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Depo Provera
Aug. 3rd, 2004 08:36 pmSo, I've been on Depo Provera the last year.
Depo Provera causes both weight gain and depression in some women.
I am struggling with weight loss and depression.
I don't really think either were caused by the Depo -- I was already up to about 180 when I went on it, and now I'm around 190, and I'd been steadily gaining over the last 6 or so years. Likewise, I can look back over my entire life and see the effects of depression throughout.
I'm due for another Depo shot in a few weeks, and I can't help but wonder if not doing it would improve things somehow. I could go back to birth control pills. Or I could try going off birth control entirely for the first time since I was 16 and see what happens. I'm not very sexually active right now, so it might be the best time to do it. Of course, as a person with no insurance, the check-ups I get when I go in for birth control are nearly the only ones I get. Except when I go in for STD testing.
I'm not asking for opinions but I'm also not not asking for opinions. How's that for a double negative? Let me try that again... "but I also don't mind hearing your opinions."
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In other topics, my doctor messed up and ok'd a renewal of my old 20 mg prescription AND gave me a month of 30 mg. So now, if this happens again, I have spare meds. yay!
Depo Provera causes both weight gain and depression in some women.
I am struggling with weight loss and depression.
I don't really think either were caused by the Depo -- I was already up to about 180 when I went on it, and now I'm around 190, and I'd been steadily gaining over the last 6 or so years. Likewise, I can look back over my entire life and see the effects of depression throughout.
I'm due for another Depo shot in a few weeks, and I can't help but wonder if not doing it would improve things somehow. I could go back to birth control pills. Or I could try going off birth control entirely for the first time since I was 16 and see what happens. I'm not very sexually active right now, so it might be the best time to do it. Of course, as a person with no insurance, the check-ups I get when I go in for birth control are nearly the only ones I get. Except when I go in for STD testing.
I'm not asking for opinions but I'm also not not asking for opinions. How's that for a double negative? Let me try that again... "but I also don't mind hearing your opinions."
...
In other topics, my doctor messed up and ok'd a renewal of my old 20 mg prescription AND gave me a month of 30 mg. So now, if this happens again, I have spare meds. yay!
