depo-subQ provera 104 for Birth Control User Reviews
Reviews for depo-subQ provera 104
- Cry...
- June 25, 2016
"Never use this shot, it makes your discharge thick and white after it wears off. You don't have a period for 2 years, and it throws off the pH, causing BV and frequent yeast infections. Also, get a lot of headaches and low sex drive."
- Ano...
- April 17, 2014
"Just recently have gotten Depo subQ Provera for the first time-(at the same time my best friend has gotten the regular Depo-Provera shot)-I haven't had any side effects: no mood swings, no weight gain, nothing. While she's had some mood swings going on. I don't know if it's because it's a different Depo or just because I'm a different person, but I'd recommend this to people. Plus, it's a much smaller needle that goes in your stomach instead of your arm."
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- A56...
- December 19, 2016
"Not only did I gain ten pounds in just a few months after maintaining a steady weight for years, after a few months, the lining of my vaginal walls began to thin, making sex really uncomfortable. I also have to get up to pee three times a night on average, which has never happened before and is really inconvenient. In order to combat the heavy periods I was getting after the first month, my doctor put me on Junel Fe as well, and that seems to be helping, but I had to go on a second form of birth control that required taking a pill daily just because this worked so poorly and had so many side effects. I also noticed significant anxiety and hormonal fluctuations at random with zero cause since I've been on this."
- Hat...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 2, 2016
"I took the depo-subQ Provera 104 shot twice, one shot every 3 months, right after high school. While I did not get pregnant, I gained 50 pounds. I had always been a tiny person. I was 100 pounds when I graduated, and after that 6 months, I was 150. No change in diet, and I was actually more active. After I decided to get off of it, I was unable to lose the weight, and I didn't get my period for 9 months and was not able to get pregnant for a year and 9 months, which actually was failed (blighted ovum), and I finally am pregnant 2 and a half years later. All from 2 shots. My whole life, I had very regular, light periods. After the shot, they were random and fluctuated in flow from heavy to only spotting. I would never recommend this birth control."
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- September 8, 2011
"I highly recommend depo-subQ provera 104. I was on it for a little over 2 years (which is not recommended). I didn't have a period, which I loved, and I only had to go in and get it every three months, which was also very nice. The only reason I stopped Depo was in order to try and get pregnant. Once I am done having kids/take a break from having kids, I will definitely go back to Depo. I also didn't have many side effects from Depo, just breakthrough bleeding some months."
- Non...
- Taken for 10 years or more
- July 26, 2019
"I had the depo injection after my youngest daughter was born - she is now 25 - I have not had a period since - not gained weight - best thing I ever did - only thing now is I don’t know if I have been through menopause as I am now 49 - I asked if it was okay to not have any period or spotting, but docs do not really have an answer - can only have it until I’m 50."
- Kim...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- March 21, 2019
"I will never take this depo-Provera again. I had mood swings, major depression, crying, and nausea. I have finally gotten my period back, it took about 2 months and 4 days after the injection for my period to finish. I do not recommend taking this drug."
- Kel...
- February 20, 2018
"Worst decision I ever made! I gained weight and bloated so bad even when I didn’t eat I bloated! I stopped taking it, and I am still trying hard to lose the weight. I have always been petite, but now I look pregnant because I am so bloated! I had no period, which was nice, but had no sex drive. It works for my friend, but for me, I hated it!!!"
- Emm...
- January 18, 2018
"I loved it. I was on it a little over 2 years and have just stopped at the suggestion of the doctor due to the bone loss. I am struggling to find another birth control that could ever be as good for me personally as this one. I didn't have a period unless I was in my window for another shot (every 3 months). There were times where there was light spotting, but nothing bothersome. No cramps, mood swings, and no weight gain that I can tie to it. I hope I can find another that works so well with my body."
- Anonymous
- January 25, 2012
"Have been having a terrible reaction to this medicine. Chest pain and shortness of breath."
- Anonymous
- June 4, 2009
"Depo is a great contraceptive, but side effects included weight gain for me, irritability, moodiness, and loss in sex drive."
- Pan...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- April 29, 2018
"Do not recommend this. I've had horrid side effects. And the doctor said pretty much got to ride it out for 3 months."
- ver...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- January 8, 2016
"I don't recommend it. Stay away from this shot."
- nev...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- February 25, 2023
"I have had two shots and, 5 months in, have had spotting every single day. I have also had UTIs, probably from the hormone flux. I won't be taking it again."
- Anonymous
- July 3, 2008
"Best birth control I have ever had."
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"DON'T get this shot, because it hurts your body. It's not like you can stop taking this drug. It causes a wide array of problems, and you don't know if they will affect you until you get the shot. I have had pretty good experiences with changing birth control before, and had no abnormal bleeding, no painful periods, no nothing, so I thought it would be OK. Literally the day I got the shot, I started my period again (it had just ended, too), and I didn't stop bleeding for 90 days. For the entire 3 months, my entire uterus and vaginal opening was in complete agony. I couldn't stand being touched, and my husband got really angsty. I had the worst cramps of my life, too. The DAY the shot wore off, everything was better."