Missed Depo shot, bleeding irregular, clots of blood and mucus?
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Birth control that disturbs your hormonal balance really can mess you up. My girlfriend has been off of Depo for over a year now and she still isn't back to her old self. She's experienced irregular bleeding, tender breasts, weight gain, hair loss, decreased libido, violent vomiting (sometimes only yellow bile comes up, and it's usually when she's ovulating), strange colored mucosal discharge with her period, fatigue, leg cramps, hot flashes, acne, and I'm sure there's more that I'm forgettting. With all of the side effects to this drug, I'm surprised that people still take it (I'm sure it has a lot to do with effective marketing combined with the worshipful unquestioning attitude most people display towards the opinions of doctors). Early on we had several pregnancy tests done, as a lot of the symptoms mimick pregnancy, but they all came back negative. Hopefully her hormonal balance will be restored naturally, and she does appear to be getting gradually better in some areas (she doesn't vomit nearly as much now, only when she's ovulating where before it was every morning, and her periods have almost gone back to normal), but she still has a lot of the symptoms. She will be going to the gyno soon, and hopefully they can do something through hormone therapy if it won't resolve naturally. I seriously doubt that you're pregnant, and you might not be able to conceive for a long time, as some women have reported who have been on this. Here's a link to one site that has a list of possible side effects of Depo Provera, as based on a study of over 3,900 women, who were treated for up to 7 years: http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/depopr...
I'd love to give you a hopeful answer, but I am really worried about my girlfriend's health. When you mess with your body's natural chemical balance, sometimes it can have harmful consequences. Good luck... I wish you the best.
if you have not had a period since 02 sweetie this 07 almost 08 don't you think its time to have a period and all this on off bleeding is your uterus shredding all that flirt out your body use rubbers or don't @uck at all wake up baby girl wake up
I also am having problems with the depo shot. I had my son in October of '05 and began the depo shot shortly thereafter. It really messed with my hormones bad and made me very sick. I went to the doctor about my symptoms, worried that something really bad was going on. The nurse who screened me thought that I (at the age of 25) might be experiencing early menopause. The doctor assured me that these symptoms were common with the depo shot (early menopause common??!!) and prescribed me some estrogen supplements to regulate my hormones. Boy did I feel worse after that. My hot flashes went from 1-2 a day to almost hourly, my mood swings were almost to the point of being bi-polar, I was exhausted constantly, etc. etc. After I finished the estrogen prescription and things did not get better, I decided that I would not go back for my next shot. My most recent shot would have been in September of '06. At the beginning of last month I finally started having my period, thinking things were going back to normal I was relieved. I have now been on my period bleeding heavily for over a month, I have painful cramps nearly everyday, and I am physically exhausted. I also have experienced extreme weight gain, to the point where I way 20 lbs more now than I did with either of my pregnancies. I am reluctant to go to the doctor because they are the ones who put me in this position in the first place, so I am just hoping to ride it out and see what happens. I would say that this shot is not healthy for anyone and if I were you I would at least not get it anymore. There are other safer forms of birth control and I wish I had not let my doctor talk me out of something safer because he liked the ease of the shot. The best advice I can give is to tell you not to let your doctor push you around or tell you nothing is wrong. It is your body, and you know that something is happening that is not okay and your doctor should be doing his best to figure out what that is. As for the chances of your miscarrying, I have no idea but I do know that this shot tricks your body into thinking it is pregnant so it is possible that after missing your shots your symptoms may feel like a miscarriage. Many of my symptoms this last month have also suggested miscarriage, but there is no chance of my having been pregnant at the time when these things started. Good luck to you and I hope you feel better.
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