I was on Depo Prevera for eight years and did not have any side
effects to my knowledge or were bad enough to even discuss. I too
have read the horror stories that some women went through and I
truely sympathize with them. The thing is though, with EVERY
medication, there is some kind of side effect. If this is not the
right one for you, get off it and try another. I believe it is good
to do research before trying something and then decide of you want
to take the chance and risk those side effects. Grant it, when I
first started in '95, all I had to read was the little pamphlet from
the doctor's office. There was no site at that time where you could
go and find out information. Reading some of the stories would have
definately made me think twice about using it. I am now off and
trying other methods of birth control. Not because of the stories,
but just because I thought eight years was long enough and my body
needed a break. I am glad to find a site where there are women who
did not have horror stories-I was starting to feel guilty about not
having any complications-not that I would want any. Thank you for
this site.