctor says it’s “normal” but I Don’t think something like this is normal.

  1320. i got my one and only depo shot on august 16th 2016 and thats the day my life went to shit like right afterwards i felt l;ike i was dying i was shaking my chest hurt i could eat i couldnt sleep i was a nervous wreck before the shot i had normal periods,regular cramping every month.long story shot depo ruined my life for 3 months and still today i am only 3 days withdraweling from depo and i sit here with my chest pain,feeling of wantting to throw up,head pressure,headache,weakness and iam not sure if its my anxiety that depo has caused or its the depo withdrawels…. i will never ever take depo again its just not for my body and i see iam not alone in this i pray for all the others that are feeling like this … i just cant wait to feel like myself around and i have no worries in the world and i can enjoy life again with my 2 kids….

  1321. I got 3 maybe 4 shots stopped taking it in nov. 2015 I haven’t had a full on period since the one before the last shot. I spotted in Feb. 2016 for about 2 days then nothing again until Oct. 13-18 just spotting noting heavy enough to use a pad only when I wiped. And then nothing else.

  1322. I came off the injection in October and I have continuously and I mean continuously bled now for 31 days. It’s making me depressed, the injection is just awful and doctors are not informing people correctly of the side effects at all just dishing it out. My mood changed horribly, I though ending the injection would make me happy but this constant bleeding is just making everything worse. DO NOT RECOMEND AT ALL

  1323. Jus recently 2 days ago I didn’t go to my appointment to get my shot . And today I’m experiencing very tender and sore breast and cramping but so scared that I might get my period how soon after do you get a period

    • I was experiencing that to and I was so scared as rocky when I might get my period again because my periods have been so bad to wear I couldn’t move and after missing my appointment literally a day later I got mine and it wasn’t as bad but the cramps where bad and 5 days later today I got my period again ! And it’s worse cramps are bad ! But everyone is different hope you feel better!

  1324. I got my first and ONLY depo shot in June 2016 as a result of tryi,g to find the best birth control that wouldn’t make me as a lack of a better word CRAZY! If you are highly susceptible to depression then don’t use this shot! In the 3 months the shot was in my system I was irritable, had suicidal thoughts and that’s not normal for me … But also very low self-esteem, nausea, head aches and the whole spotting this between periods whatever I bled non stop for a month and a half… Lets just say I couldn’t wait for September to come faster and get this scrap out of my body!!!

  1325. I was on the depo for 14 years I got off for 8 month then ended up pregnant after my son was back on I got back on the depo for 5 more years and i feel like i am dying everthing hurts im sore acheing no sex drive what so ever bones hurt like crazy I got on the depo shot in 1998 an here it is 2016 i just got off the shot in oct 2016 omg. Cant wait to see a good doctor.yt.

  1326. Ive only got one depot shot then I stopped .due to my men’s lasts for a month. My concern is it been 3 months my menstrual hasn’t come back yet. Is it normal?

  1327. I was supposed to get my depo shot in may but decided to stop. I just got my period last week but it was light & I got my period again on Monday. I’ve been bleeding a lot with heavy cramping & im also having a lot of acid reflux & trouble breathing. Has anyone else experienced this? I went to my doctor & he thought I was having trouble breathing because my tonsils were enlarged. But I’m assuming they’ve gone down.

  1328. I was on depo for almost 2 years and it never made my periods good at all. One month I had 3 periods and it wasn’t just little spotting they were bad! I stopped depo while I was on my period.. wasn’t on birth control for a week (I also had unprotected sex during that week) then started taking the pill. I’ve had all of the symptoms of a period but no blood.. any suggestions to what this could be?

  1329. I used the depo shot for years on and off since I was about 17. The last couple years I was on it and I stopped using it the beginning of this year. I am just now getting my period and abnormal discharge. My lower back has been in a huge amount of pain all month, I even went to the ER because the abnormal discharge and huge amount of pain in my pelvic area and lower back scared me and hurt so bad I was in tears. Needless to say, as a 25 year old woman who had her period since the age of about 9, I know the pain and I’ve always had awful periods, but it’s been Hell the last couple of months, so bad that I was prescribed pain meds so I could function. While I was on the shot I did love it, lost weight and no period, great right? After going through this and basically living with a heating bad and pain meds, I do not recommend the shot. Everyone is different though. I just wanted to share my story. Also, on the shot, I had had two long term relationships and they both said I was very mean while on the shot. But again, everyone’s different. I do know I’ll never be getting the shot again.

  1330. I had my last depo shot in july. It is now late november and i noticed about a month ago my breasts started hurting like crazy. I havent had a cycle yet and i went and bought a new bra. Nothing seems to help. Im glad to know others are experiencing this and I’m not crazy.

  1331. To avoid surgery for possible endo the docs have been trying me on first the Mirena which caused too much pain so they took it out and tryed the depo injection I had it on thursday on Saturday morning I could not move my arms and legs my joints were in so much pain.I went to my GP he said I had a rear reaction.3 weeks later I can finally move around but still have bad joint pain I feel like an old lady. . .im 40. It has stopped my period and my cramping is mild but I wont be getting the depo again. Also I have no sex drive anymore and feel very depressed.

  1332. Haven’t had a jab or any form of contraception for over a year now! Have a severely low sex drive, haven’t had a period and developed lumps in my breasts and armpits. The pain in my breasts is unreal…worse than any tenderness due to the “cycle”. Can no longer wear bras so living in sports bras. I was a 32-C and I am now measuring at a 36-D! Been referred for a scan to see what’s going on but I know it’s because I came off the jab! Over a year of pain affecting how I live my life! Absolute joke!

  1333. i have used depofor years, but i stopped, but what ive noticed is that i dont go on my periods and my breast are coming outmilk, i would like to hear from you what is happening to my body

  1334. Used the depo for 15 or so years…love it. Just stopped about a month ago… now I’m experiencing tender breasts & nipples…nausea…& anxiety. How long with this last? I’m miserable, thinking I should just get another dose. 🙁

  1335. I first started the depo shot in April of 1997 was on it for 3 years ..I had to stop taking it after it started giving me 3 or more migraines a week then all my hair started falling out after that I was done never take that shot again and I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone..

  1336. I started taking depo at a fairly young age just for the simple reason my periods have always been too heavy. The cramps have always been unbearable and I’ve always messed my clothes.. I stayed on depo for about 2 years and now I’ve been off of it for over 3 years. This years menstral cycles have been a roller coaster!! At the beggining of the year I had a couple months without a period at all to the point I thought I may be pregnant. Then from August or Sept until now currently I have been bleeding non stop with cramps that will make you fall to your knees. All together and non consecutive I’ve had a non bleeding day about 7 times or less. The doctor recommended iron pills for blood count to increase and birth control pills to regulate my periods. I refuse to take more birth control!! I feel like it got me in this position. Any suggestions???

    • Oh another thing, the entire time while on the depo I have had deep pain in my bones, which my doctor told me was fibro, they didn’t even consider the shot, and I was never told of the bone loss symptoms. My bones crack every time I walk. I’m only 28. Also, while in depo, my nails were so brittle and thin, and I could literally peel the top layer of pieces of my nails. I did not get my period the entire 6 years I was on the depo. Can’t be healthy.

  1337. i had only gotten my 2nd depo shot in August after that i didnt want to be on the depo shot because ot caused me so much medical problems 3 months go by i still havent had my period i have been having sore breast lower back pain and cramps here and there i dont know if its the depo or i could be pregnant help!

  1338. I stopped using depo and my last shot should be on the 10th of October but I decided not to take one again. I did have my light period before my last supposedly shot on October 10. It was on the 5th of October and lasted for 3 or 4 days. So now it’s been 2 months already since I stopped. This past few months I’m feeling like I’m pregnant the symptoms are there like the unusual appetite my breast are getting bigger with a bit pain then when I look at my areola it seems like it’s starting to show some sign of being lactic. Idid have some exam regarding my blood, urine, or even trans v. But it’s all negative I had that exam during my 1month and 3weeks without period. So now I don’t know what to think I don’t know if it is possible for me to me pregnant or it is just the side effects. (but my main concern is. Is it normal than my breast are showing a sign that I’m pregnant because of my areola if I squeeze there a small white odor less liquid coming out in a small amount?. What do you think?

  1339. I was due for my next shot a little less than a month ago. I’ve been really tied and now my breasts are sore and I have full aches on my stomach. Never experienced and breadt tenderness nor cramps during the shot neither before I started taking depo. I haven’t got a period yet since while I was on depo it restricted my periods. I was on depo for More than 3years

  1340. I used depo for 2 years. My sex drive was gone almost completely, i hate my bf and everything he does, i was more depressed than ever, crazily sensitive from everything that moves. The withdrawal is overwhelming. I have started spotting again after got off for 2 months from depo. I suggest to use a different birth control.

  1341. Ever since I stopped the depo shot I’ve felt horrible. Mostly emotionally. There is a clear before and after. To say that there are no withdrawal symptoms after taking hormone injections for years and years in huge doses (3 months worth at a time, which by the way is only supposed to be for 2 years maximum,) is absolutely ridiculous and extremely careless and a bit dangerous on the part of the healthcare professional who administers it. Of course you’re going to have side effects or withdrawal symptoms when stopping it – it’s a drug that’s been in your body that is now leaving your body. I’ve had my period for 2 and half months since going off depo. I have been crying nearly every day. That has never happened to me before. I’m sick of doctors dismissing their patients. I’m sick of doctors saying, “No there are no side effects,” when you ask what are indeed side effects. That’s dangerous and neglectful.

    • Wait one more thing, and I probably forgot because it’s not on my mind at ALL. My sex drive has been totally gone the entire time I’ve been on depo. So it’s a sort of “special” kind of birth control, since you won’t want to have sex in the first place.

  1342. I got a totally regular period about 3-4 weeks after my jab ran out. I have been on it for 2 yrs and decided to stop to try for a baby. My period was heavy lasted 5 days (exactly as they were before I ever was on depo) now cd41 and no sign of another period. I have bloating, frequent urination – I did have the breast sensitivity where I couldn’t bare to have the bed sheets touch them very soon after coming off the injection however I just have pain in my underarms now and in the side of my breasts. I have gain a significant amount of weight in about 2 months. Have had sensitivity to some smells such as dry coffee beans, had cravings for meat (I’m veggie as I have a meat intolerance) all very suspicious pregnancy symptoms but took a test to be sure and got negative. I have previously come off depo before after 2 shots and went back to regular periods right away.

  1343. I missed my shot that was due at the end of august early September. So me and my husband decide not to continue to get it so i didn’t go back for it. I started my period on October 4th and in November it started on the 6th, they were both about 7 days. i have not gotten my period it is late my 6 days for this month which December. please any info would help!

  1344. I was on Depo from the age 16, to 20. I was due for my next shot in July but decided against it just because I heard depo was horrible for your body. about a week ago I had horrible breast tenderness, headaches, & cramps; I thought I was pregnant but then just two days ago I got my period for the first time since I’ve been on it. I’ve spotted here & there but this is my first actual period since being off birth control. The cramps from this one are the worst I’ve ever had, & I am constantly nauseous & sleepy. I’m making sure to keep track of when it starts & stops, hoping I can deal with it for a few months till my period is in sync & I can go on the pill without wrecking my cycle. I have not been to the gyno since stopping, but plan to go when my period is over so they can tell me any abnormalities in my body that were probably caused by depo if any.

    I’m pretty sure the withdraw from depo is 10x worse than being in depo in all honesty. This pain is horrendous. Don’t take depo, stick to a safe form of birth control.

  1345. When I had originally started depo I had a period for three months straight. Now that I’ve been off it for a short amount of time I’m bleeding every week or two for the past month and a half with horrible cramps

  1346. I have just recently received my third injection, I stopped for about a month because I missed my shot and within that month gained 15 POUNDS AND COUNTING. It has been about a week or two and I have lost 4 already. Nothing has changed… This is concerning. I personally felt healthier and just better while off the shot other than the drastic weight gain. Sex drive has not been influenced for me, or any other side effects but I do have a lot of headaches. A few times a week. They aren’t incredibly painful but are annoying if I don’t have advil on me. Being on the injection has made me SUPER angry and moody. Sometimes It is uncontrollable and I react without even thinking and I can’t stop it until I calm down and realize what I said and how I acted. My only complaints are the headaches, and moodiness… and possibly spotting but that may have just been from the start of it as I haven’t had issues with it since the first or second injection. I would prefer to get off of it, but I don’t like the other options for birth control… and I am seriously afraid to gain a ton of weight after stopping it.

  1347. I got the depo shot 3 times and ended up stopping it because it was really messing with my moods, I was ALWAYS tired & I’m still kind of tired, plus I got lots of random shooting pains all around my body. One day it’ll be shooting through my legs, then my back, or my lower pelvic area. I just want to know if anyone has experienced these shooting pains as well?
    I hope someone responds because I’m not sure if something’s actually wrong with me or it’s just withdrawal symptoms from getting off the shot.

    • That’s been happening to me. I only got three shots and now that I’m off my body is so messed up. I’ve also been experiencing sickness, I get really nauseous and throw up at the end of every month. But along with that is me feeling like I’m gonna pass out and shooting pains in my feet or legs and sometimes back.

  1348. I am 46 and I was given the depo for stopping my very heavy bleeding and breast pain caused by an under active thyroid. I been on it since I was 40 and had it every 8 weeks I was advised to stop due to risks of osteoporosis and other age related things. My last shot was may 2015 and for the last month (it’s now dec) I’ve had awful breast pain where I can’t sleep rapid weight gain hair loss stomach cramps. I felt like I going to have a period any minute it’s just awful

  1349. I’m 17 and before depo I’ve experienced harsh periods. My doctor told me to help stop it would be depo , but for the whole 6 moths it was in my system I had non stop spotting cramping unbalanced weight loss and gaining. So I missed my next shot that was 3 weeks ago I got my period that Saturday the day after I didn’t go to my appointment . It was okay lasted 4 days very light bleeding but about 5 days later here I am today with a period and this one the cramps are feeling like someone is sawing my abdomen in two . But I also wanted to know if any of a yall lady’s with heavy menstruation have tried any other birth control that stopped it without any side affects . And with stoppping depo my breast are swollen and tender they also uped in a cup size . That’s about the only decent side affect I’ve had

  1350. my daughter died after coming off depo three years ago 19 days after giving birth to my first and only daughter. She died from inter cranial pressure. 20 YEARS OLD. she was my heart my other half. Depo killed her and i am so angry I now have a grand daughter that will never know her mom. I trusted these drugs and I slowly killed my child when i thought i was doing the right thing! Some one must be accountable

  1351. I started my first injection on 11-1-15 I was 18. My last injection I was suppose to get was 6-1-16. Three days after missing my last dose I started my period, even though it wasn’t a normal one (ranged between the normal red color to this black tar color, and from what i gathered, that was simply dried blood and dead tissue because I wasn’t getting my period like normal). During being on the shot I gained 45 lbs in 2 months, my eating habits changed i was always hungry, I started for the purpose of being able to have sex without worrying about taking a pill and having to early of a pregnancy for my age or having one at the wrong time bc at the time I didn’t have anything to my name. That was all good the whole not having kids part. But the wanting sex part became a mental need not a physical need to my body, and I would have mood swings like crazy in would get so upset over nothing. And I got lots of back pain.. I had back pain before this but it seemed like it got worse
    When I stopped taking it, the first month I was off it, my sex drive came back.. I felt like I was 15 again still a virgin. I still haven’t lost my weight I’m 5’4 and linger around 180-185 lbs, the heaviest I’ve ever been but I feel healthier, my food habits have calmed down, my moods swings are still shot because its still wearing out of my body, its suppose to be completely gone by march and my period also hasn’t regulated. And my back pain is still just as bad, and I don’t think that its gonna get any better, and starting a family for me

    My strongest recemendation is if your doing research about the depo shot. DONT NOT DO IT****.. It isn’t worth any of the struggles or side effects, yeah everyone is different but these are some of the most common side effects and they aren’t fun. Use protection!

  1352. This thing had me bleeding over and over and over. It was really annoying. I was always moody and felt nauseous all the time, thought I was pregnant again. I then stopped it because the bleeding drove me crazy. Now that I’m off it every time I have sex I spot the nxt day. I will have to take this complaint to my gyno. but reading these comments made me feel a bit better.

  1353. Im thinking of coming off the depo shot…I’ve been on it for about 10 years. I wanna come off of it to become pregnant to have children. I heard of the symptoms. Scared about it, but also I was wondering how long do the side effects of coming off the deop last? I thought I heard it last for a year, but if anyone who has come off the depo, how long does the side effects last until?
    And also does your body go back to normal after?
    Let me know, and either way, Im still coming off the deop. How long does it take until you can get pregnant?

  1354. Hello all… In reading all your comments it is nice to know I am not alone. I was on the shot for 17 years, with a doctors assurance that it was fine. The only side affect I had while on it was weight gain and an accelerated heart rate. Although off the shot now since May of 2015, and no visit from Aunt flow as of yet… I have not lost any weight, I find myself a bit moodier as of late, anxious and crampy. I did not get off the shot to conceive, it did fix the need for taking heart medications, that worked heart rate is back to normal. But I dislike the overall crappy feeling, mostly in the morning…
    I have been wondering if it is at all possible that being on the shot that long but my body into a sort of menopause like state, I cannot find anything about it online and my doctor says I am to young for that, although I would think that there should be a way to be able to tell medically?

  1355. Its been 5 months since Ive been off of the depo shot and Ive noticed that my breast have become very tender and hurt to touch. I was at first thinking i was pregnant as Ive had intercourse since ive been off. But im not. I do have stomach pain some times but not sure if its from dep.

  1356. I have the depo shot on August14,2016 I was supposed to go back November 4,2016. but never did I been experience being sleepy,dizzy,headache, belly button pains. I haven’t a period this mouth but November I had two periods what should I do?

  1357. I got the depo shot around march of 2016 and it is now December 2016 and I only got the first shot but when I didn’t go to get the second shot I have been had stoppped bleeding. I have been bleeding everyday non stop for 8 months straight and sometimes it’s heavy and sometime it’s not.

  1358. I Was On The Depo Shot For Four Years And Ben Off Of It For About 5 Months And Just Had A Period Dec 4 Till About Five Days Ago Now I Whipe And I Am Bleeding AGAIN !!! ANY EXPLAINATIONS ??

  1359. I’ve been off depo for almost two months and I still haven’t gotten my period back. Keep in mind, I was spotting the first month I was on it in the first place so this was the worst birth control. It made me break out, I’ve never had acne…ever. Now I have scars on my forehead, my hormones are out of control. I just want my clear skin and period back. Don’t recommend this form of bc at all. I was on the ring for 10 years and I plan on going back to that as soon as my body is back to normal.

  1360. I was on the depo for a year and each time I got the shot the last week before I had to get the shot I would get super sick, like throwing up all day barley able to eat, weak, I literally will sleep all day and now that I took my self off of it I get sick at the end of the month, the same way. I’ve been off it for like 3-4 months now. It’s so bad to the point I lose so much weight but gain t back once I start eating and feeling better.

  1361. The shot actually worked out really well for me I started taking it because the severe stomach cramps and fatigue I had because my period I was on depo for over a year and recently had to stop taking it because I didn’t have insurance anymore, ive been off it about 5 month’s and I all of a sudden have been having the worst pain of my life breast tenderness which I’ve never had fatigue and terrible stomach and back pain I don’t know how to make it stop I don’t know if it was due to the shot I also just started my period which I haven’t had my period for the duration of the shot

  1362. After getting the depo for over 2 years, I recently stopped because I had heard all the crazy stories of infertility and everything else. It has now been 3 months since I was due for another injection. Since then I have slept more than usual. And am tired all the time. Nothing in my lifestyle has changed. I have yet to get my period, and I am even taking birth control pills to try and control my hormones again. I have severely tender breasts also. At my pap my doctor told me it was from too much caffeine. I have adjusted my intake of caffeine and still haven’t found relief. Don’t get the depo. I am very scared that I might not be able to have children because of a shot.

  1363. I was looking for information. I was given the depo shot after my last child to hold me over for the few months until I got my tubes tied. I had a few normal periods before the shot after pregnancy and once on it I spotted off an on and now that its out of my system i can’t stop bleeding. I Started my period over a month ago. I don’t like this.

  1364. I stopped taking my Depo my shot was due October 13th 2016 all my doctor told me at the women’s health clinic in Rock Island Illinois is that I may not have periods at all but I can still get pregnant and that it’s different in all women December 16th 2016 I noticed I was bleeding soon after I started cramping but the bleeding lasted about an hour and stopped completely I have still been cramping off and on since without blood today is December 22nd 2016 I’m cramping really bad and bleeding again so I Googled periods after Depo and read a lot of other women’s post going through the same exact thing the weird bleeding and cramping the bloating the boob tenderness I have been taking pregnancy test twice a week and I’m not pregnant I’m very worried about having another miscarriage that’s the reason I went on Depo 6 years ago I wasn’t even told about the bone density side effects I am very worried about having another miscarriage women were saying after the Depo shot 2 years after stopping it they had miscarriages doctor said it was because the lining of the uterus was not thick enough to carry a baby others even said they were barren and could not get pregnant. I also have been very tired and sick to my stomach other women were saying it’s a side effect of getting off the Depo also been dizzy been to doctors they say that there’s nothing else wrong with me so I believe it’s a withdrawal from the Depo just like other women post about it

  1365. I started Depo shots because I had really bad. And I did not want to get pregnant when I started my period stopped completely I took the depo shot for over 6 years I was not told about the bone problems that could result in taking it for longer than 2 years and now that I’m off of it I am having very bad withdrawal symptoms everything the other women have been posting about I’m going through right now the nausea dizziness the bloating the tender breast I’m not pregnant and I do not have any other health problems so this withdrawal from Depo shot is the only thing that could be wrong anybody thinking about getting on the Depo I had a very good experience on it no cramping no bloating no symptoms no. But now off of it after 6 years I’m having every symptom including headaches there has to be a way to tie the Depo shot with the symptoms we’re all having they’re the same symptoms after the Depo shot why won’t they admit it

  1366. Ever Since i got my shot from the hospital from having babygirl back in july , i supposed to got it again october 9 but i missed my appointment and i have still been bleeding on and off and even today im bleeding i just dont get it ? what Should i do ?

  1367. I was on depo for almost 2 years and I gained about 60 lbs and I bled for about 2 months after my first shot. When I finally got off of it I was in and out the hospital for 3 months because I couldn’t stopped throwing up. I threw up so much that i went from 194 lbs on depo and 3 months later to 150 lbs. it gave me the weight gain I wanted because I was so skinny but I got a lot bigger than I wanted

  1368. I’m eighteen and began taking the depo a little over a year ago. At first it was amazing. I was one of the lucky ones who’s period ended altogether. I did gain some weight and occasionally I would still feel bloated once a month, but other than that I had no problems with it.. while I was ON it. Afterwards I stopped receiving my shot because my insurance would no longer cover it. I’ve been in my period for months now. It is nonstop. It’s not as heavy as it once was but still, it never ends. I’m planning on visiting a doctor soon because I’m tired of dealing with this. My other side effects aren’t as bad either, but it’s very tiring. I love the depo, but I’m not sure if the side effects once you stop getting it are really worth it. I may go for the shot in your arm that’s good for three years.

  1369. I’m 19, I took the depo shot twice, it wore off the middle of last month, November. Since then, I get sharp stabbing pains in my breats and my abdomin, and I can’t eat without feeling nausous. And when I do eat, nothing seems appitizing. I was spotting in October, but nothing bad. I didn’t have any problems with the depo while I was on it, I stopped because I lost my medical. I have difficulties sleeping, but my engery level is the same as always. But when I get the pains in my boobs and abdomin, I can’t do anything except lay down until they go away, any time I move the pain worsense. Is there anything I should do? The past two weeks the pain has worsened and it’s more frequent. I haven’t gone to the doctors, but should I? I’m not sure if I should just wait and see if it goes away or what. Any ideas or advice?

  1370. I just discovered the risk of osteoporosis after using the Depo for 9 years.. for nine years I haven’t had a period and the birth control has worked wonders for me.. but that’s a big risk, and if depo is only recommended for 2 years I can only imagine what it’s done to me after 9. So about a month ago I decided not to get my last shot and refused any other method of birth control all this time. The last few weeks have been tough. I get headaches almost everyday, I feel nauseous and I feel like my immune system is shot.. I’m tired most of the day, everyday.. im crampy and spot bloody clots at random.. I can only assume, and with having common sense, and knowing my own body i realize that these symptoms are side effects stopping the Depo Vera.. i hope that these symtoms lesser as the drug leaves my system and my body returns to normal whatever that is after all this time..

  1371. I been of Depo shot for about 4 months only had unprotected test twice .. and I tuck the after pill my breast feel so sore tingling like if I was breastfeeding But I’m not.. Im gaining weight also I taken one pregnancy text that came negative.. I haven’t got my period either my back and breast been hurting

  1372. I really need some advice! I was on depo for almost 2 years and stopped it because of the normal stuff; no sex drive, constant bleeding blah blah blah. but now that I’m off of it, and it has been only 2 months, I’m still bleeding here and there and bleed decently during sex.. what does this mean!

  1373. I have been on this shot 16 years and stopped 3 months ago because I felt like I was going through menopause. It has been a nightmare. . I bled for almost 3 months. Before this shot I had my period maybe 6x in my entire life. Yes. This was the inky thing I could go on as I have an anaphylactic reaction to latex and I’ve had multiple pulmonary embolisms. Now however I have breasts that hurt. I am angry and every month notice I become psycho woman for a day. This is not me. Now I have developed 3 large lumps in one breast. Crazy large and I spent 14 years working in a cancer center so I’m hoping they are cysts.I have an appointment tomorrow. I can’t have children and already lost 4 parts of my cervix so have been lucky. Stopping this shot… Just don’t no what to do???

  1374. Depo is incredible! No periods for 5 years now. No side effects. If you have migraines….it is a miracle. I wouldn’t recommend for women that still want to become pregnant. Otherwise, no complaints.

  1375. Okay I was on the shot for 5 years and I stopped it 3 months ago and I just started my period it’s like off and on but I didn’t have a low sex drive like everyone on here my sex drive went way up when I was on the shot

  1376. I was on depo for 6 months. I miss my third shot on Begining of December 2016. I got bloated right after I stop the shot I look like 3 months pregnant I got a positive EPT. But I don’t trust it I’m going for blood testing and ultrasound. Depo make me go from 110 lbs to 145 lbs in a matter if only 6 months. I got 4 EPT different brands the expensive show she I’m pregant the cheap ones from dollar store negative this negative test I got them after a positive from the expensive cross like test on window. Anyway this shot is every woman nightmares imagine looking pregant and people thinking you are for like 6 months my period during the shot never stopped I have regular period during the shot them i stop to try to convinced and no period. The true is I’m suspecting a chemical pregnancy I have 2 miscarriage while I was on the pills. The reason why I got depo was to treat simplex ovarian cyst that were painful the shot did eliminate them but I guarantee if you take this evil drug your sex drive will go away, depression, overweight in a very short time, imnsonia, moody, very sore breast you may think you are pregnant yes there’s a chance you are but chances are low take a while to get out of your system years ago I did used when I was younger but side effects weren’t that bad if you are youth but if you are over 30 years old be prepared for your worst nightmare I won’t ever recommend depo to nobody is bad for you.

  1377. Last week (12/29/16) I was supposed to renew the depo.. I have had issues lately of random bleeding and horrible contractive like cramps.. That I’ve had surgery to see what it was (not yet figured out) so I decided to get off the shot. Let everything calm down and go back to normal.. Well as of (1/2/17) I have horrible neck pain and chest pain (muscle wise) while my breasts are hurting, stomach pain .. Which I’ve never felt before after getting off the depo. Until now (after having a kid and being on it for a year)

  1378. I just stopped getting the shot a month ago after being on it a year and a half because I gained soo much weight while on the shot and I started having bone pain especially in my knees and hips this is the heaviest I’ve been feels like being pregnant now that I’m off the shot my breast are extremely sore and tender as if I was producing breast milk and my stomach looks bloated and I’m very gasy still no period only light spotting maybe twice any advice out there…

  1379. After i got the shot i started having mood swings , got very tired all the time , had night sweats and hot flashes. My right arm at the injection spot now aches and the nerve twitches and hurts. Depo shot is very unhealthy and its not good for your bones. I dont reccomend

    • I also gained weight from this. Its been over a month without it , i havent had any withdrawl symptoms at all but i have had no period since the shot almost 5 months ago

  1380. I have been on depo for almost 4 years now stopped for a year never gained weight or had issues on it the only thing doctor and info warned against was bone density issues so I took vitamins but I bled nonstop 3mnths straight heavy bleeding, cramps, pain, migraines, depression, 40lb weight gain in 3 months hair thinning mild, horrible cystic acne mind you I’ve never had acne even as a teenager so as a nurse I was able to identify this with thyroids for my doctor do the bloodwork for thyroid panel sure enough I was in hypothyroidism and anemia bad went to another doctor who helped me understand that the depo suppresses your pituitary gland so just stopping your body has been use to being on rest and it has to jumpstart but it doesn’t always know to just jumpstart back on and hypothyroidism is so often missed restarted the depo due to losing insurance and not being able to pay for test and medicine to help me regulate now I have insurance and haven’t received my shot which was due Nov feeling horrible already going to doctor in a couple weeks to get on thyroid medicine and some progesterone estrogenpills to help with the side effects of stopping depo hope his helps there’s so much not yet known with this medication and it’s sad to suffer long term from something that seemed so safe and convenient

  1381. Hello, one year pretty much to the day as of the 21st of December I’ve been off Depo. About 6-8 weeks ago I’ve been going through horrible nausea. Is this normal?

  1382. My last shot was August2016 I was due to get my next shot October28 2016 and I decided to stop. About 2 weeks after my due shot I started to feel weak n don’t want to do much. Laying on the couch seems to be my favorite thing to do lately. My breast are so tender I’m in pain to the point I’m scared to make sudden moves because I don’t want them to move around. My knipples sometimes feel like they are on fire too. I still haven’t got my monthly back. I get strong cramps like it’s coming but it don’t. My appetite is crazy I eat as much as I can I have gained 20 pounds since I stopped. Weird.. About every other day my body aches my joints hurt too. Almost feels like I’m getting the flu n that also goes away. I would love to know when I’m getting my period and when I will feel normal again

  1383. I was on the shot for 3 years. I never had a period and the last year I was on it, I had no sex drive, my boobs hurt all the time, and if I was late getting the shot, I was a complete moody bitch to everyone around me. I stopped because I am trying to lose weight and I thought stopping the shot would increase my chances. Since stopping I have been nauseous everyday. You know the feeling like when you are pregnant in the first trimester? I am super bloated and so uncomfortable. I tried starting the pill so that my hormones wouldn’t go crazy from stopping completely, and I got even more nauseous. Now It has been two weeks, I am not taking anything, and I am sick to my stomach all day long.

  1384. I was diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy in July 2016. I received a methotrexate shot along with a depo shot. My hcg levels weren’t dropping so they gave me another shot of methotrexate and drop in September. I don’t have a period on the depo shot. I didn’t get another depo shot in December so on the 10th I started spotting a little for about 3 days. It’s now January and I just had 3 days of very light bleeding along with very mild cramping. The cramping is spontaneous throughout the day and the blood only comes with the cramps. Also I had back aches and clear discharge. Idk if that is normal symptoms. I researched these symptoms and it talks a lot about implantation bleeding.

  1385. I’ve been on it for five years, ever since I got my first shot I never bled, I loved it, i got off for a little bit, got my period back like4mmonths latern, got back on it,I notice the being very sluggish bed bound lazy,the crazy stomach turns”nausea”, still no period,but the nausea is crazy. Even if I’m full my stomach acts really wired and makes me feel like I need to throw up, it’s like we get the damn shot. But it still makes us feel pregnant ? well me at least,
    It has different effects on everyone
    I wish it would make my boobs look fuller

  1386. I had the depo for 3 months and after coming of it was the 9th and now its the 7th of the nezt month and have had my period 3 times and its painful

  1387. I have been a depo user for 20 years ..yes it’s the truth iam now off as of September 2016 it’s been 3months so far….the tender breast are the worst, the cramps on and off in my belly, and the sore muscles in my body, and the on and off dry mouth ,on and off headaches …….I am keeping track of these symptoms and I pray that one day when my period comes back if it ever does itwon’t be bad ….I wonder all the time why did I stay on it so long it was out of anger never wanting to get pregnant again it was a easy way out and a less Managble way to keep from making babies……but I hope this heloped someone

  1388. Age :22 Time on Depo without any breaks: 5 years.
    Stopped Depo within this month, suggested by Doctor since a long term side effect is bone density lose.
    I would rate 4 stars since it was so easy to have done every 3 months with only small side effects such as light spotting time to time for the first 2 years with no periods. Felt at ease to trust that this method works, reliable.
    Side effects after stopping: Very tender breast, bloating, increase in acne.

  1389. I started taking Depo in August of 2016. After my first shot, I started gaining so much weight it almost looked as if I was pregnant; I also had crazy mood swings as well. I received my second shot in October of 2016, as the weight gain and the mood swings were still happening. I was supposed to receive my third Depo shot in December of 2016, but I decided to discontinue taking the shots. Since I decided not to keep taking Depo, I have had constant vaginal bleeding and cramping for almost a month… I would recommend no female takes Depo it’s horrible.

  1390. hello,
    I just stopped using birth control(depo-pro) everything was fine but, I started to loss to much weight, I lost 6kg in 2 months. is this normal?

  1391. I guess I must have been lucky with this shot! Which I am glad for as I cannot take the pill and I’m scared of the implant xD

    I didn’t have any bleeding, my periods completely stopped. I was very moody for the duration up to getting my second shot. That was a little difficult but after my second shot I was absolutely fine. And have been since I stopped having it. It ran out in November and I decided I’d just stay off it. But I’m considering going back on it now because I can’t deal with the breast pain! They’ve gotten bigger too which isn’t worrying as my breasts did kinda shrink when I was on the injection anyway. My boobs are hormonal and hurt. Can’t be pregnant unless it’s another baby Jesus.

    But I’d recommend the injection its been great for me

  1392. I was on the shot for 10 years. My last shot was September 14th 2016. I have yet to start a period but about a week ago I’ve been experiencing nipple soreness and nausea. Also real bad headaches and fatigue. My husband and I are trying to get pregnant but I need this gunk out of my body first. I’ve always had irregular periods. I’m just wondering how do I know if I’m able to ovulate? At this point, I’m sick and tired of seeing stupid doctors who don’t care or know what they’re talking about. Anyway to speed up your period and any way to see if I’m even ABLE to ever ovulate?

  1393. I just stopped it in October 2016. This 2nd week of January 2017, o see traces of blood, little stomach ache, feel as something is moving in my stomach to an extend that I even see the movement.

  1394. I was on the depo shot for about 3 years and just recently stopped. my last date to receive a shot was early august 2016. I never went due to stopping depo. i then did not start to bleed until november that same year. at first it was a regular period then when i notice the change and color in my flow i knew i was spotting. since spotting I have had periods but once my cycle ended the spotting would then continue. it is brown and sometimes has a bad odor if i let it sit all day. i know that spotting is common cause when I first started depo I was spotting for some time (can’t remember the exact frame) and now that i’m off I read that this discharge is just the drug still leaving my body. what I don’t know is how long this could continue to last cause me & my boyfriend are really obsessed with one another right now but I’ve been holding off due to the fact that i’m continuously spotting. if you’re symptoms are similar to mine please explain to never how long this will continue? thanks

  1395. Okay so I just started taking depo shots in December 2016 I had my last period December 7 days before I took the depo shot but anyways my next shot will be March 2017 and I’m thinking about not taking the next shot cause I wanted to get pregnant. but anyways i wanted to know would something happen to me if i got off the depo shot ? And how long will my body get back to normal ?

  1396. i stop my depo shot last dec 2016 i did my depo shot for 2 year since i stop my depo shot last month dec 2106 now i feel bloated,cramping in my stomach on and off and my hips too is hurting and im waiting when i will get my period
    is this normal side effect of depo shot bloated,crampjng in the stomach and my hips hurt on and off too

  1397. Yes my daughter took it for 6 months and now off. She is having heavy flow .numbness to her body she always dizzy. And passing out . we have been to every doc they say idk . my daughter gained 45lbs in 3months . her body hurts and ankles are very swollen still. I took her off the shot about 3months ago. We finally found a doc in Shreveport that said her hormones are crazy and to never give a teen the depo shot

  1398. i stop my depo povera now my stomach cramping all the time i dont have apetite to eat too and i feel weak and i feel bloated too

  1399. While on the depo shot I would have my period for months straight, I have now been off the depo shot for about 3 months and I haven’t had my period in 2 months?

  1400. I have just stopped depo,my next shot was scheduled for this month but I didn’t go get it because I’m done with birth control. I’m not sure if this is causing me to be dizzy all the time,headaches and my vision seems like its about to go out or everything is moving to fast. My appetite is also all over the place and my hormones and emotions.

  1401. I have stopped depo for 1 mouth 1 week and hand not hand parid yet just trying to find out what’s going on with my body

  1402. I’ve taken the depo for about 9 months because I would become very ill while on my period. It’s been about 5 since I last had it and ever since I’ve stopped I’ve had constant discharge. It doesn’t have a funny smell or anything just more than usual is that normal?

    • I also haven’t came on my period either is that normal as well? I’ve had the lightest of spotting but only twice. It’s been so long.

  1403. I was on the depo shot for a year. It was great not having a menstrual cycle but noticed that I was losing a significant amount of weight and also my hair was falling out in chunks… I was at a normal 120 pounds and after the shot went to 103-104lbs… I missed my shot on December 27th and had already gained 2 pounds since then and my hair isn’t falling out in chunks anymore… I would not recommend this to anyone… I myself am going to start taking the pill instead to balance out my hormones.

  1404. Being on depo was great for me….coming off though. Nightmare!!! I had the worst anxiety attacks. I didnt get my period back for 5.5 months. My breasts were so sore that i had to wear a sports bra over my regular bra. I had nausea and bloating. The worst was definately breast tenderness and feeling crazy. But i had no symptoms whilst on it.

  1405. I was on Depo-Provera shot 3 years and a few months and im always having side affects where my breast is sore mostly my right and my chest gets tight sometimes where i wouldnt stand up straight but i recently got off the shot and feeling much better but still some soreness in right breat is it normal since also i havent had a period the whole time i was on shot

  1406. I was on the injection come off november from november i dnt see any period and i feel my belly hurt mi what is that now am freting bad

  1407. I was 19 when i had my first depo shot. I had my period for 3 months i got off the depo ever since then im 21 years old still no period…. I cramp tho like im about to start but m not…

  1408. I was in birth control from 2010-2014(September) and got pregnant May 2015 and had to wait at least 6 weeks after he was born to get back on, which should’ve been March 2016, but I got back on in September and was supposed to go back December to get my 2nd shot and just decided that I didn’t want to be on it anymore. When I was on it from 2010-2014 I had month long periods and I’d skip the next 2 until I got my next shot. So once my body starts getting back to normal after having my csection, I get the shot again and then decided that I didn’t want to go through that again and so I believe I’m going through withdrawals. I’m VERY BITCHY, always ill and in a bad mood, EVERYTHING gets on my nerves, I’m always tired, hungry, and I have ZERO sex drive. I’ll be 22 in 3 months.. something is very wrong with my body because of the Depo-Provera. What can I do to fix these issues?

  1409. I got the depo shot one time. I did not get it again after the 3 months because first off I was told it would help with my PCOS and I had a miscarriage 3 months before I got the shot. So I was old my the OBGYN that I had been seeing for a few years before this that it would help me. My thyroid went out of wack, and I have never had issues with it before. I’m still having gross brown discharge (which I know is common), the same evening I got the depo shot I was in the ER with real bad chest pain, so they did tests and said my chest wall was inflamed, which they told me is usually caused by a blow to the chest, which never happened to me. I told them the only thing new with me was that I had gotten the depo shot. (Still not sure if there’s any connection.) I figured it would be okay with me because my sister’s had no issues with it. But I have had stomach issues for a while so having all of this with loss of appetite and iron deficiency anemia doesn’t help. Not to mention my PCOS is why she recommended getting the shot to begin with. I saw a different doctor, but through the same medical chain and it turns out, I never had PCOS! I was told I was misdiagnosed. But at age 14 I used to always think the doctor’s were always right for some reason. But now that I think of it, she didn’t order many tests related to that issue. Of course I’m not going back there again. The other OBGYN I am seeing now also wondered why she didn’t give my body time to recover from my miscarriage. But that was my first pregnancy, so I didn’t know what to do. So now I’m waiting for the affects of the shot to wear off. I have been spotting every other day to every 2 days for the past few months.

  1410. Hi my name is Antoinette I been on the depo on and off the experience I had was tenderness in the breast weight gain always dizzy always hungry nausea Anxiety and depression I was fine until I got on this shot and now it’s like my body can’t function with out it

  1411. I was on the depo for nearly 8yrs. Last one was due on September 2016 and I never went for it. Been off it for nearly 4 months. I have not had a period yet. I’m getting serious mood swings and my nipples are crazy sensitive and sore! Wish someone could give me some clear answers on when things will go back normal!

  1412. Took just twice and stopped. Since then lost my period and my breast enlarging , warm and tender am so worried . Am 40

  1413. I’m 18 years old and I’ve been on depo for about 4 years. When I first started I was about 100lbs and now I weigh 175.(obviously being only 14 I would have gained a good amount of weight because I’m still growing, but I think I did gain some weight from being on the shot as well) I decided to try to get off about a month ago so I switched to the birth control pills. The first month of pills went fine as my shot was still good as well. Sunday night(the night I started the second pack) I experienced the worst cramps I’ve ever had and then I got my period a couple hours later. The cramps haven’t stopped since then and they’ve been waking me up out of my sleep and I’m in so much pain to the point where I feel like I’m about to pass out. I called my gyno and she said just to stick it out but it doesn’t feel normal. It’s very painful to use a tampon so I’ve been using pads. Hopefully it stops soon

  1414. I’ve been known depo for almost a decade off and on a few times… my body adjusted fine with it had no problems and I haven’t gotten my period once being on it, I also gotten pregnant while I was on the depo after that I waited 2 years to go back on it due to breastfeeding. Now that I’ve decided to stop because I’m planning on having another child hoping it happens soon. But lately I’ve been very emotional lol that’s pretty much it and a bit irritated I think it has to do with my hormones. Well if you have any questions about my experience with being know it just ask… and also I haven’t gained any weight being on it as well…

  1415. I had depo for 19 year then found out u no meant to have it for moe than 2 yr at a time and now I have osteopenia.weak bones due to needle for so long ..this is one stage away fromosteoperosis

  1416. I’ve been using DEPO vera since the 9th grade. It’s been a couple years now and I recently decided to stop getting the injections. It’s been about two months now and my breasts are super tender. This happend last time I forgot to get a injection. I’m kinda worried on why my breast feel this way.

  1417. A month ago I stopped my depo shot. I was on it for 2 years. Since I stopped my body has went crazy. My sex drive is back, but my weight gain was horrible. I gained almost 10 pounds in the last month and a half. It’s like even when I’m full my body keeps saying you need to eat. I’ve never in my life experienced something like this.

  1418. I got the Depo shot in July suppose to went back in 3 months I didn’t like the side effects I was cranky angry always thght my bf was doing something I was insecure it was a disaster. I didn’t go back in September because my cycle haven’t stopped yet and its been almost 6 months since I had it my sex life is going down the drain. This is the worst drug ever it needs to be taken off the market

  1419. I started looking up side effects and of course what I’m feeling is exactly there,I didn’t go back for my shot which was due this month,Jan and my breast feel so tender as if I just gave birth and they’re filled with milk and in addition to that nausea and fatigue.The excessive bleeding goes away after a few shots.

    • They feel as if they’re filled with milk? That’s how mine felt…and it turns out they actually are.

  1420. I was on it for 3 years and my doctor never mentioned anything about loss of bone density. I am 18 and I’ve been off it for 2 weeks now and it is the most awful thing! My whole body aches, I am light headed and dizzy, and I can’t keep anything down. Now I am waiting for my period to start so I can suffer even more.

  1421. Hey
    My last shot Was in November now I’m having frequent urination nausea and indigestion is this normal ? If so how long do the symptoms last after stopping The Depo shot!? My symptoms started two days ago when I missed my appointment to get another one.

  1422. I’ve had it for 6 months now i due for another shot an I feel as if I was pregnant but test come out negative had menstrual 2 this month brown for two days an that’s it I can’t stand this an I want to ttc so my doctor said take prenatal vitamins so I am .

  1423. I just stopped going back to the doctor for my shot and I feel awful!!! Bad stomach pain, nausea, cramps, hot flashes, fatigue and I’m bleeding. I’m not sure if all these symptoms are from stopping the birth control or I’m sick…but this sucks and hurts…?

  1424. I took Depo Provera as a teenager. I bled heavily while on it, but didn’t have any withdrawal symptoms after I stopped. I didn’t get pregnant until I was 23, inspite of being sexually active.

    Fast forward to today. About 6 months ago I stopped receiving injections of Depo Provera after getting them for about a year and a half. While on it this time, my PMS and periods stopped entirely. 3 weeks ago, I started getting some very confusing symptoms. If started with breast tenderness, which I attributed to the possibility that I was ovulating again. If stopped for a few days, and then came back. Then I found I was fatigued constantly and the headaches were unbearable. A few days after that, I started feeling nauseous and throwing up. As of today, I haven’t had a period, I’m nauseous every day and throw up, I’m sore and fatigued, I’m always hungry, the headaches haven’t stopped, I can’t think straight, and I’m lactating. My doctor has tested me for everything he could think of: My thyroid is normal, as well as my prolactin. Urine and blood pregnancy tests are all negative. I haven’t been drinking or taking any pharmaceuticals, as my doctor advised, but each day is worse. I haven’t had my hormones levels checked yet.

  1425. I stopped the Depo-Provera shot on August 29th, and I still haven’t had my period since then, and my family doctor gave me a prescription for a week of hormone pills, and that didn’t help, and now I’m on birth control pills, but it’s halfway through the second week, and I still haven’t had my period. Help?

  1426. 37yrs old, Started bleeding before next depo due, bleed for 6weeks…so far, breasts tender, fatigue…been so tired been in bed for 7 days now, nausea.

  1427. I have been on and off the Depo for 3 years now. Every time I start to wean my body off of it the side effects are so bad I convince myself to get back on it. This is my 3rd time trying to get off it and hands down the worst experience yet. I have constant cramps from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed. Not just normal annoying cramps. Cramps that pulse through to my pelvic bone, lower stomach, and lower back. This time I only lightly bled for a week, but the last time I stopped I bled for 2 months straight which is what prompted me to get back on the shot to make the bleeding stop. I have had a lot of nausea this past week (I was due for my shot 8 weeks ago) and in the past month my breasts have been so tender I cannot put on my bra without excruciating pain. It has been an absolute nightmare. So far no notice in weight gain but I didnt get that getting on the shot either.

  1428. I was on depo for 2 and a half years. I have been off depo for 2 months now and still no period, although recently when I pee it’s a watery red colour? Thought I was maybe taking a period but that was 2 days ago and when I pee now it is clear! Trying for a baby but think it’s going to take a while, I would just be happy to take a period to let me know that my body is getting back to some sort of normality. I have also been taking some pregnancy vitamins in the hopes that will help things along a bit.

  1429. Honestly I don’t think the doctors even know what they be talking about or maybe there worried about there reputation I really miss my old doctor tho we had a relationship that was unbreakable she knew everything about my body…..now I must start over anyway I took depot shot in Dec 15 2015 after that I didn’t bleed for six months I never did get the second dose but my month never came for a whole year ( I ONLY RECEIVED ONE DEPOT SHOT EVER IN MY LIFE )!!!! than two months before Jan 2017 I had brown spotting but I was happy thought it was coming back normally than Jan 15 2017 my month came I was jumping for joy but I have been bleeding for 2 weeks going on 3 weeks YES! I did see a doctor she checked my kidneys, anemia, liver, blood count and pregnancy test everything was fine, now she is checking for diseases chylmydia and gonnherA she will let me know in couple days so I will also be going to the clinic next week and i also have a obg in doctor set for Feb 16 2017 so we will see I asked the clinic doctor if she thought it was the doctor and she said no that there is something wrong but the truth will come out I sure will let yall know after the results if nothing wrong after I see the pussy doctors and no stds than common sense its the Depot Shot

  1430. See i ended my depo shot two months ago and last month i got dark brown discharge twice . i was told that it was my period. I am no longer on it and i’m nauseous all the time , constipated , breasts tenderness. Mind you i am only 18 years old I always feel sick and i have took more then one pregnancy test and they have came out negative. I honestly don’t know if it’s because i was once on the depo on Jan 2016 and didn’t go back till Sep 2016 to get my next shot .

    • hi i recently did the same thing and only got the shot twice and missed it in december and was told the symptoms i am having is because i missed my shot in december.

  1431. I was on the depo for about a year, then stopped taking it around November 2016 , didn’t have any problems no period no pain , then a period for up to just the beggining of this week , I have horrible cramps and my back hurts constantly, I’ve been reading a lot of the comments left and am very concerned in how long it may last

  1432. 5 Years, 7 Months Off Depo. I Did Get My Period. I Never Had No Fatigue, Including Naesuea From Depo Withdrawal… I Had Unprotected Sex January 20th Thats When Had Pregnancy Symptoms. After That I Had Pink Discharge For A Week On And Off… 2 Week 3 Day Bleeding Then Yellow Discharge With Ammonia Smell But No Itch Or Discomfort. I Had White Slimy Cream Mucusos From The Vagina. I Also Had Cramping On And Off In 1st Week And A Little In The 2nd. Test Comes Out Negative So I Have To Go To The Doctors Tomorrow.

  1433. I had a shot once then stopped but it has taken so long for me to conceive! I don’t advice anyone to go for Depo! Mimi imenitenda maneno! I DON’T LIKE IT COME RAIN COME SUNSHINE!!

  1434. Hi
    I live in the uk and came off depo. I had my last one in May 2016 and my body has been in an absolute mess ever since. Migraines, dryness, thrush infection, constant period pains with no actual period. Depression, panick attacks, aggressiveness the list goes on. My joints in my body constantly ache and I even dislocated my shoulder by rolling over in bed! All this has happened since I stopped the injection. I was in it for 7 years solid with no advice from my doctor as to how long I should be on it yet from doing my own research I find many people say that after 3 years I should have been advicesd to have a break! Yes it’s lovely having no period for 7 years but this cannot be good for a woman’s natural process.

  1435. I have been open depo for 20 years I just stopped at age 40 I have never been so disappointed, my body is going thru so many changes…..my breast are extremely tender on and off my body aches from time to time…most of all headaches…..I have been to the doc…and made them aware , it’s a battle, one day I hope it will be out my system!!!

  1436. My daughter had the shot and went through one month only stopped it because of all the horrific side effects. Losing hair oily hair Acme that she’s never had before. Weight gain fast weight gain. Irritability mood swings I had to take her and put her any anxiety medicine. Now that she has not had the shot and we’re winding down to three months after the shot she is going through some horrible nausea little appetite Restless nights hot and cold sweats. Hoping and praying this goes away soon. I suggest that nobody get the shot to me is nothing but a slow agony irritating injection. And to me it does harm two are young adults. I feel it’s dangerous to one’s body. So therefore I suggest that nobody ever get one of these to see my daughter go through the egg named pain that she’s going through is horrific. When the person that ever invented the shot should have multitude shots themself.

  1437. I have been taking depo since i was 16 and im now 22. my appetite is different, im always throwing up and my nipples hurt badly. I have very bad heaches evry once in a while also. I havent took a pregnacy test because i dont think im pregnant

  1438. I was on the depo injection in my early 20s then came off to have a family then about 3 yes ago I went back on it for a yr.everything was totally fine until I decided to come off it I had a new partner and wanted to have a baby.Well it was terrible I as sick felt horrible and didn’t get a period until 6 months later during this time started to pile on the weight.so now 2 yes later here I am still not got pregnant yet and have put a total of nearly 4 stone on I eat right work out 5 days a week what going on I had a thyroid test came back fine.i keep going to the drs I’m sure the injection have done something to my hormones or something I’m so depressed I want my life back I blame depo.

  1439. Only had 2 Depo shots, while on it I was constantly depressed and lost interest in everything, just wanted to be shut off from the world. It’s taken about 8 months to get my period back and since coming off I can not stop eating, my breasts have been so tender and have gone up a size or 2 and I feel so lethargic. I thought I was pregnant at first then read up and found I am not the only one suffering post depo side effects. I would never recommend anyone to go on this.

  1440. i have taken depo for 11 years i stopped here recently bc it made my left hip go numb all the time when i stopped i have gained weight i never gained weight on it and i still have problems out of my left hip bc of it since i have stopped it i dont have near as much problems with my left hip but the weight gain is alot for me i was 180 starting it and stayed 180 the entire time useing it now that i dont take it im 200 pounds i dont understand

  1441. I was on the depo shot for 3 years am currently off of it been off since December 2016. I had unprotected sex like 3 weeks ago. Can I get pregnant or no or am I just being worried?

  1442. Hi, I recently got off Depo. My last shot was Sept 1, 2016. I did not go get my next shot which would have been Dec 1, 2016. Long story short my bf and I have been having sex the whole month of December up until Christmas. My first period came January 16, 2017. Two weeks leading up to that, my nipples were sore, nauseated, cramping really bad, and I even threw up. Fast forward to the week of feb 13, my boobs are hurting again.my bf and I had sex Feb 16/17 and my period still hasn’t come. Is it possible that I can be pregnant from the time we had sex in December? Or could I possibly end up pregnant from the time we had sex in February? I know that sore nipples are a sign of ovulation….so is it possible that we had sex during ovulation in February?

  1443. I have a question im 21 and just got on the shot do u gain weight or does it depend on the person im married and have three beautiful girls and i weigh 114 and i want to stay were im at so was just wondering

  1444. I only took one injection a few months ago. Now I have a headache that hasn’t stopped for two weeks. After I lost ten pounds in a course of three weeks. This headache isn’t going away. Any advice?

  1445. My bones hurt do bad like I have severe arthritis my djinn looks worse than when I was a teen I feel a lot older than I should my main concern is my breakouts on my face my acne and dark marks never been this bad I’m currently trying to find a dermatologist to help and told my primary doctor of my other concerns

  1446. This has been the worst year of my life. I took the Depo shot for 6 months and had bleeding throughout as well as insane mood swings, and anxiety. Still now almost 5 months later I have not had a break from a period, my mood swings are still bad and I feel as though this shot has literally ruined my life. Before it I was happy and only went onto the shot because I travel 9 months of the year with work to different countries and getting the pill is sometimes hard and unreliable in some places. This shot seemed perfect for me to just inject every three months as the dr recommended. However, they warned me of side effects that would happen on the injection but never once told me about any effects that could happen once I stopped the shot completely. I have been living a nightmare. I go through tampons and sanitary towels like nobodies business and just today purchased a diva cup to try and help. I’ve seen multiple drs all around the world and they all tell me the side effect will eventually wear off…. but I’ve seen cases that lasted 18 months. Some people love the shot but my body did not. It’s taking a huge toll on my relationship with my soon to be husband, my personal life and my self esteem. Even the shot itself has scarred my stomach, which is where the dr told me to inject and spent time with me teaching me to be approved to inject myself before I left my country. I thought the side effects on the shot was bad but stopping it has been a million times worse. I had no idea what was to come. I regret the decision to take this shot so much. If the bleeding isn’t bad enough, the mood swings and emotions are ten times worse. I can’t physically stop them, it’s as though I’m watching myself from the outside and im helpless. Reading the comments from other people in the same situation has given me hope and helped me drastically. Thank you. I just pray the time is coming soon when all of this stops. I’m literally falling apart emotionally. I would love for people in a similar situation to reach out to me for support. It would be highly appreciated. I am 24 years old. And previously had been on birth control pills since the age of 15.

  1447. Been on depo sine1/22/2012 i stop the shot on 3 /16 been bleeding since 10/16 I mean now it comes 2x a month this is soo weird

  1448. Been on depo sine1/22/2012 i stop the shot on 3 /16 been bleeding since 10/16 I mean now it comes 2x a month this is soo weird

  1449. I was on depo for 15 years, just came off of it. My side effects include breakout in hives, larger breasts, mental instability, and weight gain. I had a bone density scan and all is normal. I’m going back on it.

