Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
"I&#039;m coming off the depo shot. My second and last shot was six months ago, but it&#039;s still in my system. after my first dose of the depo shot, my periods stopped immediately. No bleeding AT ALL since then. Which I wouldn&#039;t really mind on its own, but it also intensified my already-bad anxiety. AND I gained 30lbs in three months. I&#039;m suspecting it&#039;s the cause of my chronic upper back pain too, which i didn&#039;t have until my second shot (its worse than cramps!). I was hoping to get it out of my system so my fiance and I could have a baby soon, as if these symptoms weren&#039;t bad enough to make me want to stop. Also, I don&#039;t know what&#039;s more of a hassle, keeping stocked on pads or pregnancy tests. Ugh. But it did its job as a birth control, so..."