Depo Provera Side Effects You Should Know About

Depo provera is a birth control shot. Some people are taking out lawsuits against the company. It says that there are side effects but they claim that the shot is completely safe to use as a birth control method. All of my problems have started right after the birth of my daughter about two years ago. Since that day, things have drastically changed with my body. The first thing that I noticed was the weight gain, which happens a lot of the time. I gained close to thirty pounds in a year and a half. Since then I have worked hard to lose this weight.

The next thing that I noticed was major migraine headaches. They would come week by week and last for several days. Medication would not help the migraines and they would get worse whenever I was moving. The only thing I could do to make them stop was to sleep. I'm not saying that Depo DID cause these horrible headaches but I never had a problem until I received my first shot. I would like to know if any other women have experienced problems with headaches since they have gotten on the depo provera shot.

The next thing that happened was spotting. It's not even spotting, it's flooding. Imagine bleeding every single day for two years straight. There were a few times, I would say one out of every three shots, that my period would be gone for about two weeks. Other than that, I would bleed profusely every single day. Now I've noticed that I'm starting to see blood clots which is a horrible sign. I am deciding to no longer continue on with the depo shot. I have called my doctor to request being place on the pill instead of the shot. My doctor is still deciding whether or not I will be able to be on the pill because of certain other problems.