depo shot problem

United States
October 16, 2011 10:48pm CST
i started getting the depo shot just over 5 years ago. i stopped getting it about 4.5 months ago. and ever since i stopped getting it i haven't stopped bleeding for more then a day. even though i have been put on the pill along with numerous antibiotics and other meds. now im sorry but it sucks. i am sick of it. the doctors said they could do a hysterectomy but in all honesty i would rather not because i am still young and would like kids someday. i might need a partial hysterectomy anyway because i have endometriosis. endometriosis is when the tissue that grows in your uterus right before your period not only grows in the uterus but also grows on other places like your ovaries, bladder, ect. but unlike in the uterus the tissue that grows outside the uterus doesnt go away, it keeps forming more layers and is extremely painful. other then the hysterectomy for the bleeding they are talking about me possibly needing a D&C (dilation and curettage) to find the cause. but they could do more of a non evasive procedure called a hysteroscopy a hysteroscopy is just where they insert a camera and look to see if there is anything psychically wrong. in your opinion what would be the best option? have you ever had any of these procedures? do you know of any other procedures that i could talk to my doctor about?
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• Philippines
17 Oct 11
Are you filipina and lives around the vicinity of metromanila? I can give you an easy help if this is so. If not, there is not much that i can do to help. Please send me a message to this effect. Why are you on depo shots? I understand that this is one of the most probable side effects of taking it. Suppressing the monthly menstrual period will have its ill effects, right? May your doctors be able to find a solution to your problem if you are not from the philippines.
• United States
17 Oct 11
i live in upstate NY in the US. i was put on the shot when i was 13 for cysts on my ovaries. i suppose it is one of the side effects but i didnt know anything about it when i was put on it. my doctor and father didnt really give me a choice because of my age. every time i tried to come off it in the past i would just give in and get it because of the non stop bleeding but they told me that i had to come off of it now or i would become infertile and never have kids. and yeah im sure that suppressing the menstrual period is bad in the first place. i mean when your not bleeding out for 3 months all that blood has to go somewhere right? and to top it all off i just found out that the whole time i was getting the shot they were giving it to me wrong. you are supposed to get the shot every 3 months never earlier even if you start bleeding. my doctor was giving me the shot every time i started to bleed even if it was only a month after getting the shot. and it wasnt like i could just not tell them i was bleeding until i was really supposed to get the shot because my step mom was a nurse at my doctors office. anyway my doctor had really messed my shot up for 5 years.
• Brazil
18 Jun 13
try vitex it help regulate you and get your hormones back on track