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Author: Miss Thang
Date: 01-13-03 06:30
Started taking depo (nightmare).....I gained 45 pounds in 1 year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I weighed 215! I took a magesium citrate (laxative) and lost 5 pounds instantly, which never came back. I started dieting, lost 5 more. Now stuck at 205. I have not been dieting or exercising as much as I should be, but regardless of what I eat I do not gain weight, but I do not lose any either.
Kinda went off on a tangent, but that dang$&@&$# depo ruined my metabolism!!!!!!!!
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Author: Luna
Date: 01-13-03 08:38
Heya, I did the depo thing too.... gained 45 lbs in 4-6 months... how's that one!! It has a super long half life so it stays in your system for a long time. Basically, for every 3 month dose, it stays in your system 6 weeks extra. So, if you've been on depo for a year, and go off of it, it will stay with you for an additional 24 weeks (6 months)!!!! It's an absolutely atrocious drug!! But, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I started eating better and exercising and I'm now on Alesse 28 and I lost 42 lbs in 9 months. I went from 210 at Christmas 2001 to 168 by Sept 2002. I've gained about 10 lbs back, but that's because I didn't pay attention to my diet and didn't get all the exercise I should have. Anyhoo, just wanted to let you know that it WILL come off... it just takes time. I was told that weight training (which is what I did and do) helps the body get rid of the depo faster... don't know how true that is, but it seems to have worked for me. Hope that helps!!
Luna
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Author: Miss Thang
Date: 01-13-03 08:46
That is soooo good to know. I have been off for about 6 months now.
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Author: shelly
Date: 01-13-03 12:21
HI!! I too am going thru the same thing! I was on depo for 4 years and have been off since Jan 99' (4 years). I was about 120 lbs when I first went on it, now I weigh 173 lbs. I gained most of it right after I stopped taking it. I hate the way I feel.
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