how soon do you lose weight after going of depo provera?

maisie · Silver Member Joined: 23 Dec 2001 Posts: 275

Hello!
I had shot of depro provera 1 year ago and I gained weigh (60 lbs in one year!) Horrible!!! And I didn’t change my eating habbits or anything. Also doctor told me there are no side effects to depo provera! So, my question now is: how soon do you lose weight after going of depo provera?

carolina · Newbie Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 21

Hi!
I also was on depo provera. I had shot when I was 18, this is 6 years ago. Since then I have very irregular periods (every 4 months...) and I also gained weight I cannot loose. I gained more than 50 lbs in one year, just like you. I also haven’t changed my eating habits, but have gained weight. I am trying now with exercises, well....I do not want to discourage you, but nothing seems to help!
I really do not know anymore, whether this is due to my construction of body (everyone in my family is fat, though I wasn’t when I was 18, although I was fully developed) or obesity is due to depo provera shot!?

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Hi,I'm still on the depo-provera shot,and its like the 6th mnth that I've been on the shot.When I first started I weighed 112lbs and now I weigh 138lbs.The crazy part about this is that I just took my last shot that I wanted to take because me and my husband are ready to try to conceive a child(whenever things return back to normal that is),but I don't want to lose the weight that I've gained from the depo.That's the only thing I'm afraid of,cause I was on the depo before,after I had my second child.I gained so much weight from it,but like two or three mnths after I got off the depo my weight started to drop quickly and everyone kinda thought I was sick,because I got so skinny fast and I'm just afraid of that again.So I just wanted to let u know that,because instead of wanting to lose the weight after depo,I really enjoy keeping it on!!!

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Not to get ya down but there is no "soon" to losing weight after the shot. I was on it for about 9 months and i gained 35 pounds!!! ya its nice not having your period and not using a condom but the side effects are NOT WORTH IT!!! whoever reads this and is on depo GET OFF IT!

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I took two doses of the shot (six months worth) and gained 60 lbs. That was three years ago. The only time I lost weight after was the first two trimesters of my pregnany. The 3rd it all came back. Now my son is over a year and I still can't lose the weight!

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hey girls i am on the depo now since last march and i nearly was 12 stone i know weigh 10 i ve lost weight nd i didnt even realise it

Mitamins · Silver Member Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 166

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Hi, I've been on the depo provera for 15 months now and I decided to stop getting the injection. I was fortunate not to have any change in weight, but I wasn't so lucky with other side effects. The main reason I am not going to get the shot anymore is because over the past few months my hair has been falling out like crazy! In the shower when I run my fingers through it, it just comes out. I've been using good shampoo and condition (Biolage) and that seems to help a little but depo provera causes loss in bone density and if it's doing this to my hair I can't imagine what it's doing to my bones. I just started taking calcium supplements and I can only pray that they will help. Has anyone else experienced this side effect?

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I was on the shot for a year. While on it, I gained weight and loss my periods. Before getting on the shot, I was always real skinny, 101lbs. While pregnant with my daughter, I gained 60lbs, but lost 40 before my 6 week check up, with no exercise or diet. I have been off now for about 19 months, and I am not ovulating at all. I am having to take pills to ovulate and it is very depressing when you are trying to have a baby and can't but people around you hwo aren't trying and don't need one, or who isn't trying and give the baby up for abortion. The weight I gained is still here. I have a treadmill and an exercise bike that I was using for awhile, with no improvement, so I quit. I know I should start again, but when you don't see any improvements and the scale doesn't move, you get discouraged. If any one knows how to lose the weight PLEASE let me know at **

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