DEPO VERA
See everyone on here had absoloutly nothing good to say about the shot, but i personally am a depo - lover! I have Endemetriosis and i was diagnosed at 13 (3 yrs after getting my period) I`m now still a baby at only 17 but before i was introduced to this shot i spent 5 - 10 days a month in bed with 1 heating pad on my stomach and another on my back... I spent time in hospitals all the time for pain relief. My family and i tried everything, i did oral B.C. For 2 and a half years with every pain relieving medication possible ... You name it and the 3 gynos i went to tried it, they even tried sending me to GI specialist, nothing was working and i was MISERABLE... My best friend erin had gotten pregnant on mistake and after an abortion her mother made her start the depo shot, she explained it to me, and i suggested it to my doctor who was EXTREMELY hesitant... She didnt like the idea of the depo shot AT ALL... But me being the patient i did get what i wanted and she let me try it... I started it when i was about 15 and a half and for a 2years ive been almost completely pain free... Now i get cramps like a normal person would around the time when my period should come... And as for all the depression stuff, yes i am now clinically depressed as of 2 months ago, but the depo isnt the problem, i witnessed my grandfather passing away and then within days i was diagnossed as a "victim of post traumatic stress disorder causing depression" so yeah i still get cramps, and im on meds for depression but my life is SOOOOOOO MUCH BETTER since i started taking the shot 2yrs ago... I think this is the best thing in the world~and i would recomend it to anyone in my shoes!
Posted by aleciakay; updated 10/19/04