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July 17th, 2007
I started depo provera about 2 weeks ago. It's the first method of birth control I've been on. And ever since then I haven't even felt like myself. I'm snippy and testy and hate life. Nothing is an interest to me. And I wouldn't say that I'm depressed. I just feel like a completely different person. I don't even want to live with myself like this for the next 3 months. I feel horrible for my boyfriend.

Has anyone else had this happen?
Does it stop?
Will I feel like me again?
Is there a different birth control i can consider where this problem won't happen?


*edited: I think I am depressed actually. extremely depressed to a really deep level. I hate everything and everyone. I became snippy and very easily irritated. This has been on going since the shot. 2 weeks of depression, migraines, extreme foot pain, sharp pains in my stomach, and jolting pains in my back.

Should I be on some anti depressants for the next few months? until the shot wears off?
Or will this go away?


Last edited by phantasmagoric on July 19th, 2007 01:09 AM; edited 1 time in total
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Tylanas
replied July 17th, 2007
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Re: a New Person??
phantasmagoric wrote:
I started depo provera about 2 weeks ago. It's the first method of birth control I've been on. And ever since then I haven't even felt like myself. I'm snippy and testy and hate life. Nothing is an interest to me. And I wouldn't say that I'm depressed. I just feel like a completely different person. I don't even want to live with myself like this for the next 3 months. I feel horrible for my boyfriend.

Has anyone else had this happen?
Does it stop?
Will I feel like me again?
Is there a different birth control i can consider where this problem won't happen?


Some birth control does adversley affect women's personalities. It may or may not go away until the shot wears off.

There are hundreds of kinds of birth control to try!! Pills with all kinds of hormones and concentrations, patches, IUD's, etc...
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laurafin
replied July 25th, 2007
I have never tried depo personally but I have tried 4 diff forms of pills and shots. All led to EXTREME mood swings and INTENSE depression at first i thought i was going crazy! since i have never been very sensitive to medicine... im glad u realised what it is, just remember that it is the birth control and it will pass. which dosent help much i no. Now I have been using NuvaRing for over a year now and I am so much happier with it (so is my boyfriend). It has no effect on my mood at all. Goodluck and Im so sorry your also having to deal with this, they should really more seriously warn people its too dangerous not to.
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