DEPO-PROVERA Reviews (MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (2471 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DEPO-PROVERA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DEPO-PROVERA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Keep from getting pregnant | (Before)extreme Weight gain, Heavy period for 4 months then none, depression. (After)No period for 6 mos and heavy period for 3 mos, then irregular periods, diarrhea, nausea, difficulty concieving. | While Depo helped prevent pregnancy, it did a little too well. The symptoms are not worth the heartache. If you are thinking of getting pregnant sometime soon (whether 1-3 years) I'd not recommend it. | F | 24 | 6 months | 7/31/2006 | 1 | birth control | Neck face and back pain, anxiety panic attacks weight gain | receiving for 2yrs 8mnths | F | 24 | | 7/25/2005 | 1 | contaceptive | excessive weight gain and hunger camparable to pregnancy | I have been off the shot now for four months and have not been able to lose the weight no matter how often i work out. I gained 18 pounds on the shot in a matter 4 months and still am steadily gaining weight since the side affects are known to last up to six months after coming off. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS SHOT TO ANYONE! I was always thin with a high metabolism but this shot has ruined my figure. please do not ever take this medication. | F | 24 | 4 months 30mg 1X O | 4/7/2010 | 1 | Prevent Pregnancy | Mood swings, anxiety, heart palpitations, depression, low sex drive. | I use to think Depo was the most amazing thing! Now I am realizing that it is the reason for all of the listed symptoms. I couldn't figure out why I always had these symptoms every time my shot was due or right after I received it. It is like bring a crazy person every three months. My relationship was almost ruined by it. | F | 24 | 3 years 100mg/ml 1X O | 7/22/2010 | 1 | yes | upon reading everyone's comments in here I have to say I experienced just about everything everyone has put on here, I just did not know at the time what was going on the only thing my physician was concerned about was my bones and I don't think he ever put all my symptoms together with the depo provera shot. | I have to say that all I remember is that I went through all the horrible symptoms everyone is putting on and my own physician couldnt tell me why I was feeling the way I was. I just thought it was over stress and now the more I read about this the more I put my symptoms to this prescription. It made me do alot of stuff personally that I couldnt understand why I was feeling the way I was. It's sad that they don't come out and actually state what some women experience severly because all I remember getting is some of the symptoms but I remember it was all general. | F | 24 | 6.5 years ? 1X AN | 8/13/2010 | 1 | Birth Control | Weight gain,bloating,IBS symptoms worsened,headaches,muscle aches, hot flashes, mood swings. | I decided to go on Depo because I thought it was a sure way to never forget to take a pill. I was warned about the possible weight gain but not the other horrible side effects. I got a total of three shots (So i was on Depo for about a year) I decided to go off depo only because I am not sexually active and didn't feel the need for one. Well I received my last shot in August 2010 and was due for one in November 2010. I had a month long period in October which was pretty terrible but not as bad as the withdrawal symptoms I started to feel just a few weeks after missing my next scheduled shot. I felt anxious and nervous all the time I was having mood swings and started to feel depressed. My life isn't perfect and I am under a great deal of stress all the time so at first I felt that school and life was just stressing me out. Well on horrible night in December I had the worse panic attack in my life and it sent me to the ER. I have made several trips to the ER since but they just told me I was stressed. I have seen my doctor but they don't believe I am having withdrawal symptoms. REALLY? Well I guess they should visit all of the sites with unhappy patients who go on and on about how horrible they felt going off depo. I have seen a Therapist and they all just think I am depressed. Well trust me I have been depressed be for and this is so much different and much worse. I can't wait until this crap has left my body because I feel horrible. I will go from feeling fine and happy and | F | 24 | 1 years 1X O | 1/8/2011 | 1 | Birth Control | extreme weight gain, infertility, depression, not enough info from doctors | I was on the Depo for 1 year and gained 60 pounds. I didnt change my eating/exercise habits at all and still gained weight. To this day (4 years later) I havent been able to take the weight off. Due to the rapid weight gain I developed PCOS and believe it had a part in causing my pseudotumor cerebri. Once off the Depo, it took my husband and I 4 years to conceive. I suffered severe depression and mood swings the whole time I was on Depo. The doctors didnt give nearly enough information about the medicine. Claimed 5 pounds max weight gain, never once mentioned bone density loss, and then tried to put me back on after I had surgery. DO NOT TAKE DEPO PROVERA! | F | 24 | 1 years 1X AN | 10/26/2010 | 1 | contraception | Sore breasts, sore throat, constipation, nausea, fatigue... But none of these were anything compared to the withdrawal symptoms I received and still get, chronic headaches, sickness, fatigue, stomach cramping, loss of energy, short attention span, loss of interest in sex, painful periods, multiple periods per month, chest pain, hot flushed, body aches and believe me the list goes on, I've had tests to figure out what I am experiencing but doctors are baffled. Everything points back to dell... Strongly advise anyone to think twice before taking this... | F | 24 | 2 years | 12/12/2011 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | DO NOT TAKE IT! | since taking this crap iv marked my face where i keep getting spots when i first went on it out of 24 weeks i was bleeding for 20 they kept saying it would settle down after three months but when i start to bleed it wont stop till my next shot :-( awful im so angry depressed big time im due my next one in april but not going to go cant wait to get this crap out of me neva eva again how i have not ended up in jail i do not no iv found the love of my life now and there is no way im risking it if you are getting any of these bad side affects plz plz choose