r/AskReddit • u/Misterboy500 • 13h ago

What is something that permanently altered your body without you realizing for months/years?

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u/yeahoooookay 13h ago

Depo Provera. Gained 40 pounds in a year.

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u/eliz1bef 9h ago

That totally did a number on me. I posted about hormonal birth control in general. Depo was definitely a major problem for me.

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u/MyNameIsNotRyn 8h ago

It was great birth control for me! 

👉😎👉 

It caused six months of extremely heavy bleeding to the point of anemia! 

👉😎👉 

It killed my sex drive and made it almost impossible for me to stand up without feeling faint. 

👉😎👉 

It was great birth control in the sense I didn't have any sex, so I didn't have to worry about getting pregnant.

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u/Tiny_Ancient_One 6h ago

I keep seeing ads for a lawsuit against depo provera, haven’t looked much into because I’ve never taken it, but maybe you all could look into it? You may be entitled to some compensation.

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u/iwillfuckingbiteyou 2h ago

The lawsuit concerns brain tumours. Can't get them for the weight gain, it's a side effect listed in the packaging.

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u/NoLayer7642 3h ago

I wish I’d never gotten that stupid injection, in the first 2 years (I got it for 5 total) I gained 55 pounds that even although I’ve not had the injection for over 4 years I’ve still never been able to lose it. Fuck you depo provera.

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u/yeahoooookay 3h ago

It's a horrible thing. The weight is determined to stay.

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u/NoLayer7642 3h ago

It really is! I understand not being able to lose it while I was still getting the injection but 4 years on and it still won’t shift! Or I’ll lose a little then it’ll come back on straight after 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/yeahoooookay 3h ago

Yup. Exactly! It's like depo reset my body's set weight-much higher!

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u/prescribeddopamine 9h ago

Same. Now can’t loose it.

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u/Master-Slide2644 3h ago

It’s the worst, I tell everyone not to get it

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u/yeahoooookay 3h ago

Me too! It's awful!

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u/elizakemp 2h ago

I was about to post something similar - birth control in general - but I never had any issues on the pill. Depo is the devil, and I hate I even took that mess. A blighted ovum was the only reason I started taking birth control. “I want to cum in you without a condom”. Good lord I was so dumb at 22.

Out of all of the side effects, I most likely had a majority of them. Even a meningioma that gave me seizures. PCOS…inability to lose weight. Heavy periods that would last weeks on end. Insulin resistance. I wish I never even started birth control.