Depo Shot = Low Sex Drive? Posted: 01-21-06 00:48am
I have been on the depo shot since 6 weeks
after my baby was born. This was approx.
1 1/2 years ago. Ever since he was born
I have had pretty much no sex drive.
It's been very frustrating to me. I kept
wondering if it was from stress of having
a new baby or something else, but I was
recently on a forum where ladies where
talking about the shot and how some of
them had a decreased sex drive from it.
Now i'm wondering if switching to the pill
would help increase my drive. Any
thoughts?
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roxygirl21
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 01-24-06 01:28am
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Crazyness24
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Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 179 Location: Jersey
Posted: 01-24-06 09:39am
Depo is horrible I was on it for 3 months
and bleed for the whole time! Lost my sex
drive and after I went off of it I still
had a low sex drive after 2 years my body
wenty back to normal
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Abbysmom
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Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 471
Depo Posted: 01-26-06 10:12am
I hated depo. I had no sex drive and
bled all the time. I wasn't happy or
depressed, just there. I was on it for a
year and gained a bunch of weight to.
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Crazyness24
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 179 Location: Jersey
Posted: 02-01-06 09:58am
I went to the gyno yesterday and went to
lutera and I can’t wait to start using
it. I wanted to let you know I found out
some interesting information about depo
provera. I informed her that I lost my
sex drive, then even after I stopped
taking depo I could never seem to get wet
before sex and would have to use
lubrication. The dotor told me that depo
is the only birth control that only really
has progesterone in it and that estrogen
is responsible for making you want sex and
making your body in the mood and ready for
it. So the dryness I had and lack of sex
drive was due to the depo I was so happy
to find out that there wasn’t anything
wrong with me. She said the lutera(a form
of alesse) will add more estrogen so
i’ll be better off. I just wanted to
share this with you. So depo is horrible!
She also said people on depo need to use
lubrication! :twisted:
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mdm27
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 7
Wow! Posted: 05-30-06 00:27am
Wow I can't believe that someone is
experiencing the low sex drive as well.
I've been on depo for 2 years... And for
the past year or more- I have had zero sex
drive. And it isn't because of disease,
or depression or anything. So the only
thing I can think to blame it on is the
depo. I'm not sure though; but i'm
actually going to talk to my doctor about
switching to a pill; although my
experiences with those have never gone
well... Depression and mood changes :-\
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Nikkkki
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 28 Location: Florida
Posted: 06-09-06 01:15am
I went through a period of low sex drive
while I was on depo - but it came back
with a vengence really quick lol. Sorry
if that's too much info. :)
depo, like any medicine, can have a number
of side effects that are different from
person to person. The side effects might
never show up or they could show up and
last only a short amount of time, etc.
I'm sorry you all experienced this on
depo.
I also gained weight on depo (about 15
pounds), but looking back I was eating
junk and eating a lot more than I should
have been eating. It has been difficult
for me to lose the weight, but with
regular exericse and trying to eat a low
fat diet i've been losing about 2 pounds a
week for the past three weeks. It's
really hard though, a lot harder than I
remember from when I wasn't on depo.
