Thread: Need Advice and Help Now, Please

I am sorry to hear that you are having these problems, but I can tell you right now what the problem is. It's the Depo Provera! Depo Provera has an effect on your sex drive and your sexual organs. The problem you experience during sex is likely to be the cervix not fully retracting as it should. The cervix retracts when we become excited. It does this to make room for the man's penis. If it does not retract, the penis hits it and it will cause discomfort and eventually pain. You know when you have a papsmere and they mess around with the cervix... it's very uncomfortable? Same thing here.

As for the daily abdominal pain, I am not yet certain what causes this, but I know it is a side effect of the Depo.

I took Depo for 5 years and did not have my period for the entire time. I began to have the same exact problems, combined with severe hair loss, migraine headaches, and immune problems. Sex was painful and my sex drive was almost non-existant. I also had pain in my abdomin. My doctors ran every test imagineable and had no idea. Then one day, I started cutting things out of my diet thinking something must be making me sick. Nothing helped. So then I looked up Depo Provera on the Internet, just on a hunch and was shocked to find that women all over the country were having the same EXACT problems! What was more horrifying was that I found out that Depo causes Osteoporosis, should not be used long term, and that the FDA even has a warning out for it. It is also linked to progesterone deficieny or progesterone infertillity. I immediately stopped taking Depo. Unfortunately, it says right on the packaging (along with the FDA warning of Osteoporosis) that it takes at least 1 year to leave your system. 1 YEAR!! So my period did not come back for a year and my pain finally stopped. It was another 2 years or so before my period was "normal" and a total of 4 years before my hair started to grow back. I am perfectly healthy now... 6 years later.

Many women suffer serious side effects from Depo whether they took it once or for 12 years. I honestly do not know why they keep giving it to women. It just infuriates me. Keep in mind, that the doctors seem to be clueless about it. Myself, along with thousands of women, found no help what-so-ever from our gynecologists. Unfortunately, the only way to fix this is to wait for it to leave your system. I seriously advise against starting any other birth control until you feel better (but that is just my opinion and I am not a doctor).

Take a look at these sites and you will be suprised at what you find...

Depo Provera Horror Stories Side Effects of Depo Provera. Where & How To Send Depo Provera Complaints. Depo Provera Class Action Law Suit.

Black Box Warning Added Concerning Long-Term Use of Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection