I am 26 years old. I was on the depo injection for three years and came off it over a year ago. I have not had a period since before I went on the injection. I am worried because in the past six months I have put over 3 stones on, I have sharp pains in my lower abdomen and pelvis and aching in my back. I also feel constantly sick and often am, I have constant diarrhea and sometimes can go to the toliet 7 times a day, and my upper abdomen is sore to touch. My doctor did a scan on my ovaries and they were fine but will not do anything else for me I am in pain and I think that this is wrong.

A lack of periods after discontinuing depot shots of contraceptives is normal. It can take up to a year as your body metabolizes the hormones before menstruation resumes. There is no evidence that depot shots decrease a woman’s fertility and therefore, during this time, alternative methods of contraception are necessary if pregnancy is not desired.

Your sharp pains in the lower abdomen and pelvis as well as abnormal bowel movements appear to be related to a gastrointestinal disorder. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) as well as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) can present with these symptoms. If your symptoms do not resolve, become worse, you develop blood in your diarrhea, or you are concerned, then you you should be evaluated by a gastroenterologist.