Of course I already thought about a link. My neuro knows that I use Depo and we never tried to stop and experience if there is a difference. Also on the internet I don't find anything about a link, but perhaps there is. When they really don't find a cause for the sfn, I think I want to try 3 months without Depo, but I can start that proove not earlier than April; I just had an injection.
I cannot imagine that this is the cause, because I never feel a difference when I just had the injection, but it could be. It's worth trying.
I take Depo for 2,5 years now and I have sfn since 1,5 year.

found that giving experimental rats with induced pain, that the pain was made worse by Provera:

That level of English is too high for me I guess but I let my neuro read. Thanx!

FlyingDutchWoman -

Don't fell bad about your english. I have spoken english for over 45 years and the medical jargon is always hard for me to understand also!!

Leslie

Precisely, and that would let *me* out. BC has been a problem for me all my life. I have 6 kids to prove it. Hurry up menopause!!

*snerk* You're kidding right? I think that's why the male pill was such a failure. How many women do you know that would trust a man to take a pill every single day? After all, at the end of the day it's still we women that get pregnant.

The Mirena, an iud, is actually designed for women with heavy bleeding, as it contains a resevoir of a progestin that slowly leeches out and is applied directly to the endometrial lining. Many women stop bleeding altogether and stop menstruating while they are using a mirena. This is quite different from the regular type of iud which does tend to cause heavy bleeding.

I have never noticed any relationship between hormones and my neuropathy, my neuropathy just seems to keep trucking along no matter what does or doesn't happen on the hormonal front.

cheers

raglet

--though yes, I recognize many men would not take a daily pill.

But that doesn't mean they shouldn't use condoms. And there's nothing wrong with women keeping a supply of those around, either (especially if one is not in a committed relationship). They provide some protection against other nasty things besides pregnancy.

If the man refuses to wear one, well, screw him. (Actually, don't.)

I'm not a big fan of Mirena, I just told in another topic a few days ago: click

I don't know if it has something to do with my neuropathy, but for me it feels like it has. I have always been very sensitive to things that other persons even don't feel, for example at the dentist's.

no glove, no love.