First of all, I would like to say I am so happy to be making new friends in school and connecting with old ones. I needed to know I wasn't always doomed to just have Mormon friends from here on out. Not that I don't love my Mormon friends, I mean Melanie, Jeni, Danielle, Cassie, Kristal, Samantha, Ashley, Sir Ryan, Crisco, etc., you are guys are the greatest. I just never saw myself ever becoming an insular person who takes comfort surrounding ones self with people that are so much alike in beliefs and style of living. It is safer and more comfortable to do that for some, but what do you learn? Inspiration in this world often comes from the investigation of the unknown and open mindedness to all thought. We don't have to be of the world, but to get the greatest understanding we must openly invite persons of different ideas and ways of doing things to fully understand where we sit in the stand in the this world. Don't be afraid of different people! Cherish them, they often enlighten our souls more than any other person can.
Other than the good things going on amidst my crazy life, this week has been such a mood altering week! Yes! I have been in the dumps since I have gotten married, not because of my wonderful Derrick, but because of the dreaded birth control shot call Depo Provera. Yeah, I am talking about birth control, but it really has effected my life this last year. I wouldn't usually blog something so personal, but I feel people should know the truth about this drug. For those who knew me before, I bet most of you would say I lost my crazy streak and happy-go-lucky nature. Finally, we connected the dots of why I have been acting so unlike myself. So sorry my pregnant friends waiting for me to jump on the baby bandwagon, I am coming off birth control for health and not a baby! It is just not worth living life with a mood altering cloud constantly over your head for a .03% chance of getting pregnant. We are still preventing with not as effective ways. We have come to the conclusion, if we get pregnant that sucks for us, but we will rise to the challenge and we know it will turn into a blessing even if we aren't ready for it right this second.
My advice for anyone wanting to use the birth control shot: DON'T DO IT! The almost absolute pregnancy protection, not having to remember a pill, or follow a cycle and lack of having a period is great. Though the mental side effects like sadness, mood swings, loss of the bodies calcium and the fatigue aren't so great. Not to mention most women can't even have a chance of getting pregnant for at least 6 months after taking the drug. For some it takes years for them to ovulate correctly again to make it possible to get pregnant. Doctors don't even mention those after effects of the shot! And for the effects during the doctors say it is all very mild and make it less of a deal than it is. Don't take it and hurt your health like I did!
4 comments:
Oh, Gail, I FEEL YOU! I never took the shot, but I tried a few different types of "The Pill" and hated it with a passion.
One of them caused me to, within one day, be extremely happy, crash with sleepiness, back to happy, and then all of the sudden irritated and moody. Every day. Ugh.
So I tried another kind which caused me to become depressed. No emotions, didn't care, always dull and sad.
I am anti birth control because of health reasons, too. I'm glad you posted this because I wonder how many women wonder what's wrong with them, when it's really something like birth control!
ack!! ME too!
I've been off the pill since August-ish, and am not pregnant! Wahoo!
I hated it. Ugh.
Hey Gail! I just randomly came across your blog thru seeing the link on facebook. I really appreciated this posting! It's scary how widely accepted birth control is and how many women are suffering because of it! So thanks for sharing your experience with it!!
Gail, I tried the shot too and it did terrible things to me as well. I don't think that shot is very successful for many people. However, that's not to say that all birth control is wrong. You definitely have to find the correct one and there are many people who have to take birth control for health reasons. For example, I should be taking them because it lowers the occurances of migraines I have. There are some people that can never take them though. I think it is our body chemistry that makes the difference.
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