depo provera cyst

Ever since i stopped the deop shot iv had many cysts just like yours and im curious as to the same thing if the shot caused them i never had any problems till i started on the shot most of mine are very painful and makes simple tasks hard to do

I'm currently on the Depo shot, I've only been on it since almost January, but next month I will no longer be getting the shot. The reason being, I have a 3 cm cyst on my left ovary. The doctors kept saying don't worry about it, it's no big deal. Did I mention I've had it for 5 years, and I'm 18? They say cysts only last for a couple months, well I'm still waiting for my couple months. They say I get a cyst every time I get a period. Don't know how when I still have the cyst and I don't even get my period. So they suggested that I should be put on birth control or I was going to rip out my ovary myself due to the torturous pain it caused me every month for 2 weeks for 5 years. Now, I just want to get off the shot to see where the cyst is going to be, if it will grow or shrink. Because I want this thing out, regardless if it's only 3 cm. I know what you're going through, I know what the pain is like. It's not fun. Nothing worked for me, no pills, nothing. All I can really say is be strong and fight it. If I've dealt with it and still do, you can too. :)

I was actually prescribed Depo Provera as a cure for ovarian cysts. I am now 42 years old, had horrid, debilitating periods before, and ultrasound diagnosed them. Depo seemed a life saver until I lost my job 2 years ago. I continued the shot until I needed the money to feed my family instead. I was ok for the first year, but now am experiencing horrible sciatica pain and pelvic pain. I have been on and off Depo for almost 20 years. My first hearing of a "dexascan" was 3 years ago, after 17 years. You would think someone would have mentioned it by now. I am terrified of Osteo, but am more scared of sepsis from a burst cyst with no insurance now. I have experienced weight gain, some depression, and anxiety related to elevated heart rate, but the beta blocker to lower my heart rate to 87 took care of the scary heart racing anxiety. I really want to know if I'm going to end up with osteoporosis at the ripe old age of 43, and since my sciatica has started back up again, if the trade off is worth it. Ovarian cysts my size let me know at 23 I wouldn't have a family. I have a family with my husband and therapy dogs now, I just want to know if I'm going to be able to be around to enjoy them. I'm also thinking of starting back up since I'm in pain without it. Any thoughts?

 

Hello I don't no how old this post is but I want to inform you anyway about the cyst you have, I have had two Iberian cysts of which both burst the doctors say it has nothing to do with your pain and like you my bloods were normal, I really believe that having a cyst is very painful mine was 2cms wide and the one before that I was unsure about I am on constant pain meds when I need them and other than that there is nothing they say can be done, I have been diagnosed with polysystic ovarian syndrome and will allways have cysts that grow and burst, I hope you got it sorted :) good lick

Hello my name is Megan. I am looking into filing a class action lawsuit against the company that makes the Depo Birth control shot. I need you women out there that have had and are still having some or all of the same symtoms I have had and am still having since taking the depo to please contact me with your names and numbers, incase an attorney needs to contact you. Lets stand together and make a difference so no more women have to go through the same thingswe are, at least not without it being a part of the warning label. From my research, there is nothing on the warning side effects stating you may get ovarian cysts, It says that depo will help with destroying the cysts not giving them to you. But from my story and alot of the ones I have read on here, I am not the only one that has in fact GOTTEN cysts after taking the depo. Reply to my post.

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This is just a little of what has been going on with me, if your situation is similar and you want to join me in filing this lawsuit, to get the compensation we deserve for having to go through this, and to stop other women from having to go through the same thing, then please do not hesitate to contact me. THANK YOU!! 

I am 21 years old and was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, a while back. I was put on the depo birth control shot when I was a teenager to try and regulate my periods, needless to say it made it much much worse, I only recieved 3 of the shots before telling my doctor I no longer would take it. I have my period EVERY SINGLE DAY for 1 1/2 years STRAIGHT!!! Since then, I have have numerous emergency room visits due to excruciating pain in my lower sto mach, and by this I mean I couldnt move, and all I could do was cry because of how bad it hurt. The first visit to the ER, they told me I had produced eggs that were to large so they ruptured,they gave me pains meds and sent me home. But the next day after they had re-reviewed my ultrasounds, I got a phone call from the doctor at the hospital saying that I had Numerous cysts on my right ovary that were rupturing, it wasnt my eggs. I was told to follow up with my family doctor, so I did, but she automatically told me that because of the amount of cysts I had I could NEVER have children. I was devasted, but looked into seeing a fertility specialist to have futher testing done. When I went to the specialist he performed 2 more ultrasounds, one external and one internal... at that time I had 48 cysts on my right ovary and he stopped counting at 35 on my left ovary. He said because my periods are so irregular and the amount of cysts I have, my chances of getting pregnant on my own are very very slim. He said that I only ovulate once every 3-6 months and will never really know when it is. So in order for me to get pregnant I have to try it through invitro, and that may not even work for me. And i want kids. About a month or so after seeing the specialist I started having the same excruciating pains again, so I went back to the hospital, they gave me an IV with morphine and it didnt help at all, so they gave me something stronger and that barely even took any of the pain away. The doctor at the hospital toldmethe only way tostop this from happening is to have a historectomy done and I refuse to do that, especially since I was only 19 at that time.

