I am 18, and got the shot on June 6th, 2010. I had some soreness around the area of injection for a couple of days, but that was more annoying than painful due to the fact that my injection site was right where my pants would ride on my hips. I have had little to no side effects on this form of birth control. The last form i tried was the patches, and the side effects made me insane! But fortunately, i have found the shot. I got the shot the day i start my period and it stopped my period the next day. I have had no spotting or bleeding of any sort in the last month which, if i do say so, is awesome! But the disadvantage to that is that you can never know if you have somehow been the unfortunate girl to get pregnant. My boyfriend was convinced that i was pregnant and thought i was lying about my birth control stopping my period, and made me take a test today. Proud to say, i am not pregnant. And i have found a birth control i love.

Can't Live Without It.... I started taking Depo for birth control and it changed my life. The absence of all the syptoms that I thought women were "supposed to have" made me discuss it in more depth with friends and medical professionals and discover that the problems I had been having were not the norm.

Now I take Depo for my PMS. Not having my period is a fabulous side effect. I think ALL women should take it, unless you are trying to get pregnant. Particularly when I was a teen, you could set your watch by my exagerated emotional responses and unreasonable responses. Just 1 to 3 days a month but what torture those days were for me, not to mention my loved ones. It continued on into my mariage (I am long divorced) I remember how everything was so emotionally traumatic. Like I wouldn't be able to survive these feelings.

For the last 10 years my emotions, therefore my life, has been more balanced, more normal, thank God. I have a home based business, (coincidentally, for 10 years) In some ways my life was able to really begin once I started taking the Depo. Now, if I am really angry, it's because I am really angry, not some minor thing blown out of proportion. And if I am overdue a few days on my Depo shot, I can tell, because someone has cut me off on the interstate and 5 hours later, when I realize I am still fuming about it and fantasizing about his demise in my mind, I think, "why am I still mad about...Oh!..what's the date?" (Just like my ex-husband).

No cramps, No pads, No homicides or suicide. Love this drug. Can't live without it.

I was on Depo for 6 years, from 18 to 20 and 22 to 26. I had no negative side effects whatsoever, and my period was completely absent starting about 2-3 months after my first shot for the entire length of the times I took it. My friends were all envious. I know there are a lot of horror stories out there but that goes for every medication--you usually only hear the bad. I did experience a bit of weight gain, about 15 pounds, but I think that was more due to getting an office job out of college and not constantly walking like I did on campus. Once I started religiously exercising and watching what I ate, the weight came off as normal. I just had Mirena inserted today because my insurance just started to cover it and it will save me money and doctor's trips. If it doesn't work out I'm definitely going back to Depo!

I did not like this I guess you could say that this worked in the fact that I ended up getting cystic acne which left me with a few good scars on my forhead. I also developed depression from the shot. It worked for me for the first few months, but then I started to bleed irregularly all the time. Therefore I was not having sex and not getting pregnant.

I am 18, and got the shot on June 6th, 2010. I had some soreness around the area of injection for a couple of days, but that was more annoying than painful due to the fact that my injection site was right where my pants would ride on my hips. I have had little to no side effects on this form of birth control. The last form i tried was the patches, and the side effects made me insane! But fortunately, i have found the shot. I got the shot the day i start my period and it stopped my period the next day. I have had no spotting or bleeding of any sort in the last month which, if i do say so, is awesome! But the disadvantage to that is that you can never know if you have somehow been the unfortunate girl to get pregnant. My boyfriend was convinced that i was pregnant and thought i was lying about my birth control stopping my period, and made me take a test today. Proud to say, i am not pregnant. And i have found a birth control i love.

Can't Live Without It.... I started taking Depo for birth control and it changed my life. The absence of all the syptoms that I thought women were "supposed to have" made me discuss it in more depth with friends and medical professionals and discover that the problems I had been having were not the norm.

Now I take Depo for my PMS. Not having my period is a fabulous side effect. I think ALL women should take it, unless you are trying to get pregnant. Particularly when I was a teen, you could set your watch by my exagerated emotional responses and unreasonable responses. Just 1 to 3 days a month but what torture those days were for me, not to mention my loved ones. It continued on into my mariage (I am long divorced) I remember how everything was so emotionally traumatic. Like I wouldn't be able to survive these feelings.

For the last 10 years my emotions, therefore my life, has been more balanced, more normal, thank God. I have a home based business, (coincidentally, for 10 years) In some ways my life was able to really begin once I started taking the Depo. Now, if I am really angry, it's because I am really angry, not some minor thing blown out of proportion. And if I am overdue a few days on my Depo shot, I can tell, because someone has cut me off on the interstate and 5 hours later, when I realize I am still fuming about it and fantasizing about his demise in my mind, I think, "why am I still mad about...Oh!..what's the date?" (Just like my ex-husband).

No cramps, No pads, No homicides or suicide. Love this drug. Can't live without it.

I was on Depo for 6 years, from 18 to 20 and 22 to 26. I had no negative side effects whatsoever, and my period was completely absent starting about 2-3 months after my first shot for the entire length of the times I took it. My friends were all envious. I know there are a lot of horror stories out there but that goes for every medication--you usually only hear the bad. I did experience a bit of weight gain, about 15 pounds, but I think that was more due to getting an office job out of college and not constantly walking like I did on campus. Once I started religiously exercising and watching what I ate, the weight came off as normal. I just had Mirena inserted today because my insurance just started to cover it and it will save me money and doctor's trips. If it doesn't work out I'm definitely going back to Depo!

I did not like this I guess you could say that this worked in the fact that I ended up getting cystic acne which left me with a few good scars on my forhead. I also developed depression from the shot. It worked for me for the first few months, but then I started to bleed irregularly all the time. Therefore I was not having sex and not getting pregnant.

I loved it until I tried to conceive I was diagnosed with Endometriosis at 18. I was put on the Depo shot to relieve the pain, as well as to stop periods until I was ready to conceive a child. (Every period worsens the condition of Endometriosis). The shot worked like a charm, no periods, slight libido change and dryness, but overall, I was relieved of all endometriosis symptoms, and it was very effective birth control.

I got married in the fall of 2005 and we decided that we wanted to have a child, so I went to my appointment for my shot and told my doctor that I wanted to have a child and went on without taking the shot. I began having a menstrual periods, and they came closer and closer together, and I am now having periods every week, that last anywhere from 4 to 8 days! At that point I went back to the doctor and told her so I was put on medication that was supposed to make me ovulate (and have regular periods) and it hasn't. I have been dealing with constant periods for five months now, and no baby. I had no idea this would happen.

I only put my story out there so women know what they are getting into. This is awful. If anyone reading this had any problems, post your stories! Let women know what they could potentially be doing to themselves. We have to stick together.

It will make you fat i gained about 25 lbs per shot, and I only took two which means I am carrying around an extra 50 lbs for no reason. I would highly recommend against anyone putting themselves through that!