I have the exact same problem. When I started the shot i was even working on a bowflex and still gained 30 lbs in 6 months. I have tried regular diet and exercise and even tried supplements but it wont budge and i have even noticed a pound or 2 of weight gain since. I have never been over 115 lbs and now i cant get below 145 even after a year... I now have had problems with spraining my ankles and random severe body pains that i had never had before. the worst of it is my doctor never told me anything except that i might gain a little weight. I am so depressed because out of nowhere i cant fit into my clothes anymore...
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Ive taken the shot as well i was walways 120 pds til till taking the shot i am now 172.. its not a great feeling and it is very depressing to know how small you once can be until you take a shot. ive been counting my cals, exercising like crazy and ive lost only 4pds its reallt hard to even drop weight after that shot it seems...
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I also took the depo shot when it first came out in 1995. It kills me that the ppl who took the shot and didnt gain weight find it so hard to believe that it is the cause of extreme weight gain for those who did! I was in the military at the time and the shot was the newest thing in birth control so they lined the women up like cattle for injections. I got to see first hand how the shot affected all my friends and the effects it had on our bodies. I dont knock anyone who does not believe in the effects on the body in completely altering your mood, metabolism, and cycles. I was the first to complain of the weight gain and even my physician called me a lie so my first lesson was learned in not relying on a Dr. for sound advice. Some friend took the shot once as I did and lossed weight and never had a cycle others gained even more weight then I did being I was 5'7 and 124 lbs soaking wet it didnt bother me much. Extra long story shot a year after the shot and the birth of my first child I was still gaining if I even looked at food BUT the Docs were finally acknowledging that weight gain was caused by the shot. My relationship with my one time dose of Depo is one of love/hate, I love it because without it I dont think I would have my two kids being I was sexually active for year without protection and never became pregnant. My hate is the once fast metabolism I had naturally was lost forever and I am sitting at 257lbs almost 20 years later wondering how I can stop the maddness of weight gain and yo-yo dieting!
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Depo does make some people gain weight, I have been dieting and exercising more now that I ever have in my life and I' have not lost 1 lb.
It did not increase my appetite it just made me fatter
It did not increase my appetite it just made me fatter
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I have been on depo, let's just say a long time now. I am going to be 40 years old in May and I have gained lots of weight. I feel so depressed about it and no matter what I do the weight is still there. What makes things worse is that I have heart disease and gaining weight is not very good. However, I cannot live without the depo as I have very, very severe cramping and pain with out it. The depo has been a life saver on one hand and a curse on the other! WHAT TO DO WHAT TO DO!!! When can/should I woman stop the depo? At what age does periods get better??????????
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I've been on depo for almost a year and have gained about 20 lbs. Went from 134 to 154 and it wasn't from my eating habits ethier because i weighed the same for years and didn't even gain alot of weight when i was pregnant. It sucks yea but im just going to tough it out. Might get on look slim 90 or something.
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50 from depo is possible. It happened to me and I am only 22 with no children and no change in diet, same amount of exercise. So this person may have gained that 50 from the shot and not just other factors.
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you are so right . It has to be the metabolism that gets slow down. I was 150 pounds when i started it. After 6 months i have gained a total of 30 pounds. I hate the way i look. I get off of it. Now i am trying to exercise and eat less but it seems it will take the body sometimes to get back the way it was before. Gaining so much weight is so depressing. i wouldnt advise anybody who doesnt want to gain weight to get on it. Depo definitely slows your metabolism.
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Hi there,
Wondering how you are getting on post depo? I feel exactly the same as you and went on for pms and endometreosis. I am 2 months without depo after 8 years and still feel rotten. It has caused alot of problems for myself also and now experiencing the side affects which obviously were minimised in some respects when on the shot.
Any tips on how to speed this up?
Would be really good to hear from you.
Thanks
Wondering how you are getting on post depo? I feel exactly the same as you and went on for pms and endometreosis. I am 2 months without depo after 8 years and still feel rotten. It has caused alot of problems for myself also and now experiencing the side affects which obviously were minimised in some respects when on the shot.