  1450. Came off the depo about a month ago now I have constant period pains, always feel sick and tired, blood clots and periods are very unpredictable

  1451. I started the shot a couple months after my daughter was born. Stayed on it for a little over a year and then decided it wasn’t for me. I had experienced weight gain, not dramatic, but still some gain. I was quite moody and I had no sex drive. I’ve been off of the shot for around 3 months?? I gained a few more lbs after I quit receiving the shot. So not terrible. I spot every now and then. But, my sex drive is still not back and I have terrible pain having sex. Back to the doctors I go about that!

  1452. I took depo for many years. I have 5 children but in between my last 3 I took depo.
    Are my last child I recently stopped taking depo, not to have another I have 7 total and I am quite done, and I am experiencing nausea, breast tenderness, fatigue, mood swings, and weepiness.
    I almost feel as if I am pregnant, I am not.
    I did think it might just be my body feeling all of the things I missed with depo. PMS, maybe?

  1453. My 1st depo shot was in 2011, I did not liked it at all. Heavy period for 1 month and a half or so. I didn’t want to get my 2nd depo shot.
    In 2016, I decided to get back on depo.
    My 1st depo shot turned out okay. Didn’t have any period besides spotting for one whole month. My 2nd depo shot was okay too. Bloading, cramps, Spotting again for one month until my 3rd depo shot. Also, easily bruising.
    My 3rd depo shot i was bloating, cramps (like a normail period cramp) again, i was spotting for one month. Also, easily bruising.
    My 4th depo shot, I was feeling depressed. Tired, wanting to take naps. Bloating, nausea, moody, breaking out on ache on my face. Spotting until my 5th depo shot. Also, easily bruising.
    Today, I just got done getting my last depo shot. I am planning to change my birth control..

  1454. Overall experience was horrible. I spotted for weeks on end. I got very nauseous the first month. Bad cramps the first two days. I’m sure I’m having withdrawal symptoms right now. I’m super emotional. I get very sad at times. Etc.

  1455. I took the last Depo shot in May, 2016. I started spotting/bleeding non-stop around the end of September (the colour of the blood was unnatural to me as it was very dark and clumpy as if it was old dried up blood) until I went to the doctor at the beginning of November, I was giving provera which completely stopped the bleeding. I had a regularish period the beginning of December followed by another around Christmas. I had 2 periods in both January and February and I am now on the birth control pill which I was told I have to use for at least 3 months and then go off to see if that will regulate my cycle somewhat.

  1456. I’ve been on deposit for almost 3 years mows for initially my endometriosis.. I’m now 1 month off it.. apart from being over tired and a little flat things seem fine.. no bleeding yet but I am expecting it as in the past I was bleeding for 14-20 days at a time… Only stopping as I am looking to the future and want kids.. this is my way of getting a head start as it is going to be difficult for me regardless..

  1457. I have been on depo for 5 years and just recently stopped. I deff have breast tenderness and have been getting frequent headaches and they are not normal for me and I can say I have had some nauseating moments, I always feel tired so I don’t know if I can say I have been more fatigued than before.

  1458. After getting the depo shot 3 days later I got a huge hard lump where I got the shot. It’s been almost 1 month and it’s still there. It’s hurts badly and sometimes my arm goes numb. Has anyone had anything like this

  1459. Had the injection about 5/6 times, if I ever missed it I would start bleeding after a few days but I’ve decided to stop it and it ran out 7 months ago obviously I haven’t had it again, I’ve still not had a period or even a sign of one no bleeding what so ever!

  1460. I’m 22 and when I first got my period at 14 it was horrendous . they would last for months with blood clots and severe cramps . my mom passed away the year prior and I didn’t talk to my dad about it. Instead of tests they put me on the depo, which stopped the severe bleeding . six years later I decided to stop the shots, and the side effects or horrible. My boobs hurt so bad, I roll over on them at night and I wake right up. Night sweats, pain in my right side of pelvis, and the periods are back.
    And now they are blaming the shot for the bleeding when it was supposed to help, and are not listening.

  1461. I took my first shot August 2017. Spotted light n heavy ,on and off for a month . It’s March 2017 no period yet but my nipples are tender and I’m having cramps in my lower abdomen. First and the last shot,and I hope it’s my period coming back ,whoever made this birth control should be sewed . It’s a nightmare smh

  1462. I was on the depo shot for the last 4 years. No one ever told me the side effects. I recently decided to get off of it, (was due for my last shot Jan 24th) and switch to a different, less extreme form of birth control. I haven’t started any form of birth control yet, because I’m trying to wait for my period. While I was on it , except maybe a day or two of spotting here or there, I didn’t get any sort of a period. However getting off of the drugs, I am experiencing lots of issues! Still no period. Mood changes, still no sex drive, and I feel heavy and tender. Back aches, and fatigue. I’ve gained weight, probably close to 10-15 lbs. I have been nauseous. I have never had children, but I am experiencing what I believe is mirrored symptoms to pregnancy, (which is freaking my man out for sure) While I was on the depo, I thought it would be a good fit, but I feel earful coming off. And super self conscious. None of my clothes fit, and I’ve been dieting and excersizing. Depression, aches, pains, and feeling bloated for a month now… any suggestions to anything that will help me get back to normal? I feel like these drugs have ruined my body 🙁

  1463. Hello ladies
    I have been off the shot for about 4 months now I just got a period two weeks ago and it had been heavy and non stop bleeding for two weeks. I have been very nauseous, moody, hungry , and tired all the time. I hate it!! Has anyone else experienced this? When should I worry?

  1464. I’ve been on the shot since I was 15, I’m now 22 and just got off of my shot back on December 12th. My last shot was September 25,2016. By October the shot was still in my system​ and I bled for two weeks straight. Doctors called it a miscarriage. I’ve also been throwing up and very tired and had very bad bloating and bad mood swings. that started in December and ended in February 22, 2017. Now it’s March 12th and I’m spotting again. Also since I’ve been on depo I’ve been underweight horribly. I’m still 95 lb. I don’t know what to do.

  1465. Yes I has and something went wrong I need help I want to know who can I talk to about my problem thank you

  1466. I’m also experiencing side effects From stopping using green depo. The its been 7month now having irregular prolonged period and I’ve been to different Doctor bt prolonged its not stopping. M really tired of this spotting and back pains

  1467. I used the shot for 3years. I stopped 1Year 5months ago. I’ve been trying to get pregnant with my husband for a year now and have been unsuccessful. Any suggestions?

  1468. I was on the shot for 6 years and wish I was still on it. My doctor is taking me off of it for a year for my bones to get strong again. After I stopped depo…it’s been my biggest nightmare. I’ve had heavy heavy white discharge, intense weight gain, breast tenderness, my periods are clotty, and my feet are always swollen. I can’t wait to get back on it. I lost 15 pounds the first time I got the shot.

  1469. hi my name is angle I have a question have been off the depo injection for 2 years and I have a boyfriend that I been seing him for 3years can someone tell me how long do I need to have a baby .thank you

  1470. Got of the depo, got a very bad yeast infection, haven’t had my period yet n its been 6 months now. No I’m not pregnant my breast are very tender and I don’t have a sex drive. I feel bad for my boyfriend. I just hope I can start feeling back to myself.

  1471. Quick back story. I have FVL so I can not take regular BC. I tried a non hormonal IUD but that was hell since my daughter was a medically necessary C-section and my cervix was ‘small’, I always felt it/like I had to pee. I avoided ‘ the shot’ bc I’ve always struggled to maintain my weight and I didn’t want to ‘blow up’. Another fun fact, in May of 02 I had my daughter. Normal period for a cpl months then I woke up to what looked like a murder scene in my bed. The bleeding remained heavy for about 6 mos then became spotty/light period FOR 9 YEARS until I broke down and got the shot. No, the Dr’s never had an answer let alone a solution for the bleeding. The shot in my mind was great bc it stopped the bleeding and I didn’t have to worry about getting pregnant, win win. But then I realized what a B!@CH I became. Stress was thru the roof (hubby was a moron too ?) but I never thought it was the shot. Fast forward, I stopped the shot after I read a fancy article about the side affects and quite frankly there ‘wasn’t a need for BC’. My moods did a complete 180 after about 3 mos off of it. I was ‘normal’ again. The extra 10 lbs I was holding had no problem disappearing. All was good till I started dating again and well that’s my only option for BC. I’ve gained the weight back and I can smell the crappy moods creeping back. My boobs look like I’m 3mos prego and the bloat is unreal. Thank god the boyfriend is willing to get snipped! Moral of my story is that no drug long or short term is healthy. While it’s ‘fixing’ one thing it’s destroying other(s). As women we do what we have to do in order to try to enjoy life and not have a million babies. Educate yourself, weigh your options, be smart about it. I wish there was a better way. I hope all of my babble helps someone!

  1472. I was on it for years. It worked exactly how it was supposed to. No bleeding. Loss in sex drive- yes. Weight gain- maybe. Its hard to say. I loved food before i started depo. I stopped it, and i am only 5 days past depo due date… and am experiencing extreme shoulder, back, hip, buttocks and FOOT pain. OMG- so bad. Like never before. Is it from stopping the depo injection? ?

  1473. I had stop taking the depo shot after two shots. I noticed there was irregularities in my period which they said its normal. I experienced noticeable smell on my private part. I do not like to have sex with my husband. Now that i’ve stopped, my period doesn’t come back yet. I’m so worried now of getting pregnant. I had used pregnancy test several times after the stop last February 2017. Checking my status if i had pregnancy which im not ready with. Please help i’m very very hopelessly confused.

  1474. I have been on the depo shot for about 3 years now and I acually stopped taking it back in June. Since I have started the shot I have not seen a period, it has been almost 10 months since I have stopped and still no period. Just recently started to notice my breasts are extremely sore, but not pregnant. Would not recommend the shot. I did not gain weight but it seems to be hard to get my cycle back on track, pretty concerning to not have a period for almost 4 years now! I am 20, I shouldn’t have to worry about things like this.

  1475. I’m 22. Was on depo for one year. I would only get a period toward the end of the 3 month cycle, always had a sex drive, actually lost weight! Stopped injections about a month or so ago. Haven’t gotten a period. Started getting tension headache, body aches all over, stomach cramps, I don’t really have an appetite, feeling nauseous, so so so anxious, shortness of breath, hmm what else? Hot flashes, I’m either sweating one minute or freezing, waking up drenched in sweat or reaching for a blanket in the night. The symptoms have been this bad for about a week now. I feel like I’m withdrawing from drugs or something!!!!

    • I been the same way but my whole entire body is in so much pain you just touch my arm or leg or anything its pure pain nonsense drive at all

  1476. I missed my second dose Amy my body has been very fatigue all my muscles and joints/bones hurt it’s been going on for over 2 weeks out can not bend down its so painful just 2 move and I have 2 little kids it’s very hard and being in pain 247 with no relief not to mention I gained around 40 lbs

  1477. I was looking up of there was any side effects of stopping my depo because since I have stopped I get worse cramps while on my period and my breast’s are very sore I have also noticed more acne and a little bit of blood clots while on my period. Which isn’t normal for me. But I have to say with all those shitting things aside I have felt more active. I have been going for longer walks and have even been running.

  1478. I’m very sad irritable and have been comming off the last two weeks after a few years. Night swaets are the worst followed by irritability and hot flushes. Dr was kind but could only offer experiment and gI’ve same durg to help but it could make it worse also. I decided to nor take more evil into my body in the end

  1479. I have been on the depo shot since I was 12 because of my period pain. I am now 21 and I have gone off it for a month of two here or there but now I have bee off of it for 4 months because we are trying to have a baby. I’m just wondering if anyone else is having problems with their hips spine and lower back. It’s only started to hurt ever since I came off the shot. I have gone to the doctor and they said it’s nothing. I have to take calcium pills and magnizium (sorry I can’t spell) it’s just getting hard to walk because of the pain it feels like my bones are ready to break does anyone else have this ???

  1480. Depo provera does work as they say it’s more stress to accept the unknown as you start the shot than what it’s worth . I’m a 3 year user didn’t realize how long I was taking the shot . After the first 3-4 dissed I got use to it meaning the side effects were lessen . And I was fine . This year 2017 things are going differently I didn’t get my shot it is April I started having problems in January the bleeding they tell u only a little about conitunued I was worried and I went and got the shot in march nothing has changed . While getting off this shot they should tell you to exspect another breakthrough bleeding that could take up to two years , ruin your relationships as I’ve read . Cause you to have mood swings different side effects all over . Rather you have amonea while taking the shot it’s forever . Choose another method . Don’t waist time on trying to figure out when you’ll have a cycle or when you will stop bleeding because it’s unormal . This drug shouldn’t be recommended and the dr should explain better when you can’t stop the issues you have help you out more than telling you little information

  1481. I have not had my shot scents july and its now april and I been bleeding go 14 days now is that normal ..

  1482. I was on depo for just over 2 years after changing from the pill, and now I’ve been off it for a few months and ive had no pains or bleeding or anything for the entire time, at the start i spotted slightly but then my periods stopped completely. The day after having sex my nipples started to get sore and honestly they’ve just been like this for about 4 days now and I’m wondering if it’s because I’m due a period for the first time in years or if it’s anything to be worried about??

  1483. Ok, so I haven’t had any signs of a period since I dropped this. I stopped in December and its almost may. Is that normal? I’m only 22 if that means anything.

  1484. I only took 1 shot after having a miscarriage then I decided to leave it after some few month now iv been bleeding for 1month n 2 weeks is it normal ?

  1485. I stop taken the depo shot and I started to feel dizzy breast hurts and nipples are very tender i start to have very bad headaches now Im off the shot im start to getting dizzy not good @ all

  1486. I have been on and off of depo shots since it first came out- mostly on. I was taking it for extreme pain due to endometriosis and it was like a miracle drug for me! It stopped my period completely which in turn stops the pain and the spreading of this horrible condition. My doctor did inform me of the bone density issues and told me that as I got older I should be tested quite often. He also told me that it is not something that has been approved for long term use as there were no studies available yet. Now, I am 47 years old and had no adverse reactions at all to remaining on this medication. My doctor that I have now told me that there are long term studies available now which conclude that if needed for a medical condition, when no other method has worked, this is the perfect choice as long as you may need it. It’s been 25+ years with no issues, however now I am premenopausal and decided to take myself off of it. The only side effect I have had coming off of this medication is that my ankles are WAY swollen! Kind of like they swell when you are pregnant, very uncomfortable! My doc says I need blood work to see what kind of hormonal balances I have so they can get me on the correct hormone replacement therapy. I have heard horror stories about depo and I’m sure that it does effect every woman differently, but for me it absolutely was a miracle!!

  1487. I missed my last shot on April 9 and since then I haven’t been feeling so well, i’ve been haven bad stomach pain, dizziness,moody, fatigue, constant thirst, I just feel horrible everyday. I tried eating healthy, exercise, pregnancy test was negative.No sex drive ever. Is it because of stopping depo?

  1488. I was on the depo shot for the three months and when I was on to the last week of the depo I started my period it was super painful and heavy blessing for more than a month. I’ve been off of it now for two months and have yet to get my period yet.

  1489. I’ve been on depo for 17 yrs never had a period during that time. Now I have been off for about 6ms. My question I’ve just started spotting for two days. Is this normal?

  1490. I’ve been taking the depo for eight years but I’ve been told that I can’t have it anymore because my bone density is bad. I’ve been of it for 5 months now and feel awful. Never felt a thing when I was on it.

  1491. I am native American and I’ve been on deposit for the last two years…I stopped once and i got breast tenderness but recently I’ve been off for two months now hoping to have another baby and my symptoms after are worse i do have breast tenderness, but also with nausea and fatigue a couple times i have took pregnancy tests just to make sure but visiting this website today Tuesday 25th of April helped me understand why i was feeling this way now i know it is withdrawal from coming off the shot. And truth be told i will never ever be getting on this shot again. And i wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. It really feels like it drains the life out of you will you are on it. Your breast seem saggier yes i love not having periods but it’s not natural especially when it took me almost eight months over three years ago to have my first and only child who was planned. And to be experiencing what I am now it even applies to what Im experiencing after I’m off the deposit i feel horrible. Thank you for letting me tell what i think and feel.

  1492. i have stopped using depo provera for almost three weeks and I feel like am dying.the side effects are so horrible. I have an abnormal back pain and it feels like I’ve been hit by a truck. am so dizzy,my breasts are painful and my body becomes thinner and floppy. the doctor said i should continue using depo provera for it hacked all my system until they know what the solution might be. please don’t use depoe provera, you don’t want to end like me.the thing reacted as a drug in my body and now am hooked and cannot live without it.

  1493. I don’t recommend this shot. Yes it works for birth control but the side effects aren’t worth it. I now have fibrocystic breasts. My breasts were perfectly fine before the shot had to get an ultra sound it freaked me out because I thought I had cancer I’m only 22! Also have no sex drive at all , barley have an appetite either. I can’t wait to get off this. I don’t get a period but sometimes get light spotting

  1494. My effect of my shot wore off April 12, only had the shot twice. First time was nice with only a normal seven day period. My second shot was horrible, had over two weeks of a period heavy , horrible cramps I wanted to cry and just stay in bed. Since I didn’t get my next shot. I have been feeling horrible nausea in the mornings bad enough nor to go to work; or leave work middle of the day. Only effect I seem to get from withdraw of the shot.

  1495. I was on depo provera for close to two years. I decided not to take anymore when I was due in march 2016. I period didn’t return so I went back to my doctor n had to put me on the pill. Eventually, my period came in december2016. The flow was really heavy with dark brown clots which lasted for ten days. My period came again in January same date it started in december n as dark brown clots as usual but this time for only three days. My problems started wen I started having signs of pregnancy before I was due on 24th of February.I have dizziness, cramps, waistpains, inoffensive vaginal discharges, my breast are sore, fuller. I have darkening of the areoles, Montgomery tubercles etc. Despite all the above symptoms my period came in February n march right on time.all my urine n blood test came back negative. All my five ultrasounds came back negative too. Then in April, instead of 24th it came on the 16th rather. But my breast are getting very sore n bigger by the day. My waistpains won’t go either n am begin in to feel movement in abdomen. Am frustrated, pls help.

  1496. After reading some of these posts I am now terrified to come off the depo. I am 31 and have been on the needle continuously for 10 years without having any side effects at all.
    Is there anyone that has come off depo that has experienced zero side effects…I need a little reassurance!
    I am only stopping the injection because I want to have children within the next couple of years.

    • I have been on and stoped and went back and stop again no side effect I watch what I eat drink plenty of water It just make me very horny which I luv I’m thinking about going back cause I don’t want no more kids??‍♀️

  1497. I have been on the depot shot for over a year! I love it 🙂 I read these comments and I feel sad for all the women because I’ve never experienced any of those things. I have never bleed once on it & not having a period makes my life so much easier! However, I am sad I will have life long effects once I stop taking the shot. I want children one day!!!

  1498. I have stopped the depo shot in February and it is now May 9th and I haven’t had my period until tonight. I’m extremely emotional and super depressed . I came to this website to see if women who have stopped the depo shot is feeling the same way I am. My answer has not been answered yet on here. So I’ll continue to look on other websites to see what other women have to say about stopping the depo shot. I mean I really think because I stopped the depo shot that I’m feeling withdrawals and super emotional ? or I don’t know. Maybe not but tonight I’m really thinking about going back on the depo shot because I’m feeling really sick right now and I can’t deal with this

    • I felt the same way! Don’t worry you are not the only one! I was extremely anxious and started to feel depressed for a few weeks that is now clearing up, and I got super emotional once I started the shot. Depression and anxiety does not run in my family so I KNOW it was the shot that caused it! Take multivitamins and go see your doctor so they can recommend the best ones, I’m taking PoDiaPN at the moment and I think it is helping me so much! Hang in there and good luck!

  1499. came off it 2 weeks ago I am 19 years old, was only on it for about 8 months, been experiencing excruciating stomach and back pain every single day, not been able to sit comfortably for more than 5 minutes, pain stops then comes back every few minutes, not being able to stand for long, really bad nausea, mouth watering, thrown up a few times, and experiencing heavy bleeding, just want to be back to normal I am miserable

  1500. I got on the depo for 5 years, got off for a year and started getting periods back although they were only 3 days long and very light bleeding. I then got back on it the end of last year and got two shots. my last shot was due april 5th 2017, I did not go get the shot. the first time I was on the shot I didn’t seem to have any problems. when I got back on it the second time ive had major issues, I had severe stomach pains constantly, constipation or even times when I couldn’t stop going, headaches, very tired, ect. I was diagnosed with IBS. the shot can cause you not to tolerate gluten and milk products. also, when I was on the shot, I was constantly getting uti’s. now that I am off of the shot I am constantly nauseas, I am having SO much discharge, very tired, and peeing very frequently. it honestly feels like I am pregnant. I have not yet taken a test, although I have only been off the shot for almost a month, I have not received a period, but the depo has completely ruined my life. I have mood swings beyond belief, I get mad at the littlest and stupidest things. I do not recommend the depo to anybody!

  1501. Yes i took it for a year and a half. I quit. Now i get nausea daily and every morning my breasts are killing me and continue all day. Im only 28 and didn’t have any health issues prior. I am also gaining pounds easier.

    • Yes i took it for a year and a half. I quit. Now i get nausea daily and every morning my breasts are killing me and continue all day. Im only 28 and didn’t have any health issues prior. I am also gaining pounds easier. And i feel tired more and have almost depressed or somber moods.

  1502. I have took this serveral times and stop when I wanted to have my last child just 5 years ago had no problem and now look to go back to it

  1503. Yes I’ve recently just got off depo may 3rd 2017 all because nausea and dizziness. Now see back in 2014 I got off of depo Also than took the pill not regularly until august than fell pregnant in October (not knowing until January so 3 months) than not taking any method got pregnant 4 months after my 1st was born so basically all depo has done for me is irregular periods nausea and dizziness but since I’ve been off completely all I feel is sick and etc

  1504. Hi I was also on Depo provera shot for about 6 mths, but my doctor took me off of it since march of this year and I’m not having a great experience at all.
    Firstly I’m being treated for severe endometriosis and my previous physicians stressed to me that I needed the shot every month. However my last doctor told me to come off because I’m developing secondary side effects of the shot. And what is most frustrating for me is that while I was on the injection I was still bleeding and since being off it, the bleeding has never stopped! I’m still having cramps alot. So I’ve been constantly bleeding for at least 6mths now without even getting a day break…im constantly wearing pads. Now I have to re- visit my physician yet again. Every individuals experience may be different but I will not recommend this shot to anyone.

    • Anya,

      I hope that your bleeding and overall symptoms have gotten better! If not, I wanted to recommend Thinx underwear to you. I’m sure, like me, pads are so annoying and messy! The under is made for your period and works amazingly! I use them and trust them over pads 100%. Hope you’re well.

  1505. I had taken the depo provera shot and i had recently stopped because i had gotten a job where i was unable to go to the clinic before it had closed. The symptoms i have now are small period pains and because i haven’t had my period in almost 12 months i already know that this period is going to possibly kill me with pain. Plus my boobs are super sensitive

  1506. I’m kind of scared I was only on it for 9 months but have gained weight. I decided to stop and now it’s been a week and my feet and legs are swollen like they were at 9 months pregnant! My stomach has also hurt and been bloated since a week ago when I was supposed to get the shot.

  1507. I had been on Depo injections for two years- not for contraception but due to dysmenorrhea post uterine ablation. My gyn and I agreee that two years would be the maximum length due to the bone density issue. If it didn’t help then we would discuss a hydterctomy. My last injection was October 2016. I have since gained weight, dealt with lack of motivation (Some would call that depression), and general irritability. I attribute these issues to the discontinuation of the progesterone. I’m fighting it and refuse to resort to other methods other than sleep, exercise and diet modification.

  1508. I had the shot in Jan 2017 and never renewed it. Since coming off it i have had my period for 8 weeks, sever bloating (i had visible abs beforehand now nothing), extreme anxiety, water retention, increased appetite, mood swings and overall unhappiness. I wish i never got the shot.
    My doctor put me on the pill 12 days ago which made things worse so now I have to stop all contraception for 3 months. Worst thing ever. Do not get it!

  1509. I was on the depot for three years and as off this year I have stopped my stomach bloat, breast are really tender and am always tired I was starting to think I could be pregnant but I haven’t seen my period since last year. It has to be the shot that has my body on a rollercoaster.

  1510. I took depo provera for more than two years, I had the last shot October 2016 which expires January 17th, 2017. My menstruation comes on 26th April, since the flow has continued. I will be visiting doctor on my Monday.

  1511. I was on the Depo shot for over a year, and then decided to get off the shot because it was causing too many problems. Such as pain in my ovaries etc.
    Since I’ve been off the shot, I haven’t had a period but my pregnancy tests are negative…
    Do not get this shot….

  1512. My breast are really sore after getting of depo and I stopped in march 2017 , still haven’t gotten a period yet and it’s may 2017.

  1513. I have been on the three month injection for 15 yrs stop 1yrs and two month now it leave. You very uncomfortable feelings in your body

  1514. I had my first shot for three months. Supposed to went back for the second shot. But I didn’t. After getting off haven’t had a period in two months. But gaining weight. My sex drive is very high and I don’t know why.

  1515. I am fifty three yrs old. Was on depo seven years last shot was three months ago. Two yrs ago started experiencing depression, edginess, metabolism slow down ten lbs weight gain. I have a very active outdoor lifestyle with horses running a ranch, training horses, showing, and putting on horse shows, photographer and dealing with tons of people. I am a workaholic and have always been level headed under stress. This Past year the stress and hormonal changes have been horrible. I have taken a good look at myself not understanding all this. I now have a better understanding of what I and other woman are going thru. It is hard to do my juggling of many professions at once. I am not usd to high emotions and irrational thoughts or depression at this extreme. I actually self admin shots of whisky as needed and hubby bar doses (Please note: It Has helped anxiety, nerves, and sleep at night using small measurable doses of THC). Thank you all who have shared their experiences and many thanks to Paul (yes a man posted on this thread who is concerned for his wife). There should be a support thread for men dealing with us hormonal nutty post depo women. Any natural Herbal or supplements to help balance out please send me an email. NaturalBornRacers@gmail.com.

  1516. Its a choice plan your pregnancy with depo and risk wrecking your body.
    What are we women, lab rats?!?!
    Took it for year and half (starting nov of 2015). I hated the way i felt sick and cranky all the time. My periods stopped completly. After i stopped depo shots it was 3 months later and my period comes back but then it stoped for one day and then started then stopped for one day and started again. Its been 19 days. Oh. And i am only 28 years old. This stuff is poison. How can the gov give this out and ban marijuana use. I don’t know the damages that depo has done to my body yet! I also continued my normal routines and gained 15 pounds wile on it and 10 pounds these past 3 mounths. Now its being given to other unexpecting women in other countries. What are we women, lab rats?!?!

  1517. Hi, i been through everything… Side effects after stopping …. What should i do? 2years i used depo- and now i stopped already because i been in so much pain . It,s already been 3months since i stop depo but until now i haven,t had my meanstration..

  1518. I stopped the depo shot aboubt 3 months ago and the most discomfortable side effects I’ve have from stopping are breast tenderness, fatigue and tiredness almost all the time and I haven’t really had a period since then. I took a pregnancy test to make sure I wasn’t pregnant and the test came up negative.

  1519. Hi. I have been on depo vera for years..since from about 1995 ish!!! I was on the basic pill but heard about this injection so went to family planning in notts..england to enquire about it and then started it. I went on it because i hated my periods not that i lost a lot of blood but the build up to them..cramps..feeling down…bloating etc. People said that if you are prone to gaining weight u probably would but i never did. It really suited me..i loved the fact that i had no periods and also contraception at same time! Cant quite remember but i think i was on it for about 10 years then i moved to spain and came off it for couple years then started on it again for about another 12 years (approx). I have just turned 50 years old n decided to come off it as my mum has been diagnosed with osteoporosis. My doctor out here sent me to a gaeno specialist n he was not happy i had been on it for soo long n told me to stop immediately n never go on it again! I stopped it september last year 2016. I know it takes about a year before your body gets back to normal but upto now i still have not had a period but just recently i am starting to feel like im gaining a little weight which i cant understand as i eat very healthy n just started swimming every day…when i was on it..i didnt gain weight?! Also i have a little bit if clear discharge coming out now so it looks like things are changing inside! Well…thats my story girls…fingers xxd i dont get osteo like my mum but hey its heredrity mainly n i am only tiny n already have painful fingers but doc says theres no arthritus but could be water retention ad they swell in the heat. Hope this helps…x

  1520. Is been two months since i stoped depo and i have sore nipples and havent been to periods since i stoped depo

  1521. the depo shot was the worst thing I’ve ever done to my body. I’ve gained an extreme amount of weight, i always feel bloated . Also to mention, IM ONLY 17 YEARS OLD. i stopped the shot about 6 months ago and i still do not have a period. Now i don’t know what to do because i want to have sex, and now i have no cycle, or birth control. the demo shot makes me hungry and tired all the time i hate it what it did to my body so much.

    • I’m around your age and the depo shot was bad for me as well I would get of the shit and have a different kind of birth control. I have been off depo for 3 months and still no period as well. Could be because of our age

  1522. I have had irregular heart beat after stopping the shot. I’ve been on it for 3 years. I hate the feeling of it and it happens all day long. It’s constant. I’ve never experienced irregular heart beat my whole life. I workout eat right it doesn’t stop.

  1523. I had the depo shot last month and I suppose to have it this month and I came on my period how long does it take to come off I been on for like two and a half weeks now.

  1524. I’ve uses it because I am anemic. It helped my blood cells go up a lot. When i uses to have my period it would be so bad that I would end up in the ER of so much blood I would lose. Anyways been 2 yrs with depo. I am fitness mom so the gain weight didnt happen to me, i drink lots of almold milk to protect my bones since my doc said that part of the side effect. Now I am off, my husband and I we want to try again having 2nd baby. I do pray to Jehovah when my period comes I dont lose blood again.

  1525. I had been on the depo shot for just under 2 years. I decided the beginning of May 2017 that I didn’t want to get my next shot and I wanted to get off the depo shot. Well ever since memorial day I have been off and on nauseous. It goes from mild to extreme. I have really bad cramps off and on and have not started by period but I have had a brown light discharge. I know I am not pregnant. If anyone knows of anything to feel better please let me know. I am so miserable.

  1526. I was on it for 2 and a half years and I have just gotten off of it! I am 18 years old and started on it when I was 15. I exprerience Breast tenderness and I get hot flashes very often I have been off it for 3 months now and still have not gotten a period (I didn’t get my period while on the shot) I also experienced extreme bloating in my joints especially around the knee. I also experienced migraines while on the shot.

  1527. Depo Provera is a deadly dangerous drug that messes with your entire endocrine and hormonal system sometimes causing chronic long-term life-altering disability and complications. Depo Provera has causes varicose veins, liver issues, cardiovascular complications in many women and they doctors keep pushing it to make money. Buyer be ware!!!

  1528. I was on the depo-shot for a year. Just stopped right now because it’s too annoying to go in every 3 months and get a shot in the butt.
    Anyways, it worked well for me! My period stopped right away and I didn’t have any noticeable side effects. Maybe I was the lucky one! I’m gonna use Natural Cycles from now on. I want to see how my body is without all these hormones.

  1529. I haven’t come off mine yet, only been on for 2 years but dreading coming off. My tw*t of an ex fiancé just complained that I didn’t come off it fast enough as it killed my sex drive, so supportive that one. No reason to come off it now but no reason to be on it either so stocking up on pads for this bleeding I’m hearing so much about. Hope I’m lucky enough to not have it happen. My sister said she was super emotional for like 6 months so should be super fun lol.

  1530. I was on the depo shot for about 2 years and it was great at first I didn’t have any side effects then a little after a year I was getting back to back yeast infections!! I’m talking like 4 yeast infections over a span of 3 months! I kept going to my OB for answers and they said it wasn’t cause of the shot even tho I never got them before the shot or after I quit the shot. Also the side effects when I quit the shot were absolutely horrible!! I had pregnancy symptoms for about 3 months really sore and tender boobs and nipples I went up a full cup size, mood swings, and extremely tired all the time

  1531. I had been on the shot for 7 years. The other methods I tried for birth control had very negative effects on me. However the depo shot did AMAZING! Unfortunately, I had done some research and found out its dangerous to be on the depo shot for more than 2 years without a break in between. So I decided to get off of the shot for a little while to give it a break. Ever since I got off of the shot 2 months ago.. I have had severely bad experiences. I am constantly cramping. I have the worst period imaginable. Constant breast pain. Weight gain. Migraines. Restless nights. And anxiety. I’m not sure if these all have to do with getting off of the shot. But it makes me want to get back on the shot asap. I’m not sure what I should do at this point so if you have any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.

  1532. I received the depo shot March 17 I was due to get it again the first week of june. I have had my tubes tied 2 years ago. The ob recommended it to ease the severity of cramping and pain during my normal cycle. The entire duration of the shot I bled off and on sometimes lasting 2 weeks or more….anyhow decided to suffer with the normal pain and forego any hormones. I was due to get my shot again a month ago and just within the last couple weeks my breasts are increasingly sensitive and I feel completely exhausted lately. Absolutely no energy. Was searching for a cause and a way to overcome the symptoms when I came across your site.

  1533. Hi ladies,

    Some background on myself:
    I am 25 years old and I used to have severe anxiety due to some stressful life events I was experiencing during the end of 2016.My anxiety had been under control since December of 2016.

    I had been considering some form of BC since my husband and I weren’t planning on having kids yet. I decided since my health insurance through work was going to run out, I would get the depot shot. It lasted 3 months and it seemed convenient.

    I took my one and only Depot shot at the end of February 2017. I had no side effects during the use of it besides a low libido.

    I was due for my 2nd shot in May 2017 and decided not to get it because I didn’t like the loss of interest in sex.

    2 weeks after my missed shot, I experienced the sore breasts, bloating, all the fake pregnancy symptoms listed here. Then, my anxiety went through the roof. My perfectly controlled anxiety was now uncontrollable no matter how much I tried to implement the steps I had learned in therapy and a book I had read. Then came the couple days of depression, crying spells and sleeping for hours and hours. Coupled with anxiety, depression is a son of a bitch, because your mind begins to wander into a never ending rabbit hole.
    A couple days later, my depression lifted but I was still left with anxiety.

    This went one for a month before I got my period. It was mid June and the most excruciating period I had ever experienced. Debilitating cramps, and periods so heavy, I required a tampon and pads at the same time. That lasted about 2 weeks. I, like many of you, started researching side effects and came across many many articles and forums with ladies complaining of the same symtpoms. It became easier to manage the anxiety because I now knew that it was due to the hormonal imbalance after stopping hormonal BC. Literally a week after my first period, I got a second period…I think. The reason I say “I think”, is because I experienced no cramps. It was super heavy and clotty periods. I bled through everything and it went on for a whole week and a half.

    This leads me to today. A couple days ago I was getting cramps after that weird heavy clotty period, making me feel like I was going to have yet another period. I’ve also been experiencing anger like, PMS irritation. I have such a short fuse and my poor husband has been trying hard not to lose his patience with my bad attitude. I’m still feeling anxious at times, although not as bad as I was at the beginning, and like many others, have been waiting to get back to normal. I’ve started taking evening primerose, and I’m unsure if it’s helping or not because I’ve been feeling a little better since taking it.

    I will say though, I will NEVER take this or any sort of hormonal birth control as I feel it put me in a state of panic and I almost lost my shit when I was doing so good on my anxiety progress and this made me feel like I had a set back.
    It’s absolute madness that doctors prescribe this to people and don’t warn them of side effects. It angers me that they shrug it off and don’t want to blame it on BC knowing damn well there ares thousands of women complaining of the same thing after stopping BC.

    Anyways, that’s my story. If you’re interested in the book I read that helped me with my anxiety, I’d be more than happy to share it with you. Just let me know, I don’t want to seem like I’m trying to push a product on people, just want to share what’s been helping me get past this chaotic moment in my life.

    I wish you all the best in your recovery, and I will try to update you all, because I know it’s a little discouraging to read all these stories and not have many people come back a couple months later to let us know how they’re doing.

  1534. I love the depo shot. It has done me wonders. Taken my pain and periods away.
    I’m at the start of coming off it and feeling very sick and alot of discharge.

  1535. I switched from the pill to Depo due to irregular periods. I was advised it was a stronger dose and would help me become regular. Wrong. I didn’t have a period, period. Almost constant brown discharge. Frequent IBS symptoms. Extreme moodiness. Loss of sex drive. Bloating. Weight gain. Insomnia. The list goes on and on. When going back for my second shot I was told everything I was experiencing were normal side effects. Decided I no longer wanted to deal with those and chose to get back on the pill. A week later and I’m starting to lightly bleed and have the worst cramping. Mind you I went to the dr during my last week of Depo effectiveness per se. I would not recommend this shot to anyone. The only positive was not having a period but with the constant brown discharge I didn’t really gain any ground.

  1536. Yo estoy usando depo provera no como más que antes pero noto que he ganado peso. Me duelen un poco más los huesos la espalda baja. Se me inchan las manos aveces no puedo cerrarlas bien. Aveces siento arritmia dolor por las costillas mareos me siento sofocada eso son partes de los efectos? Llevo dos shot voy para el tercero por un problema de sangrado y anemia. Tengo un poco de preocupacion por los efectos durante el uso y cuando lo deje.

  1537. I came off the injection in April due to my body reacting badly after 3 years. Got taken to the emergency hospital as my breast felt lumpy and I had pains in my pelvis area. That’s when I got told to come off straight away and wait till I have a period . Since then I have had a small amount of blood, my breast feel tender and have got bigger and I am getting cramps and pains. Not 100% sure what’s going on. Anyone help?

  1538. I was on the shot since July 2014. With pushed back injection dates, missed appts., etc, my shot was due August 10 2017. I had decided to quit the shot because of so many negatives reviews and affects. Aug 6 2017 I started bleeding very heavy and bright red with many clots. It’s Aug 24 and there has been no sign of it stopping. I’m not pregnant and have a fairly healthy life style. I struggled with ovarian cysts before the shot, that’s why I got on it, and heavy, irregular periods. But THIS, this is the heaviest I have ever had it. I have to use a super tampon, plus night time pad, and even then the longest I have gone without changing it all has been about 2 hours. I have not gotten another shot and refuse to. Anyone else have this issue? Any suggestions? Or advice… really anything.

  1539. I was on Depo for years throughout middle and high school. Then I came off of it when my husband and I decided to have our first child. That time I started my menstrual cycle fairly soon, but did not get pregnant until almost 10 months of being off of the Depo Provera Shot. After the birth of our daughter, I tried multiple birth control methods, but kept feeling bad. I was blaming it on the birth control and all of the hormones they produce. Finally, I went with Mirena. I did really good on it, but my symptoms (chronic fatigue, moodiness, lack of sex drive, constant body aches and pains) never went away. They finally diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia. For years I still felt like that wasn’t it. Why after having a child did my body seem to turn against me? After my 5 years on Mirena was up, I then waited a few months until I got my regular periods back. When that happened I went in and got the Paraguard IUD. I had hoped that the lack of artificial hormones in this birth control would help me to feel better. Within a couple of years I started getting severe abdominal pains and later leared it was causing me to have Cysts on my overies, so once again I was switching birth control. This time I decided to go with something a little less invasive and went back to the Depo Provera that I had loved and trusted throughout my teens. I stayed on it for about two years, then decided to stop taking birth control, artificial hormones, all together to see if my body could regulate itself and get me back to feeling normal. My last shot was supposed to be on April 7th, 2017. I did not go in to get it. Now after being off of it and all contraceptives. I have been waiting on my period to come back, and my hormones to level out. The plan was to wait a few months with regular periods, then go in to get my hormones and other vitamins checked by a blood screening. It is now the end of August, and I still have not had a real period. I say real period, because i had really light spotting for around 3-5 days during the end of May, first week of June. Now that its been months since I’ve had and type of period, I have had so many odd symptoms that I really thought I was pregnant. Other than the obvious lack of my period, I have had Severe Fatigue (worse then the normal fatigue I experience with the Fibromyalgia daily), Nausea, Headaches, Breast Tenderness and that’s putting it lightly (it started out as just slightly sore, but thats been going on for almost two months, now they are swollen -almost hard- and are extremely painful. When I roll over at night it feels like they are ripping off of my chest. It’s the same when I take off my bra. It’s like they are stretching out muscles and it’s excruciating for a few minutes and then just extremely uncomfortable all the rest of the time.), now they are noticeably bigger and firmer. For a few weeks I had some slight cramping, not all the time and it was never constant. More of just a sharp pain in my lower abdomin, and alot of lower back pain. I never once even thought that I could be going through withdrawal from this. I never did that before now.
    I have an upcoming appointment with my OB/GYN soon, so hopefully we can get some blood work and test run. Maybe then we will find out what’s going on with me and see if it is my hormones. I just hope it’s something that can be fixed with a few months of taking hormone or vitamins! If you all can help, or know anything that I could tell my doctor. Please email me at the email address listed below…
    Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and hear my journey of birth control complications.

  1540. My only problem was that it messed up my period calendar more than it already was. Some months I spotted for the whole month, or I got a light period that lasted a few days. some months it was heavy and lasted the whole week and sometimes I didn’t It at all. I was told it would be easier to track my period but it only got harder!

  1541. Im having the worse symptoms i got off it not to long ago because we want a baby and lately i cramp i sleep I’m always tired I’ve put on weight alot of wait I’m always in pain my breast hurts to the point i cry even my lower back is just painful idk what’s going on

  1542. Hi I’ve been on depo for 5 years I just stopped a month back, my nipples are so painful I gained weight so much that I’m struggling to bring it down n I was always bloated n had cramps in my tummy so now I’m experiencing a weird discharge. I won’t recommend this to any woman if I new the after effects I would have not taken it

  1543. I disliked being on it cause now Its been a month since Ive been off of it and I cant even get pregnant I have to wait a whole year and on top of that my periods have been crazy..

  1544. I was on the depo injection for 12 years. Now at the age of 29 i have been cold turkey for almost 2 years. It took almost 12 months for my periods to start again but still not on a regular cycle. I haven’t been feeling myself at all. I have a short fuse and crying can happen for no reason. Then next thing i know im fine and smiling again. I dont feel like i have control over myself or my reactions. I have gained alot of weight since going cold turkey and sleeping seems to be a struggle even though im tired most of the time. I dont feel depressed, my cup is very much half full, it just feels like life got abit harder once I stopped the depo. Im hoping once i get to the 2 year mark (2 months off) i will start to feel more like the easygoing person i normally am.

  1545. Was on shot for almost two years. Been off of it since may. 4 months later i still havent had a period. Two weeks ago my breast started getting sore and a week ago i started feeling nausious. And everyday since. I took a test this morning and it was negative. Is this normal?

  1546. I’ve only gotten one shot and I missed the appointment for the next injection. Thankful to read all of your comments to find that I will not be getting another, regardless of what my OBGYN might say. I’ve been very tired, showing signs of pregnancy but all tests negative. Boobs are bigger but haven’t noticed them being sore. I have always been a sensitive person but notice I’m far more emotional than usual. I have had very sharp cramping, sometimes unbearable. Been bleeding for the last four days, only seems to be getting heavier. Just want to thank all of you ladies for all of your information. I thought I was losing it but now I understand why I’m having all of these symptoms. I don’t recommend the depo shot to anybody either. Just not sure what to do now for birth control. I have one child but her father legally has full custody and I have anxiety about having another again. My fiancé is wonderful and all, but after having a child with the wrong person I’m just weary of ever going through what I have ever again. It was extremely emotionally and physically damaging. My fiancé has a daughter as well so we both know we’re capable of having children. Any advice on alternative birth control options? It’d be extremely helpful. Thanks in advance!

  1547. I’ve decided to stop taking. The birth control contraception depo provera shot. I have been feeling similar side affects/withdraw,such as nausea,breast tenderness, and fatigue. Along with those symptoms ive been having headaches. I didnt think or was even told by my physician about these things.

  1548. I have use it once to plan my parenthood and stop the massive period pains that i normally get every month then while on it for the first 3 months a family friend said its not healthy you should be seeing your period monthly and i said after this i wont take it again i had bleeding during my last days and after the 3 months was up and breast being tender and sore now its been a whole month since and i still have sore breastand tenderness HELP!!

  1549. I’m 16 & i got my first depo shot back in June I was supposed to go get another shot September 19th , I had sex august 13th but my breast is starting to get sore but I haven’t had any weight gain or nothing I don’t know if I’m pregnant or not please help I’m so young

  1550. Ive been on depo shot for years. But i have noticed that everytime it wears off my breast will start hurting drastically and wont stop until i get the next shot. I have no plans to get back on it for the fact that i have been having problems with my bones.

  1551. I’m not sure if this is because I’ve stopped the use of depo-provera but after being taken off for only about 2 weeks I’ve been experiencing fatigue, loss of appetite, bloated feeling, diarrhea, and very unpleasant tasting and smelling burps no matter how many times I brush my teeth. I tried to find answers for the burps online and I found that they might be sulphur burps but I can’t be sure. But this is all the I am experiencing, I hope this information will help to find out if it is the depo-provera that is causing these symptoms.

  1552. I only got the shot 3 times? So the last one I got was in June I think it was before September. But now I’ve been having diarrhea, and or constipation, cramping & I’ve suffered from 2 migraines one in september (last month) & another not sure if it was also last month or August. Are these just side affects from stopping the depo??

  1553. I was on the depo shot for 5 years. Never had an issue. Your body has to get used to such a drastic change. No period. When you get the shot once or twice then never again, yeah your gonna have some messed up side effects of that. I absolutely love the depo. I wouldn’t discourage anyone because everyone’s bodies will react differently. And it’s a long term birth control. Not just once or twice. That’s not even long enough for your body to get adjusted. I have been off of it before had a normal period and I bounced back quickly. Then got back on. However I have been off of it for almost 4 months now, still haven’t gotten a period but I’m expecting it soon, due to my very sore breasts and nausea plus fatigue. But that’s my opinion. I haven’t decided to have another child yet but I’m preparing for something I know I want, because I am not sure how long it will take for my body to bounce back to my monthly periods and all.

  1554. Hi. My last depo shot would have been Feb/Mar 2017. Next one was due in June. We are now first week of Oct and im just starting to feel odd aches and minor cramps in womb and rgt ovary. The cramp radiates into my back. So far that’s it. No period. No bloating or swelling.

  1555. I took it for 7 years then stopped due to been in the menapourse ..do not know if it was been in the menapourse or coming off the depo that gave me the hot swets ,ressless nights, leg pains ,and very misrable now I’m taking hrt thinking it’s with the menapourse but thinking back it might of been with coming off the depo ..has anyone had these problems also 6 mth ago I got osteoarthritis in my neck.. not sure if this has anything to do with taking the depo or coming off it ? And the pain is with me every day 🙁

    • Maxine ….In the past I had those exact symptoms you had mentioned in your post every one of them …that’s when I knew I was due or late for my Depro shot ….now the night sweats and restless nights my Dr said was me going through menapsuse beacese of my mom being done at age 48 and that’s when those symptoms stopped ….but now I just received my last shot 3 months ago and my dr stopped me cause I had a stroke in May and was on blood thinner but not any more …I was happy that they stopped me cause I hope I did go through menapase ,but I feel like I’m getting my cycle, but I also am having a terrible time with numbness in both shoulders going down into my arms ,hands, and fingers, were I have no feelings what so ever and it keeps me up all night and nothing I do helps… I just cry and it’s even through out the day …

  1556. I got my first shot of Depo in August 2016 and got them every 11-12 weeks. I got a normal period in September but didn’t get any more periods or spotting AT ALL after that. I felt symptoms of depression around September but they quickly went away (I thought they were due to relationship problems with my boyfriend) but besides that, being on the depo was great! No periods or more side effects. I continued my shots and around May 2016 I started to get bad anxiety episodes that would last 3 days and go away for 3 days, then come back in that same pattern, so I decided I was not going to get my shot due in June 2016. I also got random feelings of depression twice, but they only lasted like an hour or so and then it would go away. I finally got my period back in September and it was normal like before the depo, but at the same time I started to experience extreme anxiety attacks, depression, heart palpitations, I felt light headed, nauseous, loss of appetite, and felt weak all over for two weeks after that. I didn’t know why I was feeling sick until I googled depo withdrawal symptoms and came across this website and some other ones with women talking about their horrible experiences. I went to my doctor and she told me it can’t be the depo but I asked her colleague and she told me that I was right and I was having hormone fluctuations due to coming off depo and that it was normal and that it would take a while to come off of it. She put me on PoDiaPN and that has helped me become calmer and the feelings of depression has gone away as well as the other symptoms I was having, but I still have some slight anxiety that is bothering me. I keep telling myself it’s due to the depo because I have never experienced anxiety or depression ever and it doesn’t run in my family either. I am hopeful that this will get better soon but if anyone has experienced anything like I did please let me know! I want to know how long it will take to feel normal again and for my hormones to be balanced! After this I will never put any hormones into my body again, I do not recommend depo to my worst enemy!!!!!

  1557. My last shot was 7/14/17. It has been over 12 weeks. I never had a period while on depo and my symptoms at very similar to early pregnancy symptoms. Because I never got my period, the only way I will know if I am pregnant is by taking an OTC pregnancy test. (Negative both times). symptoms include: fatigue, all day nausea, loss of appetite, breast tenderness, bloating, and sometimes vomit. It’s been a rollercoaster the past few weeks with the changes on my body. I hope it doesn’t last long.

  1558. i was on the deposit shot for about 3 years and here before summer I stopped getting the shot. Here recently for the past two weeks I’ve been feeling very nauseous, cramps, bloating, sore boobs, pressure in my lower sides. what could this be.

  1559. Depo really worked for me for a long long time. I took regular breaks from it to offset the bone loss risk, never had a period, felt great.

    Now however I have all the symptoms of polycystic ovaries, although all the usual tests are coming up blank. The Dr doesn’t know what the heck is going on so she’s taken me off the injection and put me on the pill (desogestrel).

    Since changing, I’m tired all the time, over emotional and my hair is thining really really badly. I don’t know however if this is more of the possible/probable PCOS symptoms, a side effect of coming off the depo, or a side effect of going on to the Pill.

    I just wish I knew what was going on – it does seem to me that throwing one sort of medication after another had just confused my poor body even more…

  1560. I was on it for 2 yrs and 3 months have been off going on 7 months now when I was on it I lost my sex drive I didn’t want to do much of anything I was tired a lot the only good thing that I had while I was on it was not having a period and being on it I feel ruined my relationship with my fiancee he dumped me last month in a text and now I don’t know for sure but I’m having a super tingly feeling between my legs and want to be intament with someone and can’t now because my fiancee dumped me

  1561. I’ve been on it since March of this year and I’m already over it. I had no symptoms till my 3rd shot. My face broke out, I was feeling depressed and feeling so sick. My period completely stopped and I had no spotting or bleeding which was good but without a period I was feeling pretty weird. Now that I have stopped it I have a great about of discharge daily I’ve had to start wearing a thick liner just so I wasn’t wet all day

  1562. I have been off depo for a month and notice that i am having side effects such as very sore breast, nausea, and dizziness. I wanted to quit the depo but it seems that my body is too immuned and needs the medicine. I honestly feel sick without it. I have been on depo for 6 plus years.

  1563. I would not recommend the shot AT ALL. I used it for about three months and had to stop taking it because I was so depressed, I’d gained weight, hadn’t stopped bleeding ever since I started taking it, and developed HORRIBLE acne. After i came off the pill I was still bleeding. It’s about 5 months out from taking the shot and there is not one day that I haven’t bled. It’s more of a thick dark brown bleeding now but I’m still shedding lining of my uterus in the bleeding every single day for six months. SIX MONTHS. I’m so tired of all this b.s.. And it also causes severe hair thinning. I used to have perfect hair and skin and now I have horrible everything. Thanks depo for ruining everything.

    • have your doctors been able to figure out anything to help? mine cant and im freaking out its been over six months of bleeding for me now since the shot wore out of my system

  1564. This information is both relieving and concerning. I was on the Depo-pro for 6 years. I received the first shot after having my little girl. At first I loved it, it suited my life because it was lower maintenance to the daily birth control pill and also I didn’t get my monthly period at all so it was like Jackpot! I stopped the injection 3 months ago and I am experiencing extreme fatigue, sensitive nipples but I have not had a period or any kind of spotting as yet.
    You don’t realize exactly what you’ve been doing to your natural body functionality until you stop the injections. It’s quite scary!
    I am glad though that I am not the only one experiencing these side effects.

  1565. I used Depo 10 years ago and had no symptoms. I decided to try it again because my periods had become so painful that even large amounts of OTC meds weren’t working for me. I only lasted one shot ( 3 months). My mood was unpredictable and I couldn’t control my anger. My anger was also more like rage that made my entire body shake and most times I didn’t even know why I was upset. Being mad for no reason isn’t like me at all. Along with the rage and moodiness, I was exhausted. The fatigue was unlike anything I had ever experienced and sometimes I could barely get out of bed. Along with these, I’ve had weight gain( 15lbs in 4 months)… hot flashes and since going off Depo, I’ve been barely eating. I found that my depression and anxiety has also sky rocketed since my first shot, which isn’t good at all…my second shot was suppose to be OCT 19th 2017 but I skipped it and will never go back to the depo shot. Since then my symptoms on the shot have escalated and has mad my marriage extremely rocky as I can barely co took my emotional outbursts. When I’m angry, I also get extremely mean… I have never been like this before and it feels like I’m losing my mind…

    My Gyno did not give me any sympathy and didn’t even hint at the horribleness that could come with this shot. Seeing as I have anxiety already she chalked it up to that being why I am having hot flashes but I know I’m my heart that is just not the case! This shot has really messed up my body!

  1566. Iv recently stopped depo 4 months ago and got very tender sore nipples. I also had temporary stiffness in my hands worrying it was artheritis but has now stopped. Bouts of tiredness .been tested for menopause but showing still fertile. At the moment assuming withdrawal symptoms as no faith in doctors

  1567. I recently was taken off the Depro shot in Sept, I would be due now and I’m experiencing numbness in both my shoulders down into my arms and hands and fingers, were I can’t sleep it keeps me awake at night in extreme pain we’re I’m crying cause I just can’t get rid of this it scares me because it feels like it could be a heart attack coming on … I was put on this to stop my heavy periods and cramping in 2004 till now 2017 13 years and I’m struggling from this now….

  1568. I’m talking it now . This is my third shot I wanted to get off in just not take my 2nd one so I told my doctor and she said that wouldn’t be a great idea if I didn’t want a 4th child. So I took it I’m off in on with bleeding very heavy loosing lots of blood clot big and small. Mood swing are hell pains in my stomach. Trouble with headaches every day. Feeling dizzy like I wanna fall out it’s taking all of my blood out of me feels like . I have to take iron pills in slot of water to keep me from passing out just be out of energy period.No sex life with your spouse. Helppppp!!!!

  1569. I’m taking it now . This is my third shot I wanted to get off in just not take my 2nd one so I told my doctor and she said that wouldn’t be a great idea if I didn’t want a 4th child. So I took it I’m off in on with bleeding very heavy loosing lots of blood clot big and small. Mood swing are hell pains in my stomach. Trouble with headaches every day. Feeling dizzy like I wanna fall out it’s taking all of my blood out of me feels like . I have to take iron pills in a lot of water to keep me from passing out just be out of energy period.No sex life with your spouse. Helppppp!!!!

  1570. I went on depo in April 2017 almost a year after my second child was born. I began getting pimples that turned into cystic acne. A very tiny pimple would turn into a huge infected cystic lump. With a history of good skin. I have never had an acne issue. I noticed an immediate weight gain. Right before I was due for the second injection I was irritable and snappy. I had begun to slim down In July/August While on a healthy, clean eating regiment and exercising regularly and after the second injection I had in July. It didn’t last long. Even while exercising and eating clean I began rapidly gaining weight again. I was due for the next injection in September. I spoke with my obgyn and decided to stop the depo. Since then I have had horrible sweats. At night especially, waking up in a pool of sweat having to change my clothes. I sweat quickly at work. Or even just doing a simple task at home. My calves are constantly a problem. I am always trying to stretch them out to feel better. The weight gain has not improved. I’m at a stand still of a weight that is not typical for me. The worst part of all is I’m absolutely exhausted all the time. I have two kids. I work evenings and take online classes. So yes, being tired is normal I get it. But this is not normal. I am napping when my children nap. But not feeling refreshed at all after. Quite the opposite I want to keep sleeping. I have no desire to exercise. And am also scared of how tired and sweaty it will make me. The sweats/hot flashes are so severe they make me feel ill. I still have not had my period since stopping the depo in mid September. My last one was in March 2017. My concentration is off and I’m just not the student I was prior to all of this. I do not recommend to depo.

