"i was on the depo-provera for 5 years. it worked amazing for me. never got my period after the third shot, and never got pregnant. what i didn&#039;t love was that i got all the bad side effects that came along with it. but don&#039;t think this is a bad birth control because i got every side effect that came with it i was just unlucky my body is different then other peoples. my friend got no side effects on this birth control. just note that this is a short term birth control tho. i think i was on it for too many years. i&#039;m on something different now. i would recommend this birth control"