I started the depo provera injections about a year ago, Ive gotten 3 injections and was supposed to get my 4th a few days ago but decided not to follow through since I felt my body was starting to get weird on it. My first 2 injections were perfect no complaints at all but my last one seemed to cause me a bit of hassle. I had some spells of nausea I was always tired, I had weird bowel movements and I got the odd migraine. I got over these symptoms but the one I couldn't get over was the dryness and soreness of my vagina. it started getting sore about half way through the last month of my injection. I put it down to thrush as I had this a few months previously but now recently those symptoms of soreness and dryness are back. firstly I don't have any mind for sex as I know its going to be painful. some days I assume my vagina feels okay but when I try have sex with my boyfriend it just stings and its very painful. I'm only 19 and in a long term relationship but in my mind this will affect my relationship if this continues. Can someone who's been through this or is going through this please give me some insight to whether these symptoms will go away in the next few months while depo provera is out of my system? It's depressing not feeling turned on by your partner especially when you know its this drugs fault!
DEPO PROVERA- dryness of vagina and soreness of vagina during sex, please help!!?
Question posted by sarahx on 1 Oct 2016
Last updated on 16 May 2021 by Amyna
3 Answers
Yes me too... am always feeling tired and also continues dryness during sex
I am 19, will be 20 in 2 weeks. I was on the depo shot for a year and chose not to get my last shot due to having pain during sex and felt it was causing other issues in my body. Unfortunately it’s been about a month and a half - 2 months since I’ve been off the depo & I still experience this pain really badly. I’m 100% in the same situation as you.. and it’s awful. I’ve been told to get tested first endometriosis but I currently don’t have insurance to get into a doctor.
I’m wondering what else I can do to help as well.
That's the main reason I came off Depo Provera. If it's there after 3/4 shots, it's unlikely to pass with more of them. It certainly didn't with me. Sex was miserable. After a year or two of coming off it, all symptoms seemed to disappear. Everyone's different so it can take more or less time.
You can expect irregular bleeding if you come off it. I used agnus castus to re-balance my hormones as quickly as possible, to minimise this.
I’m considering trying Agnus Castus as well.
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