  1571. I went on depo in April 2017 almost a year after my second child was born. I began getting pimples that turned into cystic acne. A very tiny pimple would turn into a huge infected cystic lump. With a history of good skin. I have never had an acne issue. I noticed an immediate weight gain. Right before I was due for the second injection I was irritable and snappy. I had begun to slim down In July/August While on a healthy, clean eating regiment and exercising regularly and after the second injection I had in July. It didn’t last long. Even while exercising and eating clean I began rapidly gaining weight again. I was due for the next injection in September. I spoke with my obgyn and decided to stop the depo. Since then I have had horrible sweats. At night especially, waking up in a pool of sweat having to change my clothes. I sweat quickly at work. Or even just doing a simple task at home. My calves are constantly a problem. I am always trying to stretch them out to feel better. The weight gain has not improved. I’m at a stand still of a weight that is not typical for me. The worst part of all is I’m absolutely exhausted all the time. I have two kids. I work evenings and take online classes. So yes, being tired is normal I get it. But this is not normal. I am napping when my children nap. But not feeling refreshed at all after. Quite the opposite I want to keep sleeping. I have no desire to exercise. And am also scared of how tired and sweaty it will make me. The sweats/hot flashes are so severe they make me feel ill.y period ceased right away. And I still have not had my period since stopping the depo in mid September. My last one was in March 2017. My concentration is off and I’m just not the student I was prior to all of this. I do not recommend to depo.

  1572. Depro provera is my WORST NIGHTMARE. EVERY side effect mentioned by other woman after stopping, I have. breast tenderness and doubling in size, weight gain of 40lbs in 6 months after stopping! I was 130 thought it would actually help to lose when I stopped but no way my stomach looks like I’m pregnant and the stretch marks are horrible. The nausea and fatigue are if possible even worse than that.. oh and have I mentioned moodiness? The only good thing that came back was my sex drive but with how fat and bitchy I’ve gotten I’m surprised my husband even wants it anymore. DONT EVER START DEPO!!!!!!! I WOULDNT WISH IT ON MY WORST FUCKING ENEMY!!!!!

  1573. I have been on the depo shot for 10 years..while on the shot I had no negative experiences with it ..I stopped having a period..I maintained a constant weight.. and was not moody or anything..two years ago I got off the shot and after the first month I gained about 8 pounds..and my boobs began to enlarge or swell..I had my first period the following month and realized real quick that I did not miss the cramps so I got back on it..I recently got off the shot again and my boobs are almost uncomfortably swelling ..but have not yet had a period…

  1574. After 6 years on the Depo shot I stopped it. My boobs hurt sooooo sooo sooo bad. I cant sleep. I had to get a bigger bra. I put on 20 pounds 🙁 its been 30 days now and Instill hurt more then ever. My docter Neber said I would ha e ANY issues coing off it. I was so scared i was pregnant some how even though my husband is fixes! I didnt understand what was going on untell i read.online…..this sucks. I just want my boobs to not hurt. How long can this go on. Omg. Help!

  1575. I was on repo for 3 years. I received my last shot in May of this year. It is now December and my cycle has yet to return. Not anything I’m worried about, I’m enjoying this time. My sex drive has returned.

  1576. I wish I found these comments before I took the shot. I am breastfeeding my child and suddenly after I took the shot my breast milk is decreasing. The nurse didn’t tell me anything about it all she said was “ it’s good it works just fine as the pills” now I’m struggling with my breast milk because It never had enough to feed my child throughout the day. I’m so disappointed, stress and totally moody.

    I don’t recommend anyone to take it!!

  1577. I have been having an irregular period. Extremely strong that I have to change every 30 mins. I’ve been lightheaded, weak, heart poundig fast, no energy, heel like I’m I’m going to faint. Not a good feeling. I think im losing too much blood. My period last for about 1 1/2 months.

  1578. Most time it’s good to share problem. WHO KNOWS?? My names are Aylen Melsin I suffered Adhesion that damaged my uterus and this is really what I think you should understand. I finally was able to conceive a child of my own after 7 years without any issue. This really was the worst thing ever. It was a miracle that indeed shocked me and my husband. Because I was left with no option but to use a Herbal Health Concoction that was prepared from Roots Herbs to help the Immune. I got to find out a solution through online search and I talked to the direct source about my problem. His name is Ahiga and he told me how some necessary few herbs will be useful to women’s health, to cure Fibroid, tubes blockage recovery, So I gave him a chance to do what knows best. He sent the Herbs to me and gave simple instruction on method of use. After few weeks of usage I began to feel dizzy, vomiting, tender breast, a friend of mine told me all this are sings of pregnancy. I went for check up behold I was confirmed pregnant. I’m glad God did this with the Roots Herbs of Ahiga. You can get in-touch with Ahiga via Email (ahigahealing@ yahoo. com) really just felt like dropping this, not for all but for those who want to start having children of their own.

  1579. I am coming off of the depo shot, it didn’t make me gain weight or bleed, but it did make me feel crazy, I was real moody , hot flashes, nausea, dizzy spells, and even extreme hair loss!! Everyone is different so it affects people in different ways, but I, myself will never get it again.

  1580. Started Sayana Press (very similar to depo) in August 2016. Had constant bleeding the first few shots, then settled down into just pink spotting every now and then. After about a year I started getting the spotting more often, and period symptoms. Once or twice I bled lightly for a few hours. I decided to not have my shot in November 2017. Took about 2 weeks to get a period- and have been on it ever since. Different every day, Brown, dirty red, bright red, pink. I feel sick constantly. I have had depression for years and these side effects are honestly making me want to end my life I have had enough.

  1581. I just recently canceled my next deposit appointment the shot was doing me so much bad.,. From hair loss to fainting to extra weight gain I just couldn’t do it anymore now that I’m tryna get myself back to normal I have been feeling strange like side effects I have never had while on this…back pain, really bad migraines that keep me up all hours of the night crazy acne etc it jus want to go back to my normal self and pray I can still b able to conceive more children

  1582. Hi so I got put on the depo at 13 by my parents and when I turned 18 I continued on it. A few months ago so stopped taking it and now I’m having stomach problems, I feel nauseous after I eat, I’ve gained 30 pounds, I have severe anxiety and depression and was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I was wondering could this be withdrawals? Because if it’s not I have no clue what’s wrong with me

  1583. i am 28 years old. I had an abortion in july and i told them i didnt want birth control and they aggressively bullied me into getting the depo shot during my surgery. it is now february and i have not stopped bleeding. the shot wore out of my system in mid october. i could tell, because i no longer barricaded myself in a shed under a psychotic delusion that i was an alien dropped off here by mistake who needed to free myself from my flesh prison and screech at the top of my lungs in pain like a dinosaur. I feel normal again thank god (these kind of symptoms were why i told the hospital i couldnt take hormonal birth control. i started cutting at 14 yrs old after taking my first month ever of birth control pills). while on depo i got skin sensitivity to the point where i had bubbled up second degree burns on my elbows from rolling up my sleeves and on my face from scrubbing too hard with a washcloth. i have scars now. the hospitals kept thinking i had an infection (which i did due to lack of antibiotics during the surgery) and they gave me medicine that caused a second infection. I was on antibiotics so long and in such large doses that the stomach issues gave me hemorrhoids. that was fixed by an herbalist. but i am still bleeding. sometimes it stops for one or two days at a time. i dont know what to do. my doctors cant figure out how to get me to stop bleeding and theyre talking about surgery and im so scared.

  1584. I’ve been on the deposit shot since 2001. Haven’t had any issues because of it. I never had any of the symptoms the women here are saying they had. I’m still on it.

  1585. 14 years on the depo; now that I’m off (nearly a year) I have two periods a month. Taken throughout adolescence. I have not measured the impact to my bone density.

  1586. I’ve been on the depo injection for just over years and this February the 5th to be exact I was due it and I know it’s only been a week I feel I’m having withdrawal symptoms. I suffer with anxiety anyways but my anxiety has sky rocketed I’m having at least 10 panic attacks a day and heart palpitations. I was wondering did this happen to anyone else? plus I’ve been very moody the past week. I’m currently dieting as well and wondering has that got anything to do with it?

  1587. Well I have been on depo for the last 5 yrs on n off. I was happy on the shot and back n oct I took a shot n winded up getting dizzy. Didn’t think about the affect until I went n got the shot on Jan 24 n went to work the next while walking down da hallway my eyesight was cloudy or looking like it was changing color. My blood pressure was 185/126. Went to the er n was told I had a fake brain tumor. That cause intracranial hypertension. I was referred to neurologist went there yesterday n he told me not wat it is. Then I took a migraine test tonight online n was told I could b having tension headaches.

  1588. I didnt have a bad experience on depo shot. It didnt effect my mood like some of the other medicines. Im a new mom so I wasnt sure if the weight was just weight I may have gained post baby. As crazy as it sounds though I liked the tatse of food way more. So maybe the weight gain was included.
    But I just got off it after being on it for almost two years. I only been off of if for 2 months. And my body is trying to get back to normal but the weirdest thing is sore breasts and they got bigger lol.

  1589. I’ve been off and on Depo since I was 16. First time was two years so when I went off of it at 18 I bled heavy for 6 months straight. I don’t get bad effects on the shot but it completely takes my period away, no bad cramps I used to have before being on it and no change in weight (I know some women have that issue). I didn’t have insurance so I never went to the doctor while I was bleeding so heavy for 6 months after. Eventually it stopped and I went back on the shot a year later. Fast forward another two more years with my now hubby and I made the switch to the pill because I was worried about being on the shot for so long. I got pregnant within the first week of switching which I find crazy considering past sexual partners would pull out when I wasn’t using protection ( I know I’m stupid!) and I never got pregnant. I was 21 at this point and I have been pregnant for 15 weeks and some days still taking the pills and having no clue. I made a very hard choice to abort and went back on the shot. It’s been 3 years now and I am 24 years of age. Ive had three long term usage with the shot. 2 times being 2 years and now I’m going on 3 years. I wish I had another option for birth control as I don’t wanna have kids until I’m closer to 30 and more financially stable. I won’t chance it with the pills and I’m way too afraid of the “internal ring things”.

  1590. My experience since I stop taking Depo is so terrible. My hair was 15 inches long and now it is less than 5 inches, tiredness and fatigue, joint and back pains, currently I am unable to touch my breast because of sore.
    I can not recommend it to any woman.

  1591. My last depo shot was on the 17th August 2017 and didn’t go for the next appointment then on the 24 January I saw period for 3 days in February the was no period on the 05 march I saw spotting when I wipe, took a pregnancy test and it was negative

  1592. I was on the shot for 11 months and my last shot was November 2017 and I have not got my period since a month after my first shot I am still young and not planing on having kids for a couple years but when I do I want to make sure I can have them I have heard horror stories about this form of birth control so I have not continued with any birth control until my period has returned and my body is back to its normal. My body has felt off since I began the depo. I don’t know if it’s normal how I feel but I regret this form of birth control honestly.

  1593. Depo defiantly not for me. First injection I had it seemed all good to be true, went straight for my second one and then that’s where it all hit me. Developed anxiety, weight gain, horrific mood swings and very spotty:(
    Came of it and still 4 months later I’m still all over the place not having a normal period, still having breakdowns and worrying how long it will take to stop!!
    Wouldn’t ever do it again and can never advice to go on this!

  1594. I had my last Depo shot in October 2017. For the last month (now March 2018) I have been feeling so bloated, feel like I’m putting on weight even though I eat very healthy food and exercise at least 3 – 4 times a week. I’m so fed up! I started taking Fertility Blend about 3 weeks ago because of the vitamins and herbal supplements that are meant to help with hormone balance. No sign of a period yet. Sex drive has returned but I’m feeling crappy about my body because I feel so bloated all the time. I have taken 2 preg tests because of feeling so bad, but negative of course. No sore breasts, but the awful bloating and water retention. How long will this last?

  1595. I was due for the shot on the 9th of March this month. I decided to stop the depo but How long does your cervical mucus stay thick after stopping depo?

  1596. I have used dep provera and stopped but for 3 months now my period has not started ,i have done pregnant tests nothing. What could cause that.

  1597. I have used dep provera and stopped but for 3 months now my period has not started ,i have done pregnant tests nothing. What could cause that. I used it for over a year and i have not had my periods for over 8 months so i decided to stop for me to have my period but upto now nothing m

  1598. I have been off the depo shot for 4 years. I did not have a period until 3 years after I was off of it and it was not a normal one. I went to the obgyn to get some tests done and they said every thing was fine and I would start shortly.. here it is almost 4 and 1/2 years since I’ve been off the shot and still no period.. My fiance and I would like to start a family but can’t seem to figure anything out… any advice?

  1599. I was on the shot for a year, hated it. Lost all sex drive and was still getting my period. I stopped receiving it in January.. I’ve been bleeding for two months straight now. I’m so upset.

  1600. I have recently come off the depo after been on it 5years!i was never told there were any serious side effect, but since coming off I have experienced horrible side effect including depression, insomnia and panic attacks I would not recommend anyone to go on this!

  1601. WOW. I’m quite speechless at the response of all you women going through such a hard time with this birth control. I’m deeply empathetic with you all. I started depo when I turned 18 because I had terrible periods (I would get severe cramps to the point of being nauseous and/or throwing up and would miss school) and also because I decided I wanted to become sexually active. I was on it for about 3 years or 2 and a half. I got off of it after breaking up with a long term bf at the time and then got back on it again once I started dating someone else which wasn’t too long after. During this few month break I did notice mood swings but I don’t remember much else. I was back on depo for two years or so again with this new bf but always considered getting off of it because I started experiencing spotting and pain during or after sex but i always went back to it because I would always worry about only using condoms and being paranoid about it breaking, I had a severe allergic reaction to spermicide with the sponge. Pills made me super nauseous and caused me severe stomach pain after a year of using them or I forgot to take them. So other alternatives just wouldn’t work for me. I finally decided to stop using it last month once my next shot was due on April 27 through May 11 2018. I didn’t realize until yesterday that how I’ve been feeling is due to being off the depo shot for about 34 days now. I’ve been super anxious and moody. I’ve been so emotional. I get very irritated and cry all the time. My fiance brought this to my attention because he was dealing with me snapping on him (poor him). Luckily he’s very understanding but it is very out of character for me. I’m not a mean person and I feel so bad and guilty. I’ve battled with depression and anxiety for years..since I was a preteen so I feel like getting off of it def made it worse. I feel suicidal at times and I have had a few instances where I have panicked. I never experienced both anxiety and depression like this while being on the shot thankfully. I have had no appetite about two weeks ago and have been constipated for about the same time as well (sorry tmi). I have moments durinf thw day where I feel really hot out of nowhere and am sweating and at night I get so hot (even with two fans on and being naked). I’m pretty sure I’m perimenopausal based off my symptoms. I also can’t even remember when the last time I had a period was..but I also know it’s normal and expected that the longer you are on depo, the more likely you are to stop having a period. I hope I can feel better soon and feel sane because this really sucks. I don’t want to end up admitting myself or doing something stupid and I also don’t want to drive my fiance away. If any of you have any suggestions, please comment or reply. I’m open to anything (but more hormones). I’ve decided that I want to live a birth control free life since I believe they are everywhere. The only time I was ever warned about depo having any long term side effects was during my first long term relationship I mentioned earlier because I use to go to Planned Parenthood. They always reminded me to take folic acid and calcium supplements if I didn’t get that from my diet to prevent bone loss. I was never told that I shouldn’t be on it for less than 2 years.

  1602. I have been on the depo for 4 years and I have came off it for the last 4 months, still no bleeding breaking down and crying for no reason feeling not good enough for my husband and children… the breast pain has to be the worst I’m going through, I physically cant take thepain any more I cant sleep on my back on my sides no position is comfortable… I have sicknessfeeling everyday and sells and certain foods make me heave! I’m tried constantly !! (I’m pregnant right?) everyone was telling me I am pregnant doctors did numerous test and blood test but………. No BABY!! just the symptoms of the depo. ohhh did I state the lower back pain cant even stand at the sink and do a bowl full of washing up with out pain tears. your not on your own girl but I do think something needs doing about this and a petition or campaign to get this injection banned!!!

  1603. I had been on Depo since i was 15. I am now 27 married and would like to try for children. My last shot was in Nov 2017 i didn’t go back for my shot in Feb 2018, i decided to get my body back to “healthy” . I have been heavy bleeding/ light spotting everyday now for the past month, my emotions are all over the place, hard for me to control anything anymore. I’m constantly tired and moody. My husband understands for the most part but i think that the hardest thing for him is not being able to “make love” to his wife. I’m NEVER in the mood(even while on depo) and im constantly bleeding so its not like i can “get it in” . The hardest part for me is feeling like this will never end 🙁 I struggle with cramps everyday /all day, i’m trying diet and exercise as well as Vitamins. I’m keeping a daily log on an APP (OVIA) on my phone and hoping for the best. They never fully tell you about the symptoms afterward just the before hand with osteoporosis, thankfully i havent had any weight gain that iv noticed, or hair loss(thank goodness), im just gunna keep my head up and try to keep being positive and happy(BIG OLD FRONT) but in the end remember that EVENTUALLY things will return to normal 🙂

  1604. I’m a 20y old female who stopped injections around December of 2017,so about 6-ish months ago. So far I have experienced severe breast soreness and swelling to the point I believed I was pregnant. Irregular periods, about two weeks apart. I started the injections my senior year of high school, trained for the military (continuing shots in training) and ended up with a stress fracture that caused me to be discharged, stopped injections around the beginning of 2017 tried the pill again, and got back on the shot. I wonder if my fracture is linked to the whole bone density thing sometimes. I was very unaware of the side effects of the shot and have decided to no longer take any form of contraceptive.

  1605. Hi,have very painful nimple, heavy n painful breast all the times but worse when am closer to menses,last jab for depo provera was in Oct 2017
    Before I was not having my menses
    but started in Feb 2018

  1606. I stopped the depo 3 months ago and my breast are soooo sore and have been, for going on 2 and a half months now.. I stil have an increase in appitite as well. Its been 3 months and still no cycle.. Hopefully my body will remember how it is suposed to act and go back to normal

  1607. Getting off deposit has made my mood completely biploar. I have no control over my mood swings. Cramps are like death dealing with my menstrual cycle. My period starts off heavy than becomes light. It’s very irregular. It’s come two times a week or one every couple months. My body is always sore and tender. It makes me very tierd and I have extreme hot flashes. Weight gain is very common.

  1608. My last depo shot was the beginning of march. I should of had my shot in but decided to try for another baby. Since not getting the shot I’ve had my period. Its been a little over a month since I was due my shot and I’ve been bleeding since. It doesn’t look like its going to stop. My obgyn says it will stop that it’s normal. Any help or advice? It seems like there’s no end

  1609. ill decided to stop taking that drugs,,because of long term bleeding,,may doctor said its normal ,,but iwas afaraid for that,,stating june 15 2018..until noe,,my piriod wont sop..itry to bissit my ob now,,to ask her why it is happen ,,and how long did my period will back to normal cyckel…ganito ba talaga pag tumigil ako mag take ng depo,,ang tagal mawala ng period ko

  1610. 22 months off and still not prego. My breast have grown recently so I finally might be but I haven’t taken the test yet. Depot is terrible I would not recommend to anybody. Affects fertility for much longer than expected. They didn’t tell me it would affect my body this long. Me and my husband have been trying. Taking a test soon! This shot made me tired and feel weak.

  1611. I was the deposit shot for over 3 yrs while on it i would puke like coffee grounds my hormones and periods havent been the same i been off of it for 9yrs now my hormones are not the same i seem to get mad easy periods isnt normal i get upset easy

  1612. I stopped Depo about 8 months ago. I have been on it for 26 years. Yes 26 years. I’m 45 years old. Currently have night sweats daily. The other symptoms seem to be lessening. I’ve been diagnosed with bertolotti syndrome. Have NO dicks in several places in my spine and over the last 4 years have developed multiple hemangiomas in my spine. I don’t know if it’s related. Just wanted to share.

    • Also, haven’t had a period in 26 years also and it still hasn’t returned. (Knock on wood) thread one of the reasons why I stayed on it so long. Can’t handle the monthlies.

  1613. After 36 years I decided to get this shot worst thing I could have ever done I only got it one time and stopped my cycle came on for and month and then the next month didn’t come at all now it’s back on this it is so frustrating interfering with my sex life too my hormones are messed up from this

  1614. I’ve been on depo shot for about 3 years now and it was once I didn’t get the shot I had missed a month, I had got these excruciating cramps and I mean painful!!! I’ve never felt cramping like that in my life. I was barely even spotting but the pain level was on 100 I thought I was going to die . I want to know why or if this shot has that side affect. And if so if I don’t continue with the shot will I keep on feeling that horrible pain?

  1615. I’ve been experiencing bad depression with the shot so I decided to stop. I noticed my depression became worse after stopping the shot again. I forgot what it felt like to cry nonstop for no reason. I feel sad and nauseas. I hate this feeling. Also the migraines are killing me. Obviously these are withdrawal symptoms from stopping the shot. I don’t ever want to feel like this again. Don’t get the shot!

  1616. I’ve been on the injection for 16 years and now only stopping it. I’ve had no problems on it and I’m not looking to have another baby. I am curious as to the side effects I may have not getting it

    • Please look into other birth control options, the Depot Shot (I’ve only had 1 time) is making me have the WORST period I have ever had & I’m 38 yrs old!!!!!

  1617. Absolutely terrible. After having taken this I would never recommend it to anyone and if I were a doctor I would never even prescribe this shot. That is how terrible it made me feel. I just stopped taking it and am still having some side effects but am slowly starting to feel better

  1618. I’ve started getting my regular period after depo shot but I still feel pains in my bone. I’m asking if that bone pain is chronic or there still depo in me

  1619. My first Depo shot was 2 – 13 – 17 when I was 19 I am now 20 (9/6/18). Now yes every three months I would go in and get the shot renewed but there was a couple times where I would have to miss my appointment due to not having a way to get there. After 3-4 days maybe even a week I would start bleeding as I was waiting to get my next shot. My last shot for the Depo was August between the 16th and the 17th and I would like to get pregnant. It has been a little under a month and I have not bled yet. I have constant discomfort I wouldn’t really call them cramps. Maybe just like cramps just to describe some sort of feeling. My nipples are tender but still no bleeding which is NOT NORMAL for me. I have noticed that I am a lot more tired, I can never seem to keep my eyes open. With my experience during the consistent shots I would have regular cramping a month maybe even just two weeks before my shot. my nipples would be burning or very tender, I had no sex drive, I lost self-lubricating, and many other little things that I had noticed before I started the Depo shot. I am planning to consult a doctor on the 19th of September to see what Depo has done to my Womanhood haha… Hopefully Depo has not caused any real problems..

    • Hey Emily,
      I’m going through the same thing and crying right now while my boyfriend of 2.5 years is cooking dinner. It’s been 4 months since I was supposed to get my shot and we are so careful, but I’m a mess lately (mentally) and my stomach has been swollen but no other symptoms besides the welrd spotting. I guess that’s the high anxiety part everyone has been referencing.

  1620. I have had only 1 shot of this Depot Contraceptive & coming off is a Total Nightmare!!! I have been spot bleeding for 15 Days & having a Full Period for 4 bleeding heavily off & on all 4 Days & still going. Also, having Severe Cramps that affect my back as well (has had me tear up a time or two) & Flu like symptoms as well!!!! I will NEVER get this shot again!!!

  1621. I only had 3 shots. The last shot cause me to be bedridden for 3 months. I has having pregnancy symptoms, which was a slight scared because; 1, I’m on the depo i shouldn’t be pregnant. 2, i just got back from my honeymoon and i started having the symptoms. We got blood work and no baby, no pregnancy, but i had the cravings, weight gain, nausea, tired all the time. I wasn’t even using the depo shot to stop pregnancy( i suffer from fainting spells and they happen when i start my periods, so we stop the periods, it kinda worked but the last shot was miserable)
    I lost feelings in my legs, i was in complete pain everywhere from my ribs to my feet, everything was a different pain and nothing seems to help. I lost my job, my husband has been helpful as he can when he’s not at work, when I’m alone, I’m depressed and not suicidal but i kept thinking that death wouldn’t be so bad.

    September 3rd 2018 would have been when i should have taken my next shot, its September 22 2018 now and I’m NOW able to get out of bed and get around, I’m still in pains and my doctors can’t do anything but “wait it out”. I’m on 4 different medications for some of the pain and nausea but it only makes it tolerable, not curing. On top of all of this, I’m still having fainting spells but I’m having them more and more than once a month when i started my period. Doctors can’t find the answer to that too. We’ve done 25 tests; blood works, xrays, cat scans, and ultrasounds all in the last 3 months and I’m perfectly healthy. So how do you fix a problem when you can’t see the problem…i would never recommend the depo to anyone. I regret it every day that I’m dealing with this pain. Please do research and seek other options before even thinking about the depo. Please

    • Your story sounds like mine… The gerson therapy saved my life.. … By Dr max gerson.. my body has come back to me..

  1622. I was on Depo for 4 years. While on the shot I had no issues. I stopped getting a period. I had no headaches or weird symptoms. Now I have been off the shot for a month and it sucks! I haven’t got my period yet but I have been feeling extremely nauseous at times and losing my appetite. I’ve had headaches and all. It’s the weirdest thing

  1623. I have been off it for 3months now and have constant bleeding for 4months. My menstral pain is constant and I have yet to stop bleeding. One day it can be heavy the next light spotting. It’s such a drain and I can’t wait for this hell to be over

  1624. On depo 12 years stopped it last year. Never any issue on jag apart from some times moody(might have just been that moment), migraines very occasionally definitely lost of sex drive and eating more so put wait on.Great protection and after seven kids definitely needed.
    However over the course of the last year I had irregular bleeding and now for last month very heavy but regular periods. This month I wanted to ripe my womb out. Last month I went to gp as felt flu like symptoms a lot who said my bp was up, long story short I got Beat blockers. As well as bp it’s stable now. I have developed anixety, panic attack (never had before), neverous at anything and very very sore joints and limbs. I have all the symptoms of pms. Woke up this morning extremely angered, don’t sleep well. I had cysts but depo seemed to keep them at bay. I tried implant sent me completely of my head. Had suicidal thoughts. The pill gives me migraines worse.
    I don’t know if it’s depo withdrawal, Gp says possible and should I just go back on depo

  1625. I had my last depo provera shot in March 2018, which means it ran out May 2018. We are now in October 2018 and my life is hell.

    The last 12 weeks I’ve experienced tinnitus, breast tenderness, that became chronic breast pain that shot down my arms and into my armpits. I’ve also experienced face and neck swelling, which leads to my biting the inside of my cheeks. I’ve had cold hands and feet. There has been muscle spasms and my right eye now twitches whenever it feels like it. I’ve been sick one from the pain my chest being so bad and i’ve experienced dizziness and spots before my face.

    I had a cold and I got ear ringing. No big, just a sinus infection, but it’s never gone and i’ve treated for that 3 times now. I ended up in am ambulance one night after waking up with chronic pain in my chest and pins and needles down my right side. A panic attack they said. Fine, whatever, maybe it was.

    I have since seen 2 out of hours gp’s, my own doctor 3 times, a locum and made 3 calls to 111 at various times, all resulting in them recommending i see my GP, which I was never able to do half the time as he was fully booked for weeks.

    I eventually went to A&E where a doctor examined me and has now given my Gabapentin, a drug for nerve pain (but i’m still none the wiser why i have it). They did 2 ultrasounds, top and bottom, all clear, everything working. I was having my one and only period i’d experienced so far since at the time too. It was the heaviest I’ve ever had in my life. It lasted 12 days in the end. That was 2 weeks ago.

    I believe my periods will come back, that’s not my problem. My problem is trying to get to understand what exactly is happening to my body and how best to manage it.

    The ringing in my ears keeps me awake. And when that’s not around I wake up from the pain, or I just have insomnia. I’ve barely slept in weeks and even when I have it’s not been proper. Mostly naps here and there. It’s killed all my social life and now my work life is starting to go down the drain too. Started a new job last week, already had 2 days off due to this damn withdrawal.

    A doctor in A&E confirmed he’d seen it before, I asked what the treatment was, “go back on the injection or wait it out. It’ll be about 4 months”.

    Injection is not an option, look what it’s done to me!! Also we want to have children. I desperately want my life back and would give anything to get this problem under control.

    I have the nerve pain 3 times a day, I’m on evening primrose oil 2000mg a day and a herbal tincture that’s supposed to help re-regulate my periods.

    I can’t control my anxiety and crying sometimes. I’m sure that makes everything worse, but this feels like i’ve been infected with a disease that my body just doesn’t know how to get rid of. It’s not though. It’s the progesterone withdrawal. It’s causing my oestrogen to be too high because it’s been levelled with the progesterone for the last 7.5 years I was on this damned thing!

    The pain comes and goes and there are days where I feel so good I could cry with joy. Sadly these days are very short lived and are usually followed by bouts of insomnia.

    As I type this I haven’t slept since 2 nights ago and my ears are ringing so bad even the TV hasn’t helped drown it out enough for me to sleep this time.

    I’m terrified none of this will go away and I’ve ruined myself for life. I had such plans coming off this injection and a family was definitely one of them. I’m now not even sure I can take care of myself like this, let alone bring a child into this world.

    My partner is supportive, he’s there when I cry as much as he can be and works from home on days I’ve had a rough time so he’s with me. I’m so lucky I’ve got him around, because if I was alone in this I have no idea what I would do.

    If anyone out there can tell me what happens after the storm passes I would be ETERNALLY grateful as I’m just so scared of what comes next.

  1626. I just had the depo shot for the 3 months and felt it was not for me. A little before the 3 month I began bleeding and spotting. It is still going on right now for almost a month. Now, I’m having full blown symptoms of period, cramps and all. But I’m just spotting. I am so frustrated.

  1627. I was on some sort of BC for 10 years, but mainly used the Depo Shot. In September I came off the Deop Shot and within the same month I had a normal period. However, I have not had one since then. My body keeps reaching as to if I was about to have my period, but nothing. Still get cramps, tender breasts and feel like I’m bleeding, but discharge is not blood. In the past 2 weeks I’ve had 2 Migraines, which I’ve never had before. The 2nd one put me in the hospital. I don’t know if this is a side effect from stopping BC or not.

  1628. Soo I’ve been on for 2 years now and I just decided to get off about 4 months ago.. my boobs hurt so bad and I’m constantly cramping .. they feel like period cramps and I also have white discharge and frequent spotting

  1629. This is the first time in 2 years I have not taken my Depo( take it every 3 months). I have had the worst stomach pains and so nauseated for two days. I cant move without wanting to vomit.

  1630. I stopped Depol Provera a year ago. It was the worst experience I think I ever went through. The first month was fine, but the months following was horrible. Every month it got worse. Ten days before getting my period I would feel very strange. I live with my boyfriend and two roomates and we all usually get along fine. I found myself feeling like I couldn’t engage in conversation with anyone in my house. I would start to cry and get frustrated over the smallest things… I felt so alone in a house with three other people. I couldn’t express how I felt to my boyfriend although we are very close. Its the strangest feeling to explain. I wasn’t myself and I wasn’t here, in the present. Every month it got worse. I bled so much I would sit and there would be blood on my chair (even if I had a tampon for heavy periods). The last two months were the worse. It got so dark in my head. I would sit in my car and cry not understanding why I was angry and so sad. I would cry every day. The last day I was in my car and I just couldn’t take it. I had to call my mom crying my eyes out, embarrassed to tell her I wanted to end my life. Life just seemed so different, so dark, like a never ending black hole. It got so bad I had to make an appointment and take the shot. I had a conversation with a nurse and she said it couldn’t possibly be the depol. I have no history of depression in my family…I never had heavy periods. She said could prescribe me antidepressants which was far from what I wanted. I’m deciding to stop the birth control again. I found out my progesterone levels are lower than normal and my estrogen levels are really high when stopping the depol. Im already very health conscious. I exercise 5 days a week and eat a plant-based diet. Im considering a progesterone cream to help get my hormones back in balance… I just cant imagine to continue taking depol knowing it lowers bone density, increases my risk for cancer and does all that it does to my hormonal balance….

  1631. I have come off depo, i think it has been 3 months or more, i have not yet had a period but the last few days i have started to experience sore nipples, so bad i have had to wear a sports bra, and on and off cramping.
    I have been on depo on and off for about 15 years and i have never experienced any effects from stopping, maybe my age might have somethink to do with it this time ( i am nearly 39) i have also been on a very strict diet and have not lost any weight at all, i have read that depo injection could be a massive factor stopping me from losing weight and i can not wait till my body is back to normal.I have never wanted a period so much in all my life. I would love to hear other peoples experiences

  1632. I have been on Depo for 10.5 years, a now, at 51, I’m thinking I’m past the fertile stage and into perimenopause, but it’s hard to say when depo masks any symptoms. I wasn’t very fertile before depo, struggling to conceive two children in my 20’s with medical assistance, so I know when I’m fertile. Off it for a month now, but experiencing constant nausea, particularly in the night through to early hours. Did a preg test, negative, getting slight hot flushes several times a day, and in bed. Depo was great for the time I took it, no periods, but 10 years is the max. This nausea is awful, is this side effects from stopping depo, or hormonal? Any advice would be great, thanks. KW

  1633. I had my depo provera on the 24 July 2018 was supposed to get my other shot on the 16 October 2018 I didn’t get it. But I still have symptoms like nausea. I bought more than 5 pregnancy test checking if I’m pregnant or what. But all of them said negative. How long does it take to way off?

  1634. I started in May of 2015 I quit like 1 year later ever since then my periods been out of wack I’ve went to see doctors was told I’m healthy but it lasts between 3 to 4 weeks or more I’m not sure what to do or if anyone else has had a similar problem

  1635. I was 5years on the 3 month depo shot I’m 4 weeks off the depo shot and since I have been off the 4 weeks I try to get pregnant but I don’t know if I can get pregnant in the 4 weeks I have a sore back nauseous sore breast don’t have appetite and yellow discharge what is this side effect and will I ever get pregnant and how long will it take

  1636. I just recently stopped getting depo-provera due wanting a fresh start and cleanse my body. I’ve never experienced any bad side effects from being on the shot other than losing some bone density (which isn’t as bad as it sounds because now i just take calcium supplements). I’ve been on the shot since i was about 14, i am now 21. I started the shot in high school after suffering from very bad periods and cramping and the shot took them both away completely. As I’ve gotten older i just thought i could handle it better now and I’ve heard so many negative things about birth control so i decided to test the theory to see if my body and mind would feel better once cleansed of the drug. I’m now experiencing withdrawals from depo (and they never warn you about it when you’re on it so i feel for anyone else who has done this) and the pain is like nothing I’ve ever felt before. I had my appendix burst and this pain is just as bad if not worse. I’m writing this at 5:30 in the morning after getting just two hours of sleep due to these symptoms. My lower back and pelvic area ache so badly I cry out in pain. I had heard from a friend that your body goes through withdrawals once you stop the shot but i obviously did not know what i was getting myself into. Advil does not help. Heating pad does not help. My doctor said the withdrawals last about a month and I’m praying for a miracle that it subsides soon.

  1637. Hello, I was on Depo from mid 2014 to just 4 months ago, August of 2018. The withdrawals I’ve experienced are, super tender breasts, like to the point I couldn’t wear bras or lay on my stomach. Also, large lumps in my breasts. I made an appointment, got a mammogram and breast ultrasound, since I lost my mom to breast cancer, and I have the gene mutation that causes breast cancer, I was freaking out. The ultra sound came back normal as well as the mammogram. I just started my period a week ago. I’ve been extremely tired and loss of appetite since getting off the depo. I’m not sure if this is all related to getting off the depo, but I never experienced any of this until getting off of it.. coincidence? Probably not. Good luck ladies!

  1638. I was on Depo for 2 years. I got my last shot in June 2018. It is now Dec 12 and I’m experience very negative side effects. My breast are so sore I need constant compression on them. I have mood swings, mainly irritable and sad. My sex drive is gone and I only spotted once for a few days in mid October. I really loved being on it and being off has been very difficult. I’ll be looking for holistic ways to feel better.

  1639. I’ve went on the injection twice . The first time I spent two years on it. When I stopped my period came back in 7 months. I went back on it earlier this year in April , I was due for another shot in July. I didn’t get the shot . My period came back November 4 of this year. It was faint at first then on the 5th day it got heavy and lasted for ten days. I haven’t gotten a period since. I am sexually active but i don’t think I’m pregnant. I just want to know if stopping the depo can cause my period to be irregular? The first time I stop my period used to be late but never this late. It’s been 41 days since my last period according to the app I’m using and I’m two days away from starting to ovulate and still no period. I need some advice

  1640. I used it once, and it was also the last.
    I got 1 period in those 3 months. Now that I’m off it (its been nearly 2 months since I’ve been off it) I haven’t had a period since that one time, and my sex drive is totally gone. I don’t think I’ve ever wanted my periods to come back this badly. I was never told that this would happen.

  1641. Hi i received my one & only depo shot the last week of august 2018 when my period started. My next shot was due on nov 5th-11th & i missed my shot due to insurance comming in late after the 2 weeks & i didn’t get it . December is now here & the time i was suppose to get my period it didnt come but i had very sore boobs & nipples i took a pregnancy test negative then about 2 weeks later i started feeling nausea & i started vomitting & anything i smelled made me nauseous & very very hungry & still negative test its been 17 weeks now since my first depo shot & there has been nothing , not even a hint of a period comming.

  1642. Yes I have for 2 years but now back on it, and now having cramps that idk wat they are cuz they stop and stared again. If u can help it would be good.

  1643. I recently stopped using depo about 4 months now and my period just came.
    My period lasted about a week. I feel nauseous and fatigue still. My appetite isn’t regular and I’ve notice pain in my knees. I read that people who use depo can have bone loss. So, I guess that may explain the aching pain in my knees. I will not use depo no longer and try to result to something else. I feel all of these birth controls can have a drastic change on my body. I dont want to deal with these effects when I get older. So I am really at a lost. Women have to suffer the consequences in the long run.

  1644. I’ve been on the depo 5 yrs now,it stopped my periods straight away,I didn’t have any spotting or break through bleeding.i missed my injection at the start of Dec so I’ve dwxid3d to have a break.its now been nearly 7 wks and I’ve had very hard heavy boobs and my nipples are so sensitive and sore,this affects of coming off the depo

  1645. Hi there. I was put on depo provera at the age of 16. I was given all the pro’s but not the cons of this drug at the time. I stopped it at age 42. Ive had massive hormonal chaos wreak havoc in my moods, my sex drive, and my periods. Whilst i felt fine all the years of being on it, i didnt realize that it had actually taken my sex drive away and possibly contributed to bone density loss which was never explained to me. I had the drug in south africa for many many years. I moved to the U.K. 3 years ago and continued having it but last year a doctor mentioned that i need to stop this drug as it may cause osteoporosis. I stopped it right there and then. Ive had regular periods since then but the last period has been incredibly heavy. Also i had a week off work because of intense fatigue due to hormone levels going crazy. Had i been informed about all this back then, i dont think I’d have used depo as a contraceptive. Although i never had any pregnancies whilst on it, For that part depo worked perfectly. I wonder how long it will be until my hormones are settled. Thank you. ML from U.K.

  1646. Has anyone else experienced stomach pains after coming off the drop? I’m 19 and was on the depo for a year and half. I stopped because of the adverse side affect and a spike in anxiety that I never had before. I’ve been off for about 3 weeks.

  1647. I’ve been on th depo for about 5 years. I am showing get signs of my bone density loss and have started thanking calcium vitamins to keep it from reaching something more serious like osteoporosis. Every time I’ve gotten my shot, I experience extreme mood swings that affect my relationships. They normally last about a week after I get the initial shot. Which is something I have to deal with every 3 months. I want to go off of the depo and I’m afraid of the side affects that come with it. In addition I haven’t had a period in about 4 years which is a concern. I’d like to try to have a kid and I’m worried that has been affected as well.

    • Hey in my opinion if you are trying to get pregnant you definitely want to get off the shot as soon as possible to give your body the time it needs to get back normal. Every woman’s body is different and it never took me long to receive my periods again but I am a little bit more fertile than normal people. It also depends on rather u have been on the shot none stop for 5 years or if u took breaks. Once u start having regular periods again u can start trying to get pregnant. Its been about 3 months since my last injection and im still bleeding right now. Our bodys have to get back to its regular self first.

  1648. I was on depo for one injection and have to say my mood swings subsided and was happy the issues that I have are once I decided not to do injection again bc of weight gain. Now I’m nausea and fatigued also anxious! VERY moody almost like permanent PMs

  1649. I received the depo shot for the first time when i was 15 years old after i had my first set of twins. I honestly dont know if my mother was advised about the side effect or not. However i stayed on the shot untill i was 18 years old and i moved away for school. Which at the time a popped my knee cap out while dancing at a club and the doctor did xrays and told me that bones were bad. At the time i still had no knowledge of the side effects of the depo shot. I ended up getting pregnant that same year and i had a miscarriage at around 4 weeks. So i decided to get back on the shot. I was on it for about another 2 years before getting back off. I never had any weight gain because i was always working out so untill this last time i never understood when people would say they gained weight while on the shot. Well still young and stupid i got pregnant again around age 21. I decided to have an abortion being that i already had a set of twins to raise. I couldn’t go through that again. It was the worst pain i have ever experienced so right after i get back on the shot which to me at the time was great, I didnt get periods at all while i was on the shot nor have i gotten pregnant while on it. Sooooo doc says i need a BREAK from depo. So i got off and i be dam i meet my soon to be ex husband who i had another set of twins with at the age of 23. I now have 4 children(2 sets of twins) so I move to another state and i decided i want the shot back. I cannot afford to have any more children and the Depo shot seem to be the only reliable answer. Well doctor here made sure to advise me of all symptoms and still went for it. Now that im older and i didnt have the time to work out as much i started gaining weight. Getting tired all the time. I started paying attention to the way i acted when ever i get the shot. How long it would take for my hormones to regulate. My attitude would be different for the first couple of weeks. Then I noticed that my hair stop growing and my nails wouldn’t grow anymore. Things that I never paid attention to before. And when you’re fertile like me you just feel like you have to have some protection and I was never taught how to count ovulation dates and now that’s what I do. My same knee cap popped out again at the age of 26. I will say Depo does work but the side effects are just the same so if you want to use it and make sure to take some type of vitamin D supplement for your bones and make sure you’re working out. Make sure you are fully ready to go through this.

  1650. I started depo in June 2018 and iam almost due for my next one on Feb.12,2019. Ever since getting it i just got worse on myself. At the beginning my period dissapear with the 2 first shots. I was fine with first two shots i felt good. After 3rd shot i started getting moody and no desire for sex. I been spotting since 12/13/18 until now that counts to 42days. Its not fun to be spotting. Its like you dont see nothing and you have sex and blood comes out. Is just annoying iam not getting it no more. I didnt like the spotting for so long and me being sad all the time or getting mad all the time for no reason. I just hope my cycle regulates fast so I could keep track of when my period comes next. I also gain weight i notice you get more hungry being on depo. I ttry to manage my brain by saying nope you are not going to get up at 3am to eat. I dont plan to be in no birthcontrol at all no more. I jist want to keep track of my normal periods.

  1651. I’ve been on the depo shot for a year and a half tops. The first year was really easy, never got my period and my mood was mostly regulated. The only really problem I had with the shot was I was always hungry, I could eat anything and NEVER get “full”. Which caused ALOT of weight gain. But at the end of my shot (my last 6 months) my emotions started going numb. Like I was emotionally numb and I had no idea why. I couldn’t feel anything, I was never happy, never sad, I was just a zombie. I hated it. It made me more depressed, tired, exhausted ALL THE TIME. It made me isolated myself, not care about anyone but myself and what I’m doing. I just felt like I was locked in a cage and I couldn’t get out! I’ve been off the shot for over a month now and I feel like myself again. I can feel normal emotions again. I have so much more enegry and I feel like I am motivated to DO THINGS again. My gyno tells me I shouldn’t get my period for maybe 6 months (which is okay with me) but I’m scared to go on birth control again because I do NOT want to fall down that deep dark hole the depo shot put me in for 6 months straight. Yes, 6 months straight. Never again. But lately I’ve been getting a lot of mood swings since I’ve been off the shot (which is also okay by me because it’s expected since this is a HORMONAL shot, i rather experience this than still be on the shot tbh). Sooo all is good now I feel alot more happier with my placement in life.

  1652. I just got off the Depo shot in December because I hated it I hate it all the side effects to it, I have mood swings I had no sex drive I was crabby I had hot flashes night sweats all the time now that I’m off of it I am super nauseous

  1653. I’ve been on depo for 3 months and I’ve been having break through bleeding since then. I plan on not taking it anymore. How long will it take for me to stop break through bleeding and for it to exit my system?

  1654. No symptoms other than weight gain until I stopped now I get painfully nauseous and can’t hold any food down before starting my period .these issues never occurred until I stop getting my injection and I would not call this a withdrawal from depo provera I would call it a horrible side effect that was left behind

  1655. after stopping the Depo I have had nervousness fidgety couldn’t sleep good night and one doctor told me that I was having anxiety no that’s because of the Depo and I would like how long does this last

  1656. The depot shot has been amazing until I stopped taking it 6 months ago I’ve gained a lot of weight in my tummy n thighs n can’t seem to get rid of it I feel so bloated in these two areas all the time I feel pregnant n I am not I have been on depo 12 years n it was great but now that I’ve stopped it my body doesn’t feel right at all still haven’t started my period

  1657. Hi, so I’ve been on the Depo for about 2 years I’ve recently decided I really don’t want to be on the Depo anymore. So about 2 months I’ve been off birthcontrol.. or so I think I’m off considering the shot lasts for 3 months, in about total it should be about 5 months since I’ve last had my depo shot. I haven’t went to my clinic, I’ve been experiencing major cramps, headaches mood swings and upset stomach back pain and sometimes I just feel tired. And this is after not going back to redue my shot.. My experience on were no different just less severe

  1658. I had my first depo shot about 2 weeks ago and I will never have it ever again. I literally resent my partner and he’s done absolutely nothing wrong, we have a baby together and it makes me so sad because deep down I know that he literally is so amazing and I love him but whenever I speak to him I’m just so nasty and snappy. I have had horrible cramps, constantly going to the toilet, headaches, tiredness & just felt so depressed ever since the shot. I feel like I’m going crazy and it’s hortible, I want it to be over with now.

  1659. I’ve been on the depo shot for 5 months. Im due for my next shot today but decided to not take it. Reading all these experiences and comments have me terrified of the symptoms I’m going to feel coming off. I was wondering if the effects will be less intense since I wasn’t even on it for half a year or if I’m still gonna feel everything full intensity.

  1660. I was on the Depo shot for almost 5 years and never had a period. I didn’t get one in December and I just had my period which was not heavy but dark. I normally have anxiety but this month it was so bad and depression that my doctor has me on three medications for it. I wish I wouldn’t have stopped it or maybe waited until everything had calmed down in my life. I’m having to get use to the Estrogen I’ve been lacking. That is what causes the lack of sex drive which I also didn’t have. I’d much rather that than feeling so horrible and crying all the time.

  1661. I have been on Depo for 21 years. My last shot was 3 months ago. My doctor has taken me off due to my age, 50. Just wondering what my body will be dealing with soon. I loved the depo shot.

  1662. 4 Shots starting November 2017
    Last shot August 2018
    It Is February 25th and I have been ovulating, spotting, and feeling weird since then, BUT NOW I am literally petrified that I am pregnant because of how bloated I have become over the past week. It feels like my organs are ripping apart but not in a life threathening way. I’m very nervous and upset that this company has lied and lied and LIED about effects. Please someone at least talk to me I’ve never wanted an abortion and have always been very safe. I’m supposed to graduate college next spring and I’m highly involved with my University. God I am praying and begging things will become normal again :’-(

    • I just took a pregancy test will make sure update this forum, if you instant contact DM ME @the_mirabela on insta.

      Test came out neg, but i’m going to take abother in a week’s time

  1663. I had the depo shot several times and I have been off of it for 3 years now but I do have lump under my skin were they were injection it

  1664. Ever since I got off depo I been on it for 9 months and I got off it February 14 and after. That I got pink in my pee it only happened once I been feeling bloated and nasueous and feeling like I too use the bathroom all the time depo is horrible ever since I been on it I been
    In pain

    • Hey Alize!

      It’s been 4 months and I just started getting withdrawal symptoms 3 months after I missed my last shot in October. Feeling hellish. Gut bubbles, and I feel my heart beat in my stomach extremely hard when I’m alone and/or thinking about it. My anxiety is paralyzing right now and I have been in and out of napping since getting off work. Still freaked out and feeling like I have 5lbs of water in my abdomen.

  1665. I would not recommend this shot to anyone. I got my first shot in June and stopped in November. When I was on the shot I suffered from terrible nausea, constant bleeding, irritability and anxiety. After stopping the shot I continued to bleed for about 9 weeks then it stopped and a few weeks later I got what wasn’t a normal period that lasted for 6 days. Since then I have been a spotting and cramping like I am going to get my period again. My doctors did not inform me of all these potential side effects before I began the shot and I wish they did. This shot has made the last year of my life a complete living nightmare and has made me feel like I am losing my mind. Hoping everything goes back to normal soon enough.

  1666. after shot I gained a bunch of weight(130 to 155 only 5″2).
    Always feel hungry
    Moody
    Bleeding for a month straight.
    Boobs are bigger and hurt so much

  1667. Been on the depo 6 years now decided to not get it so I could get my body back to normal, was due my injection on Tuesday I was spotting on the Wednesday and today (Sunday) I have been sick numerous times, had the worst stomach cramps which began to feel like contractions and my back is so sore, I cannot wait to feel normal again

  1668. 12 days since my last post – I’m still ovulating. Still experiencing high levels of anxiety along with tremors and cramps all throughout my abdomen. I was wondering if anybody had any advice or can tell me when they experience their first ovulation after being on Depo for a year. Going to see the doctor today to try to get back on BC at this point because the anxiety of not knowing my body like I used to is terrifying to say the least. I really hope the posts I’ve made have helped you guys with your worries. Sending positive vibes. I know what you’re going through 😔

  1669. I recently stopped my depo shot after 20 years. I was due for a shot in January, it is now March. I’m 45 years old. I have not had a period but during the first month of stopping, I experienced what I thought was PMS. My breasts were very tender and I felt some slight cramping but no bleeding, just minor discolored discharge. I’m going into my third month and my breast are so tender and itchy. I’m so tired all of the time and gained weight. Throughout the 20 years of depo, I didn’t put weight on. I made an appointment with my dr thinking my thyroid levels were off (I am hypothyroid) or maybe I was in early menopause. All my test results were normal and within range. I looked into the internet for answers and see the symptoms may be due to stopping the shots. The symptoms are so bothersome, I am thinking about going back in the depo. My dr does not seem concerned about the length I have been on it.

  1670. i have been off depo for 5 months and i am experiencing cramps, lack of sleep, lack of willingness to eat, peeing every hour, breast tenderness

  1671. Does anyone else get sharp pains where you’re ovaries are? I’ve been off depo for about 3weeks to a month now, I’ve gotten two periods. The first one was about a week getting off of the shot and the second one was a week after finishing my first period. They both last about 4 day. After about a week or so of being off depo I started getting symptoms headaches, nausea, sore/ swollen breast, nipple discharge, smell sensitivity and being very emotional. I was so scared and worried that I was pregnant. I went to doctor and got a pregancy test it came back negative. But she now wants me to nuwva ring. I havent put it in yet because I wanted to wait and see how things play out. But my question is has anyone experienced Sharp sudden pains right over their ovaries? The one thing me and my doctor went over is ovarian cyst.

  1672. Im 17, I was on Depo for a bout a year. 3 months ago i was due for it i forgot to go get it so it’s been 3 months ive been taking prenatals to try and gain weight because I have a hard time gaining weight. Somome told me they could make you fertile which im not looking ro get pregnant but here lately I have had Sore almost like swollen breast, nausea, cramping, some blood but not like a period. I took 2 test and they were negative but I just for some reason feel like I could be pregnant

  1673. I have been on depo since was 11 I’m now 27 its worst thing ever to get off periods are super heavy, cramps are bad, weight gain is a factor, and always super tired now that im not on it no more

  1674. I have been off of depo for four months and I have extremely uncomfortable lower back pain. I do feel the bloating, Brady tenderness, and anxiety/depression effects as well. Anyone else with the back pain issue? Has anyone decided to go back on the shot?

    • yea I’m having horrible side effect. My whole body is very sore and feels cold. now my breasts are tender and hurt alot! i was on it for 6 years.

  1675. Yes I starte the injection on November 2018 and go again March 2019 i then stoped from there and my periods stops and came back on October and they were light until they change in February 2019 u started on the 14 February until today on the 23 March 2019 they can stop for 3 days and comes back.

  1676. my wife stopped using i but first she got kin rush and now she is experiencing excessive bleeding

  1677. I been on the shot about 6 years, I’m 31 years old now. I just came off of shot. I was supposed to take last it Feb. 4, 2019. its now March 28, 2019, I feel horrible. no appetite, my body is cold like i have fever, I feel like i have cold chills and I’m very sore. Now the last two days my breast hurt. they hurt bad, even when you slightly touch them. And I have a high pain tolerance.. Also I been sleeping alot and very fatigue! I feel like I should have never gotten off of the shot! I don’t know what to do. Any suggestions??? What’s going to happen if I get back on it?

  1678. Ive had the worst symptoms ever.

    I took the depo provera 2 times in 3 months, was having bad anxiety attack, nausea, irritability, fainting, important headaches, and my body was sore and important hair lost. Ive now stopped it since 5 months and still having these horrible symptoms. Im always really tired, dizzying, feel like if i am fainting, i feel disconnected, its horrible. I highly dont recommend this to anyone, this contraception should be banned from everywhere. I did blood test, and all kind of test, they found nothing, so its really the depo provera that made me that way, i hate that thing more than everything. If anyone knows a way to help me, i will be so much thankful, i dont know whats going on with my body, i was so healthy before that crap(sorry for the word but it is, really…). Im only 20 years old and wishing ill be more healthy soon …

  1679. My first time taking depo was last December. I gained 40 pounds and couldn’t stop eating. it expired in February and my boobs are so tinder my period isn’t like non existent even after . I spot so much and it can lastnight for like 2 weeks sometimes. My appetite isn’t so messed with I just literally have to ration myfood now something I’ve never had to do. I’m 21 and I hate depo but it’s really effective just wish someone would have told me this before I took it

  1680. I’m a 46 yr old who took the depo shot for 17 years. I currently cycle every 21-23 days and have had my tubes ties. Ive never had children although I had a tubal pregnancy terminated when i was 20. My question is if i will go through a normal menopause or will I cycle longer than expected. I am in otherwise excellent health besides mild hypertension that is controlled.

  1681. Hey Guys,

    I have been reading through so many different feeds and websites into all sorts of depo related matters.

    In the past i was on depo for 4 years straight. I had no problems and then I came off (to get my body back to its natural state) and a year later i fell pregnant. Pregancy did not follow through.

    My last depo shot was due on the 10th of October and decided not to go ahead with it as wanting to try and get pregnant.

    I started spotting and lightly bleeding about 3 weeks ago, which last just over a week.

    From then to now, I have had really bad shooting, cramping pains, crying non stop and feeling as if I am turning crazy with something seriously wrong with me.

    Its made me super angry! Boobs are so sore, nipples are hard, such strange feelings in my lower abdomen. When will this stop??

    Is this a sign of perhaps pregnancy starting or just the dreaded side effects of this horrible injection??!!!

  1682. I took the depo shot for two years once I moved out of my parents house and I LOVED it!!!! Yes the beginning sucked. I felt gross and didn’t initiate sex at all! But my lover made me feel like the sexiest woman ever, so that really boosted my confidence getting through those two months of spotting. I was annoyed as fuck every time I went to the bathroom. But oh did I celebrate once I realized the bleeding was over!!! I didn’t gain weight because I had a very active life style and I even had an active job. It was just a great feeling knowing I wasn’t going to have a baby until we wanted! I adise women’s to use the depo shot if they are forgetful because you make an appointment every three months and they call you to remind you. I had no problems with this shot. I’m trying for a baby pretty soon though so im getting the side affects of nausea, drowsiness and huge boobs! I love the boobs but they are tender when I take my bra off. I give the shot an A for helping me be responsible and plan my pregnancy!

