"i have been on the depo shot for almost 10 months now and it hasn&#039;t been too bad. the only problems i&#039;ve had is severe mood swings, nausea, and headaches daily. i&#039;m a sick person anyways so i&#039;m not sure if i&#039;ve gotten other side effects but i do know those are from the depo. my periods are now pretty much gone. my second shot i had a period for about 2 months but it wasn&#039;t heavy. i plan on getting off of it though after this shot wears off because i have been reading a lot of bad things about the shot. severe mood swings, depression, anxiety, hair loss, osteoporosis, infertility, etc. i eventually want to get pregnant but you can lose all options if you continue the shot for an extended period of time and i don&#039;t want that to happen."