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depo side effects years after being off
I am 26 years old and am having a a hard time figuring out what’s going on. There seems to be a number of other women who are experiencing the same or close to the smae symptoms as myself. I’ll get right down to details now.
I had my son in July 2015, I went on the Depo shot in the fall of 2015. I had 4-5 shots (so was on for a year or just over, so my last dose was in January 2017) I was experiencing weight gain (188 after my son, then 214 a year later) I had cramps while on it and just feeling down (I also suffer from anxiety and depression. And have since my early teens.) so I stopped taking it. After talking to my dr the next best route was the copper iud being cheap, and effective. While being off the Depo and waiting for my apt for the copper iud I was having irregular periods, spotting, cramping, my breasts were sore as well. Finally my apt came for the iud. In August of 2017, experincing heavy bleeding and extreme menstral cramping i got it taken out 4 months later. With all of this going on I have been tired, irritable, (my family says I yell....a lot, I was in cadets growing up and my officers had trouble getting me to be loud enough, and now I’m yelling all the time) my anxiety which I’ve always been able to manage and cope with, has been kicking my butt, I’m hyperventilating, very snappy and this is not me! My breasts are still sore as well. I thought all of this was due to being a new mother but it’s been 3 years since having my son and I can’t seem to get the old happy me back. I understand parenting can put a toll on you but this feels different it feels like my body isn’t right. Is there anyone else out there that’s experincing this and have a solution. Dr.s. don’t seem to think there’s anything wrong other than being a mom.
I had my son in July 2015, I went on the Depo shot in the fall of 2015. I had 4-5 shots (so was on for a year or just over, so my last dose was in January 2017) I was experiencing weight gain (188 after my son, then 214 a year later) I had cramps while on it and just feeling down (I also suffer from anxiety and depression. And have since my early teens.) so I stopped taking it. After talking to my dr the next best route was the copper iud being cheap, and effective. While being off the Depo and waiting for my apt for the copper iud I was having irregular periods, spotting, cramping, my breasts were sore as well. Finally my apt came for the iud. In August of 2017, experincing heavy bleeding and extreme menstral cramping i got it taken out 4 months later. With all of this going on I have been tired, irritable, (my family says I yell....a lot, I was in cadets growing up and my officers had trouble getting me to be loud enough, and now I’m yelling all the time) my anxiety which I’ve always been able to manage and cope with, has been kicking my butt, I’m hyperventilating, very snappy and this is not me! My breasts are still sore as well. I thought all of this was due to being a new mother but it’s been 3 years since having my son and I can’t seem to get the old happy me back. I understand parenting can put a toll on you but this feels different it feels like my body isn’t right. Is there anyone else out there that’s experincing this and have a solution. Dr.s. don’t seem to think there’s anything wrong other than being a mom.
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