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Thu 30 Oct, 2003 06:53 pm
I am new to all this, I was wanting information on the depo shot. when to get it and how it is going to effect my life. my boyfriend and I do not want kids, and I do not have any kind of insurance. Is the depo shot for me, or is there something else I can do? I would like to have something last for years......I am 32, I've already had a stroke, so I can't take the pill. can anyone help with these questions?
yikes! If you have had a stroke and can't take the pill. Well, what makes the pill different enough from depro to make a difference? I know of at least one member of this site who has been on the depro shot before. Maybe she'll drop by.
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Perhaps you shoul edit your original post to make your topic name more reflective of the question you're asking....?
I took it and I had some baaaddd side effects.
First the good stuff - no period - yeahhh!
Now the bad stuff,
gained weight, was tired, exhausted all the time, bouts of depression - never had it before or after, headaches, bloating and it definately made my asthma worse. No desire for anything, nada.
When I took my self off it, bleeding was terrible.
Would I recommend it, no, but each to her own.
I am not a medical proffesional, just my own personal hell. I haven't met anyone who has anything good to say about it.
Ceili
Thank You!
WOW. I hate to hear that you had a bad tme. I am so confused about what to take. I want to take birth control that last for a while. What would you suggest?
Ceili wrote:I took it and I had some baaaddd side effects.
First the good stuff - no period - yeahhh!
Now the bad stuff,
gained weight, was tired, exhausted all the time, bouts of depression - never had it before or after, headaches, bloating and it definately made my asthma worse. No desire for anything, nada.
When I took my self off it, bleeding was terrible.
Would I recommend it, no, but each to her own.
I am not a medical proffesional, just my own personal hell. I haven't met anyone who has anything good to say about it.
Ceili[/quote
sweet_pea- IMO, if I were you, and had had a stroke, I would avoid any sort of chemical birth control like the plague. It might not be perfect, but I would stick to condoms or diaphragms.
Sex is wonderful, but I would not put my health and maybe my life at risk for that little extra pleasure. At least the old fashioned methods of birth control don't put you in medical harm's way!
What are your thoughts on a tubal ligation?
Miller- I think that tubal ligation is appropriate for a woman who is older, and already has had the children that she wants to have. I do not think that tubal ligation would be a procedure of choice for a younger woman.
As far as someone in iffy medical condition, I think that is something that had to be discussed with the individual's physician. Any procedure that involves general anaesthesia needs to be considered carefully. After all, it is invasive surgery, and the woman's total medical condition would need to be considered before a decision is made.
I took it and it worked at first, then I had my period -all the time- for three months straight and there was no way to stop it. Needless to say, it was hell. But who knows, it may work for you. Would nuva ring work for you? It is the same medicine as the pill but is absorbed (in much smaller dosages) through the V. in the form of a plastic ring. You may want to get a norplant...
I reccomend going to planned parenthood
www.plannedparenthood.com
they have good informaiton on contraception, and have financial help for those who want protection but can't afford it.
the best advice i will give is TO GET PREGNANT..lol..that would b better n the only solution;)
anyone else get a pm from nouman?
nope, sounds like a loon though.,
I got a rather odd p.m. from nouman, and was wondering if it was some kind of global posting. Hmmm, what to do?
I didn't, but then I wasn't here, was I.
Hmm, get pregnant, that would pose a bit of trouble for me right now.
Phoenix32890 wrote:Miller- I think that tubal ligation is appropriate for a woman who is older, and already has had the children that she wants to have. I do not think that tubal ligation would be a procedure of choice for a younger woman.
As far as someone in iffy medical condition, I think that is something that had to be discussed with the individual's physician. Any procedure that involves general anaesthesia needs to be considered carefully. After all, it is invasive surgery, and the woman's total medical condition would need to be considered before a decision is made.
I also know most physicians won't perform something like that for the reasons you mentioned Phoenix.
Portal Star wrote:then I had my period -all the time- for three months straight and there was no way to stop it
Oh my...how did you cope? You must have been VERY anemic! If that happened to me, I'd be dead. (And I'm not kidding.)
so what did phoenix say, caprice, that you don't agree with, I missed it...
ossobuco: Oh I am agreeing with her! Just making a sort of addition. That even if someone like sweet pea was considering a tubal ligation, it's unlikely they would find a doc willing to do it. And the reasons they wouldn't do it are the very same reasons Phoenix listed....which I took to mean her personal opinion.
Sorry, I answered without looking back. Of course they wouldn't. Slap my wrist.
Carry on.
caprice wrote:
Portal Star wrote:then I had my period -all the time- for three months straight and there was no way to stop it
Oh my...how did you cope? You must have been VERY anemic! If that happened to me, I'd be dead. (And I'm not kidding.)
It wasn't heavy enough to be dangerous (more like last day of period period), but it got depressing. Especially because my boyfriend at the time had a chronic fear of blood. Yikes. I wouldn't reccomend depo for you then!
Well, it isn't like I need it or any birth control right now. I'm living in that vast wasteland of celibacy.
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