  1683. I was on Depo for 5 years continuously when I was A teenager, around 15-20 yrs old. Apparently it should not be used for more than 2 years consecutively. The healthcare providers must not have known.. I was on it for 5 years straight. (While still developing) Now I am almost 28 years old and have been on Depo for the last 2 years, more or less.. I wasn’t aware of the long term effects at the time. Only the fact that I should be taking calcium supplements. (Which i forget to take pills everyday) (take vit.K, and D for absorbtion)

    So being the type that cant remember a pill each day; I cant remember calcium pills daily either. I had a knee injury over 3 yrs ago. I Was doing well until the 2nd incident. I had fallen on concrete on my shin. It was swollen and bruised for 5 months. A bone bruise I assume. I didn’t have insurance so i toughed it out. I got better.. until i worked a 14 hr shift and my knee gave out. It took weeks before I could walk without limping. A bone bruise is a step before a fracture. I think that swelling contributed to the 2Nd dislocation. I have been on depo for longer than approved and I woulnd’t reccomend it to any woman. Hopefully I can regain any bone mass density lost..

  1684. Hello there 👋! I am reaching out in frustration.If anyone has suggestions/ideas on DEPO please don’t hesitate! I did DEPO Provera shot 23 yrs ago and it has messed up my whole system on top of weight gain!!! I only did this shot for 3 months and that was enough for me! I had to go to the doctor due to not having a menustral cycle for a yr after stopping the shot,the doc then ordered Provera pills ( fertility) pills in order for me to have one. However I got regulated but the weight still is a major struggle I put on 40-50 lbs from this ordeal and to this day I can’t seem to lose it so I’m assuming because my metabolism is out of whack! Is there any suggestions on what to do to fix this,I am miserable! Thank you

  1685. I’m a 17 year old who took the depo when I was just 15 . I was on depo for a year . During that time , a week before the shot was due I would get these headaches am due stomach pains . It’s like my body was begging for more . Instead of stopping my period , it made my period last for 2 weeks . I decided that I should quit and when I did the problems got worse . I started having reoccurring UTIs and my vagina is really dry . I have pelvic pain , and headaches during my periods . Ive also had a miscarriage .

  1686. I took the depo shot in January. I passed a tissue in February that wasn’t able to be tested by the dr.’s because it was “contaminated” but my ob all of a sudden after a month of worrying it was a miscarriage tells me it was a decidual cast. When I Google decidual cast it looks nothing like what I passed. I have been bleeding since Feb. 5th and it April 6th now and I’m still bleeding even heavier. My Ob scheduled an ultrasound with me Monday the 8th so I hope I get some answers then. I’ve been having blurry double vision and bad headaches (which could be from all the blood loss since I’m anemic anyways) and pain in my pelvic area. I am NEVER taking Depo again!!!!

  1687. Just come off depo, it was due last week i metabolize it very quick, it was great for me once it evened out after 6 months but i just wanna be drug free for a while, noticing a lot of headaches and fatigue while its running out my system i usually get this when its due too.

  1688. I recently came off of depo. I didnt get my third shot and now im having a cycle that was normal and then lightened up and now i cant stop bleeding. Im not hemorrhaging but its enough to be worried about. And not only that its causing problems in my marriage because before the depo shot i was pregnant and got the shot and suffered a miscarriage three days after getting the shot. My husband is feeling like we arent going to be able to have a normal sex life. Not only that, im experiencing mood swings and my husband wants another child but we’re afraid that i may cant hold them after getting back on depo and coming back off after noticing side effects.

  1689. I recently came off of depo. I didnt get my third shot and now im having a cycle that was normal and then lightened up and now i cant stop bleeding. Im not hemorrhaging but its enough to be worried about. And not only that its causing problems in my marriage because before the depo shot i was pregnant and got the shot and suffered a miscarriage three days after getting the shot. My husband is feeling like we arent going to be able to have a normal sex life. Not only that, im experiencing mood swings and my husband wants another child but we’re afraid that i may cant hold them after getting back on depo and coming back off after noticing side effects.

  1690. The first time I stopped about a month later I got my period and the following month I found out I was pregnant. Now 2 years later I’ve stopped so we can try again and once again I received my period and it slowed down to spotting and now I’m having to wear pantie liners………….

  1691. Yes ive used depo i have been using it for a while im just fine im stopping now theres no need for it anymore yes ive used it longer than 2 years and im fine but it effects every woman differently

  1692. I’ve been taking depo since I had my son 3 Years ago. Everytime I get close to the time of needing another shot I get very nauseous. This time I accidentally missed my shot and I can’t get in to get it for another week. Been nauseous everyday and having stomach problems ie excess stomach acid like sulfur burps, stomach aches, gas and diarrhea. I KNOW this had something to do with the lack of shot. Don’t know if it’s hormones being out of wack or what it’s miserableaa

  1693. I used depo for 2 months then i stopped.while having unprotected sex and now im getting headaches…nausea and stomach cramps..and it has been 3 weeks without getting my periods..is it normal??

  1694. I recently went off my depo shot this year. I was on it for about 10 years, I have yet to see my period but I have been taking evening primrose to help adjust for when it does come. So far I haven’t seen any side effects, I have gotten my back pain and migraines back again but I have had them before when I was on the depo. looking through the comments have helped me understand what to look out for. Hopefully primrose can help others.

  1695. I stopped depo for about 3 1/2 months now my last show was Sept 16 2018 . Haven’t had one sense but I’ve been experiencing very sorry swollen breasts tender nipples and haveing hot flashes even had a fever for about a 24 hrs . Is this normal or should I see my doctor

  1696. I was supposed to get my depo again in December and never did and have been having sex every day since then and have experienced symptoms but my tests always come up negative

  1697. i had a child at age 16 and got on depo and stopped when she was 5 so i could get pregnant and she is now going on 15 years and i have not gotten pregnant since. I need help!!!!!!!!!!

  1698. I have been on depo for about 8 years.i had recently stopped and missed my next dose and I have been feeling horrible.i have been constantly sweating, I have been having bad headaches and also been very nauseous.i never knew you could go through withdrawal from depo.

  1699. I’ve been using depo since i was 16 and got a period. I had The worst cramps so when i got On depo it stopped my cramps and period. It was awesome until i gained So much weight over the years. 16 weighed 115lbs and now I’m at 144 lbs at the age of 23. I’m 5”2. My bones started hurting and i couldnt even go bowling without my knuckles being in pain. My ankles and knees crack when i barely squat. Got off of it about two months ago and started the pill a week ago. No period yet but I’m having random cramps and discharge. Just white. No itchyness. I’m confused of what’s is going on with my body. 2 lbs weight loss so far. No excercize.

  1700. When I started on depo my period stopped after the first shot. When I did the second shot i started experiencing extreme abdominal cramps;however, these were short lived. I decided i did not want to continue after the second shot as i started gaining more weight. After missing my third shot in March, my period returned in April. Bleeding is regular and cramping are “normal”.

    After missing my third shot my nipples and breast were so tender that coming home from work and removing my bra felt like a perfect vacation. I became nauseated all the time. I also had worst PMS that I am used to. Severe cramping and tons of backache.

  1701. When I started on depo my period stopped after the first shot. When I did the second shot i started experiencing extreme abdominal cramps;however, these were short lived. I decided i did not want to continue after the second shot as i started gaining more weight. After missing my third shot in March, my period returned in April. Bleeding is regular and cramping are “normal”.

    After missing my third shot my nipples and breast were so tender that coming home from work and removing my bra felt like a perfect vacation. I became nauseated all the time. I also had worst PMS that I am used to. Severe cramping and tons of backache. I also have never suffered from acne and here I am at 26 covered in it.

  1702. I’ve been taking the depo shot for a year and my period stopped almost immediately 🙌🏽 I decided to get off it about a month ago because of the long term side effects. Since I’ve been off it I’ve had loss of appetite (typically food is my everything!!) nausea, fatigue, cramping, and crazy mood swings. I can’t wait for my body to get back to normal.

  1703. I was on the depo shot for almost 3 years. Never had a problem while on it, other than horrible weight gain. I didn’t even have a period. Well my last shot was in November of 2018. The last 2 months have been horrible!!! I literally feel like I’m pregnant right now which isn’t a bad thing other than the fact that I’m not pregnant. My breasts are soo tender and hurt all the time. I’ve been having horrible lower abdominal pain like around my ovaries. I’ve had horrible headaches every night. Oh, also don’t even get me started on how emotional I’ve been. I have literally been crying everyday and I’ll start crying over any little thing. I wouldn’t suggest the depo shot to anyone!!!

  1704. I am in the process of coming off of Depo-Provera and I have taken multiple pregnancy tests because the withdrawals mimic the symptoms of early pregnancy. I am experiencing mood swings, breast tenderness, nausea, food adversion, and fatigue.

  1705. I was on it for yearssss. At least 5 consistent by off and on probably more like 8. Since I’ve gotten off of it I’ve been having migraines so frequently. I haven’t taken it in 6 months and I still haven’t gotten my period yet. I can’t wait to get this stuff out of my system. I truly believe it poisoned me. I had a lump in my breast. I had to have surgery to remove it. Weight gain. Terrible mood swings. Not wanting to have sex at all. Pain during sex. I stayed on it so long because I had my son as a teenager and I was so afraid of getting pregnant again but I really think I damaged my body and mind in an irreversible way.

  1706. I had 2 depo injections over a six month time frame. While on the contraceptive, I gained 60 pounds, I bled for 4 months straight every day, I lost my sex drive, make face broke out in acne like I was a teenager in puberty again. I felt awful. I decided to stop the injections. I haven’t had a depo shot in over 4 months, but I have had 11 periods all lasting between 3-10 days. I have been so bloated and my skin has been sensitive to touch (like the feeling when you have the flu). Also, my best friend was on the depo for a couple years and she just had exploratory surgery today because of painful issues with her reproductive organs since quitting the depo, and found out one of her ovaries is now useless. I will never recommend this form of birth control to another human in my life.

  1707. I stopped my birth control about a month now, and have had pregnancy symptoms. I took over 5 tests all negative, I am starting to think it’s all from that shot.

  1708. I took drop in 2013 as a jr in high school. I stopped after 6 months when I gained a lot of weight and developed a serious depression. I’m now 23 and since 2013 I only bleed for a few days every 11 months or so. And I’ve been told that I’m now sterile. When I do bleed it’s not right. The blood is brown and gummy and thick. It’s for lack of a better term, curdled. I wasn’t told anything like this would happen with depo. I was told it’s safe and hasn’t caused problems since the 80’s

  1709. I took Depo in Aug’2016 and Stopped @ April 2018 and now finding it hard to conceive again. What should i do?
    Please help me as my hubbi really wants a child . My first child will turn 3 in July 2019.

  1710. Depo Prevera literally ruined my life without me even knowing. I recieved my first injection when I was 19 years old in 2014, I gained 100 pounds in 5 years. My periods completely stopped. I recieved my last injection when I was 22 in 2017. My menstrual cycle didnt start again until November of 2018, and this year we are trying to conceive and it has been a complete nightmare. Before depo I never had irregular or heavy periods. Now I am anemic due to the amount of blood that I lose. If I can turn back the hands of time I would have chosen another birth control. Depo Prevera ruined my life.

  1711. I’ve been on depo for 2 years. I missed my shot in February. It’s been about 4 months and no period. My doctor told me it’s going to take up to couple of months for it to come back and that it shouldn’t take up to a year. But everybody is different? I’m trying to get pregnant but not exactly sure how long it will get out of my system. I’ve been have symptoms of sweating, tiredness, emotional, and having milk like stuff leak out of my breasts. I’m 20 years old. And wonder if you guys have the same symptoms and if it’s normal? If this is the symptoms of it wearing off?? My last period was in January that whole month and ended before February when I skipped the shot.

  1712. Ok I had two depo shots had my last one end of December And still yet to have my period no energy sick to my stomach and certain smells make me sick why could this be?

  1713. I was on Depo for a little over 2 years and I’ve been off for little over 3 months. When i was on it i never had s period and i didn’t loose or gain weight, however now that I’m off I’m constantly feeling sick, my breasts are sensitive to the touch and I’ve gained so much weight I’m not comfortable with myself. Really worried my body isn’t gonna go back to how it was. Kept me from getting pregnant but the side effects coming off are horrible and suck.

  1714. I decided to stop using the shot because of the side affects. Eversince i missed out i been having headache’s through out the day. Not only i get harsh headache’s but i also feel very fatigued.

  1715. I have been on the depo shot for 7 years and just recently stopped about 7 months ago my symptoms have been so confusing so I’ve had add regular periods for about 4 months except last month i had a 3 week long period went 10 days and now I’m on my period again I’ve been nauseous I’ve thrown up every morning for about a month and no nausea medicine can even help me I’m not pregnant but have all they symptoms except the excessive bleeding someone please tell me what i can do to make this better and stop these symptoms

  1716. I been on depo for 7 months now as soon as I took it my period was lasting very longer then usual I been on period for 4 months now I’m feeling very weak and don’t want to take my 3 month shot. Will my bleeding stop right after I stop or will I keep going through this. Please help

  1717. I’ve been having excessively long mastrual periods but they are not heavy they are just thick but not liquid. I would go for 3 weeks, maybe get a one and half week break and they start again.

  1718. Since I’ve been off the shot I lost a great deal of weight,I don’t even eat as much as I use to, it’s like I can’t eat really and I have to force myself to eat. I don’t sleep that great either and my hair has changed

  1719. I took the depo shot back in january my Dr told me about the weight gain and all that. I had such a horrible experience on the depo shot. I bled the whole three months i was on it and now that i didn’t go and get my last shot ive been having what’s it feels like pregnancy symptoms. i’m always tired, my breasts are super super sore, i’m STILL bleeding… what should i do?

  1720. I didn’t realise there were withdrawal symptoms from this. I had been on it before and due to constantly breaking bones doctor advised I stopped so I did and I don’t remember having issues.
    This time I started it again as I am terrible with remembering to take contraception and getting caught pregnant, but due to significant weight gain I did not go back for my 3rd one.
    From December I could of sworn I was pregnant vomiting every day just out the blue the breast tenderness, extreme fatigue, went on for about 3 weeks but I had a period 4 weeks after my 3rd injection was due that I didn’t take. After that nothing! I have all the pre menstrual symptoms but no periods. I understand it may take time for periods to come back regularly but I have been nothing but I’ll after stopping this injection

  1721. The Depo hasn’t taken my period away completely ever since I was on it. I’ve been off for a year now and still no cycle. I had to switch doctors cause the one who issued the drop shot to me didn’t warn me about the black label on it anencephaly my new doctor said to get off it immediately I was in my 20s and the risks are not worth it. I am waiting for bloodwork and an ultrasound to see what this shot has done to me.

  1722. I’ve been on the Depo Shot for a little over 2 years. Once I got into a rhythm with it, it ended up completely stopping my period (which I didn’t mind at all). I knew about the risk with bone density mass and still went with it because pills and I don’t get along too well.

    Fast forward to when I turned 26 this year (which is also when my insurance got cut off), I had no way of getting more injections so I just….let it be. My body hurts more, especially my overused joints from playing competitive volleyball most of my life. I have throbbing pain from my neck, wrists, right hip, knees, and down to my ankles. I could be laying in bed, trying to sleep and still be in such crucial pain. Most days are worse than others but sometimes, it’s bearable. Feels like the only time I’m not in pain is when I take an insanely hot shower or smoke some weed.

    I’m not sure on what to do. I’ve just been wallowing in self pity and gaining weight bc going to the gym hurts so much at times that I can’t even finish a whole workout. I’ve been losing self confidence in the things I used to do and it sucks. I can’t go to a doctor until I have health insurance again but who knows when that will be. Life is just weird, man.

  1723. I once forgot to go get my shot, i then experienced a very bad smell down there with discharge, so bad that i had to bath every 2 hours. It only stopped when i went and got a shot, now i wonder, is this how its going to be when i decide to stop and plan for a baby?

  1724. I had 1 shot of the depo and I’ve been bleeding for 2 months straight. Sometimes I have to wear sometimes not. I’ve been cramping really bad and it gave me cyston my overies..

  1725. I just got off Depro in March.
    I have some headaches, lots of fatigueness, bones hurt really bad. My spine and hip bones hurt. I’ve had to go to the E.R for it! My breasts are very tender and hurts when my bra touches it. Still no period but my sex drive is back up, which had decreased to nothing. The Depro has hurt my body more than anything.

  1726. I only had one dose of the depo shot back in August of 2018 and never went back to get it again. Ever since then I have a never ending cycle of symptoms. I had acne, mood swings, prolonged bleeding, spotting, cramps without bleeding, boob pain, headaches, bloating. It’s a horrible drug that shouldn’t be on the market.

  1727. I’ve taken the depo shot for several years, just stop taking it because of a lot of weight gain in the stomach and my bones were aching.

  1728. I have stopped taking Depo before. Every time I am unable to afford the shot and go a few weeks overdue, I end up constantly bleeding. This bleeding leaks through my Jumbo tampons, through my maxi pads, through my underwear, through my pants and once it soaked my bed, and I woke up covered in blood. I remember shifting around uncomfortably because it felt wet down there, at 20 I’m sure I did not wet myself, so I woke up to find my entire lower body smeared with my own menstrual blood. I thought I had been stabbed, I screamed and my step mom came down to see what was up. I also suffer very severe cramps, sometimes to the point I’m curled up crying and wishing I could just die instead. This happened at a former place of work once, and my manager thought I had a miscarriage. I had to leave my place of work because there was blood dripping from me, and pooling by my feet. The doctor said I wasn’t pregnant, and wasn’t able to find a cause. I believe it’s the buildup of everything that Depo took away from me throughout the ages. As a long term user of birth control (I’ve tried pills, too much estrogen so they switched me to Depo. Been on it 6 years now I think), this is the worst side affect to any medication I have taken by far. If you are considering this method of birth control, please do your thorough research and ASK people who have taken it. I have never experienced the weight gain or weight loss, no change in appetite, etc. This is the only negative side affect it gives me personally. However, please remember everyone’s body is different and may not react the same way. It is just important to know the risks and possibilities before paying for your first shot.

  1729. I’ve been on the shot for years and have zero complaints everything seems normal even if I miss a month it still protects me from getting pregnant ans that’s the idea here with it right ?! I don’t need have to remember something every day and plus it’s a bonus to not have to worry about having a period. Yes when I stoped for s while I bled a lot afterwards but that’s because I went so long without bleeding wnd had zero reasons to stop me from getting back on the shot . People have to understand their body and quit trying to blame doctors or medications when it’s really them and they just don’t understand it. While on the shot you had missed so many periods but your body’s still reacts as if you’re having one, so yes cramping headaches and bloting is apart of being a woman sorry ladies but that’s just what we have to go thru in life, basically just get over it and find the good in it the best you can .

  1730. All birth controls have pros and Cons there isn’t a cheat sheet it’s either pick one or get pregnant im sorry that’s our options and all birth control have side effects and make changes to our bodies but so does being pregnant. I’ve been on the shot my whole life and I don’t have any complaints I’m actually pretty happy with the results I’m not pregnant yay so ladies remember all of our bodies are different and react different don’t listen to another’s one person about YOUR BODY just find what works for you and thats all that matters with medical supervision while doing it

  1731. I’m 6 days off of depo and I feel pregnant I dont know why but my boobs are growing and there always hot and my nipple got super dark…i dont know if it withdrawal or if I’m pregnant but I doubt I’ll take depo again

  1732. I stopped my Depo in March 2019, for nearly being on it for 6yrs , and my and husband are trying to get pregnant with our second child.. since I’ve stopped I honestly forgotten how periods were.. I had lots of mucus and chunky blood clots (remember ladies our bodies think we are pregnant and blood thickens around our uterus and a mucus plugs forms to “stop sperm”) I notice how super sensitive my nipples became after I stopped my Depo and I was also very bloated .. the dark and red bleeding went on for about 2 weeks and just stopped .. I notice how more sensitive and moody I’ve gotten as well, add some fatigue and it a party ( NOT) it’s mostly the nipple sensitivity that bothers me the most.. at time it made wearing a bra the most uncomfortable feeling.. also hot flashes started about a week ago.. honestly I just feel like my body isn’t in tuned anymore after I stopped my Depo but I’m willing to go threw whatever so I can get pregnant

  1733. I had 1 shot in October 2018. Never went back and stopped getting periods in November 2018. Now it’s almost 8 months after the shot and I had some spotting last week for 2 days that was extremely minimal. I have gained about 25 pounds mostly in my stomach I feel fat and bloated. Always tired even when my brain wants me to get up. Been ttc and no luck but I have been getting positive opks for the last 2 months. I have been taking maca and vitex and I think that’s what caused the spotting.

  1734. My mom got put on birth control at the age 13 I was on the bar I lost alot off weight and got UTIs alot and very bad stomaches pains. At 16 i started the depo. I’m now 17 going on 18 I’ve been lossing and gaining weight I have stomaches pains still severe headaches horrible pain with my boob and haven’t had a period since I was 14. I haven’t went back for the shot since my conditions since they’ve gotten worse. What should I do?

  1735. I used depo at the age of 19 to 26 and eventually had no period. I just had my first menstrual cycle last month (mine were always a nightmare) this one seemed like an old enemy as well coming to visit. But regarding the bone /density loss …. this is a REAL thing. I was never advised to not exceed 2 years on depo and last year I experienced the worst disc issues ever. Never had back or disc issues but I have now had 3 epidural shots for L1 S5 or S1 L5 I forget how it goes. I am in pain everyday of my life at 26 whether its level 3 or 4 or level 10 pain. It doesnt go away. My discs have extremely deteriorated and I cant imagine how I will feel in my older years, seeing I feel so fucking bad at 26. Either way.. I dont reccomend depo for long term contraceptive .

  1736. I got a Depo shot July 2018 didn’t get another one period didn’t come back after it wears off April my period return it lasted 5 days may 16 I been bleeding for 47 days now none stop

  1737. The worst EVER
    Complete hormone change in my feelings/mood- I felt broken. (Everything going right in my life so can’t blame anything else.
    Breakout in facial spots on my chin, cheeks and neck.
    The hunger prangs- and I mean literally feeling starving after a meal, in like 15 mins. All I thought about was food.
    Not to mention the weight gained from that. Nearly two stone in two months.
    I did not have a period for nearly 10 months after the first and only
    Injection and when they started to return, I bled 3 times in the first month. Talk about
    I had an injection in England which I think (do not quote me) was called savannah. That was great. Then I had the depo given when I moved back to Wales and never in my life have I ever felt like that. Actually I did off the implant. And put on 3 stone whilst on that. For me, I love food and am an emotional eater so now i use nothing. I’m back down to a dozen 8-10 and I’m happy.

    I would recommend the pill with the least hormones. Good luck 😉

  1738. I received my last Depo shot in February. Last week my breasts were extremely sore had cramps and the other day got my period or I should say i started spotting. Definitely didn’t expect that after everything I have read. Should I be worried? What else should I expect? Can anyone recommend another form of birth control? I was on this for about 10 years but realize now it did more harm than good.

  1739. O had my last shot in February I think. I’ve had a couple long periods over a month. Now I’m bleeding so bad it’s scary. I’m worried about becoming anemic as well. Been bleeding this time since April. Only got real bad yesterday with cramping. Won’t ever take that shot again.

  1740. I’ve been on the shot for about 2 years. My last shot was the end of February and I still haven’t had my period yet. I thought I was going crazy with the mood change and appetite change since being off I’m so sad and feel lonely all the time and before I could eat all the time but now the thought of food makes me want to puke. I waited a few months to take a different birth control to help regulate my body a little but before I moved in with my boyfriend of 3 years I decided I should get on a different one so now I’m taking yaz, I’m not looking to get pregnant at the moment but maybe sometime soonish in the future and im scared that the depo ruined my chances I’ve heard a lot of scary stuff about it effecting the chances. Any advice?.

  1741. I have been looking everywhere to hopefully find some answers. Idk if anyone can help me, but I’ve been on the depo shot since April 2018 and have always gotten it on time. It is now June of 2019 and for some reason, I have been bleeding heavily and nonstop for the past month. I’m scheduled to get my next shot in a few days, but I’m not sure if I should get it or not. If I don’t get it, is it likely that I’ll stop bleeding so much? Or will I bleed worse? All I want is to get this to stop. It makes me so miserable and I’m at a loss of words. I want to get an idea before I’m due to go in Incase I do decide to do it, so I get it on time. Please if anyone can help, I surely need it.

  1742. I have been bleeding constantly for I stop taking my depo shot last year in March was told be my doctors to come back n see them if I still have issues by May what should I do I’m so stressed

  1743. I started the shot in October of 2017, by December 2018 I spiraled into a deep/suicidal depression. I stopped the shot March 15,2019. Since then I have been hospitalized for complete muscle loss, extreme tingling all over my body. I also have dizziness and extreme nausea when my cycle comes along. I am fatigued and my bones hurt. I have lost 10 lbs since March so I am hovering at 115. I have no appetite and I can barely eat. I’ve been to the neurologist for my tingly feeling, I’ve had MRI’s, cat scans and a ton of blood work done. No one can explain what is going on. These side effects of getting off the depo are absolutely horrible. I really don’t know what to do. Any suggestions?

  1744. Just had recently gotten off the depo shot due to having bleeding for 2 1/2 months each time I got the shot! Now its been a week since I was suppose to get another shot and I feel like I can’t even get out of bed because the cramps and nausea are unbearable!! Also just the other week I had stopped bleeding from my 2 month long period and just today start spotting as if it’s going to start again. This is completely ridiculous. Really regret listening to my obgyn when i told her I didn’t want the shot again and she recommended trying it one more time.

  1745. I took depot shot and was bleeding but I ddnt know it was because of the depo so I reported to the hospital that I was bleeding and I was put on depot shot .I took about four doses in less than 3 months but the bleeding has stopped till now

  1746. i bled for three months continuously after stopping the shot it has been almost 12 months and i have not had a normal period just intermittent spitting for two weeks every two to three months. as for my stomach i look like i am 6 months pregnant as my belly is as big as it gets

  1747. i bled for three months continuously after stopping the shot it has been almost 12 months and i have not had a normal period just intermittent spitting for two weeks every two to three months. as for my stomach i look like i am 6 months pregnant as my belly is as big as it gets

  1748. My body has taken the depo shot really well. I have been on it for 4 years. The only problems I have, are when I’m trying to get off of it. I have severe fatigue, abnormal bleeding, nausea, headaches, loss of appetite, and irritability.

  1749. I have had such bad nausea since getting off of the shot i can never leave the the bathroom. My breast are so sore i can’t wear anything over them extreme hesdaches and constantly dizzy. I’ve never been this sick in my life and want to stop the nausea with any way possible. My periods also started coming back very heavily and i hacen not gotten an injection since December 2016

  1750. I have been off of the depo since 04/2019. It’s now June and my period has lasted over two weeks. I’m extremely bloated and fatigued no matter how much sleep I get. I will never use the depo again!

  1751. Help, came off depo 2 years ago after taking it for about 6 – 7 years. Had a period in February this year really heavy for about 10 days but thought it was just my body getting back to normal.
    Since then no periods, had scans and checks done by no problems with eggs etc.
    I am desperate to get my period back as I want to get pregnant but that’s never going to happen without my period.
    I get period pain every month but no period.
    I know it takes time for it to come back but this is ridiculous has anyone experienced this and what can I do to help my period to come back?
    Thanks

  1752. I am 38 years old I had drop injection twice it made my periods irregular I had one in Octobe2018 n then December 2018 because of depo I had irregular periods so I stopped after 2 injections n now experiencing every other day fatigue n tiredness n no periods for 2 n half months after stopping drop injections

  1753. Serious Hot Flashes, Headaches, numbers in arms, legs, hands. Fatigue, dizziness, nauseau, depression, bloating, weight gain, constipation, abdomenal pain etc.

  1754. I recently stopped the depo shots becaus of weight gain and other side effects that werent pleasent.. Since the detox started i have experienced mood swings, not wanting to eat, headachs, nausea and fatigue.. Its terrible and getting worse.. Hopefully by my next drs appointment ill be fine. Starting another bc then

  1755. My experience during the shot was ok. I loved not having my period. It wasn’t until a year in I realized I was so much heavier and my appetite was out the roof. Working out and eating healthy didn’t help me drop ONE POUND. I am about to go off of it and I’m so afraid it will make everything worse.

  1756. I stopped the depo shot in January. By April I still had not gotten my period and I was having symptoms of nausea, sore breasts and fatigue. I finally got my period at the end of May and it still hasn’t stopped 3 weeks later.

  1757. I just finished my first and last shot. I only took one. I had the worst mood swings no sex drive and bleeding allcday everyday for 3 months. I hated it. Now it been a week off everything and I’m still spotting and horrible cramps/bloating. Hope to feel normal soon.

  1758. I was on depo for about about a year had my last shot in january i was supposed to get next injection in march but had had enough of the mood swings weight gain and constant bleeding April i haf no bleeding up until the beginning of may which i assumed was my cycle because of how heavy it was stopped bleeding for like two days and began to spot since its been like that around the time of my period its a heavier flow and i contiounously spot between them throughout the month how do i make it stop should i see a doctor?

  1759. I was on depo for about three years. For the last 8 months of being on depo I bleed constantly everyday. I put on weight and was all over the place with emotions. Since coming off and going into therapy pill my breasts have become incredibly sore. So sore that I have to support them with the duvet in bed and am nervous to have my partner touch them. I am currently having my first proper period since coming off which is the most painful throngs I’ve experienced. Don’t do depo. The convenience isn’t worth it.

  1760. My side effect is pro longed menstrual … I’m bleeding for days then stopa for a couple days then starts all over again. This has been weeks to a month now.

  1761. Any help girls ? I was on the depo for 20 years, stopped in February 2019 it’s now nearly July and all I have had is bloating, weight gain increased beast size, no period yet have no idea how long this is going to go on for. I advise all the young woman I come in contact with not to take it, no problems when I was on it, I’m 40 I’m afraid I’m going to be childless that’s if I ever get my cycle back

  1762. I stopped taking the deposit shot 7 years ago after getting it for 6 years. My period never returned to this day.

  1763. please help me i use Depo-provera just for one month and i stop ,i am getting irregular period and from now i am breeding for how long will take to come back to normal? or can i go see the doctor? i am scared!

  1764. I took Depo for a year and had to stop in May because I was taking antibiotics. My period started right away and didnt stop until a week ago. It took two months for my period to end. Now I’m getting acne like crazy and I never got it this bad before.

  1765. Was on depo for almost 4 years. Been off of it for 2 weeks now and have extremely tender breasts and nipples, bloating, and lots of milky-white discharge.

    • ME TOO!! It’s terrifying cause those are signs of pregnancy. i’ve taken 4 tests already and all were negative. i’m just paranoid

  1766. I feel like an old lady while on and now coming off depo. My whole body hurts, my hands ache and feel weak. Headaches all the time, confusion and depression. I don’t feel like myself and have been like a moody monster to my poor family. I gained weight and have been bloated up like a balloon. I got on the depo because I didn’t wan’t to worry about birth control, I just wanted to get the shot and resume life like normal. But life hasn’t been normal and has really been harder since on depo. I wouldn’t ever get this shot again and am glad that I am finally just getting off of it. It’s scary to maker the change to get off and worried what I still will have to go threw, but am hoping that I can be my old self again ad hope that people read this before thinking about starting depo, you’ll regret it.

  1767. After my first shot i started bleeding continuously, especially worsened by sex. This massively affected my relationship luckily by boyfriend is very understanding. I was told to carry on as it would eventually ‘sort itself out’ 8 months later I still have completely irregular bleeding, I have vaginal burning when bleeding, extremely painful stomach pains and leg cramps. I don’t know how long this will last but I would not recommend this shot to anyone I wish I had researched the risks thoroughly beforehand as it’s just not worth the side effects.

  1768. I have used depo once then i didn’t return for my second shot..during that three months of my shot i went on my periods but my length was 7 days instead of my normal 4 days…so now its been 2 months with no signs of my periods this is unusual to me and i have weird symptoms I’ve been having this past months including mood swings

  1769. A month or so after I was supposed to get my next shot, but didn’t because of life’s busy schedual, I started getting my period again. But instead of one a month im not getting it every other week which is very frustrating, especially for my partner. The bleeding is light and I have no pain but still would like it to stop.

    I loved being on the shot but if you stop it’s not a fun ride.

  1770. I stopped my Depo shot about two months ago. The first month was fine no symptoms but I’m going on to my second and having lots of cramping as if I’m having a really bad period. I haven’t got my period yet. I’ve slowed right down on eating sometimes I don’t eat at all because my stomach is in so much pain and also feeling nausea. I admit it’s a good drug for birth control but stopping it is far worse as the cramps are getting stronger every day. Will not be having the shoy again.

  1771. I have a very different story than most people. I loved being on the depo shot bc before i had very heavy and painful periods and ovarian cysts. I got on the depo and that all changed. No more pain or periods! No period in the 3 years I was on it. But now, i have been off for 8 months (to try getting pregnant) and have terrible symptoms. Moodiness, no sex drive, still no periods – but all of the basic period symptoms. I am extremely nauseous and have pain in my lower stomach. Waiting to see a dr.

  1772. My symptoms are very deadly. I’ve experienced and mostly all the symptoms even osteoporosis my legs are barely able to keep my bodyweight I’ve only been on the injection for only 6months. I got ill and went to see a doctor and she immediately told me don’t take it again my life is not the same after taking the injection,I lost all my hair,weight, appetite,sex drive,even hard to see, I have a trait of sickle cells and due the fact i didn’tknow it was from the injection,it’s hard for me to evenwalk with my 21mnths son NO OFFENSE BUT THIS DRUG IS A KILLER.

  1773. I’m coming off the depo shot after almost 2 years. I’m experiencing horrible diarrhea. Worse than I’ve ever had. I’m emotional and moody and anything cant set me off into a rampage. I hate feeling like this mentally and physically. If this is what it’s like coming off I will never go back on.

  1774. I stopped the depo shot because my hair starting falling out I was spotting none stop I was always having blood in my underwear , I always had really bad cramps, I wasn’t always moody all the time I was never happy I felt depressed, my boobs got smaller, it made my eye vision worse

  1775. I started taking depo shot in December of 2018 and I just got I didn’t go get my third shot was due May 30th it’s been a roller coaster cause I started spotting and bleeding last month for two weeks and now I’m not getting anything but headache,tender breast, headaches, nausea and fatigue along with brown discharge and than some blood on and off..I been trying to get pregnant but honestly I’m starting to give up because I read it takes up to 6-18 months to get pregnant 🙁

  1776. I stopped taking depo june 18, 2019 its now july 11, 2019. I do not remember getting sick everytime i ate or getting a lot of migraines/neck pain prior ending the shot. I am searching into multiple things to find a answer. One thing i do remember is often when it was near time to receive my next shot i have severe what i thought were period symptoms (bloating, cramps, mood swings a extra lack of energy and a bipolar appetite). Im not jumping the gun to blaming the depo but it would be easing if doctors cared to look into this.

  1777. so far i’ve had sore breasts and a lot of milky white discharge. when i look those up they link to pregnancy but i’ve taken 4 tests that all came back negative. Anyone else having this? or should i get another preg test :/

  1778. I started the shot around Christmas time of 2017 and stopped it early on in 2019. My gynecologist put me on the pill directly after, in order to try and regulate my menstrual cycle again. I’m 21 years old and worried I had breast cancer due to the unbelievable amount of breast pain I’ve been experiencing in my left breast/underarm area. I stopped taking the pill about a month ago and still have extreme discomfort around my left breast. And I’ve had back pain on the left side too. What should I do? Is this normal?

    • I have had the same problem of the pain in the breast. However, unless accompanied by a lump or other cancer symptoms it is unlikely to be cancer. It is also not unheard of for your breasts to continue to grow/change through-out the early 20’s and the size of your breasts can fluctuate at any time, even as an adult. (That’s why they recommend having your bra size measured every six months or so) which may explain the pain, as mine stopped growing whilst I was on the injection and, since stopping the injection, have now started filling out again. As well as this, tender/sore breasts are quite common DURING a period. I would say it was normal, however, if you feel differently, for your peace of mind you should consult a doctor.

  1779. I was on the depo Provera injection for four years after being on the pill for eight years prior. I’ve been on the birth controls for endometriosis symptoms; heavy prolonged bleeding, full body cramping lain, nausea..etc. The DP injection completely stopped my period and most of the painful endometriosis symptoms altogether and that was great. I was very “healthy” the first two years; ate extremely well and exercised regularly. The last two years I let up a little on my healthy habits and gained 35 pounds in a year. I got off the birth control because I wanted to find more natural remedies for the endo pain and didn’t want to continue putting this “stuff” in my body. I got my first period ten months after my last injection. Trying to insert a tampon or menstrual cup is extremely painful and the bleeding is as heavy as it was before ever getting on birth control. Over the last six-seven months I’ve been EXTREMELY fatigued, moody, and unmotivated. My endo pain is also fully back and extremely painful as well.

  1780. I have been on the shot for 12yrs and I don’t want to get it at the end of the month. How long before I can get pregnant

  1781. I have been on the depo for 19 year’s straight. Just came off it 5 month’s ago and still no period. Want to get pregnant but getting no where. Never had the issues you are all talking about. I went on it because of how heavy my period was during school then found out I am allergic to condoms. So I desperately want to be a mum but worries me and my Dr a bit as no period yet..

  1782. I actually never put two and two together but when I stopped taking the depo 2 years ago after 6 continuous years I found that things did change. all of these symptoms actually are symptoms that I go through now that I didn’t before . I feel like I’m missing a vitamin or something that my body needs to function correctly. I’ve been experimenting a lot with over-the-counter vitamins to help with extreme fatigue , they have helped but nothing has quite made me feel the same that I used to a couple years ago. This could actually really be the answer. I’m going to get back on the depo just to see if I feel any change in myself as far as fatigue and the other possible “symptoms” .
    We shall see and hopefully anyone else is going through symptoms can find something. There might be a bigger reason to this all but I’ll try anything to feel the same again.

  1783. The first time I was on the depo shot win I was a teen .I had to get off because I had highblood prasser. The 2ed time I got on this I was much older it did help my proids stop or get liter .but no side effects of high blood pressure

  1784. I had no problems when using Depo shot. It worked really well for me. I used it for about 8 years.

    But now I’ve stopped as my partner and I want a baby.

    And oh my god. For the last 3 months I’ve had extremely heavy periods, lasting 7 days, with some small clots. Severe lower abdominal pain, focused on the areas of which my ovaries are.

    Then about a week to ten days later, another period would begin. It would start with the pain again, smelly dark heavy spotting for 3 days, then heavy bleeding for 5 days. Terrible pain on and off.

    Also a little moody and light headed through out both bleeds.

    It’s been 3 months of this now. And I’m over it!

    I’m 40. I’ve have 3 children already, ages 22, 20 and 14.

    My partner doesn’t have a child, hence me getting off the shot.
    I was unaware of the side effects of depo, possibly messing with fertility for up to 2 years.

    If that’s the case with me, my last window of opportunity to have a child is lost. Just has me feeling so sad.

  1785. In my case i had a bad effect of taking depo. My mood changes, bleeding for 3 months with worst cramps, i lose weight i think because i became skinny and then my skin became dark even if i used whitening lotion its like theres no changes at all.will my skin returns to normal color if i stop using depo? I just finished my depo this month and i im not planning to get a shot again. Too bad.

  1786. I have been on the depo shot about 18 years. I recently got off of it. My breast have enlarged and are very tender. I’m very fatigued. No energy.

  1787. Was on the Depo shot since 2013 and stopped four months ago, after being hospitalized for severe stomach cramps and being told by my GP that the depo can cause cysts/ulcers. My periods returned after a month and seemed to be reasonably regular, however, did not match up with the pattern I had before I started taking it. In May, I noticed that my period was a lot heavier and more painful, with bloating and sore breasts. In June, I had no period at all but suffered from stomach ache and fatigue. This month I had a period in the beginning, but it seemed to be old blood (maybe what I didn’t bleed from the month before?) and have now started again, but it seems more ‘fresh’. Hence why I found myself here. I am relieved to see others have similar experiences as I was growing quite concerned. However, I am annoyed that the doctor I saw for the injections assured me there were no health risks, no known effects on fertility and that my periods would return to ‘normal’ immediately after stopping the injection. Such misinformation could be so dangerous! Though I really am not enjoying the symptoms I have now, I am relieved that I am off it and think I have made the right choice.

  1788. I feel these side effects as well, I dont knowing I want to continue, what other safe options are out there? All of these birth control option have so many side effects

  1789. I been on my period two months since then bad i stop doing the shot my health hasnt been the same since then i dont feel good cause of it and i want to vomit is this normal it makes me bloated

  1790. I have been on the injection since February 1st 2019. I stopped taking it when my third injection was due for personal reasons but i did not experience major issues compared to many women. I had bloating and bleeding for a month however compared to the horrific combined pill the injection was basically heaven sent to me. I might even go back on it, i just wanted my body to take a break from all the hormones i have been feeding it but honestly i would say its best to try and if you dont like it, you can always get off it. Now that its been a few weeks that ive been off i can feel my sex drive come back massively and my mood much lighter but overall the pill was hell.

  1791. I just stopped getting my depo. And I am so sick. My whole body hurts. Headaches and Hot flashes, nausua, I’m dizzy and exhausted. I hate it. Ive never gone through this before. I will never get another one again. It’s been 4 days straight. Ive cancelled work. I can’t get out of bed.

  1792. I was on the depo for 3 years and I loved it. I didn’t gain weight and I didn’t have a period for 3 years. It was great! The issue I have is when I stopped depo. I stopped so my body can regulate and my husband and I could go down the path of starting a family. It makes sense that when you stop a contraceptive that your hormones would take time to regulate. Getting off birth control was the worst experience. I had mood swings, anxiety, depression, weight gain, breast tenderness, and then the period came. I was supposed to receive my last shot 05/13/19 and my cycle came on 7/13/19 so two months I thought was early but everyone’s different so that’s fine. So I downloaded an app to track the cycles. Two weeks later, another period came so I hope this isn’t a thing every two weeks. When I talked to my physician she shrugged as well and referred me to Gyn. I just wish there was more research on the side effects of discontinuing depo provera and what to expect. Everything I find is about starting it and continuation of it.

  1793. I have stopped the depo but I’m still experiencing the increasing in appetite and leg cramps is that normal

  1794. I stopped depo shot the 3 months one because i was getting to fat ..so now my breast is tender feel tired every day..

  1795. I was on depo for 2 years stopped in April was suppose to get another dose but decided to give my body a break & also trying to conceive… being on depo I have not experienced any side affects what’s so ever depression could’ve came from the shot but I’m a teen so who knows my sex drive was the same and I had no period as soon as I started the depo. When I first started depo I don’t know if I got pregnant on it or right before the injection Andy the pregnancy test couldn’t read it…. I officially go on depo after my abortion from my mistake sadly I was so Young so I don’t know my exact date of my last period but I’ve now stop taking birth control any time it was time for a new shot I would spot now that I’m off I started bleeding it’s now 3 month ago still no side effects but I am consistently bleeding and lookin forward to stopping to complete my broken heart which was my aborted baby…

    • I feel your regret about the aborted baby because i did thesame thing and immediately started depo shots for 2 and a half years. I stopped 2 years ago .I am now mentruating normally and hoping and praying to God to give me that opportunity of being pregnant again.

  1796. So….I only received two or three shots (I think I received two) I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, as well as fibroids, and on top of that, my liver can not absorb birth control in pill form, so it’s either the patch or the injection. Last year, I took the Morning After Pill only once, and my period seemed to be behaving oddly afterwards. So I thought getting on Birth Control would help even me out, as well as an extra preventive measure against pregnancy. I don’t know why I thought the Depo shot would be great for the first reason, but, anyway. After my first shot, I had a period for almost 3 months. With cramping when I wasn’t on my cycle. After my second shot, and I noticed that I was still bleeding the Red Sea, I decided to quit. So I just never went back for a third shot. Partly because the physician I was seeing, refused to give me another form of Birth Control, because she said my blood pressure was elevated and wanted me to see my main physician (Even though I had told her I had just slurped down about 20 ounces of Mocha Frappe with extra chocolate syrup while waiting in the waiting room. But alas.) So that was……back in….April or March of this year. It is now August. And I have had 3 week periods, with a break of one week, and then back on for 3 weeks. For the past…..I want to say 5 months. I’m really really frustrated. And I’m afraid if I go to my main physician, nothing would really be done. I don’t have insurance, I’m basically seeing a state doctor and a state OBGYN and it takes FOREVER to get an appointment. I’m hoping that my body will eventually even out, but…..the breast tenderness, the cramping, the back pain, the nausea, the bloatedness, the head aches, the mood swings, all of this, because I’m habitually on my period. I just want it to end. Make it end.

  1797. The first time i got on depo i wasnt on my cycle so it caused me to bleed for 3 weeks off 1 week bleed 3 weeks off 1 week until i ended up in hospital n was taking off of it. Well 6months later because all the pills made me really sick i went back to depo but i was on my cycle when i got it this time. I just finished my last shot for my 2year term of being on depo n in the 2 years i never had a cycle or cramps. I would only spot one time around the time for my next shot but that was it. My first experience with depo was horrible but my 2nd one was terrific. I hate i have to switch now.

    • And also depo does cause depression n mood changes but i have Persistent Depressive Disorder, Insomnia, PTSD, and Agoraphobia so i was already antidepressants n mood stabilizers so i think thats why i didnt go thru the mood stages of the depo

  1798. I got my first drop shot almost exactly 3 months ago. At first I experienced mood swings but I think that’s normal. It started to get better until nearing time for my new shot. Mood swings came back and I’m very irritable but the main thing is I’m nauseous all the time almost. I spotted the entire 3 months too it started about a week after I got the shot and never ended. I can deal with everything but the nausea isn’t so strong I don’t want to get the second shot.

  1799. I stopped taking a depo shot for almost 3 months. I experienced spotting for 3 months and pain in my breast until today. Is it normal?

  1800. I was on the depo shot just weeks after giving birth to my son. It was August of 2017. I went in every three months to get it done. I quit taking it around April of 2019. I’m wanting to have a child close in age to my son. After being off of it I had odd periods, one month it was late by a little, the next month it was late a few weeks, and no I don’t have any periods. I’m worried that I will be one of those unlucky people that would have to wait a few years to have a child. Is this all normal? I don’t understand how I can have periods then, soon after I completely stopped taking the depo, but now there is nothing going on . I have taken pregnancy test, just in case if I did end up getting pregnant, but they all had came back negative. I don’t understand what’s going on. Can someone please tell me if this is normal?

  1801. I have been off the depo now for a month my whole body hurts but my boobs are so sensitive and I never understood why but now I know. Know one told me the depo was a bad idea I had my son April 13, 2014 the dr told me to get the depo shot never read anything to me. I have been trying to have a baby for a month now and I still haven’t. Everyone around me is having babies it’s not fair that no one told me the side effects and I should of had other options but I didn’t. I am only 24 my son is 5 with no siblings. I don’t think It’s fair for my son or my husband

  1802. I was on depo for a few months and after I stoped it I still have not went back to my regular Cycle and it has been three month sents I stoped it.but well I was on it it did it job very well

  1803. I started the Depo shot after my fifth child, knowing what I know now I never would’ve done that I would’ve figured out another way. While I was on it I had such bad acne, horrible weight gain, mood swings, And then when I went off of it after I told my husband he was getting fixed, I had horrible side effects to it that are still lasting. I’ve been off of this for four years and I still have horrible anxiety which I never had it’s extremely hard for me to lose the weight that I gained and Sometimes I suffer through depression I never felt any of this crap until I started getting best shot. Totally not worth it

  1804. I have recently come off the depo after nearly 6 years. Since being on it i gained weight and no matter what i haven’t been able to shift it. Ive lost all sex drive and ive been moody as hell. I haven’t started any periods yet but i have had cramping and i’m in agony in my lower back. Still moody and no sex drive. Ive only been off it a month. Im dreading when the periods start again. Docs were reluctant to say about what would happen coming off. I asked if i needed to see anyone about stopping and they said no just dont come for your next jab.

  1805. I got 1 dosage of the depo shot almost 4 years ago after I had my baby ,and during these 4 years I’ve only had 3 periods is there something I can do to get my period back to normal because we’re trying to have another baby

  1806. I started depo back in 2016 and I bled the entire 3 months so I stopped, then started again because my boyfriend and I were looking for a contraceptive we can trust. My next shot was supposed to be on the 25th of July but I didn’t go for it. Now, 2 weeks later I am nauseous, have back pains and I’m sleeping all night and day(currently off at work) and I have abdominal pain, but no blood. When my boyfriend and I spoon and he puts his hand on my lower belly I cannot stand it! I’ve never had a problem with my sex drive, in fact a day without having it would have me musterbating but the thing was after I came I bled- every single time. My boobs are also painful right now, depo is for the strong ones. I’m a weakling lol.

  1807. I gained 70 pounds, lost my period, lost all sex drive, and was so depressed and fatigued all the time. It will have been a year and five months on August 18th 2019, and I got my period twice since stopping the depo two months between each period and now it’s been 5 months since my last period. I can’t get the weight off, but my sex drive is fantastic now, my depression isn’t as bad anymore (I already had it before the depo it just made it far far worse) and I am not fatigued all the time anymore. I’m terrified to go in for an evaluation at a gynecologist because I’m so scared that I may not be able to have children anymore now. I will never ever recommend the depo shot to anyone and in fact discourage people from getting it because I have friends who have gone through the same thing or who bled excessively and gained weight. Awful birth control. Just stick with condoms. I hate birth control medication, no matter what kind I’ve used I’ve always had so many issues being on it.

  1808. After my son was born doctors had put me on the depo shot and between several doctors kept me on the depo shot for nearly eleven years with out once telling me i should not be on this treatment for over two years i only found this out after i went off of it on my own because my soon to be husband and i had decided we wanted to start trying for a child for the first few months i had been off of the depo i had a regular period for around four months then it stopped once again for four month and when i did have a period again two months after that i startedvbleeding uncontrolably and had no choice after several visits to the emergancy room i made an appointment with an obgyn to find out what was going on .From having been on the deo for so many years with no period what so ever there had been huge blood deposits set up behind my uteris causing uncontrolable blood loss and excreushiating pain that wouldnt stop leving me with something the doctor called koopriscopia xausing me to have to take lupron shots every six month and then having to take a hormone to get the bleeding to stop and itbis now two years later and i havent had another period .Doctors are unsure if i will ever be able to have children again after being kept on a short term medication for so very long with out my knowing that the doctors should have stopped the shot some nine years before i stopped going for my tri monthly shot we still pray that maybe some dad before we are to old to be able to raise and love a child i be able to get pregnant and have a health child. My newest opsticle to arrive is that i have started fully lactating engorged with milk and have taken several pregnancy test to all come out negative tho i have every symptom of being pregnant guess it is back to the obgyn for more tests how much more cloud my experience with the depo put me threw not much more i hope and well we arent getting our hopes up until we have had a full blood workup on m. Prayers please i deffinately would appreciate them with what im going threw

  1809. I got the depo shot and after about 2 weeks I got my period. I thought that it was normal and all considering it hadn’t been that long and the shot needed time. Cut to almost 8 months later and I never stopped bleeding. I had continuous bleeding for 8 months. Talked to my doctors and they told me it was normal since I had a very thick uterus 🙄 then I got off of it and my period kept going. It stopped for about 3 weeks and now it’s been a month of continuous bleeding. I’m worried that something is wrong and the shot may have messed me up. Any advice?

    • ok SO!!!!!!!!
      i was on the injection for 1.5 years,
      i am now getting of it and havent had my injection at he begging of the month.
      i had stopping for the first 9 months, but the week i should get my period i would get a very light period during that time, on the second month after every injection.

      My doctor let me get the injection every 2 months to stop the bleeding because it would be painful for me.

      Now i am not on the injection, i am having stabbing pains in my chest, and stomach, breathing issues and a moody bitch…

      i would be happy to be bleeding, its just your body, i would be more worried if i didnt bleed.. xx

  1810. I was on this shot for about a year and 9 months, after which I quit it. About a month before I decided to quit the injection, I started bleeding after not bleeding for the past 8 months. This was about 3 and a half months ago and I’m still to this day bleeding and I don’t know what to do I’m so tired and broke from having to buy feminine products on a weekly basis. My body is tired of discharging so much and I just want it to stop. Please, please, please give me some advice!

  1811. I had depo since 2017, and l decided to stop it ,from February 2019,l got my period on July, and then July l didn’t get anything till now,my breast are painful, and become big am gaining weight a bit ,if l can ask is it normally

  1812. Hello – Can i just say that this forum i have spent quite possibly everyday day staring at and reading. Thank you so much everyone for posting their experiences and to a few who have actually returned to post updates! I have had quite possibly the worst 9 months ever in terms of feeling nothing like myself and resulting to thinking i was dying. I was put onto the injection when i was roughly 15 years old as my body rejected all forms of contraception (Implant had to be removed, tablets stopped. this was down to bleeding all the time and also migraines) and i was on and off for years due to break ups etc and never really had bad withdrawals just a bit of irregular bleeding but it was be max 6 months between shots i would come off and on so i guess not much chance was given. I loved the depo and never had issues using it, besides when it was close to being due i would start to bleed slightly, i never got concerned as i never got periods on the injection for years so when it happened the odd time when it was due i didnt mind. I finally met prince charming and with the bleeding becoming an issue around dec 2018 and jan 2019 i decided not to get my injection in feb 2019. I also was getting severe cramping at this point and believed my body was rejecting the injection finally (my moods also swinged up and down but i do have anxiety and depression and i hated my job at the time etc so didnt think much of it) and we proceeded to go on holiday for valentines. This is when the bleeding became a problem. I started to experience pain, ALOT OF PAIN, at all points, sometimes in the night would i would wake up unable to breathe or i would be sick and the bleeding wouldn’t always reflect this (only light when the pain was horrendous and it felt like it should be heavier to reflect this) and i was going through many tampons and pads. Being in a relatively new relationship i was embarrassed and hid this from my partner best i could till it became appear i was comnstantly on my period. He is a lovely guy and understands and said its okay maybe time will help and my body will get back to normal but to stay off of contraception till it does and we will just use condoms. We did this but the sex began to get less and less due to my being on and off bleeding (More so on) sometimes light sometimes heavy, sometimes id have pain sometimes not too bad. I have IBS also so when i was bloated a lot it didnt really concern me too much as i am used to monitoring this and know what to eat or not to eat or to take to help. Till it started to become unbearable. I bleed now so so so heavy everyday all day, sometimes at night and i wake up covered in blood because it caught me off guard. I convinced myself i have cancer and that i was dying and all the other symptoms people put on here about sickness, headaches, bloating, UTI’s, acne, weight GAIN, mood swings and so so much more (not hair loss) and oily skin and spots places i never would normally. My boobs are HUGE and so so sore, my boyfriend laughs because they are just so heavy and big but so so sore. I have all the pregnancy symptoms but have taken maybe 7 tests since march 2019 till today aug 2019. i am at my wits end. But by reading this forum all day everyday some people noted down vitamins and pills etc. I took note of EVERY single one and researched them all to death. I forgot to mention i am so so tired and fatigued no matter what i do and struggle with day to day life because of it now too. i have now bought pregnenolone, B12 iron, evening primrose oil and fultic acid, i started these 3 days ago and the bleeding has just suddenly come to a hault today. No bleeding over night and the odd SPOT today but nothing else. I suddenly feel happy (ish) after crying all day everyday for so long, i dont feel quite as sick, my dizziness is starting to stop, i dont know what worked the most or if any of it did a thing ive not clue but all i know is THE BLEEDING STOPPED TODAY. I may come back on tomorrow and cry my eyes out but today i feel a bit better to just stop bleeding for a few hours as the past few days it was unusually heavy (changing pad every two hours). I have a phone consultation with the GP monday which i made a few weeks ago out of being so scared and angry and at my its end. So will discuss more then. I also have a gynecology appointment next month ive waited 4 months for (my gosh) so fingers crossed im okay and havent got anything serious or that could ruin my chances of babies in the future. I hope this helps someone out there whos trying to help themselves as this forum has given me hope there is light at the end of the tunnel and if the bleeding does come back tomorrow at least these vitamins/tablets have helped me a little in terms of some of the withdrawal effects. I wants babies in the next two years i think so i will NEVER EVER go on anything every again, condoms only im afraid as i feel if this happened again i would be at my wits end. Please feel free to email me if you have any further questions for me or just to share your experience and be listened too and once again thank you everyone for making me a little less scared. Jennaleighpearce1995@gmail.com

  1813. i was on depo for a little over 2 years. it’s normal to bleed for a few months when you get your second injection i honestly had random spotting/ bleeding until my 3rd or 4th injection then i would only bleed once every 3 months around the time my shot was due & when i got my shot the bleeding would stop instantly.. i had the worst experience on depo honestly but was too scared to get off. i had headaches, bad fatigue, breast pain & i was always in a mood. it was like being on your period for 2 years with no blood. even after 2 years i still felt that way and i was sick of it. depo is not worth it at all. it also made me really sensitive down there & i started catching vaginal infections for the smallest things & i had never gotten them before depo. when i got off the shot i had random spotting/ bleeding but my periods returned after 2 months, my period starts off heavy & ends very lightly as of right now. i didn’t get alot of pain when my period returned just normal cramping. i gained alot of weight getting off depo & i still don’t feel like my old self but i hope i do soon because i’ve dealt with dumb symptoms for so long. i worry about trying to conceive when i’m ready but i hope this helped some of you. if you’d like to talk depo dm me on instagram @saravalintina i’d be happy to answer any questions (:

  1814. My last shot was on November 2018, I got my period back on July 10 2019, it’s August 17 and I’m still on it. It’s horrible!

