Contraceptive Injection (depo) safe to stop?

Stephb1986_2

i had the depo when i was 16 till i was 19 ive come off it now and got the implanon had one implanon removed because my periods went mental and i was having one every 2 weeks! it drove me mad so i got it removed and had the injection once until i could get a new implanon put back in about 6 weeks ago and not had a period since im now 21 and reading this has really scared me i do want kids in a few more years but not right now as ive only been in the relationship 7 months and want a house and stuff before i think of kids. I really dont know what i should do, should i get it taken out??

Stephb xx

floss2

I was on Depo for 8 years, no periods but gained a stone or so in the last 12m, was due for another last week but after my oestrogen levels were checked was told I can't have any more....so had a Mirena coil fitted last Tues....boy did it hurt! Having had no period pains for 8yrs meant I'd forgotten what it was like!

Oestrogen levels at my age (43) should be in mid-hundreds, 400-600 but mine was 27....but apparently they will recover so will keep you posted!

floss2

Don't forget if you leave it over 7 days before your next Depo jab you will have to have a pregnancy test.....

cashpoortimerich

I was on Depo for about 7 years, came off it about 6 months ago because I had a bone scan which showed I was well on the way to osteoporosis. I knew about this risk but didn't take it seriously; now I am literally a dairy queen trying to ingest as much calcium as possible.

While I was on it Depo was great. My periods went from excrutiatingly painful to nonexistent and I did not miss them one bit. I didn't think I had a low sex drive, but since coming off it I have turned into some kind of sex pest (OH a little alarmed but not complaining). I am on Implanon now and it's fine so far, still no periods but that's fine by me.

Not trying for kids yet, so have no idea how this will pan out eventually, but if I have problems I will be more inclined to blame whatever was making my periods so painful in the first place (maybe endometriosis etc).

dlb

I was on the depo for 4 years then stopped to try and concieve which took 18 months went straight back onto it after dd was born for another 3 years then changed to the 3yr inplant.
I have not had a period yet (which im not moaning about) so no periods for about 9 years for me, im dreading them returning.
I had no side effects at all with the depo and none so far with the inplant the only reason i swapped to the inplant was the injections came round too quickly and 3yrs between changing inplants is great.