Getting Buffed While On Depot-Provera

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

How does the patch work? What is the hormonal mode of action? Any females have experiences with weight gain while on the patch?

 

[fawnmarie]

I guess I'm the only woman on the face of the earth that did NOT gain any weight on depo. I've actually lost weight on each shot.

The way it worked for me is by destroying (completely) my sex drive.

"You wanna do what?!"

The constant bleeding was a bitch, too.

 

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

She said another reason she likes depo is that she ceases menstruating while on it.

 

[Nonerz]

How does the patch work? What is the hormonal mode of action? Any females have experiences with weight gain while on the patch?

From what I've read, the patch works just like the pill. It basically "tricks" the body into thinking it's pregnant (to put it simply).

Here is a link to the website...very informative. Check out how thin it is! http://www.orthoevra.com/

irregular periods (sometimes no period or constant bleeding),

That's putting it lightly! I tell every woman I know who is even entertaining the idea of Depo...DON'T DO IT!! It has been known to jack up your hormonal balance so bad...and for extended periods of time as well (in my case, I spotted for over a year off & on...mostly on). Yeah, it's birth control all right...but not worth it if you create havoc on your body...IMO.