  1815. Hello everyone,
    I have been on the Depo shot for about 6 and a half years and my doctor said she wants to get me off of it before the 7 year mark. She recommended either an IUD or one of the bars that is put in your arm to keep my period from coming back too strong. I was thinking of just staying off birth control and using condoms to help my body be more healthy. I am very scared to get off the Depo based on everyone’s comments. What do I do? Should I immediately try another birth control so I dont have to deal with side effects? Or should I just get off so my body isnt on medications?

  1816. So i been on deposit since like high school…. I’m 27 now.

    I recently stopped taking depo, haven’t had my shot in over 3-4 months,

    I recently started the bleeding and spotting but that only lasted about 5 days…. I’m so confused. Shouldn’t i be bleeding for days?

  1817. I was on the depo shot for 6 years.
    Loved everything about it!
    I took my last shot in December 19 and have been experiencing terrible symptoms – sore, swollen breasts and nipples, hardening of the lower abdomen, gas and digestive discomfort, moodiness, no sex drive, increased sweating, acne, tiredness.

    Its very difficult to deal with and quite misleading when partner and i are trying for a baby.

  1818. I’ve been a the depo shot since 2000 and I just stopped it march 2019 and started taking the pill. I want to know if i’m infertile?

  1819. I was also on depo for about a year and a half. While being on it I completely lost my sex drive and became moody as hell. I’m so glad I decided to go off it because honestly the side effects aren’t worth it. I stopped taking the shot in October last year, and only got my period 6 months later. But ever since my period returned I’ve been extra bloated and suffering from lower back pain. When I was in the shot though I had really bad acne and ever since my period returned I no longer have acne. I wouldn’t reccomend the shot to anyone and definitely wish I hadn’t taken it in the first place.

  1820. Currently going through withdrawal from the depo and at times it feels like I have the flew. My legs feel like jello at times and are in a lot of pain. I’ve been sleeping way too much to the point I have trouble waking up. Very tired when I go to work. I’ve been crying off and on for the last 72 hours. Every little thing triggers emotion. My new symptom is stomach pain and bad. All because my doctor can’t do her job and refill my prescription.

    • Also heat flashes. I’m 26 with endometriosis and it has been a good solution up until this point. Yes there are negative effects which are annoying but not having endometriosis pain makes it worth it.

  1821. I was on the depo shot for 4 yrs and for me it was the best and most convenient form of birthcontrol I had used in the past I had those horrible periods the first time I used it my second time experience was pleasant didn’t have no side effects I felt great but as the years went by I keep injecting it I felt hot flashes alot of nervousness anxiety was at it’s worst I felt alot of depression u just feel like your not yourself at all besides the fact that my sexual life was nearly ruined because the lack of sexual thrive no matter how much I tried I couldn’t find the way to get aroused I couldn’t function I was a prisoner of myself. it help me by not getting pregnant but the side effects are horrible. It was like do I wanna feel depressed or pregnant ? It was a horrible experience now it’s been a month I’m off it and I’m starting to feel like myself withdrawals aren’t fun but it’s getting there would I give this another try? I don’t think so

  1822. So I took my first depo shot in feb. so I’ve only got 2 shots . And I decided I didn’t want to Be on it anymore so was suppost to get the 3rd shot August 14. Throughout the depo my periods where normal last 5days. But when I started my period at the end of July it hasn’t stopped . So since getting off the depo I have been on my period for a month now and I get excessive cramps. It also hasn’t increased my hunger. Should I go to my obgyn?

    • I only had one shot and decided it wasnt for me about a week after i was supposed to get my second shot i started bleeding like crazy. Its been about a month now my docor said its normal but im not sure. I was wondering if you have seen your doctor and what they said

  1823. Im coming towards the end of my depo and my hunger has increased a whole lot. For the first 2 months it was regular. Now i can stop eating im so hungry. I’ve decided to leave the birth controls alone. Im going back to condoms.

  1824. I regret taking depo so much. I started January 2019 and I was fine and dandy up to July. Got my 3rd shot July 4th. A few days later started spotting. I’ve been bleeding for over a month now, the shot has made me super sensitive to the sun, passed out after standing 1hour in disney. Yup passed out in front of slinky dog dash. Ive been extremely nauseous. Constant abdominal pain. I can’t sleep and my doctors won’t even try to help me. I’m miserable and can’t wait for this shot to be up. I get blistering headaches and my face hasn’t been breaking out bad too. Don’t take this shot. I regrettttt it so much.

  1825. I went off the depo because my hair was falling out. But since I went off it I started my period again. But it’s not normal and i go months in between not having one when I do it lasts only 3 days and after going off my period I get very sick and sometimes end up in the ER.. but I have no signs of pregnancy and have taken a test. I was taking depo because I was told I possibly have endometriosis.But none of the birth control medications worked for me and they also made me sick while on them.

  1826. I’ve been on Depo for six years straight at first I thought it was the most amazing thing on earth, I initially started the shot because I would have terrible menstrual cramps and bleed very heavily. However, the first three years were great…the cramping stopped & I completely stopped having a period but after the fourth year I noticed my weight gain began to increase, I became extremely moody, my sex drive was some shit, my bones constantly kept cracking (bone density), and I always was cold & I just felt weird all the time, later to find out I was Vitamin D deficient and I have Iron deficiency, I talked with my fiancé’ about getting off and ofcourse he agreed it’s not normal for our bodies…..My last day to get my injection is Sept 6, 2019 but I will not be taking it, I’m unsure of what to expect since I’ve been on it so long but I guess I will find out

  1827. I just finished my depo provera shots, like stopped them and didn’t get another one after my time range ran out on September 3rd. I have been extremely gassy and bloated feeling ever since? I’m 17.

  1828. I used it for almost a month. Never again. Gained a lot of weight. Moody. Depressed. My period never came back for at least 6 months and got worried so I stopped. Lost sex drive. Developed progesterone dermatitis rash whenever my period starts. I’m a complete mess. My health is worsening. I’m glad I stopped. I’m upset as to why my doctor recommended that. I should’ve just stick to monthly pills. Those didn’t give me problems back then. Never again on depo shots. Ugh. I’m trying to maintain a good diet and trying to lose weight. It’s hard to.

  1829. Hello! I was on depo Provera for about 3 1/2 almost 4 years and I just stopped taking it a month ago and I have been bleeding for 2 weeks very heavy. My breast are extremely tender and I’m exhausted all the time. I have had little to no sex drive at all. That shot has made my life a living hell! I will never recommend it to a soul! Now I’m too nervous to try a new birth control due to these side effects. Idk if any else has had this happen but I feel awful for anyone going through this. I just wish I knew what the after math of this shot would be.

  1830. I was on Depo for 23 years. I had no bone loss. I went through menopause with minor symptoms while on it. I had no breakthrough bleeding ever. All pap smears were negative. No breast health concerns.

  1831. Once I stop using depo I experienced alot of bad side effects. I would have two periods in one month, I would suffer from headaches and I never have headaches, I would have stomach pains and vomiting atleast twice a week, I lost alot of hair and my acne flared up really bad. I had to start pills just to get my body back to normal.

  1832. I have stopped my injection beginning of May, still don’t menstruate and it’s been 5 months now. Is this the sign of infertility?

  1833. Hi i once used a injectible pills last for three months. And after that i finally had my period and then had it again every two weeks. Is that still normal?

  1834. I have just gotten my 4th shot and I would like to try something else but I’m kind of scared of the withdrawal symptoms. The shot is making me very moody, have severe headaches and I’m cramping a lot of the time. Although I don’t have all the symptoms, the reason I got on the depo was to stop my cramps but in the past 4 months I am getting random abdominal pains that are where my cramps were and they are just as bad as my period cramps were. If anyone has switched from the depo to the copper iud please let me know how that went.

  1835. I was on the depo shot for 3 months i had spoting and painful cramps in my pelvic area. I decided the shot wasnt for me. About a week after i was supposed to go back for my second shot i started bleeding like crazy and it wont stop i was wondering if anyone knows how long it will last

    • I’m so scared cause it’s my first month and I’m never getting it again cause it’s cramping and bleeding everyday,I’m scared that I will bleed for up to 3Months💔💔,Have you stopped bleeding?

  1836. I have a question! Is it possible to get pregnant after you have finished Brown period discharge which came after you have stopped depo ?but without having to have normal periods with blood!

  1837. I feel like I am pregnant. Have all symptoms of pregnancy yet pregnancy tests are negative. It been over 2 months now. Breast areaola even changes color to black like pregnant woman. Will never use petogen again. It also takes long to be flushed out of the system after ceasation.

  1838. I’ve been on & off depo (treating endometriosis), since early 2000’s, stopping every few yrs just to make sure everything was working. Decided to go off it because I’d like to get pregnant, but it’s been almost a yr since my last shot (Nov) & I still haven’t gotten my period. It’s never taken this long before & I’m starting to worry. I’ve had episodes of extreme cramps (normal for my periods), but no bleeding yet. Has anyone else had a long wait for their period to start?

    • I forgot to mention some things. I’m now 37 & Endometriosis runs in my family (both sisters had to get full/partial hysterectomies & maternal grandma died from ovarian cancer), so when my periods started getting really bad late teens I heard about the shot & that 1) no periods, & 2) it slows down endometriosis. My periods would last sometimes 3wks w/ debilitating cramps & extremely heavy bleeding & the pill did absolutely nothing to help. The depo really was an amazing thing for me & w/out periods I was actually able to function for more than a week each month. So I don’t regret getting it, would have missed out on so much otherwise.

      Only side effects, though I didn’t know until recently that even was 1, is that I had 0 sex drive & it was very difficult to reach climax. But since I started on the depo before I was ever sexually active, I always thought it was something wrong w/ me. The 1st break I took I don’t really remember, but I don’t think I had any problems as far as side effects. 2nd time was after my  (ex)husband & I moved to SF for his master’s degree. We were extremely broke, so I couldn’t afford to go on it. Thinking back, I’d had a lot of painful stomach issues but always thought it was stress related, not so sure now. Got back on it 3-4yrs later in 2014, & was diagnosed w/ fibromyalgia just before that. So I’m not sure if the weight gain & some other things were due to the depo or the Gabapentin (another drug they don’t tell you everything about & I stopped that 2yrs ago).

      Since I decided to miss my last injection due early feb 2019 so that my fiance & I can have a baby, I’ve had a lot of different things going on physically, but I’ve also stopped taking my Baclofen (muscle spasms) & Rizatriptan  (migraines since early teens). About a week after my missed shot I got really bad cramps & normal pre-period crap, so I seriously thought I was about to start. But also had HUGE mood swings which was different. There’s been nothing since. Just this past wk I’ve been getting nonstop migraines even when the weather is clear, constantly exhausted, achey, and serious hot flashes. I’ve never had hot flashes before, so I started getting scared cause I’ve only ever heard about them in connection w/ menopause. Started looking up if depo can cause premature menopause & found this site. SOOOOO glad I did!!!

      Reading about everyone’s experience has really reassured me that this can be normal. I’m hoping that since this is happening now, it means the shot is finally getting out of my system & I’ll start having periods again soon. I’m getting really tired of constantly being paranoid about when I’m going to start & always wearing a liner just in case. I know it’ll be bad, always was absolute hell, & ready to just get it over with.

      Also, I read further up that the depo gets stored in body fat, which makes sense now that its taking longer for me than in the past since my metabolism has slown down over the yrs & I’m not as physically active as I was 10yrs ago in SF.

  1839. I lost insurance and had to stop the shot 2 months ago. My period has been nonstop ever since. I’m losing my mind, and my money, because I’ve run through so many tampons in this time

  1840. Been on depo corn 6 months I blew up like a balloon probably gained 15 pounds first 3 months , I was very angry and depressed . Decided to give depo another go after a month break this time around Ian fine besides the weight gain but now it’s expiring out of system and I’m very moody and sad and crying over everything. I’m not going to do this to much self again .

  1841. I stop my depo after being on it for almost 2 yrs .. my depos last day was Aug 23.. I normally start my period before it over or atlease a light period.. this time I’m just random spotting ( then that stop to) an I’m getting bloated will I get my period back ?? Should I be seeing a doctor.

  1842. When I waa on it laat year I was CONSTANTLY bleeding. I got it twice and decided to stop when the bleeding didnt stop. 8 straight months on my period. Now it stopped almost 2 months ago and still no period. I’m not pregnant or anything. Ive been waiting to start so I can start taking the pill but I’m thinking about seeing a doctor about this because I’m worried. I dont know whats going on with my body but I’m afraid that it really screwed me up

  1843. I used the shot once (three months,) and stopped it in May. I have not gotten my period since, and have experienced many symptoms including acne on my face & body, breast tenderness, not being able to sleep, mood swings, HORRIBLE cramps, and spotting. So, pretty much the same thing as being on the shot. Except the cramps I’m experiencing now are so much worse. And nothing helps them to feel better. I would not suggest the depo shot to my worst enemy. It has put me through absolute hell.

  1844. I have been off of the Depo for one month. I was on it for two years after my son was born and it actually was good for me minus not having a period the entire time … I actually came on this site to see if how I’m feeling and the Depo are related.. I am bloated … normal pre menstrual cycle things, but … am extremely nauseous currently, dizziness and cramps.

  1845. Hello,I kayleen Nelson from Papua New Guinea,as been having Ng problem with falling pregnant again,I only took the shot when my son was 1yr n I stopped and thinking I would fall pregnant again for but none,it’s 7yrs now I stayed ,but seen my flow irregularly why???

  1846. I’ve recently come off the pill injection after years of being on it , I have suffered very bad breast , very emotional crying all the time stomach cramps , but no discharge

  1847. I have been using petogen for 2years..and this year on 08 May i stopped taking the shot, then on17 June i had my period since then i have been having periods always when having sex..im so worried and its annoying

  1848. I have just gotten off the depo this month ,and now I’m cramping now . I’m 47 years old plus I’m going though perminopause as well .

  1849. I’ve been receiving the depo shot for about three years, not regularly about every 4 months but enough to not get my period in between shots. When’s I first started I remembered experiencing bad depression for the first two months, but that was about my only side effect. Now that im getting off of depo, about 5 months since my last shot, I’m beginning to experience the same depression. Hopefully it wears off soon!

  1850. I took the depo shot for 18 yrs and had no problems with it. First shot period stopped. Been off a yr and half still no period. Trying to firgure out if there are withdrawl symptoms and if my period will ever come back.

  1851. I was on the shot from September 2018 to September 2019 ish, it was all good on the shot, but now that I am off of it I am having strange symptoms. One thing I experience, I’m not sure if it’s related because I do have anxiety regularly, but i wake up with a feeling of internally shaking like I’m overdosing on aspirin. Another thing is I haven’t gotten my period yet, which sucks, I have been ‘spotting’ this chunky dull reddish brown bloody looking discharge, that smells like potatoes or similar. It’s scary. My breasts dont hurt, but I am tired all the time, which is how I was on the shot as well. I do get bad cramps with the spotting. I dont know when I will return to good old red blood a normal flow, but i hope soon, because this really scares me not being able to tell what’s going on with my body. I do get chest pains, or as the doctors called it abdominal stomach pains or what not which after tests came up as h.pylori which has nothing to do with the shot. I dont want to get pregnant and I just want my womanhood back to normal and my mood to stop being so irrational.

  1852. I wish I had visited this site before taking depo for the for the first time. I had two shots and was supposed to take another one on 1st October but I didnt. I have been bleeding for 3 weeks now heavy bleeding and always feeling fatigue. There are a lot of pains that accompany the bleeding. I swore never to take birth control again.

  1853. Every time I miss the date for my DEPO shot, I get the absolute worst abdominal pain. Like, my friend compared my pain to her labor, and my supervisors had me sent to the ER once because I was incapable of standing upright. That visit ended with me going back to my doctor to get the shot, then subsequently being put on 3 days of mandatory bedrest. That’s pretty much the only withdrawal symptom I have, but it’s absolutely awful.

  1854. I was only on depo for 3 months as decided to stop. Now i remmeber why i swore never to go back on it ten years ago. My second injection was due beginning of june 2019 so a good 5 months ago. Since then ive had numerous menstrual cycles, one month i had 4!!! Ive had severe headaches and some migraines some lasting days. At my wits end as been trying to get an appointment at my doctors for months to be told there are none. Any one know any home remedied to help?

  1855. A week after I stopped I had intense nipple pain, which subsided after a week. I then immediately experienced breast tenderness for another week. The following week, I started bleeding.

  1856. I had a shot. Last year august but how it treated me was horrible that i didnt go back ……i now hate birthcontrol…im still experiencing thick blood period that last for 10 -14 days….brown discharge.this is now worrying my husband….

  1857. I started the depo in May of 2018. I stopped officially taking it when I was due at the end of July of 2019 because I literally could not take it anymore. It is now October of 2019 and I think I am getting my period? I felt severe cramping yesterday and a light, light flow. I stopped getting my period soon after starting Depo. Although I am off Depo, I still get constant cravings of food, I experienced TERRIBLE breast tenderness for a few weeks, constant fatigue but I will say I am somewhat feeling back to normal as far as mental health. The depo struck me into severe depression. But with the constant mood swings, I am better at handling myself when in certain situations I don’t want to be in because while on Depo I had to constantly tell myself “okay… this is the Depo, not me”. I do not think I will get back on birth control, maybe pills, but honestly, it is like picking your poison. I was happy with not having to worry about my period, but I want nothing more but to have it and get it back into my routine. I do eventually want to have kids so this slightly worries me. I am having a very hard time losing weight, I gained almost 20 pounds. If anyone has any tips, please let me know!

  1858. From my experience, I dont think the depo shot is advisable at all! A friend warned me about all adverse side effects she had experienced but I thought I would give it a try as ‘our bodies all respond differently’.
    I ONLY HAD THE DEPO shot ONCE…..in a matter of weeks I got really bad blemished skin, very tender very sore breasts, the worst mood swings (worse than any pms) annd to top it all off 100% total loss of sex drive.
    After that 1 shot, it’s been 7 months, so 4 months supposedly out my system… the tender breasts have only recently eased off, my sex drive is finally returning but I’ve had 1 normal period with the worst cramps evvvverrr and a second period that’s currently lasted 2weeks and counting.
    Ladies, Dont do it to your bodies!!! Totally not worth it. Wish I had done my research before trusting a Dr.

  1859. I have been on this for just over 20 years. no doctor ever told me of the side effects. (i read the leaflet) but if the doctors are not concerned why should i be?.now heading to the age of menopause, i am 47. Doctors cant tell me when I should stop. One doctor said just stop and see what happens. Can I keep taking this through menopause? Doctors say its my choice. no opinion no information. I have not had a bone density test. again doctors say I dont need one at my age. So here I am a long term depo user trolling the net looking for answers.

  1860. I was on the Depo shot for 3 years after my last son was born. I did not have insurance and it was the cheapest contraceptive ( I got pregnant on the pill) After getting off of the depo shot, I started getting really bad cystic acne, headaches, mood swings, depression, night sweats. It has been 2 years since my last injection and I am still not completely through it. I share my horrible experience both on the shot and getting off, because I hope they take it off the market and no other women suffer.

  1861. I have been on the depo for four years and I’ve had no periods but now I’ve been off it for six weeks had a urine dip done at the doctors and was negative the doctor told me to do another one in a few days could I be pregnant

  1862. The last time I took Deposit was 8th August 2019 and on the 1st of October and I started menstruating till today.

  1863. So I was 18 when I got my first shot, it was about a year and 3 months ago maybe. I thought I wasn’t going to gain any weight, I’ll be fine. A year and 3 months later ..today …I went to the doctor and found out I’ve gained about 50 pounds. I believe a lot of it went to my boobs. Some other symptoms I’ve been having are …loss sex drive and drowsiness. My boyfriend wants to do it and I have no energy like before the shot. Anyone who is thinking about getting it… don’t.
    I’m starting Nexplanon tomorrow🤷

  1864. I’ve been one for one month. I don’t plan on ever getting the shot again. Since I’m only going to do the one shot, what symptoms should I expect coming off of it?

  1865. I got the depo straight after i took out my implant because it made me bleed non stop. The depo run out in march 2019, had my first period in August and no period till now.
    Also i done a ovulating test this month and theres no trace of me ovulating. Maybe its too soon but i am a bit worried. Anyone experienced this please?

  1866. I have been on Petogen for a year and once i left it my boobs have been real heavy and tender, very irritating because I can’t even run or jump without them hurting. I felt nauseous for the first few weeks and was worried because I hardly get nauseous, I always felt like i want to puke. The shot didn’t affect me as bad as the rest of the people say except the after effects

  1867. I had a GREAT time on depo! Best BC out there! Took it for 13 years and only came off it cuz my partner got a vasectomy. Since I’ve been off (4 months) I’ve had some wacky periods and have lost 40 lbs. For all the horror stories I had to share my success story!

  1868. I had my first shot postpartum in June 2017 after my son was born. I had my last shot that same year in December. I am aware my possibility of getting pregnant does not depend on the amount of shots I received or how long I was on it but I am having pregnancy symptoms. I do not remember exactly the last time I had sex but it was within a month or two ago this year 2019. I’m extremely nauseated (which has lasted for days; waves of it all day) and I have frequent urination, mood swings, I’m very emotional and have a slight loss in appetite. I also feel and look really bloated and have weird cravings. I have a light tingling almost painful feeling in my breasts and get tired after walking short distances. Standing up for long periods of time makes my heels hurt and I’m experiencing lower back pain but no hardness in my belly and I’m excessively gassy. This would be my third pregnancy. I want to be. I took one pregnancy test but I think I messed it up. The urine seeped through to the monitor like a water painting showing two dark lines. But before that I happened I believe I saw a faint second line. I’m taking another soon. I’m scared I’m only experiencing symptoms because I want to be so badly. I don’t want to be disappointed…

  1869. Gained 20lbs, with dieting & exercise. Stopped Depo & I’ve lost 13lbs. Moody, low sex drive, bloating, breast tenderness & irregular bleeding & cramping. On Depo one year after stopping it.

  1870. Does the bleeding ever stop?got off the shot almost 2 months ago after bleeding for 3 months and still bleeding now. 5 months of non stop flow. Has this happened to anyone after stopping ?

  1871. My experience, one shot.
    Since this depo provera injection I HAVE NOT bleed at all, 9 months I’m still waiting for my cycle to continue

  1872. I have been on the depo for 14years I had no hormones I have PID haven’t had a period in 14 years I was already messed up from the start …..also after I was on the depo for almost 4 years had a flair up with my PID the doctors told me that I probably would never be able to have a baby😢 it makes me sad but scared too of stopping it…. I already have bad issues don’t know if I want them to get worse than they are

  1873. I stopped depo after on it for 5 years for endometriosis. I’ve been off it for 4 months. I haven’t had any period yet, my breasts are really sore over last month and I’ve been extremely tired, sleeping longer and waking still tired.

  1874. I’ve been in depo for 2 and a half years and I just stop because it was making me so mean and depressed. During sex it would make me sooo dry until I stopped the shot. After my last day of my due date to get the shot I’ve been cramping ever since. I’ve been popping ibuprofen like it’s nothing. Never again

  1875. I he’d sex immediately after periods Ed I was injected depo,I got my periods after 2months can be pregnant?bcoz I have a lot of stomach disturbances

  1876. Ive been off depo since oct.10th it is Nov. 3rd and for the last week I have been experiencing sore nipples and fatigue

  1877. My last shot was March 5th 2019 and I was supposed to renew it in June but I haven’t, so I have been off it till now which is nov 4th , so that’s basically 5months off the jab. And I got my period two weeks ago, started lighting and gets in between light and heavy at times, but is it normal that I’m still bleeding? Period started on 20th oct??

  1878. I used for a year. I stopped almost 6 months ago. My period hasn’t returned until today. I noticed it’s watery and not heavy. Really light flow that I end up using panty liners instead of pads or cup.

  1879. Would bleed a whole month before getting my next shot. doctors told me to wait it out because it should get better, had it for a year and never did. Now i`m on non-hormonal BC and my symptoms are crazy. Abnormal periods, cramming , digestive problems, the works…I would never recommend the Depo to anyone

  1880. Definitely experiencing breast tenderness and nausea. I would almost swear I’m pregnant with the way I am feeling.

  1881. Ive had one shot of the depo Provera Injection and i am putting all my symptoms down to this.

    I experienced awful hunger the first few weeks, i could eat like a king all day i literally had to stop myself

    then for the past month my hair started falling out – iv now been taking hair growth tablets and having to be very delicate with it. i had big fluffy curly hair, bow its thin and brittle.

    I had severe abdominal pains where i was left in a and e, lasted a few days then gradually went away again.

    The lining of my womb apparrent came away – which at first i thought was a miscarriage, but doc said its normal. iv never had that before so i dont know.

    I am now coming off the drug, and i think…..i took some sort of seizure this morning, where i whacked my head off the ground. vague memories of head shaking and i coudlnt stop it. then i gradually got off the ground. confused.

    iv not had any periods just light spotting or very light period.

    after extensive research these are all symptoms of that dreaded injection. i cant wait for it to be out of my system.

    • Oh god. I got nausea with the severe abdominal pains. I used to have this injection to put an end to the bleeding, not for contraception reasons. I’m lucky that I got my sex drive back.

  1882. Yeah, don’t get me wrong, it probably looked like a good idea on paper. Doesn’t everything? Once you put it into practice you’re taking risks. I’d advise researching about depo provera before getting the injection. Just remember to have it done every three months. Don’t get the injection without knowing what you’re letting yourself in for before you have it. It’s good at stopping vaginal bleeding. Just err on the side of caution. Watch out for terrible mood swings. Don’t get it just because someone told you to. Everyone’s experience of it can differ.

  1883. My problem is that my period isn’t regulating normal and when I have sex I see blood and this is 7mths I stopped using depo

  1884. I got my first depo shot in December only got 2 before I got off of it, HAVENT had a period for 6 months then I finally got it and I had my second one and with 2 days left of my period my boobs still hurt can anyone explain?

  1885. Ughhhhh… Can I just say WTF who created this evilness?!?! I got the shot at the end of March after I had my baby and it was a overall unpleasant experience. I lost all my hair like a shedding cat or something thank God it grew back after investing in products. I gained so much weight still trying to lose it. Attitude was at maximum can’t speak on sex drive cause I had no one to even bother with it. I’m still cramping til this day. I’ve had a double period on August and October but didn’t get one in September. My cramping is horrible. If you’re reading this and havent decided on what to get on its definitely not this !!!! I’m hoping to get my body and sanity back.

  1886. I was on the depo for 4 years and had no issues. I did see the side affects, and while it wasnt bothering me, it bothered my boyfriend and finally realized the toll it was taking on our relationship. So i stop taking it this year, and everything went back to normal pretty quickly (ugh lol). I have always said that everyone is different, but my experience was wonderful on it. Only reason i got off was due to the impact it had on our sex life and we do want to have one more to complete our little family. !

  1887. Was on it for 10 years with no problems. Loved it. It stopped my painful endo periods.

    Now my husband and I want a baby, so I came off. Last jab was in April. Not only have I had no signs of a period, I was continually ill between July and beginning of October, with nausua, stomach cramps, fatigue, and lowered immunity resulting in catching things like shingles.

    Now I appear to just have the fatigue. Breasts have become incredibly painful to touch jn the last couple of days.
    All would be worth it if I knew I could have a child when it’s done, but it appears it may have destroyed my last bit of fertility.

  1888. I last had my periods back in 1998. I was using Depo. I want to get pregnant but I can’t fall pregnant, I’m not using any contraceptives. Is there something wrong with me?

  1889. Well I’ve been off depo Provera for sometime now . It’s been about 8 months and my monthly periods are very heavy . I have the worst cramps and nausea.

  1890. Hello I’m Carmi from the Philippines, I used provera last June they said it’s good for 80 days… After that I didn’t have any injections.. I often feel dizzy and abdomenal pain, last October my period was about 3 weeks… And this month it’s almost a month… What should I do? I’m worried about my health condition… Is this normal?

  1891. I have experienced breast tenderness fatigue backache and felt as if there is something going to come out of my uterus and also funny movements as if I’m pregnant

  1892. I was on depo for 8 years very happily with no side effects except a bit of libido loss and came off it before, had an awful time; mood swings, depression, horny all the time, sore breasts, no period… after 6 months I went back on it. After another 7 yeras I have come off it again, but this time I went onto a progesterone pill first, and cut down gradually by a couple pills a month until I wasn’t taking any. Easy transition with only a little breast tenderness.

    • I took depot shot once and stopped ,however I have not received my period since then, 2 months now, but my breasts are so tender and hurting, could I be pregnant? Since I stopped I have not had any sex not even protected one, am worried, could I be pregnant? Even though when I was injected I was on my periods, so there are no chances that I was pregnant before, plus before then I was not sexually active until after the shot.

  1893. Never getting it again,have been spotting everyday to moderate bleeding,Got the shot for regulating my period since they are usually heavy and painful.Do you think after getting out of the depo I will bleed heavier,it’s my first month.this drug is toxic and should be banned,I prefer my periods,better than everyday bleeding.

  1894. I stopped using depo provera after 9 straight months due to having thyriod issues and my doctor being concerned about my bone density. It was due to be given 3 weeks ago and since a few days past the injection due date i have been bloated and bleeding on and off for the 3 weeks it has been rather unpleasant. Period pain coming and going for 3-4days at a time.

  1895. I got my first and only injection at the end of August. At first I was like “alright, this isn’t so bad”. After a few days it gave me have wicked bad acne, killed my libido, definitely effected my mood as I am normally very hard to anger and I would snap for no reason constantly, and 8 weeks after the injection I got THE WORST CRAMPS OF MY LIFE! Two days later I started the period from hell (accompanied by major exhaustion and a near constant migraine), which was very dark and disconcerting for the first week, and then just like a regular, long period for the second. I’m just finishing it after 15 days. I was supposed to go in on Wednesday to get my next shot and canceled.

    • I was forced on depo in May 2015 by my foster mom doctors tell me any side effects my last was in February 2016 didn’t go back in May 2016 for another because was experiencing side effects that I can’t remember my period has been out of control since it’s not returned to normal it’s been so heavy that I’m using the Ultra Tampons sometimes they’ll last the 8 or sometimes only 4 and when they only last 4 i’ll have huge clots of blood coming out dripping down my legs where I have to clean up and I wear these long nighttime pads under tampon in case of leaking I went to doctors they just keep saying I’m healthy abd throwing me on birth control pills but after the pills are gone the nightmares back and I can’t afford to see anymore doctors having thoughts of suicide been taking ibuprofen every 6 hours like was told by 1 doctor the royal problem just happened recently in June been on really wacky period like get a few weeks or months of really bad heavy days then it stopped couple days where was nothing then come back maybe 1 or 2 days later really like it’d be back and forth like that few weeks now it’s back to heavy days I want kids some day but feel like it’s not going happen I want to give my fiance a family losing all hope I’m now 22 and another thing I was never able to gain weight before my weight use to always stay at 112 now it shot up to 140 and it’s hard for me to keep active with how bad the bleeding is please if someone can give me any suggestion I’d appreciate it

  1896. I lost weight while taking depo. Now I have gained belly fat as soon as I stopped taking it. Losing weight now is frustrating. I am strongly thinking of start taking the depo again.

  1897. I had a etopic pregnancy may 15 2019 I had got the shot right before leaving the hospital and it is almost December and still no period I don’t like it stop all I’m back always tired and stressed acne is really bad in not ha My period Oscar really stressing me out me and my husband are ready to try again for a baby I have 2 daughters he hasn’t 9 kids in it’s no problem wit him USB’s I think Ithe hot did something never taking the shot again

  1898. I was on depo and experienced picking up a lot of weight and sore breast now I stop the depo but my breast is still sore will that getting better or can I use something to help is getting better.

  1899. I have been having tender breast and nausea for a month and I haven’t got my period I’ve took 3 pregnancy test and there all negative I’ve also been fatigue and light headed. Doctor ignores you when you tell them your symptoms they always say” your not pregnant” well I know I’m not pregnant can u explain why my body is going threw this?

  1900. I’ve tried getting off of the depo shot maybe 2 months ago. I bled so heavy after not getting that it was leaking through my clothes. I had to leave work, i had to sleep on a towel & it was just awful. My breast were and sometimes do get very tender. My bleeding was so bad I decided to get the shot again to slow it down which i did & now im just spotting

  1901. I was on depo shot for about 10 years. Every two month I had to go get a shot. Because the doctors was trying to control my period that was the only way it got control. Any ways I stop the injection 4 years ago, when I tell you I lost about 30 pounds the depo made me gain so much weight I felt like I was mostly swollen. Now I feel funny not myself because I feel so skinny.. I went from 125 pounds to 167 going almost to 170 at one point to 130 when I stop the depo yes it makes you gain a lot of weight. And it completely stop my Period.. so be aware don’t get scare why you losing so much weight if you get off it.. I was definitely scare…

  1902. I stopped taking Depo approximately 9 months ago. I did not have any period untill approximately 6 months later. Once I Began my period it has not stopped. I have had a break for about 2- 3 days with light spotting or no bleeding at all, but that’s it. I had previously been on and off depo for approximately 12 years. I have always had light periods and this on going 3 month issues that is currently persisting is no exception, but still very annoying.(FYI) I am only 33 years old.
    Duringg these 12 years I attempted to try several different birth controls. I had a small fall and cracked my elbow and lost a chip of bone off the end. I can only assume my bones were weakend due to the Depo use. First I tried the Inplanon which gave me a period non stop for 12 months untill I demanded it be removed. The Dr kept saying it will stop and she did not want to remove it. Next I attempted the IUD. I wanted to go with the hormone free option, but was pressured by the medical staff to go with the IUD with hormones. I do not think I would have a different experience ither way. The IUD is a bacterial magnet! I never ever once had one bacterial infection untill the IUD. This was another 12 months of hell! 2 months of bleeding then, Non stop bacterial infection for 10 months. Once again the medical staff & Dr. insisted this too will go away and they did not want to remove it. Once again I had to demand they remove it. I am beginning to become suspicious that some damage may have done during the IUD incertion & or removal and this is the cause of my current 3 month period. Mind you I have not taken any birth control at all for 9 months now. Too bad my only option at this point is to return to this horrible “Health” department. Thank God my husband is so sweet and understanding most couples would not have survived this. I think I’m ready to ask him to assume the responsibility of birth control for the next 20 years. I did the first 20. Yeah do the math! We can’t believe it ither.

  1903. I was on the depo for 3 and half years of say , after being on it around a year I officially never wanted sex . I was getting bad tummy so decided to come off the injection December 2018. Since coming off it the tummy pain stopped , but I Became very low , still no sex drive ( maybe even worse ) bloating occasionally depressed , Weight gain and really bad nausea ( really bad ) . It’s currently a year later and still I’ve had no period and not sign of period . I’ve Tiny breast and the are killing me . I’ve not felt pain like it , I would cry !! Part of me is desperate to just get my body back to normal .anyone else has this?

  1904. Since i stopped this depo i hv been bleeding like a hell its been 3months now bleeding non stop😢😢😢😢😢

  1905. In my experience and I had only been on Depo for 3 injections worth.
    While on the injection I gained 10kg in 6 months and have decided to cease the injection. Since ceasing I have had terrible breast tenderness.

  1906. Good Morning, I came across this site as I was looking for withdrawal symptoms of going off the Depo shot. I’m 54 years old and have been taking the shot for approx 15 years. I have not been on it for birth control reasons but for a drop dead pain I would get in my lower abdomen which was seriously interfering with my life. I have struggled with problems in this area most of my life. My gyno found a pendoculent cyst on my ovary and removed it before placing me on the shot as he didn’t think this would be what was causing so much pain but said it was worth a try before putting me on it…needless to say it was not the cyst. Once on this shot my life changed, I no longer had the drop down pain. It is now time to go off the shot and I’m wondering what I’m in store for, which as I mentioned is what lead me to this site. I’ve just missed my first shot on 12/5 so it’s only been 6 days but I’m experiencing very sore muscles in my upper arms and around my shoulder/neck area.. I guess we will see where this takes me

  1907. Coming towards the end of my 1 year with depo it has given me cystic acne, back pain, nausea, and vomiting (in last week). i decided to not get starting shot for a second round with depo

  1908. I was on the depo shot since Nov 2016 to Sept 2019. During that time I was extremely depressed, anxious, suicidal, and moody. I gained about 60 pounds and was still constantly eating. I decided to get off because I didn’t like the person I was becoming. It’s been 3 months and my mental state has gotten extremely better. I got period on dec 13, 2019. About 3 months after my last shot. My breast were so tender I couldn’t sleep on my side and I discover I went up almost 2 whole cup sizes. Now that I have my period back, I’ve been having really bad cramps. So bad I can’t get a good nights sleep. I’ve had to call out of work because I can’t move from the pain. I have no idea if this is normal. I wish my doctor would have explained the side effects of getting off the shot or I never would have went on. Is anyone else experiencing since bad cramps? Any advice on how to relieve the pain?

    • I can relate to the cramps lol I was on depo for 2 years and didn’t have a period the whole time and a year after I stopped. My cramps are horrendous and I have medical prescribed medication for them.

  1909. I was on depo for 2 years. My first shot I had a normal period and for the remainder of the shots I didn’t have period. I didn’t have a period for 3 years including a year after I stopped using depo. I finally got a period last year February 3rd, 2018 and it was horrible cause it landed me in the hospital. I was in so much pain I had to be put on a morphine drip and take hydrocodone. Then 6 months later I had a sharp pain in my abdomen for two months non-stop and it left me with a numb lower back and legs one morning out of the blue. I found out I have hemorrhagic ovarian cysts on both of my ovaries and I’ve been trying to conceive for a little over a year now no luck due to my hormones being out of balance and i was told I might have to have both of my ovaries taken out due to the scarring on my ovaries if they take off my cysts and I’m only 21 with no kids.

  1910. It gave me flu like symptoms I had went to my doctor asked him and got check for the flu I did not have the flu I did get the flu shot this year I just got off Depo Provera I was only on it for six months and I am having withdrawal symptoms even though it says you cannot withdraw it has been giving me hot flashes nausea stomach pain pains in the lower abdomen sweating headaches dizziness
    fevers if someone answers me it would be great I really want to know what’s going on with me.

  1911. Before my first injection I was bleeding heavily and had constant pain and headaches from the period for up to two weeks each month. Getting the depo was the best thing. Since that day I’ve never had a period I lost weight which was great as I was overweight and I become more energetic. That time of the month comes I do get the smallest cramps but the craving of sweets always helps lol. I’d say it saved my life.

  1912. I am 49 days past my date to receive my shit.. I feel like a druggie going through withdrawal symptoms.. abdominal cramping is really bad it really feels Asif someone is tap dancing on my uterus 🤦.. my moods are awful.. first I want to cry then I want to stab someone in the face.. my back hurts.. I don’t sleep long sometimes I am so tired I would sleep the whole day.. other times I sleep for 2 hours … So honestly the depo shot is not worth what I am going through☹️I have been on it since April 2018.

  1913. You have no Idea how relieved I am when I read these comments. I have been experiencing the same effects.. I stopped with the injection in August and I will never use it again.. Its been ruining my relationship because of the low sex drive and the mood swings.. on top of that I have gained allot of weight. So it affected my self confidence and I’ve been having swollen and painful breasts. Thank you for your comments

  1914. I recently had a abortion on sept 12 and I got my depo shot after the procedure. I bleed for about 2 weeks but I think that was from the abortion. But I missed my shot that I was suppose to get on nov 12. So I been completely busy didn’t have time to go get it. But then I just randomly started bleeding so I think my period is coming back. But when it went longer than a week I got confused. I can’t have sex and I really want to.It’s been about 2 months so far and I’m still bleeding. But sometimes it stop for a few hours then I start bleeding again. Is this withdrawal from missing my shot? Should I go get it? Because bleeding everyday is ruining my underwear.

  1915. I only got the depo once. It was in august and I never went back for another shot cause everybody kept telling me it could cause infertility. I have had tender breasts for a while and then I was extremely fatigued and then I had major headaches. I’ve been losing weight cause I feel so sick. I’m scared I might be pregnant but idk

  1916. I had been on the depo shot for a little over a year.. While on the shot I never had a period except the first month I spotted and since I quit the shot I have bled everyday since it’s been a consistent month of cramps and bleeding nausea and fatigue feelings. I’m trying to figure out how long I will be bleeding for and if this is a normal side effect after stopping the depo shot.

  1917. When I took my first shot i was bleeding almost for 2 months and I never took it again! Now I get my periods for 2 weeks.. I haven’t gotten my period for almost a month is this normal??

  1918. I started getting the shot in September of 2017 and just recently stopped getting it at the beginning of December 2019. i stopped bleeding after the 2nd shot and only spotted until recently. Since the shot has started to leave my system, I have bled for a month straight, my breasts are very tender, I have severe abdominal pain, and I have the worst acne I have ever had. I’m not sure if this is all related to stopping the shots, or maybe my hormones are out of wack and are trying to straighten out… But I was on the shot for a little over 2 years, and I will never get it again.

  1919. “Boo hoo it’s not fair to blame it on the poor depo provera boo hoo there could be other things going on” LMAO. What a joke. A MALE doctor said this, oh what a surprise. Guess what a-hole? You said that back in 2009 and for 10 years of further research on the Depo shot you have been continuously proved wrong. Yikes. Fellow ladies, please dont get this shot. Please. It is not worth the gamble.

  1920. Hey I was wondering what are the symptoms you experience when coming off the birth control shot. Ive been off it for almost a month plus ive taken this birth control cleanse to try to help get it out of my body and I havent had a period yet but I did stop bleeding and my nipples are very sore.

  1921. I got the shot twice so I was covered for 6 months and out of all the birth control I’ve been on depo made me the most crazy, my mood swings and emotions we’re constantly out of control. My sex drive went from 100 to 0 real quick and it’s about six months since I’ve stopped and it’s still really affected. Also the constant bleeding and spotting that’s went on during then depo wasn’t probably the most annoying. I’m not sure if it’s because of my body trying to go back to normal after the depo but I’ve had two periods this month, directly 1 week apart and about to start another one a little over a week again. This month I did have my first real normal period since the depo so it’s probably that. I have many complaints about the depo, it’s a horrible birth control for me at least.

  1922. I had only one shot in nov. 2018. With the shot I didnt have any bad side effects, Im was only spotting a bit but no periods at all in that 3 month. I didnt go to my next shot in february…in march my period came back…i had period two times in the first month…very heavy. Also in apr. and may my period was heavy and I had tender breast and bloating at least one or two weeks before the period started. Like Im pregnant, same feelings! Later my periods get lighter but still irregular and every month at least two weeks before the periods I experiencing breast tenderness and bloating. Already so many month gone and Im still not ovulating…the bleedings what I have its not a real period! I never ever could guess a contraception can cause that long delay to have back the normal period like before I had! I cant understand how its can be legal! Some woman who used this longer…takes many years to recover the body and back to normal after this contraception! I just really hope for me its not gonna take that long ( I had only one shot).

  1923. I’m having the worst withdrawals only almost a month after I was supposed to have another shot. I have never really suffered with head aches bur Iv had hesdsches for 3 days now on and off. It’s to the point i have pain behind my eyes! Please don’t get the depo if you’re reading this. It made me extremely suicidal and depressed. It’s not worth the mental damage. I’m more hormonal now than i ever was in two pregnancies. My nurse never made me aware of the fertility issues of this poison. All I was told about was weight gain! This should be illegal.

  1924. I have been having period like pains , in my lower abdomen , for over 3 months now. I am going to see a Dr soon. I stopped my depo shot 4 months ago but I assumed this pain was due to that , but 4 months now of having this discomfort is ridiculous.

  1925. I have been on the depo shot over 13 years and now that i wont to stop i have bad bad headaches that will not go away squeezing pain tightest and i dont know why

  1926. I had the injections for two years, and never knowingly had any bad symptoms. Started November 2017, had a bit of spotting in the first few months then nothing up until I stopped it in September 2019. I stopped because A. I felt I had been on it a little too long B. I was no longer in a relationship C. I realised my complete lack of sex drive that had crept upon me over the previous couple of years was possibly due to depo, as well as being responsible for my lack of relationship. My next injection should have been end of September, it’s now January and still no period as yet! And tender breasts a lot of the time, BUT my sex drive is slowly returning thank god! In one way I’m glad I started it, but also currently very glad I stopped. Just bear in mind that any hormone based contraception can have horrible side effects for some but not for others!

  1927. I had the injections for almost 3 years. In the last year I noticed I was experiencing brain fog, heavy head and fatigue. I decided to come off it. 4 months later I am still spotting everyday, irregular periods and intense breast pain. Doctors keep telling me it takes 6 months for it to completed get out of your system, and I need to wait until then for symptoms to be examined properly. Hard work!

  1928. When I was on it mood swings we’re terrible and I hadn’t no periods I took the shot three times got the shot for the third time in April after three months got my period had normal cycle for that month and then the next month (August) I spotted. And that’s it and I haven’t had a period since its January 2020 right now
    When I’m was on it i developed a rash up my back it was so itchy and i got depressed and gained a lot of weight and lost hair and was getting massive migraines and got dizzy all the time i Had gotten sick every morning and was sleeping all the time I don’t care what anyone’s says I’ll never take birth control again and I know it was the shot that caused all that I was in and I out of doctors office and nothing else was going on and as soon as I stopped taking it lot of my problems went away and the ones I do have slowly disappear. If I could go back in time I would never have gotten the shot.

  1929. after stopping i was diagnosed with PMDD may of had it before but it was severe after been sick for 2 years

  1930. I am 37 and have sweats nightly. I’m always hot and it’s January! Mood swings is everyday all day mostly.. Idk of its perimenapuose. Or die to stopping depo. Please help me with answer. Thank you.and I am burning up always n never a fever.

    …… Erin….🙏😳😪😰

  1931. I was on it for 15 1/2 years. I decided to stop because i want another kid. But omga i am constantly exausted, nausious, i lost my apitite. Ive had a little spotting and lots of discharge. Is that normal?

  1932. I started the shots almost 2 years ago because my pcp recommended after hearing me constantly complain about my painful periods. The depo turned out to be a God send because it stopped my period instantly. In December I decided to go off of it AND I FELT EXACTLY when that familiar, “Here I come sis brace yourself!” Feeling came that month!
    But my period never came, just my usual bloating, achy back, gas, headache AND NOW diarrhea! Yes for 2 weeks straight (9DAYS LONGER THAN MY USUAL PERIOD) from the moment I woke up to the moment I went to bed, I had can’t hold it in diarrhea.
    January came and the same thing happened. I was really upset at first and actually wished for my horrible menstrual cramps back but, when January came I realized I was more prepared because my body still “warned” me like it does with my usual menstrual.
    LOOOONG STORY SHORT, diarrhea is a symptom of getting off of the depovera.

  1933. My name is Kaitlyn. I got the Depo shot from planned parenthood on October 1st. Everything was going great. I got my first period later that month and it was lighter than usual. I was able to have sex and be 100% confident that i wouldn’t become an unstable young mother. Until November. I was irritable most of the time. I had cramps, headaches, nausea constantly, and significant loss in my sex drive. (Something my boyfriend thought was his fault since i wasn’t informed of that symptom) I started spotting on November 11. As of today it is January 16 and i am still bleeding. There may have been about 5 hours in that whole time where i thought i had stopped. I was told “irregular bleeding. Maybe some spotting” no one even hinted at 2 months worth. I didn’t go back for my second injection which was due on December 17. Instead i went to a hospital (all i could do, my insurance cut me). They informed me that i had a cyst. Caused by the shot since it doesn’t allow an egg to drop, so it stayed in the tube and boom. Cyst. Awesome. But that wasn’t the cause of the bleeding. The shot was. As per a doctor. At that point i had been bleeding a little over a month. They just shrugged their shoulders and sent me home with advice to stop the shot. So i went home with no clear day when i should expect the bleeding to stop. I got my period this month on January 4th and have been bleeding heavier than before up until today (Jan. 16). I still have cramps, I’m still having headaches, and I’m beyond irritable (but that’s just because im annoyed at the bleeding. That’s not a side effect). I have no idea when it will stop or what measures I’ll have to do to force it to stop.

  1934. I was on depo for a little over 6 years. I started it pretty young and the only thing my doctor advised me about was the bone mineral density problem associated with depo, so I took calcium supplements. The first 5 years were great, it may be due to the fact I was young when I started so my hormones were at an all time high. I didn’t gain weight, my acne was clear most of the time, I had a regular sleep pattern and no period. A little after 5 years I started bleeding and no one knew why, saw specialists, had biopsy’s, hormone testing, the works. No one knew why I bled for so long (June 2018-present day). I stopped depo in July of 2019 after the year long journey of test and specialists concluded to nothing and I am still bleeding. My doc recommends for me to try a low estrogen pill to counteract the bleeding issues. Solving one BC issue with another… sounds brilliant. Yeah absolutely not. I have had severe GI issues since being on depo, sex drive was normal, chest pain would come and go. I had many fainting episodes. Just awful… there is so much pressure for women to be responsible in preventing pregnancy by damaging our bodies. I constantly worry if I’m pregnant or not since my bleeding is so infrequent, my breast are swollen some days, craving foods, nauseated quite often and weight fluctuates often. Never going on BC again because of lack care for women in regards to our safety and long term outcomes. More research needs to be done.

  1935. I was on depo for 15 years, and before I get the whole “you arent supposed to be on it over 2 years” whenever I queried changing it up, doctors said this works for me, all birth control has side effects etc etc. I believed it because I was young and it was helping the initial issue (unbearably painful periods) 10 years in, tried to change to the pill, immense pain, so I took the bandaid fix depo again (silly me).

    My last shot of depo was maybe june 2019? and want to regulate before choosing a new birth control. Since then I’ve had no periods. December 2019 I had really uncomfortable cramps. They faded after 3 days. Now its january and the last 4 days have been terrible. Incredible pain, nausea, haven’t left bed, yet still no period. I’m sore through the entire days but then every now and then have these intense cramps that last 15mins where I cant do anything but lay there trying not to vomit. It is a million times more painful and tiring than Decembers cramps were.

    I don’t want to live like this for long. I know this might be what I have to deal with for a while since I was on depo for so long. I just want to know if anybody else has had these period pain symptoms with no period.

    Also to add, I’ve been feeling quite distant, my boobs are super sore and my belly is bloated.

    • I have experienced period cramps with no period. Or bleeding with no cramps. Stomach is always bloated, bowels are going crazy, breast are sensitive and swollen. Have be nauseated in the past. Been off depo since July 2019, doc has me on Junel Fe oral birth control for 3 months to see if it can stabilize my hormones to give me consistent periods! Literally a guessing game from here… if the pills work I’ll try to remember to update you!

  1936. It is more than one month since I stopped the depo shot. Its very uncomfortable for me because my breast really hurts a lot

  1937. I’ve taken the shot for 5 years and decided to stop. After 4 months post-shot I have been experiencing PMS Symptoms but still no period. My breast feel full and swollen, mood swings are a constant, and I have had utter urges to pee. I have taken multiple pregnancy test all coming back negative. My symptoms are on again off again. This sucks.

  1938. I was fine on the shot. I stopped a few months ago and I just got my first period and I’ve been throwing up everyday it feels like I’m gonna pass out

  1939. Don’t take the shot. I have done the patch and the ring without issue for years, went off everything for a couple years and then got back on with one depo shot and had the worst experience. I took it in August and by the second month on it, I was so depressed and felt a sense of hopelessness that I have never felt before. I was sad every single day, feeling like my life was meaningless and empty. It was horrible emotionally for me and my relationship. On top of that, I bled for 4 months straight, even after reaching the point of needing the next shot and not getting it. It has been 2 months since the point where I should have gotten another shot and I am still spotting. My sex drive is non existent and I can’t get a wet vagina to save my life! It has greatly effected my sex life with my boyfriend. Now almost two months off the shot, my breasts feel like bowling balls and are so tender, it hurts to hug someone. By far, the worst thing I have ever experienced. It should be not allowed on the market and doctors/nurses should be ashamed of themselves for even promoting it knowing the side effects. There may be successful users but it is not worth the risk to find out if you’re one of them.

  1940. I believe that the reason I am now having glucose issues us due to stopping the depro shot after getting it for over 17 years. My HYN doctor informed me that he won’t put a woman on it if they have glucose issues. When I started getting the shot it was unknown about length of time that you should remain on it. Now they say 2 years unless other contraceptives don’t work.

  1941. I’ve been on depo for 17 years total. I can’t take any other bc for medical reasons and am on it for medical reasons. If I am several days to a week late taking my shot, I have extreme joint and muscle pain, muscle cramps, and bad fatigue. It’s bad enough I can barely walk and make it up and down steps. It’s like clockwork/consistent with it wearing off and the pain and fatigue. I’ll also get constant headaches as well. Withdrawal off of depo is a very real thing.

    • Same here. My Dr. Had to change my shot schedule to every 9 weeks because of this. It’s absolutely horrible. It’s like I hate the shot, but also can’t get off it because of how horrible I feel when I try to stop.

      • I recommend drinking aloe vera and cut down on fatty sugary salty food so your body can detox what it used to while on depo. I got pregnant after detoxing with aloe vera in 1 month.

  1942. I took one shot in summer of 2015, and my periods never returned to normal. The dr was really pressuring me to switch to the shot only because my blood pressure was too high that one visit. I was on the pill and I didn’t really want birth control because I got married. In December 2015 I had one period that lasted two weeks then they completely stopped. I kept going to the dr saying I wasn’t having my period and they kept acting like it was nothing. I had multiple pregnancy tests which I never fell like checking again because I am pretty sure this shot made me infertile. In 2016 they gave me a hormone pill to induce my period and I still have to take it. In 2019 and 2020 I did have a couple periods without the medicine but I still need iit

  1943. So i had my son June 2017 , soon after i was clear for my 6 weeks my doctor suggested i try the depo shot . i had already tried the nexplanon before and i hated it . made me severally depressed and bleed non stop ! i lost so much weight it was scary . i could never remember the pill so i knew that wouldn’t work . So we went with with the shot , everything was okay at first i loved not having a period but one day at work i passed out come to find out my heart was enlarged on the left side , i had no choice but to stop ! last shot was in May of last year (2019) . finally started my period in Nov 2019 and my periods are terrible its like im having two cycles back to back and super heavy . docotrs told me its nothing they can really do its just my body trying to get back normal . other than the period lasting forever im fine NO MORE HEADACHES FEELING NAUSEA ALL THE TIME AND STARTING TO LOSE SOME OF THE WEIGHT THAT I PICKED UP ON THE DEPO ! anybody know what i can do naturally to lighting my cycle up ?