something else if any one wants to talk email me | F | 24 | 2 years 1X day | 3/9/2012 | 1 | Birth Control | depressed | I got this shot yesterday morning. I started feeling a lil snappy after but didnt think anything of it. I woke up this morning with a terrible headache and feeling so sad & sorry for myself. Wanting to cry for no reason. This is verry unlike me. All day long I have been snapping and pissed off. Definitely not good because I have 3 babies under the age of 3 and i cant feel like this around them. Not sure whats going on. Called my dr several times no return call yet. Hoping this will go away?? | F | 24 | 1 days 1X AN | 12/30/2011 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | Since I've been on depo I have experienced hair loss, complete vaginal dryness, no sex drive, more yest and bacteria infections then I've ever had. I like the fact that it prevents pregnancy and no period but I need my body back normal I don't do well with hormones. | F | 24 | 10 months | 3/8/2012 | 1 | Birth control | Headache, no sex drive, fatigue, body pain, acne | Never again. This is the worst method of bc there is. I've been bleeding for a month non stop. No sex drive, and im only 24. | F | 24 | 3 months 1 shot 1X AN | 3/24/2011 | 1 | Birth Control - Regulate Periods | Severe stomach cramping and pain. Back aches and nausea. | Side effects were similar to symptoms of endometriosis. Had a diagnostic laparoscopy at the due date for my 3rd shot and was all clear. I never went to get my shot while recovering from surgery, and as the medicine left my body. I felt better. Had surgery due to these side effects. Doctors never put it together. | F | 24 | 6 months 1X O | 6/6/2011 | 1 | birth control | I got 1 shot, and that was it. Every month I was supposed to get my period, I didn't but I was a SUPER emotional B*tch. Then I started binge eating and gained close to 20 pounds in 3 months. NOW I've refused to get another shot and I'm trying to come off of it,and 2 months after, I still haven't gotten my period and I'm an emotional b*tch every single day. Its horrible because I've never been this depressed or angry!! ITS AWFUL. DONT TAKE IT | F | 24 | 3 months 1X O | 9/19/2011 | 1 | Not sure Why | Head aches, server back pain, server cramping and stomach pain, nausea, bleeding....DO NOT GO ON THE DEPO....i was on the pill at one point and never got any side effects...on this i got many! What sucks more is i will probably be in pain for the hole 3 months..its only been 2 weeks and its already effecting my love life and work life. I will never get this shot again and dont reccomend it to anyone. I am also very upset that my dr did not discuss w/me anything about the shot. If he had i would have told him rigth away to put me on the pill. i would have been able to control how long i took it then so instead of 3 long months plus possible more if it dont leave my system right away. I could have taken the pill just until my leavels were back to normal...DO NOT GET THIS SHOT!!! | I had gotten pregnant last april and made it till 22 weeks(which was sep.) and at that time i had had a still born. I never actually got another menstrual cycle and in late november i found out i was pregnant again. Shortly after i was told that again it would be another miscarrage. I had a dnc done and while recovering my fiance advised the dr i was against going on the shot but right when i got back from recovery they gave it to me anyways. I guess they thought it would help lower my hormone leavel which i guess was important at the time. but im sure other froms of birthcontrol would have been just as effective and could have been easaly stopped after my levels have gone completly down, but now i have to waite even longer. After that not even a week later i exsperianced alot of pain especially in my back and stomach. i went to urgent care and they werent sure what the pain was from so just put me on pain medication and sent me on my way. A few days later i was back again, and again was given muscle relaxers(which did not take sence could not function on them) and another pain medication which did not work. I now know from looking up the shot that my problems are from it. I am very upset that dr put me on this form of birthcontrol sence he knew i would want to try again right away to get pregnant. but now will have to waite awhile plus have to deal w/the pain which is hard when i am a waitress and on my feet 5 days a week. | F | 24 | 2 weeks | 1/3/2010 | 1 | pregnancy prevention | Very irregular periods that would last up to three weeks, mood swings, lack of sex drive | F | 24 | 1 years | 11/5/2013 | 1 | to prevent pregnancy | NEVER and I repeat NEVER let this shot near you. Ever since taking it I have heart problems and aniexty through the roof I wake up shakey everyday, im always a nervous reck. The first time I received it was August 13th 2013 and I experienced BAD BAD dizziness couldn't even drive. The worst is the heart problems I developed mitral valve prolapse, and I NEVER EVER had heart problems, I went through my whole pregnancy amd before that with no heart problems, I take one shot and it ruined my life I no longer can do the things i once did , I feel like im a dead body. | F | 24 | 1 days 1 | 11/11/2013 | 1 | just had my second baby | extreme moodiness, irrational thoughts, severe depression, severe anger, suicidal thoughts, hair loss, weight gain. After I received the shot I became very depressed and moody towards my husband and my 2 yr old daughter. I just snapped over the littlest, dumbest things and I couldn't figure out what it was. I thought it was bc I was stressed about caring for 2 kids full time and bc I'm breastfeeding and that made me hormonal. Now after reading all the other reviews I know it has to be the shot. My hair is falling out in clumps and I'm definitely not going to get another shot. | F | 24 | 3 months | 9/28/2013 | 1 | Birth Control | Anxiety, depression, extreme fatigue, nausea, diarrhea, emotional numbing, headaches, stomach pain | F | 24 | 10 days shot 4X O | 11/3/2015 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | Mood swings, everything pissed me off, gained 15 lbs, vaginal dryness it even burned when i would have sex, no interest in sex, could sterelize you after use but that wasnt the case for me i got pregnant right after it wore off. Would not recomend it was the worst BC i have ever tried and if you dont like it too bad because your stuck with 3 months of unwanted side effects. | F | 24 | 3 months | 7/21/2014 |