I had the shot ONCE, was on my period for a year straight after that, finally got insured and went to get a check up for a pain in my abdomen, and apparently have a huge cyst and I am convinced it"s due to depo provera.

hi, im having two cyst at my left ovary measuring 7cm and 3cm. doctor advice depo shot every week, oh god my body is going crazy,terrible cramps and bleeding. did it work for you?? how was the end result? pls let me know. im still waiting next month for my next check up.

I was on the depo shot since i was 16 . I stoppped getting the shot when i was 22. When i stopped getting the shots about 2 months later i started to get very bad lower stomach pains. i went to the emergency room several times and they couldnt figure out what it was so finally they told me to go to an OB doctor. when i did go they scheduled me for an ultrasound and when i went back for my follow up they told me I had a very large mass on my left ovary and a small one on my right. I asked for a pregnancy test becuase i didnt get a menstrual and the nurse told me no i was probably stressed. Which i wasnt. The one on my left was estimated at 12-16 inches and needed to be removed. When i went back 2 weeks later for another follow up i found out i was 3 weeks pregnant. the female doctor was so rude when she seen that i was she told me that se had to do the surgery and was goig to make an incision down the center of my stomach and i wuld just have to get rid of the baby becuase it was just a fetus. My answer was no and one of the residents was so upset at her approach she called one of the high risk doctors several times and begged him to see me. He said no the first couple times because he said it seemed inpossibile to do it while it was pregnant.Then finally he said yes and when i went to so see him he said dont worry i can do it and you will be able to keep the baby. He performed the laproscopic surgery on me while i was 20 weeks pregnant and everything went fine he even delivered my some 5 months later. He doesnt deliver babies anymore since then he know only does specialty procedures like that at Metrohealth Hospital. Dr. Pollard. But in my opinion depo caused the cyst. 

I originally went on depo to decrease the size of my ovarian cysts. I was in excruciating pain and the US revealed very large cysts. Depo took care of that, and over the last 15-20 years, I've been ok. I lost my job 4 years ago, and when the depo ran out, the pain came back, I was a not very nice person. I was a little bit cranky (no,rabid), which is what that does, but I was also a complete b***h. I got a new job after about a year and a half, and the shot made it ok. The pain went away again, as well as the murderous b***h I had become. It was me in pain all the time that made me mean. It hurt like hell and my hormones were going crazy. Now I'm ok. I do know I need to worry about calcium, but being nice to people is way higher on my list of priorities. I'm ok with Depo, but it's affects effect everyone differently.

i have also cyst on my right ovary which is now 7cm. the ob told me that it needs to be remove to prevent from rupture which will be more serious to your health.

Depo mutilated your uterine wall tearing down the lining and depleting almost all of your estrogen if ttc u might wanna ask ur ob about taking estrogen to harness bleeding and help rebuild your uterine wall back up

Hi did anyone ever take your case? I have so many of the same systoms as so many others storys I've read...I'm all in if their is a lawyer who will take my case...um sick of being in pain!

hello megan depo has resulted in me having a 12 cm cyst and eventually almost death and removal of my fallopian tube and ovary. my name is sherri im 34yrs old and in Baltimore please contact me and i can give you more personalized information about my situation and telephone number thanks

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I took the depo shot one time and a month after being on the shot I bled for two months straight and was in horrible pain. I started having huge blood clots coming out of me and went to the ER and was told I have uterine fibroids and a left ovarian cyst. I have been in and out of the ER 4 separate times since and the last ER visit I started having huge palm size blood clots coming out of me and severe abdominal pain. I knew my left ovarian cyst had ruptured. After being given another ultrasound I was told my left ovarian cyst had ruptured and that I now have a golf ball size cyst on my right ovary. I know these cysts and the uterine fibroids are from taking the depo provera shot. 6 months before my first depo provera shot I had a transvaginal ultrasound and I had no ovarian cysts or uterine fibroids so I am convinced this is from the depo shot. The huge clots coming out of me were sent to a pathologist and they were shown to be inflamed endocervical tissue. This shot has caused me to currently be infertile. My ER doctor told me I need to consider invitro now and I am very angry over this. I filed a complaint against the depo provera manufacture of this drug with the FDA. Their reporting is confidential. I plan on getting a attorney for this mess.

I just had surgery to have a cysts removed along with my right side ovary because it had erupted and twisted and damaged it. I was going through the same pain you where going through for a week..it's not going stop till its removed the fluid in your system is making sick because it's not supposed to be there