  1944. Honestly the worst birth control you could ever go on, I had two injections and during bothi had a heavy period for a month, bad cramps on and off my period (like even worse than just not being on it) also now that I’m off it I’m experiencing everything this article talks about, nausea and heavy ass fatigue if you’re looking for a bc method skits don’t even consider this stupid ass shot

  1945. I Have Been On Depo For A Year And I Stopped Right Before My I Was Due For My Next Shot Which Was Nov.12th. I Dont Bleed Until Its Time For My Next Shot And Since It Was Time For My Next Shot. So Usually A Day After Im Injected The Bleeding Stops But Since I Didnt Get The Shot I Bleeding Continued. It Is Now Feb. 5th And I Am Still Bleeding. Idkk If Its Normal Or Not But I Need Some Answers ASAP.

  1946. I’ve been using Depo Provera since June last year. When I was given it, I was weighed and found to be slightly under the average weight. The doctor said it was okay, that I just needed to be weighed before the shot so that if I lost weight I could be taken off it. I wasn’t weighed the second or the third time. Around November last year, I went on holiday with my family and got a massive ear infection, and then immediately after it was gone I got tonsilitis. In January this year, I somehow managed to get chickenpox (none of my family nor my boyfriend caught it off me and I’d had it when I was much younger, and my immune system had never been so bad before.) And now I’m starting to develop the flu. I told my doctor (the one who did the third shot, I switched doctors as there are two there and I started feeling uncomfortable around the other doctor), and she asked if I was underweight when I had my first shot.

    She weighed me, and I was even more underweight. She told me that my immune system could also be suffering from this and that I should not get my final shot (I was supposed to take it for a year.) My boyfriend also told me that I’ve been really bad tempered and getting worse the longer I was on the injection, but he didn’t say anything beforehand because I’d only be on it for a year or something, which is okay but I wish he’d told me sooner because I didn’t realise. I would’ve gotten off it as soon as he’d told me.

    So yeah, I do not reccommend this shot to anyone, especially if your doctors aren’t filing this up or making sure they’re taking the right steps. My immune system has been damaged, and it’s been affecting my weight negatively. It’s not worth the hassle, it’d be much easier to get the implant or take the pill.

  1947. I am currently on Depo, I have had three injections after giving birth. I have been Bleeding practically non stop since getting it. My sex drive is completely gone. I am super emotional and moody/irritable. Tired all the time, nauseous i basically feel pregnant i gained 5 kgs, i am definitely not getting it again. Quite nervous as to what will happen to my body while going off it.

  1948. Stoped depo dec 25 2019. Been on it for five years. Waiting on period to come back. Heard it will be 6 to 18 mths but will see. Also see that it is a long lasting period… oh joy… have tender breasts already. Started gaining wieght at my 3rd yr. Other wise nothing else. Tho doc as advice me to switch birth control. That was last yr.

  1949. I was in the shot for about 3 years and I recently decided to get off of the shot because I noticed a complete lack of sex drive and a ridiculous appetite. I excused the lack of sex drive on me just not being in the mood but over time thought of anyone even trying to hug or kiss me would anger me. And I didn’t noticed the appetite and weight gain until recently, it’s like it snuck up on me, one day I was fine and the next I was 20 lbs heavier. It’s been about 2 weeks off of the shot and I’ve been getting cramps and have been extremely bloated. My breast have also been very tender. I never bled the entire time on the shot and haven’t started since I stopped. Hopefully the side effects wear off soon.

  1950. Well I stopped depo shot in October. The normal symptoms like cramps have returned. I have been on depo since I was 16 so that would put us at 13 with a few attempts to switch in the middle. Recently I noticed my nipples are extremely sore like someone put clamps on them or something. They just ache so badly and I can barely handle to wear a shirt. My husband and I are still using protection. I just decided I was done getting the shot. I had a spike in sex drive and now for whatever reason I can no longer handle the smell of meat cooking. It makes me ill. Before you even think it. I’m not pregnant I have taken many test over weeks at this point. I’m sure my body is trying to figure out wtf is going on.

  1951. Hi .I stopped the depo injection 3 months ago..I would like to let me people know that I have had quite a few symptoms since stopping the injection ..These include Breast soreness shooting pains ..serious fatigue and a swollen tummy

  1952. I was on the shot about 3 years….never had a period….gained weight…bloated….i stopped it for good about 4 months ago….no period still…but I have the WORST cramps…headaches…dizziness…depressed…sad feeling empty for no reason… I have 3 children….22…12…and 11… A wonderful boyfriend….good credit….life is good…yet i feel so horribly depressed empty…bloated cramping breasts swollen and hurt soooo bad. I do not know what to do to help my symptoms and i honestly thought something else was going on with me…like bad…when I read these comments I was like omg its from being off Depo? Thanks ladies. I really had no idea ALL these horrible things are because of this stupid shot. Lesson learned.

  1953. I am 48. I have been on Depo since I was 19 except about 4 years, 2 during pregnancy and was recently taken off due to developing a DVT in my leg in October. My shot was due on January 7th. It is now February 17 and starting Friday the 14th I have been an emotional wreck. Crying, moody, depressed, and right lower abdominal pain. They had also tried taking me off and placing the Nexplanon which I begged to have removed because I became depressed, “crazy”, felt like running away, would get in my car z as nd drive away randomly, and believed it was caused by the Nexplanon. I now think it was Depo-Provera withdrawal as I believe I am experiencing now. I have a history of PMDD and have been noticing that I started experiencing PMDD symptoms 2 months after the shot, after receiving the shot my mood and attitude changed back to my pleasant and happy self. I begged to keep my Depo even though my GYN said I needed to come off of it because my bone density had changed. I felt having a broken bone would be less painful than the emotional disaster I felt off the Depo so I told them I would sign a release of liability if I could just have my shot back. Now I have no choice but to be off of it because of my recent DVT. These emotional symptoms again are terrible and I have cried for almost 4 days straight, feeling very sad, depressed, like I want to just run away and feeling life is too overwhelming and too much to handle. I do not want to die but just want to escape this miserable feeling.

  1954. I don’t recommend this form of birth control to anyone already dealing with mental health issues!! It made my depression worse and caused me to have REALLY bad mood swings that negatively affected relationships. I took two doses of it and felt like I never had control of my emotions for those 6 months I was on it. On top of that, my period would last for weeks and was really annoying to deal with. I quit the shot and finally feel in control of my life again, emotionally and mentally. Still having irregular periods but they are manageable and part of the withdrawal process.

  1955. I took my last Depo shot in September 2019. Last couple weeks I’ve experienced breast pain, severe stomach pain, slight moodiness, and more urinating. Took pregnancy test was negative and then started seeing different blogs about other women experiencing same things after getting off of it.

  1956. I was on the Depo shot for 4 years. I had such bad nausea during the first shot period that i actually did throw up a few times. After my body was used to it i loves being on the shot. I haven’t spotted/had a period the entire time being on the shot. Definitely had weight gain that i had to control with a strict diet and exercise program. I stopped getting the shots because I’d like to have a baby within the next few years. Since being off the shot i am miserable. I’ve had the worst dizziness and nausea every single day. I am up at 2am writing this because i had to throw up from it. I haven’t gotten my period back yet but know that’s going to be awful. I can’t deal with the nausea and dizziness much longer though. It honestly feels like i drank too much alcohol every second of every day. Nothing seems to give me relief. Any tips or ideas? At this point i will try anything.

  1957. I think this injection should be ban I came off it over 5 months saw my pride in November 29th went for pregnancy test after not seeing my period till December 30th and having pregnancy symptoms the urine result was negative and blood positive thinking i was pregnant and happy I star potting on 13th February went to the hospital still blood test positive and scan can not find and trace of pregnancy. Doctors too can not explain this till now which is 9 days and still bleeding. So sad

  1958. I was given 1 injection, never again! My mid was off for months didn’t feel like myself, month 5 I had a period which lasted almost 2 weeks, slow to start then continued heavier. I was happy though that my body was returning to normal, but now 3 weeks later I have very sore nipples and have had for 4 days, this is not normal for me

  1959. i took three doses of the depo shot and it kicked my depression up so hard. my tolerance for what could happen to me was so low- even the simplest things set me spiraling. it got so bad and i knew i had to stop, even though it was doing wonders for what i believe is undiagnosed endometriosis. my next shot was scheduled early january that i didn’t receive, so i’ve been off for a while- but i’ve been bleeding ever since that missed shot, and it’s almost march. i’ve had terrible fatigue, nausea, even feelings of anemia. depo worked for my endo, but i really think it’s under researched.

  1960. I was on Depo for about 3 years. Last march my boyfriend and I decided we wanted to try to get pregnant. I quit Depo on March 28, 2019. I got my 1st period 6 months later in October, same time of the month as I always would before depo/birth control methods. However, every 3rd period it seems is this 3 week long extravaganza of heavy, blood clot, bleed everywhere type of period. I’ve been on my period now for 22 days, I thought it was over with yesterday until this morning when I had a blood clot dislodge and remind me its definitely not over yet. I’m at my wits end. I can’t deal with it anymore and I have no idea what to do to stop it. I have a dr appt on Tuesday but I wish it was sooner, not that I have hopes of getting any help. Most doctors look at me and say to just deal with it, no matter the complaint I’m making.

  1961. I started Depo Provera when I was 14. I just recently stopped taking it 3 months before my 18th birthday. I first tried the pills then the patch then the Depo Provera. I had no choice but to take it because my mom wanted me too the Depo Provera was the one my mom liked most since I had to have it injected and couldn’t forget to take it. I always have been against meds to stop natural things through out the body so since stopping it I have had non stop bleeding I feel nauseous and fatigue alll the time it’s because of stopping this Depo Shot that my mom and gynecologist had me getting injected knowing I was against it but did not inform me of any of the side affects of coming off of this not even when I went and told my Gyno I was done taking it he said nothing besides ok you sure that’s a good idea. Since reading up on it and having my period non stop for a whole year since stopping it yes it was the best idea and thing I have done for MY body ! This shot should be banned nobody should be getting this nasty stuff injected into there bodies ! It messes with your whole adolescence !

    • I also do not know what to do to stop my period to have it for a whole year it’s so annoying and messing with my everyday life. Do not ever take this shot best advice I have for anybody !!!!

    • You are not even supposed to be on this shot for longer then 2 years I was on it for 4 years straight and my Gyno never told me that while on it either. Shaking my head. I’m currently stuck on who to contact about my bleeding problem

  1962. I have been on Depo for 18years and I didn’t but get my Depot shot on feb 12 because my partner and I have planned to get pregnant! So its been 3 week since I’ve stopped the Depot and 2 weeks and 1 day since intercourse. On feb 29 I started having really painful cramps I took some pain meds and It eased up a little bit but this morning 3/1 it came back with a vengence. Can someone explain to me why am I cramping? Is it because my period Is fixing to come on, is it because I am ovulating, or could I be pregnant already? I was going to wait til later this week to see if the cramps will stop before I go to my doctor

  1963. I was on depo shot for three months nd missed my appointment and havent started my period even tho I was on it while on depo shot I also to test that came out negative could I still be pregnant with a negative test??

  1964. I was using this and did not get my final injection. My last appointment would have been about a month ago. I’ve had severe eczema and psoriasis increase all over my body. I’m not sure if it is attributed to depo because I’ve been taking it for nearly a year and just started experiencing this after I stopped taking the shots.

  1965. When i got off of it, i had flu like symptoms, moody, back pain, out of no where i would be paralyzed from the waist up. In cronic back pain, leg pain, sholder pain, pelvic pain, breast were sore, always tired, headaches were horrible, sometimes got so bad that my eye would twitch, started my period after 6 months of getting off of it. Every other week i would have them, cramps were so had the pain would be in my ass, and my pelvis, and shoot down my leg. im so much more moody after getting off of it. Have to take 50,000 mlg of vitamin d now. Every week. And also fighting back to back bladder and yeast infections now. Would not recommend for anyone. The withdraw symptoms were severe for me.

  1966. I was on the shot for probably around 3 years. My last injection was in June I think. It is now March and I haven’t gotten my period yet. My periods were fairly irregular when I started depo. While on and now off of it, my boobs have been producing small amounts of clear/milky fluid when I squeeze my nipples. My doctor has done prolactin tests with nothing abnormal. My most concerning withdrawal symptom has been a huge amount of hair shed. My blood work is normal and the dermatologist hasn’t taken my hair loss claims seriously. My boobs are tender and I am very tired. Sex drive is barley returning and I tend to be quite moody. I have had some pretty bad acne flare ups around my chin and on my back too. That faze seems to be quite short but my hair and skin are oilier than ever causing lots of skin annoyances. It feels like my obgyn isn’t taking me seriously. She just said, “if you’re worried about your boob discharge go see an endocrinologist”, and, “give it a year to leave your system”.

  1967. Is it normal to bleed for five days after months of stopping depoe as never happened since Jan this year got no pain only back ache and every time go to loo blood there and a insulin diabetic and have tracheotomy in neck

  1968. I am going off the Depo shot. I can’t stand how moody I am. I haven’t been this moody since being a teenager.

  1969. I’m nineteen and just coming off depo after five years on can honestly say my moods are all over the place and my anxiety is through the roof, I’ve had incessant headaches and abdominal pain and I’m extremely fatigued after work in a way I wasn’t before. I’ve been to my gp and the nurse who gave me the depo injection and they both say this is fairly normal although a bit more severe than what you usually see after stopping.

  1970. I was on the shot for about 2 years then stopped. I have had my period twice a month or for a full month since being off of it in January. The cramps are horrible and the mood swings are worse. I wish I would’ve researched more before getting on it to be honest.

  1971. I came across this article amongst a few I was reading after getting a bit concerned. I am 30 and have been on depo for the better part of the last 14 years (tried a few other types of birth control and had bad side effects so kept switching back, I suffer from very heavy painful periods and depo takes them away), I lost my healthcare when I changed jobs and have been struggling to get healthcare (time and company messing up my paperwork). 3 months after my missed injection I started bleeding, I have kept bleeding on and off now for nearly 2 months, have had extreme breast tenderness, and have gained weight, had trouble sleeping, and felt very fatigued (though weight and sleep could also be from stress), So after seeing a few of these posts I would say my symptoms (Especially bleeding and tenderness) could definitely be connected to stopping the injections.

  1972. I was on the Depo for a year and a half, I then got my period the second month after stopping the Depo. I was bleeding normal and got my periods as per normal 7 days however I never got my periods the following month but I do suffer with very sore warm breast, I am not sure if I am pregnant, test shows negative. I get my normal tummy cramps but no period. I understand it is normal for you to spot but not receiving a normal period right after one has stopped with the injection. Doctor advised me it could be like the 1st time I got my periods it comes one month then I ship a month but somehow I dont agree with him…I suspect I am pregnant, only way to find out would either be through waiting or blood test

    • Im in a similar situation. just stopped the shot after only getting it once and i have symptoms of pregnancy but the test shows up negative. Dont quote me on this but I did read somewhere that the hormone from the depo shot is one of the hormones that is present in pregnant women. so the withrawal may just be giving us both pregnancy symptoms even though tests show up negative.

  1973. I’ve been using depo for4 years & its been 2 years since I stopped using it because I want a baby so I’m surprised tht I’m still not yet pregnant

  1974. i was on the shot for a year and a half, had an extremely low sex drive while on it and no period the entire year and a half. I took my last shot in October, I’ve been off it for about 5 months, still no period and extremely tender breasts like non-stop pain, my bf cant even touch them. Also had a lot of mood swings while on it that still haven’t stopped. my little sister was on it and experienced the exact same thing. took her a year to get her period back so i am expecting the same for me.

  1975. OMG WORST CHOICE I EVER MADY IN LIFE😔 I STARTED DEPOT SHOT IN DECEMBER OF 2019 BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT MY PERIOD ANYMORE DUE TO IT BEING SEVEN DAYS LONG. WELL LETS JUST SAY I SHOT MYSELF IN THE FOOT WITH THIS ONE. AFTER STARTING THE SHOT I HAD A 3 DAY PERIOD WHICH WAS GREAT BUT TWO WEEKS LATER PERIOD CAME BACK FOR TWO LONG WEEKS. AND AFTER THAT MY PERIODS WAS EVERY TWO WEEKS ON POINT I HAVE NOT HAD SEX SINCE DECEMBER 2019 BECAUSE MY SEX DRIVE WAS MISSING . I WASN’T MY SELF AT ALL SINCE STARTING THE SHOT AND I HATED IT. VERY DEPRESSING MOOD SWINGS . ALWAYS UNSET WITH PEOPLE I LOVE . SO I DECIDED TO NOT GO BACK IN MARCH 2020 FOR THE SHOT. MY PERIOD IS LOOKING LIKE ITS BACK TO NORMAL AGAIN RIGHT NOW BUT WITH HEAVY CRAMPS . I WILL NEVER DO THIS AGAIN I WONT EVEN PUT MY DAUGHTER ON THIS SHOT . ITS FULL OF SHIT TO ME . DON’T DO IT LADY’S JUST USE CONDOMS

  1976. I came off depo jan 20 and it’s now 2 no the since I have had my time of the month. But I’m having alot of abdominal pain and I’m very light headed daily . Couldn’t eat my food at times and my nipples are very sensitive . I don’t know what’s going on. Going constantly yo the bathroom

  1977. I started the depo shot after issues with fibroids and heavy bleeding. It was supposed to help. It did not, only made symptoms worse. Bleeding for weeks at a time,soaking thru overnight pads severe cramps and stomach pain. I wish I had never got on depot. I’m two weeks late for my 3rd shot n I’m not taking it anymore. The doctor had no relief just to alternate tylenol and ibuprofen. What a joke!!!

  1978. hi, i tried using depo shot and it was my first and probably last, i actually bled 3 days after i missed my appointment for the second shot… is there any possibility that i could get pregnant as soon as the first 4 weeks? i actually bled lightly after missing my shot, but it took me almost a week, my bleeding was most likely just a very very very light period, it won’t probably fill a panty liner a whole day, and my blood isn’t actually bright red.

  1979. I was on the birth control shot for 3 months. And now I’m off trying to get pregnant and I wanted to know how long would my periods be on.

  1980. I started Depo August of 2019. The first 3 months were great – I didn’t have a menstrual cycle and I didn’t have the symptoms of one either. But after those 3 months I started to bleed again, but instead of menstrual bleeding it was a consistent bleeding every single day. It lead to me feeling so weak, I would experience pelvic pain and I no longer wanted to have sex. And as the months went on I would still bleed, some days it would stop but it’d eventually come right back on. I was even put at risk of becoming anemic. I was supposed to get another shot March 18th of this year, I did not go. It’s been 8 days since I decided to not get the shot. Now the bleeding is getting slower day by day, and the pelvic pain has stopped, and I feel a lot better and healthier vaginally. The Depo may work for some, but for me it was literally a bloody nightmare.

  1981. I’ve only had 2 depo shots.. my last shot was August of 2018 and I’ve yet 2 get pregnant. I dont know what’s going on.

  1982. I been using depo injection for 4 years and i stop now it’s 1year and 6 months trying for pregnant but nothing is happening and am having irregular period every month please help am so desperate for pregnant

  1983. I have stopped the depo shot since 2 years now and have been trying to have a baby to no avail but i will keep trying

  1984. Yeah ive been on depo more than a year. I was 17 when I first started and now I’m 19. I met my boyfriend over a year ago and now we are engaged. I do not recommend Depo Provera if you plan on getting pregnant within the next 2 years atleast cause we’ve been trying to hav a baby until we found out that I couldn’t until the stuff actually gets out my system and it’s been over a year since I was supposed to get my last shot done but as soon as I met my fiancé, I wanted to start a family. So now I’m playing the waiting game just to get pregnant. It really sucks.

  1985. Hi I had only one depo shot I missed my second now experiencing stomach and back pains almost like period pains but with no period. Has anyone’s experienced anything similar?

  1986. Hello, I recently tried depo provera shot for the first time after having my two kids. Two weeks right after the shot I started breaking out slowly all over my body in red itchy hives, and puffy swollen eyes. I ended up taking myself to ER after it became unbearable. I couldn’t sleep, it hurt to shower. I immediately regretted ever getting the shot. After seeing a doctor and getting a steroid and Benadryl shot along with prescribed medicine, I was better within days. I never fully healed. It was supposed to wear off in February, but mid April recently I had another flare-up. It was worse this time, I tried everything to self medicaid but again it became unbearable so I went back to ER. They gave me more shots and another prescription. I am now stuck with hospital bills and had to buy more medicine to heal myself. That shot was a big risk, it has many different side effects. It can also have withdrawal effects. Wouldn’t recommend it, and will never get it again.

  1987. I’ve been off depo for 3months had normal regular periods but this month I had twice period with pregnancy symptoms as well could I be pregnant??

  1988. I have been using Depo since 2008 and all these symptoms y’all name I’ve had and realized it was the type of Depo. My body is very sensitive so i take the one without the i forgot what its called. But i can say since switching i have period like symptoms but no periods except for when im due and thats no guarantee every time.

  1989. The bloating I experienced was insane! I would look close to 6 months pregnant! 🤦🏾‍♀️ Heartburn and headaches wasn’t too bad and neither was the on and off nausea. Unfortunately skipping my second shot wasn’t my choice. The office I used to visit doesn’t few birth control as essential at the moment my appointment was postponed until mid may! Thanks to the people refusing to stay home during the quarantine I’ll have to start all this mess all over again.

  1990. I got my first AND LAST depo shot 3 months ago. I was not well informed about any side effects. I am under 20 years old and for the entire 3 months i had continuous bleeding, ridiculous mood swings and anxiety. i have just stopped depo and im constantly getting waves of nauseousness and still light spotting. definitely would NEVER RECOMMEND. Can anyone tell me when these withdrawal symptoms will stop?

  1991. I had this birth control I got it after I had my baby about a month or two after then after my three months I stopped taking it because of the mild stomach cramps and headaches it has now been 5 months since the last time and I still have not had a regular period ! And my stomach cramps are still here and more of a migraine I really need advice

  1992. I have a much better experience with the Depo I think. The whole first year of getting the depo I was bleeding irregular for that whole year however I knew that it would be better for me long term so I stuck with it and once it got to my second year all bleeding stopped and I haven’t had my period since. I’m now coming onto my 5th year of getting drop shots and i feel totally fine. People need to realise that your body needs to adjust. You’re literally trying to change your menstrual cycle so yeah stuff is going to happen!

  1993. hi my last depo shot was last september 21 2019 and expired last nov 21 2019. Diring and after that 3months, i had bleeding or spotting up to April 1st week. Then 3 days ago up to date (April 12, 2020. i dont have bleeding or spotting already but suddenly experiencing breast tenderness. My husband and I are active in making love. We are not using birth control ever since i stopped my first depo shot after expiring. Is it possible Im pregnant? or this is just a withdrawal from stopping depo shor? please help. thank you..

  1994. My nipples hurt and I’ve taken a pregnancy test (came out negative). I’ve stopped spotting (I’ve been spotting for 4 months after discontinuing Depo) and I’m getting cramps. I’m not sure what’s happening but maybe my period is coming back?

  1995. I have been on the depo for over 7 years and I have now decided I am ready to have another child.. I am a month over due the depo and I have started to have really low back ache I am not sure if this is a side affect to coming off the depo but if it consists I will visit the doctor

  1996. I came off of depo injection 6 months and few weeks now still am still spotting after my period please help this frustrating and I regret taking it.

  1997. Neve again this is my second time trying was on my period forever…. now I have cyst growing on my ovaries… now that I’m off I’m bleeding everyday I think I’ve been on my period for about a month… I hate it…

  1998. I’ve been on the Deppe shot for two years and I just stopped using it and I was wondering if anyone on here has had the same symptoms or no of the same symptoms I’m having. I’ve been severely tired nauseous all the time and my bones in my wrist feel like their gonna to fall off because it hurt so bad and the bones in my fingers and I’m trying to figure out if it’s because I stopped taking the Deppe shot after two years

  1999. Hi im a 31yr old woman who used the Depo for 8years and then stopped. After 4months clean,I experienced heavy bleeding for over 2 wks and it has been bad whr I felt something is wrong and I need to seek help/advice.
    I did so and got profen tabz to use for 5days and need to come back.
    The flow redused,but still bleeding

  2000. I’ve been using the depo shot for 3 years now I’ve gained weight, Moody, sex drive gone, but since this pandemic is going on my doctor rescheduled my appointment for the depo shot and my next depo shot was due in April and since I’ve been off it I’ve been bleeding going on a month not heavily, but I do have the worst cramps but now that I see how my attitude and my sex drive is back I will not be going back to the depo shot!! My husband even notice the change in me, oh and I did suffer from postpartum depression after having my daughter and the depo shot 100% makes it worse and, I’ve lost the weight I gained from being on the shot, which to me I just felt bloated the whole time, my body feels normal now other than the constant bleeding, it’s just not worth it

  2001. I was put on depo pills at age 10 do to iregular periods than a year later in the implant on the arm for about a month then right after that i was put on the shot im knaw 22 and stoped 4 months ago im on a horrible recovery bleeding knaw month 2 depression i dont feel like my self always feel sick my bones ake amd its like i dont know my self its a terrible dark experience i dont recomend any of this my body is not okay i whant this to go away and i never had a choice because i was under age to do so until i left mothers roof i recomend mothers dont do this to ur kids knaw i have cervical issues and might never be able to carry a child do to it being all muest up from all the depo its terrible and depressing

  2002. I took one last shot of depo and I didn’t get it ever since because I was having very bad abdominal pain and constant bleeding badly. Some days I didn’t even have the power to get out of bed. When I stopped and didn’t go back for my next shot I would bleed weeks at a time and then it’ll stop then it’ll start back up again after sex for weeks at a a time and I’m still bleeding and it’s been 2 almost 3 months of this bleeding nonsense and still doctors don’t know what’s the issue.

  2003. I took depo in January 18th n this month is my due date n am not taking it but my body gets tired weak And nausea.

  2004. So I’m still on my first shot and due to get another in 29th April. 2 days ago I started lightly bleeding which was fine because I expected it, however as the days are getting on it’s getting heavier and heavier and I normal have heavy periods so I’m kinda used to it. I’ve not had no bleeding or spotting since I got it so I was shocked when I started spotting then bleeding, I rang my doc and she says it perfectly fine. But since having this injection I’ve been so tired all the time and no matter how much sleep I have it doesnt matter and I’m soooo hungry all the time too I can never have enough food and I keep cramping have have aching muscles in my legs. My whole body feels really weak and I keep getting these awful headaches. Not sure if any of these help.

  2005. I have been taking this shot for 3 years now. In the first 6 months my period did stop and I have not gotten it again until 3 years later. I always take the shot right on the exact week that I need to take it. I started with horrible breast pain about 2 months ago and tried an at home pregnancy test twice. The breast pain has not stopped. It is severe. I am 20 years old. A few weeks later I noticed that I was spotting. A few weeks after that I then had a period for about 4 days. 11 days later I bled horribly with blood clots for one day and then it completely stopped. I am up to date on my shot. I received it January 6th and got it again on April 10th. It is April 24th today and I’m having serious concerns like why am I all of a sudden bleeding. I have been in the same relationship for 3 years and nothing with sex has changed that would cause me to suddenly bleed. I have had kidney stones in the past year and another type of stone that was not identified due to it already passing. I don’t know if these things have anything to do with what’s going on with me now, but my concern is that my body is not responding to this shot anymore. I have not taken any medications at all in the past year that would lead to my shot not working. Please help me get some insight on what is going on due to the fact that I do not have health insurance currently and cannot see a medical professional.

  2006. Yes been on the depo shot for over three month and havent stopped bleeding since i had the injection haveing alot of headaches and hair loss my last shot was due on the 16th this month just gone still bleeding i will never go on this again

  2007. After I had my daughter November 15,2019 I got my depo shot. I bled for almost 2 months, I never went back to get the second shot. It’s been 5 months and I been spotting and two cycles this month. I definitely would never get on depo again! I’ll just take my chances.

  2008. I have stoped using the Depo injection last year sometime, and started having panic attacks here and there but it was not bad, in January this year it got very bad did not know it was panic attacs thought i was going to die or something. In February the doctor diagnosed me with panic attacks. I just want to know can me leaving the injection be the reason for my sudden panic attack diagnosed?

  2009. I had been up until recently been on the depo injection for 20 years.Without ever been told that that was far too long and I should come off it.3 weeks ago I suffered a mild stroke and thrombosis embolism on the lung.i haven’t been told yet that the injection was the cause of it.But I’m sure that didn’t help

  2010. I stop the injection over 3 month now and I’ve been having severe breast pain and swelling, cramps and weight fluctuation. I’m so tired of this I need this to wear off now

  2011. I had stop my depo this is the 2 week with out shot I was getting the one for 3 months put I had stop and now I m having all this symptoms like my breaths are hurting me so much and My abdomen hurts a lot. Hurt having sex it feels like hey knife cutting inside me can sleep and I m always hot I feel like I m dying from inside

  2012. I used depo-provera for three months during those time I had heavy and prolonged period. Since I stopped i haven’t gotten my period for three months now

  2013. I took depo for about 3 years. The last year I started to lose my range of motion and have chronic back pain mainly in my thoracic region. I stopped( missed my 1st dose) taking about 1 1/2 years ago. Just started having periods again in last few weeks. Also the back pain is better.

  2014. My only two biggest disadvantages of using Depo is that the first time, I lost like 15kgs then the second time I lost 5kgs. And continuous bleed for each of those three months. I just gotta know if it’s possible to regain my normal weight after I stop using because I’ve got a model body that I really don’t find comfortable yet I was a little thicker than this. I feel like I’ve lost almost half my normal weight.

  2015. Sever breast tenderness and spotting, WEIGHT again a Nd pimples at age 40

    Depo is great for treating endo but sucks for weight gain. 23 pound n. YEar

  2016. I was taking the depo for 2 years I was late 2Weeks and I was already pregnant with 7 weeks I started taking it again Now I’m of the depo is been 2 months and I am having lost of appetite and very tender Breast.

  2017. I’m 19 I Was on Depo for about nine months I recently stopped and I have been experiencing hair loss heavy bleeding I’ve been bleeding for two weeks straight I still haven’t stopped. I would never recommend this form of birth control

  2018. I recently stopped getting my shot (I’ve gotten it on time for the last 10 years) I am only 24. I have stopped because I am ready to have a child. I’ve been off it for 5 months. No periods have returned yet (I went on it at 14 due to severe cramps and excessive bleeding causing anemia), I’ve noticed new lump cysts all over my breast, a skin yeast infection that spread to many parts of my body, more sensitivity and fatigue. I have also increased stress levels due to environmental so unsure if these symptoms are due to stopping the shot. I have noticed over the last couple years weak bones and easy bruising as well.

  2019. Only been on depo for about 3 months and let’s just say I won’t be getting the next shot. Here’s why:
    1. Very low sex drive (felt annoyed sometimes when my bf asked)
    2. Irregular bleeding
    3. Increased appetite (weight gain)
    4. Severe moodiness (always sad and crying)
    5. Nausea/migraines
    6. Fatigue (could nap all day)
    7. Night sweats

    I did like that I didn’t have periods but I experienced constant spotting for a good month. I just wish my doctor would’ve informed me about these possible symptoms.

  2020. Like I’m due for my shot and cant because of cov19 so all clinics closed for women’s health department. I had to no period for 4 months which is weird to me but I sleep all day eat all day gain weight. Breast got bigger sore sometimes and my stomach getting bigger no bloated I was flat stomach haven’t took at home pregnancy test yet. Last I did the line for faded have prediabetes so think I might need blood work done instead. Because I pee lots of sugar out when I go every 10 mins my doctor did test no UTI’s nothing everything normal not understanding about this. Can someone help what should I do?

  2021. I had been on the deli shot for 2 years regularly and have just stopped as I want another baby. I have felt rough. The first stage was fine a few headaches however now after 3 months I have felt faint very light headed really sore breasts I have taken numerous pregnancy tests as the symptoms were the same but all negative. Hopefully it will wear off soon.

  2022. Hi Everyone,
    My depo story is the same as most. I started depo when I was 16. I got my last shot in November 2019, three months before my 21 birthday in February. I was on the shot for FIVE YEARS. It was horrible getting on with the bleeding and now getting off. I found out that the depo STOP a lot of my female development. When I got off depo. My symptoms included Constant Hunger, dryness during intercourse, I also jumped two cup sizes, I had mood swings from Hell, and Cramps on and off since being off the medication. I will say I never got pregnant as a teen but this stuff can be dangerous.

  2023. i had my baby boy Sept. of 2019. got my
    first shot in oct, a month after. & it was my last. 7 months later & i’m STILL bleeding everyday. i got the shot before a few years ago, and the exact same thing happened. i bled for over a year straight. i knew i didn’t want the shot because of that after i had my baby, but i didn’t wanna get pregnant back to back. now we’re trying for our second & idk when i’m gonna be fertile again. this is so frustrating, i should have trusted my gut. i don’t wanna go another day bleeding. i’d do anything to get a regular period & ovulation back. if you think you’re gonna wanna baby anytime soon, DO NOT GET THE SHOT. cause i can assure you, it’ll take a longgg while for every to turn back to normal.

  2024. It’s been almost two since i stopped getting my depo but before the 2 months i started bleeding every single time i would have an orgasm it could be either masturbating, penetration or anal sex i would start bleeding really bright red especially with intercourse is like i got stab is worse than normal period with sometimes passing blood clots. Has anyone have had the same experience? Im going to make an appointment with my obgyn so she could take a look at my cervix what i believe is happening is that my cervix got so weak or my uterus lining thats why i bleed on every orgasms.

  2025. So I was on the depo for around 4 1/2 years and came off contraception all together in March. (Not because I’m planning on having a baby, to give my body a break)
    I put on a hell of a lot of weight on the depo and shot up from a size 8 to a 14 in no time but for me that was the only down side. I didn’t lose my sex drive and wasn’t overly moody and only ever had 1 period whilst on it. Admittedly it did last 3 weeks but I had my next injection early and never had one again.
    I’m hoping I find it easier to loose weight now I’ve come off it. I’m a very active person as I teach dance for a living.

    I know it can take a while for your periods to return but since coming off it I’m very grumpy and emotional and I’m having the worst period pains and migraines.
    Has anyone else experienced this? And what can I do to help. Pain killers are not helping in the slightest!

  2026. I was on the depo for 6 months. During this time it caused moodiness, 0 sex drive (causing relationship problems) first 3 months I had breakthrough bleeding after 2nd shot I did fine with the bleeding however, the moodiness and sex drive stayed the same. So not being myself mentally I chose to stop taking the shot which was due first week of February. May 1st after 1 month of horrible cramping waking me up at night, severe breast pain which became swollen enlarging 1 whole cup size, nausea, and fatigue and 4 pregnancy tests later. It is now the 12th 3 1/2 packs of tampons later I’m still bleeding. I am and will never use depo again. This is my 2nd experience with the depo 1st time I used when I was 15 using for a year with no issues at all. I’m now 32 and I have had many issues.

  2027. I had depot shot on two times. Thus from October to April. I started having palpitations. I decided to stop. So in April I didn’t go for the shot but I still have this palpitations . am a bit worried about that. Pls help me

  2028. I had 2 shots of Depo and was due my 3rd in March. I have been off it for 2 months now and my symptoms started with bloating, not being able to lose weight and now I am gaining weight. My breasts are bigger and sore, my nipples are irritable. I am extremely fatigued some days and nauseous. I feel like I’m pregnant but I had a negative test and I’ve had a couple episodes of random spotting. I just want to know how long this will last. I’ve been on the depo before and didn’t experience these withdrawal symptoms.

  2029. Hi i only wanted to ask a question i started my first shot in January 2020 i was supposed to go on the second shot in march 2020 but i didnt go because i was bleeding for 2 months with it putting on too much weight i was always sick with it its been a month now .
    And still no period ive tried 3 pregnancy tests and it showed negative but i dont understand why am i still not on my period i had the depo injection only once as i said i didnt go on the second shot can someone help me to understand whats happening 🙂

  2030. I’ve stopped taking depo almost a month ago .
    I now feel sick all the time . Nauseous , my stomach feels nasty and sick inside ! I hate it I feel weak .

  2031. Experincing severe breast-tenderness and soreness since I missed my last Depo Provera injection which was due mid-March. It kind of worries me.

  2032. I recently stopped using this birth control after 8 months of consistent use. At first I didn’t feel the side effects but the next month around my menstrual cycle I felt depressed, nausea, fatigue to the point that whatever I did for my mental health, exercise, taking vitamins, meditation, yoga, creative outlets and spending time with friends and family I couldn’t shake the feelings. Unfortunately I’m a few days into my menstrual cycle and currently coping with these symptoms. I would recommend resting and being kind to yourself. A side effect that is out of my control and I really hope I will feel like my old self again soon.

  2033. I stopped getting the shot in January (2020). I’ve had breakthrough bleeding every day since I got my first shot LAST MAY (2019) When will the bleeding stop?

    • I was constantly spotting the whole year I was on depo. And I stopped getting the shot in January. I was still spotting up until lat May when I had normal period again. When that was over I spotted for a week and now it’s two weeks later and I have a period again. My doctor said it would take 6-10 months for things to go back to normal so I have some hope but I’m so tired of this.

      • Has your period returned to normal? I only took 2 depo shots and bled like crazy. (Not heavy, just excessive) I’ve been off the shot for over 6 months and I still have periods that last months!

  2034. I start the depo from February 5 2020 and the bleeding start from the 16 of February till now, it have me worrying. I’m bleeding too much so I don’t go back for anymore shot

  2035. My uterus is hard and swell! I know its my uterus because I can actually feel the enlarged organ over my bladder. I am a nurse so I do believe I am correct with my anantomy. I wake up in the middle of the night with a Charlie horse in my leg. I got the shot first time Feb19 2020. Cancelled my second shot this month because I cannot stand this swollen uterus. Not I occasionally have head aches and my uterus is more swollen than ever. I wear waist trainers all the time just in hope it will make my uterus go back down. Last period was Feb 15 and nothing since. Occasional vaginal discharge nothing too bad but this uterus is driving me crazy. I’m going to make an apt with my obgyn to make sure its nothing else.

  2036. Ok so it would of been 3 years I would of been on the shot but didn’t get it in was supposed to on the 1 of may 2020 how long before I get my period again

    • There is no telling. I was on it for maybe 6 years. I stopped April 2019 and am still waiting. I’ve had like one day periods twice. (Felt like I was 12 again all excited. Lol) Side effects I’ve experienced have been mainly breast tenderness. Like seriously your boobs kill. Thought I was pregnant a few months back. Negative. Just side effects. So I guess be patient. Heard it could take up to 2 years.

  2037. I was on the shot for almost 6 months, 2 months ago I had stopped taking it. For the first 6 months I was bleeding constantly I was moody and lost my sex drive. Since coming of I have spotting cramps and breast tenderness. I had my period for a week a month later after stopping I am now 13 days late for my period I am not sure if I will even get this period or what is going to happen next. My breast hurt and I have terrible discharge ever since coming off the shot. I keep thinking I am pregnant but each test is coming out negative I feel sick most days and have extremely bad cramps

  2038. Before the Depo shot I had lots of energy and was just tired. Although, the shot stopped period pain I began to have insomina, suicidal thoughts, so tired I felt I had to carry an anchor to get out of bed, and the worst developed a rash and blisters on both hands. I usually have minor side affects to birth control but this was the worst.

  2039. One month before my depo. Shots about to be over. I experienced very tender heavy breasts,nausea headach,dizziness,vertigo,and spotting. 3-4 weeks, while contueing to work I strained my back muscles causing, (muscle spasms).,and spinal pain. Now.,I’m bleeding heavier.

  2040. Its been a week since I’ve started using depo, only went on my periods for 7 days and now they’ve completely stopped, but I get headaches, I feel like I want to vomit, fatigue, I sleep a lot etc i feel like I have morning sickness so I’m worried if it worked or not

  2041. I’ve been off the injection now just comeing up two months and I’ve had really sore boobs to the extent were it’s made me cry constantly bloated doesnt help I have ibs also and I’ve put on weight just wondering if all this is normal & others been in same situation thankyou

  2042. Bad taste tired headache bones are weak, I know cause I work outside, my breast hurt alot. Feel like throwing up. Not even a B12 can get energy.

  2043. I was on Depo-Provera for 23 years.
    I turned 50 in November. I have been wanting to go off shot for many many years but different doctors recommended not to go off, all saying “the next phase of my life will go easier if I stay on the shot”
    So back in February I switched doctors and wound up Being off the shot for a month. I got a prescription to get my lab work done. New doctor said my hormone levels were really good.
    However I was experiencing many months of anger issues and night sweats.
    The shot was definitely not working the last several months I was on.
    My new doctor prescribed a oral birth control pill that I have been on for three months. It has helped with my anger issues when on the pill. However I Still have weight gain, breast tenderness, moodiness and cramps when my week of my period. Each month my period is coming back.
    But the week I am off the shot I am extremely tired, extremely moody and depressed. As I know I should not have been on the shot the length of time I was on, there is really no one to go to that has a lot of information for the length of time I was on the shot. Or how I am feeling, what my body is going thru. What are the best solutions, best supplements or best hormone treatments I should pursuing.
    If anyone has any information or doctors that they could recommend I would greatly appreciate it.

  2044. I was on the depo shot last one was 4 months ago but getting signs i’m pregnant but test is saying I’m not wish I never had the depo

  2045. Just stopped the shots in April due to my doctors being idiots regarding this whole covid thing. About a week or two weeks ago started experiencing horrible symptoms that remind me of pregnancy but a lot seem to be withdrawal from this drug?? Really concerned and not quite sure what to think.

  2046. My side effects while on it for 1 year (2x 6monthly injections): No periods, increased weight gain and appetite, stomach bloating (being asked if I’m pregnant), loss of labido, tiredness, disinterest, more irritable, sweating more and feeling too hot in the night.

    Symptoms after 7 months since it wore off: return of sex drive, back pain, no weight loss so far, constipation, 3 x 5 day periods with 7-10 day gaps between them, stomach bloating goes and comes back with the periods, tender breasts, crying at the slightest damn thing.

    I was on the progesterone only (POP) pill for 5 years 2007-2012. That also gave similar symptoms and not periods or sex drive but spotting very occasionally (usually came about in stressful times). I lost 3 stone after stopping that and I’ve put it all back on through the injection! 😭

    I just spoke with my mum and she said it took her 3 years after coming off it to get pregnant with my brother. She also experienced mood effects and she had heavy bleeding with long periods.

    In the UK, doctors don’t recommend having progesterone only for more than 2yrs continuously as it reduces bone mass. Bone mass will replenish once the injection is stopped, but over many years the ability to replenish it will slow and could eventually add to post-menopausal bone issues, particular since loss of oestrogen after menopause reduces bone density. The risk isn’t massive or widely documented but can cause problems so it’s important to know about and make your own decisions.

  2047. Its been 2 months since I come off the depo. My period in April was normal but in may it was late 9 days just brown spotting then light bleeding but each day was different. I will have very light bleeding for half the day and then nothing . My period is always heavy and painful but this is different. I don’t know if its a period or just a light bleeding. So confused .

    • When I first started depo my period was like that than few years into it I stopped having periods all together

  2048. I’ve been on the depo shot for more than. 8 years I recently stopped it in hopes of loosing weight as depo made me gain 115lbs and so far I’ve noticed I’m just very angry and very annoyed and I’m very bloated

  2049. Since I’ve stopped every side affect that I was supposed to have on it I have now except I have hot flashes. Currently in the bathroom crying because I now have a UTI feeling and can’t sleep. I sweat all night and now I can’t even lay in bed. I’ve also been swollen and itchy and I’m married so I know it isn’t anything else. I’m miserable and tired and a little depressed.
    No one told me this would be so hard.

    • I meant I’ve started every side affect and OH the nightmares……. they started last week. And they are vivid. I may just go back on. I can’t do this

  2050. I recently quit taking depo and started taking the pill. I’ve been super exhausted and cranky. I also have severe bloating to the point I thought I was pregnant because my stomach got so big. Can anyone give me advise or let me know if this is common?

  2051. I was on the depo shot 2 months ago and I never got it again. The month after I got it, I got my period. But the month after that, I didn’t get my period. I’m about two weeks late and I have cramps but no bleeding and my hormones are thru the roof. I don’t know if this is because I got the depo before and stopped or I’m considering I’m going thru early menopause. But i really don’t know what it could be and just want to know what’s wrong cause it’s really affecting me.

  2052. I use Depo for 8yrs.so this year I decide to stop using it.my due was on the 7th of April 2020.i’m so worried.lot of changes in my body.breast pain,cramping,haedache,gaining weigth and I eat too much,moody,my breast&stomuch look big.I look like pregnant.is all this side effects?

  2053. I was on it for about 5 years (yes, I know not recommended), but no one ever told me it wasn’t recommended to use for longer than 2 years. Within my 4th and 5th year on it, I started to notice that I would start bleeding from time to time (although I stopped having a period by my 6th month on it), and the blood would be really heavy, much heavier than before I was on it. I decided to stop getting the shot several months ago, and since I haven’t gotten another shot, I’ve gotten my period back and it’s been extremely heavy with a lot of cramping. Before being on the shot, my period was never very heavy and I would barely get cramping.

  2054. My depo experience:
    Before deciding to take depo my periods were very regular. Same day every month and they were very heavy and lasted 3-4 days. When I got my first depo shot I experienced some light spotting and then no bleeding for a couple of weeks but the spotting came back. I was on the depo shot for a whole year and throughout that whole entire year I was constantly spotting. It was way better dealing with light spotting than a heavy period with cramps so I decided to stick with it for the year. There were weeks that I didn’t spot (usually right after I got a shot) but the spotting would always come back. I had also been dealing with anxiety so I decided to take a break from the shot and get my body back to normal for a while. It is June and I believe my last shot was sometime late January. I have been very confused by my symptoms since. I continued to spot all throughout February, March and most of May. At the end of May I had, what I believe, to be my first normal period again. I had terrible cramps and such a heavy flow. Heavier than what my periods used to be. It also lasted for about a whole 7 days but got a little lighter each day. After those 7 days I noticed I was still bleeding very slightly. I wasn’t completely spotting but I noticed a tinge of pink whenever I wiped after using the bathroom. Now it has been 2 weeks since that last heavy period ended and I just got my period again! I’m cramping and my flow is medium. The bleeding and irregularity is exhausting. It sucks not knowing when it will get back to normal. I never noticed weight gain or a low sex drive and I’m not sure if my anxiety or depression was from the depo or just from me. Hope this helps someone.

  2055. I was getting the shot for a little over two years and had my last one about 6 months ago. Less than a month after the 3 month period of effectiveness I got my period. Lasting about 5 days pretty much the same to what my period was before depo. However, since then I have gotten my period every other week. So it’s basically period week, pms week, period week…etc. so ive had four periods in two months. Just wondering if the bleeding will ever stop and if I will ever get back to normal.

  2056. Ok so Im just curious if anybody else has had the same experience with depo… so i tried it for the first time as a teenager and it made me bleed for 7 months straight. Not heavy but still… annoying. Stopped getting it.

    Now 10 years later after having 2 children I decided to get on it again… worked perfectly as far as not getting a period. Wonderful i absolutely love that part. However I lost 25 pounds and lost my boobs almost completely. For this reason I have decided to stop taking it after 2 years.

    We will see if that helps (for the record I have been trying to gain weight this entire 2 years. Eating 4,000 calories a day, protein shakes, lifting weights… absolutely nothing has worked and the doctor found nothing wrong in my blood work)

    Just curious to see if anybody else has had this experience and if getting off of the depo shot helped. Also im curious if anybody knows…. how fertile are you after stopping the shot… could you get pregnant immediately or does it take some time after the 12 weeks of your last shot runs out?… just wondering cause i dont want any more babies right now lol

    Thanks in advance

  2057. I’m young (15) and was once healthy but right after I started depo I started losing hair I gained a couple lbs and started experiencing random body pains, I got horrible bladder and kidney infection and Couldn’t get out of bed for a week so I switched to pills and I now just stopped gaining weight (20 lbs) and my body is always hurting, my bones hurt, my muscles hurt, I was a National competitive dancer now it hurts to do anything. I don’t know if all of this has to do with depo because I do have depression but it seems everything started a week after I got the injection.

  2058. My name is Mansura bamanga am from Nigeria, I took my first injection of depo prevera, January then started bleeding and stopped bleeding in March.In June fasting month, bcuz am a Muslim, it came out bits by bits and then stopped, up till now it hasn’t come out I don’t know if it is going to come back to normal.
    help

  2059. I started the depo shot around April of 2019 and got off of it around May 2020. The first few months of being on the depo were great for me. I had no periods until the 3 months were almost up but they were light and went away when I got my next dose. However things got worse the longer I was on it. I no longer got any periods but instead gained 25 pounds, had 0 sex drive, mood swings, bloating, no energy to do anything, depression, hot flashes that made me pass out etc. I decided not to go in for my next shot because I want to be pregnant in the next couple of years. While being off the birth control I’m experiencing tender breasts which have been going on for 2 weeks, nausea, lots of white discharge, cramping, irritability, a little increase in sex drive.

  2060. I was due for my Depo shot in December 2019 and did not go. I have been on it for two years. however my cycle returned June 13 2020 after 6 mths off depo. Today is my 6th day and the bleeding has gotten heavier. Is this normal?

  2061. I recently got off the depo shot after being on it for a little over 2 years, about a month off it and I’m starting to cramp really bad, it goes away but then it comes back the same pain. Like a 8 out of 10 I would say. I’ve also gotten emotional out of no where boo I start crying for the littlest things… 😭

  2062. I was on depo for a little over 2 years and it was great while I was on it. I had no periods, did gain weight but that wasn’t a huge issue for me. The issues came when I stopped using birth control in the summer of 2017. When it finally wore off it was like all my blood flushed out of my body. I couldnt go anywhere and I couldn’t sit down for too long because if I stood up I wanna say like 2 cups of blood would literally come out of me like water. Waking up in the morning was horrible as well, 2 cups of blood when I just stood up, imagine how much after waking up in the morning. It was like pools and pools of it. Then that finally ended after a year. I had a couple of months with regular periods. Then out of no where they started being weird again in the summer of 2019. A month without my period then 2 weeks then a week without my period then 2 months of my period. I had to go to the hospital and get a blood transfusion in November because I lost too much blood and they put me on the mini pill for 3 months and now we are here in June of 2020 with another 2 week period.

  2063. My niece was getting the depo shot faithfully after her fist born. She was ok until she stopped get the injection. Now 6+ yrs later she’s experiencing PAIN nausea weight loss and these episodes come periodically and can last a week+
    She’s been to 3 different Drs and NOT ONE DR HOPSITAL can tell her what’s wrong?? All her vitals blood tests cat scans come back normal but! SOMETHING IS OBVIOUSLY WEONG SHE IN CONSTANT PAIN!
    Someone PLEASE HELP??

  2064. My niece was getting the depo shot faithfully after her fist born. She was ok until she stopped get the injection. Now 6+ yrs later she’s experiencing PAIN nausea weight loss and these episodes come periodically and can last a week+
    She’s been to 3 different Drs and NOT ONE DR HOPSITAL can tell her what’s wrong?? All her vitals blood tests cat scans come back normal but! SOMETHING IS OBVIOUSLY WEONG SHE IN CONSTANT PAIN!
    Someone PLEASE HELP??

  2065. I’ve been on the depo for seven years now and recently missed my shot in march because of the pandemic. I have mainly just expierence breast tenderness and just now started my period again today at the end of June. BUT I will be receiving the shot once again tomorrow because I have not really expierenced any bad side effects.

  2066. The biggest mistake I ever chose for my 18 year old daughter!!! My daughter received her first shot a month ago and started feeling very depress within 2weeks. Now my daughter is experiencing migraines, blurry vision, extreme chest pains and pelvic pain. We’ve been back to the obgyn and different hospitals to get some type of help but we cant get any help! Can any please suggest what I can do to help my daughter. I’m begging pleaseeeeeeeee!

  2067. I have been on the shot since August 2015 and I was suppose to go back for my injection on June 2, 2020 but I didn’t go back in because me and my husband wanted to try to have another baby so I’m not sure how long this medication will take to come out of my system but from reading all these comments I’m kinda scared

  2068. Hi everyone – I thought I would share my experience in the hope it would help others. I had 2 shots and I have stopped them. I was bleeding almost every day for the 6 months (about 7 days of no bleeding) I also swelled massively. I looked like I was 3-6 months pregnant and I was bigger than I have been in my life. This week I have really bad back and period pains and I am so so tired and sleeping lots. I am usually someone with lots of energy. My advice would be to steer clear of it. I have really painful and heavy periods that really affect my life and I have tried everything available – many pills, the implant etc. Going forward I am going to just use pain medication and try to manage naturally. Everything has side effects!!

  2069. I just stopped taking mine because they are going to remove my tubes and omg I have basically been on my period since the beginning or June and when it stops I get maybe a 3 to 4 day break and it comes back. These cramps are worse

  2070. I took the depo shot the whole of 2019, I was fine until I stopped it. Now I have been bleeding for 2 months non stop, it really affected me, I will never ever take it ever again in my life, that was the first and final time.

  2071. I’ve been on the depo for 16 years, and after having various problems with anxiety, and concerns I’m going through early menopause me and my doctor decided I would stop depo and then once back to normal do some hormone tests to see if that’s my problem.
    Depo has always been good for me, I was initially put on depo to control periods that made me so ill I was bed bound, and after trying other methods that failed, this was a god send.
    So far it’s been a week since I was last due depo, so I’m not sure if my symptoms (that have been happening for the last 2 months) are anxiety related, or because I’m generally unwell. But my ovaries feel painful and “heavy” a lot of the time, my mood is up and down, and I feel like I have little control over my bowels and bladder. Today I am so unwell I’ve cancelled work, something that I have never done before. I rarely am ill, and even when I do get ill I will always work. I’ve cried on my mum and on my brother because I just cant cope. Has anyone else been on depo long term and suddenly had symptoms like this? I really dont know if my problems are due to my anxiety, my hormones or just because I’m not well

  2072. So I only took the shot one time. After 3 months your supposed to come back for your next shot but I decided not to and I didn’t get my cycle for another 2 months. Once I started my cycle I had breast tenderness, nausea, neck pain, back pain, terrible headaches, flu symptoms, sleepless, hot flashes, and dizziness. It’s been terrible.

  2073. Ive been on and off the depo shot for about 8 yrs now since i had my 3 rd child i on in 2017 and got off a few mths affter that no problem til 2018 i decided to get back on for one year and it was terrible i was emotional didnt have a appetite everything mad me nauseous my breast hurt every day and very swellon so after a year i got off no period for 2 yrs now i 2020 i cant stop bleeding went to my doctor did blood work and got a ultra sound of my uterus and they said nothing is wrong gave me meds tp stop it but it didnt ive been on my period for a mth and i have it its making me depress and all please dont do it

  2074. Absolute horrible withdrawal symptoms when I stopped taking. Non stop bleeding, fatigue, vomiting, constantly cold and shaking, sore throughout my whole body, headaches… went on for WEEKS at a time.

  2075. Hey i was on tge depo shot twice most of the time it was all good had a very high libido and no periods but my shot ended 3 months ago n now i have severe tenderness of the breast that i cant even lay on my chest bloating and no periods am i ever going back to normal

  2076. I have been having when I missed my deposit after 3 months I started to have Cold hot sweat Sometimes I get back pain chest pain Sweaty hand and sweaty feet I really hate the feelings I hope it goes away 😔

    Please if anyone out there want to talk please messages me on Facebook colleen Gibson I really want to talk someone who going thought the same Situation as I am

  2077. Hello. I was on the depo shot for several years. I decided to discontinue it about 15 months or so ago bc I am 35 and want another child. About 5 months later I got my cycle 2 months in a row (August and September) but then it disappeared again and did not show back up until February. It then came once a month for 4 months straight (February-May) so I thought GREAT, my body is finally getting back to normal. So much for that bc I did not get my cycle for June, this is the beginning of July and still no cycle and I’m not pregnant bc I took 2 tests that both said negative. Is it normal for your cycle to show up for months and then disappear again? Especially this long after discontinuing depo? I’m starting to worry and feel like I can no longer get pregnant. If you have had a similar situation, please share. TIA

  2078. Had been on depo for over 5 years, came off of it 6 weeks ago then got changed to the mini pill but only took this for two weeks. Decided at some stage in the future we want to have a baby, since being off depo and mini pill I’ve had sore breasts, sharp pains down below, bit of clear/white discharge. Got back ache a bit too. This seems to happen every other week like clockwork but no period or spotting.
    I am taking vitamins and Angus cactus and being careful with my diet and getting lots of exercise. My question is- what am I actually experiencing? Ovulating? Period coming? Any advise greatly appreciated

  2079. Im on depo shot sense 2011 and everytime the 3 months is up to get it i get this addictive urge to what it the last year its startes doing this. Ive thought it was my hormones just acting up cause they do closer to time on getting it but this feeling is the urge to get the shot ill get so worked up ill cry to my doc and mom to plz fill the shot and give it to me then after ill feel better and actually wont remember much of having the crying spell. But still that addictive urge and not remembering after is bad.