Any tips on how to speed this up?
Would be really good to hear from you.
Thanks
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I did not have good luck with the pill regulating my periods even though I took them at the same time everyday, so my doctor suggested the Depo shot. She did NOT explain any side effects even though I asked about them. She said side effects were rare- so I didn't think twice about it. However, since getting my second shot, I have gained 10lbs, had TERRIBLE mood swings, and felt very depressed. I am very active and outgoing and this drug changed me. I will NOT be getting anymore shots and strongly suggest you look at other options
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im the same i was on it years ago and never really noticed weight gain ( but at that time i was a skinny minnie) so a few pounds would have helped .....when i came off it i had a very bad miscarraige that lasted weeks ....... years later after 2 kids knowing i didnt want any more children i went back on it , i train at least 4 days a week just to stay at same weigh because if i dont i gain at least 1lb a week i got my last shot 3 months ago and am not having it again ,, just waiting for a peroid and hoping that as soon as the homones leave my body i can finally lose this weight xfingers crossed x
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The same thing happened to me. I had my first shot six years ago and have gained 3 stone!!! I dont eat a lot and walk a lot as well. Before the shot i was a toned size 8 and never really exercised and still had a skinny figure. I have tried fluid retention tablets, exercise, eating less, Alkaline diet, diet pills and nothing works!! I am getting really depressed as nothing is working and i feel very unhealthy. I am currently 11 stone at 5ft7 and put one stone on in one month....my doctor said im a healthy weight!! and that its just fat then goes on to tell me i have bowel spasms that make me bloat....?? so he contradicts himself...I need advice and people just say the same old sh*t! I am now eating hardly anything and still not loosing anything..
can anyone help??
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I've started it and I lost weight it haven't been a year yet so hopefully I'll be able to gain a few pounds just not too much
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ok.. so i have been on depo provera since 2006. it seemed i would fight a 5 lb weight gain every shot every 3 months. but i did go to the gym 5 to 6 times a week. and held at about a 15 lb weight gain. 2 years ago, i quit smoking and put on 20 more. ugh..
i have now been told that i am post menopausal and the shot is no longer necessary. i really don't want to have anymore periods and i really want to drop the gained weight.
has anyone been successful with, say about an hour or more of gym exercise at least 5 times a week, lost weight?
I really do blame the weight gain on the shot and of course the quit smoking success. but i am not seeing anyone post positive remarks on weight loss, unless i over looked it.
also, if you were post menopausal.. did you continue to have periods when you quit the shots?
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I had my first and only injection of this awful drug in March. My second one is due in two days but needless to say I won't be getting it. Before I had the injection I was 154lbs. At 5'7 i was completely happy with this. I was a UK size 10/12 on bottom and 8/10 on top. I had worked hard to get a figure I was happy with (two years before I had weighed 207lb and was a size 20) Obviously I understand about eating correctly and exercising! During the first 3 weeks of the injection I gained 10lbs..... my eating habits and exercises had not changed.... from week 4 i increased my workouts (walking 12 miles twice a week, doing 40 mins interval excersise everyday) and decreased my calories to 1100 (no sugar, no dairy, no alcohol) i haven't lost a lb, instead I've gained 10Lb more! There is absolutely nothing but the stupid injection to blame. In addition to the weight gain my mood has changed, I'm anxious, sad, angry and generally the opposite to my usual self. Thank god I have a wonderful man by my side. I also have suffered from chronic joint pain, especially in my knees, elbows and hips. Oh and I get cramp in my ass where the injection was administered. The only positive has been no period since my injection. My sex drive has diminished, which isn't surprising seeing how i hate getting naked now. I can't wait for this to be out of my system. One thing is for sure, contraceptives will now be condom shaped! There's no point in having 'convenience methods' when you feel too ugly and unattractive to have sex and become a nightmare b***h which would put even the most patient off.....
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