"i&#039;ve been on the depo shot since 2013 , i think it works well, but the bad part is weight gain. first i was 117 and now i&#039;m 152 , one of the good part about this shot is that it took my period away, &amp; i haven&#039;t had it for a year. im thinking of changing because of the side effects i read about but its a good birth control method"