Hi, it took quite a while to find this web site beyond the
overwhelming sea other web sites with nothing but negatives, horror
stories, and bad experiences. I'm glad this site is here. I'm having
a bad experience, but I'm not here to bad mouth DP. I really WANT
this
stuff to work. I'll tell you my history and I'm hoping somebody can
tell me whether they've had this same experience, what (if
anything)they did to put an end to it and what they would suggest to
me.

From reading some of the other posts, it would seem that the
circumstances that led me to DP is a little different than most of
you
ladies hear. I am a 46 year old African American woman. I'm an
athletic 5'0 and 103 lbs. I have no kids and I've never been
pregnant. I do not want children. I'm on Depo Provera because of
severe dysmenohrea. I've suffered from this extreme pain since my
very
first period (or "curse" as I've come to call it). I actually suffer
sever pain twice each month. I have ovulation pain (some people call
it "mittelschmertz"). It lasts about 12 hours and feels like I'm
being
stabbed with a knife on which ever side I'm ovulating on. My periods
have always been very irregular (cycles are from 14 days to actually
missing a month). The "pill" made it worse. I flow very heavily and
the pain is quite intense. One of my curses will last anywhere from
4
to 8 days. It's only gotten worse as I've gotten older. I've been
to
numerous drs and tried numerous meds and therapies. I had a
laparoscopy to r/o endometriosis, but aside from a few insignificant
fibroids, I was clean as a whistle. After a hormone blood test, it
was determined that I'm a long way from entering menopause.

I'd been trying to avoid a hysterectomy so last year I was put on
Lupron which is like induced menopause. You can only be on it for 6
months, but during that time, I never felt so good. I did get bad
hot
flashes, but that was a blessing compared to the "curse". It was
great! I know or know of woman who have been on DP and liked it. My
dr doesn't like it because of the depressive side effect (he was very
hesitant to allow me on it because I'm already on meds for clinical
depression). Otherwise we expected it to stop my periods like Lupron.

I had my first DP shot on July 25. I've had no depression problem,
but on August 17, I started bleeding...I've been bleeding ever since.
It's not as heavy as my normal curse (mostly spotting), but I've had
to wear napkins for the past 2 months. Although it's no where near
as
severe, I do suffer slight cramping every 2 or 3 days for several
hours. Because of the constant bleeding, I'm tired quite a bit and
my
normally low BP is now EXTREMELY low.

I started taking DP because I had hoped it would kick me into
menopause like the Lupron did only I can stay on it indefinitely. I
WANT my periods to stop. I really WANT the DP to work. I'm scheduled
to have my next shot next Friday (10/18), but I'm thinking maybe I
shouldn't because I don't want to continue the never-ending period
(even if it is milder than normal). However, from some internet
research I've done, some info says I could stay on it; the periods
should stop after the second shot. Have any of you been on DP for
the
expressed purpose of ending your periods? Have any of you suffered
from non stop bleeding during DP therapy? What have you done? Do you
think I should go through with the second shot or cut my losses? What
do you think I should do? I welcome comments, advice, suggestions,
ANYTHING you can possibly share with me. You can either send me
E-mail
or post messages, but I'd appreciate any help you ladies can offer.
Thanks you very much.