  2080. I didn’t start getting depo injections until I was 22 yrs old, after giving birth to a set of twins. I remember feeling nervous a lot as time went on, I remember being mentally crouded with negative thoughts. I felt alone and disconnected from people, from the world. This was NOTHING like stress as a child this was on a whole other level. It was terrible. I assumed it was from a series of events that may have happened in my life, like I kept trying to make sense of it and figure out why All of a sudden it’s happening now. So I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder which before depo I Never had an issue with like how do you out of the clear blue have a disorder like that in your twenties? So I decided to get off of depo in the 2nd yr of using it and was still having some of the same symptoms. As time went on I started feeling way better.5yrs later I got pregnant with my son and boy oh boy i felt like i was in heaven when it came to my mental state before pregnancy and during the entire 9 months of pregnancy. After giving birth I decided to try depo again and hey what do you know it’s all coming back again. My son is 6months old and my daughter’s 6yrs I seriously can’t deal with this mental health issue that I believe depo has played a huge role in. I just want to be whole and Happy for my kids and family but it’s hard. I thought it was me just tripping until a family member said the exact same thing happened to her after getting on depo. I just can’t…

  2081. I received one shot and I hated it almost immediately and did not get anymore. It was suggested for me to help with my endometriosis. I’ve gained excess weight, bleed heavy for the first three months after the shot and have not had a period since.
    I have no sex drive at all. I feel like I’ve lost my mojo!
    Now it find out it can stay in your system for up to a year is very frustrating. I would not suggest this to any women to use.

  2082. I went for three months family planning injection and it has expired Abt four
    months ago and the problem am facing now is I experience heavy flow of menstruation, cramps and it also last more than 7 days please what can I do to stop it or wash it out of my system am 22 years old. I use to take contraceptive called Lydia (secure) and it do stop but will still experience it my next period and I want to get something that can stop it completely

  2083. Ok, so can I get a few answers please was on the depo for 7 years…missed the shot Jan 2019 got the shot feb 11th had sex the 12th….I didn’t want my next shot in may cause after the one in feb I felt funny I felt pregnant…with all these different symptoms signs actually stomach shocks feet swelling discharge? Food cravings? Flutters but every test says negative n my stomach looks bout 5 months pregnant answrrrr please

    • And Also I’ve still had no period at all since n my boobs have increased in size stay sore have had stuff come out at this point I don’t know

  2084. Stopping depo caused a lot of problems for me it’s been 4 to 5 months off of it still no period and I have pain in the lower right of my stomach like stabbing pains in morning and night only I can hardly move to get dressed never had this problem the two years I was on it then I quit taking it and all these issues I started to stretch more and work out more it’s helped a lot and drinking more water I advice no one to take depo if they eventually just want their normal period body back I don’t want kids just my period back and when they say comes when it will come back I will cry if anyone else had these symptoms please email me and let me know when you got your period back!

    • I got my period about 5 months after my last shot, but then I only had about 10 days between each period. My doctor and I both think that its due to the shot, but shes a little concerned because its been going on for 4 months now. Next week I have an appointment for an exam on my uterus to be sure there isnt anything going on.

  2085. I took the depo shot from Jun 2016 – Nov 3019. Had no periods after the first few months on it, but gained 30lbs total despite diet and exercise. I also had insane food cravings. It is now July 2020 and I have lost the 30lbs easily, but I am also having similar side effects.. My symptoms are:
    -Depression
    -Fatigue
    -Breast tenderness during periods
    -Severe cramps (very occasionally, but I never had cramps before. Now when I do get them, I can barely move)
    -Lightheadedness
    -Frequent periods (about 10 days between periods)
    All my weight loss has been strictly from my diet because I am unable to work out. When I do workout, even moderately, I get extremely lightheaded and nauseous.
    The side effects are even affecting my marriage. Small things that normally wouldnt really bother me, now completely devastate me. Some nights I feel so empty that I can’t even sleep in the same bed as my husband, but thankfully he has been very understanding and gives me my space during these times.

    Knowing that others are having these symptoms as well, I am going to set up an appointment with my doctor to see if she has any advice for me. Thank you all for sharing, it is a relief to know that I am not alone.

  2086. I got the shot right after I had my baby at my postprom check up n bleed for the whole 3 mos mostly and didn’t get another one
    My period stop for a month and a half came back now I been bleeding for weeks again
    I just want it to stop 😭

  2087. I was taking Depo for 10 months I was having my periods like usually while I was using then I stopped using Depo coz I wanted a child the time I stopped using it my periods stopped till now I dont know what to do so that I could get my periods back.

  2088. I’ve been having the depo injection for years, my last one was April 17th 2020. Coming off the injection I’ve had big mood swings, no sleep to the point in sleep deprived over 3 days before I finally crash, erratic, over thinking and generally unhappy. No bleeding at all soon as I started the injection the bleeding stopped. Im now waiting for my body to detox and return to normal (fingers crossed)

    • I stayed up for 2 days in a row 41 hours I was awake and I feel like I’m going to puke all day I have had that feeling they one that you see on someone’s face when they realize they are about to puke that moment of oh crap I’m gonna n then they puke. I have been off of the depo for 6 months n I just got my period back and I feel so sick and like I said I stayed up for 41 hours and I do have some mood swings here and there but I hate sex and dont want it ever again and mostly I want to puke. This sucks

  2089. Since stoping in May in first part of June I had a bleed that lasted 10 days. It’s now the 21July no ovulation piles on weight within a mounth. I had breast tenderness pains in pains in stumic but no bleeding. Quite figured I have never been skinny and have policies overuse. It took me 5 years to get pregnant with my 8year old. And would like another child.

  2090. Hi I am 36 I have been on the depo for 2years but the last 4weeks I am been getting bad cramps in top of my legs and the bottom

  2091. I had a tubal pregnancy and they made me terminate witch is messed up in itself. They then put me on the depo and I dont believe in birth control at all but I only took it because they told me to so the same situation wouldnt happen again. I was not told anything about how long it would take to get my period back after stopping the depo nor told I could lose bone density a d stuff I just read. If I would of known any of that information I would of just taken a pill but I was also happy to try the depo so I wouldn’t have a period for a while. I have been off of it for 6for 7 months and I have my period back now and ever since I feel like I’m gonna puke and I gag as if I’m going to puke I’m not like this at all till my period returned. I’m not sure what to do but it wont settle at all the feeling of this isnr present at all. I’m so tired of this constant feeling of a frog in my throat that feeling of when you see someone and you realize they are about to puke the face they make that’s my face all day and it’s not ok. Help me

  2092. I did my last depo shot in april and havent gone back on it and I have had intense breast pain and headaches starting in late June. It is now July I still havent had a period and I thought multiple times i could be pregnant but now seeing this i guess it’s just depo side effects i wasnt told about

  2093. I was supposed to get another shot in May but refused to get it. I’ve had no periods , which is okay for me. But it makes me sick. The symptoms during pregnancy definitely occur while on the shot . Such as nausea & fatigue . My cramps get worse & whenever i do get it a bleed for weeks at a time . I will not be getting it again .

  2094. I started depo March 2019 and i had my last shot June 2020. While on depo i had irregular periods and during certain times my fell out a lot more than usual. It’s now August 2020 and my periods are back to regular timing the only down side is that they are a lot heavier and I get really bad cramps along with nausea which is something I didn’t have before starting depo. Im so glad im finally off it:)

  2095. I been taking depo for a year came Jan. I missed my shot in May i still haven’t had a period.

  2096. When I stopped DEPO, I bled for three months. My progesterone levels were so low that I started having menopause symptoms (I’m 25). During this first “period”, I experienced cramping, hot flashes, potassium deficiency, iron deficiency, fatigue, exhaustion, cramping over my whole body (attributed to the potassium deficiency), dizziness, breast tenderness, and others.
    The bleeding stopped with a progesterone supplement, but picked back up after three weeks. In this second period, I’ve experienced severe menstrual cramps, nausea, hot and cold flashes, breast tenderness, vaginal tenderness, and others. I’ve been bleeding for five weeks now with no improvement. I’ve resumed the progesterone supplement, but no changes so far.

  2097. I would not recommend taking it I wish I would off researched the side effect after stopping I took the shot for the first time in May and I’m at my 2 month and I’ve been bleeding for the past two months. It is pretty annoying tbh I hope i can get my period back to normal. Also I heard working out and loosing weight helps so that is what I will try to do and see if it works because I did gain weight with the shot

  2098. I used depo for 3years and have stopped it for 10months now but am still bleeding heavily is it part of the wearing out.and for how long will I bleed for me to have a regular circle

  2099. Came off the depo in May. Had so many cramping pains and just awful experience. I put on 2 stone ish and I’m very active and healthy. Now struggling to conceive

  2100. I am nearly positive that he doesn’t depo shot caused me two episodes of life’s threatening blood clots. I haven’t had my period in five months since beginning it. They don’t know know enough about the feminine body. Do both recommend this. I am off all hormonal birth control: the consciousness behind them isn’t there.

  2101. I got it just once in April and I have been bleeding non stop, I stop it but know I have a question am I pregnant? I have Nausea, sometimes feel like vomiting, I can’t smell or test the food

  2102. What can I do to get pregnant I have pcos an I had two shot of depo I stop getting it because I was feeling sick

  2103. I’ve been off depo for a year and still haven’t had a period I know it says it can be up to a year and a half before you start your period again but if it doesn’t come back next month I’m going to the doctors.

    • You will get it back trust me I was on depo for 6 years. It took me a little over a year then I got it but be where it came sometimes early one month then late the next

  2104. I have used depo years ago for 6 years. I had no side affect while taking it. When I stopped. About 8 months later my breasts felt like pins and needles and a burning sensation this lasted about a month. Also I think depo made me go into early menopause. I was 45 when a completely stooped my cycle

  2105. I last had my shot in February it is August now. I have experienced sore breasts, increased flow in my cycle with an increased amount of pain. I don’t normally have such a heavy flow but since coming off the injection I have been bleeding through multiple pads going my through my underwear and into my clothes. It has definitely increased all symptoms of my periods.

  2106. I begin using depo method from 2016 to 2018 March but I could bleed once in a while at times nothing completely e time I go through periods I feel alot o pain but I could endure e pain could be only for 1 day so i stoped using from 2018 April to 2020 I later joined again around 24th of January 2020 to April 24th From May up to now August I only menstrate w I really be pregnant am so worried give me advice

  2107. I got off the Depo shot last year. Last shot I got was August 2019. I started to get my period about 2 months ago but recently I’ve been having a lot of joint and muscle pain/tension. I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

  2108. ok so I have decided to stop with depo it was due the 2nd aug 2020 and I have not had it, however the last couple of days I have been peeing razor blades a small amount of blood in my urine and pain when I go. Has anyone else had this ive never had a urine infection so guessing!! Want to go all the time but only a little comes out with pain

  2109. I started using the depo shot early this year January , when I was suppose to get my 3rd Shot first week of June I didn’t cause I was just tired of having irregular periods, fatigue, crazy mood swings , headaches all the time and also my appetite was insane …so this month August I started spotting then after my periods got heavier every with cramps accompanied by headaches and feeling nausea all the time, it’s been 2 weeks since I’ve been bleeding , is it normal 🥺? How long are they going to take?

  2110. I have been taking drop Provera for a year now because I was forced into marriage with someone i do not love and would not want to start a family with. So finally, I broke free of the marriage and I am thinking of starting a family with someone I love as soon as I can. My last shot was in February, 2020. In April I noticed I started having excruciating pains in my breast and it feels heavy though I added about 15kg in weight over the course of one year I have been using depo Provera. I have lost the excess weight but I still experience pains in my breast at times. Then 1st week of August, 2020 I experienced a horrible chills, sweating and excruciating cramps which was followed by my period which lasted for 6 days. Then exactly 7 days after my period ended. ImI am having my second period which I am sure it is as a result of depo Provera withdrawal. I have been contemplating going to see a doctor about it but I am still hoping with time my system will completely go back to normal.

  2111. I had been on depo for heavy periods almost a year, my 4th shot was due May 28th 2020, but due to constant bleeding, I decided not continue with it, so I did not receive my last shot. It is now August 18th, and I’m still bleeding. Some times light like spotting, sometimes heavy like a heavy period. I wish I could go back and never ever start birth control. I’m so frustrated.

  2112. I am 21 years .. I first used Depo around Feb but couldn’t go for my next injection and also has sexual intercourse but never got my periods ever since I started injection .. after some few weeks my belly started to be big and my breast began to be tender every morning.. could I be pregnant ?

  2113. Bleeding like every other week if not more stopped it 4m ago for last 2m it just feels like it never stops. Some times toilet red some time only when I wipe. Sore breast

  2114. I have been off depo for about 3 months and notice a significant increase in my breast growth as well as fat diposits depositing more around my hips.

  2115. I was using the depo shot since I was 17 years old and now I’m 20 years old an decided to get off depo. I got off depo because I really could see the shot affecting me and my body, at first I didn’t think to much of it but I gained a tremendous amount of weight and it really does throw your sex drive away. I was experiencing different things at a young age and now at 20 years old the shot wearing off is a nightmare. I get very bad mood swings, irregular bleeding, confusion, and irregular anxiety. Now that the shot is wearing off I feel good honestly I feel the drug wearing off my body it’s been 4 months since I been off and I haven’t got pregnant which me and my partner are trying to start a family but no luck. While on the shot longer than a year I did worry for my bone density which doctored told me not to but I felt my bones an body change. Being so young on depo I feel my body didn’t develop as it should normally and now off the shot my body is beginning to process normally. My sex drive is starting to be normal. I get very bad mood swings and I don’t know why. Will I ever get the depo shot again ? Not ever in my life and I do not recommend for my little sisters to get it. I’m honestly scared for my fertile and hoping depo didn’t affect anything. I am glad to hear I’m not the only one experiencing this that others have had somewhat like experience to mine. Depo is something you want to look into before putting it in your body. I can’t wait until my body is norma again. 🙁

  2116. I stumbled across this page looking for some answers as to the symptoms ive been experiencing. I was given the depo shot back in May 2020 to stop heavy nonstop abnormal bleeding i was having and it was the only treatment that worked, since id already tried losing weight and BCP before. Now, a little over 3 months since i got the shot, ive been experiencing weakness, nausea, irritability and beyond ridiculous tiredness among other things. I regret not doing my research or trying other options before i agreed to the depo. I was already having great difficulty getting pregnant, and now i see my options as very slim to none.

  2117. I recently stopped the drop Vera shot and I have bled the whole month of August and the beginning of September. My breast have been tender and I have been nauseated.

  2118. Nausea, vomitted today, feel pregnant, light headed, equilibrium off, walking sideways…i know its weird, bit im 10 months off depo. Hope im.not pregnant.

  2119. I have bee on Depo Vera for over 5 years and have been off it for about 6 months. Just recently, I have experienced terrible stomach cramps, nauseous feelings, sore breasts, fatigue, hot flashes, mood swings, and a back ache. I have yet to have a menstrual period since ending the shot. This has been going on for about 2 weeks now.

  2120. I have took the depo shot for almost two years with out any problem. No weight gain mood swings. Nothing. I decided about a month ago to stop taken it just because I don’t want to anymore. Coming off this shot is terrible. Diarrhea constant cramping but no bleeding. Headaches and I’m so tired. Nausea and mood swings. I would almost go back and take the shot. I’m not going to but this really sucks does anyone know how long this will last?

  2121. I dont remember when I got my shot but my next appt is in a week. This was only my first shot . I didn’t have a period for a while but after having unprotected sex I had tissue coming out of me along w heavy bleeding. I’m pretty sure it was the shot preventing the pregnancy to happen, i dont know. But it eventually stopped . Ive had change in my mood ever since the shot, been very angry and sad and sometimes happy, I have a headache almost everyday, and lots of bloating, my acne also flared up. Recently I started spotting and the spotting then turned to be almost like a normal period and then back to brown spotting… it’s been like this for like a week or a little longer and it just feels like it never going to stop. I dont plan on getting the next shot next week because of all the side effects but if I stop the shot will this bleeding last for months nonstop?? Because I want my cycle regular again and I want to be able to have sex w out worrying about bleeding randomly or constantly.

  2122. I was on the depo for nine months and stopped, it is the worst experience of my life. The withdrawals I’m having is body aches, really bad back aches, anxiety and depression, sore breast very painful, migraines, nausea, tiredness, and dizzineas. I’ve been dealing with this for three weeks now , (when does it stop) can someone tell me if they went through this?

    • going through it right now and its so bad so so bad , if u still are let me know my insta is 22.moody.blessing.22 …. if it does this to everyone then something needs to be done

  2123. I started the shot back in 2016, after my son was born. I had no issues with it to my knowledge until I discontinued use due to no insurance. My last shot was supposed to be in May…Now my boobs are so tender and sensitive to the touch (not just sensitive, but if even my clothes touch, it’s AGONY), LOTS of bloating, and so nauseous all the time. I halfway thought I was pregnant again but all the tests come back negative. After seeing what others have posted on here, I realized my depression and lack of sex drive is probably partly due to the depo, and that makes me a bit upset. I used to recommend, but after coming off of it, I will never recommend anyone use it.

  2124. Yes i think hve some good testimonies the first time i took it i think it was 2018 i used depo for about a year the decided to stop then ma periods came back God! They wer so heavhy that even mess my trousers , then after that ma periods wer normal again, so 2020 january i went to vlinic again for depo then my next appoint i think it was end of April if i still remember correctly then at de clinic dat day dey said dey dnt hve depo they only hve dat 1 for 2 month i forgot its name i then its fine we can use dat since i didnt to ca periods any time soon , we then went i heard with it , dat was ma last shorts nd i never went again nd from then since today i havent seen ma periods , i sometimes feel like am pregnant i feel pain in ma stomach sometines ma breast swallow , nd headache all the way , sometimes feels like vomiting, its bin month

  2125. I used to take the depo shot. I stopped and the doctors said it should take 9-12 months to completely leave my system. At the 9 month mark I was so nauseous and in so much pain I went to the emergency room twice and they had no idea what was wrong with me. They did every test possible. I’m still having problems with being so nauseous I gag after about 7:30 pm.

  2126. Having experienced abdominal discomfort erratic periods and recurring ovarian cysts after my first pregnancy I went on depo after my second. I was aged 23. Prior to my first pregnancy I had experienced none of those problems.

    I was on Depo for 24 years. No periods, no gyno related health problems. I felt really good nearly all of the time emotionally.

    After concerns about BMD loss I went off DEPO, my husband had a vasectomy so I could go contraception free.

    After 5 months from the last injection, my periods returned with a vengeance. Heavy bleeding non stop for 3 months. Weight gain and hair loss. Also the pain in my ovaries has returned along with the abdominal discomfort.

    A year on and my periods are now usually 4 weeks apart. Regular bleeding.

    The constant anxiety I feel comes with crying, rages, forgetfulness, loss of libido, trouble sleeping, fatigue, nausea and breathlessness…..

    Doctors have suggested I may now be entering the pre menopausal stage. I concede this may be a factor, but I also feel this is related to withdrawal of this contraception.

    Too much of a coincidence. I’ve basically been in chemical induced menopause all of my adult life.

  2127. Coming off the depo.. it was the best choice I made. I had been on the depo injections for 9 years. no medical profession told me that you should only use it for a couple of years, the side effects I was experiencing made it clear to me that it should only be used temporarily. I was diagnosed with anxiety when I was 18 this was 2 years after using the depo, it was so out of my character to be worrying to the point it made me sick, I had pulsating migraines Atleast once a week. I’d been dealing with this for years so I didn’t put it down to the depo injection at first. When I turned 23 I met my current boyfriend who I am still very happy with we both said we don’t want children just yet and want to enjoy our youth. 2 years later after that I was still anxious and paranoid and my head aches and stress was unbearable so I spoke to my boyfriend and he said what ever will help you I’m all for it. So I come off the depo and went on to the mini pill. I get so much better and healthier in myself I thought waw I can’t believe how much better I feel after only 3 months off this injection but then 6 months being on the pill my anxiety was creeping back so I thought I just want to be clear of every birth control now. Iv been off the injection for 6 months and off the pill for 3 weeks and so far so good. I have tender boobs and Iv been having cramping Iv had no sign of a period yet but it may take a while for that to happen but I’m so much happier and confident in myself it’s great! I recommend if you don’t want children but your with someone who you love and trust just use w condom and be careful. Honestly it’s the best step Iv made with birth control I think it’s important to have a break once in a while.

  2128. I started the depo shot May of 2018. I have endometreosis and this seemed to be the only thing the doctor could recommend to help my daily struggle with pain, sometimes 5 month long periods, the list goes on. She told me to try the depo and see how it goes. I had my period for 7 and a half months straight. Thought I had finally gone crazy after a while I would just laugh about it. But every three months, my doctor would say just trust me Just keep taking the shot. Although my period Lasted that long, I didn’t really have any other crazy weird side effects i had trying other bc. And I had to put my faith in something because I couldn’t handle the pain anymore. The period Lasted more than half a year, but it wasn’t quite as painful.. And then 3 days after I got my 4th shot, the bleeding stopped. And everything else just sort of became background. The awful pain I felt every single day became more manageable, and then that May (a year later) I was finally able to have my surgery. Now that its been more than two years idk what to do now but with some people, the adjustment period will take more time and in a situation like mine, it was an absolute life saver.

  2129. I am 29 years old and had my last shot of depo provera first week of May 2020. It’s now first week of October and I’m assuming that it’s the withdrawal symptoms that I am currently experiencing. Headaches, extreme fatigue and menstrual cramps like. It’s such a horrible experience as I drag myself day to day with the hopes of getting my cycle back. Are the cramps perhaps a sign that I am ovulating again and should expect my period soon?

  2130. I’ve been off the shot for 2 months or so, I’ve experienced whole body itchiness that stops me from sleeping, increased anxiety, shaking when anxious, depression, fatigue, headaches and eye pain, mood swings and, irregular bleeding. BUT on the positive, my sex drive has increased, I’m just too tired to act on it most times haha. I guess everything balances in due time. Eat healthy ladies and keep active, that’s the best medicine to regulate again!

    • I didn’t got back for my 4th does back in May and oh my I experienced your symptoms and fast heart rate and palpitations and until this very day my sleep is out of control , I can’t focus and I have like brain fog I can’t seem to stay asleep

  2131. Hi ladies..
    I took my first injection on September 2019. My last injection was December 2019..I only had 2 injections…I was due for another one in March but didn’t go back. I got my monthly back the following month..I would get it every month but it would come on day 25 then day 30 for a few months. Then in September I only had a 3 day cycle. Usually it last 4 day now its 7 days long since last month. I’m still waiting for my hair to grow bk since I got my first injection. I had hair lost a month after I got my first injection. My feet has been hurting bad after walking or standing for along perios of time. And I’m having a hard time losing the weight I gained. I didn’t gain any weight while on the depo but after getting off I gained 30 pounds. I try to eat right and workout it just stays the same..I hate this side effect 😒

  2132. I got depo short on 3 October 2018 which ended on 3 January 2019 i had no problems I uses to have normal pees every month when I was on it …so I went to get another shot on 3 January2019which ended on 3April .

  2133. I had taken it when I was a teen and had zero side effects. Fast forward 20 years and i decided to start taking birth control again after my child was born and I regret it completely. I was bled the entire 3 months and decided not to go in for my next one and that’s when the heavy bleeding started. With clots the size of golf balls. It’s been 2 months since I was supposed to get the second shot and the bleeding just now stopped but now I have a vaginal infection and I believe it’s from a hormone imbalance from the shot. I DO NOT recommend any woman using this as birth control.

  2134. I took Depo and I stopped, and what I am experiencing right now is non stop menstruation, I don’t know how to stop it, and my hormones are not normal, I don’t even wanna be touched by a man.

  2135. Hi, so I recently have got off Depo and only took it the first two shots. I bled/spotted the ENTIRE time. Was dry, and had hardly any sex drive. My mental health plummeted and I became someone I didn’t even recognize? I’ve been off for about two weeks now and have been having a mixture of spotting. Very heavy days to days where it’s just brown and gross? I’ve been super hungry and excessively tired. Extremely sensitive to hot water to the point where I’ll scold myself every shower. The last few days I’ve been scared that I’m pregnant. Today I woke up with a decent amount of back pain on my right side and extreme bloating with gas in my abdomen. But the two weeks I’ve been off I usually only spot/bleed during the day. At night it would subside and I’d wake up and it would start again, but yesterday and today my tampons have just been dry? I’m so confused and nervous I could be having a ectopic pregnancy… I genuinely don’t know at this point:( please help!

  2136. It’s sad to read everyone’s experiences with depo! I can add to the sadness. I took 3 shots an couldn’t recognize myself by the end of it. To be fair, before depo I had the rod implanted in my arm for one dose and hated that, so tried depo, so it could just be a bad reaction to progesterone. I started bleeding all the time and lost all sex drive. I started to feel blah and and emptiness inside which bothered me because I normally an a joyful person. I’ve been off all birth control for 10 months now (use condoms still) and while my period is normal again, I do feel the blah and moodiness still. Sex drive is slowly returning but nothing to get excited about. When will I be back to normal? I feel sorry for my boyfriend who has been really patient, tolerant and understanding through this all, but it is taking its toll on our relationship. I just want to be my normal self already!

  2137. i am on the depo shot still. i could not go get my last depo shot bc of reasons and i started to get very very sick and its the point im taking the shots again and just i wouldnt get it , the only reason i am still getting it is until i can find a way to not feel that way again bc i cant do it …nightmares , feeling like you gonna throw up 24/7 and body killing u not sleeping and crying and just feeling like shit but maybe thats just for me

  2138. I am 18 I have been on the depo for two and a half years I has killed my bones to we’re there so brittle I feel very week I was supposed to go get my last shot dec.7th and I decided not to go due to how bad it has made my bones and body feel tho I’m having some really bad breast tenderness a few days after my breast hurt so bad while being on the depo for long period of time I would get my shot the first two months would go good then the last month I would bleed the entire time a whole month of bleeding mood swings headache and breast pain but now that I’m a week off of it all those symptoms have gotten a lot worse and idk what to do

  2139. I was on it for a year and a almost 8 months.. When I got my first shot I experienced some spotting and I went to the pharmacy where they told it it will pass and yes it did pass and after then everything was okay and then there was the low sex drive which I wasn’t aware of till now and the depression which I thought was normal for me since I used to have before starting the shots and I became a moody person and the emotional side of my changed and my whole body as I became a size DD on my bra cup and gained 40 pounds and I looked pregnant even now as it’s been about 6 months not taking the shot I look 6 months pregnant..
    My question now is that I started my period yesterday but it’s only spotting it doesn’t appear on the pad but when I wipe and pee it’s there and the blood clots and am also experiencing diarrhea is it normal?

  2140. Hi everyone I’m 33 years old I was on the depo for 3 years. I was due back in November and decided I no longer wanted to be on the depo since my boyfriend and I want to have another baby. Since I got off the shot I been feeling sick to my stomach, nauseous all day long, depressed, anxious, major headaches, fatigue, dizzy, my stomach is so big I look like I’m 8 months pregnant I just wanna cry so bad I hate my stomach 😢 and I’m just so unhappy with life no motivation for anything. I had a telemedicine visit with my doctor a few weeks back and was put on zofran I hate feeling nauseous:( the zofran was helping at the beginning now I feel like it has stopped I try not to take my zofran pill often maybe like every 3 days or so and when I do it almost seems like it works for like 3 hours and here comes feeling nauseous all over again. At this point I’m guessing I’m still feeling this horrible because I’m not on the shot anymore? This month makes it 2 months already. Is there hope ? How much longer will I keep feeling this way. :’(

  2141. I have experienced literally everything everyone has been saying on this list. First year on the depo was great for me, then it was downhill from there. Symptoms I’ve never had before popped up, and really thought my health was declining. I was on it for 5 years and decided I have had enough. After hours of research and countless doctor visits with no answers I’ve come to the conclusion it’s the depo withdrawal. But now the withdrawal is worse. Ants suggestions? Or just ride out the storm?

  2142. When i had my frist shit within a few hour i become streamly moody and depressed i couldnt eat then i started having a appetite and liking thing i normally wouldn’t eat. At the time i had unprected sex two day before my shot . And i remembered being told to wait 15 day until i could have sex. I thought i was pregnant for the longest time. In total i been on it for a year and 8 month. I really didnt want to continue after my fisrt shot the 3 month was good enough but wasnt a option for my mom.

  2143. I was on the shot for a year and 9 month my frist 3 month being on it hour after my shot i because glumy and depressed to the point i was yelling at my bf at the time for not telling when to turn while crying . I wanna say the second month into the 3 frist month i had pregnancy like system. Eating thing i wouldnt have eaten. I did research they never told me i could have false pregnancy. And just a reminder i got my shit after i hot off my period and had unprecedented sex 2 day prior so i thought maybe the 15 day mark did something the of my 3 month i felt cramps from my lower back and front i ended getting home and went pee to find blood cluts in my underwear i though it was the overall amount of discharge i was getting for not having a period and joint pain that last a few weeks but werent to bad in the 2 month of my frist shot i found a piece of my uterus wall lying there in my underwear with my blood cluts. At frist i thought it was a fetus but know im reading that ppl had there period throughout the whole frist 3 month i eventuallly got over what i thought was a miscarriage after reading a few of your guys story i found out why . Anyway i become unhappy being upset at ppl getting mad over the littlest thing like clothes being on the ground not that i wasnt getting use to the regular side affectsi had depression a long time i warned my nurse at the time before taking. After my next visits of being on it ive notice ive begin having feet pain from being my on my feet at work which never was a problem . After a few more visits i went from being 175 to 215 .i ended up going to jail while i was in there i not that i cloud sleep on my stomach or chest and at this point i was pass the 17 day mark were i would safe to have unprecedented sex . Iended notice i was becoming more myself or atleast i thought. After the month and a few week i didnt not the long term effort i had low iron decency and low calcium my nurse never thought about doing a check before letting get the depo. Know im having withdrawal after doing research i cane to notice some long-term affects like bone morrow decency do to me not take vitamin to help me the whole time i was on it im know suffering from tooth achs ive maul chip off my teeth around my gums not to meantion my wisdom teeth just came in and my family history had bad teeth. Not only that two day ago i felt one knee have pain of bc of how long ive been on it i forgot i had that system when i frist started but wrose i cant even squat down let alone walk the next day my other kneed ended up hurting half thru the day. Forgot to mention before i had body pain i had dinner with family and couldnt but one plate and i was use to eating so.much did.think it would depo concerning i was told that depression and weight gain would be my only side affects when i was ready to stop.now im dealing with leg pain and my wrist i tried eating my favorite food today i felt hurgry qnd food looked good up intil i put in my mouth had to spit it out bc my body wouldnt let me swallow felt like i could through up.and im just starting to get moody heaven forbid i cried 10 times today and to make it all worse no one told me that after a year of taking depo im on the %50 chance of not being futile for all the emotional stuff i went to have this thing in my system was worthless. And if anyone is tichy on there head what they tell u is u get dry skin. What ppl dont know is dry scalp cause dry scalp AKA dandruff. I even been having to. Put nelsporen on my earing for then to not dry out. Im just wondering what next the stuff i experiencei been able to relatebut not much and i ended up getting yest infectionand vagail bacteria. I dont kno if caused by depo and im have out breaks of acne around my lip

  2144. I took depo provera for 2 years. I will never take that form of birth control again. I just recently switched over to the birth control patch & a few days ago got my period. The cramps are more intense than they have ever been. I did not get periods on depo but since I switched I have one & I have lots of bloating, cramping & flu like symptoms. It’s very painful.

  2145. So I’ve been on the depo shot for 1 year now it worked pretty good for me n boy friend I had spotting maybe 4times last for a day or two so I finally stopped depo today getting a break got my last shot in September 28 ,2020now December 31,2020 but I feel gassy , hungry cause when i was getting shot it never increased my appetite and I didn’t gain no weight I was upset bc I wanna gain
    And I don’t wanna become pregnant at all bc when I was on I’ll let my bf nut in me and in the first month I let him one time

  2146. I am 51 and been on depo (for endometriosis) for about 25 years. I can’t seem to get any answers from doctors except “well stop it and see what happens”. I am terrified to stay on it and terrified to stop. My blood work says that I am not pre-menopausal and I am so confused as to what to do.

  2147. I’ve just stopped using depo this month and currently everything smells bad and I always feel like I’m about to have a nose bleed.

  2148. I have been on the depo for almost 13 years now.. they told me it was completely safe. But now, the muscles in my stomach completely dropped and I now have a pelvic prolapse because of it. I know its because of the depo because a day after the shot is when I felt, and visually noticed that my stomach was much lower that it had always been. I also started to feel a tearing/pulling type of pain near my belly button. First the left side went, then the right side.. still working with doctors about how to fix this problem.

  2149. Was on depo for 1 year, stopped taking the shots and within a month experienced awful anxiety, nausea, insomnia and fatigue. Have felt horrible ever since stopping.

  2150. I’ve been on depo for 3 maybe even close to 4 years now, and I recently just stopped and had my last shot back in October. So it’s been about 2-3ish weeks after I would have been due for another shot. I mean, overall I feel ooookay, minus the everyday headaches and my breasts are SUPER sore and honestly they’re a bit swollen/enlarged. Idk if they’re going to stay enlarged, I wouldn’t be opposed to it 😉 but they are definitely very sore. Some days I feel super blah and have no appetite. I feel very bloated too a lot of the time. But then some other days I’m totally fine! It’s weird, I don’t like it haha. I just can’t wait for my body to be rid of all the nasty hormones and be free!!

  2151. Its 4 montjs now since I stoped depo provera jub, I have been experiencing spotting or no monltly periods at all. The spotting is accompanied by feaver

  2152. I took my first injection in October and it is now January. Since I stopped taking it I’ve had really bad migraines and I’ve noticed I’ve had depression and anxiety for no reason. Feelings and thoughts of hopelessness and no future. Also trouble sleeping.

  2153. I was off depo for 4 years and I decided to give it another chance in August of last year. I finally got what I thought was my cycle,but I been bleeding for 2 weeks now. I had very bad withdrawals symptoms this time around then my previous shots which weight gain was the reason I got off in 2016. I’m trying to conceive again but scared of what the shot could’ve done to my body. I started detoxing so hopefully once my period regulate I’ll start trying again.

  2154. I’ve taken Depo for over 5 this last time. The first time was after having my son 27 years ago. I had no period from the beginning both times and no weight gain either time. I had a bone scan within this last year and no loss of density. I decided to stop taking it per my Dr due to my age and my last one was in December 2020. I’ve had the worst sore nipples and I think I’m a little more lazy than usual. I don’t sleep well but that was already my issue and I don’t think this was the cause. I loved being on Depo and only got off because my Dr recommended.

  2155. I have been on Depro for 16 years. I stopped in The shot on 16 Dec2020. Today is Jan 19th 2021…not sure if it’s from coming off depro…but iv had such an urgency to give to toilet every 5 or 10 mins. I havent had any other symptoms yet. I feel as though I have a bladder infection. Any one else experience this?

  2156. I have been having very strong cramps like period pains even though I’m not on my period since i stopped Depo.
    Its now just over a year but i still have these cramps and they are unbearable. I can’t do a thing once they start.

  2157. i was on depo for a year and got off it 4 months ago and these symptoms are absent not worth it. i have been experiencing extreme nausea, severe neck and back pain, and my blood pressure is really high. i will never ever put my body through anything like this again.

  2158. I just recently had the shot and is in the stage of where the depo is wearing off. But now I’m doing heavy bleeding whereas on the depo I bled 3 months straight with only a day or two min bleeding. When I asked the doctor about the pros and cons to this medicine specifically before I got on it, she did not inform me of the constant bleeding. She just called it “irregular periods”. I advise anyone thinking about getting the depo shot to choose another method where YOU are in control. When I expressed my issues to the nurse I had the same non compassionate response as well. It was then when I was informed that people can bleed up to 12 months with the depo smh. If your newly married like I am, do not get the depo. It interrupts your sex life so bad. One of the worst forms of birth control ever made.

  2159. I had the injection June 2020 and the first 2 months were awful, I bled for the entire 2 months I thought it was never going to stop, eventually I started spotting but then went back to bleeding again. I had the worst mood swings and I cried everyday, my boyfriend was probably sick of me – I was very insecure and sensitive about everything. I convinced myself I wasn’t going to get the shot again but then as it was leading up to the next date my symptoms became better and I had never been on any contraception before so I decided to give another shot. The second time was much better – no bleeding. I haven’t bled (had a period) now since July / mid August. And I think that’s the only thing I liked about the injection – no periods lol. I still had mood swings and 0 sex drive and I gained a lot of weight. Before the shot i was 43kg and now I am 54kg. I was going to get the shot again for the third time but my doctors couldn’t fit me in for weeks after it was due so that was part of my decision to come off it as I wasn’t happy with my body or myself. Life was numb. My shot was due December and it is now the end of January and I still haven’t bled. I look 6 months pregnant with bloating. My breast hurt so much, even to touch they are so sensitive and they are so much bigger than normal. I just want my body back and I will actually be happy when I get a period and can go back to normal.

  2160. Wish I hadn’t had the shot. Only had 1 and have now been on my period for nearly 4 months! Very effective as contraception!

  2161. I was on the depo shot for 3 years. I loved it! I had zero side effects, no period at all, minimal weight gain I attributed to my lifestyle, and I was happy.
    My doctor made me stop taking the shot per FDA guidelines: The FDA states the depo shot should not be taken any longer than two years, as it can cause bone loss and possibly osteoporosis.
    I was disappointed, but I have to understand it’s for my health.
    My last shot was 3 months ago. Last week, I had my first symptoms of a period: tender breasts, mild menstral pains (I used to have a regular period with extreme menstral pain), and spotting. I have not had any side effects other than that. I have gained 30 pounds over the last 3 years that I cannot seem to lose, although I am eating healthy and getting exercise. I am not sure if the weight gain was due to the shot or not. I have not lost any weight sense stopping the shot. I’m in my early 30s.
    They say your body can return to normal as early as 3-4 months, so I hope I get lucky.
    I really enjoyed not having my period, so I will just have to see how the future goes. Going to see a new gyno soon to look into alternative “safer” birth control.

  2162. My nippels are in pain and I have tenderness on my Brest also and its been a month now and am not pregnant.What should I do.i Its been a month that I have stopped deposit but I haven’t menstraute it will only make mark of a period that it shows it wants to come out but it doesn’t come out.

  2163. I took depo in November thn got my periodomce aftr I stopped
    I then decided to discontinue with the injection as I was suppose to go on 30 Jan 2021

    I hvnt seen my period back
    Aftr how long can I expect it?

  2164. I was on depo kind of consistently for a decade. I finally decided to get off it because it literally caused mental health issues. I’ve been off for almost 3 months now, and the symptoms seem to show up around the time I SHOULD be having a period. The nausea is pretty bad, lower back pain, aches, fatigue. It’s literally horrible. Mood swings too. Irritable. I regret ever being on that trash, especially for as long as I was. Still no actual cycle, no bleeding or anything. It’s miserable.

  2165. I was on depo shot for 11 years and didn’t have a period at all and I loved it and then I got off depo so that I could have a normal periods again and switch to the pill. A year later I got pregnant and I have a beautiful baby girl. In Aug of 2019 I got back on depo shot and got off of it March 2020. I’ve got my periods back but the cycle is always off, sometimes it comes 28 days and sometimes 24-25 days. It’s February now and I wanna have another baby but google says it could be a year or two after stopping depo and we have been trying but pregnancy test have been negative so far. It’s been 11 months now and we been trying to have a baby so hopefully I will soon.

  2166. Post depo: been off 6 month… Main symptom for me is extreme fatigue and muscle back ache. Very drained feeling everyday. I pray this unmotivated mood changes. You will feel tired even after many hours of rest. Still spotting too! Sometimes heavy then slows but still not a normal 5 day period yet. I have found a few things that may help with symptoms:

    Taking calcium, vitamins, and Mineral drops in water everyday seems too help my body get some energy back.. Reccomended!

    Herbal drops bugleweed help balance hormones.. Try it! I feel less tired and it helps me sleep.

    Ashwaganda.. Good for mood

    Any hormone balancing herb.. Maca etc.. To get you back to normal.. Research these herbs they may help!

  2167. I only took depo shot only once then i did not take it again now iam spotting and i have 3months without taking it now iam spotting why

  2168. I was taking depo for a little over 3 years I stopped it in 2019 April 2nd and did get my period the next month and still continue to get them till this day but I’ll be 2 years clean from the depo injection and since I have been trying to get pregnant but no luck is there anything I can use to help me get fertile again

  2169. I stopped taking depo April 2020 after being on it for over 5yrs & I have been having tender sore to touch breast, stomach cramps every month like I have a period. Body aches at least 2xs a week, my sex drive is thru the roof, haven’t had a period in over 6yrs, hot flashes are at a all time high day & night

  2170. My last injection was 10/17/2020. My body is going through it! Bleeding, fatigue, nausea, headache and my breast are on fire. To tender to touch. So uncomfortable.

  2171. I took the depo shot for a year. It wasnt until the end when inhad terrible cramping and a period lasting 1 month. My body swelled up like a balloon. Ive been off it for a month now and get waves of nausea and multiple bad hot flashes throughout the day

  2172. I took depo for a year and a half. And I’ve been off of it for about 3-4 months now and I still haven’t gotten my period back and I want a baby … for the past week I’ve been having horrible cramping and about 3 times light bleed 2 kinda red and 1 time dark brownish and i don’t know what that is either? How can I start ovulating faster

  2173. After stopping the Depo-Vera birth control I have had my period every 2 weeks since. Recently I have been bleeding a profuse amount, going through 5-6 super tampons a day. I have never had an issue with cramps but recently after stopping this birth control I have had major cramps which is very uncommon for me.

  2174. I took depo for way too long. About 4 years. Was not warned, Loved that I didn’t have periods whole time, but realized recently that I should probably not be taking it anymore when I came across some thing about the bone density loss. I stopped in December. The first thing I noticed was major acne once I quit. Not only is my face still breaking out months later, but also my shoulders and neck, which I never had before. Also, thinking back on it I think that is when my sleep schedule started going terribly, however I can’t prove that because of Covid and what a life change that has been on my schedule. I have also definitely noticed I am more emotional than before which is probably the influx of estrogen running through me. Depression I can’t pin to it either but Ive definitely been depressed.
    I’m not sure if my sex drive changed much but I felt I could get a little more lubricated than before (normally bone dry).
    I also did sometimes have breast sensitivity.
    Lastly, and currently, I finally had a menstrual cycle. It has been very dark almost brown, which is normally older blood, but what is really fun is now I am getting a yeast infection with it/after it. This can also happen with major estrogen. I hope this doesn’t happen every month, I’m SO itchy. :-/

  2175. I have used Depo-Pr only one time and my period stopped so I was scared and I didn’t go back for my next injection but I have slept with my husband but no sign of pregnancy and no periods

  2176. Im on here because of my wife having problems after depo.. It fucking sucks dont use it..practice safe sex…its way better then seeing your wife rolling around dying in pain when shes off the drugs…nausea..fatigue..abdominal pain..loss of appetite..deppression.its the worst..

  2177. I was on Depo for three and a half years. For the first bit it was great because I didn’t have to worry about taking a pill everyday, it fixed my acne and my periods stopped. It’s not until now, a year and a half after coming off it that I realise how my mood and body has completely changed and my period has only just come back. Towards the end of the depo- the last two years my acne got really bad. Now I’m off it, I feel like I’m going through a second puberty because my breasts are constantly painful and growing(I’m 21). I’ve also noticed an increase in pubic hair and am just so confused as to what’s happening with my body and I feel like when I started taking the depo I paused my body development and now it’s finally picking back up.

  2178. I took depo in August and January then i stop it now i lose my piriod for 2months breast are paining ihade brown discharge and sleeping problem sometimes ihade morning sickness aftr eating ifeel like neasua neasua stomach pains can iget your help

  2179. Depo is a nightmare. Ive been to the hospital 4 times in 12 months and no one can tell me what is going on. My last shot was in December 2019. I couldn’t get another shot because my moodswings were intense! It took months to get some sort of spotting going and since I started spotting I have such sévère cramps I cant walk or do any sudden mouvements during my normal 5 day cycle. I still don’t bleed normally and these cramps are killing me.

  2180. I was on depot for 3 years and I started back on the pill and noticed that my sexual drive is barely there and haven’t felt like cooking or cleaning or taking care of myself I feel lazier and I feel bad about it Ive been on my pills for a week and no period but I get cramps like I am going to start

  2181. I have used Depo for 20 years and stopped now. I have been having bad pain in my back lower abdoman and bladder. Feeling tired and exhausted. Is this a good thing or not. Im not feeling well at all.

  2182. I went on the depro in 2013 and also bled throughout the 3 months. I see alot of you saying you been bleeding for months. I went on the pill for 2 to 3 months to regulate my bleeding. I started again in 2019 I bled the first 3 months and on my second shot it stopped. I was supposed to go last month for my shot and I decided im stopping . I had low sex drive aswell and also body pains that keep getting worse I barely sleep. I know u not supposed to take it for more then two months but I also gained from a size 28 to 32 so im like this is where I stop. I havent got my periods as yet alot my cramping thats bad and also nausea and diarrhea. I will keep you posted on my journey. Although I do suggest going on the pill to regulate menstrual cycle once u stop taking depro and the bleeding hasn’t stopped.

  2183. I’ve been mostly on depo (more than off it) from 16 to 36. That’s 20 years of being on depo for more than half my life.

    Depo worked for me for a long time. No periods, no noticeable problems. Sometimes I think I was so used to being on it, I wouldn’t have known if it was causing problems anyway.

    For the last 3-5 years I’ve kept having to get my shot earlier and earlier. So between 8-10 weeks instead of the 12 week shot as recommended. Reason being, my breasts would become unbearably painful and I would retain lots of water and Juan’s to start feeling pretty terrible in general. I now understand this to be an estrogen flood.

    Last shot was 17 December 2020, blood came today 5 March. All my pains are gone and I feel more like myself again. I think depo stopped working properly for me. Getting off it was terrible. I had extreme breast pain and fluid since mid November 2020. But it’s finally over and I am done with depo for good!

  2184. I have just stopped the jab after being on it for 10years ,took 10 months for 1st period which lasted 5 days then 6 days later i have another period which is really heavy ,i have doubled my weigh since being on it but never ever had a period whilst on it

  2185. I have taken depo and stop for some time and when my husband comes for break, I took it again. What will happen to me?

  2186. Withdrawal symptoms are similar to early pregnancy which has caused me nonstop stress and anxiety for the past few months. I originally started taking depo because I have a strong fear of pregnancy, so the nonstop symptoms have been torturous. It’s been about 6 months since I stopped the shot and I have yet to get my period back. On top of this, severe bloating, cramping, nausea, fatigue, breast tenderness, nipple soreness, and increased appetitite have been symptoms I’ve experienced nearly every day for the past 4 or so months. When this all started, I went to the ob-gyn and had a blood pregnancy test which came back negative (on top of nearly a dozen drug store tests also all negative), so I’m definitely not pregnant but the side effects alongside the stress they cause have effected my quality of life quite harshly.

  2187. I stopped taking depol
    about 4 years ago now and I can say that I am STILL experiencing withdrawal symptoms. When I first stopped, I started to notice that about ten days before my period I would be extremely depressed to the point where I couldn’t get out of bed. I couldn’t emotionally connect with anyone and I felt extremely alone although I had so many people around me. It was as if I lost a part of me and I had no idea what was happening to me. It got so bad to the point where I would sit in my car, staring into space, literally in limbo until I snapped out of it and started crying because I didn’t know what was happening to me. It got so bad to the point where I was suicidal. I told my nurse about it at a check up and she said there was no way it was the shot. She also asked if I wanted to take anti-depressants! It was so bad to the point where I had to go back on it because I felt like if I kept feeling those feelings I did I would probably kill myself. After starting it again I started doing research on how to get my body back in balance and made some changes to my diet. Although I had severe symptoms after I stopped the second time it wasn’t as bad as the last. However, I am still dealing with depression and anxiety to THIS DAY, every time I get my period. I’m not myself. I get extremely angry and sad for no apparent reason and I know it’s because my body is still out of balance from this thing. I wrote this to hopefully help other women stop themselves from starting this birth control. I’m so sick of this healthcare system and the way they treat people !!!!!!

  2188. Have used it more than 2yrs ,when I stopped , didn’t get my periods for 2months,now I have cramps and pink discharge,, is it normal

  2189. I started the depo January 2020 and only had 3 shots. Missed the March one due to Covid. My last injection was November. The week I was meant to renew I spotted for 3 days and then I didn’t have anything until February 2021. Feb I spotted/bled for a week only suffered with cramps. March 2021, I spotted/bled for a week and then at the end of march I spotted for 4 days and on the 2nd April I believe I had my first proper period. 14 days later I’m still bleeding.. heavily. I had serious cramps at the start but other than that I’ve had nothing. I’ve not felt sick, no weight gain, no breast tenderness just the random spotting and cramps.
    I spoke to my nurse and she’s given me some TX Acid to reduce the heaviness and I’m going for a scan to make sure everything is ok down there. She told me I might have to go onto the pill to regulate my periods again. Fingers crossed everything goes back to normal soon

      • Update- the doctor gave me period delay tablets to stop my bleeding and to try and force my body to regulate periods.. so far so good. Glad my doctors are listening to me

  2190. I am 35 y.o., started Depo shot about 8 years ago, with a brake in 2012, in 2013 I got pregnant, in 2015 I came back to getting the shot until 2019.
    After stopping it I experienced extremely painful cramps, painful breast, mood swings, fatigue.. today, 17 of April, 2021, I’m still experiencing all of it just not as intense. My breast get swollen, has hard lumps in it every time before the period. Periods are very intense, cramps in the lower back on the right side are very painful.

  2191. I have been on the shot for about a year and a half. My experience has been horrible i do not recommend to anyone. I have bleed ever since i got the shot. I got my last shot in the march and I very happy it was my last. This shot has ruined my life.

  2192. Around the 2.5 month mark I started getting spotting after sex and then I started having tender breasts, feeling sick, and feeling tired. I thought I might be pregnant so I took a test and it was negative. I decided to not take the shot and stop the birth control. On dec 1 2020 I started bleeding, I continued to bleed till dec 26 2020. I have not had my period since… so that’s 4 months with no period… I’m getting worried

  2193. I have stopped depo Provera because it’s been months that I do not see my periods even just for 1 day so I decided to stop taking the ejection but now I have this sharp pain in my womb especially when I band down its like labour pain if you know what I mean

  2194. I’ve had my first and only shot in December of 2020 I’ve still not had my period back only spotting brown blood once. slight period like cramps. feeling tired ALL THE TIME no matter how much I sleep ( which isn’t much at night) sex drive? HA! This shot has stolen that from me. feeling down and hopeless out of the blue. Also I notice a lot of women been taking this shot for years…didn’t yall doctor tell you after 2 years you shouldn’t even be taking that shot anymore??? if not that’s messed up.

  2195. I’ve only had one shot and immediately stopped when it messed up my hormones and my stomach started having issues. I have recently stopped luckily the hormones went down a little but I am experiencing a lot of fatigue, stomach problems atm still and my whole body hurts here and there. Do not recommend not worth it.

  2196. have stop the 3month family planning which is depo and my stomach is getting big pls what is the solution to it so that my stomach will come back to normal pls oooh

  2197. I am I’ve been off since March 16th and has been feeling sick weak spotting pain in my lower stomach light headed depression and breast tender and it’s now May I went to go see my OBGYN and he said it’s okay but it don’t feel okay I think I need to go see the ER because I never felt this type of pain before I’m scared.

  2198. I’ve been on depo for 3 years. I had no sex drive, I was constantly hungry, my weight almost doubled and I had severe cramps. It felt like someone was squeezing my ovary like a stress ball. Gynecologist said there’s nothing wrong with me she doesn’t know why I have pain. So I stopped the injection. The sex drive returned, but its so way to high, I don’t ever remember it being this high. Eating habits returned, now instead of always tired and wanting to sleep, I can’t sleep longer than 5 hours. My period returned thankfully but its extremely light. And the period pain is 100 times worse than before I started taking depo. I had for 2 months in a row, now no period. The breast tenderness is there and milk. This injection just screwed up my whole body. Why don’t medical staff tell you all this before you start taking the damn thing.

  2199. I first started the shot October of 2016 (I was 16) it was great at first but then I noticed I started feeling depressed and had super bad mood swings and my sex drive was super low to the point where I got annoyed when my boyfriend wanted to. A lot of people experience weight gain with this birth control but I never did I felt like I lost weight and I did not have an appetite because of my depressed mood. I just recently stopped getting inhections 7 months ago (October of 2020) and it has been the worst experience ever. I started getting my period about two months after I stopped the shot and obviously it is irregular which is normal but very annoying, I constantly bleed and have abnormal discharge. Having sex has been very painful since I stopped the shot and I am not sure why that is. My vagina has been irritated and itchy and I have had a few infections, not sure why that is but I hoping things go back to normal soon. I do not recommend the shot to anyone and a majority of the comments have had the same experience.

  2200. I had to get off the depo shot because it was giving me anxiety symptoms including panic attacks and deep dark thoughts. After a I stopped getting the shot, my “anxiety” went away, but was quickly replaced with other symptoms. I started having a lot of pressure in my head and getting dizzy to the point of falling down.

  2201. I was supposed to go from my shot in the beginning of April 2021 it is now a couple days shy of June 2021. I’ve been feeling all the symptoms of pregnancy a couple weeks after missing my shot. My period has not came back at all but I always feel tired, I’ve gained a couple pounds which is really rare and most importantly my breasts have been extremely tender. I’ve been feeling very paranoid that I may be pregnant but every week up until yesterday I’ve taken a test which all came back negative. I don’t know why I’m having all these symptoms maybe it’s my body going back to normal I have no idea but it has left me very confused. I first got on Depo in 2015 after I gave birth to my daughter and then in 2017 I am moved to Florida and miss my shot and went back on Depo six months later but the Gap of not being on Depo I did not receive my menstrual. My gynecologist allowed me to go back on the shot back in 2017 up until I missed it in April 2021. So , since 2015 I have not had A menstrual.

  2202. I was briefly on depo provera. After the first dose I eventually experienced break through bleeding for 28 days which defeated the purpose of me taking it. I received the second dose which eventually stopped the bleeding. I’ve officially been off it for 4 months with return of my cycle of you can call it that (I bleed for a day). With that I have had migraines and periods of lightheadedness and hypotension.

  2203. I been off depot for more than 2years and every now and than I will bleed and feel sick in and head hurts

  2204. I was on depo for about nine months and I did not go back this month for a new shot due to severe anxiety, blood pressure issues and weight gain. I was working out and the weight did not come off. I am now trying to lose the 15-20 pounds I gained from being on this shot. Now that I have not gotten a shot, I am very anxious, cramping, vaginal dryness, headaches, weakness, and fatigue. If you are already on the bigger side and have acute anxiety, DO NOT TAKE THIS SHOT! I wish the professionals would stop giving this to people.

  2205. I have been on the depo provera for almost 12 years after having my 1st and only daughter…my now husband wants a child…. so i stopped the depo in febuary….my docter put me ons these other hormone pills wich i take once a month for seven days then skip 3 weeks….i am so depressed after stopping my depo….although i do suffer from bipolar and chronic stress and anxiety….but its never been this bad after stopping depo….i really dont wana live anymore….is this also a withdrawal…..i dont understand whats happening…..im just so sad and crying all the time….whats happening to me…..

  2206. I had gotten this shot at first when I was 18 till about 19 and I didnt really have any issues. I stopped because I had wanted another baby. I recently had just got it again and I feel like im living a nightmare. Im so anxious that I cannot sleep. And when I do ive been getting the worst nightmares. I had gotten the shot after having an iud beliving that this would do some better then the iud and this is just awful.
    Im up and down with my moods and ive been more nauseous this go around.
    This is just awful. I want it out of my system.. definitely not getting my second shot in three months. I would rather be pregnant again.

  2207. I am a single 44 yr old mother of 5. I have been off n on this over the yrs. My baby is now going on 11. I recently went off depo not by choice a mix up with insurance n the dr crap. Since then i have so fatigued n weak. I felt like my bones in my legs couldn’t hold me up that i was gonna crumple to the floor in mid stride. I am having alot of bone n joint issues the first half here of 2021. They r sending me to specialists to do testing. The last time i went off the shot was really bad to. They had to do special hormone tests. It was like I had went off of the shot because at the time I was not being intimate then I got back on it and January of 2018 I got back on the shot then I started dating somebody I knew I should have been covered because enough time it passed well then I started having morning sickness bouts of crying fatigue and the weirdest yet I started having colostrum the start leaking from my breasts and I had done plenty of pregnancy tests nothing they did the hormone test a pregnancy test everything ultrasound nothing yet I was having all the symptoms I have also been on it years ago back in 1995 after I had my oldest I had her June of 95 and I had went off of it in the mid part of the year of 97 well it took a while to get pregnant again I was supposed to have my son Adrian in June of 1998 they told me that the reason I miscarried him was issues of the Depo still being in my system because I called them several times and asked how long it took the body to yourself again after being on Depo they told me it could take up to 3 years for your body to be like it was before so basically my OBGYN at the time told me the reason I miscarried was because of the hormones and stuff still in the Depo I’ve been in my system but like I said above in the more current issues now I’m on it and I just feel so weak that my bones is going to give so it’s like what is the purpose if I can’t stand the walk How can I be intimate cuz I’m really freaky and in normal freaky circumstances I can keep up but here in the last month I feel twice my age I know a lot has to do with the hormone imbalance of where I was not on the Depo they need to come up with a better birth control I’m allergic to latex along with the patch because it contains late text to and then the NuvaRing almost gave me a heart attack the pills they won’t give me because I have the other issues now so to take the pills would be like a death since cuz I my blood pressure issues

  2208. I started depo when I was 16 years old and now I’m 21 and decided to get off of it. I never could have imagined it’d be this terrible coming off. I have officially been off of it since February and it’s now June and I still have almost non stop bleeding, mood swings, depression, fatigue, and loss of interest in almost everything, the periods and cramps are terrible.

  2209. I stopped the injection January 2020 was due April but never got it and still haven’t however it’s now June 2021 And still haven’t had a period

  2210. I’ve been on depo provera injections sibce I was 31.Im now 49, and considering stopping the depo to see if my period returns or if I’m peri/menopausal. I went on it to begin with because of how heavy my period was and I had wicked PM’s and horrible clotting. I was at the point where I was only getting one week per cycle where I was actually functional. The rest of the time I was in so much discomfort and so insanely moody I basically spent 3 out of every 4 weeks in bed! In that sense, depo was a gift from God, but I’m worried about side effects from quitting. Any suggestions on how to make it go as smoothly as possible?

    • Go on the progesterone only pill for a few months after stopping. I’ve tried to come off depo a bunch of times & always went back because of how awful I felt. The Dr. Suggested trying the progesterone only pill & it helped a lot. I still got PMS symptoms but not the horrible withdrawal symptoms I had trying to come directly off the depo.

      • My body fully recovered and got pregnant after 5 yearwrs of depo. And I only recovered by detoxing using aloe vera.

  2211. Yes I stopped taking depo 6 months ago and I’m having bad lower back pain my breast hurt my head hurts my body just don’t feel right after coming off depo I was fine before I stopped talking the shot now I’m all messed up my lower back is the main problem I’m having beside the head aches.

  2212. Ive been off depo since November last year (6ms) and now for month I have been bleeding lightly the first 2weeks mow full on gushes and clots and horrible cramps, confused scared and tired of it.been on the shot for 19 years

  2213. I’ve been on the pill first which made me super ill to a point where I had all the pregnancy symptoms. I then went on the 3 month shot – lowered my sex drive, moody way worse than a normal period, the pro was no pms (leads me to believe that most of the time we don’t always want birth control for “not getting pregnant” but we also want it to stop getting our pms which at the time was a “blessing”) I then went on the 2 month shot and things just got worse… I’m now officially off it for about 2 or 3 months but at this point it’s safe to say I am not the person I was before I started with any birth control, I feel like with all my moods I don’t know myself, my boyfriend doesn’t understand why or how I can be this rude or constantly moody without any reason. I’ve had my pms for 2 weeks now and I literally thought it was going away however, all symptoms are back like a day 1 period, including the cramps, headaches, moods, bloating… I honestly wish someone can lead us into the direction to make it stop!! Help us get back to the way we were before all of this!!! 🙁

  2214. I got the depo shot a few months ago. My period went away for a month then in June I started bleeding/spotting constantly. This is my second dose but I’ve decided not to get my next shot in September, bc I’ve been having symptoms like spotting, breakthrough bleeding, having cramps, tiredness, mood swings, bloating, nausea, and hot flashes. if you are planning on taking depo, I’d advise you not to. Never taking any form of birth control again 👍

  2215. I have been on a progestin based birth control for over 20years. First it was the depo shot which I was on for 8years. I had a bone density test and everything was fine. Then I switched to the Mirena iud, no issues except I felt like it maybe was the cause of my hair thinning. I went back on the depo and have been on it for about 4 years now. I am thinking of going off all together and perhaps trying the paraguard. Because of my age 38 and I am a smoker. I stayed on the hormone birth control because I love not having my period! I am scared what will happen if I stop the hormone birth control. I have gained a lot of weight but I don’t blame the birth control it’s more my eating habits were terrible. My hair is very thin on the crown.not sure if that has any connection to the birth control. Other than that I’ve had no issues. I would like to hear if anyone else has had or think it’s a connection of the birth control depo and how you reacted when you stopped taking it…. Did you drop some weight? Did your hair start to grow back? I am trying to make a good decision on whether or not to get on the paraguard, and I’d like to know any effects on that or getting off the depo shot. I still have quite a few years before menopause and I don’t trust just using condoms. And any opinions on the paraguard good or bad please feel
    Free to share! Or email me… mandapanda2596@gmail.com

    Thank you in advance!

  2216. I got off depo shot a year ago i got my period back on April and been having the period every 2 week been to the doctor and they keep saying everything normal I’m sick of this i want my old self back i will never recommend this again plus i was gaining soo much weight.

  2217. I was on the depo shot for years it worked okay while I was on it. It completely took my periods away but made my mood terrible with bad weight gain and stomach issues. Finally got off of it and have had nothing but horrendous issues for over a year! I have been getting terrible dizzy/lightheaded and feeling like i’m going to pass out, weird balance spinning issues, chest pains, shortness of breath. Doctor finally after a year diagnosed me with PMDD but I am not sure that’s what’s going on.

  2218. Iv been on Depo for 8 years doctor wants me to come off it. So now it’s been 3 weeks since I was supposed to get next shot. I’m getting bad cramping on and off like my uterus is trying to kickstart itself, my breast are really sore, I’m so moody, I feel like I’m really bloated and just so sore. How long does this generally last?

  2219. Wish I never went on it in the first place. Only did so because I had painful period cramps. I only stayed on it for 6 months because the side effects were to much. During the first three months I bleed for about 3 weeks straight, then it stopped. During the last three months it was constant spotting, cramps, bloating etc. Was constantly depressed and had acne on my back and chest. Been off for 4 months now. No period, constant cramps in my pelvic area, depressing mood has somewhat diminished, acne is gone, breast has been tender for the last three weeks, bleeding when I get an orgasm etc.

  2220. I am so miserable & having Terrible symptoms after stopping depo. Hair loss,Lichen Sclerosus,extremely dry skin,& breast tenderness.

  2221. I’ve been on the drop for 2 1/2 years . Decided to stop bc of the concerns about bone density lose. I would have gotten the shot the beginning of last month if I decided to continue it. So for me it’s been a little over a month coming off and I’ve experienced high fatigue, depression, Mood swings, stomach bloating, some nausea, eye pain/irritation. I’m just worried about how long these symptoms will last 🙁

  2222. My daughter was given the Depo shot while in residential treatment. The shot actually made her symptoms worse and caused a 40 pound weight gain in less than a year. Her cravings were out of control, her mood swings and depression were exacerbated by this steroidal contraception. We reached out to her GYN to ask if she could stop the Depo and were told no because a) there was no other alternative for PMDD and that b) Depo “does not cause weight gain”. WRONG! She stopped it herself and is now experiencing severe withdrawal and is now seeing an Endocrinologist for potential Cushing’s Disease caused by the interaction of Depo and anti-depressants and asthma medications.

    This has been a wild year and a half and super hard for us, her family, to see her go through this nightmare with no medical personnel who actually give a damn.

    I would tell every young woman to steer clear of this medication it is bad news while you are on it and even worse for you when you get off of it. There are other, less hurtful, choices to contraception and mental healthcare.

  2223. My last depo shot was in February 2021. I was on Depo for exactly a year. I decided to quit the shot because the weight gain it caused. I got my first period the end of July (it wasted 8 days of moderate to heavy bleeding), now it is August 4th and I have my period again, only this time it is severely heavy. I am passing thick clots, bleeding through overnight heavy pads, bleeding continues even in the shower (before the depo shot it wouldn’t bleed in the shower), having to change my pad every 1-2 hours. I have never had a period this bad before. Cramping was severe at the end of July, no cramping this time. But having two heavy periods with only a week in between them is horrendous. Not sure if this is withdrawal bleeding or whatever they call it, but I hope this is not how my periods will be going forward. Before the shot I only had 2 days of “heavy” bleeding, the other 5 days were light/moderate.

  2224. Hi ladies I need help! I was on depo for almost 2years. I stopped because we want another baby. After stopping last month. I started bleeding there and then for 2weeks. I’ve been having unprotected sex since then. Do you think there could be a chance to get pregnant?

  2225. I feel nothing but sick and these cramps are just unbelievable, my anxiety has increased and for women who suffer from a mental disorder this shot is a NO GO! Did anyone else feel like they’re losing their minds? I’ve been so emotional and on and off depression. Not saying the shot is causing my moods to switch but it’s definitely increasing and intensifying everything. Can anyone else relate because I’m literally going nuts.

    • Yes! I was feeling the same way. I think it’s wearing off now, since I didn’t get my 3rd shot. Good luck! I felt miserable. hope you feel better soon

    • Yeah I had that too – anxiety, paranoia, low mood, irritated often. I had one shot end of November/start of December 2020 and still suffering with it.

      The symptoms of withdrawal seem to come in waves for me. They will get better but don’t panic if they come back a couple of months later.

      Please talk to your closest family, friends and colleagues.

  2226. I started DEPO last year April and I stopped in January 2021 which was the due month for the next shot,I only received 3 shots,before I started I was having pain during periods which went away on DEPO,my periods where regular but when I stopped things changed …….periods stopped, headache,nausea with vomiting, I took pregnant test several times but all came negative I was feeling so terrible.June my periods started just normal which lasted for 4 days,July I had no periods and this month august they started again but this time I had very much period pain which I use to feel back then before I started DEPO provera,I hope my body will be back to normal now that I’m feeling normal and my periods are heavy than light when I was on it …. I realy need a baby

  2227. I was on depo 3 years im 19. I currently haven’t gotten a shot in 9 months my period just recently came back. After that first period ive been having very serious stomach pains & severe diarrhea. Very unmanageable , i was born with gastroschisis so i assume my side effects are worsened because such. But honestly dont know.. Can someone help?

  2228. Have been on depo for 25 years, totally brilliant whilst on it, last injection was December 2020, 9 months later and not really had any physical withdrawal symptoms HOWEVER mentally I am severely anxious depressed and partially suicidal. GPs should be more careful when allowing patients to stop

  2229. I got off the depo shot in January 2021 I started my period in may 2021 and in July and august 2021 I been bleeding twice a month I told my doctor and he said basically the depo shot can do this to you … I feel depressed somewhat too and my sex drive is super high. I need help in knowing if I’m okay because I’m getting scared..

  2230. I was on depo for a year…and I bled for an every single day for a year (not sure how I’m living), no sex drive (obviously), weight gain. I got off and stopped bleeding for about 6 months and my period appeared out of no where. I now experience excessive sweating…badly. And I’ve never been a heavy sweater. I truly wish I never got on depo

  2231. Well I got on depo this year of April 5,2021 and I haven’t want back to get another one. But I’m having serious concerns I was bleeding on and off for the last few months then I had unprotected sex again in august and haven’t had no bleeding at all and I am experiencing breast soreness but I don’t know if I ever received my real period again or if I’m pregnant or this the side effects of the shot? Please help me what should I do I need feedback

  2232. Hi. I recently got off the depo shot. I was due for another shot on the 20th of August but I decided not to. I had thee worst side effects so it wasn’t an option to go back onnit. I had severe backpains, excruciating. My anxiety and depression went through the roof. Headaches and I just wasn’t myself. However now I’m experiencing migraines type like headaches and I’m almost lightheaded and dizzy everyday. Sometimes I wake up and I have no energy at all. I regret going on this birth control..everyday I regret it. I wish I could turn back the time..

    • It will get better I promise, I went through the same things I went through it two times because I got the shot twice and the second time was by far the worst. I was supposed to go back for the third shot last month and I’ve experienced the same type of physical symptoms, but it got better over a months time, some days are better then most and if you are someone like I that suffer from any kind of mental disorder like bpd or bipolar , it does affect your mental more. I just got a period for this month and it’s really bad pain wise

  2233. Stopping Depo-Provera after about 3 years use, more on than off, brought on extremely sore breasts for a couple of weeks, and a prolonged and quite heavy period (cramping, etc.). I’m currently looking into natural remedies that will get my hormones back to normal. It’s probably noteworthy to mention the previous time that I have “quit” Depo-Provera, I had the same symptoms, but this time it’s much worse.

  2234. I got the depo shot a few months ago. My period went away for a month then in June I started bleeding/spotting constantly. I’ve been having symptoms like spotting, breakthrough bleeding, having cramps, tiredness, mood swings, bloating, nausea, anxiety, and hot flashes. I’m now having withdrawals from it. I’ve had Diarrhea, Pain in stomach, Bad Cramps, migraines/ headaches,Back pain, and a sore throat. I’m also still bleeding going on 4 months now. I was supposed to get my 3rd dose on September 2nd. Hope this bleeding ends soon. I feel so miserable. And the doctors are no help 🙁

  2235. I have been off Depo since May this year and I feel horrific my boobs are huge and extremely sore and my whole body is swollen… I couldn’t even wear my rings this morning… can anyone give advice about these side effects… I can’t even see my ankles…

  2236. I was taken off Depo about 4 months ago. It’s been a nightmare. It started with bad headaches and then turned into extremely swollen breasts and nipples, making every day uncomfortable. I was exhausted and felt pregnant, I just had my first period and it’s brutal the cramps are extreme and it’s clots instead of regular… I’m miserable… I’ve never experienced a worse side effect from a birth control- never ever again will I use Depo.

  2237. I’d stop last month tried for 3months but after that I still experiencing spotting for almost 1month when I stop using it , then after 2weeks me and my daddy’s daughter had sex , and I was confused why my tummy is bloated and it’s hard , is it possible that I’m pregnant 😥

  2238. I took my first depo on 22nd of July and I didn’t experienced anything like change in menstruation but when I was to get back I forgot the date and took it on date 15th instead of 12th and that was after my periods stopped on 10th and I last had sex on Friday 11th so my question is does this mean am pregnant because am experiencing weird changes and occurrences like cracking of lips and enlargements of breast with no pains please answer

  2239. Omw its seems like its all normal. I had my last injection in May 2021 and gosh what a nightmare as i didnt go back for it in August. I have had nausea, headaches, back aches, feeling dizzy and tired. Then some of that eased a little then came the pregnancy feelings… tender breast, itchy nipples, weird feeling in my abdominal area, nausea everytime i eat and now I’m starting the emotional train gosh feels like i just want to cry all the time for now reason.

  2240. didn’t get my shot in august I just chose to stop because it was ruining my relationship,low sex drive,moody and irritable. I spotted for 2 weeks and now I haven’t gotten my periods ,I was nauseous I thought I was pregnant but the test was negative. Right now my boobs are tender and really sore . I also get sleepy.

  2241. I took the depo shot Aug 2021.I decided not to take the other shot,I spotted for 2 weeks and now I am bleeding heavily with some big clots. I am so stressed right now..Think I made a terrible mistake in taking that shot in my system..I am feeling so sick..I just want to know if this heavy bleeding and big clots will stop anytime soon. I just want to feel like me again..

  2242. I’ve been on the depo injection for 6 years. I’ve decided to stop taking it as the weight gain is absolutely ridiculous. The withdraws which no doctor told me about, is even worse. My skin is like an 18 year old hitting puberty, the bloating, the pain, the non stop spotting. It’s a nightmare.

  2243. I’ve been on the depo for about 2 years. My first shot was just fine and I was late and had a very light period. This most recent shot I took 2 weeks after my last late day. I experienced a high sex drive and eating a lot. I’m seeing all these bad experiences but it’s really not that bad if you give it more than 1 shot (quite literally). I do not have periods and have a kinda low sex drive but it could be worse. Not all experiences are bad. I recommend the shot for long term use as long as you take bone beneficial vitamins and keep an eye on your bone density.

  2244. Hi been reading comments and seems people who didn’t hav issues before with periods are the ones who then suffer more. I went on it as I forget to take the pill and idea of my period stopping sounded great as most times I would have my period twice in a month and some times could be on for 3 to 4 weeks. Which was no fun. I gained the weight as everyone says bjt then after 2 years my body stabilized and I lost weight and went back to myself I didn’t gain hectic weight may 5kg in the 2 years. My period stopped about the 2nd month of taking the first injection, so I stayed on it for probably 5 to 7 years. I didnt notice much of a change when was younger. It took me almost 8 months for my period to come back and then I still had roughly the same problems I did before I went on. Needless to say after 2 years I was back on it. Again gained the weight and then stabilized quicker this time. I did notice my sex drive wasn’t high and same as some comments below. I now haven’t had my injection since july and decided maybe to try again going off after another 4 years. So I was due for the injection again in Sept but didn’t go and now it end December and I have been bleeding for a week now, so this time it took my body quicker to react and am hoping it stops soon and hopefully my body will be back to normal next 2 months. I did notice just before I started bleeding that my breasts were sensitive didn’t think much of it being off injection but now after reading it seems to be normal bjt don’t recall this the last time I went off but then it did take 8months for me to return to normal. So will see how long this lasts otherwise I’m back on it next year. Hope this helps some peeps.

  2245. I’ve been on the depo for 4 years since 2017 I went off in June as my last shot was in March 2021. I started bleeding in September for 1 week Twice then October for 1 week twice in the month nothing since then I just feel nausea lately with no vomiting unless I force myself to.. What does this mean

  2246. I feel so bad for you girls. I’ll tell you something interesting. I am in perimenopause (years leading up to last period). Mine and many other women’s symptoms in perimenooause have the exact same symptoms. You can look it up online. I have the swollen painful breast and everything else mentioned and a lot more also. You all know osteoporosis is a menopause symptom. During peri you get anxiety, acne, hair loss, sweating, sleepless nights, weight gain along with unusual periods and the list goes on. You are all estrogen dominate as your hormones are trying to work themselves out. It could take a long time just like women are in perimenopause for years as think shut down. You are in it for months or years as your bodies try to ramp back up. Depo has essentially put you all into perimenopause. It horrible enough going through it when we do at a later age. The fact they are having you ladies go through this young during child bearing/rearing years is negligent at best. Unfortunately you ladies will be going through 2 peri menopause’s in your life time with the first only being a shorter time span then the second.

  2247. I was on the depo since 2014 just stopped this year 2021.
    I had weight gain also every smear was irregular and was told it was the depo causing it so I’ve decided to stop for my own health.
    Now I’ve stopped I can’t stop bleeding every few days.

  2248. I took it for six months and stopped because my menses was not coming but is almost two months but my menses hasn’t return and I feel dizzy and headache always.

  2249. I’ve been taking Depot since last year I only took it one time and coming off it’s very hard and gets camps dizziness and tired i’m not sleeping well and headache before I had the Depo shot I had Nexplanon for two years in 2018 I took it out and took a break from birth control and i tried the Depo shot that made me gain weight and didn’t feel good same with the Nexplanon I gained lots of weight now I’m having like really bad cramps because the Depo shots getting out of my system i’m just wondering when the Depo shot gets out of your system?

  2250. I was on the depo shot for 5 years. My last injection was December 2020. While on the shot I never really had a normal cycle, for the most part it stopped my cycle all together. I noticed I wasn’t enjoying sex like I used to, and I hated the fact that my body wasn’t cleaning itself out monthly, so I decided to stop. I didnt get any signs of a cycle until 7/8 months after the last injection, and it was just spotting. 10 months after the last shot, I experienced a very long cycle with fluctuations of the amount of blood. It started as 4 days light spotting, then 5-6 days of heavy heavy bleeding.. I’m currently on my second month of this bleeding (month 12), and its very depressing. I hate that its so much.. Based on comments it seems like this bleeding will last for quite awhile, I hope not..

  2251. Been on depo for 6 months and didn’t get my period for the first two months. But the return of my period was a nightmares. I’m still on my period as we speak. It’s pudding me off coz it’s limiting me from some activities. And I get moody, emotional and I’m afraid my relationship might be ruined by this sh**t.

  2252. I started the defo back in September. Starting Bleeding end of 20th October 21. Hormones high, very tearful and emotional aswell as bleeding heavy. Decided to stop after one injection. NOW remain bleeding its been almost 12weeks of bleeding.
    I know my body is telling me something? Please help

  2253. I have been on depo since I was 17, 11 years ago. I stopped and switched to the pill (same hormones) for a month because of the weight gain but quickly switched back as I was afraid of it not being as effective. I did have a weak disc in my spine that broke and I did need surgery, the shot probably made it worse. I’m going off of it for the copper non hormonal iud because I’m getting married at the end of the year and want kids in the next 2ish. I’m pretty freaked out about suddenly getting my period again after 11 years but I guess we will see. I don’t know anyone else who has been on depo for as long as I have. I asked my obgyn if I would hit menopause later in life since I haven’t been loosing any eggs, but she said it could be the opposite or I could drop more eggs and maybe have an absurd amount of multiple kids. She told me they just don’t know the science yet. If I remember I can update once I have any answers, in case someone else is looking for the same info I am.

    • Hi Stephanie

      Congrats on your upcoming wedding. (I apologise this is a late reply, I’m currently on a night shift at work)
      I was on the injection for 12 years since the age of 17, I turn 29 soon. I got married last August and my husband mentioned about starting a family. I went to my Dr and was told to stop taking the injection. My last injection was Jan 2022 and its been almost 2 weeks since I should’ve had my next one.
      I am currently suffering with a really bad headache, almost flu like. My body feels heavy. I don’t know if this is a ‘withdrawal symptom’. I myself am worried about the return of my periods as its been so long (my periods stopped almost immediately after my first injection) I too have struggled finding other women who have been on it for as long as it have.

  2254. Hello My name Ashley I started depo injection in 2017 during the summer time up until 2019 I believe my last does was in January or February. My period has been very regular every since and I was taking ovulation strips a few tips but I don’t know if I done it currently but they all be positive during my fertile widow but I have no been getting pregnant at all. My doctor told me that my ovaries probably still asleep and I don’t understand how because I have a regular period. What do you suggest me to do?

  2255. Stopped depo, I’m in week four and oh my goodness.
    Iv had panic attack, really bad anxiety, excess sweating that I literally had water coming out my hands, severe headache for one day that I got checked out for, shakiness the jitters, legs ache pins and needles, and high heart rate and a week of hypoglycemia that is now subsiding.
    I’m now on the extreme fatigue and no energy.
    Feel like I’m dying of some sort of illness, I was on it for 2 years 3 months reason for coming off it is pcos and now a bone issue, and causing anxiety and deep thoughts to a panic state.
    And my Dr said nothing they can do needs to run its course, never got told about any of these when I first started it

  2256. I gave birth in 2013and immediately I was injected with the depo provers.I continued the use for about 6 months and stopped since I wasn’t sexually active.During the stopped periods,I do menstruate on and off.then after 2years I started with the shot again since I became sexually active.for a about 2years of starting depo shot again,I never saw my blood.when I stopped again,I saw my blood after 6 months.Then started again after 3 months of menstruating in 2018 and since then I’ve never seen my blood again.I totally stopped it he shot in 2021 February and am now seeing my blood in February 2022 but it come anytime it want n very small for days.

  2257. I have been bleeding for 9 months straight every day since getting the depo shot .. I stopped getting the shot a couple months ago and am still bleeding everyday. Now the bleeding and blood clots are so bad a tampon only will last for a half hour. Has anyone else experienced this? When I told my doctor she said it’s normal but I don’t see how having to wear tampons for 9 months straight is normal.

  2258. I started getting the Depo Shot when I was 15 as a way to lesson my menstrual cycle, as it was extremely irregular and painful. Within the first month of my first shot at 15 years old, the bleeding from my period completely stopped the entire time I was on it until I was 19, so 4 years never missing a shot, always on time. It was AMAZING for me, I never had the side effects people often experienced, the only side effects I had were hot flashes. It SIGNIFICANTLY improved my depression as well. I have a medical condition with my hypermetabolism, so the Depo Shot, instead of making me gain weight, it helped me maintain a healthy weight. Before the Depo it was hard to not be underweight.

    After about 9 months off of Depo is when I started bleeding again. I also became underweight again. 1 year off of Depo my periods were pretty regular, even more regular than they were before I started Depo. I decided to get back on Depo after that 1 year break, and I stayed on it for 6 years consistently, never missing a shot. My menstrual bleeding once again completely stopped the entire time. It was as amazing as ever until the 6 year mark when I started to notice my moods were extremely unstable, it started to feel like extreme PMS, just without ever actually bleeding, and every day of wild mood swings and crying. My the vitamin D levels were low too for a while. My hips started to feel tender and they were really sore around the areas the injection was, so between the extreme emotional instability and hip pain and vitamin deficiency, I stopped Depo again.

    It’s now been 3 months since I stopped Depo. I will say, I haven’t started bleeding again yet, but it does feel like my body is trying to regulate itself and that can often feel like I’m about to start or actual on my period, but just no bleeding. My breasts are tender, and I’ve lost 5 pounds since I stopped and my depression has been really bad, but manageable. All in all, I wouldn’t say the Depo Shot is for everybody. I personally believe I have compatible chemistry in my biology that made Depo such a positive and amazing experience for me. Coming off of it is an emotional rollercoaster yes, but I know my body just needs time to adjust.

  2259. Can stopping of depo injection causes anus pains if yes, please what is the way out and If no what should i do. very urgent

  2260. I would like to first say I am sorry to everyone on here who had a bad experience with depo. I had been on the depo shot for 8yrs I just came off of it to have our last child. I have to praise it I have only had my period once since being on it and I was happy about that because I used to have to stay in bed with how bad my period was I lost weight being on it. I just stopped my shots in November 2022 to have another baby wost withdrawls my breast got so tender they hurt to the touch for 3 mos bloated like a balloon and grumpier. Can’t wait to be back on it. P.S it’s been 4 mos now just got my first period.

  2261. I was on the depo shot for 2 years. I’ve been off it for a month and I’m experiencing mood swings, vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, night sweats, itching, flu symptoms

    it’s horrible. so far no blood

  2262. As an 18 year old I thought this would be awesome but it’s become my biggest regret in my life, I felt a weird sensation in my chest after I got it. Like 10 minutes after and a month into it I was alright but it all hit, constant spotting for 2 month, dizziness, nausea and the worst anxiety of my life. I had cried everyday waiting for the finish line where it would leave my system (sadly I still cry thinking how scary my whole experience has been and how lonely I felt and still do). My last day of having it in my system was March 11th and I still feel dizzy and I know it’ll be a while till I feel normal again but it’s comforting knowing I’m not alone, please avoid this shot especially if you suffer from depression and anxiety and if you’re waiting for the day it leaves your system, you aren’t alone, you are a powerful and amazing person you can do it! I’m glad we’re not alone and aren’t crazy for feeling the way we feel. I hope all goes well for whoever reads this <3

  2263. I took depo provera for 3 years, after 6month of my last injection, my period was returned, and I always have heavy period in all my menstrual cycle for like 2years now, and my stomach always gumble, and cramping during my ovulation, since then I haven’t got pregnant

  2264. After stopping Depo Provera my breast became too tender to touch off and on. I experienced nausea for weeks. Suddenly was having headaches daily and loss of appetite.

    • After depo, I had on and off spotting that lead to a period. This one lasted about 2 weeks. I took my next periods about a month to return it was outside of the 28 day mark. This period has been goin for 3 weeks now. In the beginning it came as a normal period and is stopped after two weeks just like the first one. Well I thought it stopped. After a day the period returned but only heavier. Its bothersome. Depo has been by far the worse decision I have made.

      • Hi, I went through the same thing… I’m 16 months post last shot, and I finally feel like my body is regulating itself back to normal.. I went through three different month long bleeds (awful experience).. My last month long bleed was Feb/March, followed by 3 weeks non-bleeding. I just finished my period, which lasted 9 days..

  2265. 2nd time on it.
    1st time I got pregnant immediately two weeks after my missed shot date.
    This time I’ve taken two shots (6 months) right after my 2nd kid

    Constant spotting for first two months switching between old and new blood.
    Im letting it run out of my system now.
    No sex drive, VERY emotional which is not a symptom I’ve ever even had on a regular period., constant bloating, stomach pain, pain in my side, nausea, and I’m exhausted 24/7 it seems. Idk how long these withdrawal symptoms last but really hope they’re over soon.

  2266. I decided to stop taking the shot because it had killed my sex drive IMMENSELY. I had only got the shot 2 times. My 2nd (and last) time was September 2021. The last time I had my period was November 2021. So I’m 5 months with no period (which I can’t lie isn’t the most terrible thing in the world) but it’s just weird to me. My sex drive still hasn’t returned which has caused small issues here and there with my boyfriend. I’ve gained weight since I received the shot and have NEVER weighed this much before and the. Only thing that has changed in my lifestyle is the shot. I will never get it again. I wouldn’t recommend it.

  2267. I have stopped depo almost a month now and I have had constant pain thru my body cramping nausea dizziness tiredness come and go and chest pain idk what to do plz someone let me know what I’m going thru is normal

    • Yes my dear that’s the least of symptoms your feelings all those and more am going through on I was on it for 14 years

  2268. I have been on the depo now for surely over 6 or 7 years… and I am considering coming off it … I’ve been told different from people .. some say you should have a break from it and not be on it for long others say its OK to stay on it.
    I havnt had sex for two years and don’t really have a sex drive anymore. Mt stomach is constantly bloated … tired alot and I ache my joints are sore. Some of the side effects I have been reading make sence. I do feel anxious about stopping it … I havnt had a period for years … I’m thinking of going natural and not having any contraceptive pills ect. Going to call and arrange to see the doctor about my options . Hope I don’t have side effects when I come off it.

  2269. Hi, firstly I have pcos, so I never had a regular period. I started depo in February 2022, and stopped in April 2022. During those two months I had spotting, cramps, excessive crying, and breast pain. Now being off depo for 2 months, said symptoms still continue. My period hasn’t come since, I also been feeling fatigued and bloated.

    I honestly regret taking the shot and I won’t recommend, I should of known it was too good to be true.

  2270. Ive been on the depo shot for 12 years
    A year and 3 months ago o stopped taking it becaise my hisband wants another child i only got my period back after a year…..i gained 30 kilograms….o had sore feet….went through severe withdrawel….im talking migrains….fatige….everything bad…..my stomach permanently look like im pregnant…..we are starting to try for a baby at the end of the month but im scared something bigger might be wrong with my body after this stupid shot…..

  2271. I took one shot of the depo and got off of it after that and never went back and got my second shot. Since then I have been bleeding for four months now, consistently. I have also experienced bad acne, like I’ve never had before. I went to the doctor a month or two ago and they gave me the birth control pill to take to stop the bleeding. I took one and it made me sick to the point where I threw up. Some days I feel sick to my stomach, very bloated, and have no energy. I have felt the lowest I have ever felt in my life. I will never take the depo shot again nor will I recommend it to anyone.

  2272. Everyone I recommend drinking aloe vera to detox your body to normal and it’ll heal every pain you have and also have a a baby. That’s what I did and I got pregnant after 5 years of depo. You can email me about it halaevalu_tuipulotu@hotmail.com

  2273. Received injections for 7yrs right after giving birth in 1999 bleed for 365 days then no menstrual for the entire time until I Stop taking it in 2006 to conceive gave birth in 2007 and started the injections again and no menstrual the entire time. 2020 stop taking the injection and no menstrual. And hair has been falling out like crazy. I’m PISSED

  2274. I recommend boiling aloe vera and drink it everyday as it detox your body. It heals any disease. I got pregnant by drinking it. It heals depression, body everything. You can google it up what aloe vera can do. It links to the bible which is more powerful than what doctors give us. My period is back to normal after drinking it. I was taken to this Tongan lady who does this technique and natural herbal to drink which I got pregnant in just 1 month after I followed her instructions. All women got pregnant after seeing her. Something that the doctors don’t know how to solve.

  2275. My last shot was about 4 months ago and if im being honest i want to kill myself. I don’t know how im going to work, or live. I cant hold down food, my eyes cant handle bring lights/phones are irritating. I feel weak, im constantly nauseous. Intense cramping, cold and hot chills/sweats. Im exhausted. Im stressed. Im so sad. They never told me about the withdrawl. The worst part is i cant even find an answer as to how long this will last. Not to mention the hospital was no help. I want to die. Dont try this medication.

    • I thought it was me alone it’s horrible these people are so wicked to human beings it’s crazy am off six months now on am still frighting all kind of shit hospital have no idea what’s going on either am tired to go there

    • Melanie you have got to look up Depo Provera Side effect support on Facebook. There you can talk to so many women going through the same thing. It really does mess is up but overtime things should mellow out. You are not alone. Please look up the group. Introduce yourself and explain how old you are and how long you have been on and when you got off. Tell about your symptoms and you’ll see the women will respond and give suggestions as to what you can do ect.

    • Hi Melanie,

      I recommend boiling aloe vera and drinking it everyday so your body can detox to normal. I’ve been through the exact same thing and aloe vera helped me.

    • Are you still experiencing issues?

      I want it to all end my last shot was in April due in July but stopped and it started off with severe headaches moved to out of wack heart rate then eye pain then I’ve been nauseous can’t eat much feeling weak and having phantom kicks and flutters?! Like what the heck I need this to end im miserable

      • Katerina what is your last name so I can look for you? You can look me up on that Facebook page Jessica Huitron. That drop feeling in the stomach I’d awful.

      • Katerina my last shot was in march and I was due in may, I started experiencing anxiety, loss of appetite, chest pain and tightness, heart palpitations, vision disturbance , brain fog and chest flutters towards the end of June, July was such a horrible month for me, I started taking; magnesium, multivitamins, a gut probiotic, and sleeping teas, I’am still on the road to recovery but these supplements have slowly been helping me , unfortunately these withdraws are not an over night fix.

  2276. I started the depo shot 20 years ago & had no issues. No period, lost weight, felt totally fine except for some increased anxiety. I stayed on it pretty consistently other than a few breaks when I was trying to get pregnant. My Dr. At the time advised going on the Mini pill for a few months to regulate my hormones. I got pregnant 2 weeks after going off the pill, but miscarried at 12 weeks. My hormones were a mess after, so I went back on depo & felt great again. Fast forward 10 years & I started to notice severe PMS symptoms 2 weeks before the next injection was due every time. My Dr. Suggested it could be endometriosis & we moved the injections to every 9 weeks.If I was even a few days late all the extreme PMS symptoms would start up & it usually took about 2 weeks to feel normal again.Certain supplements or medications that increase estrogen seemed to make it wear off quicker as well, but for the most part while being consistent with the shots I felt good. I literally weighed the same at 40, as I did when I started depo at 18 due to always staying active. I accidentally missed my shot while on vacation a few weeks ago & OMG the withdrawal is freaking awful. My breasts went up 2 cup sizes, ache horribly, I look 8 months pregnant with the bloating, severe constipation, extreme hair loss, lower back & leg pain that is actually scary, cramps & a weight gain of 10lbs in 3 weeks. I run 30-40 miles a week & eat healthy, so my weight has been consistently the same my entire adult life. The fatigue has been horrible as well. Normally I push myself to run even when I’m exhausted, but the last 3 days, I can barely go for a walk & don’t even want to leave the house other than work. Summer is my fav season & I love the heat, but I absolutely can’t deal with it right now because I feel like I’m having hot flashes. I couldn’t get a Dr. Appt until next week, so I actually gave myself the shot a few days ago(Im a nurse). I know from past experiences it usually takes about 2 weeks for the shot to “kick in” & I have absolutely no idea how I’m going to function during that time. I have considered going off in the past but now I’m terrified to even think about it. The worst is the crazy weight gain. Absolutely nothing fits me & I’ve been wearing scrubs even on my days off(which my husband thinks is crazy). I have no idea how women get through months if this & I just want to offer y’all love and support because it’s horrifying. If anyone needs to reach out & vent feel free because I totally get it.

    • I recommend drinking lots of aloe vera. It detox your body to normal. I got pregnant after 1 month of drinking aloe vera and no fatty salty sugary food. Your body is trying to get back to the normal where you were before depo. Which is mentally and physically. Aloe vera heals both.

      • Please stop with the Aloe Vera nonsense. It is linked to various health issues & stomach problems. Go to the Sloan Kettering website & see for yourself. Going from Depo to Aloe Vera is trading one problem for another.

    • I’m only trying to help here with what I did to help myself get through it. It’s alright cause I get that a lot. I have my sister saying that same thing and kept complaining at the same time so, it’s ok. I was taken to the hospital for the side effects of depo and I went back to aloe vera and I’ve never felt the side effects since I started taking it. But yeah hope you find a solution.

      • I just read from sloan Kettering and I don’t believe in that because I was pregnant with my son from it and hundreds of women who recovered from diabetes, high blood pressure and even getting pregnant from it all because the doctors say they don’t know what is happening or cure. So yeah.

    • hey elle, so i was on depo for over twenty years. and then it started causeing me issues so i got off it. and yep seriously crazy side effects, nausea, sore breats, iching, feeling out of wack, all the side effects every one else has gotten. head aches. the list just goes on. so what i did is start taking harmone harmony. and it certainly has helped. ive now been off depo for just over a year. but im still taking the hormone harmony to counter act the side effects. they are way less worse. so if your thinking of going off it i’d try the hormone harmony. it certainly helped with the sore breasts and nausea.

  2277. I have been using depo since 2019 till Thise year February and stopped.. i have been experiencing nausea and dizziness and tender breasts

  2278. I’ve taken it for three years while in college and stopped once I got an IUD, with absolutely no withdrawal symptoms. Now in my mid twenties, I’ve taken it for an additional two years, and my body is completely wrecked. Any time I would get close to needing my second shot, my GI system would go completely out of whack to the point where I’d be rushed to ER for stomach pains and constant vomiting and diarrhea. This happened on three separate occasions. Now I’m about to completely stop it, and after a week of not taking my next shot I swear I was passing a kidney stone. Flu-like symptoms with vomiting, diarrhea every 20 minutes, and awful stomach and back pain that had me bedridden for 3 days. Sweating profusely with chills, and yet no fever. Not to mention I’ve bled constantly for the last three months since my last shot, and it’s only gotten heavier now that I haven’t gotten the next one. While all of this was going on, I’ve lost close to 30lbs putting me at 89 when I weighed myself 2 weeks ago. I pray anyone who reads this takes this medication seriously and never uses it past the 2-3 year limit.

    • Hi April,

      I am glad to hear people like you, so that I can share what I have been through. I was on depo for 5 years and I stopped because I wanted to have child and my friend told me about this lady who heal women and they all got pregnant. I went to her and she told me to promise her during the time of healing not to eat fat sugary salty food. She told me to boil the aloe vera and drink the juice everyday. It detox my body to normal. I followed her instructions, that’s how much I wanted to have a child. I lost all my belly fat and after the 1 month she told me I can now conceive for a baby. I got pregnant the month and I was so happy to have a child. Now he’s 10 and I went back to depo since I still study. And now I stopped the depo cause I want my son to have a sibling. All of a sudden I feel stomach bloated multiple period etc. I searched it up and I just remembered about the aloe vera. Now I’m going back to it and my body feels better and healthier than ever.

  2279. I only took 2 shots of depo and i did not take the 3rd shot because my period is not my regular cycle which is normally 7 days it’s been like 2-4 months and I’m still bleeding. My stomach is super sore every time I eat anything and feels like it’s upset and I need to go to the bathroom. I was constipated and could not go to the bathroom so I had to take laxatives. This is just irritating I don’t know why I took this shot without finding out the side affects on and off of depo so I recommend not take depo . I was always weighing 140-150 the most and I am now in my 170 almost 180. I feel disgusting with myself. Some nights I feel nauseous and want to puke but can’t. I tell myself that I should exercise to lose weight but when I do my stomach just starts hurting badly and I need to lay down. I’m not sure if cramping is common when stopping the depo shot but, I see everyone’s comments that they’ve been having the same symptoms and I hope we all come back to our normal self.

  2280. I being drink aloe Vera alas long as I know on it does help and first your not supposed to digest too mush of aloe Vera either unless or help some people and don’t this meds I a disaster all I know it will reck your life to zero

    • Yes for me I drink just one cup in the morning and afternoon and I mix it with my lemon and ginger drink. I feel so much better with my body aches when i go back to natural remedies than medications.

  2281. Hello I’m Shay I after birth I got onto depo and I only did that first shot in months I’ve taken Depo vera before but after birth it was different my body completely rejected it the whole time I was on Depo vera I was bleeding for 40 days my last period was May 8 and I still haven’t got it and it is June 29 and I’m very confused on what is going on with my body keep in mind I am only 15 years old so I don’t really understand contraceptives as much as I thought I did but I think my body is very un synced after I had that shot

  2282. I was on the shot for 5 years I’ve been off of it since December 28th 2020 and have not had a period since light spotting last august but not a period and now I can’t get pregnant and I’ve been trying for a year 🙁

  2283. I took the shot in April and got off in July, my nipples are very irritated, tender and itchy.

  2284. After stopping depo, the symptoms I’ve experience where the worst. I’ve had the worst unimaginable headaches and nausea so bad I felt like doing nothing for days. My eyes hurt tremendously.

  2285. I dont recommend the depo to anyone. I was on it for 5 years and it made my sex drive totally disappear. I’ve been off of it for over a year now and my periods are still very irregular and my anxiety and mood swings are through the roof. I haven’t had much of an appetite over my entire period just this last time and I feel dizzy and just wack all of the time.

    • Hi Lillian , do you mind telling us what supplements and vitamins helped you ? I’m on the same boat as well .

  2286. I only got 2 depo shots and my last shot was in January. It took 5 months for my period to return. I took a bunch of personalized herbs to balance hormones and it helped. (dong quia, vitex, black cahoosh) i was extremely ill for a month straight after missing my last shot. I only could work like 3 days that month and almost lost everything. My period just returned like 3 weeks ago. i spotted for 3 days and was happy it wasnt bad THEN on the day I fly to LA for a big work trip my period comes in vengeance. I bled through every tampon in an hour, i passed out in the airport now i have such extreme anxiety and depression I canceled all my work shoots and owe thousands to the company. Depo has ruined my life and my career that I loved so much. No one understands the pain so there is no sympathy. I would never recommend this drug to my worst enemy.

    • Hi Kate ,
      I hear you girl ! How are you doing now with the anxiety and depression? Have you done anything new to cope with it all ?

  2287. I took just one dose snd stopped, depo made me bleed for one full month,after my first zone i refused to take another doze,and i saw my menses twice a month

  2288. Queridas amigas,

    Les aconsejo que por favor para evitar que sufran y está inyeccion les baje su calidad de vida NUNCA usen este medicamento si se les puede llamar así porque más es el daño que hace que el beneficio que da. A mí me dieron con dos dosis una serie de síntomas adversos el más odiado de todos el intersangrado menstrual……que pesadilla más grande, dolores de cabeza, cólicos de adolescente, mareos fuertes, nauseas, estómago pesado, flatulencias exageradas, dolores de estómago, depresiones fuertes y mal humor inaguantable. En la segunda dosis me dieron en dos días diferentes un sangrado anormal uno que duro un día y tres horas y otro que duro un día y siete días. Me dejó con la hemoglobina en 8.0 y más valores de la sangre mal igual que al bajarme el hierro se me dispararon las plaquetas. Solo dos dosis que me puse y hasta la fecha tengo ciertos síntomas adversos. Ya tengo dos meses y medio con ese veneno inactivo pero sigo con ese odioso sangrado intermenstrual poquito pero si alguna de ustedes sufrió de este sangrado les agradezco me confirmen cuánto más hay que soportar esto que es demasiado anormal.

    Gracias:. MUJERES PROHIBIDO USAR DEPO PROVERA SI DESEAN QUE NO LES AFECTE TODO SU SISTEMA Y VIDA NORMAL

    • Hola , a mi me pasa igual me dio una ansiedad fuerte y palpitaciones del corazón , pérdida de apetito y bajé mucho de peso. Ahora sufro de no poder dormir y no poder concentrarme bien. Para mi ya es un mes y algo que me eh sentido a si .

  2289. Dear friends,

    I advise you, please, to prevent you suffer and this injection lowers your quality of life, NEVER use this medicine if this can be called a medicine because it causes more damage than the benefit it gives. Two doses gave me and a series of adverse symptoms, the most hated of all, menstrual interbleeding…this is nightmare, headaches, adolescent colic, severe dizziness, nausea, heavy stomach, exaggerated flatulence, stomach aches, strong depressions and unbearable bad mood. In the second dose this inyection caused me an abnormal bleeding on two different days, one that lasted one day and three hours and another that lasted one day and seven hours. This left me with hemoglobin at 8.0 and more bad blood values ​​just like and lowered my iron and my platelets shot up. I only took two doses and today I have certain adverse symptoms. I already have two and a half months with that poison inactive but I continue with that hateful intermenstrual bleeding a little but if any of you suffered from this bleeding I would appreciate if you can confirm how much you had this so I know how much I will have to endure this which is too abnormal.

    Thank you,

    WOMEN CAUTION TO USE DEPO PROVERA IF YOU WANT THIS DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR ENTIRE SYSTEM AND NORMAL LIFE.

  2290. i’ve been on depo since may of 2021, my last shot was may of 2022 and im only about a week or 2 into the withdrawal stage and it’s been miserable. the first 3 days i had a crazy appetite bloated like crazy and felt like i gained 10lbs but was the same weight. while on the depo my body started having trouble regulating its temperature and that’s still happening, more often than before. i go from hot to cold over and over and i sweat the whole time. i wake up covered in sweat and i used to sleep perfectly with a hoodie and sweatpants before starting the shot. next 3 days i’ve been nauseous as all hell and have barely been able to eat anything, i feel so weak and tired and i’ve lost 5lbs just in 3 days. i’ve had 2 breakouts and haven’t had any in months and my breasts are so sore it hurts to lay on my stomach. i hope when my period comes back it’s not excessively heavy like other people have experienced.

  2291. I stopped deppo primero due to muscular fatigue and emotional hormonal imbalance and weight gain. Since then I have experienced premenstrual cramps that have lasted 2 weeks without any menstrual flow. I have not had a menstrual cycle for 3 months. Before my pregnancy and before Deppo I would have extremely painful cycles lasting 7 days. During deppo cycle of 3months , I would only have 1 cycle lasting 2 weeks.

  2292. I started depo February 2020, last shot was April 2022 and since July (next shot was due) I’ve had terrible headaches, heart rate was out of wack I’ve been nauseous can’t eat much and these dang phantom kicks. I swear it feels like im pregnant but im not. This withdraw hs been terrible I want this fluttering and all this to go.

  2293. How are you now?

    I’m in the same boat.
    Feeling like I’ve been in and out of the hospital since July.
    Even got a ct 2 days ago and nothings wrong on it so I don’t know im loosing it over here

  2294. I’ve been on Depo for at least 10 years as it was the only viable option for me that I had. I just had a Hysterectomy (I have my ovaries still) and an Ovarian Cystectomy on August 4th and I was supposed to get my Depo shot earlier this month and of course I haven’t received it. I have been experiencing really bad nausea, night sweats, hot flashes with cold chills, trouble sleeping, anxiety and I am extremely fatigued. I feel like I am drug addict coming of drugs. I was never warned of the side effects of just quitting depo, but I do not like the symptoms I am having. If I would have known this was what was going to happen trying to come off it, I would have never went on it. This is pure hell!

    • Hi KASSIE, i was in the same baot as you, but on depo for 20 years. I had a hysterectomy. and stopped the shot. exact same symptoms as you. I started taking hormone harmony, and it sure did help with the nausea ect. ive been taking it for about a year and a bit. i didt take recommended does, i just take 2 tablets of a morning. i got sore breasts as well as headaches as well and it also helped with this. if your struggling, id give it a try. i have no links to hormone harmony its made by happy mammoth.whats so ever and just saw it on a site.

  2295. I’ve took the shot for about 4 years now and I just got off it last month. My body has felt so weird, stomach bloating, itching sometimes & the depression it gave me. I didn’t know what was wrong with me, the bloating had me thinking I was pregnant. All the cramping too is awful. My appetite has also been affected, everything I eat isn’t appetizing

  2296. I came off my depo in December. I seem to have had nothing but problems since.
    No period, bloating, lower abdominal pain, back pain, feeling sick, irritable, moody i just feel shocking!
    Anyone else felt this way, i’m at my wits end!

    • yep I’ve had all these problems I’m so fed up that I’m having to go bed I’ve had chest pains breast pains pains in.stomaches and side and had water infection s on and off and now got eye pain due to dry eyes had enough can’t see no.ending to it been ane 4 times had scans done had heart tests and so many bloods done and been told everything’s ok but still having alot of pain..

  2297. I took the depo shot twice because my mom told me I had to go on birth control. I stopped going to my appointments but didn’t tell her. I had horrible mood swings, was bleeding irregularly. I had body aches and it would hurt by someone hugging me too tightly. After coming off it for 6 months, I was having periods again. I was also having sex during this time with my partner. One of these periods I had lasted more than a week and my periods were irregular lasting about a week. My most recent period being November 14-22. It is now December 26th and I still do not have my period. I have taken multiple pregnancy tests and they are negative. I’ve been emotional, no vomiting, picky eating, and overly argumentative. Does anyone else have a similar experience?

  2298. I was given the depo shot for approximately 10 years total. I started it when I was 16, stopped for a few months at age 18 and became pregnant and gave birth to my only child. Then after he was born, was once again given the same shot for the next 7 or so years. I never had any adverse effects on or while stopping the shots. But now, I’m my right hip (exactly in the spot I mostly received injections) I have a large area of missing muscle mass. My doctors haven’t given me any answer air even showed any concern for the very evident situation.

    • I got my first shot October 16 2021 December it wears off my stomach hurt so bad January 3 2022 I was supposed to get my 2 shot I didn’t go because I didn’t wanna take the depo anymore I started bleeding april 2022 I started bleeding heavy the cramps heart to the point I couldn’t get up it hurt to even move I cried a lot that’s how bad the cramps hurt I kept bleeding till December 2022 I started bleeding January February march april 2023 cramps hurt I would like to know the side effects I been trying to conceive & haven’t had no luck I just wanna cry I’m tired of bleeding & tired of my boobs being tender I just want the hormone to leave my body already these cramps hurt badddd depo should be banned .

  2299. […] of as well.) So, I didn’t get the next shot in June but continued to gain weight (some say stopping Depo-Provera can increase appetite as well), which made me depressed & I began binge-eating […]

  2300. I have my first depo shoot in December 6, 2022 and bleeding for the whole 3months. When I stop using depo,I has many side effects like nausea, lower Bach pain, cramping and I feel like I am pregnant.

  2301. my last shot was in may of 2023. decided to come off depo after 4 years because of no sex drive, atrophy, and general concerns about the medicine. About a month ago I started spotting 2 weeks before I was due for my next shot. about that time I got strep and was given antibiotics. I experienced horrible chest tightness and reflux and anxiety. they thought it was just because of the antibiotics so after trial and error with sucralfate, omeprazole, and a different antibiotic they gave me an injection antibiotic so as not to aggravate my stomach any further. felt a lot better but still struggling with what feels like Gerd. omeprazole has no affect unfortunately. It’s been three or four weeks since that began which was also when I was due for depo. Now im not sure if that was withdrawal symptoms the whole time or a combination. Now im experiencing feeling full only after eating a little bit. I feel like I want to throw up but not nauseous enough to so its just really uncomfortable. random chest pains and sometimes I get just a flash of being dizzy. feeling very anxious at times. terrible headaches at night that Tylenol doesn’t relieve. I have been using on of the microwavable heating pads on my head and that seems to alleviate the pain. I have been the doctor 5 times and er once. I have been tested for everything and even got an ultrasound and im “completely fine”. Ready for this to be over but im only 2-3 weeks past due so I have a feeling this isn’t over any time soon.

  2302. I have been on the depo injection for over ten years, i recently decided to stop taking the injection, i havent had any side effects yet , just some spotting.
    I have been happy on the injection, lost my period completely, maybe a little weight gain and loss of sex drive, for me it was worth it.
    Reading all the comments, i realize how bad some people have it either on or coming off of the injection, the injection cannot be blamed for what you are going through now, its a choice each of us made and your doctor shouldve given you the pros and cons.
    For people like myself who have been on it for longer then recommended, I cannot expect everything to just go back to normal with no side effects, all you can do is consult with your doctor,gynaecologist and give your body time to adjust to what it is going through.

    • I’m with you on feeling good while on the shot! I didn’t have a period for 6 years and yeah, I had low sex drive but for me it was better than a fear of pregnancy lol. I just hope you don’t start to have symptoms when you come off of it! I I’ve been off the shot for about a month (since it wore off) and have had spotting, tiredness, anxiety, sore breasts, headaches, and nausea. While I am not 100% sure these are all withdrawal symptoms, after reading these threads I’m a bit more convinced. I know everyone’s situation is different and I hope these symptoms are random and they don’t occur with anyone else !!!! 🙏

  2303. I was on it for only about an year or less I got off it everything was kinda ok I knew my body was getting use to not getting the shot after my period was being weird I would have it for a week wouldn’t have it next month I got it again then I haven’t stop bleeding but it’s light I’m still annoyed it’s been three months and I’m worried about it but reading these comments have made me a bit better

  2304. I been on Depo for 6 years now since I was 15 years old. the depo shot didn’t give me many problems while being on it except having a low sex drive and spotting once I needed the next shot. I decided to get off of it due to not being able to grow with normal hormones and it’s been 12 days since I got off and I been having back pain and my breast had been really sore to the touch. I been also getting a little bit of headaches since then but as of now the withdrawal I’m feeling the worse is my back and breast. I am getting a little worry about what other symptoms I might get since I been on it for a long time now. I’m just feeling bad being off of it then when I was on it. but I want to be able to feel normal again.

  2305. I have been taking the shot 3 times now. Ejo I have anexity now I went to doctor many times than I develop heart problem. 💔 Always tired feeling sick all the times next month January 8 is my date to take shot 8 January no more taking the shot. I’m so sick with depo now. I don’t recommend anyone to take it aii

  2306. i am not even permanently stopping depo i just moved so i am late getting my second shot. i thought i could wait to see my doctor but i made a planned parenthood appointment today, after only two days of these symptoms. i had a tooth pulled two weeks ago and i honestly thought these headaches were from that, but upon examination everything is fine, and i found out depo causes migraines. i have never experienced this short of shooting migraine before, that slowly devolves into a full on migraine with eye pain and light sensitivity. i keep throwing up for no reason. i have endometriosis and that is why i am on depo, so bear that in mind that some of these may be my symptoms the depo was helping control. but not the headache or projectile vomiting. no way. these are new. i cant believe this is my “only” option im being presented with

  2307. i’ve been getting the depo shot for for a little over threee years now and i am ready to get off of it, but im nervous about the side effects being worse than my symptoms of just staying on it and being mooody and unlike myself. frustrated that being a girl is so hard for no reason, and the fact that none of my doctors the past few years have warned me about these possible symptoms and side effects.

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